US Pursuit of Third Oil Tanker Intensifies Venezuela Blockade | Daybreak Europe 12/22/2025

Posted on 12/22/2025
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Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins.

On today's show, gold rose to an all-time high on expectations for more Fed rate cuts. Silver and copper also climbed to records. Asian equities and US futures advanced on hopes for a year-end rally.

Oil gaining as Donald Trump intensified a blockade on Venezuela, boarding one tanker and pursuing another within weeks of first capturing a vessel. Venezuela condemned the boarding on Saturday.

The Trump administration has defended the decision to pull several pictures from the latest release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. An image of a desk drawer with a number of photos, including one showing President Trump, was among those removed and then later restored. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says it was done out of concern for Epstein's victims.

Today's guests: Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran, Bruegel Non-resident Fellow Elina Ribakova & Co-Founder & General Partner Giant Ventures, Tommy Stadlen



Chapters:

00:00:00 - Daybreak Europe

00:06:11 - US Still in Pursuit of Third Oil Tanker in Venezuela Blockade

00:12:38 - US Justice Department Releases Epstein File Trove

00:16:07 - Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran

00:23:05 - Spain's Pedro Sanchez Handed Loss in Regional Poll

00:26:11 - Witkoff: Us, Ukraine Held 'Constructive' Talks

00:28:42 - US Offers to Hold Ukraine-Russia Talks

00:31:24 - Bruegel Non-resident Fellow Elina Ribakova

00:41:59 - Co-Founder & General Partner Giant Ventures, Tommy Stadlen

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