Royal Marines Take Control Of Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker | BBC Newscast

Royal Marine Commandos have boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Marines, joined by National Crime Agency officers, with the support of the RAF, intercepted and boarded the vessel in a six-hour operation - the first operation of its kind by UK armed forces.

The vessel, Smyrtos, will be held and monitored off the south coast of England as investigations continue, the MoD said.

Joe Pike joins Laura and Paddy to go through what we know about the operation, and put it into context in light of a week of resignations over the government's defence investment plan.

00:00 Intro 02:10 What did the operation involve? 06:12 How the operation unfolded 08:24 Wider strategy against Russia's shadow fleet 10:09 Defence spending pressures explained 12:05 Political fallout after defence resignations 16:11 Leadership tensions inside government 18:17 Defence funding choices and trade-offs 21:43 Iran talks 25:26 What a potential deal could mean 27:03 Planned social media ban for under-16s 31:41 Scotland match reaction 32:00 Outro

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