“This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela? – podcast

Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, are under scrutiny over military strikes on suspected drug boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea.

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Tom Phillips about why people are accusing Trump of war crimes

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  • US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

  • Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order

  • Jimmy Kimmel on Pete Hegseth, ‘our secretary of war crimes’

  • Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky

  • Republican lawmakers scrutinize Trump administration over ‘drug boat’ strikes

  • Colombia’s president warns Trump: ‘Do not wake the jaguar’ with threats of military strikes

  • Pete Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ to watch second strike on alleged drug boat as Democrats slam administration over attacks – as it happened

  • Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela

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