US exerts more pressure on Venezuela

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A day after US troops seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Washington has imposed sanctions on six more ships said to be carrying Venezuelan oil. Also: President Zelensky focuses on the fate of Donetsk; NATO cautions against European complacency over Russia; Kohl eyeliner achieves the status of 'Intangible Cultural Heritage'; Open AI strikes deal with Disney; FIFA is urged to review World Cup ticket prices; Austria passes controversial law on head coverings; whales are filmed hunting with dolphins; and Snoop Dogg becomes an Olympic coach.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.5	We definitely do not have quiet days anymore in American politics.
0:12.5	Our podcast will help you cut through all the noise.
0:15.9	Make sense of what's happening in the US, with new podcast episodes arriving throughout the week.
0:20.8	America's, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:24.2	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:29.3	Hi, I'm Ankara Desai, and in the early hours of Friday, the 12th of December, these are our main stories.
0:35.7	Donald Trump heaps more pressure against Venezuela,
0:38.6	including sanctions against shipping companies
0:40.7	and the family of President Nicolas Maduro.
0:44.3	President Zelensky says the fate of land in eastern Ukraine
0:47.2	is still a key point of disagreement with Washington
0:50.0	over how to end Russia's full-scale invasion.
0:55.4	Also in this podcast, Disney and Open AI
0:58.4	announced a $1 billion deal to allow AI to create short videos
1:02.9	of Disney's famous characters from Mickey Mouse to Darth Vader.
1:07.5	The best thing we can do is educate ourselves
1:10.3	to try to figure out all the possible revenue streams that can come from AI and just lean into it.
1:16.6	Many football fans react with anger at the cost of tickets for next year's men's World Cup finals, and cameras attached to killer whales have captured extraordinary footage of whales swimming and foraging with
1:29.1	dolphins and catching fish together.
1:35.6	The United States has imposed new sanctions on relatives of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro
1:41.4	as well as a businessman close to him and six shipping companies.
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