Suicide bombing kills 49 in Pakistan

At least 49 people have been killed in a bombing in a crowded area of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.



Officials say more than 100 people have also been injured in the suspected suicide bombing.



They say today’s explosion is the latest in a series of recent bombings across north-western Pakistan.



It comes as the Pakistani army prepares an operation against the Taliban in the tribal region of South Waziristan.



Officials also describe the attack as the deadliest in Pakistan since March when a suicide bomber destroyed a crowded mosque in Jamrud, killing at least 50 people.