US seizes oil tanker accused of defying sanctions

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The US military has seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean which it says was defying what it called President Trump’s “quarantine of sanctioned vessels.” It is the sixth vessel the US has captured in recent weeks accusing them of carrying embargoed Venezuelan oil. We get the latest. We take an in-depth look at a BBC investigation into a rift at the top of the Taliban in Afghanistan. And astronauts from the International Space Station have returned to earth earlier than planned in a medical evacuation. We'll explain what happened and hear from former astronauts. (Photo: Footage from a video released by US Southern Command shows the Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica at sea, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on January 15, 2026. Credit: US Southern Command/Handout via Reuters)