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UNITED STATES

Tornadoes in northern Texas kill 3 people

A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes on Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three people and causing significant damage around the northern town of Matador. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that the storms also produced softball-size hail and wind gusts topping 161 kilometers per hour in other communities as the line moved southeast Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service in Lubbock.

IRAN

Teheran, EU meet in Qatar for nuke talks

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said on Wednesday that he had a meeting with Enrique Mora, the European Union's deputy foreign policy chief, to discuss the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. Bagheri Kani, the chief negotiator for the nuclear talks, said in a tweet that the meeting took place in Qatar, describing it as "serious and constructive". But he did not reveal the exact timing of the meeting.

Agencies - Xinhua