Emily Wither

Thousands of South Koreans have staged rival rallies in adjacent streets for and against the impeached president. 

More than 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza so far today, according to local officials.

The expiry of Kyiv’s transit deal with Moscow, which has stopped Russian gas flowing through Ukraine to Europe, could drive prices up.

More than 1,200 people have made it onto this year’s New Year Honours list.

Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Gaza overnight, have killed at least 14 people. 

Standing in Downing Street’s Rose Garden today, the Prime Minister spoke of the very thorny challenges facing his government. 

Divers in Sicily are still struggling to reach the cabins of a luxury yacht that sank in a fierce storm to find six missing people – including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch.

It was a sight no one expected to see after more than 900 days of war: a correspondent from Ukraine’s state television news reporting from inside Russian territory as Ukrainian forces tore down a Russian flag and handed out humanitarian aid.

Ukraine’s military chief says his forces now control around a thousand square kilometres of Russian territory – while in his first official comments on the incursion – President Zelenskyy declared he was drawing up a “humanitarian plan” for the area. 

The Kursk region of Russia is no stranger to war. President Zelensky has confirmed for the first time that it is the Ukrainian military advancing there.

Three days of mourning has been declared in Brazil for the 62 people killed in yesterday’s plane crash.

A week’s worth of rioting, and more than 400 arrests so far, will only ramp up pressure on the nation’s crumbling prison service.

Internet and mobile services have been blocked since Thursday as the authorities seek to quell the unrest.

Officials in Papua New Guinea have appealed for international help – warning that more than 2,000 people may have been buried alive under a landslide that occurred three days ago.

Hamas has fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza towards Israel – setting off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months.