From the sidelines, Venezuela's opposition praises US intervention

The Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, has said the removal from power of President Nicolas Maduro by US special forces is a huge step for freedom despite being sidelined by Trump. We hear from inside the country amid a crackdown in Caracas. Also on the programme, European leaders meet in Paris to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine; and a battle to save an historic monument to one of the great Antarctic explorers, Ernest Shackleton.

(Photo: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado looks on, outside the Grand Hotel after she was in the audience at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, December 12, 2025. NTB/Ole Berg-Rusten via REUTERS)