Iran accuses the United States of piracy

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The US military said it fired several rounds at the vessel, disabling its engine, after it tried to get past an American blockade. It said the ship ignored repeated warnings over a six hour period. An Iranian military spokesman described the seizure as an act of armed piracy and a violation of the ceasefire. From our business desk this morning, a special investigation into the insider trading suspicions looming over President Donald Trump's administration. And a BBC World Service investigation follows a ground-breaking project which uses commercial DNA databases to track down British soldiers who have fathered children and abandoned them in Kenya. (Photo: Iranian women ride a military vehicle during an anti-US and Israeli rally called 'sacrificed girls' in Tehran; Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/ Tehran, Iran)