Oliver Conway

The Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, says the Maduro regime is weaker than ever.

Survivors of a typhoon in the Philippines are suing oil giant Shell, saying carbon emissions made the storm worse.

And we report on the children caught up in drug wars in Marseille.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, may not have made it to Norway in time to receive her Nobel Peace Prize, but once she arrived she wasted no time in calling out the authoritarian leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

She said his regime was now weaker than ever, partly as a result of the actions of President Trump, who on Wednesday announced the seizure of a tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

and she confirmed she'd had US help in getting out of the country where she's been living in hiding.

Because of delays on her journey caused by rough seas, her prize was collected by her daughter.

But she was given a warm welcome when she finally appeared in Oslo in the early hours of Thursday, her first public appearance in nearly a year.

A short while later, she spoke to the BBC.

Were you thinking of those other daughters, those other mothers in Venezuela and around the world who have not had this moment that you've been able to have?

What about the next thing for you, though?

Because you know that the Venezuelan government is now calling you a fugitive, that you will be arrested if you go back.

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado talking to Lucy Hawkins.

France is battling to control violent drug gangs that are exploiting and even killing children.

In the worst affected city, Marseille, the number of teenagers caught up in the drug world has risen sixfold in recent years.

President Emmanuel Macron has urged police to treat the multi-billion dollar industry in the same way as terrorism.

Our correspondent Andrew Harding has been to visit the southern French port.

Bursts of automatic gunfire, filmed from the window of a French apartment block.