This is 6 minutes, the seriously international daily newscast. It’s Thursday, January 30: let Jacob Shropshire and Emma Albright guide you through the news! Today:

- Ahmed al-Sharaa is declared transition president of Syria, consolidating his power

- The search is underway near Washington after a passenger plane collides with an army helicopter

- And our daily quiz question comes to us from a courtroom in New Zealand

That, and much more, in today's 6 Minutes.