Venezuelan authorities claim assassination attempt
US and Spanish citizens detained over allegations they tried to overthrow President Maduro
Relations between Venezuela and Western countries have become increasingly tense after the US and Spain have refused to recognise President Nicolas Maduro's reelection.
Also in this hour: the second anniversary of the death of Masha Amini in Iran. And we hear why this will be the Asian century from Kishore Mahbubani, whose family left India after partition for Singapore.
Our presenter Paul Henley is joined by Georgina Godwin, a broadcast journalist and honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and Michael Keating, the Executive Director at the European Institute of Peace, and the former Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia.
(Photo: Chavismo celebrates Maduro's controversial reelection a month after the elections, Caracas, Venezuela - 28 Aug 2024. Credit: Miguel GutiΓ©rrez/
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