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**Oil spill from tanker hits Umm Al Quwain coast; UAE closes all beaches** The United Arab Emirates said Friday it is working to contain an oil spill from a tanker off Umm Al Quwain that prompted the closure of all beaches and coastal areas in the northern emirate. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment said its monitoring system detected the spill and that technical teams are assessing safety and marine-protection measures; fishermen were urged to stay out of affected waters. Authorities did not identify the tanker, but analysts told Reuters the leaking vessel is the GEM No.2 — the same tanker struck by an unidentified projectile on Oct 9 — with satellite imagery showing a slick of roughly 160 square kilometers drifting close to shore. The spill underscores the growing environmental fallout of the attacks on Gulf shipping since the US-Israeli war with Iran began.

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