. >> a farmer's market was packed with people when the bomb exploded in rawalpindi. the blast was so powerful that it was heard up to 10km away. dozens of people were killed, more injured. the government has been holding peace talks with the pakistani taliban since february. the taliban refused to expand its deadline. >> a statement the taliban denies involvement with wednesday's attack. there are splinter groups. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. pakistan's interior ministry issued warnings of attacks in the capital islamabad and rawalpindi. >> on tuesday, a bomb ripped through the capital, killing more than a dozen. a group claimed responsibility. pakistan has been engulfed by violence for over a decade. the government has been trying to stem the violence through dialogue. wednesday's blast illustrates that that task is difficult. >> let's check in with kamal live in islamabad. you get the feeling that so much is faltering, peace talks, explosions - put it into context here. >> indeed. as you saw in that pack ug, the peace talks -- package, th

they have issued warnings of imminent attacks in the capital and rawalpindi. >> a bomb ripped through a train, killing more than a dozen people. it claimed responsibility, warning of attacks. it had been engulfed by violence for over a decade. it linked attempts at dialogue. wednesday's blast is a difficult one. >> at least 10 people have been killed in a series of car bombs in iraq. dozens of people were injured in the shia neighbourhoods across baghdad. violence has been escalating and the highest death toll was recorded since 2007. >> a large strike against ant anti-austerity measures. unions halted transport. we'll talk to our correspondent on the line in athens. it seems like a while since we had a big protest. what sparked this off? >> well, as you can see, there are some thousands of people on the streets now. more are expected. what sparked it off is the latest legislation which produced two things. one is a series of reforms in a bill about a week ago that opens and liberalizes markets. using directions which creditors wanted to move in, a little further ago, three weeks ago,