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Cuban aviation authorities have warned country is running out of jet fuel, threatening to derail tourism industry

• Air Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel access

Moscow has said it is planning to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba within days as a fuel crisis triggered by US efforts to choke off the island’s oil supplies deepens.

Russia’s aviation authorities said on Wednesday that two of its airlines serving the Caribbean island would operate outbound-only flights to bring tourists home before suspending services.