US seizes Russian flagged oil tanker with UK support

The seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker by American special forces, with British help, is being called illegal by Moscow.

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It’s one of two tankers seized by the US in one day, as America is putting the wide reach and full extent of its power on show.

The continued insistence that Washington will seize Greenland, by money if possible, by force if necessary. A move described by one Republican Senator as ‘weapons grade stupid’.

And all this a few days after the American capture of a sovereign head of state. Not a movie plot but the messy reality of geo politics in the first week of 2026. But at what risk, and in the case of Venezuela, to what effect?
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0:00 - US seizes two more oil tankers
5:45 - Is there a method?
8:55 - Who could defend Greenland?
13:03 - Reaction from former US ambassador
17:52 - UK assisted US seizure of tanker
20:20 - Will British involvement spark Russian reprisal?
26:36 - Soaring prices and armed patrols in Venezuela
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