US Diplomat Quits Rohingya Advisory Panel

The veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international advisory panel on the conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine State, describing it as a whitewash. He was asked to join the panel by the Myanmar government but said de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi would not listen to his suggestions, and that the panel risked being only a cheerleader for existing government policy.

We dont often hear from the Syrian government itself, but our Chief International Corresondent - Lyse Doucet - has been talking to Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.

The new president of Zimbabwe – Emmerson Mnangagwa - has told the BBC that he gave his predecessor - Robert Mugabe - and his wife a "lucrative retirement package".