BBC News with Nick Kelly

The governing party in Yemen has accepted in full a

proposal

by Gulf Arab states aimed at resolving the country's political crisis.

According to

the proposal, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who's faced months of street protests demanding his immediate resignation, will

hand over

power to his deputy. Here's Lina Sinjab.

The proposal would see President Saleh transfer power to his vice president within a month of an agreement with the opposition to grant him

immunity

from prosecution. A transitional national unity government would be formed including both the opposition and President Saleh's party. Fresh elections would then be held. The opposition have not given a clear response to the proposal. They say they welcome the initiative by the Gulf states to end Yemen's political crisis but seem reluctant to serve in a government with the ruling party.

The United States urged President Saleh to immediately begin the peaceful transfer of power.

Activists in Syria say more than 100 people have been killed by the security forces in the past two days. Shooting of mourners attending the funerals of those killed in Friday's massive protests has been reported in several cities, including the capital Damascus. Owen Bennett-Jones reports.

"We want the fall of the regime." That was the chant from the mourners at a funeral in a Damascus suburb today. The security forces responded by firing live ammunition. There was panic as people looked for cover and tried to get away. In the southern city of Deraa, where the protests began five weeks ago, security personnel opened fire on a