The US has captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said.
Trump said Venezuela's left-wing president and his wife were flown out of the country in a military operation in conjunction with US law enforcement. They have been charged with drug and weapons offences in New York, BBC reports.
It comes after explosions were reported across the capital Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning, including at military bases.
The Venezuelan government has since demanded proof Maduro is alive. It has also deployed its armed forces and declared a national emergency.
Maduro's capture comes after heightened tensions between the two countries, with Washington striking boats in the Caribbean it says are being used to carry drugs.
The US has accused the Venezuelan president of being personally involved in drug-smuggling and being an illegitimate leader, while Maduro has accused the US of intimidation.
Here is what we know so far.
What do we know about the operation?
Maduro was captured by the US army's Delta force - the military's top counter terrorism unit - according to the BBC's US news partner CBS.
Trump told Fox and Friends on Saturday that Maduro and his wife were taken from "a house that was more like a fortress". The president said US forces were prepared with "massive blowtorches" to cut through steel, but said Maduro "did not make it into that area of the house".
Trump said no US forces were killed and there were "few" injuries in the operation, which he said he watched live.
Maduro and his wife were on a ship on their way to New York City, Trump said.
A CIA source inside the Venezuelan government helped the US track Maduro's location in the lead-up to his capture, the BBC's US news partner CBS News reported.
The human source was part of an extensive network of other intelligence that informed the operation, which was the result of months of planning.
Trump is due to hold a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida at 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT) at which further details about the operation may be disclosed.
Republican Senator Mike Lee, who spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said "he [Rubio] anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in US custody, adding that the strikes were "deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant".
Around 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT), loud explosions were heard in Caracas, while plumes of smoke were seen rising over the city.
Videos of explosions and helicopters flying overhead have been circulating on social media, but they have not been verified yet.
It is not known if there have been any casualties.
The Venezuelan government also said the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira were also hit.
Where were the strikes?
BBC Verify is working through a number of videos showing explosions, fire and smoke in locations around Caracas to identify exactly which sites were targeted.
It has confirmed three locations, so far:
Trump took to his Truth Social platform to confirm the US was behind the strikes on Saturday morning.
"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country," Trump wrote.
"This operation was done in conjunction with US Law Enforcement. Details to follow."
The US president described it as a "brilliant operation" to the New York Times in a 50-second phone call.
In his interview with Fox and Friends later, he described the operation in more detail.
He said US forces had been "prepared for a second wave" but did not have to conduct one because the first was "so powerful".
Trump said he spoke to Maduro a week ago, adding he had told him "basically I said you have to give up, you have to surrender".
Trump said Maduro had wanted to negotiate.
Regarding who would now govern the country, Trump said "we'll be involved in it very much".
What has Maduro been charged with?
US attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, had been indicted in the Southern District of New York.
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism and import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the US.
"They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts," Bondi wrote on X.