America clamps down on asylum; Trump says Venezuela’s airspace closed, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 30 November 2025
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| 1:01.9 | Donald Trump said airline should consider Venezuela's airspace, quote, in all caps, closed in its entirety. |
| 1:06.9 | America's president also addressed his message to drug dealers and human traffickers. |
| 1:11.6 | He has threatened military action against the regime of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's autocrat, and ordered strikes against alleged drug-running boats. |
| 1:14.6 | American aviation officials had already warned of the potential hazardous situation in Venezuela's airspace. |
| 1:21.6 | The Trump administration paused all asylum decisions and stopped issuing visas to Afghans |
| 1:26.6 | following the shooting of two |
| 1:28.2 | National Guard members on Wednesday. Earlier, prosecutors said they would charge the alleged |
| 1:32.7 | attacker, an Afghan citizen, with first-degree murder after one of the victims died of her injuries. |
| 1:38.6 | Since the shooting, Mr. Trump has vowed a crackdown on immigration from third world countries. |
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