WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-8-26 (1/3)

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. The United States seized two more tankers linked to Venezuela Wednesday, after U.S. officials say they were found illegally operating on the high seas. These are the first tankers seized since the U.S. captured and extradited Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to the United States on drug trafficking charges, and U.S. officials are now making new oil deals with the country's interim government, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. We are going to take between 30 and 50 months.

million barrels of oil. We're going to sell it in the marketplace, at market rates, not at the discipline. That money will then be handled in such a way that we will control how it is dispersed in a way that benefits to Venezuelan people, not corruption, not the regime. The U.S. has now seized a total of four oil tankers within the last month for violating sanctions. The tanker seizures are part of a continued pressure campaign aimed at keeping the Venezuelan regime in line. The Trump administration is urging Americans to cut back on sugar and processed snacks and eat more real food. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the administration is updating federal nutrition standards. To ensure that Americans have the most accurate, data-driven information supported by science and hard facts, not special interests or partisan ideology.

The updated guidelines encourage Americans to eat more vegetables, whole grains, dairy, and protein. Health and Human Services, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. These guidelines replace corporate-driven assumptions with common-sense goals and gold-standard scientific integrity. These new guidelines will revolutionize our nation's food culture and make America healthy again. The guidance keeps limits on saturated fat but says it's better to get fats from whole foods

such as meat, eggs, and dairy instead of processed oils. Police in China have carried out a... sweeping crackdown on a Christian house church in southwestern China. World's Benjamin Iker has more. Authorities arrested or detained leaders and members of early reign covenant church in the cities of Chengdu and Du Yang, according to religious freedom group China Aid. Those taken include elders, preachers, deacons, and some family members. China aid called the operation a large-scale action aimed at shutting down the church's leadership

and school. Early rain has faced pressure before. Police detained more than 100 members in 2018, declaring the church illegal, and later sentenced Pastor Wang Yi to nine years in prison. As of Tuesday night, police had not released full details or legal documents for those detained. For World, I'm Benjamin Eicher. And I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts in biblical truth, visit worldradiot.News.

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