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18 June 2013 Last updated at 11:08 ET

G8 backs urgent Syria peace talks

G8 leaders back calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva "as soon as possible", without mentioning the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.

At least 31 people are killed in a double suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

European auditors say much of the 1bn euros of EU aid for Egypt in the past seven years has had little or no impact.

Features, analysis and news from Iran after the election of its new president

Ripple effect

Meeting the Lebanese families drawn into Syria's war
Resilient rebels

How Yemen's Houthis defied years of war and repression
Presidential inbox

A look at the main issues facing Iran's new leader Hassan Rouhani
Ridding rebels

Lyse Doucet sees campaign to eject foreign fighters from Syria
Across the divide

Views from Hamas and Fatah, six years after Palestinian split
Change of guard?

Qatar's rulers signal that change is in the wind
Matkot madness Watch

Israel's extreme bat and ball beach craze