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Why did the US seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker?
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How did the seizure of a Russian oil tanker unfold? Is President Trump’s crypto-profeteering a bigger scandal than Watergate? And with the United States turning 250, is this a time to reflect on the UK-US special relationship?
Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Vanessa Thorpe and James Tapper, plus special guest - the host of The Making of Musk: Understood, Jacob Silverman. Today they battle it out to see who can pitch the story that should lead the news.
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Host: Giles Whittell
Producer: Casey Magloire
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett and Gary Marshall
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