BBC News with Jerry Smit

Sudan and South Sudan have moved closer to (full-scale) war with the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir saying he wants to liberate the people of South Sudan from their own government. His comments at a (rally) in Khartoum follow days of fighting on the border between the two countries. James Copnall reports from Khartoum.

President Omar al-Bashir said he had made a mistake by putting the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in power in Juba. This is a reference to the 2005 peace agreement, which resulted in the former (rebel movement) controlling South Sudan. The region then became an independent country last year. From now on, President Bashir told a fired-up crowd his main goal would be removing the SPLM from power. "We tell the SPLM we either end up in Juba and take everything, or you end up in Khartoum and take everything," he said.

The United States and NATO have condemned the actions of US soldiers who posed in photographs with the (mangled remains) of suicide bombers in Afghanistan. The White House described the soldiers' conduct as "reprehensible" while the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen promised a full investigation.

"These events took place apparently a couple of years ago. I consider them an (isolated event). This event will be thoroughly investigated, and of course there will be taken necessary and appropriate steps to hold people to account."

The Los Angeles Times published the pictures taken by a US paratrooper in 2010 despite a Pentagon request not to.

The main presidential candidate in Egypt for the Muslim Brotherhood who's just been (disqualified) has warned the progress towards democracy is in danger. Khairat al-Shater said the Brotherhood would increase its pressure both inside and outside parliament to ensure that the transition to democracy goes ahead. The Brotherhood has already said that it's putting its support behind its second-choice candidate.

There's growing (outrage) in South Africa over the spread of a video that appears to show a teenage girl being raped by a group of young men. Police found the girl on Wednesday in Soweto, and have now arrested and charged eight suspects. They say the girl is 17 but has a (mental capacity) of a five-year-old. Karen Allen reports from Johannesburg.

The video, which was uncovered by a South African newspaper, allegedly shows the teenager being raped by seven men. They are reported to be laughing and joking during the teenager's (ordeal), which allegedly took place in the township of Soweto last week. But what's prompted a (stern response) by the ruling party and public health officials is that the film has been circulating on the Internet and on mobile phones. In a country where a recent study by the Medical Research Council suggested that more than a quarter of men questioned here had admitted raping a female, this case has triggered outrage on social networking sites.