2026-01-06
27 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Will Chalk and in the early hours of Tuesday the 6th of January, these are our main stories.
Venezuela's new president is sworn in, while the old president,
who insists he is still in charge, sits in jail in New York.
We investigate the court case crisis in South Africa where thousands of trials are being left in limbo.
And how close are we to a world where AI does all of our driving for us?
Also in this podcast.
We had an imposter.
Somebody wearing a rear admirals uniform and medals.
One of the medals, nobody has ever been able to wear that medal.
It hasn't been presented to anybody as yet.
How a fake admiral fell on his own sort.
Sir Venezuela officially has a new president.
The former vice president, Delcey Rodriguez, has been sworn in as leader in the capital Caracas.
Except thousands of miles away in a court in New York, Nicolás Maduro,
the man spirited out of the country on Saturday morning by US Special Forces,
had insisted he was still president as he pled not guilty to drugs charges.
So by any reckoning.
What life is going to look like in Venezuela after the removal of its erstwhile leader is yet to become clear.
And to confuse matters more,