TURKISH police yesterday said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting world leaders, including US President George Bush, at a NATO summit to be held in Istanbul next month.

Turkey claimed today it had foiled a plot by al-Qaida linked militants to launch a bomb attack on a Nato summit in Istanbul next month that Tony Blair and George Bush are to attend.

Turkish police have arrested 25 members of an al-Qaida linked group suspected of planning to bomb a Nato summit due to be attended by Tony Blair and George Bush next month.