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Police arrested Yun Seguel, South Korea's president, after a six-hour standoff at his residence.

Investigators will question Mr. Yun on charges of insurrection, following his attempt to impose

martial law in December.

He was separately impeached afterwards, but did not appear for the first day of his impeachment

trial on Tuesday.

Authorities previously tried to arrest Mr. Yun on January 3rd, but were

stopped by his security staff.

Qatari officials said that a ceasefire deal in Gaza was very close as negotiations

between Israel and Hamas entered their final stages. According to President Joe Biden, Hamas would free hostages under the agreement

and there would be a pause in fighting.

A hard-right Israeli minister, Itzmar Ben-Gavir, said he would leave Benjamin Netanyahu's

coalition if the deal was agreed.

Ukraine claimed to have carried out its biggest attack so far on military facilities inside Russia,

as it fired drones and Western-made missiles at targets including factories, oil refineries,

and munition stores.

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