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Venezuela's president sworn in for third term

Nicolas Maduro has been accused of 'stealing' the election by critics including Washington which has increased its bounty on the Venezuelan president

Nicolas Maduro will serve a third term as Venezuela's president, despite criticism. How much support does the President have? Maria Corina Machado, leader of the opposition has condemned the inauguration as a coup and a violation of the constitution.

Also on the programme: the USA's South Carolina Attorney General, Alan Wilson, tells Newshour why he supports the banning of social media platform TikTok; and Israeli settlers of the West Bank tell the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú why they support the election of Donald Trump as the new President of the United States.

Image: President Nicolas Maduro gestures on the day of his inauguration for a third six-year term in Caracas, Venezuela January 10, 2025. Credit: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria via Reuters.

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