Today’s Lead News Stories

Venezuela’s opposition leader claims ‘heavily armed men’ took Juan Pablo Guanipa away

A trial focused on whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms when it comes to the dangers of child sexual exploitation is set to start in New Mexico

Jeffries says Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections – key US politics stories from Sunday 8 February at a glance

Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado

A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine has killed one person and wounded two others

Australian white supremacist tells NZ court he was suffering from ‘nervous exhaustion’ when he entered his guilty plea in March 2020

Nicaragua's government blocks Cuban citizens from entering without a visa, cutting off a key migration route to the U.S. The government confirmed this change on Sunday, suspending an exemption that allowed Cubans to enter visa-free

The US president called the freestyle skier a ‘real loser’ in a Truth Social post after he said representing the US was ‘a little hard’ given the political climate

Minneapolis witnessed a fresh wave of unrest on Saturday as an anti-ICE protest outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building spiralled into chaotic scenes, including demonstrators hurling sex toys and other objects amid clashes with law enforcement.

Experts say the term ‘addiction’ is be overused and, for social media use, could be difficult to prove

Bangladesh's interim government has formally requested UN human rights assistance for a fair probe into student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's killing. Hadi, a prominent protest figure, died after being shot during an election event. Dhaka police filed charges against 17, alleging political vengeance linked to the Awami League, a claim…