Oliver Conway

Vance cancelling his travel plans.

Yesterday, he hit out at Israel's actions, warning you can't kill your way out of every national security problem.

Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette, is in the Swiss city of Lucerne, near where the talks were due to take place.

So how damaging is this delay?

Yeah, and the Americans are clearly worried about that.

What do you make of this row between the US vice president and some of those hardliners in the Israeli cabinet?

Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette.

It's nearly six months since the US seized the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, and whisked him out of the country.

But the daring raid didn't usher in a new democratic government.

Instead, Mr Maduro's former deputy, Delce Rodriguez, took over with America's blessing.

Now, however, members of her government have met the opposition to discuss what the US State Department calls a roadmap for a dialogue on a democratic transition –

I heard more from our global affairs reporter, Mimi Swaybe.

These talks are incredibly significant.

Firstly, because opposition historically in Venezuela have been really quashed.

Any kind of uprising against the government, which was led by President Nicolás Maduro, now led by his former vice president, Eduardo Ríguez, the Chavista regime, has very much...

pushed down any kind of distance, resistance or challenge for leadership.

And we saw that come to light in the 2024 elections when there were many political prisoners detained, some who are still detained, and any kind of rallies and people speaking badly against the government were imprisoned or threatened against.

However, this goes back decades.

So this meeting now, the first

known talks between a member of the government and a opposition figure is incredibly significant.