Saudi Foreign Minister Considers Syria Policy

The BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, has been speaking to the Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, about whether it is time to change their policy towards the conflict in Syria.

European observers in Gabon say they are certain there was an "anomaly" in last month's disputed presidential election. It was won by the incumbent Ali Bongo. His margin of victory was extremely slim and his opposition, Jean Ping, claims that the poll was rigged.

Mbah Ghoto believes he is the oldest man in the world at age 145 and says he has official documents which show his birth date as 1870. We speak to Rebecca Henschke who went to meet him on the island of Java in Indonesia.