The impeachment trial for South Korea’s embattled president, Yoon Suk Yeol, gets under way with the first hearings in Seoul. Also on the programme: Pope Francis’s biography is published and leaders of Nato’s Baltic nations talk defence. Then: has there been a “breakthrough” in a deal between Israel and Hamas? Plus: the life and legacy of Italy’s Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind shock Benetton ads. 

<p dir="ltr">The impeachment trial for South Korea&rsquo;s embattled president, Yoon Suk Yeol, gets under way with the first hearings in Seoul. Also on the programme: Pope Francis&rsquo;s biography is published and leaders of Nato&rsquo;s Baltic nations talk defence. Then: has there been a &ldquo;breakthrough&rdquo; in a deal between Israel and Hamas? Plus: the life and legacy of Italy&rsquo;s Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind shock Benetton ads.&nbsp;</p>

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