BBC World Service - Newshour

01/02/2012 (1200 GMT)

Leaked report accuses ISI of aiding Taliban; Hong Kong/ mainland resentment; Wael Ghonim

Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood; UN debates Syria; and the unwanted football star.

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

Pressure over Syria mounts; Senegalese protest 'constitutional coup'; and smacking kids.

Russian initiative on Syria; EU summit; and should novels be shortened?

Fighting intensifies in Syria; Sarkozy's new tax; the fastest piano player in Ukraine.

More violence in Syria; Africa's new football stars and Hamas Jordan friendship.

Arab League suspends Syria observer mission; Super PACS funding in US election

Violence in Senegal; Pakistan to act on crimes against women; male cheerleaders for rugby?

UN debates Syria; Twitter to block tweets; why gay footballers are too scared to come out