Iraq: More than 100 dead in wedding blaze

More than 100 people have died and at least 150 are injured after a fire at a Christian wedding celebration in Iraq's Nineveh province.

The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to state media.

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