15 h. ago Trump is ‘dictating’ policy to interim leadership of Venezuela after Maduro capture

Venezuela’s interim president maintains she is in charge of the government in Caracas

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17 h. ago Donald Trump's unhinged latest: Rewriting history with lies while UK helps capture Venezuela ship

All the latest wild and unhinged moments from Trumpworld - as the UK helps capture a tanker running Russian colours near Scotland...and the White House tells everyone up is down and black is white

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17 h. ago Dithering EU leaders start squabbling among themselves as Trump unleashes chaos: European officials left floundering by Maduro capture and growing threat of Greenland invasion

Blind-sided European leaders have been left floundering by Donald Trump following his capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the re-emerging threat of an invasion of Greenland. 

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19 h. ago US troops abseil from aircraft in training drills at RAF base as Trump builds up military forces in Britain after capture of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro

Elite soldiers were seen rappelling from CV-22B tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft as part of an exercise at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire yesterday.

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36 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to use military action as he 'discusses options' to seize Greenland

The White House said acquiring Greenland was a "national security priority" and utilizing military might is an option for Donald Trump just days after the US captured the Venezuelan president

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39 h. ago Trump's Venezuela gamble hailed a success as exclusive poll reveals how many Americans back Maduro's capture by Delta Force

More Americans support President Donald Trump's decision to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro than don't, new polling from the Daily Mail has found.

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41 h. ago Jon Stewart on Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela: ‘This is all exhausting’

Late-night hosts react to Trump’s shocking attack on Venezuela and surprise capture of Nicolás MaduroLate-night hosts tore into the Trump administration’s surprise military attack on Caracas, capture of president Nicolás Maduro and vague plans to “run” Venezuela. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Venezuela live updates: Trump says ‘nobody can take us’ after US military’s stealth capture of Maduro

President Trump said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing country to hold elections

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41 h. ago How the US captured Nicolas Maduro: Inside President Donald Trump's extraordinary early

Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation overnight on January 2. Elite US troops, including the Army's Delta Force, created an exact replica of Maduro's safe house.

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46 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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47 h. ago Colombia's president vows to 'take up arms' amid Trump threats after Maduro captured

Trump said over the weekend that Gustavo Petro should ‘watch his ass’ after Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro seized

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51 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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51 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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52 h. ago Opposition leader Machado says she hasn’t spoken to Trump since attack as she vows to return to Venezuela – live

María Corina Machado tells Fox News she would share her Nobel peace prize with US president after removal of Nicolás MaduroDeposed 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 meetingThe United States has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council.Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among countries that have denounced the weekend US attack in Venezuela.I am deeply concerned about the possible intensification of instability in the country, the potential impact on the region, and the precedent it may set for how relations between and among states are conducted. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Venezuela latest: ‘Gunfire heard’ near Caracas presidential palace as Trump officials brief Congress on Maduro raid

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the closed-door briefing

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55 h. ago Venezuela latest: Gunfire reportedly heard near Caracas presidential palace as Trump officials brief Congress on Maduro raid

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the closed-door briefing

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57 h. ago Keir Starmer refuses to say whether Donald Trump's capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro broke international law

The Prime Minister, who has lectured opponents on the importance of international law for years, insisted it remained 'the benchmark against which we judge the actions of all other governments'.

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58 h. ago Venezuela latest: Trump officials are grilled by Congress on raid after Maduro pleads not guilty in court

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are attending the closed-door briefing

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59 h. ago Top Trump aide's son says he's glad president captured Maduro because his brother died of drug overdose

Some users online agreed that Maduro's capture was a positive step in addressing the overdose crisis, while others criticized the aide's son for 'exploiting' his brother's memory.

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59 h. ago Maduro erupts and tells judge he was 'kidnapped' while wife Cilia shows off head injuries in first court appearance

Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia, made their first court appearance in New York City after their shock capture by US military forces over the weekend.

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