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, Ma»»»

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was only '10 per cent away' from a peace deal in his New Year address. But the Ukrainian president also insisted he would not sign a 'weak' deal at any cost in the 20-minute speech. The final part of the agreement will 'determine the fate of peace, the fate of Ukrain»»»