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Newsday: 27/09/2023 05:06 GMT : Iraq fire: At least 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Nineveh region

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27/09/2023 05:06 GMT : Iraq fire: At least 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Nineveh region

Iraq fire: At least 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Nineveh region

BBC World Service - Newsday, Iraq fire: At least 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Nineveh region

One witness said fireworks torched the ceiling and "the whole hall went up in flames"

One guest said as the bride and groom were slow dancing "fireworks started to climb to the ceiling, the whole hall went up in flames".

At least 100 people are dead after a fire swept through a wedding party in northern Iraq - we get a reporter to tells us what happened.

More people flee Nagorno-Karabakh amid talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan led by the European Union - we ask a senior EU official in the region if she think there's a long-term solution to the dispute.
 
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