[02:22.93]“Heavy security in Quetta believed to be the dwelling place of the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar was not enough to prevent the suicide bomber striking at a policeman's funeral.
[02:33.05]The provincial police chief for Balochistan told journalists that most of those who died were police officers,
[02:39.07]21 of them have been identified, they included his colleague, the head of the police operations for the city of Quetta.
[02:45.49]The blast was captured live on television cameras as the event was being broadcast.
[02:50.44]An officer said police spotted the suicide bomber and began searching him while upon he blew himself up.”
[02:57.02]World News from the BBC
[02:59.13]The US State Department has announced that the direct peace talks between Israel and Palestinians will take place in Jerusalem next Wednesday to be followed by a meeting in the West Bank town of Jericho.
[03:11.13]The negotiations, the first between the two sides for nearly three years were launched with great fanfare by the US Secretary of State John Kerry at a dinner in Washington ten days ago.
[03:21.67]A military judge in Texas has ruled that an army psychiatrist who's on trial for a shooting rampage four years ago can continue to represent himself.
[03:31.13]Major Nidal Hasan has admitted killing 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.