BBC News·Monday, January 5, 2026

BBC News - Monday, January 5, 2026

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During the 40-minute arraignment, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to drugs and weapon charges.

Trump said Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez could "pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro" if she "doesn't do what's right".

The US president has repeatedly said he wants the island to become a part of the US.

A Paris court found them guilty of "malicious" bullying towards the wife of the French president.

Cuba's president said military and intelligence operatives were providing protection to captured leader Nicolás Maduro.

Forty people were killed when a fire swept through a busy bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve.

Follow the operation to seize the Venezuelan president through photos, satellite images and maps.

Trade, regional security and Beijing's unofficial ban on Korean pop culture are on the agenda.

The 243kg fish went to a man known as the Tuna King, who said "the year's first tuna brings good luck".

The far-left Vulkan Gruppe says in a statement that targeting the fossil fuel economy, not cutting power, was the goal.