This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janet Jalil and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 7th of January, these are our main stories.
The United States says it seized a Russian tanker sailing in the North Atlantic and another one in the Caribbean,
both linked to Venezuelan oil.
China denounces the US after President Trump says Venezuela will turn over tens of millions of barrels of oil to his control.
The UN Human Rights Chief says Israel is subjecting Palestinians in the West Bank to severe and intensifying racial discrimination and segregation,
likening it to apartheid.
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The United States says it seized two oil tankers with connections to Venezuela.
One that the US had been pursuing for weeks
since intercepting it off the Venezuelan coast was boarded in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Britain.
During the chase, the ship, which is reported to be empty of cargo,
changed its name and adopted a Russian flag.
Before the tanker was seized, Russian naval support,
including a submarine, had been on its way to escort it.
The second vessel, which was carrying oil and sailing under a Cameroonian flag,
was seized in the Caribbean.