BBC World Service - Newshour

1400 BST 25th September 2012

Special programme from Wisconsin about the Republican vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan

Syrian minister: Foreign countries sending 'terrorists'; and Schwarzenegger's think tank

German Catholics face tax threat; riots at Foxconn production; Is the word pleb an insult?

CNN and State Department row over ambassador's diary & a rare visit to Assad's heartland

Belarus goes to polls; Offensive football chants; a new cloud on the horizon?

Free Syrian Army moves HQ into Syria; a model with Down's Syndrome; the Bible in Jamaican

Benghazi militias; Iran restricts female university access; and Facebook party goes viral

Pakistan violence; Turkey military verdict; Is China abandoning its one child policy?

Newshour comes live from Paris on the opening of the Louvre's new gallery of Islamic art.

Mogadishu suicide attacks; Syrian air strike kills 54; Libya US ambassador funeral