Europe on edge amid US strikes in Venezuela and Greenland threats
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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EU leaders are responding cautiously, with some notable exceptions, following US strikes on Venezuela and threats to take over Greenland. Also, the Iranian government cuts off internet access as protests across the country escalate. And, a look at the high-stakes push to bring US oil companies back to Venezuela. Plus, twin mountain gorillas are born at Africa's largest national park in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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| 0:00.0 | Protesters in Iran have not let up. Now the government has cut off internet access throughout the country. |
| 0:11.3 | You cannot call cell phones in Iran, and I haven't been able to reach out to anybody in Iran. |
| 0:16.7 | Neither have been able to my friends. I'm Carolyn Beeler. Today, the loss of that lifeline in Iran. |
| 0:22.5 | Also today, a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy has backed European allies into a corner. |
| 0:28.7 | The old system does not work anymore. |
| 0:31.4 | We live in a different world, though. |
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| 0:58.3 | This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for tuning in today. |
| 1:02.8 | First, the U.S. military seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. |
| 1:07.5 | Then the White House said it is actively discussing plans to take control of Greenland, |
| 1:12.8 | which is a territory of Denmark and EU member state. With a few notable exceptions, Europe has |
| 1:19.1 | been pretty quiet about these stunning moves. Critics say that may be exactly what Washington is |
| 1:24.7 | counting on. The World's Europe correspondent Or Orleberry, kicks things off for us today |
| 1:28.9 | with a report on Europe walking a diplomatic tightrope. Just a day after U.S. forces captured the |
| 1:36.1 | Venezuelan leader in Caracas, President Trump made a comment on board Air Force One that left |
| 1:42.8 | the EU scrambling for the second time in |
| 1:46.2 | as many days. |
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