restive
cities, such as Homs in the north and Deraa in the south. The UN refugee agency in Jordan says the group has assisted the Jordanian government with preparations for the refugee camp.
Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in towns and cities across Spain to oppose the government's latest austerity measures. As the government tries to stimulate the economy by changing employment laws, trade unions say workers' rights are being eroded. The biggest demonstration was in Madrid, where the centre of the city was
packed with
people calling for a general strike. Among them was this woman who says the changes
go too far
.
"I think they're making big cuts to workers' rights. And with around five million unemployed, they haven't
come up with
any important ideas on how to create jobs. What the reforms really do is further limit the capacity of people to spend."
At least 44 people have died in a prison fight in northern Mexico. Security officials said members of rival drug cartels confronted each other with stones and homemade weapons. An investigation is underway to establish if some of the prison guards
colluded
in the fight by unlocking the doors, separating two wings of the prison. Deadly fights between rival gangs are not uncommon in Mexico's
notoriously
overcrowded and corrupt prison system.
This is Zoe Diamond with the latest World News from the BBC here in London.