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Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.
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  1. Volunteers work to clean up spilled oil on the shoreline following an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait. The men are wearing camouflage uniforms. One holds a shovel and is putting oil into a bag, which the other man holds. In the background the sea is seen.

  2. Satellite image taken 21 January showing new construction within the demilitarised buffer zone that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria.

  3. A Syrian soldier stands guard outside Tartous base

  4. BBC Verify logo on top of a scene from Capitol riot on January 6, 2021

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  7. Donald Trump holding executive order

  8. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes as he listens to the national anthem

  9. Rubble in Gaza following a strike on 16 January.

  10. A composite of images and video screengrabs from the Gaza "humanitarian zone" that have been verified as part of BBC Verify's analysis.

  11. Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the launch of the AI plan. He is wearing a dark suit with a tie and is speaking behind a lectern with Plan For change written on it.

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  17. Elon Musk at a microphone with BBC Verify branding in the top left corner

    18. A view of tiled house roofs stretching off into the distance

    • Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to an audience. He is wearing a white shirt and a glass of water sits on the lectern in front of him.

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    • Trump is a dark suit and red tie signs a document, an executive order to try to bring jobs back to American workers and revamp the H-1B visa guest worker program as he made a visit to the headquarters of tool manufacturer Snap-On on April 18, 2017 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

    • Fighter watches as a line of captured men walk past in al-Seriha

    • Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer stands in front of a UK flag and next to President Xi Jinping of China, who is in front of a Chinese flag. Starmer is looking at Xi, who is looking away

    • Crowds gather next to an area that has been surrounded by tape with a man in armour standing by.