Trump then endorsed the newly compliant Delcy Rodriguez to run Venezuela, took control of the country's oil business, and crucially, set up an oil blockade of Cuba.

In doing so, he indicated that Cuba was now on his list of countries he intends to "deal with".

Iran, already on that list, has recently been at the centre of the president's attention, but all the indicators are that Cuba is most certainly "next".

We know this because Trump has said so.

In reality, the oil blockade is already bringing Cuba to its knees.

Venezuela provided cheap fuel to Cuba, and it was augmented by supplies from Mexico.

These vital lifelines have both stopped on Trump's orders, though Mexico maintains it was a "sovereign decision".

A single Russian oil tanker has reached Cuba this year, but that is for now, all the oil it has received.

Cuba has failed to diversify its power supplies - there's little solar power, little wind power, and very little gas - making it particularly reliant on oil to the point that now it can barely function.

I've recently been inside Cuba, and the effects of the blockade are devastating and immediately obvious.

This oil blockade is an economic war every bit as destructive as bombs and bullets.

There are continuous power blackouts across the country, and now also in the capital Havana, which was traditionally spared this type of treatment.

Government food stores and bakeries selling heavily subsidised household essentials are now regularly closed or virtually empty.

Many Cubans relied on these stores to buy food to survive - and not having this vital supply means there is a growing crisis, with people going hungry.

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Petrol stations are largely closed and empty, pharmacies are bare, and people are queuing to get money from cash machines that are often drained and always come with a strict withdrawal limit.

The tourism industry that once brought billions of dollars of hard currency to Cuba has almost come to a standstill.

Trump's threats, the blackouts, and a lack of aviation fuel have scared tourists away, particularly in Havana.

The traditional safety nets in Cuba, like its healthcare system, have broken. Hospitals are running on generators with very little supplies.

Charities are doing their best to pick up the slack with food handouts for the elderly and the homeless - they say they're now also handing out food to children and trying to help with education.

But they're struggling to find the resources, struggling to keep up with the demand and the need.

Rubbish is piled up on the streets all over the capital, and that's mainly because there's no fuel for the bin trucks to collect it.

I watched as people picked through the rotting food and vegetables in the rubbish, looking for something to eat - sometimes eating it where they stood. In alleyways nearby we filmed as people slept rough.

Countless people I spoke to told me that even though Cuba is a poor country, seeing this type of thing was not common here in the past - this was not how it used to be.

But these types of images have now become a constant visual reminder of how every facet of life in this Caribbean country is being affected by the blockade and Donald Trump's threats.

The once magnificent buildings that marked Havana out as a special place in the region are crumbling, even completely falling apart in places. People still live in these monuments to Cuba's past; they're clinging to a way of life that is disappearing.

A charity director I spoke to, who is also a tour guide mainly for Italian visitors, explained it to me this way: when her clients see Havana's disintegrating buildings, they ask her when the war was that brought this destruction about - there hasn't been a war, she has to explain.

Observers, neutral or otherwise, agree that people can't go on living like this and that Cuba needs help.

So far, Trump and his advisers have shown little regard for the fate of the Cuban population.

His promise that Cuba is next means nothing to the average person, because they don't know what next means, and here many doubt that the president or anyone in the White House knows what next means either, or if there is even a plan for a future in Cuba.

Speaking on Sky's Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Ruth Davidson said there is "the sense that the Tories haven't done their contrition tour yet", and the party "will not get a hearing until that's been done".

She also said that the party's headquarters have not grasped the "sense of urgency" required to "get ourselves back on the pitch after one term" due to Reform UK splitting the right-wing vote.

The Conservatives were booted out of government in July 2024 after 14 years in power, in an election campaign dominated by Labour's slogan of "change".

After winning the subsequent leadership contest, Ms Badenoch has repeatedly admitted the Tories made "mistakes" in office under previous leaders, and argued the party is now "under new management".

She has undertaken a "policy renewal" programme in a bid to reorient the party's ideological stance, focusing on "common sense" principles and a "sensible" right-wing positioning.

But although her personal approval ratings have risen in recent months to make her the least unpopular party leader, the Tories still languish down at 19%, according to Tuesday's Sky/Times/YouGov poll.

In a bid to fix that, Baroness Davidson argues that, although Ms Badenoch has gone some way towards changing the public perception of her, not enough has been done to fix the party's reputation.

She told Sky's political editor Beth Rigby: "One of the complaints that I've had about Kemi is that it's hard to scold people into liking you.

"And when she started, she was very much in that mode of kind of chastising people into what she wanted them to think. And I have seen a modification of that.

"There's also the sense that the Tories haven't done their contrition tour yet. We got kicked out of office after a really long time as the government after having made many mistakes, and we haven't done the apology tour that needs to be made.

"And I think that for a lot of people, we will not get a hearing until that's been done and it's been done in an authentic way."

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Baroness Davidson went on to say that for the first time back in opposition, the Tories have "a real and present danger on our right flank" in Reform UK.

She added: "There is an alternative, a genuine alternative to the Tories as the alternative to Labour. We needed to get ourselves back on the pitch within one term.

"And usually there's not that kind of sense of urgency once you've been kicked out of office after a long time. And there is that sense of urgency now.

"And I think that CCHQ needs to grasp that in a much stronger way."

The former Scottish Tory leader is from a different wing of the party to Ms Badenoch, and is considered more of a centrist than the leader.

Alongside fellow centrist Tories no longer serving in government, she launched Prosper UK in January 2026, which is a political movement designed to appeal to "politically homeless" voters and bring the Conservative Party back to the centre-right.

The group has been touring the country to speak to voters and "bring together people from politics, business and public life who believe the country can do better" - arguing that only the Conservative Party with a "practical, centre-right approach" can provide an alternative to Labour and Reform UK at the next general election.

The 21-year-old musician had been under investigation by a grand jury after the remains of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in a car registered to him in September.

Los Angeles Police said the Houston-born singer - whose legal name is David Anthony Burke - was being held without bail on suspicion of murder.

The decomposed remains of Ms Hernandez were discovered in a Tesla registered to D4vd on 8 September - the day after she would have turned 15 - after police were called to a Hollywood tow yard because of reports of a foul smell coming from the vehicle.

The vehicle had been towed from the Hollywood Hills, where it appeared to have been abandoned.

Inside the car, investigators found a cadaver bag containing a head and torso, and a second bag containing dismembered body parts, according to court documents, although the cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.

Ms Hernandez, who was identified after forensic examinations, had been reported missing from her hometown of Lake Elsinore - about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles - since 2024.

Court documents show authorities had given her age as 14 when she was killed.

In a statement, D4vd's lawyers vowed to "vigorously defend" his innocence, adding: "Let us be clear - the actual evidence in this case will show that David Burke did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the cause of her death."

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D4vd had been on tour when the body was discovered, and a spokesperson for the artist said at the time he was "fully cooperating with the authorities".

The singer, who went viral on TikTok in 2022 with the hit Romantic Homicide, subsequently cancelled his world tour.

Hundreds of safety deposit boxes were ransacked by the gang, meaning the exact value of the theft remains unclear at this stage.

The incident unfolded at a branch of Credit Agricole on Thursday morning - and the hostages were held for a couple of hours prior to their release.

Footage posted online showed firemen smashing through windows to help people climb out, and no injuries have been reported.

Reports suggest the robbers may have escaped through sewers after drilling a hole in the bank's floor throughout the night.

Detectives are now searching sewers throughout the local area but are yet to make any arrests.

According to local media reports, three or four people were involved in the heist - and had worn masks depicting famous actors.

One hostage told Fanpage.it that customers and bank staff were locked in a room. They added that, although the thieves were armed, no violence was used.

Dozens of customers descended on the bank last night to demand information.

One told La Repubblica: "We want to know what was stolen. Was the bank vault containing the cash stolen, or were private safety deposit boxes emptied? How many safe deposit boxes were opened?"

A review of live and electronic music commissioned by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee also calls for a government and industry-backed Music Fan Association, similar to one set up for football fans.

Review chairman Lord Brennan said: "Over the last year we've given a voice to fans of all different music types and genres from across the country, and they've told us loud and clear that often they feel neglected and ripped off.

"Sharp commercial practices and impersonal service are now all too prevalent in the music world and point to an industry that fails to treat its fans, the lifeblood of the sector, with respect."

The report called on the government to commit to a fans' charter made up of 50 recommendations to improve the live music industry.

Speaking at a launch event at the Le Pub live music venue in Newport, south Wales, Lord Brennan added: "From establishing a proper representative body to give fans more clout and ending the ticketing rip-off, to improving access for disabled gig goers and venue safety, it's time for all involved in music to turn the volume dial up to 11 in favour of the fans."

Recommendations in the charter include the government ensuring tiered ticket pricing is "clearly communicated in advance and applied transparently", and that the industry continues to "resist the introduction of dynamic surge pricing".

The report reads: "Fans across the review had a negative perception ... of major online ticketing platforms. They felt that the big agencies did not treat fans fairly, that ticket prices were too high, and that little was being done to deal with bots and online ticket touts."

A survey conducted as part of the review found changing ticket prices led to fans feeling "heightened levels of stress, fear of missing out and pressure to make unaffordable decisions".

The report said venues should be required to provide free earplugs and drinking water and they should publish clear start and finish times for sets as standard to ensure fans are able to plan their journeys to and from concerts in advance.

The review also said venues should work towards allocating a minimum of 2% of their total capacity to wheelchair accessible spaces.

It comes after an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the prices for the Oasis concerts held last year.

The investigation found Ticketmaster did not offer fans enough clarity on pricing.

As a result of that investigation, Ticketmaster committed to implementing a series of changes to its sales practices.