Scores dead in blasts in Sanaa and east Yemen

At least 40 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a demonstration in the heart of the Yemeni capital. The attack ripped through Sanaa's Tahrir Square, a central plaza currently held by Zaidi Shia rebels. The rally had been called by the Houthis to protest against the president's choice of prime minister, who has now turned down the post. A policeman who witnessed the explosion said he saw a man wearing a suicide belt approaching a Houthi checkpoint in Tahrir Square.