Explosions killed eight people in Baghdad today, six of them when a parcel blew up in a central market and two when a bomb went off in a minibus in the east of the capital, police said. At least 22 people were wounded.

American forces have denied targeting a wedding party near Iraq’s border with Syria, in an air strike that allegedly killed more than 40 people, including children.

A US helicopter fired on a wedding party in western Iraq today, killing more than 40 people, Iraqi officials said.