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Britain and America reported having contact with Hayatahir al-Sham, one of the groups that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though both consider it a terrorist organization.

Britain also pledged 50 million pounds, $63 million, of humanitarian aid to Syria, while Turkey,

which has long-backed HTS, said it stood ready to provide military training to the new Syrian

administration. Israel, meanwhile, said that the victory of HTS increased the strength of the threat

to the country from Syria.

Yun Suk Yul, South Korea's president, maintained a defiant tone after legislators voted to

impeach him for his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3rd. Mr. Yun vowed never to

give up and called his suspension from the presidency temporary.

The country's constitutional court must now rule on the impeachment. That won't be straightforward.

ABC News agreed to pay Donald Trump $15 million in damages after one of its presenters repeatedly said on air that he had been

found liable for rape. George Stephanopoulos made the claim ten times while interviewing a

Republican congresswoman in March. The president-elect has never been convicted of rape,

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