| Tuesday 1 December 2009 2230 GMT - BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman After over two months and 10 top level meetings with senior advisors, President Obama is ready to announce that 30,000 more US troops will go to Afghanistan in the next six months taking the American deployment there to 10,000. It's arguably the biggest moment of Obama's presidency thus far and a decision he's been wrestling with since he was handed the report from General Stanley McChrystal back in September. In a speech at West Point Military Academy Mr Obama will lay out the American strategy in Afghanistan and seek to allay fears that this could be an open ended mission. Gavin Esler is in Washington to consider the merits of the Commander-in-Chief's military strategy and we will ask whether he can sell it to an increasingly sceptical American Public. Sting has been campaigning to save the Amazonian rainforest and its indigenous people from destruction for over 20 years. The musician has just returned from a fresh trip to the region, highlighting the importance of the rainforests in mitigating against the effects of climate change. We have exclusive footage of that trip and Jeremy will be talking to Sting live about his campaign. David Cameron made a speech earlier today attacking the excesses of health and safety culture and setting out how the Conservatives might tackle this thorny issue. Steve Smith went along, well once he had filled out an appropriate risk assessment form. We will be donning hard hats and fluorescent jackets to discuss whether as David Cameron said "a noble intention to protect people from harm has mutated into a stultifying blanket of bureaucracy, suspicion and fear". Join Jeremy at 10.30pm. | 
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