Venezuela urges UN to investigate US strikes on its boats

President Trump says the US has destroyed another boat in international waters that Washington alleges was smuggling drugs to America. Posting on social media, Mr Trump said three people, that he described as "narco terrorists", were killed in the operation, which comes amid an increased US military presence in the southern Caribbean.

Also in the programme: the American Soyabean Association says that exports to China have practically stopped after China imposed an extra 20% tariff; and we speak to one of the contestants in the world's biggest beauty contest for transgender women.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more are Alex Von Tunzelmann, British historian and broadcaster, and UK-based journalist and science commentator Anjana Ahuja.

(File picture: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela on 15 September, 2025 Credit: MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/EPA/Shutterstock)