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Iran tanker row: Detained ship sets sail from Gibraltar

Gibraltar earlier rejected a request by the US to again seize the ship.

An Iranian ship held by Gibraltar since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria has left port; President Trump has cast doubt on an extension of a licence allowing US companies to do business with the Chinese telecoms giant, Huawei; and organisers say 1.7 million people turned out at Sunday's pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, amid increasingly severe warnings by Beijing.

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