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Venezuelan top court targets opposition leaders

Venezuela’s Supreme Court opens criminal action against seven Guaidó supporters for alleged treason and rebellion.

Venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven leading opposition lawmakers for alleged treason and rebellion. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has said this was a violation of parliamentary immunity, and was illegal.

Also in the programme: the US city of Denver votes on whether to decriminalise magic mushrooms, and the trial begins of the leader of an American self-empowerment group and alleged sex cult, NXIVM.

(Image: a group of Juan Guaidó supporters attend a protest near La Casona in Caracas, Venezuela. Credit: Lokman Ilhan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Tue 7 May 201920:06GMT

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