Police in Israel have arrested two Palestinians working for the British consulate in East Jerusalem in connection with an alleged terror plot. The pair are accused of trying to buy weapons for an attack on a sports stadium. From Jerusalem, here's Wyre Davies.
It's thought the two men, who had maintenance jobs at the consulate and did not have sensitive security clearance, were suspected of trying to obtain weapons for an attack on the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Over the weekend, Israeli security sources said that two other men, one a resident of East Jerusalem and another an Israeli citizen, had been arrested and charged with planning to carry out a rocket or missile attack on the stadium, although it's believed the attempt never got further than a planning stage.
A judge in Uganda has ruled in favour of a petition to stop media companies from outing homosexuals. The judge ruled that publishing the identities of gay people violated their constitutional right to privacy as it exposed them to attacks from vigilantes. The court granted an injunction against a national newspaper, Rolling Stone, and ordered it to pay compensation, but lawyers said the ruling applied to all media.
Almost four million people have signed up to vote in southern Sudan's independence referendum which is due to begin on Sunday. The Southern Sudan Referendum Commission said 95% of those who registered were in the south; others signed up in northern Sudan and abroad.