In Pakistan, at least 25 people have been killed in a US drone strike in the troubled tribal region of North Waziristan. Pakistani officials said four missiles were fired on a large compound occupied by supporters of local militant commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, in Spinwam, north-east of the tribal region's main town of Miranshah. Five women and four children in a nearby house were also killed. A local intelligence official said several people were wounded in the attack. Today's strike comes a day after Pakistani army chief, Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, told the US military's top officer, Adm Mike Mullen, that drone strikes complicated Pakistan's national war against the militants. It also comes amid a deepening rift between the US and Pakistan. On Wednesday Adm Mullen accused Pakistan's spy agency of having links with militants targeting troops in Afghanistan.