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Trump news at a glance: Nicolás Maduro wants to have ‘serious talks’ with Trump

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Donald Trump in Washington DC on 10 December; Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on 15 September. Composite: AFP via Getty Images

The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his “illegal warmongering” and begin “serious talks” with his administration as mystery continued to surround a purported pre-Christmas CIA airstrike on the South American country.

Speaking during an hour-long TV interview, Maduro declined to confirm reports of the apparent US attack, which would be the first on Venezuelan soil since Trump began his five-month campaign of military pressure in August.

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