How Venezuela’s deposed leader struck a bizarre deal with London

 Overthrown Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is facing drug trafficking charges in New York after being seized by US forces in an early-morning raid on Caracas.

But he was once instrumental in an extraordinary deal between London and the oil-rich South American nation that resulted in 250,000 low-income Londoners being able to claim half-price bus and tram fares for a year.

As the world watches on, The Standard’s City Hall and Transport Editor Ross Lydall is here with the latest.

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