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Briefing of KUNA main news for Friday until 00:00 GMT

ANKARA -- At least 14 people are killed and 55 others are injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey's eastern province of Elazig, according to the country's emergency response agency.

BEIJING -- Up to 881 people in China have been diagnosed with the Novel Coronavirus, which is said to have originated in the central city of Wuhan, as official figures reveal a death toll of at least 26.

WASHINGTON -- Some 34 US servicemembers received concussions and traumatic brain injury as a result of Iran's recent missile strikes on an Iraqi air base where they were stationed, the Pentagon reveals.

LONDON -- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially approves Britain's exit from the European Union, dubbed Brexit, after signing the withdrawal agreement which comes into force next Friday.

PARIS -- A third confirmed case of the highly-contagious new Coronavirus is confirmed in France after another two cases were revealed earlier in the day, the Health Ministry says.

BRUSSELS -- Portuguese diplomat Joao Vale de Almeida is confirmed as the first post-Brexit European Union delegation head to the UK.

ISTANBUL -- Turkey's president and Kuwait's visiting parliament chief discuss Kuwaiti investments in Turkey, bilateral relations and the latest regional developments.
BERLIN -- Six people are killed and others are wounded in a shooting in the southwest German town of Rot-am-See, say local media reports, as police blame the incident on personal and criminal motives.

VIENNA -- Bulgaria summons the Russian ambassador after the expulsion of two Russian diplomats on the grounds of alleged espionage.

PARIS -- Four members of a French NGO working in Iraq have been missing for several days and are considered unaccounted for, local media reports say.

WASHINGTON -- The US discovers its second confirmed case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Illinois. (end) sd