Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones declined to say whether he thought the US strikes on Caracas had been legal, insisting it was for “international courts” to judge what fell within the law. The UK, which has a historically deep intelligence-sharing relationship with the US, was not informed of the attack before it

Getty Images The bodies of 16 more victims of a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have been identified by police. The youngest person was a Swiss girl aged 14, with nine aged under 18. The group includes people of Swiss, Italian, Romanian, Turkish and French nationalities, police said. This brings the

Trump on Venezuela: “We are going to run the country” Leaders around the world have responded with a mix of condemnation and support to the US capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Following a large-scale strike on Venezuela on Saturday, Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces and removed from the country. The

Tom McArthurand Laurence Peter EPA/Shutterstock Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have joined French aircraft in a joint strike on an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS), the UK Ministry of Defence says. “Careful” intelligence analysis led officials to believe the facility was storing arms and explosives, the statement said,

Watch: How the US attack on Venezuela unfolded For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President’s Nicolas 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

Getty Images Protestors held a rally in Bogota, Colombia after Nicolás Maduro’s capture. As the dust settles in Caracas, Venezuelans are reacting to the news of President Nicolás Maduro’s capture by the US with hope, fear, and uncertainty. People began to emerge in the streets Saturday after a night rocked by explosions in the Caracas

RedNote / @I am a pie (826101674) Grace Tsoi,BBC World Service, Hong Kongand Gemini Cheng,BBC News Chinese, Hong Kong Stella Huang bought her first Jellycat plush toy when she lost her job during the pandemic. A school friend was a fan of the British-designed toys and told her all about them. But she only fell

Natasha Bootyand Richard Kagoe Amboseli Trust for Elephants He lived to a ripe old age and would often pose for photographs, say officials 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

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

André Rhoden-Paul and Mallory Moenchand BBC Verify Watch: How the US attack on Venezuela unfolded 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

Ione WellsSouth America correspondent Trump on Venezuela: “We are going to run the country” 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 deafening booms: the sound