BBC News with Julie Candler.

The Israeli cabinet has approved a proposal to make non-Jews who want to become citizens swear an oath of loyalty to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. This loyalty oath has been condemned by a number of Israeli politicians and Arab groups as inflammatory and racist. But the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the oath would make clear the essentially Jewish nature of Israel.

"The state of Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people and a democratic state belonging to all its citizens. Jews and non-Jews enjoy full rights. To my regret, there are those in the world who are trying to blur, not only the unique connection between the Jewish people and its homeland, but the unique connection between the Jewish people and its state."

Some commentators suggest that Mr Netanyahu needs the bill in order to secure the support of right-wingers in his coalition for a renewed settlement freeze, saving the peace talks with the Palestinians from collapse.

Almost 100 people, mostly police officers, have been injured in street battles between anti-homosexual protesters and police at a Gay Pride event in the Serbian capital Belgrade. From there, Mark Lowen reports.

Calm has now returned to Belgrade after hours of street battles across the city. Protesters hurled stones and petrol bombs at armed police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. The headquarters of the governing Democratic Party was set alight, and over 80 police officers injured. The Serbian government has responded angrily to scenes all too redolent of the country's violent ultra-nationalist past. A peaceful gay parade was intended to show a democratic modern Serbia striving for EU membership. That image has now been significantly damaged.