Iranian ship asks to dock in Sri Lankan port after US sinking of frigate

Urgent request submitted by vessel after US submarine sank Iranian warship in same area with torpedo on Tuesday Middle East crisis – live updates A second Iranian ship has been reported in waters close to Sri Lanka and has sought emergency permission to dock, a day after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate and killed more than 80 people on board. The Sri Lankan minister Nalinda Jayatissa told parliament that another Iranian vessel was sailing close to Sri Lanka’s territorial waters on T...

By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Aanya Wipulasena in Galle