News Release – Royal Marine seizes Russian Shadow Fleet tanker

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Royal Marine commandos boarded a Russian Shadow Fleet oil tanker in the English Channel early Sunday morning. National Crime Agency officers, supported by the RAF, hijacked and boarded the ship in a six-hour operation – the first of its kind by British armed forces. The vessel, Smyrtos, will be detained and monitored off the south coast of England while the investigation continues, the ministry said. Joe Pike joins Laura and Paddy to go over what we know about the operation, and put it into context given the week’s resignation on the government’s defense investment plan. More information on the full list of candidates and installations for the Makerfield by-election is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrp1z8n4w2o You can now listen to the Newscast on your smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenters were Laura Kuensberg and Paddy O’Connell. Produced by Chris Flynn. The social producer was James Westgate. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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