calling for
clarification about whether Iran's nuclear work has a possible military dimension. From Vienna, here's Bethany Bell.
The six big powers have managed to hammer out a resolution which is aimed at increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran. It expresses deep and increasing concern about Tehran's nuclear aims. Diplomats called it a compromise text. Western states would have preferred stronger language and a possible referral of Iran to the UN Security Council, but Russia and China were more reluctant. The head of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, says Iran has a case to answer about its nuclear work, but Iran insists its activities are peaceful.
The emir of Kuwait has ordered the security forces to take all necessary measures to maintain order after several thousand protesters briefly occupied parliament on Wednesday. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah told the BBC that no tolerance would be shown over any violation of state institutions. Our world affairs correspondent Peter Biles reports.
The Kuwaiti prime minister's chief of staff, Mohammad Abdullah al-Sabah, has told the BBC that a group of opposition parliamentarians led youths in storming the parliament building. He described what happened as systemic
anarchy
and said the MPs had not been able to pass a bill through constitutional means. Anger over corruption allegations involving MPs has been growing in recent months although Kuwait has so far been largely untouched by the unrest elsewhere in the Arab world.