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BBC OS: Iranian Oil Tanker released

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Russian plane makes emergency landing

15/08/2019 GMT

Iranian Oil Tanker released

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Gibraltar releases Iranian supertanker Grace 1

Gibraltar has released an Iranian oil tanker detained last month on suspicion of sanctions-busting despite a last-minute plea by the US authorities. The UK territory received written assurances from Iran that the ship would not discharge its cargo in Syria.

Also, we hear about the biggest dinosaur hunt in decades.  British scientists are excavating in the desert in Wyoming. Our BBC science correspondent was with them.

And China's ambassador to the UK warns British politicians against interfering in Hong Kong's affairs, amid clashes between protesters and police. We hear the latest on that story.

(Photo: A still image, taken from a drone video footage, shows the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 passenger plane following an emergency landing in a field in Moscow. August 15, 2019.  Credit: Moscow News Agency/Handout via Reuters.)

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