WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-29-26 (1/3)

Episode Date: January 29, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Democrats are turning at pressure on Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam after two fatal shootings in Minnesota involving federal immigration agents. Senator Peter Welch. Noam has to answer some questions. How is it that her people were so poorly trained that when a man who was on the ground and totally under control was shot 10 times? And many Democrats in both chambers are calling for Noam to be fired or impeached. GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered a fairly muted response. I will allow the president to make determinations about the people that serve on his team.

That comes as Democrats are holding up funding the government ahead of a Friday deadline because they do not support funding for DHS. But Republicans argue that DHS funding does not affect ICE because that was already funded. Elsewhere on Capitol Hill. United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration's military operation in Venezuela during a sometimes tense hearing. The top Democrat on the committee, Senator Gene Chehine criticized the cost of the operation and questioned what removing dictator Nicolas Maduro from power actually accomplished.

Maduro's vice president, now the interim president, has taken no steps to diminish Iran, China, or Russia's considerable influence. in Venezuela, one of the reasons that has been given for the mission. Rubio responded, saying the problems in Venezuela were never going to be solved overnight. I think we're making good and decent progress. It is the best plan, and we are certainly better off today in Venezuela than we were four weeks ago. He also said U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil could be eased under strict conditions. Revenue would be placed in a U.S. control account and used for basic services that benefit Venezuelans like health care and policing.

The secretary stressed that the administration does not expect further military action in Venezuela unless a new and immediate threat emerges. A South Korean court has sentenced the country's former first lady to nearly two years behind bars. World's Paul Butler has more. Kim Yun He, the wife of ousted President Yun Suk Uel, received a 20-month prison sentence Wednesday. That comes after judges ruled she accepted luxury gifts, including high-end jewelry, in exchange for political favors. Kim said through her lawyers that she accepts the ruling

and apologized to the public. Her conviction comes as Yune awaits a separate verdict on rebellion charges tied to his failed declaration of martial law late last year. He's already been removed from office and is serving prison time on related offenses. For World, I'm Paul Butler.

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