The maritime tribunal of the United Nations has ruled that Britain no longer has sovereignty over the Chagos islands and has highly condemned London for its failure to hand back the occupied territories to Mauritian control.

As British negotiators battled it out with EU for a trade deal, it seems that one major factor was forgotten.

Iranian tankers reached Venezuela amid US threats and sanctions.

Tensions have been rising over the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and how it will affect not only the UK but also the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

The Iranian oil tanker, Adrian Darya 1, pursued by US has changed course to Turkey. The US, having failed to keep it detained, now has threatened to sanction any party that takes the oil.

The US threatens those potentially assisting the return of an Iranian-operated supertanker that has been released by Gibraltar after more than a month of detention there by Britain.

A political commentator believes that the United States totally disregards international law and that it cannot force Gibraltar to detain the oil supertanker.