BBC News with Marion Marshall.

The radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is to be released on bail after winning his latest appeal against deportation from Britain to his homeland Jordan where he was convicted in his absence of plotting bomb attacks. An immigration commission said it was convinced by British government assurances that no evidence obtained by torture would be used against him in Jordan. Danny Shaw reports.

The court said there was still a real risk the statements of two men who were allegedly tortured will be used against over Qatada in Jordan in spite of the home secretary's assurances that he would receive a fair trial. Theresa May said the court had applied the wrong legal text. She asked the court of appeal to consider the issue again. Ever Qatada’s lawyers said the case emphasized the fundamental rules of the law that Britain subscribes to that torture evidence should not be used.

The Gulf Cooperation Council has announced that it recognized the newly formed Syrian operation coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. The GCC includes Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two important backers of the Syrian opposition. Jim Muir reports from Beirut.

The Gulf Cooperation Council pledged to support the new body in the hope that will be a step towards a swift political change of power in Damascus. Official recognition of the thought by the nations which support the Syrian opposition was a part of the deal the effort to persuade the different fractions to shelf their differences and create a unified leadership structure. The coalition's new leader Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib is in Cario to talk to the Arab League where Qatar and other supporters will be pushing for full Arab recognition of this new group.