Day: December 7, 2024

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Syrian insurgents are moving ever closer to President Bashar Assad’s stronghold.

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Syrian rebels continue their push south in an effort to take more territory as government forces fail to hold them back. Plus, there are calls for the South Korean president to resign after he tried to declare martial law. And, Pope Francis promotes 21 men as new cardinals. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on the four contenders seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee next year.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on demonstrations outside South Korea’s parliament, some in support and some opposing President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Rebel forces in southern Syria have reportedly captured most of the Deraa region – the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Also on the programme: we hear from South Korea after a tumultuous week in politics there; and the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is set to welcome visitors once more. (Image: Rebel fighters pass a tank in Homs countryside, after Syrian rebels pressed their lightning advance in Syria on 7 December 2024. Credit: Reuters/Mahmoud Hasano)

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on opposition fighter groups sweeping through southern Syria.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Donald Trump is at the Notre Dame Cathedral’s reopening and will be meeting with France’s president.