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US forces have seized a fifth tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil.

"Once again, our joint interagency forces sent a clear message this morning: 'there is no safe haven for criminals,'" US Southern Command said on X.

The X post on Friday morning said that Marines and sailors in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security "apprehended" the Olina oil tanker.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Olina was "another 'ghost fleet' tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil" and was seized after it "departed Venezuela attempting to evade US forces".

It's on multiple countries' sanctions lists and the fifth vessel to be seized by the US in recent weeks.

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Elon Musk's platform X has limited Grok Artificial Intelligence (AI) image edits to paid users after significant backlash over people using it to digitally undress people without their consent.

Grok is integrated into the social media platform X and it’s been used to generate deep fake sexualised images of women and children.

The UK government said the move "simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service” and that it was “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence.

The BBC has approached X for comment.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lashed out at anti-government protesters after almost two weeks of demonstrations across the country.

In a televised speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed protesters as "a bunch of vandals" trying to "please" US President Donald Trump.

The protests, which began in Tehran on 28 December, were sparked by the collapse of the Iranian currency - since then human rights groups have said demonstrations have spread to dozens of other cities.

Later, a monitoring group reported a nationwide internet blackout.

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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has told the BBC that he believes there is now a "real threat" of US military action against Colombia.

Petro said the United States is treating other nations as part of a US "empire".

It comes after US President Donald Trump threatened Colombia with military action. He said that the US risks transforming from "dominating the world" to becoming "isolated from the world."

The BBC has approached the White House for comment.

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Huge crowds of protesters have been marching through Iran's capital and other cities, videos show, in what is said to be the largest show of force by opponents of the clerical establishment in years.

The demonstrations in Tehran and the second city of Mashhad on Thursday evening were not dispersed by security forces.

It was the 12th consecutive day of unrest that has been sparked by anger over the collapse of the Iranian currency and has spread to more than 100 cities and towns across all 31 of Iran's provinces, according to human rights groups.

The US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency said at least 34 protesters - five of them children - and eight security personnel have been killed, and that 2,270 other protesters have been arrested.

Norway-based monitor Iran Human Rights said at least 45 protesters, including eight children, have been killed by security forces.

BBC Persian has confirmed the deaths and identities of 22 people, while Iranian authorities have reported the deaths of six security personnel.

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Protests are taking place in Minneapolis after a woman was fatally shot by a US ICE agent.

Accounts of what exactly happened are conflicting, with the Trump Administration citing self-defence whilst law makers in the city and state of Minnesota are calling it a brazen act of force.

Adam is joined by BBC North America correspondent, Anthony Zurcher, and BBC North America reporter, Madeline Halpert, who is on the ground and at the scene in Minneapolis.

In studio is BBC business editor Simon Jack, who got the scoop on the government’s latest change of heart about business rates for English pubs.

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The Lebanese army says it’s completed the first phase of a plan that would see the militia and political group Hezbollah give up its weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called these efforts “an encouraging beginning”, but says they are insufficient.

BBC Arabic’s Carine Torbey tells us what’s happening on the ground, and how Hezbollah gained so much power and influence in Lebanon.

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A rare red wind warning comes into force for parts of south-west England as the UK is hit by Storm Goretti.

The Met Office warns to expect "flying debris resulting in danger to life" in the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall, with schools there closing early and all trains cancelled.

This sort of warning is only issued in the most extreme circumstances, BBC Weather's Simon King says.

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In an exclusive interview with BBC Newsbeat, one of the first graduates of the government's new Cyber Direct Entry Scheme has spoken about how gamers and coders have the skills to make it in a modern military.

Corporal Alex discusses how the scheme helped him realise a life-long ambition of joining the military and the appeal it could have for younger generations.

And Roman Davies, one of the RAF's esports stars, gives his thoughts on why gaming can be useful for some roles in the military.

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Today, the US has seized two oil tankers — one Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic and another ship in the Caribbean. Both vessels have links to Venezuela.

The UK supported US efforts to seize the Russian-flagged ship, which is accused of breaking US sanctions by shipping Iranian oil.

What do we know so far and is this the closest Russia and the US have been to confrontation since the Cold War? Adam is joined by BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen and Michelle Wiese Bockmann, senior maritime intelligence analyst at Windward.

Also in the studio is BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, who’s back from a visit to Google HQ in California, where they are developing a quantum computer which could have capabilities beyond anything the world has yet seen. Faisal fills us in on what he learned from his trip.