Hey there from CNN. I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, January 7th.

Let's start with the latest on Venezuela. The U.S. has now seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to the country.

That's according to a social media post from U.S. European command.

The tanker was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024 for operating within a so-called shadow fleet of tankers transporting illegal oil.

CNN's Nick Robertson has what we know so far.

It's a ship that we should perhaps more accurately say was known as Bella One and then became known as the Marinera.

It changed flag at sea to become a Russian flagged vessel, which will, from what I understand,

have heightened the interest in interdicting this vessel.

It will have been interpreted that it was trying to evade detection and capture.

This is a process of the US tracking this vessel all the way from Venezuela, all the way

across the Atlantic, and we understand that this interdiction took place in Icelandic waters

in their exclusive economic zone off of Iceland.

Meanwhile, the US says it has also seized a ship in the Caribbean early this morning. U.S. Southern

Command made that announcement on X, saying the boat is considered to be stateless and was,

quote, conducting illicit activities. Minnesota state representatives have been called in to

testify on Capitol Hill. We'll tell you why right after this.

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