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Britain says it will ten warships to Gibraltar on Monday. The ships will a stop on their way to the Middle East. Many people the stopover is bad timing because relations between Britain and Spain have bad recently. Spain angry after Gibraltar's government concrete blocks on the seabed. It said this was to sea life grow and to stop Spanish boats fishing nearby. Spain then said it might start 50 euros (about $67) for people to travel across the border between Gibraltar and Spain. Tensions again when Spain started people entering Spain as security against terrorism. Motorists had to wait for up to six hours at the border.

Spain Gibraltar to Britain in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht. It an important base for Britain's Royal Navy. Gibraltar is a small area of land just 6.8 square kilometers, south of Cadiz. The 430-meter-tall Rock of Gibraltar in the center. The population is around 30,000 and most of them are very pro-British. Many parts of Gibraltar like a piece of mainland Britain. Spain has for decades that Gibraltar should be to Spain. Britain's government said that could only if the people of Gibraltar vote for it. The British prime minister his Spanish counterpart: "This issue should not damage our bilateral relations. However there was a real risk of this ."

 
 

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