Celia Hatton

Pete Hegseth did not name the ship during a briefing, but earlier the Sri Lankan Navy picked up a distress call from the Iris Dana. Lucy Hawkins has been speaking to our South Asia correspondent in Mumbai, Yogita Lamaye.

I actually spoke to the Sri Lankan Navy spokesman a short while back and he at that time had refused to comment. He had in fact rejected reports that it was a submarine attack on this particular ship and had said that the cause of the sinking was still under investigation. What they had said is that early this morning the Sri Lankan Navy had received a distress call. It came from roughly just over 40 miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, off the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka near the city of Gaul.

When they responded to this particular call, they say that what the first responders saw was patches of oil floating on the water as well as some life rafts, after which they started search and rescue operations. They said that at the time 32 people had been rescued, brought to a hospital in the city of Gaul, and when they spoke with those people, that's when they confirmed that they were on board the Iranian ship Iris Dana.

He said that the search and rescue operation is still ongoing. They were hoping to find more survivors. They've seen the documentation of this particular ship and from that documentation they say 180 people were believed to be on board. Of course the exact number can only be confirmed by other people who were on board this ship.

What do we know about the location of where this happened? Was it in Sri Lankan waters or international waters? The Sri Lankan Navy spokesman said that it didn't happen in their waters, but it was in their search and rescue nation. As a maritime nation, they said this is our international obligation. That's why we've launched this search and rescue operation and we will continue going on with it. As far as this ship is concerned, there is an

Kiitos.

The US and the UK included. There is a specific post about Iris Dana. We have since contacted the spokesperson of the Indian Navy and so far there has been no comment from them to confirm whether this was a ship participating in that event. We've also been trying to find out more information about the ship itself and from...

Iran's Tasnim News Agency from earlier reported articles. This ship is described as a warship that carries on board lots of weapons, including anti-ship missiles and torpedoes as well. So that is what we know as of now. And do you have anything more than what we've just been getting here in London, Yagita, about the number of people killed or any of the figures? I mean, there's some suggestion now from Sri Lankan media that 80 people have been killed.

So, you know, at the time that I, when I spoke to the Navy spokesman, he said that they have been able to recover some dead bodies. He was refusing to comment on the exact number at that point. We have had a number now from the secretary of the defense ministry saying that they have recovered about 80 bodies. I suspect that number will change. Of course, you know, at the moment we don't know how many people exactly were

on board that ship as well, although the documentation says 180. Search and rescue operations will continue as far as we are told by Sri Lankan military. Sri Lankan position as far as this war is concerned is that it is in favor of the de-escalation of the war. It is not in favor of the war.

It has said that it will pay tribute and pay condolences to all the lives lost in this war, including those lost on the Iranian side as well. So as far as the war is concerned, it has placed itself at the center, refusing to kind of side with any particular party.

Let's move on now to hostilities in Lebanon. Israeli forces are stepping up their attacks against the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. We're going to hear from both sides of the border. First, John Donison, who's in northern Israel.

We're a Davies in Beirut. Iranian missile and drone attacks have been continuing across the Gulf region with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reporting the use of air defenses. Our correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher is in Qatar and gave us this update.

Yksi suurimmista heikkoista heikkoja oli taas Suomessa öljynvaihtoehto, joka oli aiemmin syntynyt drone-attakseksi. Se on yksi suurimmista heikkoista heikkoja. Katarissa oli myös syntynyt al-Udeidin sotilastamme. Tämä on regionin suurimpi sotilastamme.

Katari sanoi, että kaksi missiilistä tuli, jotka tukivat yhden, mutta yhden tukivat paikalleen. Ei ollut käsityksiä, mutta emme saaneet enempää tietoa siitä. Yhdysvallan Dubaiin oli myös virhe. Se oli droni.

It hits the parking lot, it seems, and burst into flames. So there's been a fire there, but again, no casualties. And we have a list given recently from the various countries in the region about what they've been dealing with today. The United Arab Emirates says it has intercepted three ballistic missiles today so far, Wednesday, and 129 drones.

Se tarkoittaa, että Iranit virtaavat paljon dronioita Yhdysvalloissa. Katarit sanoivat, että ne virtaavat 6 dronioita. Kuwaitit sanoivat, että ne virtaavat järjestelmää. Missiilejä ja dronioita jatketaan. Militaarien aktiivisuus on jatkuva. Oletko nähnyt yhdessä Iranin alueilla vahvistamista?

Tietysti arabilaiset maat ovat erittäin rauhoittuneita ja kiinnostuneita, koska normaali ongelma missailta ja dronista, todennäköisesti turvallisuuden näkökulmasta, mutta myös, koska ekonominen infrastruktuuri on alkanut olemaan tärkeä. Se ei ole vain USA-militaarit, mutta on myös sivuilta infrastruktuuria ja energiainfrastruktuuria.

The oil refinery, which has now been hit twice in Saudi Arabia. There were also liquid natural gas plants hit here in Qatar a couple of days ago, production stopping. So they're seeing the impact not just on security, which is big, but also on the economy. And it's believed that Iran's strategy is exactly that, to disrupt the regional economy, to sow chaos, so that the Arab governments begin to put more pressure on the U.S. to stop the airstrikes.

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