Iran seizes British oil tanker
Iran's state TV says the tanker was confiscated for breaking "international maritime rules" in the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian state television says a British oil tanker Stena Impero has been seized in the Strait of Hormuz. A statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that the tanker had been captured at the request of the maritime authorities for "not following international maritime regulations"
Also in the programme: Srebrenica massacre: Dutch Supreme Court upholds a ruling that the state is partly to blame for the deaths of 350 Muslim men killed in 1995; And Algeria and Senegal face each other in the Africa Cup of Nations final.
(Photo: British oil tanker Stena Impero; Credit: Stena Bulk/PA Wire)
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