Ecclestone: Bahrain decision will come down to the teams
The F1 supremo says he can’t force anyone to travel to Bahrain, while pressing home the fact that ‘commercially they have to go.’
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The F1 supremo says he can’t force anyone to travel to Bahrain, while pressing home the fact that ‘commercially they have to go.’
But French authorities have denied reports that French naval vessels had carried out attacks near an al-Shabab stronghold.
The new decrees from the transitional military leaders are seen as a response to attacks on Coptic Christians last week.
World Food Day takes place on 16 October and Médecin Sans Frontières is appealing to countries to ensure they provide nutritious food aid to malnourished children.
The clashes between Christians, Muslims and security forces raged in Cairo yesterday, leading to 200 people being wounded.
Rebel leaders want Gaddafi’s wife and three children to be returned by Algeria, where they fled yesterday.
His wife and three of his children have arrived in Algeria amid calls for them to be brought back to Libya to be tried before Libyan courts.
Seif al-Islam was reported to have been captured yesterday – but he appeared at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli yesterday, flashing the victory sign.
Meanwhile, UK police sources have criticised David Cameron for blaming them for not anticipating the scale of the rioting.
A video has emerged of what appears to be a young man setting fire to clothing in a Miss Selfridge store in Manchester.
There will be 16,000 police officers on the streets of London tonight. Cameron warned that “if you are old enough to commit these crimes, you are old enough to face punishment”.
Disorder broke out again last night in the Short Strand area of Belfast.
Anti-government protesters have taken to the streets across Syria, as troops begin to move into towns.
Twenty-one people are accused of wanting to overthrow the ruling monarchy and engaging with a foreign terrorist group.
The President has also closed the country’s only casino. The moves have been seen as an attempt to reach out to conservative Muslims.
Suez Canal has not been disrupted by violence in the Middle East but traders keeping a close eye on further flare-ups that might cut off supplies.