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There's been an explosion in Medina in Saudi Arabia, the third suicide bombing reported in thekingdom in a single day. Four security officers were killed in Medina when a suicide bomberdetonated a device near the Prophet's Mosque. Alan Johnston reports. Reports from the holycity of Medina say the bomber struck just as the sun had set. Muslims around the world wouldbe aghast that such a thing has happened in such a sacred place. Almost simultaneously asuicide bomber detonated a device on the other side of the country in the eastern city of Qatif.The target was a mosque used by Shia Muslims. And much earlier another suicide bomberstruck near a US consulate in Jeddah. Suspicion will inevitably fall on the Islamic State group. Itregards the Saudi leadership as illegitimate and it has struck in the kingdom in the past.
The United Nations says 62,000 Syrians trapped in four towns are at risk of starving to death.The UN resident coordinator in Damascus, Yacoub El Hillo, called for urgent medical evacuationsas well as immediate and unconditional access for humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, theInternational Committee of the Red Cross has released drone footage showing thedestruction in the Iraqi city Ramadi, which was taken back from the Islamic State group inDecember. The ICRC’s president, Peter Maurer, called it a humanitarian catastrophe. Thesuffering has reached unprecedented levels—hundreds of thousands killed, millions on themove, families torn apart. Even as Ramadan comes to an end, many, many ordinary people areliving in abject fear and terrifying uncertainty. A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding. Andmake no mistake—the situation is getting worse for everyone.
A politician from the governing party in Bangladesh has spoken of his sorrow and shame afterlearning that his son was among the Islamist militants who attacked a cafe in the capital Dhakaon Friday. Imtiaz Khan told the BBC Bengali Service his son Rohan left home six months agoand hadn't been in touch since. I tried so hard. I did so much. He’s my only son and whatever Icould do as a father to find him I did. I went to see the home office minister not once but fourtimes. He tried to help as much as he could, but he couldn’t find him. The Islamic State groupposted Rohan’s picture on Facebook on Friday and said it carried out the attack in which 20,mostly foreign hostages and two policemen, were killed.
Foreign clothing companies are reviewing their investments in Bangladesh’s huge garmentindustry following the Dhaka attack. Clothing companies, such as Japan’s Uniqlo, say they aresuspending all but essential travel in response. World News from the BBC
A leading Shia Muslim cleric in Iraq has bitterly criticised the government after a weekend bombattack in Baghdad killed at least 165 people. Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraqis to demand theresignation of what he called negligent ministers.
The French President Francois Hollande has said that Britain’s decision to leave the EU will notaffect the commitments to expand the bloc. His remarks follow a day of talks on EUmembership for states in the Balkans.
The Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami has died at the age of 76. He won the Palme d'Or atthe Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for Taste of Cherry, the seventh feature film of a career whichbegan 20 years earlier. Jamshid Akrami, an Iranian film professor in the US, told the BBC abouthis good friend’s international success. Since his success in winning the Palme d'Or, he becameone of the greatest filmmakers in the world, I mean, people in the rest of the world started torelate to what his movies presented. He's basically antithesis of the Hollywood movies, I mightsay. His work was a breath of fresh air in international cinema.
Tens of thousands of Icelanders have gathered in the centre of the capital Reykjavik to welcomehome the country’s football team—the giant killers of the Euro 2016 tournament. The playersmade their way through the city in an open-top bus led by drummers to the hill of Arnarholl.Supporters greeted them with wild cheering and applause that grew into the team’s Vikingchant and drumbeat. Iceland’s first major tournament ended on Sunday with a defeat toFrance, but before that, the sign to beat former World Cup winners England. BBC News
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