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The UN Security Council has issued what's seen as a direct challenge to the incumbent President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, urging him to step down in favour of Alassane Ouattara, the man widely recognised as the rightful winner of last month's election. Laura Trevelyan reports from the UN.
The UN Security Council is very publicly challenging Laurent Gbagbo, who's refused to step down as president. Last week, Mr Gbagbo ordered the 10,000-strong UN force out of the country. The Security Council has not only ignored this, but also said it may be possible for more UN peacekeepers to be redeployed from Liberia to the Ivory Coast if needed. The pressure on Laurent Gbagbo is mounting. European Union leaders have agreed to impose a travel ban on him and his close aides.
The authorities in Iran have sentenced the internationally acclaimed film-maker Jafar Panahi to six years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes against national security. Most of Mr Panahi's films, which paint an unflattering picture of Iranian society, have been banned in the country. Here's our arts reporter Vincent Dowd.
After a period of house arrest in 2009, Jafar Panahi was arrested in March this year and imprisoned. After a huge protest among film-makers around the world, he was released in May with bail set at $200,000. However, the sentence Mr Panahi has now incurred will put him back in jail and in effect end his career as a director. At 51, Mr Panahi has been told he cannot make films or leave Iran for the next 20 years.