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World Service,05 Feb 2019,53 mins

Venezuela Civil War Threat ‘an Invention’

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Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó has dismissed warnings from President Nicolás Maduro the country's political crisis could spark civil war. Mr Guaidó has declared himself interim president and won support from major powers including the US. Mr Maduro said that whether there was war would depend on the "madness" of the US and its allies. In the Somali capital Mogadishu, a car bomb exploded on Monday near a shopping centre, killing several people. And in Bosaso the head of Dubai-based P&O Ports was killed in what officials say was a targeted attack by the Somali militant group al-Shabab. The adoption of a child in Ethiopia has got a lot of people talking. A court in the capital, Addis Ababa, has given the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his wife permission to adopt a son. He's called Million. He's not yet two years old and he's been living in an orphanage up until now.

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