34 h. ago US raid on Venezuela ‘undermined a fundamental principle of international law’, says UN rights body – live

Spokesperson for UN high commissioner says ‘accountability for human rights violations cannot be achieved by unilateral military intervention’Deposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on VenezuelaUS foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meetingMy colleague Sibylla Brodzinsky has reported on the relationship between the US and Colombia, home to significant oil reserves. Here is an extract from her story:Colombia has long been a close partner of the US in the fight against drug trafficking and enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington but relations have soured dramatically since Trump came to office.Colombia’s narcotics trade is largely controlled by illegal armed groups such as the Gulf Clan, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group, the majority of whose members demobilised after a 2016 peace deal Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Cooper says she raised international law with US over Venezuela

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper addressed the Commons after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro entered a not guilty plea in court in New York.

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38 h. ago 'I'm a prisoner of war': Venezuela's deposed leader Maduro appears in New York court after being captured by Trump

The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’

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39 h. ago 'I'm a prisoner of war': Deposed Venezuelan leader Maduro appears in New York court after being captured by Trump

The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’

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48 h. ago Maduro appears in New York court as deposed Venezuelan leader says he is 'a prisoner of war'

The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’

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49 h. ago Cooper says she raised international law with Rubio over Venezuela

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper addressed the Commons after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro entered a not guilty plea in court in New York.

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49 h. ago Maduro appears in New York court as Venezuela's deposed leader says he was 'kidnapped by US'

The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’

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51 h. ago Maduro appears in New York court as Venezuela's deposed leader pleads not guilty to drug charges

The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’

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52 h. ago Did the US and Donald Trump break international law in Venezuela?

The US detention of Venezuela's President Maduro raises concerns over legality and international law

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53 h. ago With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker Türk

This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of lawVolker Türk is UN high commissioner for human rightsThe US military operation in Venezuela undermines a fundamental principle of international law, agreed after the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust: states must not use force to pursue their territorial claims or political demands.I am deeply disturbed by these events – and by some of the reactions I have seen. A narrative is emerging that seeks to justify the US military intervention as a response to the Nicolás Maduro government’s appalling human rights record.Volker Türk has been the UN high commissioner for human rights since 2022 Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Trump breached international law with Venezuela operation, suggests Swinney

The South American country’s president Nicolas Maduro was arrested and taken to the US over the weekend.

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56 h. ago Hands off Greenland! Starmer backs Denmark's rebuke to Trump

Keir Starmer threw his support behind Denmark after it rebuked the president's persistent demands to take the territory.

Politics

56 h. ago Maduro hauled to New York courthouse in handcuffs as Venezuela's deposed leader faces drug charges

The captured Venezuelan dictator is due to appear in a New York court on Monday on narco-terrorism charges which he denies

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57 h. ago Starmer says international law is 'complicated' as he desperately tries to sit on fence over Trump's Venezuela raid... but does manage to condemn US threats to Greenland

Keir Starmer dodged saying whether he believed the US had broken the law with the extraordinary seizure of Nicola Maduro from Caracas.

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58 h. ago Was Trump’s attack on Venezuela illegal? What international law says about Maduro’s capture

This is clearly a blatant, illegal and criminal act, say law experts

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58 h. ago 'Danger and disorder' warning for world after Trump raid on Maduro as Starmer sits on fence on its legality

The captured Venezuelan dictator was due to appear in a New York court on Monday on narco-terrorism charges which he denies

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58 h. ago Donald Trump has broken international law over Venezuela regime change, says John Swinney

The First Minister said "I cannot see how international law has been respected here" after US troops pulled Nicolás Maduro from his bed and flew him to an American jail.

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3 d. ago European leaders appear torn in face of new world order after Venezuela attack

Leaders try to focus on what comes next, as backing for ejection of Maduro mingles uncomfortably with voicing of support for international lawVenezuela crisis: latest updatesEuropean leaders emerged divided and torn as they tried to welcome the ejection of Venezuela’s authoritarian president, but still uphold the principles of international law that did not appear to allow Donald Trump to capture Nicolás Maduro, let alone declare that the US will run Venezuela and control its oil industry.Europe tried to focus on the principle of a democratic transition, pointing out that the continent had not recognised Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela since what were widely regarded as fraudulent elections in June 2024. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Squirming Keir Starmer refuses to say whether he backs Trump's capture of Nicolas Maduro

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say whether US President Donald Trump's military action against Venezuela may have broken international law. 

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4 d. ago Donald Trump has 'broken' international law UN says after military strikes in Venezuela

The United Nations has slammed the US’ military assault and capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro as a “dangerous precedent”, warning the strikes could spark chaos across the region

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