British Police: We are dealing with a security situation on board an oil tanker off the English coast
9 month agoNOTAM issued for the airspace around the ongoing incident
The tanker ship crew are in a secure room after discovering a stowaways on board who were attempting to take control of the vessel, the British military special forces are on standby, Currently the HM coastguard are dealing with the incident
Sky News understands authorities are dealing with a security incident on board a vessel off the south coast of the Isle of Wight involving a small number of stowaways
9 month agoBritish HM Coastguard & Hampshire Police, are dealing with an ongoing incident aboard a Liberian flagged oil tanker that has been forced to anchor off the Isle of Wight amid fears pirates have/ are trying to seize control of the ship
9 month agoHIJACK attempt: Tanker involved is the NAVE ANDROMEDA, Liberian-flag IMO 9580405, 75,000 DWT, owned in Greece. UK Navy SBS Special Boat Service team has been activated, a UK Coast Guard helo is in the area. Scene is very near the UK's biggest naval base
9 month agoA merchant tanker off the Isle of Wight in England appears to have been seized by hijackers who stowed away on the ship. Authorities have established an exclusion zone around the ship on the SE coast of the Isle.
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[email protected]: "The UK has announced it will enforce asset freezes and travel bans against two Russian GRU officers and the GRU's military intelligence unit 26165 – codenamed APT28 and Fancy Bear – which were responsible for the 2015 cyber attacks on Germany's Parliament
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Wales' first minister announces full anti-coronavirus lockdown
Royal Air Force ISR Plane Sentinel R1 ZJ961
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British Prime Minister: We are ready to implement "Brexit" without an agreement if the European Union does not change its approach
Boris Johnson says given the EU is refusing to negotiate seriously, he has concluded that UK should get ready for Australia-style deal i.e. no deal Brexit by January
Ireland: As three further deaths and 1,205 new cases of coronavirus are announced, NPHET officials give a briefing on Covid19
MI5 warned that nearly 30% of the major terror plots it has disrupted since 2017 have been from far-right extremists. Ken McCallum said that the pan-European threat from the far right was increasing with "bitty, but meaningful international connectivity
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