Trump warns new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court

特朗普警告新任委内瑞拉领导人,马杜罗即将出庭受审

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2026-01-06

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The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife are being transferred to a court in New York to face drugs charges -- two days after they were seized by US troops. Meanwhile in Caracas, Delcy Rodriguez is due to be sworn in as Venezuela's interim leader. She's offered to cooperate with Washington, after President Trump threatened further action. Also in the programme: A French court has found ten people guilty of spreading lies online about President Macron's wife Brigitte; as protests in Iran continue for a ninth day, the Speaker of Parliament has said that the protesters' demands must be heard; and Venezuela has the world's biggest oil reserves, what happens to that now? (Photo credit: Reuters/Adam Gray)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London.

  • I'm Rebecca Kezby.

  • Our main story today,

  • the continuing reaction and possible consequences of the audacious US seizure of Venezuela's autocratic president.

  • Within the past couple of hours,

  • Nicolas Maduro was transferred by helicopter to a court in Manhattan.

  • So if you are just joining us here at Live Now from Fox 725 here on the East Coast 425 in the morning on the West Coast,

  • this is a live image that we have just outside of the Brooklyn Detention Center where we just saw Nicolás Maduro be escorted inside of this helicopter.

  • He is going to be on his way to a federal courtroom in downtown Manhattan, New York City.

  • We're seeing here the helicopter takeoff.

  • Let's just hang on this for a bit.

  • and we'll head to New York later in the program.

  • But first, let's go to Venezuela, where the former Vice President,

  • Delcey Rodriguez, is being sworn in as interim leader.

  • After the U.S.

  • raid on Saturday, Ms.

  • Rodriguez issued a defiant statement rejecting U.S.

  • dominance over Venezuela and demanded that Nicolas Maduro be returned.

  • Now she says she's willing to collaborate with the United States.

  • This came after President Trump told the Atlantic on Sunday on an interview that