Greece, Saudi Arabia talks to salvage tanker

Diplomatic efforts are under way to find a solution to prevent a massive oil spillage from the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion.

The tanker, attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have targeted merchant shipping in the area, is still burning and with each passing day the danger of spilling its content of 1 million barrels of oil into the sea is increasing.

"The private companies responsible for the salvage operation have concluded that the conditions were not met to conduct the towing operation and that it was not safe to proceed," the EU naval mission Aspides (Shields) said Tuesday, without immediately elaborating.

With private companies having essentially abandoned the salvaging efforts due to the danger of the process and insurers also agreeing it can't be done, Greece and Saudi Arabia are holding talks to find a solution, quickly.

One option would be...