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19/08/2019 GMT

Iranian oil tanker seized by Gibraltar last month has set sail overnight after being released

BBC World Service - Newsday, Iranian oil tanker seized by Gibraltar last month has set sail overnight after being released

The authorities in Gibraltar turned down a US request to impound the vessel again

The authorities in Gibraltar turned down a US request to impound the vessel again.

The Iranian oil tanker seized by Gibraltar last month has set sail overnight, after being released. The authorities in Gibraltar turned down a US request to impound the vessel again; a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused more than 2,700 deaths between January and early August; and why dairy farmers in the US are blaming climate change and a trade war with China for the many farm closures last year.

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