released footage that apparently showed their drone flying around the uss boxer and returning to base. the u.s. has not released video of them jamming that drone. they said they technically jammed the drone and brought it down. they have not shown evidence to back up that claim. iran is saying everything the u.s. is saying is groundless and lies. to the tanker incident, this has been brewing for a while now, david. on the fourth of july, the british took an iranian tanker called the greace one. they said it was illegally taking pat trotake ing pet troroleum to syria. the iranians were furious. they said this act of piracy will not go unanswered. lo and behold yesterday a british tanker is taken. now the iranians are saying these are reciprocal actions.
work. good evening, jillian. good evening, lots of fast breaking developments, we just heard the u.k. government has ordered all british cargo chips to stay out of the straight until otherwise notifies. in its threatening serious consequences if the situation resolved soon. also breaking tonight, u.s. central command s confirms fox news the acting secretary of defense that s up mark, is authorizing the point of force to defend against any iranian moves in the region. he says this movement of force provides an additional deterrent and ensures our ability and urge interest and then reach in emerging and credible threats. iran seized two british operating ships today, senior administration officials calling it an act of piracy and then major escalation. one of those ships has now been released, but the other with 23 people aboard remains out of
security background to work late tonight. fast breaking developments on this situation. we heard a short while ago the uk government has ordered all british cargo ships to stay out of the strait of hormuz intel otherwise notified. a spokesman is threatening serious consequences if the situation at sea soon. to fox news the acting secretary of defense, warning saudi arabia to defend against any iranian moves. centcom says this movement provides an additional deterrent insuring the ability to take our forces and interests in the region from emergent threats. iran seized two british operated ships today, senior trump administration officials calling an act of piracy a major escalation. one of those ships has been released but the other with 23
united states central command says we have control aircraft operating in airspace monitoring the situation within the strait of hormuz, u.s. naval forces have been in contact with u.s. ships operating in the area to ensure their safety. senior u.s. officials call a seizure of the tankers a significant escalation for an already tense region in the persian gulf. an act of piracy, that is according to a senior u.s. official as iran sees is two british operated tankers. the operator of the u.k. senate imperial says that it ship was encroached by a small unidentity i have craft in the strait of warm. we are presently unable to contact the vessel that is now heading north towards iran. the company says there are 2023 aboard the ship and it has lost contact. we will work very aggressively with our partners in the region and with those
this act of piracy by the evil english go unanswered. today the head of the revolutionary guard said that iran can take strong abilities, defensive measures in this region. thank you very much for that. we want to cross over to the white house because we have breaking news. president trump is meeting with the prime minister of the netherlands. let s take a listen. difficult situation for a lot of reasons. things could have been done better in the previous administration. the previous administration made some very big mistakes with regard to turkey. and it was too bad. so we re looking at it. we ll see what we will do. we haven t announced that yet. what is the message for your supporters who are making that these are people that love our country. i want them to keep loving our country skpmpt i think the congress women, by the way, should be more positive than they are. the congresswomen have a lot of