British armed forces boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

In an operation lasting six hours, Royal Marine Commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency intercepted the vessel and, for the first time, boarded it, supported by the RAF.

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

The PM said: “This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fuelling Putin’s war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide.”

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Relatives of those who died in the Air India plane disaster have been marking the first anniversary by keeping vigil at the site in Ahmedabad.

Flight 171 crashed just 32 seconds after takeoff, killing 260 people. One man onboard survived.

Air accident investigators say a final report on the cause of the disaster will be released once all its work has been completed.

But many families of the victims have been voicing their frustration with the process, and the lack of answers they have been offered. Some have yet to receive the remains of their loved ones to hold a proper burial.

We speak to the BBC’s Azadeh Moshiri who is at the site in Ahmedabad.

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00:00 Introduction
00:21 What happened on the day of the crash?
01:50 The chaos after the disaster
03:03 What have air traffic investigators said?
04:22 The interim report
06:45 What Boeing and Air India have said
09:40 The mix-up of remains from the crash
11:45 The sole survivor

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More than a year ago on 12 June 2025, a London-bound Air India flight crashed just 32 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad.

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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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