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Sakea Stama told MPs he was, quote, not prepared to walk away

hours after Anasawa, the Scottish Labour leader, urged him to resign.

Sakea's communications chief and his top advisor have both stepped down over their

boss's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to America, despite Lord

Mandelson's ties to Geoffrey Epstein, a dead sex offender.

American forces captured a tanker that was shipping Venezuelan oil in the Indian Ocean.

America's Department of War accused the vessel of breaching the country's, quote,

quarantine of crude exports from Venezuela. America has relaxed its blockade since toppling Nicholas Maduro,

the country's dictator, but continues to block much of its oil exports.

It is the eighth tanker America has seized for carrying Venezuelan oil.

Bangladesh struck a trade deal with America, setting a tariff of 19% on most exports.

The initial proposed levy of 37% was lowered to 20% last year. In addition, some clothing made with

American cotton or fibres will enter America's market duty-free,

said Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh's interim leader. The garment sector accounts for the bulk of

Bangladesh's exports. Alphabet, Google's parent company, were reportedly raised $20 billion

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