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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As Washington acted unilaterally to capture Maduro, the prime minister was reduced to watching and waiting. The episode lays bare the fragility of the UK’s post-Brexit foreign policy and where its alliances truly lie

Editorial: The illegal abduction of Venezuela’s president, and threat to ‘run’ his country, is a dangerous act. Its repercussions will be felt far beyond the region

Populists rewrite the history of this nation because they were complicit in much of its ugliness. The progressive fightback must start now, says Guardian columnist John Harris

He took office promising to annex Greenland and take back the Panama Canal. Now that he has ousted Maduro, other countries could be next

Please note, this piece absolutely includes spoilers for Cruel Intentions, a film made 26 years ago. Do read on, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US’s vigilante intervention in Caracas was reckless and unlawful – but rebuke alone is not enough. The international community must move fast to stabilise the country and restore democratic rule

The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall

On January 1, 2026, Deepinder Goyal, founder of Eternal – the company behind Zomato and Blinkit – came out all guns blazing on X (formerly Twitter). He said that, “unaffected by calls for strikes,” over 4.5 lakh delivery partners across Zomato and Blinkit delivered more than 75 lakh orders on…

The state has created the first registry in the US to track repeat domestic violence offenders