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Undertake all the time. none of the 22 crew of the andromeda were injured in the incident. the seven stowaways have been detained. andy moore, bbc news. millions of people across europe have been waking up to life under new restrictions as governments battle to suppress a second wave of coronavirus infections. several countries across the continent have seen record numbers of people diagnosed with covid—19 over the last few days. the united states has also seen record numbers of new cases. but...

The citadel. a secure space of the ship where they still had control. at 5pm police asked for military assistance. two hours later 16 troopers from the special boat service that use these waters as a training grounds onto the deck from royal navy helicopters. they detained the stowaways believed to be nigerians seeking asylums in a matter of minutes. if youre faced with the prospect of heavily armed men coming onto the ship and you didnt get onto the ship in the first place to die in the general...

Become violent. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy explains what happened. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces raid on a tanker in the solent behind me here. that raid involved four helicopters with teams of whats called special boat service, sbs, special forces. theyre based about 50 miles, about 70 km down the coast here. and they landed on the deck of this vessel in their four helicopters and used what was described as "overwhelming force" to retake the ship....

Cold out there this morning. thank you very much for being there, we will see you later. had to pull my hood up coming in this morning. will see you later. had to pull my hood up coming in this morninglj did see you wearing that. its back. its officially winter when dan has his big coat. its a big one. its not winter yet, is it? no, not yet. lets take a look at todays papers. several of the front pages are dominated by images of an oil tanker which was reportedly seized by seven stowaways off th...

The first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes its not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. here in the uk, a military operation onboard a tanker in the english channel has ended with the arrest of seven people after special forces stormed the ship. its thought stowaways were causing problems on board the vessel, which had sailed from lagos in nigeria. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy has the latest. it really has been an ex...

They detained seven individuals, and were told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. were also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, ...

Ifa economic challenge living even if a vaccine comes along. all right, simon french, good to see you and have a good day. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: charities across the uk are likely to lose billions of pounds in donations due to covid—19. well be speaking to the head of one of the countrys biggest to find out what support the industry needs. in other news this morning: investigations are continuing into the suspected hijacking of an oil tanker off the isle of wight which ended...

And made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place on board the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence, but its understood several military helicopters landed heavily—armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. and, of course,...

To ta ke minutes it took four special forces to take control of the vessel? good morning, yes, essentially, as you saw, this was a helicopter assault with the two navy wildcat helicopters which would have come in first to look through their electrooptics devices what was going on. they would have provided a distraction while the two navy merlin helicopters came in closer and essentially the sbs troops roped down from those helicopters onto the deck. they would have quickly ascertained where the ...

Yesterday off the coast of the isle of wight. the ten of our stand—off ended when members of the special boat service went on board and detained several people. it is now docked at southampton harbour. that breaking news is that seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or force. the government refuses to change its mind on free school meal vouchers over the holidays. the prime minister says theyre providing help through extra fundin...