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These inventions trigger rage, but also optimism. Maybe they will make people think more critically about debate and democracy, says Yanis Varoufakis

The US dramatically escalated its confrontation with Venezuela on January 3, moving from sanctions and targeted strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels to direct military action. In a pre-dawn operation, US forces captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and removed them from the country.

New Labour advertising guru Chris Powell says urgent plan needed to ‘wage and win the daily war for attention’

From Christmas strikes in Nigeria to peace deals and talks of trade, the US president’s diplomatic approach to the continent has been all over the place

WORLD OF TROUBLE: David Miliband tells the World of Trouble podcast with Sam Kiley that there currently 59 significant conflicts going on around the world, including Sudan, DRC, Gaza, Ethiopia and Myanmar

As Trump’s business and diplomacy fuse, critics warn that his approach risks trading stability – and US democracy – for leverage

Alaa Abd El-Fattah was released from an Egyptian prison in September after receiving a presidential pardon.

Mr Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual national, was detained in Egypt in September 2019

Mamady Doumbouya accused of betraying his promise to be the restorer of democracy after leading 2021 coup