Peru is demanding compensation from Spanish energy giant Repsol over an oil spill caused by freak waves caused by a volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific. Authorities sealed off three beaches on Monday after 6,000 barrels of oil were spilled during the offloading of a tanker at an oil refinery near the capital Lima.

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