Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Time magazine's business and economics columnist, Justin Fox, about the places around the world hardest hit by the financial crisis.

Global economic crisis

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had lunch at the White House today. British and American leaders have often referred to a special relationship between their two countries. The World's Matthew Bell looks how the economic meltdown is affecting that friendship.

Best of the BBC: Brown in America

Today on The World: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with President Obama in Washington today to discuss the global financial crisis; General Motors and Chrysler look to the Canadian taxpayer for a financial lifeline; and folk icon Pete Seeger is honored in Stockholm, Sweden...we speak with his grandson, who's traveling there to accept the honor.

British prime minister Gordon Brown won the race to become the first European leader to be invited to Barack Obama's White House. Among the main issues discussed at today's meeting was the world economic crisis, with both men agreeing on the need for better regulation of the global banking system. Michael Crick of BBC 2's 'Newsnight' program took a look at the "special relationship" between the U.S. and Britain.

Video: President Obama on relations with Britain

The World's Aaron Schachter profiles a young rapper from Pakistan. 18-year-old Adil Omar is making a name for himself around the world, and on the Internet.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the British overseas territory of Bermuda. 400 years ago this island in the North Atlantic off the east coast of the U.S. was an important way station for ships voyaging to the New World. It was also the scene of an important shipwreck, one that probably inspired Shakespeare to write The Tempest. British writer Simon Winchester sends us an audio postcard from Bermuda.

Does the iPod have potential in American sports?

Lisa Mullins hears from BBC Sports reporter Alex Capstick about how an English goalie used his iPod to help win an important soccer match.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Lawmakers in Italy are not pleased with a new fingerprint voting system in parliament because... they have to actually be there to cast their vote.