scuffled

with the opposition leaders as they arrived at the Arab League headquarters. Correspondents say the incident reveals again the splits within the anti-government movement in Syria with many dismissing the opposition leadership as

out of touch

.

Russia says it won't support new sanctions against Iran following the publication of a UN report raising new concerns about its nuclear programme. A Russian spokesman said new sanctions would be interpreted more widely as an attempt to force regime change in Iran. Iran denies any military nuclear ambitions.

World football's governing body Fifa has agreed to allow Britain's football teams to wear red

commemorative

poppies on their arms this weekend to honour the country's war dead. The decision is compromise in a row which has drawn in politicians and even the royal family, as Alex Capstick reports.

Both the British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince William, second in line to the throne, had written to Fifa expressing their dismay at its refusal to allow jerseys with poppies embroidered onto them from being worn by the England and Wales teams this weekend. Fifa has a

blanket

ban on symbols of a political, religious or commercial nature being shown on national jerseys. But following growing pressure from the English FA, football's world governing body has agreed for the red emblem to be emblazoned on black armbands which will be worn by the players.