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In global news, business and sport. And be a part of the conversation and tell us what you think about the stories were covering. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in the middle east, where irans media are reporting at least 140 people have been killed and more than 300 injured in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7. 3. The quake hit the border area between iran and iraq, around 30km south of the iraqi town of halabja. In iraq, it has caused extensive damage with at least 16 deaths in the kurdistan region. The quake was so powerful, it was felt as far away as lebanon and turkey. Andrew plant has more. Carried into hospital amid the chaos at this clinic in iran, victims of the earthquake on stretchers, others walking wounded, as more and more of the injured arrive. The earthquake struck after dark. For rural villages in the affected areas, the searches beginning in torchlight for any survivors that might be buried in the fallen buildings. The shocks were felt in towns, too.

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