BBC World Service - Newshour

17/11/2011 2000 GMT

Political unrest in Kuwait; Spain elections in an economic crisis; FIFA and racism

Newshour special from Spain ahead of elections; Blatter blunders; and prize engineering.

A new Arab League deadline for Syria, USA's Pacific strategy, Pan-Am's glory days.

Syrian opposition attacks military base; Italy's new cabinet; and banjo diplomacy

Syrian opposition seeks Russian help, Spain's economic woes, Manchester United's profits.

Occupy protesters cleared from park; Ai Wei Wei's tax bill; and the bear that went to war

Jordan says Assad should go; appeasing Tibetan monks; swimming and web-surfing the Pacific

Jordan king calls on President Assad to step down; amnesia sufferers with musical memory

Italy's new Premier; clearing Rio's favelas; the etiquette of patting down presidents

Italy's economy, favela crime crackdown and transgender reality