Suicide bomb kills many in Iraq

Up to 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a town south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police say.

About 110 people were also injured in the attack at a gathering of Sunni Muslim tribal leaders in Yusufiya, 20km (12 miles) from Baghdad.

Police said the bomber had entered the home of a sheikh as a Sunni council meeting was being held.

The area was once an al-Qaeda stronghold but local Sunnis turned against the group in recent years.

A number of the tribal leaders, or sheikhs, are reported to be among the casualties.

The council meeting was part of an initiative by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shia, to reach out to Sunnis.