人们纷纷谈论叙利亚会发生内战，事实上，在像南部Busra al-Harir镇之类的地区，忠于总统阿萨德并有坦克装备的军队已与反对派武装作战数小时，一些军车被烧毁，伤亡者人数未知。西北部与土耳其临近地区也有类似报道，白天枪战在Homs市已持续数周。人权组织担心军队正准备部署重夺该市，今天反对派已呼吁进行全面罢工，他们称是为尊严而罢工，目前罢工已广泛开展。

There are signs of serious disagreement between the two parties in Britain's coalition government over the outcome of Friday's European summit. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats says he's told the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron that the result of the summit was bad for Britain. Mr Cameron blocked a deal on the euro debt crisis at the summit, saying it was not in Britain's interests.

对于周五欧盟峰会的结果，英国联盟政府两党显然存在严重分歧。自民党副首相Nick Clegg称，他告诉保守党总理戴维德·卡梅隆，峰会的结果对英国不利。卡梅隆否决峰会有关欧债危机的协议，称这不符合英国的利益。

Britain's financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority, will publish a report on Monday into the collapse of one of the country's biggest banks, which will be highly critical of its own role in the affair. The report says the regulator's supervision of the Royal Bank of Scotland was "inadequate" and "deficient".