BBC World Service - Newshour

02/06/12 (1200 GMT)

Mubarak gets life in jail; What would Britain be like without a Queen; Renovating Rangoon

What arms is Russia selling Syria? A law against climate predictions. Art and the Jubilee.

UN reviews Syria atrocity; being a virgin; Harry Belafonte - singing,acting and activism

France to cap top state salaries; Egypt's emergency law ends; Yanukovich on Euro 2012.

Sectarian conflict looms in Syria; Hunt faces Leveson; female athletes' looks under attack

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

Taylor gets 50 years; can schools teach body image? Has the Olympian ideal been betrayed?

West expels Syrian diplomats; Nigerian fuel scam; US and Russia in Twitter war of words

Syrian ambassadors expelled;Egypt vote dilemma;FIFA's frontrunner-a new hope for football?

Who are the Shabiha in Syria? Qatar shopping mall deaths; and the thrill of ghost towns.