Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Ostersund.

Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Östersund.

Ostersund 0 Arsenal 3: Arsene Wenger praised his Arsenal side for the way they performed in unfamiliar surroundings as they left Ostersund with one foot in the last 16 of the Europa League.

Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines today, killing at least three people and wounding more than two dozen others.

Jasmila Zbanic’s Esma’s Secret (Grbavica) (Dogwolf Pictures, €22.99) won the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival in 2006, but it is somewhat disappointing.