Ship carrying oil sinks off Sri Lanka

A cargo ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of oil has sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka after being on fire for almost two weeks. The Sri Lankan and Indian navies had worked together to try and put out the fire and stop the ship from breaking up and sinking. There are now fears of an environmental disaster caused by hundreds of tonnes of oil in the ship's fuel tanks, as well as chemicals and plastics on board. We speak to a journalist in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.

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(Photo: Singapore-registered container cargo vessel, MV X-Press Pearl, on the 9 nautical miles northwest of Colombo port in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: EPA/Sri Lankan Air Force media handout)