No legal basis to block the Strait of Hormuz - UN

The UN's maritime agency, the International Maritime Organisation, says no country has a legal right to block shipping in straits used for international transit. Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme it's a dangerous precedent to set. "I do understand there is a conflict going on there, but there is still no legal basis in international law to take any actions to block any strait used for international navigation," Dominguez says. "The more retali