Venezuela stands up to Donald Trump

委内瑞拉挺身对抗唐纳德·特朗普

Global News Podcast

2025-11-30

28 分钟
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Venezuela has condemned as a "colonialist threat" President Trump's warning that its airspace should be considered closed. The US does not have the authority to shut another country's airspace and the foreign ministry described his social media post as an illegal and unjustified aggression. Also: the number of people killed as a result of Israel's military offensive in Gaza in the past two years has risen above 70,000 according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the Palestinian territory; rescue operations are continuing in Indonesia after floods and landslides killed more than 300 people in Sumatra; and King Charles leads tributes to the British playwright and Oscar winning screenwriter, Tom Stoppard, who has died at the age of 88.
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Alex Ritzen, and in the early hours of November 30, these are our main stories.

  • Venezuela condemns President Trump's warning that its airspace should be considered closed as an illegal and unjustified aggression.

  • Mr Trump has also targeted Honduras,

  • threatening to cut funding

  • if the right-wing candidate Nasseri Asfura doesn't win Sunday's presidential election.

  • The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the number of people killed in Israel's military offences has now passed 70,000 doctors say the latest to be killed are youngsters.

  • The two boys who died have been described as an eight-year-old and his elder brother aged 10 or possibly 11.

  • They were killed in what the relatives described as a drone strike by Israeli forces.

  • Also in this podcast, the German TV series Alph Fritzis Spuren wins an Emmy,

  • and we look back on the life of the British playwright Tom Stoppard, who has died.

  • Relations between Venezuela and the Trump administration have been deteriorating for months with the US stepping up its very public criticism of the Venezuelan president,

  • Nicolas Maduro.

  • US forces have also been building up their presence in the Caribbean and targeting boats officials say have been involved in drug smuggling.

  • Mr.

  • Trump has warned that US efforts to halt Venezuelan drug trafficking by land would begin very soon.

  • Now he's infuriated Caracas even further further,

  • by posting a warning on his Truth social platform that the airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed.

  • The government of Venezuela has protested in very strong terms to what they describe as quote-unquote colonial attitude by the US when the president announced what he calls a closing of the Venezuelan airspace.

  • There are reports in local media, however, from Caracas International Airport,