Jonathan Head

Turkey’s prime minister has called Israel’s attack on a flotilla of ships heading to the Gaza Strip an act of state terrorism. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Jonathan Head, in Istanbul, where thousands have staged anti-Israel protests today.

The US and Yemen share an interest in stamping out the Yemen-based group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been blamed for the attempt to blow up flight 253 to Detroit on Christmas Day. Jeb Sharp talks with the BBC’s Jonathan Head.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Jonathan Head about the trial of Aung Sung Suu Kyi. The Burmese opposition leader is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest. The prosecution wrapped up its case today.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Jonathan Head about the new charges brought by the military government of Myanmar against opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She faces a new trial just as her current house arrest was about to end. The new charges stem from a bizarre incident last week when an American man swam across a lake to Suu Kyi’s house.

The BBC’s Jonathan Head reports from Manila on the steeply rising price of rice around the world.