Iraqis vote at Birmingham polls

Iraqis have been turning out in their thousands to vote in their country's elections at a polling station in the West Midlands.

About 20,000 Iraqis live in the region and most of them are expected to vote in the poll to decide the make-up of their national parliament.

Birmingham has one of Britain's biggest Iraqi communities and is one of the three polling centres in the UK.

People from Iraq have until Thursday to cast their vote.

Iraq's election commission says 6,655 candidates, 307 parties and 19 coalitions have been registered for Thursday's poll.