BBC News with Julie Candler

The United Nations Security Council has voted to

deploy

up to a further 300 unarmed military observers in Syria. They'll spend three months monitoring a ceasefire and helping to implement a peace plan agreed by the Syrian government. Speaking after the vote, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, made it clear that Washington's patience was

running out

.

"If there is not a sustained

cessation

of violence, full freedom of movement for UN personnel and rapid, meaningful progress on other aspects - all other aspects - of the six-point plan, then we must all conclude that this mission has run its course. We will not wait 90 days to pursue measures against the Syrian government if it continues to violate its commitments or obstruct the monitors' work."

The Security Council has strongly condemned the coup earlier this month in Guinea-Bissau and warned of possible sanctions. It demanded the

restoration

of the civilian government and the immediate release of the Prime Minister and leading presidential election candidate Carlos Gomes Junior.

There have been further demonstrations in Bahrain with thousands of people taking part in protests ahead of Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Prix. Caroline Hawley reports.

As clashes broke out again on the eve of the race, protesters

took refuge

in a coffee shop in the capital, only to find tear gas fired inside. Elsewhere on the island, thousands of people took part in a big protest march. Tensions already running high have been