20 h. ago Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump

Organisers clarify award ‘cannot be revoked, shared or transferred’ after Venezuelan opposition leader’s commentsThe organisers of the Nobel peace prize have said it “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” after Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said she wanted to give her award to Donald Trump.When Machado was named Nobel laureate in October, it was seen as a snub by the White House, despite Machado rushing to dedicate the prize to the US president and his “decisive support of our cause”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump says he should receive a separate Nobel Peace Prize for the ‘eight and a quarter’ wars he claims to have solved

Trump revealed plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado next week

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4 d. ago U.S. vows to control Venezuela’s oil ‘indefinitely’ after UK helps Trump seize two tankers: Live updates

Trump claimed that American companies would be sending workers to Venezuela to help rebuild the nation’s oil industry infrastructure

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4 d. ago U.S. vows to control Venezuela’s oil ‘indefinitely’ as British army helps Trump seize two tankers: Live updates

Trump claimed that American companies would be sending workers to Venezuela to help rebuild the nation’s oil industry infrastructure

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4 d. ago Trump says Venezuela will purchase ‘only’ American products with oil deal revenue as US seizes two tankers: Live updates

Trump previously claimed that American companies would be sending workers to Venezuela to help rebuild the nation’s oil industry infrastructure

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4 d. ago Trump on collision course with Putin after US seizes Russian

British armed forces supported Washington’s dramatic capture of the Marinera in the Atlantic as global tensions grow

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4 d. ago Marinera ship tracker live: US seizes two tankers as Trump reserves right to use military force to protect Venezuela oil contractors

US military confirms second Venezuela-linked vessel intercepted in international waters

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4 d. ago Marinera ship tracker live: US forces board Venezuela oil tanker with British military support as Trump risks Putin anger

US military confirms second Venezuela-linked vessel intercepted in international waters

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4 d. ago Britain is now helping Trump play Big Man in the Atlantic with seizure of Russian

The seizure of the oil tanker Marinera and Britain’s role in it is an embarrassing farce, writes world affair editor Sam Kiley on the Venezuelan-Colombian border

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4 d. ago Marinera oil tanker live: US seizes banned Venezuelan ship in Atlantic as Trump risks Putin clash

US forces have reportedly also intercepted a second Venezuela-linked tanker in Latin American waters

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4 d. ago US special forces launch operation from Scots airport to seize oil tanker linked to Venezuela

US forces launched a daring raid to seize the Marinera, a rusting Russian-flagged vessel said to have escaped Donald Trump’s "total naval blockade" of Venezuela.

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4 d. ago Marinera ship tracker live: US attempts to seize banned Venezuelan oil tanker as Trump risks Putin clash

US forces have reportedly also intercepted a second Venezuela-linked tanker in Latin American waters

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4 d. ago Marinera ship tracker live: Putin sends navy escort as Trump ‘plans to seize’ banned Venezuelan oil tanker

British military are reportedly among Nato forces tracking the tanker

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5 d. ago María Corina Machado vows to return to Venezuela and rejects rule of Maduro’s deputy

Opposition leader says her movement is ready to win a fair election and praises Trump for toppling the presidentFrom elation to frustration: Trump snub wrongfoots Venezuela’s oppositionThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has vowed to return to the country as soon as possible and rejected the authority of the interim president backed – for now – by the US after it forcibly removed Nicolás Maduro from power.Machado told Fox News from an undisclosed location that her movement was ready to win a free election, and praised Donald Trump for toppling Maduro. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on Europe’s response to ‘America first’ imperialism: too weak, too timid | Editorial

Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders must defend the rule of international law, as a dangerous new world order emergesThe initial reaction of European leaders to Donald Trump’s illegal military intervention in Venezuela was not only weak, it also had the briefest of shelf lives. Refusing on Sunday to condemn the attack as a breach of international law, European Union member states called hopefully for “a negotiated, democratic, inclusive and peaceful solution to the crisis, led by Venezuelans”. The delusional nature of that response was laid bare as Mr Trump told reporters the same day: “We’re in charge.”So much for the restoration of democracy. The US president also repeated threats of further military action, should the repressive regime left behind when Nicolás Maduro was seized fail to do Washington’s bidding. As Mr Trump’s marginalising of the Nobel prize-winning opposition figurehead María Corina Machado illustrated early on, the will of Ven...

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6 d. ago Where is Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado? The Nobel peace laureate scorned by Trump

Venezuelan politician has been in hiding amid threats to her life

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8 d. ago Trump says Venezuelan opposition leader who beat him to Nobel prize 'does not have support' to be president

Donald Trump has dismissed the prospect of working with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after capturing the country's dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

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1 week ago Former Obama adviser David Axelrod says the GOP should be on edge over Trump’s ‘Marie Antoinette thing’

Trump has been remodeling the White House in gold and marble while polls show Americans struggle to put food on the table

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2 w. ago Donald Trump, Barbie and Mario and Luigi roam streets in bonkers Boxing Day tradition

Wigan is famous for its rugby league team, George Formby, pies, the Verve and even a WWE Hall of Famer, but one of its most beloved traditions is dressing up on Boxing Day and getting drunk

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN: 'AI brings Whitney Houston and Marilyn Monroe back from the dead'

In this week's round-up of bonkers news from across the Pond, Donald Trump turns Christmas into an attack on immigration, AI brings Marilyn Monroe back from the dead and a man dies in a freak accident at McDonalds

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