A roadside bomb attack killed nine people travelling on a minibus today, authorities said, in the latest violence to shake Turkey's turbulent south-east, where Kurdish guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy for decades.

A new high-speed passenger train derailed today in north-western Turkey, and officials said 36 people were killed.

At least 139 people were killed and 57 other injured when a high-speed train from Istanbul to Ankara derailed today, the government crisis centre said.

A high-speed train from Istanbul to Ankara derailed tonight, killing 128 people, the Turkish health ministry said.