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South Korea's parliament is set to vote again on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his short-lived attempt to declare martial law earlier this month.It was a decision that plunged the country into a constitutional crisis and triggered calls for Mr Yoon to step down on the grounds he had broken the law. The country's opposition parties plan to hold the vote at 4pm today (7am in the UK) and need two-thirds of the National Assembly to back the motion, meaning at least 200 MPs.While the opposition commands 192 seats, a vote to impeach the president failed last Saturday when all but one MP from the ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotted the vote.Since then at least seven PPP MPs have said they would back removing Mr Yoon from office, with party leader Han Dong-hoon urging them...

A popular Indian actor has been arrested after a woman died in a crush at the premiere of his latest movie.Allu Arjun, a top star in the Telugu film industry, also known as "Tollywood", was making an appearance at the event in Hyderabad on 4 December when the incident happened. As fans clamoured to meet the actor, a 39-year-old woman died and her nine-year-old son was critically injured.Police earlier this week arrested the owner of the cinema where the incident took place.On Friday, they arrested Arjun, 41, at his home. He was granted bail by a local court a few hours after his arrest and he was expected to be released from prison shortly, his lawyers said. Arjun was named in the initial police complaint, which alleged that his security had tried to clear the crowd near him, causing t...

A former British paratrooper was unlawfully killed in Ukraine by someone who claimed to be his friend, a coroner has concluded.Daniel Burke died from multiple gunshot wounds last year after he went to Ukraine in 2022 to offer humanitarian support in the country's fight against Russia's invasion. The 36-year-old, from the Wythenshawe area of Manchester, was staying in the Zaporizhzhia region in August 2023 when he went missing, Manchester Coroner's Court was told on Friday.A "suspect", who was not named at the hearing but is known by Greater Manchester Police to be Abdelfetah Nourine - also known by the nickname "Jihadi Adam" - led Ukrainian authorities to his body in September last year and claimed he had shot him by accident. Image: Daniel Bu...

Francois Bayrou is the new prime minister of France following Michel Barnier's resignation.The centrist politician met President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace early this morning. The 73-year-old is a crucial partner in Macron's centrist alliance and has been a well-known figure in French politics for decades. Image: Emmanuel Macron and Francois Bayrou. Pic: Reuters Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:00 What to know about France's new Prime Minister? ...

The Kremlin has praised Donald Trump after he criticised Ukraine's use of US-supplied weapons for attacks deep in Russian territory.Western allies have provided Ukraine with air defence systems to help it protect critical infrastructure, but Russia has sought to overwhelm the air defences with combined strikes involving big numbers of missiles and drones. "It's crazy what's taking place. It's crazy. I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why are we doing that? We're just escalating this war and making it worse. That should not have been allowed to be done," Mr Trump said in an interview with Time magazine.The Kremlin on Friday said his stance was fully in line with Moscow's own position.Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Mr Trump's comments were...

An international charity which has rescued thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea says it will stop using its rescue boat because new Italian laws "have made it impossible to continue".Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - also known as Doctors Without Borders - has been using the Geo Barents vessel since June 2021 on a succession of operations. Last year, Sky News was on board when its crew rescued more than 600 people who had been crammed together on an old fishing boat.It was the biggest rescue the charity had carried out and our report prompted fresh debate about dangerous migration routes among politicians in the UK and across the EU. Image: A young injured man pictured last year being lifted onto the vessel with a sling ...

Children are among the dead after an Israeli airstrike on a block of flats in a Gaza refugee camp killed at least 33 people, according to Hamas-run health authorities.The attack - which Israel said targeted a "senior terrorist" but may have caused a secondary blast - came hours after the US national security adviser raised hopes of a ceasefire deal.More than 80 people are said to be missing after the attack in Nuseirat camp on Thursday night.Syria latest: Prison boss charged with torturePalestinian medics also reported more than 40 people, most of them children, were receiving treatment at two hospitals, according to the Reuters news agency.Images from the scene show a collapsed building, which Reuters reports was a post office used as a shelter.The al Aqsa Hospital said the attack also da...

Fourteen North Korean nationals have been accused of using false identities to get IT jobs with US companies and siphon money back to their communist country.The practice, if proven, is in violation of US sanctions against the restrictive nation. An indictment filed in a federal court in Missouri alleges that $88m (£70m) was generated for the North Korean government between April 2017 and March 2023.Some of the revenue was used to support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) weapons programmes, according to government departments including the FBI.The workers "misrepresent themselves" as foreign or US-based teleworkers, the indictment said. Image: Pic: FBI Ashley T Johnson, special agent in charge of the FBI ...

A British hedge funder trader has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Denmark over a £1bn tax fraud. Sanjay Shah, 54, was behind a trading scheme known as "cum-ex" that was found to have fraudulently secured 9bn Danish Krone (£1bn) in dividend tax refunds from the Danish treasury between 2012 and 2015. Shah, who appeared in court wearing a red Christmas hat, denied any wrongdoing, arguing he used a legal loophole and immediately appealed the guilty verdict to the Danish High Court.Prosecutors sought the maximum 12-year sentence, which is one of the longest for tax fraud in the country's history.Shah was arrested in Dubai in 2022 and extradited to Denmark the following year to face prosecution. Prosecutors said investors, directed by Shah's London-based hedge fund Solo Capital Partners,...

A 28-year-old woman has been found not guilty of murdering her wealthy 77-year-old husband who styled himself as a Japanese Don Juan.Saki Sudo was charged after Kosuke Nozaki was found dead at his home in Tanabe City from a drug overdose in May 2018.The pair had wed just three months earlier, and she received a monthly allowance of one million yen (£5,170) from him, the Kyodo news agency reported.Prosecutors accused her of marrying Mr Nozaki and then drugging him to inherit his fortune.The young widow denied murder. Image: Mr Nozaki's home in Tanabe City where he was found dead. Pic: The Yomiuri Shimbun /AP Sudo was the only person with Mr Nozaki at the time he took the drugs, prosecutors said, arguing that it was unlikely ...