The US military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said, in an incident first reported by Reuters.
Separately, in the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, a group of Iranian gunboats approached a US-flagged tanker north of Oman, maritime sources and a security consultancy said.
Nuclear talks between the US and Iran are expected to take place in Oman on Friday, a regional diplomat said. Trump has warned that “bad things” would probably happen if a deal could not be reached.
In north-west Europe, average temperatures are expected to rise over the coming days but forecasts show colder weather could be back towards the end of next week, LSEG data showed.
Wind power generation is also declining. Lower wind output typically increases demand for gas from power plants.
US natural gas futures had also rose on Tuesday due to a small decline in output, increased gas flows to LNG export plants and higher forecast demand.
(Reporting by Nina Chestney)
