Late last night and early today, at my direction,
the United States Armed Forces conducted an extraordinary military operation in the capital of Venezuela.
Patty, that was not in my diary for the 3rd of January, 2026.
Was it in yours?
No, I woke up to the news like the whole world this morning.
It was about six o'clock our time that the reports started coming through.
that Donald Trump had ordered strikes on the Venezuelan capital,
not just ordering strikes on the Venezuelan capital.
We know he'd been cranking up the pressure on that country for some time,
but also it emerged that America had captured its leader, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife.
And then as the day wore on,
a news conference in which Donald Trump said two things, more we can discuss.
We are going to run Venezuela and we are going to pump its oil.
Welcome to the first Saturday newscast of 2026.
Newscast.
Newscast from the BBC.
That boy slipper me in the classroom doing our violin lessons.
I was the tattletale in the class.
Can I have an apology, please?
I trust almost nobody.