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BBC journalists don't call it a kidnapping

According to Guardian columnist Owen Jones, BBC journalists have been prohibited from calling the US action against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a kidnapping. The statement notes that US authorities view the intervention as coercive pressure rather than an armed seizure. The report has sparked discussion in media circles about the legal status of such actions and the role of international journalists in covering them.

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BBC is banned from using the word "abduction" when describing US actions toward Maduro, reports The Guardian.