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There are fears that it could be oil from the Iranian tanker that sank off the Chinese coast almost three weeks ago. We hear from Professor Richard Steiner, an environmental specialist with Oasis Earth, in Alaska. Also on the programme, a document that Republicans claim proves anti-Trump bias at the FBI is published by Congress. Is it the smoking gun some want to discredit the Russia investigation? Plus, taking the temperature of global democracy after a year of political shocks, we chat to Joan Hoey, Editor of the Democracy Index. And we have a report from Chile on why the US philanthropist Doug Tompkins made the largest donation of private land to any government in South America. Presenter Roger Hearing is joined by Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand, in Wellington.

(Photo: A rescue ship works to extinguish the fire on the burning Iranian oil tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea, 2018. Credit: Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Centre/China Daily/Reuters)