NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

Sean O'Callaghan descends Torc Mountain, as evening temperatures drop to minus levels, in Killarnery National Park. Valerie O'Sullivan Valerie O'Sullivan

IRELAND

• All counties were under Status Yellow weather warnings set to remain in place until Monday as temperatures dropped below zero. 
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin began an official visit to China. 
• A man in his 30s was killed in a collision in Co Longford. 
• Another man in his 30s was killed in a collision in Co Kerry.
• The government announced a new tax break for unscripted productions like reality TV shows.
• A man in his 30s died from injuries sustained in a New Year’s Day assault. 
• Dublin’s MetroLink will have no drivers on its trains. 

INTERNATIONAL

Many members of the Venezuelan diaspora celebrated the abduction of President Nicholas Maduro Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#VENEZUELA: US President Donald Trump warned Venezuela’s new interim president she would pay a “big price” if she does not cooperate with the United States.

#GREECE: Thousands of people were stranded in Greece after flights were grounded due to a technical fault.

PARTING SHOT

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SITES across the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in the hours before US President Trump announced that American forces had captured Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

Trump has since released a photo of Maduro blindfolded on an American warship stationed in the Caribbean Sea. Maduro and his wife are then set to be taken to New York where US Attorney General Pam Bondi says the two will face drug and weapons charges and “the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts”.

The Venezuelan authorities have not yet released details about the scale of the damage or casualties in Caracas. In a televised address, Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López announced an immediate deployment of military forces across the country. 

You can read Hannah McCarthy’s full Voices article here.