Attempt to arrest South Korean president fails

In South Korea, anti-corruption investigators have called on the acting president to intervene, as they try to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol for his failed attempt to impose martial law. We speak to two journalists in the country about the two big stories, the plane crash on Sunday and the failure to arrest the suspended president, they have covered.

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The foreign ministers of France and Germany are in Syria to meet the country's new rulers who overthrew President Bashar al Assad last month. We speak to our correspondent in Lebanon, who has just returned from Beirut.

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Presenter: Andrew Peach.

(Photo: Protests in Seoul as investigators halt attempt to detain impeached president Yoon, Korea - 03 Jan 2025. Credit: JEON HEON-KYUN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)