The British government says 15 Royal Navy personnel had been seized by the Iran navy during an incident in the Gulf. It said the British sailors had completed a routine inspection of a merchantship in Iraqi territory waters when they and their two boats were surrounded by Iranian vessels and escorted into Iranian territory waters.

The European Union has recommended updated warnings about possible side effects from the anti-flu drug Tamiflu after Japanese doctors reported psychiatric disorders among teenagers who’ve been taking it. The European Medicines Agency in London said that the information lifted in the packets should warn that convulsions, hallucinations and delirium have all been reported among patients taking Tamiflu.