US aircraft carrier and two destroyers spotted near Gulf of Oman

By Barbara Metzler BBC Verify has been checking satellite imagery to get an idea of which US Navy warships are in the Middle East after President Donald Trump said a blockade of Iran-linked ships would come into effect at 14:00 GMT (15:00 BST) today. Satellite imagery from Saturday shows the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier positioned at the eastern edge of the Gulf of Oman, roughly 200km (124 miles) to the south of the Iranian coast. This is the closest to the Gulf that we have observed the