Since Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to US-Israeli strikes, the number of emergency calls a tiny British office receives has skyrocketed.

Since Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to US-Israeli strikes, the number of emergency calls a tiny British office receives has skyrocketed.

When a call comes in, the three people on shift at this small office just outside Portsmouth, on Britain's south coast, suddenly become central to the current conflict in the…

In a small office near Portsmouth, just three UKMTO watchkeepers field distress calls from ships in the Gulf as Iran tightens control of the Strait of Hormuz, where 44 incidents…