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04/07/2019 GMT

Russia submersible fire 'was in battery compartment'

BBC World Service - World Update, Russia submersible fire 'was in battery compartment'

Fourteen crew died in fire on board top-secret nuclear-powered military craft

Russia has acknowledged for the first time that the deep-water submarine that was struck by a deadly fire on Monday was nuclear-powered. Fourteen naval officers died of smoke inhalation.

Also on the programme: Gibraltar seizes an oil tanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria; and a decade on from the Greek financial crisis young people are still struggling  for work.

(Photo: New wreaths are placed at the Kursk submarine memorial, Credit: Reuters)

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