This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Uncle Desai and in the early hours of Monday the 5th of January, this is our top story.
Venezuela's new leader, Delcey Rodriguez,
has called for respectful relations with Washington after Donald Trump threatened her with unspecified action
if she didn't cooperate.
A predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, is due to appear in court later today.
We'll get the latest developments and analysis from our correspondents on the ground.
Also in this podcast,
all victims of Switzerland's New Year's Day fire are identified and Nigeria's president steps up security and his defense budget amid rising violence.
And the new Avatar film has box office power, but I just want it to stop forever.
How is it possible to have come this far?
and for the storytelling to still be this bad.
What's made it a sleeper hit?
The US continues to push on with one of the most controversial interventions in Latin America in decades,
warning the new interim leader of Venezuela, do as we say or face the consequences.
President Trump said if Delcey Rodriguez doesn't do what's right,
she's going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.
He's referring, of course,
to the dramatic nighttime capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, seized by U.S.
special forces in the capital Caracas,