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Donald Trump said he authorized a covert central intelligence agency operation in Venezuela.

Confirming a report from the New York Times, he said, quote,

we are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea very well under control. Mr. Trump

has expanded his war on drug traffickers in the Southern Caribbean. Mr. Trump declined to say

whether the CIA was authorized to take out Nicolas Maduro,

Venezuela's dictator.

Hamas said it had handed over all the bodies of deceased hostages that it can access

without special equipment.

The militant group has returned seven of 28 deceased hostages, with two more,

returning on Wednesday, yet to be identified. Israel has limited the flow of aid into the enclave,

accusing Hamas of releasing the bodies too slowly. Scott Besant, America's Treasury Secretary, said he was working to put together a $20 billion

package to support Argentina's economy. He said the private sector solution would be separate

from a $20 billion swap line, the Treasury already promised to the Argentine central bank,

adding that some banks and sovereign wealth funds have signalled interest in participating.

The Treasury also recently bought Argentine Pezos.

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