Historical pact United Kingdom USA seeking protect Titanic - An international agreement will allow the United Kingdom and the United States to control the granting of licenses that give access to the frustrated transatlantic Titanic, whose collapse in 1912 caused the death of 1,517 people.

The British Minister of maritime transport, Nusrat Ghani, described Tuesday as "historic" the entry into force of a pact aimed at treating the place of the tragedy and the ship itself with "sensitivity and respect."

The Titanic has remained in international waters for more than a century, in an area at the bottom of the North Atlantic located about 350 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Unesco has already decreed in the past a "basic level of protection", but this is the first time that two governments have drafted a "specific legislation" in this regard, according to Ghani.

This treaty, the minister recalled, was signed by the United Kingdom in 2003, but did not enter into force until now, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ratified it last year.

Historical pact United Kingdom USA seeking protect Titanic

The governments of Canada and France have also participated in the negotiations, but have not yet offered their rubric in the international agreement.

The famous ship, built at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast (Northern Ireland), sank on April 15, 1912 after crashing, on its maiden voyage, with an iceberg south of the Newfoundland coast on its way to New York

The Titanic was not discovered until 1985 and, since then, numerous expeditions have tried to unravel its mysteries and recover many of its treasures.

In this regard, some experts have warned that the remains of the ocean liner have suffered considerable damage due to the activity of mini-submarines that land on it.

"This historic agreement with the United States to protect the place from shipwreck means that we will deal with the sensitivity and respect we owe to the place where more than 1,500 lives rest," says Ghani.

The minister also said that her government "will work closely" with "other countries in the North Atlantic" to increase the "level of protection" of the Titanic.

Tabilo dreams with or without a hotel

The Chilean is in the second round of the Australian Open, after beating the Colombian Daniel Galán in five sets. You have already secured a jump to the 165th place of the ATP. Tomorrow he will face the American John Isner (19th). Yesterday, meanwhile, he had to look for accommodation in Melbourne, because the reservation of his lodging had already expired.

A confession of parties ...

Alejandro Tabilo, excited, recognizes that until recently a third set was almost an ordeal for him: "They gave me cramps, made me dizzy." The Chilean's story has a motive, he speaks of a radical change in his career, of the hug with his coach Guillermo Gómez after beating the Colombian Daniel Galán (186º), of the most important victory of his career, in the first round of the Australian Open , running to all the balls in the fifth set and with energy two or three more.

It is the Tabilo 2020. The one that came from the qualy and is installed in the second round of the first grand slam of the year, after winning in almost three and a half hours of the match by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6- 7 (6) and 6-4. The one born in Canada, until 208º ATP yesterday, but who has already secured a jump to place 165, is going through the best moment of his career and in Melbourne he is confirming it.

In his game and also in the head. Yesterday's commitment was dominated by Galán, who was an impassable wall during the first quarter. Almost no awarded free points and everything fell in front of the line. The Colombian did not give chances with his service and did not err in crucial moments of each game, to take over the set.

From the next manga, the forces were balanced. Tabilo sharpened his punches a little more, stopped erring in long rallies and found with his drive those spaces he needed. Thus, and with a lot of claw and a solid mentality, he headed for victory winning that set and the next.

Tabilo could well have closed the game in a heartbreak tiebreak in the fourth set, where he raised two match points on a court whose tiers shared equally between Chileans and Colombians, kept Melbourne Park on past midnight, however, it was Galán the that dominated the tiebreaker to force a fifth sleeve.

In the decisive set, the national was replaced by an early break with mental strength and a physicist who never abandoned him. He broke again when he needed it most: in the tenth game, to stamp his victory and move on to the next round. He threw himself on the floor with open arms and legs. I could not believe it.

More than a decade

It took more than a decade (US Open 2009) for Chilean tennis to see two of theirs overcome the premiere of a grand slam. On that occasion were Fernando González and Paul Capdeville at the US Open. "This is the result of all the work I have done," said the Chilean, who joined Christian Garin (36th), who had previously defeated the Italian Stefano Travaglia (74th), 6-4, 6-3 and 6- 4, closing the match that was suspended by rain on Sunday.

Tomorrow, Tabilo will look for the third phase when he confronts the American John Isner. First, yes, he had to look for bed and ceiling in Melbourne, because the reservation of his hotel had expired. “Looking for hotel in Melbourne at 2 AM. But happier than the chucha, ”posted his coach. Then, also through social networks, he explained that the problem was due to lack of resources to secure a piece indefinitely. “After 11 nights in a hotel. There were no rooms left for today. We decided to look after the game, ”he said. Tabilo dreams anywhere.