A retired police superintendent has claimed that police officers in England and Wales have made arrests just to get people on to the DNA database. Police chiefs have denied the claim, which they called "plainly wrong". Are 75% of young, black men really on the database now? Richard Watson has been finding out what the young, black, male population in Brixton feel about the claim.

On the day that the US is expected to announce a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before next month's UN climate summit in Copenhagen, our Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt will be speaking to President Barack Obama's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu.

And the tables are turned against our political animals Matthew Taylor, Patience Wheatcroft, Lord Digby Jones and Ann Redstone in the Newsnight Politics Pen. How would our heavyweights raise money through taxation?

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

Tonight our Ethical Man, Justin Rowlatt, talks to Nobel Prize winning physicist, Steven Chu - the man who is President Barack Obama's Energy Secretary.

And the tables are turned against our political animals Matthew Taylor, Patience Wheatcroft, Lord Digby Jones and Ann Redstone in the Newsnight Politics Pen. How would our heavyweights raise money through taxation?

Plus we are planning to take a look at the claim that police officers in England and Wales are making arrests just to get people on to the DNA database.

More details later.

Mr Kaminski has been called a homophobe, an anti-Semite and a neo-Nazi - all claims he staunchly denies. So what's the truth about him? Tim Whewell has been finding out.

Plus, the CBI annual conference today is focussing on how to get the country back on the road to recovery. All three party leaders and a high-powered list of FTSE CEOs will be there trying to provide answers.

We hope to be speaking to M&S chief executive, Sir Stuart Rose about ways out of the recession and how to cut the deficit.

And Susan Watts will be looking into the University of East Anglia (UEA) row. Thousands of emails and documents stolen from there and posted online suggest to some that researchers colluded to make the case for climate change. She'll be asking if we can trust the scientists.

Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

We have a film about the controversial Polish MEP, Michal Kaminski, the new leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, a man who on his personal website has an endorsement from the author Frederick Forsyth.

We hope to be talking to Marks and Sparks' chief exec, Sir Stuart Rose, who is speaking at the CBI conference today about ways out of the recession.

And Susan Watts will be bringing us the latest on the story that the e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

More details later.

Just two days ago the Queen announced a Flood and Water Management Bill promising new legislation to protect communities from flooding and to improve the management of our water supplies. So how prepared are we and how well protected? Paraic O'Brien has been to the Met Office's Flood Forecasting Centre.

A husband who killed his wife was set free from court in Swansea today. Brian Thomas blamed a rare sleep disorder for his actions. He said he was having a dream about attacking an intruder when he strangled his wife. We'll look at how often this sort of defence is used and how a sleeping disorder might cause someone to carry out such a violent act.

The Oprah Winfrey Show is to end next year after more than two decades on air. Tonight we'll consider Oprah's influence and legacy - from culture, politics and race, to literature and entertainment. We'll be joined by Britain's very own Oprah, chat-show host Trisha Goddard, who styled herself in Winfrey's image.

For our Flemish viewers, if you'd like to see an interpretation of David Grossman's film about the Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, who has been named President of the European Council, click here. We'd like to thank Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (Flemish Radio and Television Network) for their interest in our journalism.

Join Gavin for Newsnight at 10.30pm on BBC Two, and read on for news from Kirsty on what's coming up in tonight's Newsnight Review at 11pm.

I'll be joined by Tom Paulin, Rosie Boycott and Sarfraz Mansoor and we'll be roaming over making fiction out of history. Does dramatic licence reveal deeper truths, or is it wrong to play fast and loose with the facts?

We'll be discussing Women We Loved, the new season of drama on BBC Four which goes behind the public image of three 20th Century icons, Enid Blyton (Helena Bonham Carter), Margot Fonteyn (Anne Marie Duff), and Gracie Fields (Jane Horrocks).

And we'll be discussing Alan Bennett's new stage play, The Habit of Art, for which he teams up once again with director Nicholas Hytner. In the play he creates the imaginary reunion of two estranged friends, WH Auden (Richard Griffiths) and Benjamin Britten (Alex Jennings).

"There is no such thing as a single, correct version of history, and if dramatists are honestly trying to achieve a deeper poetic truth about their subject, that should be the guiding light".

Following his broadside against the BBC over what he believes are stifling constraints upon television drama, the writer and director Stephen Poliakoff tells us why he thinks dramatists should be allowed to take greater liberties with history.

We are also reviewing his first feature in almost twenty years, the historical thriller, Glorious 39, in which he visits the uncomfortable truths about the appeasers on the eve of WWII.

And at The National Gallery in London we'll walk through a recreation of history in the Hoerengraght, the final work of the pioneering American installation artist Ed Kienholz and his wife Nancy Reddin, which takes us into the red light district of Amsterdam in the 1980s.

This is going to be a very colourful and argumentative Newsnight Review.

I hope you will join us, Kirsty

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghan president for a second elected term, saying he wants Afghan forces in charge of the nation within five years. Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will be explaining why he now sees a much clearer picture emerging of how much longer our troops will need to be there.

Jon Kay is in the Wiltshire town of Wooton Bassett, famous now as part of the final journey for Britain's fallen in Afghanistan. What do the people there think of the town's loyal tradition of honouring fallen servicemen and the focus on it as a place of national mourning?

And Robin Denselow meets a group of disabled musicians from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The band, Staff Benda Bilili (which means 'open your mind, look beyond appearances') all suffered from polio as children, but their disabilities have not stopped them taking their music from Kinshasa to Europe where they have been wowing audiences on their tour.

And David Ginola and Dara O Briain will be discussing the Thierry Henry hand ball that sent France past Ireland and into the World Cup.

Do join Gavin for all that and more at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

There was one aspect of today's Queen's Speech which made a decisive break with tradition - the Commons Speaker John Bercow ditched the stockings worn by his predecessors for the State Opening of Parliament in favour of trousers.

Tonight, Michael Crick will examine the details of the speech to assess what other change is afoot - looking at the new measures outlined and giving his assessment of how many of them are likely to actually get passed, given that there is so little time left before the next general election.

We will also be discussing what the contents of the speech and the reaction of the other parties tell us about how the election campaign ahead is likely to play out.

Also, Sarah Palin is back on the campaign trail - this time promoting her 413-page autobiography Going Rogue: An American Life.

Tonight, we have a report from the US on the failed US vice-presidential candidate's prospects and those of the wider Republican party.

And we have a fascinating film on North Korean defectors in which we hear the experiences of three people who have fled the Stalinist state, including one man who was anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's military.

Join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

So, here is what we are lining up for tonight's programme:

Today is of course the day of the Queen's Speech, in which the government is setting out its plans until the next general election.

Tonight we will be discussing the contents of the speech, and Michael Crick will be taking a look at the detail and assessing what it tells us about the election campaign ahead.

We have a report from the US on Sarah Palin - who is out and about promoting her 413-page autobiography Going Rogue: An American Life.

And we have a fascinating film on North Korean defectors.

More details later.

PS Sorry about the slip with the date last night...

The 21st Century has been dubbed the Asian Century - the era in which Western domination will end and the countries of Asia, particularly China, will grow in strategic, political and economic power.

Tonight, we will be looking at the challenge the West faces and our Economics Editor Paul Mason will be explaining how the Toyota Prius - the world's first mass-produced hybrid car - could be key.

At the heart of the hybrid is a rechargeable battery, and at the heart battery is a metal - one of 17 so-called Rare Earths which are at the heart of so many of the world's new technologies that they have the potential to bring about a shift in global power.

Plus, the other day Jeremy Paxman asks Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan whether he "fancied" Herman Van Rompuy.

He was of course asking if the Belgian prime minister would be suitable for the EU presidency.

Tonight, David Grossman will be taking a closer look at the man who is in the running to become the most powerful man in Europe, and assessing whether we should all be fancying his chances.

Also tonight, a second group of Newsnight viewers face the panel in our Politics Pen.

Last week, three intrepid members of the audience went up against the political animals pitching their ideas for easing the public finances - but all to no avail, as all of their suggestions were roundly rejected.

How will the next three fare?

Tonight, a second group of Newsnight viewers face the panel in our Politics Pen.

Last week, three intrepid members of the audience went up against the political animals pitching their ideas for easing the public finances - but all to no avail, as all of their suggestions were roundly rejected.

How will the next three fare? Here's a taster:

Plus, as President Barack Obama continues his tour in Asia, Paul Mason will be taking a look at the resources battles which will shape the "Asian Century".

I can't say who we will be talking to just yet, but I can tell you that we have just taken delivery of a car which will be playing a key role in tonight's report.

Intriguing eh? More later.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to mount a robust defence of Britain's strategy in Afghanistan in his speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet tonight by warning that al-Qaeda is the biggest danger to UK national security.

But is the greater threat to be found on the streets of Britain rather than on the plains and mountains of Afghanistan?

Richard Watson examines the nature of the terror threat at home and we will discuss whether Britain has the right counter-terrorism strategy.

Michael Crick is in Norfolk where tonight a meeting will be held to decide whether to deselect Tory parliamentary candidate Elizabeth Truss for not telling the local Conservative Association about her affair with Tory MP Mark Field four years ago.

What does this row tell us about sex, sexism and the "modern" Conservative party?

And Stephen Smith got the best assignment - he has been to Harlem, New York to meet the hugely influential musician, Gil Scott-Heron.

Now aged 60 he has a new record scheduled for release in 2010 and talked to Stephen about his musical past, substance abuse, and the future.

Join Jeremy for all that and more at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

The man accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks is to be put on trial in New York, just a few blocks from where the Twin Towers used to stand. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - and four other men - will be transferred from the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay and be tried in a civilian federal court.

The move is part of US President Barack Obama's efforts to close the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, but some relatives of 9/11 victims say they oppose a federal court trial. Tonight, we will be discussing the issues surrounding the trial with a relative of a 9/11 victim, plus senior US political and legal figures.

Also, Gordon Brown has confirmed he spoke to the owner of The Sun newspaper Rupert Murdoch, following the row over the letter of condolence he wrote to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. The newspaper attacked Mr Brown over his letter to Jacqui Janes, whose son Jamie was killed in Helmand, saying it contained spelling mistakes, and further criticised him after he telephoned Mrs Janes to discuss the letter with her.
Our Culture Correspondent, Steve Smith will be looking at who won in the battle between The Sun and the prime minister.

And here's Kirsty with news of what's happening on Newsnight Review at 11pm:

We'll be discussing the complicated cultural responses of German directors and writers to the fall of the Wall, 20 years ago this week.

My guests are journalists Paul Morley and Anne McElvoy, German curator and film critic Maxa Zoller, and Peter Miller who writes German and English thrillers (and also the memoir 1989: The Berlin Wall, My Role in its Downfall).

We'll be discussing this year's Cannes Film Festival winner, The White Ribbon, and a clutch of other films about Germany's recent past.

We'll be asking what is behind the rise of "Ostaglie", the nostalgia for the GDR that many in and beyond Germany find baffling - there is even a GDR show on television. Has the failure of many to find the "blossoming landscapes" Helmut Kohl promised in 1989, obliterated memories of the hated Stasi and the thousands killed trying to escape? Or is the yearning for a simpler and more ordered way of life understandable?

We'll be discussing both Good Bye Lenin, and the Oscar winning The Lives of Others.

We'll also examine whether the more confrontational views of repression are coming from outside Germany, looking in particular at the Nobel Prize winning novelist, Herta Muller, and her deeply affecting novel, The Land of Green Plums. Plus, the "pathetic" stories of life under Ceausescu, in Cristian Mungiu's Tales from a Golden Age.

Also Pop went the Wall - was pop music a force in the destruction of the Wall? From Michael Jackson to Bruce Springsteen to Pink Floyd?

Then we move on to talk about what lies behind the phenomenal success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which, on its release this week. It broke records when it instantly became the biggest selling launch across games film and DVD - taking $310 million in North America and the UK alone.

Do join us.

Gordon Brown has delivered what had been billed as his first big speech on immigration, in which he acknowledged concerns about immigration and promised to beef up the UK's rules.

He specifically pledged to tighten up the points-based system for determining which migrants can work in Britain, offering work visas to people in occupations where there are shortages, but not to others.

But does the points-based system work in practice? Tonight, Richard Watson reveals new evidence of failures in the student work visa system, which leave it open to widespread fraud.

Also, the US ambassador in Kabul has thrown a hand-grenade into the White House's deliberations over the proposed troop surge for Afghanistan.

In a leaked cable, Karl Eikenberry said President Hamid Karzai's government should first prove it would tackle corruption.

Mark Urban reports tonight on how President Barack Obama will navigate his way through all this conflicting advice, and where this leaves the US and UK military strategies.

Plus, in times gone past the kings of Kabul would send their envoys to the city's only roundabout to find out what the ordinary people thought.

Lyse Doucet has been to the Sar-e Chowk roundabout to test the temperature as they did.

And we've sent our own envoy, Michael Crick, to take the temperature in Glasgow North East where voters are going to the polls to elect a new MP for the seat vacated by Speaker Michael Martin.

Join us tonight at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

We will begin though with the state of the UK economy. "Gloomy optimism" would probably best describe the assessment given this morning by the Bank of England. The Governor of the Bank, Mervyn King, said that the recovery had "only just started" and was "highly uncertain." The unemployment rise was the smallest quarterly increase in 18 months, but the youth unemployment rate has reached a record high of nearly 20 per cent. With such a fragile recovery under way, some economists fear that planned spending cuts could lead to another dip.

Tonight we speak to David Blanchflower who - virtually alone in the Bank of England - predicted the nature and scale of the recession months in advance of the markets. And we'll also be joined by DeAnne Julius, a senior economist who is on the board of a number of blue chip companies, and Lord Lamont, who was chancellor during the last recession.

Also tonight, a revolt on childcare vouchers. The government has rejected a warning by no less than nine former Labour ministers (including Patricia Hewitt and Caroline Flint) that phasing out childcare vouchers could harm the party at the general election. The prime minister says this relief is badly targeted but Flint says, "surely this is not the time to remove a key support from hard working families... crucially in the run up to an election, it will remove support for working parents and for businesses in key marginal constituencies".

We have one of the signatories to the letter, and are pursuing government ministers, who at this early stage are proving elusive.

And in the last in our series of film on the noughties - Susan Watts explores the giant leaps that were made in science and especially genetics over the last ten years. One of her interviews even raises the spectre of a "superhuman" in the near future. Read more about that here.

Join us tonight at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

Gordon Brown has emotionally insisted that he never meant to offend the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan when he wrote her a condolence letter in which she says her son's name was misspelled.

The latest twist in the controversy is that The Sun has released a recording of a phone conversation between Mrs Janes and the prime minister in which he blames his poor handwriting for any confusion.

Tonight, David Grossman will be asking if this slip is indicative of a government in chaos and what it reveals about attitudes in Downing Street.

Also this evening David Cameron will be outlining Conservative plans for tackling poverty and inequality, which include allowing people to keep more benefits when they find work.

Our Economics editor Paul Mason will be comparing Labour and Conservative policies on an issue which is expected to be one of the deciding factors in the next election.

Plus tonight we have the first of three special episodes of Politics Pen in which you - the audience - are put centre stage.

Hundreds of you sent in ideas about how to ease the strain on the public finances and tonight three people get to slug it out with our political animals.

Tune in at 10.30pm to find out how they fare.