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And then the announcement by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform that Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro had been captured with his wife and flown out of the country. The US appeared to have deposed a Latin American leader for the first time since its invasion of Panama in 1989.

Starmer had ​earlier said he stood with Denmark in its defence of Greenland, saying no one else should determine the future of the vast territory after Trump ​said he needed it for defence. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in ​Bengaluru;

Anthony Zurcher chats to Sarah Smith on the latest Americast episode.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration was weighing a number of options to acquire Greenland, including military force.

Many Greenlanders are interested in working with the US, but they all bristle at the idea of being bought or taken by force.

A new political theory suggests that what motivates this president is something far older than great power rivalry.

Republicans criticized the Trump administration for not taking military action against Greenland off the table. But they largely support a sale.