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🗓️ 23 December 2025

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A strike on another suspected drug trafficking boat in the Pacific is again escalating tensions between US and Venezuela. Five people are dead after a plane crash off the coast of Texas. The FDA has approved a pill version of Wegovy. President Donald Trump made his first public comments on the latest release of the Epstein files. Plus, the Kansas City Chiefs are leaving Kansas City, Missouri. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey from CNN, I'm Josh and Shana with the five things you need to know for Tuesday,
0:06.0	December 23rd.
0:07.9	The US military has struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific
0:12.2	ocean, killing one person.
0:14.7	US Southern Command confirmed yesterday's strike on social media, calling the boat a low-profile
0:19.6	vessel operated by designated terrorist organizations.
0:23.5	It comes amid simmering tensions with Venezuela and the Trump administration's growing pressure campaign
0:28.4	on President Nicolas Maduro. Just listen to what President Donald Trump said about Maduro stepping
0:33.4	down yesterday.
0:34.4	He could do whatever he wants. It's all right. Whatever he wants to do.
0:38.0	If he wants to do something, if he plays tough, it'll be the last time he's ever able
0:41.7	to play tough."
0:42.7	Meanwhile, Trump confirmed the U.S. military is still pursuing an oil tanker off the
0:47.1	coast of Venezuela, amid a quote, total and complete blockade of sanctioned oil tankers coming
0:52.4	to and from the country. Speaking through an interpreter, Venezuela's foreign minister has warned that these actions
0:58.0	will have unintended consequences for the US and the world.
1:01.0	We responsibly warned that these aggressions will not only impact Venezuela.
1:06.0	The blockade and piracy against the Venezuelan energy trade will affect oil and energy supply,
1:12.4	increase instability in international markets, and hit the economies of Latin America,
1:17.5	the Caribbean and the world, especially in the most vulnerable countries.
1:23.1	We've got more news coming up, including weight loss in a pill.
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