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Seven crew missing after drone attack leaves tanker ablaze off Romania's coast

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A search and rescue operation is under way in the Black Sea after the latest attack in the area.

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Both outlets lead on seven sailors missing after a tanker fire off Romania’s coast, but they frame the cause differently. The Independent’s headline foregrounds Russian drone fears and, in its extract, only says Romania’s naval authority received an emergency alert from the San Marino-flagged Wine Trader. Channel 4 News is the only outlet here to say drones hit ships, to place the fire in Romanian territorial waters overnight, and to mention five crew members were rescued.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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