Hello, this is David Austin with the BBC news.The Christian woman who was cleared last year of blasphemy charges in Pakistanhas finally left the country after spending eight years on death row.Asia Bibi has now arrived in Canada. From Islamabad, here is Secunder Kermani.Asia Bibi was first accused of blasphemy following an argument with two Muslim women in her village in Punjab in 2009.She then spent eight years in jail appealing against a death sentence before being acquitted last October.Her family have consistently said it would not be safe for her to continue to live in Pakistan following her release.Now, officials have confirmed she has left the country.Her lawyer told the BBC she had arrived in Canada,where two of her daughters are understood to have already been granted asylum.At least eight people have been killed in an explosion next to a major Sufi shrine in the Pakistani city of Lahore.Officials said a suspected suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle near the Data Darbar shrine.At least five elite police officers are among the dead.Iran has announced that it'll no longer implement parts of the international accord agreed in 2015 to curb its nuclear program.Mr. Rouhani also warned that Iran would presume in reaching more uraniumunless the remaining signatories to the deal - China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany implement their promisesto protect Iran's oil and banking sectors from US sanctions. With more details, here's Jonathan Marcus.
