News brief: Big stories of the day

Venezuelashut schools and suspended working hours on Friday after the capital Caracas and other major cities awoke without electricity for a second day due to a problem that struck theSouth American country's main hydroelectric plant.

USPresident Donald Trump is open to more talks with North Korea over denuclearisation, his national security adviser said on Thursday, despitereports it is reactivating parts of its missile programme.

Pakistan has never seriously cracked down on militant groups that attack India, a leading US daily has said, warning that the threat of nuclear war between the two nations remains as a long-term solution to the conflict is unlikely without international pressure.

No internet, no email and surveillance cameras to monitor his comings and goings. After paying $9 million in bail, former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn is out of a Japanese jail cell where he spent 108 days, but he must live under a host of restrictions while he awaits trial, which could be a year away.

British Prime MinisterTheresa Mayput the onus on the European Union to make concessions over the thorny issue of the Irish backstop in Brexit talks, or risk Britain leaving the EU without a deal, which she said would be against EU interests.