This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hi,
I'm Uncle Desai and in the early hours of Friday the 12th of December these are our main stories.
Donald Trump heaps more pressure against Venezuela,
including sanctions against shipping companies and the family of President Nicolas Maduro.
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on relatives of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as well as a businessman close to him and six shipping companies.
The White House says the tanker, its forces seized in the Caribbean on Wednesday,
is being taken to a port in the U.S.
where the oil it was carrying will be seized.
The White House press secretary Caroline Levitt was repeatedly asked about the issue at a news briefing.
Was this one off or is it safe to say the administration is taking a more active look at the oil industry in Venezuela,
whether targeting other oil shifts or perhaps Venezuelan oil production facilities in Venezuela?
Well, I won't broadcast any future actions from the administration,
but I will just reiterate that the Trump administration is executing on the President's sanctioned policies and the sanctioned policies of the United States.
And we're not going to stand by and watch sanctioned vessels sail the seas with black market oil,