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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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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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