• Crown Prince: cancelling F1 would empower extremists • Police use teargas to break up protests • Hillary Clinton calls for arms embargo against Syria • Read the latest summary 5.00pm: Here’s a summary of the latest developments: Bahrain • Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Bahrain today as Formula One teams practised ahead of Sunday’s grand prix. Police are reported to have used stun grenades and teargas against at least one group of demonstrators. • Bahrain’s crown prince said cancelling the grand prix would empower extremists. He denied that the government was using the race for political purposes: “We’re trying to use it for the people’s benefit,” he said. • Britain’s Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has urged the prime minister to add his voice to calls for the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix

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