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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_issue(self, title, body, labels=None):
 """Creates a new issue in Github. :params title: title of the issue to be created :params body: body of the issue to be created :params labels: (optional) list of labels for the issue :returns: newly created issue :rtype: :class:`exreporter.stores.github.GithubIssue` """

        kwargs = self.github_request.create(
            title=title, body=body, labels=labels)
        return GithubIssue(github_request=self.github_request, **kwargs)