At least 60 people have been killed and more than 80 others wounded in a powerful bomb attack in Iraq.
The bomb exploded close to a mosque in Al-Musayyib, a town south of the capital Baghdad.
Officials say the bomb exploded near a petrol tanker, which blew up, setting nearby houses on fire.
Eight killed in Baghdad & Mosul
Eight people have been killed by suicide bombers in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
In Baghdad's southern district of Dura, a bomber detonated a device killing one police commando and three civilians, two of them children.
Eleven others including seven policemen were injured.
And in Mosul a bomber wearing an explosives belt walked into a police station where he detonated the bomb, killing four policemen and wounding 18.
Eight of the injured are in critical condition.
Three British soldiers killed in Iraq
Three British soldiers have been killed in southeastern Iraq.
It is understood that the soldiers were part of a patrol in Al-Amarah, 150 kilometres north of Basra city, that was targeted by a roadside bomb.
Al-Amarah is a stronghold of Shi'ite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr.
Two soldiers were also wounded in the explosion, which occurred in the town's Hayae al-Risala district.
The soldiers were part of Task Force Maysan, a battle group with the Staffordshire Regiment and supporting troops from the 8,500-strong British contingent in southern Iraq.
