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The United States has defended the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker as a major US naval build-up in the region continues. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has described the seizure as illegal with the US also imposing further sanctions on relatives of Maduro and other targetted naval vessels.

Thailand’s escalating border conflict with Cambodia has entered a deadly fourth day, with artillery exchanges killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds, and driving massive evacuations on both sides of the border. Amid the violence, Thailand's prime minister has dissolved parliament and called early elections after a political rift with the opposition People’s Party.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government has spoken with the United States about possible security guarantees for Ukraine. He says those security guarantees would be impossible without support from the US, Europe and all members of the coalition of the willing, including Australia and New Zealand.