Attacks across Iraq kill at least 75

Two car explosions and a suicide bomber have killed at least 40 people outside a textile factory, taking the day's death toll to 75, Iraq's bloodiest day of the year so far.

A spokesman for the Babil provincial police, Major Muthana Khalid, said a man with explosives strapped to his belt detonated himself on Monday outside the factory in Hilla where a crowd was trying to help victims of two earlier car bombs. He said at least 135 were wounded in the triple blasts.

Dr. Zuhair Al Khafaji, director of Hilla general hospital, confirmed the casualties.

Hillah, Babil's provincial capital, is 95km south of Baghdad.

The bombings were the latest in a series of deadly blasts and drive-by shootings in Baghdad and across the country.