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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of November the 30th, these are our main stories.

Venezuela condemns President Trump's warning that its airspace should be considered closed as an illegal and unjustified aggression.

Mr. Trump has also targeted Honduras, threatening to cut funding if the right-wing candidate Nasri Asfura doesn't win Sunday's presidential election.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the number of people killed in Israel's

military offensive has now passed 70,000. Doctors say the latest to be killed are youngsters.

The two boys who died have been described as an eight-year-old and his elder brother aged 10 or possibly 11.

They were killed in what the relatives described as a drone

strike by Israeli forces. Also in this podcast, the German TV series Alf Fritzis Spuron

wins an Emmy. And we look back on the life of the British playwright Tom Stoppard, who has died.

Relations between Venezuela and the Trump administration have been deteriorating for months,

with the US stepping up its very public criticism of the Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro. U.S. forces have also

been building up their presence in the Caribbean, and targeting boats officials say have been

involved in drug smuggling. Mr. Trump has warned that U.S. efforts to halt Venezuelan

drug trafficking by land would begin very soon. Now he's infuriated Caracas even further by posting

a warning on his truth social platform that the airspace above and around Venezuela should be

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