Footage shows US forces seizing second oil tanker off Venezuela – video

A video posted on the X account of the US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, shows aerial footage of a helicopter approaching a vessel at sea. She wrote: 'In a pre-dawn action early this morning on Dec 20, the US Coast Guard with the support of the Department of War apprehended an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela.' It follows the seizure of another oil tanker off Venezuela's coast on 10 December. Both vessels were heading to Asia

• US intercepts second merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela in international waters