South Korea’s impeached president has been arrested, accused of leading an insurrection after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. Thousands of police officers were involved in the operation to detain Yoon Suk-yeol.
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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeok was arrested and questioned by authorities in relation to a criminal insurrection investigation on Wednesday, saying he was only cooperating with what he called an illegal probe to avoid violence. His arrest, the first ever for an incumbent South Korean president, is the latest head-spinning development for one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies even though the country has a history of prosecuting and imprisoning former leaders. FRANCE 24’s Yena Lee reports.
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Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing campaign at a precarious moment of the war for Ukraine. The barrage came just one day after Kyiv said it had carried out its largest ever aerial attack on Russian army factories and energy hubs hundreds of kilometres from the front line. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday warned parliament about his country’s spiralling debt and said he was ready to reopen talks on pension reform, hoping to avoid defeat in any no-confidence vote that could prolong the country’s rumbling political crisis. Bayrou, who became France’s fourth prime minister in a year when he took office a month ago, faces a huge challenge to get agreement on a long-overdue budget plan for 2025 and resolve bitter disputes over a 2023 pension reform. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Philip Turle tells us more.
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Confirmation hearings are set to continue for some of the top Trump administration picks, after a tense day yesterday. Residents in LA are returning to find their homes completely destroyed. We’ll hear what people in Gaza think about renewed hope for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. South Korea’s president has been arrested after a standoff. Plus, we’ll tell you why the SEC is suing Elon Musk over his Twitter takeover.
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Controversial Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from senators Tuesday about his views on women serving in combat and his qualifications to lead the Defense Department as confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks get underway. Senate Republicans are keen for Trump’s national security nominees to be confirmed quickly and Democrats may agree to fast-track some, but they are determined to throw up roadblocks in front of candidates they see as unfit.
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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound Wednesday, defiantly insisting the anti-corruption agency didn’t have the authority to investigate his actions but saying he complied to prevent violence. In a video message recorded before he was escorted to the headquarters of the anti-corruption agency, Yoon lamented the “rule of law has completely collapsed in this country.”
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By halting natural gas supplies to Moldova on Jan. 1, Russia created an unprecedented economic crisis in Transnistria, prompting a question: will the breakaway region, occupied by Russia since 1992, survive without Russian gas?https://t.co/6K2ca7QxfJ
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There is no clear consensus among Ukrainians about what a potential peace agreement with Russia should look like, a new global poll published on Jan. 15 has found.
The poll, conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), presented respondents with four options relating to NATO/EU membership, security
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