World News from the BBC
Medical officials in Iraq say a suicide bombing at an army recruitment centre in Baghdad has killed more than 60 people; more than 120 were wounded. A lone bomber walked into a crowd of men waiting to apply for work. Hundreds had been there all night to get a good place in the queue. The United States has condemned the attack.
Taiwan's parliament has approved a wide-ranging trade pact with China. China regards it as having made the greater
concession
s and Taiwan will keep its borders closed to Chinese labour. But the deal has proved intensely
divisive
on the island.
Four French footballers have been suspended from the national team as punishment for their behaviour during the World Cup. The striker Nicolas Anelka whose
expulsion
from the tournament sparked a team-training boycott was banned from the national team for 18 games. The World Cup captain Patrice Evra was suspended for five matches. Midfielder Jeremy Toulalan was banned for one match. Alex Capstick reports.
France were
eliminate
d from the World Cup at the first-round stage, but it was the players' refusal to train which was angrily condemned by the French public and the country's political leaders including the President Nicolas Sarkozy. None of the 23-man squad received their World Cup bonuses, and they were not considered for a friendly international against Norway. The new coach Laurent Blanc had hoped to move on, but he's now