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World Service,16 Jan 2026,49 mins

What's happening now in Venezuela?

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The CIA director has met Venezuela's Interim President Delcy Rodríguez - in a meeting was aimed at building trust and communication following the US seizure of Venezuela's former president Nicolás Maduro almost two weeks ago. The meeting happened on the same day that President Trump met opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington, who presented the US president with her Nobel Peace Prize winning medal. So what next for Venezuela? We speak to our correspondent in the region Will Grant. Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has sued his company xAI over sexualised deepfakes of her created on his social media platform X. The lawsuit alleges the Grok AI tool created sexually explicit pictures of her. xAI has counter-sued for violating its terms of service. We speak to women who have had their images explicitly altered by Grok. We speak to journalists from Morocco and Senegal ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations final this weekend. Presenter: James Reynolds Photo: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado meets with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington. Credit: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

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