UK ship struck by Iran-backed militants

breaking news tonight Iranian militants striking a British ship with a missile that ship now on fire and in danger of sinking tonight the Iranian backed houthi militants striking a British oil tanker setting it a blaze a US ship rushing to answer the distress call here's Martha RIT tonight A troubling escalation iran-backed houthi Rebels attacking a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aiden leaving the ship Ablaze and reportedly at risk of sinking the crew AB abandoning the tanker tonight the Destroyer USS Carney and a French warship are on their way to assist the Marlin Luanda damaged by an anti-ship ballistic missile houthi Rebels have launched nearly three dozen attacks on Commercial and navy ships to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza the chairman of the Joint Chiefs telling me today that the nine retaliatory strikes the US has already carried out against the houthis are designed so as Not to cause a wider War when you walk this fine line of not wanting it to escalate what would you say to those people who are your critics who would say look they're not being tough enough on these militants they're not being tough enough on Iran I would also ask would they do they want a broader conflict do you want us on a full scale War that's the goal is to to deter them and we don't want to go down a path of Greater escalation that drives to much broader conflict um within the region what is clear tonight is that deterrence is thus far not working and in fact these attacks on commercial ships are only getting worse David and much more of Martha's interview her one-on-one with the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs coming up Sunday morning on this week Martha thank you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more vide show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don't forget get to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Published: Sat Jan 27 2024