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is believed to be safe. the uk s maritime organisation says armed men who boarded the panama flagged mv asphalt princess have now left the ship. iran has denied it was behind the seizure. meanwhile, a british security guard who was killed in a separate oil tanker attack has been named as adrian underwood. mr underwood was one of two guards killed in a drone attack on the mv mercer street, operated by an israeli owned company, off oman six days ago. president biden has said the democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo, should resign. it s after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five month inquiry described a toxic workplace where people were too scared to complain. barbara plett usher reports. new york s ambitious, combative governor had been banking on a run for a fourth term in office and now he is plotting furiously to salvage his job.
updates as they come in. the crew of an oil tanker that was targeted in an suspected hijacking in the gulf of oman is believed to be safe. the uk s maritime 0rganisation says armed men who boarded the panama flagged mv asphalt princess have now left the ship. iran has denied it was behind the seizure. meanwhile, a british security guard who was killed in a separate oil tanker attack has been named as adrian underwood. mr underwood was one of two guards killed in a drone attack on the mv mercer street, operated by an israeli owned company, off 0man six days ago. fierce fighting between afghan government forces and the taliban is continuing in the southern city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. there are reports of an intense battle close to police headquarters. meanwhile, the taliban have now claimed responsibility for a car bomb and gun attack in a high security district in kabul.
heather: look at our top headlines. we begin with a fox news alert was an iranian oil tanker attack off the coast of saudi arabia overnight. state media says two rocketed the tanker causing heavy damage. the blast comes amid heightened tensions between washington and and tehran with attacks on foreign tankers near the strait of hormuz. in hours back at home the former us ambassador to ukraine will appear on the hill as part of the democrats impeachment push. marie ivanohvich will appear before the house committee. donald trump says to meet with the top trade officials today in
speak with the president responded with a tweet. : iran s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that they do not understand reality. any attack by iran on anything american will be met with great and overwhelming force. in some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration. no more john kerry and obama! later this week, the trump administration plans to sanction iran s top diplomat who spent months negotiating the nuclear deal with then secretary of state john kerry. the acting secretary left for nato headquarters where he will be meeting with nato allies to convince them to form a new coalition to protect commercial shipping through the strait of hormuz following the oil tanker attack. so that the job isn t left solely to the united states. dana: what interests me is how the new sanctions are not meant to target the people of iran, the citizens. this is going after the leaders and from what we know, there is