UPDATE - UK lawmakers denounce US strikes on Venezuela, call on government to condemn it

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LONDON (AA) – Several British lawmakers on Saturday decried US strikes on Venezuela, calling on the UK government to condemn what they called an "illegal attack on a sovereign nation."

"Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves — and that’s no coincidence,” Your Party lawmaker Zarah Sultana wrote on US social media company X, following US strikes on the capital, Caracas.

"This is naked U.S. imperialism: an illegal assault on Caracas aimed at overthrowing a sovereign government and plundering its resources," said Sultana, who is a former Labour Party lawmaker.

She added: "(Prime Minister Keir) Starmer’s Labour government must condemn this unequivocally. Solidarity with the Venezuelan people."

Independent lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn called the US strikes an "unprovoked and illegal attack" on Venezuela, saying that this was a "brazen attempt" to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.

"It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk — and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty and international law," Corbyn said on X.

Labour Party lawmaker Richard Burgeon said he "totally" condemns what he called an "illegal attack on a sovereign nation."

"As with the war on Iraq, Trump's regime change is about control of Venezuela’s oil - the largest reserves in the world," he said.

Another Labour Party lawmaker, John McDonnell, said the US strikes came "with no legal sanction, with no UN decision, what difference in international law is there between Trump’s attack on Venezuela & Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."

"If the UK government stands for the rule of law, Keir Starmer must condemn this," he wrote on X.

Earlier, Venezuela’s government accused the US of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states, and declared ‌a national ‌emergency.

US President Donald Trump confirmed the strike on his social media platform Truth Social, saying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been “captured and flown out of the country."