Trump says Venezuela will be 'turning over' up to 50 million barrels of oil to US
Earlier the president said US oil firms could be "up and running" in the country within 18 months.
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Opposition leader Machado says her coalition should lead Venezuela
President Trump has publicly dismissed the Nobel winner Machado saying she doesn't have local support and respect.
Maga media stars back Trump on Venezuela … mostly: ‘It doesn’t make any sense’
Maga media used to hate US foreign intervention – now some are cheering it on“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars,” Donald Trump said after declaring victory on 6 November 2024. It wasn’t his first pledge to disengage the US from foreign conflicts, and Trump’s top allies in conservative media and the “Make America Great Again” (Maga) movement have all rallied to his pledge to “put America first”.Now that the US president seems to have broken his pledge by launching an invasion of Venezuela, not to mention threatening future actions against Cuba and Colombia and potentially Greenland, some have reasonably wondered whether Trump’s supporters in Maga media would hammer him for that inconsistency. Continue reading...
Trump indicates that Venezuela is responding to demands for ‘total access’ for US oil companies – US politics live
Statement on supposed agreement with Venezuelan government follows Trump’s threats of further military interventionThe aftermath of the US intervention in Venezuela is continuing to send ripples through the markets.The oil price is dropping today, after Donald Trump declared that Venezuela will send the US between 30m and 50m barrels of oil, which will then be sold … with the president controlling the proceeds, which could be more than $2bn.This is really dumb. Greenland and Denmark are our allies. Continue reading...
The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuela's?
Crude prices are low. Companies are being cautious. But huge reserves — particularly of the heavy, viscous oil Venezuela has in abundance — remain appealing.
Minister rejects claim tougher drink-driving rules will kill off rural pubs – UK politics live
Minister says evidence from Scotland suggests cutting drink-drive limit does not have a ‘significant impact’ on pub tradeNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, is holding a press conference, which is due to start at 10am.There is a live feed here.Voters in Caerphilly went to the polls after the sudden death of Labour Senedd member Hefin David last year.BBC Wales held a television debate with six of the candidates called Your Voice, Your Vote, in the lead-up to polling day. Continue reading...
Amsterdam airport cancels 700 flights amid icy conditions
Camp beds set up as more than 1,000 travellers spend night at key flight hub during freezing European weatherEurope live – latest updatesAmsterdam Schiphol airport, one of the largest in Europe, has announced at least 700 flight cancellations because of snow and wind, after days of weather-related travel disruptions.More than 1,000 people spent the night at Schiphol, the airport said on Wednesday, adding that it had set up camp beds and offered breakfast to travellers forced to sleep there. The number of cancellations is expected to rise throughout the day. Continue reading...
Europe scrambles to respond to US moves towards ‘acquiring’ Greenland – latest updates
French foreign minister talks down prospect of Venezuela-like scenario but confirms the country is working with partners to draw up plansEurope correspondent From This is Europe newsletter – sign up hereThe EU is in a deep, deep bind over Donald Trump’s smash-and-grab raid on Venezuela – just as it is over his repeated assertions that the US “absolutely” needs to take control of Greenland, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.“A possible US intervention in Greenland is the biggest source of risk to the transatlantic alliance, and to intra-Nato and intra-EU cohesion – arguably far greater than [the risk] presented by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.” Continue reading...
Alarmed by Trump's comments, European leaders say Greenland 'belongs to its people'
European leaders who gathered in Paris Tuesday to discuss a security plan for Ukraine expressed their concerns about President Trump's comments on seeking an American takeover of Greenland.
US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military, says White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark, which is pushing back against Trump's ambitions for the Arctic island.