A suicide bomber detonated his car today as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials.

A wave of bombings has hit Baghdad, killing at least 60 people in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months.

US President George Bush arrived at Amman airport tonight to begin a two-day visit with Jordan’s king and Iraq’s prime minister for talks on finding a way to calm the sectarian violence that threatens to tear Iraq apart.