For Israel to target and kill Iran’s supreme leader took knowledge and precision. Former military officials comment on the attack and what might happen next

Will captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro get a fair trial in the US? Who is driving American foreign policy? How would Trump's supporters view a military campaign?   Jasper Corbett is joined by The Observer's Washington Correspondent Hugh Tomlinson, Reporter Phoebe Davis, and lawyer Robert McWhirter as they give their assessment on the situation in Venezuela.    **We want to hear what you think! Email us at: newsmeeting@observer.co.uk  Follow us on Social Media:  @ObserverUK on X  @theobserveruk on Instagram and TikTok @theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ on bluesky    Host: Jasper Corbett   Producer: Poppy Bullard   Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett   To find out more about The Observer:   Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Head to our website observer.co.uk  Download the Observer app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists  

The US president’s military advisers were unable to give him the assurances he demanded of a quick victory. But he went ahead anyway, with no clear endgame in sight

Former colleagues of the new civil service leader describe an ‘atmosphere of bullying’ at consulate

Stung by a rare rulingagainst him by conservatives he appointed, the US president sees red. Hugh Tomlinson reports from Washington

Rising Democratic star James Talarico aims to break the GOP’s 30-year hold on the Lone Star state – and its monopoly on Christianity

The latest documents about the paedophile financier also raise questions for a number of powerful men linked to the president

Republicans redrew the congressional map after their historic 2024 victory, but in the wake of the Alex Pretti killing it is the Democrats who could benefit at the midterms in November

The US president’s initiative to oversee the rehabilitation of Gaza may undermine other international agencies

The US president is 12 months into his second term and still ripping up the rulebook. What will the next three years hold?

The shape-shifting US secretary of state is rebuilding his department along America First lines

The Danish government is feeling the pressure as the US president refuses to rule out military force in order to obtain the mineral-rich territory

Renee Nicole Good died at the hands of a federal agent. Trump has blamed the victim

Hours after American forces grabbed Maduro and his wife under cover of darkness, the US president declares America will take over the nation’s oil industry

Epstein victim’s sister who reported his abuse 30 years ago says: ‘They can’t call me a liar now’

The rural communities that voted for the president in droves are facing their worst economic crisis in 40 years – caused in large part by the tariff policies they supported

Images put the US president firmly in the sex offender’s circle – and will be followed by the release of thousands of documents next week

As US forces gather in the Caribbean, Trump faces growing dissent on the home front

Donald Trump’s threat to sue the BBC is just a small part of his attempt to whitewash his role in the January 6 riots

There are signs that the president’s grip on his party is weakening for the first time since he retook power

The US president has tried to deflect scrutiny over his relationship to the late sex offender