Three things to know after US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker

President Donald Trump has confirmed that US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, who leads the US Department of Justice, said the vessel was 'transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela to Iran'.

The move marks a sharp escalation in an increasingly tense relationship between the two countries.

The BBC's foreign correspondent, Ione Wells, tells us more.