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France seizes Russia-linked oil tanker
France's navy intercepted a sanctioned tanker linked to the Russian oil trade in the Atlantic Ocean and ordered it to the French mainland. Russia called the action illegal and akin to international piracy, and French President Emmanuel Macron shared a video of the operation on X.
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