BBC World Service - Newshour

12/06/2011 (1200 GMT)

Syrian army storms Jisr al-Shughour; the end of Al Qaeda? Ethiopian jazz

Top Al Qaeda leader killed in Somalia; UN on Bashar Assad; when is it good to die?

A human chain to protect land in India, Syrian army retaliates and statistics of mortality

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

Syrian troops enter border city; Palin e-mails; and the Mafia kiss.

Reports of mass rapes in Libya; Syria-Turkey boarder latest; Hollywood treasures for sale

Syrians flee into Turkey; Taliban on the offensive; and the art of MF Husain

Syrians flee to Turkey, Gaddafi's troops shell Misrata, and who was the real Ophelia?

Britain and France want Syrian UN resolution; Olympic torch unveiled; Dalek voice dies

Yemen Pres's "40 % burns"; volcanic ash in Chile; can children make abstract art?