Veiled and speaking in a low voice, the woman suicide-bomber who failed to blow herself up in a Jordanian hotel last year went on trial in Amman today charged over the attacks that killed 63 people.

Jordan’s military prosecutor has concluded his investigation into last year’s hotel bombings in Amman and plans to indict 11 people, including the al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to court documents.

Jordan will ask Britain next week to extradite the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who has been described as Osama bin Laden’s “spiritual ambassador in Europe”, Interior Minister Awni Yirfas said today.

Nine terror suspects, allegedly involved in an al-Qaida-linked plot to carry out chemical and conventional attacks in Jordan, obstructed today’s opening of their trial, refusing to acknowledge military judges hearing the case.

Security has been increased outside the British embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman which has been warning of a ”high risk” of terrorist attacks against Britons throughout the Middle East.

A Turk was today charged with treason after authorities said he acted as a link between al-Qaida and suicide bombers who killed 62 people in Istanbul last month.

Five people were wounded in Turkey today when a bomb exploded on a road in an Istanbul suburb.

Three Britons who claim they were tortured in an Egyptian prison were tonight facing several more months in jail after their trial in Cairo was delayed.

Three Britons who claim they were tortured in an Egyptian prison were tonight facing several more months in jail after their trial in Cairo was delayed.