BBC News with Julie Candler

叙利亚警方使用催泪弹镇压反政府示威活动

Police in Syria have used tear gas and batons to break up crowds of anti-government protesters marching towards the centre of Damascus in a rare protest there. There’ve been other demonstrations in cities across Syria. Owen Bennett-Jones reports.

The protests were large and took place in tens of cities all over the country including Damascus. Many thousands of people marched towards the capital until they came face to face with a large deployment of security personnel determined to prevent them from reaching the centre of the city. Witnesses say the police beat the protesters with batons and used tear gas to disperse the crowds. There are also reports of live ammunition having been used in one Damascus suburb. Elsewhere, including in the city where the protest began—Deraa, the authorities are reported to have allowed the protest to occur without trying to break them up.

科特迪瓦大批女性被强奸 受害者年龄最小为7岁

Human rights groups say rape and sexual abuse have risen to alarming levels in Ivory Coast during the last few weeks as forces loyal to the President Alassane Ouattara battled for control. The aid charity, the International Rescue Committee, spoke to women who’d fled the country into neighbouring Liberia, where more than 100,000 refugees are seeking shelter. From Ivory Coast’s commercial capital Abidjan, John James reports.