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Landslides & Power Cuts Hamper Iran Rescue Operations
Hundreds were killed in the earthquake that struck the Iran-Iraq border
More than 400 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck the northern border of Iran and Iraq. A major rescue operation is underway but it's being hampered by landslides and power cuts.
The BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let thousands of fighters from the so-called Islamic State escape with their families from Raqqa, the Syrian city they had made their capital. In exchange I - S freed hostages who they'd been using as human shields.
Italy's footballers have failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup for the first time since 1958.
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- Tue 14 Nov 201704:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
