Jordanian prince speaks out

Prince Hamza, accused of plotting to destabilise Jordan, says he will defy orders to stop communicating with the outside world. On Sunday the government said the Prince had been involved in a plot that included foreigners. He has dismissed such allegations, but bitterly criticised what he says is corruption and misrule in the kingdom. Our colleague from BBC Arabic brings us the latest developments.

And after the BBC’s Beijing correspondent John Sudworth was forced to leave China following pressure from the authorities, we discuss what’s it like working in China with two other foreign journalists who also have. We ask: how you operate as a correspondent and cover China from another country?

Also in Southern Africa, the Mozambican military says it has taken the town of Palma that was attacked by Islamist militants last month. We speak to our Africa experts about the people who were caught up with the fighting and about the threat of Islamic insurgency in the region.

(Photo: Jordan Prince Hamza bin Hussein, June 9, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Majed Jaber)