A tourist boat carrying at least 150 people has sunk near Bahrain. At least 48 are said to have died in the disaster and some 63 had been rescued according to reports shortly released after midnight [BBC]. There are also reports that 25 Britons may have been on board, at least one Briton has been rescued according to Sky News. Tarriq Hassan, Bahrain Interior Ministry spokesman, told Sky News, before his line went dead, that rescue operations were in full swing and were being helped with boats from the Royal Navy. The dinner cruise went down in minutes shortly after 21:45 local time [18:45 GMT].
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