I will be taking a break in the Cotswolds, southwest of EA's Birmingham base, today.
LiveBlogs will be limited until the evening, but we have features from Afghanistan to Egypt to Yemen for you, and later today we'll be posting a special US Politics analysis from Lee Haddigan on the late-night deal in Washington that averts a Federal Government shutdown.
As usual, thanks to all EA readers for bringing in news and analysis while I'm on the road. If you are not using Disqus for comments, there may be some delay in their appearance on EA.