Venezuela’s interim government backs Maduro; Caribbean airspace reopens, and more

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  Out Top Stories A senior minister in Venezuela's interim government confirmed its support for Nicolas Maduro,

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  the country's president captured in an American operation a day earlier.

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  Let no one fall for the enemy's provocations,

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  said Diostado Cabello, the interior minister in an audio recording.

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  Mr Trump said that Americans were going to run Venezuela,

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  but the country's top court ordered Delcey Rodriguez,

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  its vice president, to temporarily assume leadership.

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  American Airlines resumed flights through Caribbean airspace after America's aviation agency lifted a ban.

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  The Federal Aviation Administration had imposed restrictions following America's strikes on Venezuela early on Saturday.

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  Tens of thousands of travellers had been stranded after hundreds of flights were cancelled.

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  American Airlines said it would use larger planes and schedule more flights.

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  As Mr Maduro arrived in New York,

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