
Trump considers possible "military option" in Venezuela
Venezuela's defence minister responded saying Mr Trumps comment was "supreme extremism."
President Trump has said he is not ruling out a military option in dealing with the crisis in Venezuela. Answering a reporter's question, Mr Trump said people in Venezuela were suffering and dying, and the US had many options, including a military option, if necessary. Venezuela's defence minister, Vladimir Padrino said Mr Trumps comment was "act of craziness" and "supreme extremism."
Also on the programme, are conflicts in the Middle East actually fuelling growing violence and even an increase in suicide in the Eastern Mediterranean? And what effect does the room that a writer works in have on a final piece of writing? We meet the man who has visited rooms in which writers as varied as Graham Greene, JK Rowling and Henry James produced some of their best known works.
(Picture: Venezuelan Anti Government Protester, Credit: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images)
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