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For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President's Nicolás Maduro's every move.

A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, "his pets".

Then, in early December, a planned mission dubbed "Operation Absolute Resolve" was finalised.

The order from US President Donald Trump to begin the mission finally came at 22:46 EST on Friday.

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In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he expects to still be the leader of the country this time next year.

Ahead of what is expected to be a major political year both at home and abroad, Keir Starmer was asked about the voices in his own party which questioned his leadership and the chance of a leadership challenge.

He also faced questions about Donald Trump, the special relationship between the UK and the US and more.

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President Trump has said the US is going to "run" Venezuela, following a military assault on the country and the seizure of its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who have been flown to New York to face drug trafficking charges.

Speaking following the operation, Trump said the US would run the country "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition”. He said that US oil companies would fix Venezuela's "broken infrastructure" and "start making money for the country”.

Trump said no US servicemen were killed in the operation. He said that the US is "ready" to stage a second "and much larger" attack on the country if needed.

Trump earlier shared a photo of Maduro held prisoner on board the USS Iwo Jima. The image shows Venezuela’s leader blindfolded and wearing ear defenders.

Maduro has been indicted in New York on drugs and weapons charges and was flown there as a prisoner following his seizure. The US attorney general has said he will face "the full wrath of American justice".

Maduro has previously denied being the leader of a drugs cartel and had said the US was planning to overthrow him in order to steal his country's resources.

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Today, the United States dropped bombs on Venezuela and captured its president, before Donald Trump announced that the US will “run” the country until “safe transition can take place”.

He also said US oil companies will fix Venezuela's "broken infrastructure" and "start making money for the country".

Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet joins Laura and Paddy to talk through how and why Trump took the action. They also discuss what could happen next, and what it means for the rest of the world.

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The US has captured Venezuela's President Nicolás 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 in a military operation carried out in conjunction with US law enforcement. They have been charged with drug and weapons offences in New York.

 

It comes after explosions were reported across the capital Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning, including at military bases.

 

The Venezuelan government deployed its armed forces and declared a national emergency.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been charged with drugs and weapons offences, US Attorney General Pam Bondi has said.

Maduro, she says, has been charged with "Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States".

After strikes on the country's capital of Caracas early on Saturday, US President Donald Trump said Maduro and his wife had been "captured" and flown out of the country".

Venezuela has declared a national emergency, denouncing "extremely serious military aggression" by the United States.

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President Donald Trump says the US has carried out a "large scale strike against Venezuela" and "captured its leader, President Nicolas Maduro" and his wife.

A state of national emergency has been declared in Venezuela following the strikes on the capital of Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Venezuela has rejected and denounced "the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory."

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President Donald Trump says the US is "locked and loaded" and will come to the rescue of Iranian protesters if any of them are killed by the regime.

A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by saying Trump should "be careful" if he intervened.

We speak to our Middle East analyst, Sebastian Usher.

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US President Donald Trump has ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, US officials tell the BBC's US partner CBS News.

Plumes of smoke were seen rising from the Venezuelan capital early on Saturday morning. A national emergency has been declared.

The Venezuelan government said in a statement that it rejected and denounced US military aggression. The White House and the Pentagon have not yet publicly commented.

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