| Thursday 28 January 2010 - 2230 GMT - BBC Two Presented by Gavin Esler Politicians from some 70 countries have been taking part in a summit on the future of Afghanistan in London today. The conference is aimed at setting a new course for Afghanistan in the wake of escalating violence and a deeply divisive election. Tonight, our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban, who was at the talks, will report on what the summit has achieved. We have an interview with UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, who co-chaired the meeting with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Spanta, and UN Special Representative to Afghanistan, Kai Eide. We have a fascinating film about LA gang culture, from the Los Angeles Times, following the work of gang intervention organisation LA Homeboy Industries, which for the past three years has sent members to work with impoverished youngsters in Alabama. And Sir Martin Gilbert, a distinguished historian and one of the Chilcot Inquiry panellists, has claimed in an interview in Israel that his appointment to the Iraq Inquiry panel was met with anti-Semitism. He cited two articles in two UK national newspapers. Tonight, Oliver Miles - author of one of those articles appears live on the programme to discuss the claim. And we will be examining the work and legacy of The Catcher in the Rye author JD Salinger who has died at the age of 91. Do join Gavin at 10.30pm on BBC Two. |