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Venezuela鈥檚 opposition leader flees to Spain

Maduro鈥檚 rival in presidential poll, Edmundo Gonz谩lez, is to be granted political asylum in Spain

The Spanish foreign minister says his country is offering political asylum to the Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate, Edmundo Gonz谩lez. What hope now for the opposition?

Also in the programme: A number of Israeli civilians have been shot dead at a border crossing between Jordan and the Occupied West Bank, after a night of cross-border missile exchanges between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops; and, a warning to the West about the danger of Russian spies.

(Photo: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez on the day he casts his vote in the country's presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela. Credit: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)

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