Bernadette Keogh

The highly partisan descriptions have been installed beneath images of the former leaders on a presidential walk of fame created by Mr Trump earlier this year.

His predecessor is named as Sleepy Joe Biden, by far the worst president in American history.

Barack Obama is described as one of the most divisive political figures in American history.

The Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has issued a defiant message to the American president, accusing him of trying to turn his country into a colony of the United States.

He was speaking a day after Donald Trump said that he'd imposed a total blockade of all US-sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of Venezuela, as well as accusing Caracas of stealing US oil and land.

Mr Maduro also said in a speech that any attempt by the Trump administration to overthrow him would end in failure.

Never.

In recent months, the United States has launched attacks on alleged drug smuggling boats, killing at least 99 people.

Venezuela claims these anti-narcotics operations are cover for a plot to overthrow the Maduro government.

The UN has urged both sides to de-escalate.

Luis Fajardo, BBC Monitoring's Latin American analyst in Miami, gave me the latest.

Now, President Maduro has said that oil exports won't be impacted by President Trump's blockade and that it's business as usual.

Clearly, Venezuela is determined to sound a defiant note.

Do Americans feel that they could be heading to war?

Luis Fajardo.

Now to some big news in the world of Hollywood.

For almost half a century, the Oscars, or the Academy Awards, have aired on the US television channel ABC, with the network paying around $100 million a year for the show.

But organisers have agreed a new deal with YouTube, allowing it to have exclusive streaming rights for the ceremony from 2029.

Although viewership of the extravaganza did reach nearly 20 million for this year, ratings are still half of what they were decades ago.

Pete Hammond is the chief film critic for US entertainment site Deadline.