US strikes Venezuela and captures Maduro and his wife

President Donald Trump said that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large-scale strike" on the South American country.

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country," Trump said on Truth Social.

Trump said he would give a news conference at 11am local time at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. France24 correspondent Fraser Jackson tells us the latest from Washington.