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Venezuela’s embattled president tells the BBC the offer of aid is an intervention plan by the US.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Key figures in the 2017 Catalan independence bid are on trial in Madrid, accused of rebellion.
BBC News – Europe

Robert MacPhail admits doing deals with the boy who is charged with killing his six-year-old daughter.
BBC News – UK

Mexican kingpin Joaquín Guzmán was accused of being behind the biggest supplier of drugs to the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Caroline Mwatha investigated extrajudicial killings, but police believe her death was abortion-related.
BBC News – Africa

Prices will rise for 1.8 million customers as E.On becomes the first supplier to react to Ofgem’s new cap.
BBC News – Business

Bahraini Hakeem al-Araibi, who has been granted asylum in Australia, was detained in November.
BBC News – Middle East

Four people have died in four days of protests calling on President Jovenel Moise to step down.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Prime Minister Victor Orban wants more babies to be born to avoid the need for immigration.
BBC News – Europe

Declines in construction and car manufacturing contributed to the slowdown, official figures show.
BBC News – UK

Negotiators hoping to hit a Friday deadline disagree on issues including money for a border wall.
BBC News – US & Canada

The BBC maps the challenges facing Nigeria as it approaches a presidential election 20 years after the end of military rule.
BBC News – Africa

Victims of these scams lost an average of £11,145 each last year, with the total rising, Action Fraud says.
BBC News – Business

Two men who were held by jihadists in Syria identify a man accused of the Brussels Jewish Museum attack.
BBC News – Middle East

The opposition leader says he will “do everything possible”, and calls for distribution volunteers.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The statement follows the reported death in a camp of a prominent musician from the Uighur minority.
BBC News – Europe

The Duke of Edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, Buckingham Palace says.
BBC News – UK

Mr Trump’s campaign team responds by calling her a fraud and saying her ideas are socialist.
BBC News – US & Canada

Seven jihadists get life in prison but others are acquitted for assaults on a museum and beach resort.
BBC News – Africa

The Topshop boss had gagged the paper from publishing allegations of sexual and racial abuse and bullying.
BBC News – Business