Donald Trump has authorised covert CIA operations in Venezuela
This could allow the intelligence agency to carry out lethal operations in the country.
US President Donald Trump has confirmed he has authorised the CIA to carry out secret operations in Venezuela, and that he is considering attacks on Venezuelan territory.
It follows a series of strikes by the US military against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean, which have killed 27 people.
Also in the programme: A phone conversation between Putin and Trump ahead of President Zelensky’s visit to Washington - and the queen of de-cluttering, Marie Kondo, explains what the world doesn't understand about her native Japan.
(Photo: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at a demonstration to mark Indigenous Resistance Day. Credit: Reuters /Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
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