Baghdad market bombings kill dozens

Iraqi police say two blasts struck busy al-Sinek neighbourhood which is packed with wholesale marketsTwo bombs have killed 25 people in central Baghdad as fighting intensifies in the northern city of Mosul where government forces are trying to oust Islamic State from their last major stronghold in Iraq.The blasts, one of which was a suicide attack, struck a busy market in the al-Sinek neighbourhood, police said. A pro-Isis news agency said the jihadi group had claimed responsibility for the atta