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Britain has become the latest European country to declare it will recognise the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president – unless fair, democratic elections are announced in the next eight days, an ultimatum rejected by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister.

Rescuers in Brazil are searching for any survivors after a huge dam collapsed – unleashing a cascade of mine waste and mud. At least nine people are dead and 400 still missing after the disaster struck at the Vale iron ore mine near Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil yesterday lunchtime. Officials say there’s now little chance…

Rick Wilson is a Republican political strategist who is fiercely critical of Donald Trump. Roger Stone says he would plead not guilty and fight charges including witness tampering and false statements.

Tonight Venezuela still has two presidents. Opposition leader Juan Guaido, backed by the US, who declared himself interim president earlier this week, has called for further protests and for the military to join him. The embattled President Nicholas Maduro, backed by the Russians, said he would defeat what he described as a coup to install a puppet…

Jack Shepherd, the man dubbed the speedboat killer, will stay in custody in Georgia for another three months before extradition proceedings, telling a court in Tbilisi he was “suicidally depressed”. Shepherd, who’s been on the run since being found guilty at the Old Bailey, in his absence, of killing 24-year-old Charlotte Brown, claimed today that the…

You got yourselves into this mess, now it’s up to you to get yourselves out of it. That’s the gist of Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s message to Britain when we asked him if he was willing to compromise over the Ireland backstop, which is supposed to prevent the return of a hard border after Brexit. Mr Varadkar…

The FBI came for him before dawn, dressed in combat gear, using night-vision equipment and shouting “Open the door”, before arresting former Trump campaign aide Roger Stone as part of the investigation into alleged Russian collusion. Nothing to do with us, the White House insisted, while Stone declared he would plead not guilty and fight charges…

Two young boys from Trinidad have been reunited with the mother they haven’t seen for four years and flown out of north-east Syria where they’d been in Kurdish custody.

Zimbabwe’s government-appointed Human Rights Commission has accused the military of using “systematic torture” to break up protests against the authorities, after a week of unrest sparked by rising fuel prices.

President Trump has declared that America officially recognises the Venezuelan opposition leader as the country’s interim president. And he’s urged other western nations to follow suit.

If you thought Zimbabwe’s descent ended with the removal of Robert Mugabe from power, think again.

We speak to Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda, whose journalism saw her barred from her home country for many years by former President Robert Mugabe.

In Zimbabwe a week of protests and a brutal government crackdown have forced President Mnangagwa to curtail his trip to Davos and rush home. Zimbabweans have been protesting at dramatic fuel price hikes and more than 12 people have been killed in the violence.

Politicians weren’t the only ones waiting for Theresa May to outline her Plan B. Business leaders who have complained of the corrosive effect of uncertainty were also hoping the PM would provide some clarity.

At least 66 people have been killed and more than 85 are missing following a pipeline explosion in central Mexico. It’s thought the blast occurred after the fuel line was ruptured by thieves. Dozens of people were scrambling to fill containers with the leaking oil when they were engulfed by a massive fireball. A warning…