topping our political radar, global condemnation and outrage, alarming steps taken to arrest an opposition activist and journalist, removed from a commercial airliner, intercepted by a fighter jet forced to land in mis am. ryanair calls it piracy. the white house calls it shocking, knowing american citizens were aboard the plane. an investigation into whether it s safe for any airline to fly over belarus. and tony blinken is going to the middle east to visit jerusalem, a spokesman says this is a follow-up on the cease-fire and to reduce the risks of more violence. a new watchdog reported to reveals back during the trump administration immigration and customs enforcement deported some parents without giving them the opportunity to take their
iranians say it s their tanker, their oil, demanding gibraltar authorities release it immediately, calling it piracy. gibraltar authorities say, not so fast, this was a ship, they believe, full of crude oil on its way to syria. they say it was breaking eu sanctions, they say that s why they detained it, why it s here. naval vessels patrolling it keeping it here. iranians saying if british doesn t release this, they could capture a british vessel in the strait of hormuz. we know how tense things are there right now. iranians shot down a drone there recently as well as attacking a number of oil tankers. so all of this, the nuclear deal, this oil tanker, it s all fueling tensions with iran. this situation is a standoff and it s not going away soon.
we have breaking nauz right now. iran announcing it is enriching uranium at a higher level than the one set by the nuclear deal. tehran is also demanding the the release reporter: good morning. that is the oil tanker under question. just to the side of it there, that s a british naval vessel patrolling it. the iranians are calling it piracy that the british interdicted this vessel that was on their way to syria. iran actually believes the united states asked britain to capture this vessel because it s containing iranian oil. iran demands its release. that as you say, another tension on the top of iran now breaking
if the zombie plane theory is true, what would the condition of passengers be? would they be overcome by fumes, as well? why is there no satellite footage showing this plane from the time it disappeared just like there is of alleged debris? and what is the next step if no wreckage is found? is it piracy? let s go wright to pamela brown and richard quest. it is morning in the search area. what is the very latest now? reporter: from what we understand, the planes are in the air. right about now is when we should be getting the very first planes approaching the critical area. it s about four hours for the plane for the first plane to fly down there.
we ve got top aviation and security experts standing by to answer them throughout this hour. like this one. if the zombie plane theory is true, what would the condition of passengers be? would they be overcome by fumes, as well? why is there no satellite footage showing this plane from the time it disappeared just like there is of alleged debris? and what is the next step if no wreckage is found? is it piracy? let s go wright to pamela brown and richard quest. it is morning in the search area. what is the very latest now? reporter: from what we understand, the planes are in the air. right about now is when we should be getting the very first planes approaching the critical