Maduro in court, Ukraine peace talks and Amorim sacked
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia have appeared in a US court where they denied weapons and drugs charges.
Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer's being criticised for refusing to say President Trump's broken international law for the Venezuelan leader's capture.
It will be on the minds of European leaders as they meet in Paris to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine.
And is it the year of the football manager?
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 1:04.6 | we do the work so you don't have to. I'm Wilfred Frost. And I am Sophie Ridge. It is Tuesday, |
| 1:09.5 | the 6th of January, and this is what's happening today. |
| 1:12.5 | The ousted president of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro, appeared in a Manhattan court. He denied all of the charges against him. |
| 1:19.9 | And this comes as the Prime Minister here, Kirstarmer, has faced quite a lot of criticism, including from his own MPs, for not criticising the US action to remove |
| 1:29.0 | Maduro more clearly. The Prime Minister Kistamber is also going to be out meeting other European |
| 1:34.2 | leaders in what's been called a coalition of the willing. It's all about trying to get that |
| 1:38.9 | peace deal for Ukraine. And finally, we'll touch on some football as new year, new managers seems to be the theme of some high profile sacking in the last couple of days. |
| 1:51.5 | So we had another remarkable day yesterday on this ongoing story about Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro, who was of course captured by the US and his wife, |
| 2:02.5 | Celia, appearing in that US court, pleading not guilty to drugs and weapon charges. And also, |
| 2:08.2 | meanwhile, in Venezuela itself, we had the vice president formally sworn in as the interim president. |
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