The World in Brief from The Economist

Meeting oil executives at the White House, Mr Trump said that he expects majors to spend at least $100bn in Venezuela.

After 25 years of negotiations, a qualified majority of EU countries backed a trade deal with Mercosur, a South American bloc, to create a common market of over 700m people.

Huge anti-establishment protests gripped Tehran and the city of Mashhad. Also, the FBI took sole charge of the investigation into the killing on Wednesday of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

The presidents of Germany and France both criticised Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the wake of the ousting of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, and his repeated threats to take over Greenland.

The presidents of Germany and France both criticised Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the wake of the ousting of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, and his repeated threats to take over Greenland.

An American Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also, Mr Trump hinted that he would meet Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, in Washington, DC, without specifying a date.

American forces seized an empty oil tanker that is part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet.

American forces seized an empty oil tanker that is part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet.