BBC News with Marion Marshall
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his decision to veto a new European treaty aimed at strengthening the eurozone, saying he did so to protect Britain's national interest. He said he'd genuinely sought agreement at last week's summit but couldn't get the
safeguards
he wanted to protect the financial sector. But the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who wasn't in the Commons to hear Mr Cameron, says differences between them remain and the coalition had to work together to re-engage with Europe to protect jobs.
"The prime minister and I clearly do not agree on the outcome of the summit last week. I've made it very clear that I think isolation inEurope, when we are one against 26, is potentially a bad thing for jobs, a bad thing for growth and a bad thing for the livelihoods of millions of people in this country."
President Obama and the visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have laid
wreaths
at Arlington National Cemetery on the outskirts of Washington, where many of the almost 4,500 Americans killed in Iraq are buried. Speaking at the start of a week which will mark the final withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Mr Obama said America was leaving with its head held high and would never abandon its allies and interests there.
Defence officials in Pakistan have told the BBC that they are considering demanding millions of dollars in annual taxes and charges on Nato trucks and fuel tankers. The vehicles pass through Pakistan en route to Afghanistan. Jill McGivering reports.