US ship fires 30 warning shots in encounter with 13 armed Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz

The US Coast Guard fired 30 warning shots after 13 Iranian armed speedboats came within yards of seven American military vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.  Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said some of the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards of six U.S. military vessels escorting the guided-missile submarine Georgia. … Read more

Royal Navy gunships patrol sea off Jersey as 70 French fishing boats threaten to blockade harbour

Two Royal Navy gunships have started patrolling the coast off Jersey as 70 French fishing boats threaten to blockade the harbour of the British Crown dependency. HMS Severn and HMS Tamar were sent from Portsmouth ‘as a precaution’ in a major ratcheting up of the row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights. Armed with cannon and … Read more

Another 20 migrants brave bitter sea temperatures to cross Channel to UK in tiny boats

More than 60 migrants brave bitter sea temperatures to cross Channel to UK in tiny boats as 2021 total passes 1,500 Four groups of people arrived on British shores on UK Border Force vessels The first of the small boats to arrive was not equipped with an outboard engine Arrivals mean number of migrants making … Read more

Ukrainian navy threatens to SHOOT Russian FSB boats near Kerch Strait

The Ukrainian navy threatened to shoot Russian coast guard vessels near the Kerch Strait just hours before Putin closed the waterway to foreign warships in the latest sign of mounting tensions in eastern Europe. The standoff took place between three Ukrainian Gyurza-M-class artillery boats and five unidentified vessels belonging to Russia’s FSB coast guard service … Read more

Ukrainian navy threatens to SHOOT Russian FSB boats near Kerch Strait

The Ukrainian navy threatened to shoot Russian coast guard vessels near the Kerch Strait just hours before Putin closed the waterway to foreign warships in the latest sign of mounting tensions in eastern Europe. The standoff took place between three Ukrainian Gyurza-M-class artillery boats and five unidentified vessels belonging to Russia’s FSB coast guard service … Read more

People smugglers ‘use the poorest migrants in cheap boats as decoys’

Ruthless people smugglers are using the poorest migrants travelling in the cheapest boats as decoys to give people paying ‘premium’ rates a better chance of crossing The Channel, it has been claimed. This morning, around 20 migrants, including four toddlers and a baby arrived at Dover today after being picked up by Border Force officials … Read more

Beijing muscles in on the South China Sea filling it with hundreds of boats in an act of aggression

China has filled the disputed South China Sea with more than 200 boats lashed together in rows in an act of aggression designed to ‘squeeze out’ other countries in Asia, experts warn.  Beijing have claimed the Chinese vessels, first spotted earlier this month off the coast of the Philippines, are merely fishing boats sheltering from … Read more

Number of migrants risking their lives to cross the Channel in tiny boats has TRIPLED

The number of migrants risking their lives to cross the Channel in tiny boats in the first three months of 2021 has nearly tripled compared to the same period last year, shocking government figures reveal. The total of 1,402, compared to 511 the year before, suggests this year’s final figure will shatter the 2020 record … Read more

Number of migrants risking their lives to cross the Channel in tiny boats has TRIPLED

The number of migrants risking their lives to cross the Channel in tiny boats in the first three months of 2021 has nearly tripled compared to the same period last year, shocking government figures reveal. The total of 1,402, compared to 511 the year before, suggests this year’s final figure will shatter the 2020 record … Read more

Flotilla of small boats launched Dunkirk-like rescue in Mozambique

A flotilla of small boats launched a Dunkirk-like rescue of thousands of survivors of a terror attack in Mozambique, it has emerged.  The boats transported people from Palma, which was stormed by hundreds of gunmen last week, to the town of Pemba, 150 miles further down the Mozambican coast.  Brendon Bekker, the Zimbabwean director of … Read more