The accident, which the United Arab Emirates said was unrelated to the conflict between Israel and Iran, occurred amid increased reports of GPS interference.

The Emirati national guard says it has evacuated 24 people from an oil tanker after a collision between two ships just east of the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz.

Greenpeace said it had reviewed satellite imagery that showed a plume of oil stretching up to about 1,500 hectares from the crash site. View on euronews