Venezuelan Nobel winner in Norway

The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has said cutting the cash flow to the government is key to its removal. She has insisted Nicolas Maduro is on his way out. Machado, who has been in hiding for months, told the BBC that she knows "exactly the risks" she is taking by travelling to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize. We hear the interview she gave to the BBC and speak to our reporter.

We also answer audience questions about the seizure by the US of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

We continue hearing from Somalis, this time inside the country, after President Trump described them as “garbage".

And we hear from Real Madrid fans and podcasters about the pressure manager Xabi Alonso is facing after the team’s poor performance.

Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado attends a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, 11 December, 2025. Credit: Heiko Junge/NTB/Reuters)