Tehran Reasserts Control Over Strategic Strait, Rejects New Alternative Shipping Corridors

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  Read more TEHRAN  — Iran has issued a stark warning to international maritime authorities, demanding that all commercial shipping vessels strictly adhere to Tehran-approved transit lanes inside the Strait of Hormuz. The directive comes amid escalating friction over newly proposed alternative shipping routes designed to bypass Iranian-controlled waters. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) labeled recent attempts to alter established shipping channels as "illegal and unacceptable." Tehran's warnings materialized into direct enforcement actions when IRGC Navy forces intercepted three foreign oil tankers attempting to navigate an unauthorized southern maritime corridor, forcing them to turn back. The Dispute Over New Transit Lanes The current friction stems from a coordinated effort by Oman and the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish a temporary, alternative transit route. Designed to ru...

Italy cable car fall: Eight dead after accident near Lake Maggiore

 

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Social media image showing wreckage of cable car posted by emergency servicesIMAGE COPYRIGHT@EMERGENZAVVF
image captionEmergency services shared an image of the deadly crash on Sunday

At least eight people have been killed after a cable car fell near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, according to rescuers and news reports.

Local emergency services said the accident happened on a service transporting passengers from the resort town of Stresa in the Piedmont region.

Alpine rescue and air helicopter emergency services responded to the serious accident about midday Sunday.

Officials say two children were taken from the scene to a Turin hospital.

An image posted on social media by emergency services showed the wreckage of the cable car lying in a wooded area.

“It is a very serious accident,” Walter Milan, a spokesman for the national alpine rescue service told RaiNews24 television, adding the vehicle was left “crumpled” after falling from a high height.

The website for the Stresa-Alpine-Mottarone cable car said it usually takes 20 minutes to transport passengers 1,491m (4,900ft) above sea level.

Local reports suggest the rope carrying it may have failed about 300m from the top of the mountain station.

Italian news agency Ansa said the cable car had been carrying 11 people before the accident. The cable car had recently reopened following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, Reuters reported.

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