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A supporter of Nicolas Maduro holds up a portrait of him in Caracas. President Donald Trump said US forces had captured the Venezuelan leader after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities. Photograph: Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images

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Live: Venezuela’s Maduro will be taken to New York to face drug and terror charges, Trump says ↗

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A supporter of Nicolas Maduro holds up a portrait of him in Caracas. President Donald Trump said US forces had captured the Venezuelan leader after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities. Photograph: Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images

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Live: Venezuela’s Maduro to face ‘full wrath of American justice’ after capture by US forces ↗

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Fire seen at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after a series of explosions in Caracas Photograph: Getty

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Live: US carries out ‘large scale’ attack on Venezuela and captures president Maduro - Trump ↗

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Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3rd, 2026. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuelan president Maduro captured following ‘large scale’ US attack, Trump says ↗

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A US military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have suggested they intend to seize another ship they are tracking as it heads towards Irish-controlled waters. Photograph: Department of Homeland Security, via Reuters

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Oil tanker pursued by American authorities on course for Irish waters ↗

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A photo shows lit sparklers attached to bottles inside Le Constellation nightclub in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, shared online with claims they were taken around the start of the fire on New Year's Eve

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Swiss ski resort fire: Blaze ‘likely started by sparklers in champagne bottles’, says attorney general ↗

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The number of homeless children is up from 5,274 in October and 4,658 in November 2025

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New record high of almost 17,000 homeless, including 5,321 children ↗

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Donal O’Dea and his dog “Reily“ pictured in Fairview Park, Dublin. Met Éireann has forecast a drop in temperatures throughout Ireland this weekend.
Photo: Tom Honan

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Met Éireann forecasts snow and ice as weather warnings issued for all of Ireland this weekend ↗

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