The US has captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and launched "large-scale" strikes against the country, Donald Trump says. Earlier, Venezuela announced a state of national emergency and said it rejects and denounces "military aggression". "My heart was pumping and legs were shaking," an eyewitness in Caracas tells the BBC as explosions rocked the city. The developments come at a moment of heightened tension between the US and Venezuela as Washington keeps up its military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean, allegedly carrying drugs. The US says the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was illegitimately elected and is personally involved in drug-smuggling through the country.

Source: The Star January 03, 2026 14:38 UTC