Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,22 Feb 2019,53 mins

Maduro threatens to close borders

Newsday

Available for over a year

The Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, is threatening to close the border with neighbouring Colombia to prevent the opposition bringing humanitarian aid into the country. Police in Chicago say the actor Jussie Smollett staged an apparently racist and homophobic attack to promote his career. He claimed he was assaulted by two men last month President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to go out and vote in Saturday's delayed presidential and parliamentary elections.

Programme Website
More episodes