52 m. ago Venezuela live updates: Nicolás Maduro arrives at Manhattan court

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrive at Daniel Patrick Moynihan courthouse in Manhattan where the full list of charges will be read later todayTense calm spreads at border with Colombia after Maduro captureAnalysis: European leaders appear torn in face of new world orderA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Trump had captured Nicolás Maduro and said America would “run” Venezuela, Home Office minister Mike Tapp said:This is for Donald Trump to answer, and I think he has said in his press conference, which I watched with interest around narco-terrorism and that threat. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Sir Keir Starmer issues statement after Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland

It comes after the US president suggested that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention

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3 h. ago Donald Trump's next 9 targets for US takeover and why he wants to dominate world

Venezuela isn’t the only country in US President Donald Trump has his eyes on, from Canada and Colombia to Cuba, Greenland, and even Mars, the president is sparking global alarm

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4 h. ago Government to address nation from 2.30pm today as Keir Starmer criticism mounts

The US flexed it's military and intelligence capabilities on Saturday when they 'captured' Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in a top secret strike that shocked the world

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5 h. ago Foreign Secretary expected to address MPs on US operation in Venezuela

Yvette Cooper is expected to update the Commons on the US removal of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela.

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7 h. ago Venezuela live updates: interim president offers to ‘collaborate’ with US after Trump warns of further strikes

Delcy Rodríguez adopts conciliatory tone as she stands in for Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan leader captured by American forces and brought to USTense calm spreads at border with Colombia after Maduro captureAnalysis: European leaders appear torn in face of new world orderKeir Starmer has said when asked if he would condemn the US action in Venezuela that he wants to wait to “establish the facts” and speak to Donald Trump, while insisting the UK would “shed no tears” over the end of Maduro’s regime.However, some of the British prime minister’s own MPs have been more outspoken, criticising America’s actions as a breach of international law.Now a [Labour government] won’t even defend them. This silence isn’t diplomacy. It’s the moral equivalent of a white flag. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik

It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAEI never thought it possible that you could look back on the Iraq war, and the foreign invasions of the “war on terror” in general, and feel some measure of nostalgia. For a time when there were at least concerted attempts to justify unilateral interventions and illegal wars in the name of global security, and even a moral duty to liberate the women of Afghanistan or “free the Iraqi people”.Now, as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, is in essence abducted and Venezuela taken over by the US, there is barely any effort to situate the coup in any reasoning other than the US’s interests. Nor are there any attempts to solicit consent from domestic or international law-making bodies and allies, let alone the public. The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secret...

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8 h. ago Delcy Rodríguez named acting Venezuela president as Donald Trump sends warning

The 55-year-old vice-president stepped into the nation's top job after chairing an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers in Caracas, with officials confirming her first cabinet meeting as acting president

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9 h. ago Acting president of Venezuela named as Delcy Rodríguez as Donald Trump sends 'big price' warning

She called the US rendition of Nicolás Maduro a 'kidnapping' and an illegal act of aggression - Rodríguez chaired an emergency meeting over the weekend in Venezuela

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10 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Republicans backpedal on claims US will ‘run’ Venezuela

Trump has called on Venezuela’s interim leader to adhere to US demands as top Republicans scramble to answer questions about what happens next – key US politics stories from 4 January 2026Proclaiming the US would “run” Venezuela after abducting its president and his wife, president Trump has now qualified his claim. Amid questions, including from top Republicans, Trump has now called on Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, to accommodate US demands or face the possibility of a fresh military intervention.Rodríguez, 56, who had on Saturday pledged fealty to ousted president Nicolás Maduro and condemned his capture as an “atrocity”, appears to be adhering to the US line. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Few in Caracas are celebrating as they face an uncertain post

Stockpiling not partying is the priority for Venezuelans who say they fear crackdowns by the regime the US left in placeThere was a whirlwind of emotions on the streets of Caracas on Sunday, 24 hours after the first-ever large-scale US attack on South American soil and the extraordinary snaring of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.“Uncertainty,” said Griselda Guzmán, a 68-year-old pensioner, fighting back tears as she lined up outside a grocery store with her husband to stock up on supplies in case the coming days brought yet more drama. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Trump hits back at Venezuela's new leader and threatens her with a fate WORSE than Maduro's... as he names the next country he has his eyes on

President Trump made a poignant threat toward Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, the interim leader of Venezuela, following the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.

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17 h. ago Trump says Venezuelan vice president ‘will pay bigger price’ than Maduro ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right’: Live updates

President Donald Trump claimed the US will “run” Venezuela now that Maduro has been captured

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17 h. ago US ‘running’ Venezuela now seems less likely but second intervention possible

Washington keeping 15,000-strong military presence in Caribbean in case interim president hinders US objectivesUS politics liveThe prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro – but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, did not accommodate their demands.While Rodriguez kept up a defiant tone in public, the substance of conversations she had had in private with US officials was not clear. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Donald Trump warns of ‘big price to pay’ if Caracas fails to toe line

Washington keeping 15,000-strong military presence in Caribbean in case interim president hinders US objectivesUS politics liveThe prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro – but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, did not accommodate their demands.While Rodríguez kept up a defiant tone in public, the substance of conversations she had had in private with US officials was not clear. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Greenland fears US takeover after Trump’s Venezuela operation as MAGA figure hints it could happen ‘soon’

THE US bombing of Venezuela that led to the capture of its president Nicolás Maduro has raised fears of an American takeover of Greenland. Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Washington needs the strategic, resource-rich Arctic island for security reasons - and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it. Just hours after...

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19 h. ago Denmark warns Trump to stay away from Greenland after taking over Venezuela

Donald Trump has seized control of Venezuela in a stunning military raid, with the country's president Nicolas Maduro being captured and taken to the US to face trial

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19 h. ago The Guardian view on the US seizure of Maduro: Trump has turned the world’s superpower into a rogue state | Editorial

The illegal abduction of Venezuela’s president, and threat to ‘run’ his country, is a dangerous act. Its repercussions will be felt far beyond the regionAmid the immense confusion surrounding the US strikes on Venezuela, the seizure of the president, Nicolás Maduro, and Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will “run” the country and “take back the oil”, one thing is clear – they set a truly chilling precedent. The US has a grim history of interference, invasion and occupation in the region, but the early hours of Saturday saw its first major military attack on South American land. “American dominance in the western hemisphere will never be questioned again,” Mr Trump declared. The decision to unilaterally attack another country and abduct its leader – days after he publicly sought an off-ramp – has still wider repercussions. It should alarm us all.Venezuelans have endured a repressive, kleptocratic and incompetent regime under Mr Maduro, widely believed to have stolen the last el...

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20 h. ago Trump family 'divided' on Venezuela raid as Don Jr and Eric loudly celebrate... but Ivanka's focus is elsewhere

President Donald Trump's children all appeared to have different reactions to their father's administration carrying out a raid in Venezuela that saw the county's president, Nicolas Maduro, arrested.

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20 h. ago Venezuela's new hardline socialist leader Delcy Rodriguez hurls insults at Trump as Rubio sets out US demands and says 'adversaries' cannot control the country's oil

Delcy Rodriguez, Nicolás Maduro's vice president, has been confirmed as the acting president of Venezuela by the country's Supreme Courtfollowing the US' capture of Maduro yesterday.

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