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And I think it is significant that even though it was both Iranian and Venezuelan oil producers,

on this tanker.

This happened in the region off Venezuela's coast and certainly I think is designed to put pressure on Venezuela's government, even if that isn't explicitly what the US is saying this is about.

Venezuela has responded to this seizure yesterday, saying that

From their perspective, this is piracy, this is theft, and they have argued that this isn't about tackling migration or the illegal drug trade or even about democracy.

They believe this is about the US trying to seize Venezuelan resources like oil.

I think what's been notable is the sort of vague detail from the US about whether this is now the start of a different chapter in their military campaign and potentially we could see more tankers like this seized going forward.

Now to the proposals and counter-proposals to try to end the war in Ukraine.

President Zelensky has said the main sticking points in a US-backed peace plan are what happens to parts of the eastern region of Donetsk, still controlled by Ukraine, and the fate of a Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is in Russian hands.

He sent the US an updated 20-point peace plan, although details of the proposals haven't been published.

President Trump said that he is considering sending a representative to meet European leaders on Saturday.

For more on what we know about the new proposals, here's our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale in Kiev.

Jonathan Beale reporting from Kiev.

Meanwhile, the head of NATO has warned that many European leaders are too complacent about the threat posed by Russia.

Mark Rutter warned that members of the alliance must move to a wartime mindset and are Russia's next target.

Our Europe editor Katya Adler told us more about the speech.

Mark Rutter is known to favour quite colourful, bombastic language at times, but he had a message he wanted to send loud and clear to three very different audiences.

First of all, to European members of NATO, to the UK, to Italy, to France, Germany and others to say, spend, spend, spend on defence, not sometime in the future, but now, because Russia's at your door.

He was also talking to Donald Trump in Washington, desperately trying to keep him on the side.

The US remains NATO's most important and powerful ally.