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US forces abseil on to an oil tanker in a video released on 10 December 2025

US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says

Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of "international piracy", vowing never to be an "oil colony".

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President Donald Trump smiles for the camera in the White House and he holds up a Trump Gold Card

Trump launches $1m 'gold card' immigration visas

The special visas will be awarded to those who can show they can make a "substantial benefit" to the US.

6 hrs ago
Business
US forces abseil on to an oil tanker in a video released on 10 December 2025

US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says

Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of "international piracy", vowing never to be an "oil colony".

Just now
World
President Donald Trump smiles for the camera in the White House and he holds up a Trump Gold Card

Trump launches $1m 'gold card' immigration visas

The special visas will be awarded to those who can show they can make a "substantial benefit" to the US.

6 hrs ago
Business
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado stands on a balcony with photographers and a hanging light fixture in a hotel room behind her. It is nighttime and she has her hand over her heart. She is smiling and wearing dark clothing.

Venezuelan Nobel winner emerges to collect prize in Oslo after months in hiding

María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding since January, speaks to the BBC in Oslo after her secret journey from her home country.

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Exiled Hong Kong activist target of sexually explicit harassment campaign

The campaign saw letters containing fake images of Carmen Lau sent to her neighbours.

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The number of teenagers involved in the drugs trade has quadrupled in eight years, the government says.

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One of the most bootlegged dance tracks of all time, Satisfaction Skank, gets an official release.

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The US central bank lowered interest rates for the third time this year, but the outlook for further cuts remains murky.

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According to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who shared the footage, the tanker was used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.

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