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Seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald were found dead in flooded berthing compartments following the warship’s collision with a merchant vessel, a US military official said.

Seven US sailors are missing and the commanding officer of a US destroyer is among the injured after the warship collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the US Navy said Friday.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald suffered damage to its starboard side above and below the waterline in the incident.

Soldiers were deployed to key sites in Britain on May 24 to prevent possible attacks after the terror threat alert was raised to its highest level following a suicide bomb in Manchester that killed 22 people, including children.

Prime Minister Theresa May announced late on May 23 that the threat level was now considered "critical," meaning an attack may be imminent.

A Turkish admiral has shown footage of a migrant boat being sunk on the Aegean Sea by a Greek Coast Guard boat to a Greek Coast Guard commander, urging them to refrain from such acts, daily Hürriyet reported on Nov. 19.

The U.S. will send an additional anti-missile Aegis-equipped ship to the Mediterranean this fall to defend Turkey and other NATO allies against ballistic missile threats, U.S. Navy spokeswoman Cmdr. Pamela Rawe told Anadolu Agency on Aug. 19. 

"The U.S. is committed to the defense of our NATO allies, which includes Turkey," Rawe said.

The Italian Coast Guard rescued 970 migrants on Wednesday after smugglers put their cargo ship -- located sail in Greek waters the previous day -- on automatic pilot heading straight for a crash into the Italian coast and abandoned the command.