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But now with the addition broadcasts on Radio 4, here's Kate Adi.

Today the crowd's thin in the centre of Cairo, but for President Mubarak the dilemma remains.

On the streets of Athens we find immigrants poorer than ever and stripped of their illusions. There's a new pecking order in Zambia, but why have the Chinese come to market in Lucca?

And there's scalduggery to report among the truffle hunters of southwest France.

The Egyptian government and opposition are to start talks about the transfer of power.

The main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, says it is ready to take part in the negotiations if the

government responds to the demands of the people. This morning thousands are still

in Tahrias Square in Central Cairo demanding that the President Hosni Mubarak stand down.

But the size of the crowd is significantly smaller than yesterday's huge anti-government rally.

Doubt seemed to be emerging within the protest movement about how much more can be achieved.

Kevin Connolly is watching events unfold.

He was late of course as dictators often are.

The link between punctuality and autocracy is one of

history's great myths. Hitler and Mussolini didn't actually make the trains

run on time any better than their democratic contemporaries. They just created

circumstances where only a madman would complain that they were late.

So when rumors swept Cairo that Hosnhem of Barak was going to appear on national television last Tuesday,

no one in Egypt really thought he'd make it to the studios on time.

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