good faith

of the Syrian authorities.

Thousands of Egyptians are in Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against what they see as

lenient

sentences for the

ousted

President Mubarak and several of his closest aides. The protesters are urging a renewal of the revolution that

toppled

Mr Mubarak, who on Saturday received a life sentence but not the death penalty many Egyptians demanded. Two of the unsuccessful contenders in the first round of presidential elections have joined the protest.

The government of Cyprus, which is a member of the eurozone, says it might need a bailout from the European Union to save its banking system. Cyprus has been struggling with high unemployment and austerity measures. Karen Hoggan reports.

The European Financial Stability Facility is a fund set up to bailout eurozone economies which run into trouble. The admission by a Cypriot government spokesman that Cyprus may have to tap into it adds to the speculation which has been gathering pace over the past few days that the country could have to seek aid. The economy of Cyprus has been particularly affected by the worsening situation in Greece. Cypriot banks are exposed to Greek bonds

to the tune of

nearly $30bn. That's more than the entire economic output of Cyprus.

Voters in the American state of Wisconsin are voting today to decide if the Republican state governor Scott Walker should be thrown out of office. Mr Walker provoked anger with reforms to public sector pay and trade union rights. Today's extraordinary election is only the third so-called recall vote for a state governor in US history.