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Business Matters: US seizes Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela

US seizes Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela

15/08/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US seizes Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela

About 1.1 million barrels of fuel were confiscated according to the Justice Department

The US says it has taken control of four Iranian fuel shipments bound for Venezuela in the largest-ever seizure of its kind. About 1.1 million barrels of fuel were confiscated "with the assistance of foreign partners", according to the Justice Department. The Wall Street Journal's Benoit Faucon explains what we know so far. Also in the programme, an oil spill off Mauritius threatens one of the world's most biodiverse marine ecosystems. The BBC's Frey Lindsay looks into the long-term impact on the island. The chief executive of food delivery service Just Eat, Jitse Groen, tells us why he wants to transition those that deliver food for the firm away from being gig workers towards becoming employees on staff contracts with more benefits. Plus, we find out why Apple and Google have removed the popular game Fortnite from their smartphone app stores.

All through the show we'll be joined by Peter Ryan from the ABC in Sydney.

(Picture: The Bella tanker, one of four vessels that fuel was confiscated from. Picture credit:

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