{"id":307965,"date":"2026-01-08T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-venezuela-russian-flagged-tanker-seized-by-us-military-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:35","slug":"us-venezuela-russian-flagged-tanker-seized-by-us-military-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-venezuela-russian-flagged-tanker-seized-by-us-military-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Venezuela: Russian-flagged tanker seized by US military | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TMz7bxv2baA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US-Venezuela: Russian-flagged tanker seized by US military | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TMz7bxv2baA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Today, the US has seized two oil tankers \u2014 one Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic and another ship in the Caribbean. 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