西班牙失业数据显示，近1/4的劳动力处于失业状态，这是18年来最高的水平。超过5.5百万的人在找工作，370,000人自今年初就失业了。西班牙目前的失业率是欧元区17个国家中最高的。

State television in Syria says at least nine people have been killed and nearly 30 wounded in an explosion in central Damascus. The TV station has broadcast footage of the aftermath of the blast near a mosque in the Midan neighbourhood. The BBC's Rafid Jabboori is in Damascus.

叙利亚国家电视台称，大马士革中部发生爆炸事件，至少9人丧生，近30人受伤。电视台播放了米丹社区一处清真寺附近爆炸发生后的视频。BBC记者Rafid Jabboori在大马士革报道。

According to what we heard from the Syrian Ministry of Information, the explosion took place right after the Friday prayer. Apparently, an individual approached the security officers who were guarding this place in central Damascus. When they asked him about his identification, he blew up himself. This place turned very quickly to a pro-government gathering. People here are shouting support for the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

根据我们从叙利亚信息部了解的信息，周五祈祷刚过就发生了爆炸。显然，一人向守卫处在大马士革中部这个地方的保安人员走去。保安人员询问男子的身份，男子就引爆了自己。这里很快就举行了亲政府集会，人们高呼支持叙利亚总统阿萨德。