In today's episode, we cover the dramatic escalation in the US-Venezuela standoff, with the Trump administration ordering a 'total blockade' of oil tankers. We then turn to the war in Ukraine, where Vladimir Putin's aggressive rhetoric is set against reports of secret US-Russia peace talks and a deeply divided EU summit on using frozen Russian assets to fund Kyiv. Our deep dives analyze the competing media narratives surrounding the Venezuelan blockade and deconstruct the contradictory signals coming from all sides of the Ukraine conflict. We also cover the latest from the Bondi Beach terror investigation, a new expansion of the US travel ban, and a roundup of key stories from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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