From the
Telegraph
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Mr Trump said the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.
The President called it the latest "hostile" action by Iran and urged other countries to condemn what he says are Iran's attempts to disrupt the freedom of navigation and global commerce in the strategic waterway in the Persian Gulf region.
He said the drone threatened the safety of the American ship and its crew.
Iran recently shot down a US drone that it said was flying over Iran.
Trump called off a planned retaliatory airstrike at the last minute, citing the number of potential casualties.
This is a developing story.