President Donald Trump announced that the US will run Venezuela until a ‘proper transition can take place.’ https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1d37/live/bd69bc30-e8c5-11f0-aae2-2191c0e48a3b.jpg 2026-01-03 17:20:46
Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor Reuters A destroyed anti-aircraft unit at La Carlota military air base US President Donald Trump says the US is going to “run” Venezuela “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition”. It comes after US forces captured the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro following strikes on the … Read more
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent Getty Images A man walks past graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas The US may want many of its foes gone from power. It doesn’t usually send in the military and physically remove them. Venezuela’s abrupt awakening took two forms. Its residents were woken abruptly to the sound of … Read more
The BBC has reached an agreement with an Israeli family who survived the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks, after a team of journalists entered their badly-damaged home without permission. A BBC News crew, including International Editor Jeremy Bowen, entered the home of an Israeli family on the Gaza border and filmed inside the property in … Read more
Jio Studios Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar was the biggest hit last year For the Indian film industry, 2025 felt like a return to familiar ground. The year before that, women-led stories had briefly reshaped India’s global cinematic image, bringing accolades and new attention. But last year, Bollywood’s violent, male-driven action thrillers dominated the domestic box-office and … Read more
More than 100 people have had to shelter in a shrine on a mountain top in Japan after heavy snowfall cut off access by road. Around 130 people were forced to spend the night in the halls and lobbies of the Mitsumine Shrine in the Saitama prefecture on Friday after the roads around it were … Read more
Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores have been captured The US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump said Venezuela’s left-wing president and his wife were flown out of the country in a military operation … Read more
A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa’s largest male tuskers has died of old age. The pachyderm, fondly known as Craig, died of natural causes on Saturday morning at Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, conservationists confirmed. “Craig had just turned 54 years old. He led a long life and no doubt … Read more
Police have identified the first four bodies of people who were killed in a fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort on New Year’s Eve. The bodies of two Swiss women aged 21 and 16, and two Swiss men aged 18 and 16 have been returned to their families, police said. “Extensive” work … Read more
The BBC’s Russia editor speaks to people in the country as the war in Ukraine nears a fourth year. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6384/live/6ffe6890-e688-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg 2026-01-01 00:17:12