As promised, here are the key points from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has spoken to US media outlets this morning.

• This is “not a war against Venezuela”, he says - this follows strikes on the country on Saturday and the extraction of its president, Nicolás Maduro
• The US will judge Venezuela by “what they do” next, Rubio says, adding that Washington will keep “multiple levers of leverage” to protect its interests
• Speaking to ABC, Rubio says congressional authorisation wasn’t needed before the operation “because this wasn’t an invasion”
• He says that he hopes Maduro’s removal will lead to “a better Venezuela”, but adds that the “number one objective is America”
• Asked whether he thinks Interim President Delcy Rodríguez is now the legitimate president of Venezuela, he says the US does not believe the regime is legitimate