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Welcome to Navarra Live, an awful lot to talk about today.

The US has seized a Russian oil tanker in the North Atlantic.

Will this lead to escalation between the United States and Russia?

I think probably not, as Trump and Putin seem to get along.

A bigger story, perhaps, is that the United States has announced it will begin taking control

of Venezuela's oil and marketing it to the world.

They say some of the money will go back to Venezuela, which is, I suppose, very kind of them,

very considerate.

We will also discuss Donald Trump, who is ramping up his threats to take Greenland, perhaps by force, perhaps using

the American military, which I don't know, does that mean we should call it an invasion?

And then I will end the show with a really interesting interview I did earlier this afternoon

about Venezuela and whether following this act of regime change by the Americans, or actually,

it's actually up for discussion whether it is regime change, because the regime still seems

to be in place. But with Maduro gone, what are the chances that Venezuelan society will

collapse, like in many other states where the United States has recently made military interventions.

All that to look forward to. I'm joined tonight by Ash Sarkar. Ash, thank you so much for joining me.

Thank you for having me. It's the first Navarra live I've been on in 26. New Year, new me.

Same old me, though.

How impolite of me, I forgot to say, Happy New Year. Happy New Year to you, Ash. I'm sure all our audience will echo those words from me.

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