Samsung Heir Faces Corruption Verdict

A court in South Korea is due to decide whether the heir to the Samsung business empire is guilty of corruption; the Thai Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for the former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, after she failed to appear in court for the verdict in her criminal negligence trial; the UN has called for a ceasefire in the Syrian city of Raqqa to allow civilians to escape the fighting.