British police arrest man over bombings

London British police said Sunday they arrested a suspect in connection with the July 7 bombings after a man reportedly told a newspaper he had been asked to join the suicide attackers who carried out the blasts.

London’s Metropolitan Police said anti-terrorist officers arrested a 27-year-old man in the Dewsbury area of West Yorkshire late Saturday. He was arrested on suspicion of the “commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,” a police spokesman said.

The suspect, who was not identified, was being questioned at a police station in the West Yorkshire area, he said.

Warsaw mayor wins presidential runoff

Warsaw, Poland Warsaw’s conservative Mayor Lech Kaczynski won Poland’s presidential runoff vote Sunday, sealing the rise of a party headed by his twin brother that pledges to uphold Roman Catholic values and strong welfare state protections.

Kaczynski, who appealed to older and poorer voters with promises to protect social safety protections that have eroded somewhat in the 16 years since the collapse of communism, defeated pro-market legislator Donald Tusk.

With 91 percent of the votes counted, Kaczynski led Tusk 55.5 percent to 44.5 percent, according to election officials.

Tusk conceded defeat, telling glum supporters: “Today I must tell myself I did not make it.”

Afghanistan quake near border kills five

Kabul, Afghanistan An earthquake destroyed mud-brick homes and killed five people near Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan on Sunday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

Six others were injured in the quake, and an army rescue team and doctors were on their way to the remote mountainous area, said Gen. Mohammed Zahir Azimi.

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has several bases along the border with Pakistan and a spokesman for the force, Sgt. Ty Foster, said he had no reports of any damage to military property or equipment.

The government in Kabul has sent four army helicopters as well as doctors and other emergency workers to help with the recovery in Pakistan. Azimi said there was no plan to bring them back to help in Zabul and said the army still has the capacity to deal with the situation.