Samsung’s billionaire vice chair is being pardoned in South Korea

<p>From the BBC World Service: Lee Jae-yong was convicted of embezzlement and bribery, but the Seoul government says he&#8217;s needed back in charge of the country&#8217;s biggest company to help the post-pandemic economic recovery. Plus, an armed man took hostages at a bank in Lebanon and demanded access to his frozen savings. And, the Swedish firm that&#8217;s developing a less environmentally intensive kind of steel.</p>