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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Chris Bero and in the early hours of the 11th of December these are our main stories.
Venezuela has accused the United States of blatant theft and piracy after US troops seized an oil tanker off the country's coast.
Meanwhile, Venezuela's opposition leader, Maria Carina Machado,
has appeared publicly for the first time in 11 months after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Also in this podcast,
tourists could be asked to provide five years' worth of their social media history to enter America.
There is an underlying intention to monitor and restrict travelers to the US that are not aligned with the ideology of the current administration.
And researchers in Britain make a significant discovery.
This is huge
because it transforms what we think about early Neanderthals and their abilities to create fire.
For months, the Trump administration has been pressurising Venezuela's president,
accusing Nicolas Maduro of being complicit in the drugs trade and blaming him for the large number of Venezuelan migrants entering the US.
Warships have been moved to within striking distance of the mainland,
and several strikes have destroyed boats that are alleged to have been transporting drugs.
Now, in the latest escalation, Donald Trump made this announcement.
We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela.
A large tanker, very large.