Tensions are ramping up as Trump has captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and launched a “large-scale” strike on the South American nation last night

The United States mounted a 'large-scale strike' in Venezuela early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the...

Trump claims U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Maduro after a large-scale strike, announcing a news conference for details.

The government of President Nicolas Maduro declares a national emergency after series of attacks across the country.

The US president confirmed that the US military had launched a large-scale operation in Caracas and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife had been exfiltrated.

President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. was behind the strike several hours after explosions shook Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.

Watch a live view of Caracus on Saturday (3 January) after Donald Trump confirmed a US attack on Venezuela and claimed the country’s president Nicolas Maduro had been captured.

The Venezuelan government called it an “imperialist attack” and urged citizens to take to the streets.

US forces attacked civilian and military facilities in Caracas, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said

Tensions are ramping up as Trump has captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and launched a “large-scale” strike on the South American nation last night

Trump’s administration has accused Maduro of leading drug cartels, among other crimes, and has pressured him to step down for months

US president confirms attack on Venezuela and says Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores have been flown out of country

Explosions have rocked capital Caracas as the US says it captured Venezuela's President Nicola Maduro.

President Trump said the U.S. "carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela" and had "captured" its leader, President Nicolas Maduro.

US President Donald Trump said the US had carried out a 'large-scale strike' in Venezuela, capturing and exfiltrating President Nicolas Maduro.

Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship

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The legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand — was not immediately clear.

Will the US push for elections or will it try to depose more members of the government, asks the BBC's Ione Wells.

Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips on the historic US strikes against Venezuela and the hopes and fears of the country's impoverished people

Donald Trump says the US has carried out a 'large-scale strike' against Venezuela and captured its president.