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The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, also claimed they had shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone

The multi-million pound Royal Navy ship HMS Chiddingfold reversed into fellow hi-tech British combat vessel HMS Bangor in the embarrassing maritime pile-up in Bahrain

The Yemeni Houthi rebels - a Tehran-backed Shi'a militia - confirmed that they had sezied control over the ship due to its connection with Israel before taking 52 seamen and women hostage in the Red Sea