21 Dec 2025
27m

US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela's coast

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Global News Podcast

This edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service covers several developing global events. These include the US seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela, leading to rising tensions and international concern; commemorations in Australia after a mass shooting at Bondi Beach and a review of the police and intelligence services; and a German engineer becoming the first wheelchair user to travel to space with Blue Origin. The podcast also reports on President Zelensky's openness to US-proposed negotiations with Russia and examines the pro-Russian content being created and disseminated in occupied regions of Ukraine. Finally, the podcast touches on the discovery of a bizarre lemon-shaped planet and its implications for understanding space.

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