BBC News with John Jason
The fate of a jailed Bahraini dissident said to be close to death has brought thousands of protesters out on the kingdom's streets. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has been starving himself for nearly two months and is now said to be close to death. This report from Farhana Dawood.
There are grave concerns for the health of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has gone without food for 58 days. His plight has become a powerful
rallying point
for the tiny nation's Shia-led uprising against the Sunni monarchy. He's appealing against a life sentence he received for his part in anti-government protests last year. His daughter has also been
imprisoned
after leading a demonstration calling for her father's release on Thursday night.
Turkey has told the United Nations that it needs help to cope with an increasing number of refugees arriving from Syria. The flow has doubled since the Syrian government agreed to accept a peace plan calling for an end to military operations by next Tuesday. Many of the refugees have reported intense
bombardment
by government forces.
A US navy fighter plane has crashed in the centre of a town in the American state of Virginia,
demolishing
an apartment building and
setting it ablaze
. The two-man crew ejected before it came down. More details from Paul Adams in Washington.
This was a navy F-18 two-seater jet from the nearby Oceana naval air station. We think that probably within 30 or 40 seconds of take-off, something catastrophic happened on board, and moments later, the plane crashed into this apartment complex. Amazingly, the pilots both managed to