Blinken visits South Korea amid political unrest

Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol are still on the streets outside the presidential palace as the deadline for his arrest approaches. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in South Korea where he has met with acting president Choi Sang-mok.

Ukraine has launched an offensive in the Kursk region of Russia. Kyiv occupied a portion of the Russian territory five months ago and is hoping that its activities there will take the pressure off its forces in eastern Ukraine.

Conservationists in Spain and Portugal have succeeded in bringing a species of wildcat back from the brink of extinction.

In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 rebels are reported to have captured the town of Masisi.

The president of Venezuela's national assembly Jorge Rodriguez has reiterated calls for the exiled political leader Edmundo Gonzalez to be arrested. Mr Gonzalez has been visiting other Latin American nations to gain support for his claim to be the country's legitimate president.

(Picture: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-Yul (R) speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, 06 January 2025; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)