| Tuesday 5 January 2010 2230 GMT - BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman US President Barack Obama is due to meet high-ranking security officials later tonight to discuss the botched attempt by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day. The US has been criticised over the intelligence failing which allowed a man, whose own father had flagged up concerns about his behaviour to US officials, to board a US bound plane with a bomb. Downing Street has today been seeking to quash suggestions of a rift with the White House over intelligence-sharing about the Detroit plane bomb suspect. Home Secretary Alan Johnson is also currently making a statement to parliament about tightening security. Tonight, our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will have the latest on this story and will also report on the scathing attack on US intelligence gathering in Afghanistan launched by Major General Michael Flynn, the US' military intelligence chief there. Major General Flynn said US forces were "starved" of information which could help wage a successful war against insurgents and called for a radical overhaul. Also tonight, our Economics editor Paul Mason will be giving us his predictions on how UK and global finances will fare in 2010 and what the chances are of a double dip recession here in Britain. Our economic panel will also give us their views. And, as heavy snow hits large parts of Britain once more we take a look at the cultural effects of snow. As the flakes come down do the social barriers come down too - with communities pulling together, the frenetic pace of modern life slowing down and people taking joy from simple pleasures? Join Jeremy at 10.30pm as we find out. | 
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