[02:03.18]Police in Iraq say a suicide bomber near the northern city of Mosul has killed more than 20 people at a funeral of a number of minority Shabak people.
[02:11.82]Here's Danny Eberhard.
[02:13.10]It's not yet clear who carried out the attack or why.
[02:16.32]The Shabak are a separate ethnic community number in tens of thousands and have their own language,
[02:22.44]most of Shiah Muslims, and they have been targeted in the past by Sunnite extremists.
[02:26.90]Iraq has of late seen a wave of sectarian attacks.
[02:30.33]According to United Nations' figures, some 5,000 civilians have been killed there this year, the worst level of violence since 2008.
[02:38.87]A Russian politician from President Putin's ruling party has sparked a storm of criticism after posting in apparently racist image of President Obama on Twitter.
[02:48.11]Irina Rodnina twitted a photo-collage showing an unidentified hand offering the US President a banana.
[02:54.90]The image evokes the brandishing of bananas at black players by Russian football fans.
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[03:00.96]The Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has appealed for political stability ahead of a vote on whether to expel Silvio Berlusconi from parliament.
[03:09.86]A move which could threaten the coalition government.
[03:12.33]A Senate panel will vote on Wednesday on whether to punish the former Prime Minister following his conviction for tax fraud.