[02:01.21]A UN team in Iraq says it’s counted 52 bodies at a camp for Iranian dissidents where killings were reported on Sunday.

[02:08.08]A statement said most of the victims were shot in the head.

[02:11.09]The UN called on the Iraqi government to mount an impartial investigation.

[02:14.62]Eighty thousands gold miners have begun a strike in South Africa.

[02:18.32]As the strike began the national union of mine workers said it would accept a 10% raise instead of their original demand of 60%.

[02:25.76]From Johannesburg here's Will Ross

[02:27.58]The General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers Frans Baleni told the BBC that if the gold companies offered a 10% wage increase,

[02:36.38]this would be accepted and the strike would called off Despite this development,

[02:41.26]the main gold mining union has also issued a hard-hittingstatement saying the strike would change the gold mining landscape forever.

[02:48.06]It said it was aware of the devastating impact industrial action would have on the economy,

[02:52.94]calling it largely a white man's economy with no benefits for poor black mine workers..

[02:58.49]BBC News

[03:00.88]Parliament in Kenya has been recalled for an emergency session to debate ending the country's membership of the International Criminal Court.

[03:07.56]Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto is due to appear at the ICC next week on charges of crimes against humanity.