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France, Britain in a Show of Military Force Over Jersey Island Published May 6th, 2021 - 08:54 GMT French boats steam across the water outside the port of St Helier on Thursday morning as they continued their demonstration. (AFP) Highlights Emmanuel Macron has sent a military boat racing at full speed towards Jersey. Emmanuel Macron has sent a military boat racing at full speed towards Jersey for a stand-off with the Royal Navy as 100 French fishing vessels blockade the harbour. Also Rea...

Moment French trawler rams UK boat then chases after it as tense stand-off in Channel escalates with Macron sending SECOND gunboat to meet two Royal Navy warships after EU accuses island of breaking Brexit law HMS Severn and HMS Tamar were sent from Portsmouth as a precaution in ratcheting up of row with France The Royal Navy ships are roaming Channel after Paris warned yesterday it could cut off electricity to Jersey PM deployed the ships after intelligence said 100 French boats could blockade...

UK sends navy vessels to Jersey amid post-Brexit fishing row with France Daniel Boffey and Lisa OCarroll Boris Johnson has dispatched two Royal Navy patrol boats to protect Jersey from a feared naval blockade by French fishing vessels, in an escalation of a dispute over post-Brexit access to waters around the Channel island. The move followed talks on Wednesday evening between the prime minister and the chief minister of the British crown dependency, John Le Fondré, who had war...

Arctic Corsair first look as legendary Hull ship prepped before next step Museum vision for 2023 Updated The Arctic Corsair is currently berthed at Alexandra Dock (Image: Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City Project) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ou...

Email Iceland is filled with rugged nature and swirling stories—history, legends, and folklore that cover this land as thickly as its winter snows. Until recently, most travelers searched for the island nation’s cultural and natural charms along the Ring Road, the famed 828-mile highway circumnavigating the country. In normal times, Iceland’s most famous highway comes with big thrills—huffing volcanos, exploding geysers—but it also comes with swarms of tourists. Not so the recently la...

call for articles issued in partnership with the Stable Seas program of One Earth Future. This turned out to be one of the most viewed CIMSEC topic weeks, and which featured insights from a wide range of authors. Ocean governance is in a state of flux. Legal regimes are being revised, and maritime powers are employing hybrid tactics that seek to exploit the seams of legal frameworks and norms that constitute ocean governance. Non-state actors such as pirates, smugglers, and others are constant...

Ciarán ODriscoll: Why desolate, despairing Rockall is so important The desolate, despairing rock has been the focus of a decades-old dispute. Ciaran ODriscoll explains why its so important Crew of the LE William Butler Yeats boarding the Spanish vessel detained off Rockall in July 2020. Wed, 03 Feb, 2021 - 06:30 Ciaran ODriscoll  In 1972, the then Scottish Labour peer, Lord Kennet, himself a former seaman, described Rockall as "a dreadful place. There can be no place more desolate, more desp...

Whales, myths, and Arctic lakes: Explore Iceland’s new road trip Amelia Duggan © Photograph by Filippo Bianchi, Getty Images Dramatic landscapes captivate visitors on the Arctic Coast Way, a car route established in 2019 in northern Iceland. Iceland is filled with rugged nature and swirling stories—history, legends, and folklore that cover this land as thickly as its winter snows. Until recently, most travelers searched for the island nation’s cultural and natural charms...

2 × General purpose machine guns 2 × Miniguns Advertisement Fishing quotas had been a significant stumbling block in the UKs negotiations with the European Union, with French President Emmanuel Macron refusing to budge, insisting he was unwilling to ‘give up my share of the cake’. The two sides were bitterly divided over how much access EU fleets should continue to have to British waters.  Earlier this month the EU suggested it should continue to enjoy the same access as it does now for ...

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