Scrolling News Ticker                        US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of "international piracy", vowing never to be an "oil colony". EXCLUSIVEPolice, camera… in-action! Police officers are slammed after CCTV catches them sitting in woman’s front room watching TV and using her dumbbells for four hours – after 999 call to her home US accused of 'piracy' after footage shows armed troops storm tanker off Venezuela    

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