as for our police, started to detain more than 200 demonstrators left by one. the, [000:00:00;00] the services in use our on algebra 0 for the back to go live in joe, coming up in the next 60 minutes. south korea's president declares martial law in a surprise late night the address is accusing the opposition of sympathizing with north korea. the area around the parliament and so is closed off will be lives in the south korean capital for the latest. also in the news is really as strikes hate guys for at least $25.00 to me is have been killed across the street since dawn in

syria opposition fights is advance for the west. capturing settlements via how much tens of thousands of people actually and us president joe biden makes his 1st visit to on going on looking to tighten washington's tre ties with the southern african countries on an sport. as dozens of spectators are killed and across shot a football match in jenny, we've got some of the underlying problems facing the game and the west african country. the thank you very much for joining as we begin with fast moving developments out of south korea, where the president has declared martial law. you talk, you'll made the announcement in a late night television address accusing the opposition of sympathizing with north korea. politicians from the president's own people party have criticized to move

and, and the opposition democratic party leader li, dry meal and has called it unconstitutional. it is the 1st time since 1980 that marshal law has been declared in south korea. while the military has blocked access to parliament and says, all activities and parties a band from that. the declaration also puts the countries media and publishes under its control. in a speech explaining his declaration, president young, sulky, all said the national assembly, which should serve as the foundation of our liberal democracy has instead become a monster seeking its collapse. i am declaring he says martial law to protect our free republic of korea from the threat suppose by the north korean comedies forces . let's get an update on the situation on the ground. with our just here is eunice came, who's joining us from so unique shock announcement from the president's just about

an hour or so ago. talk to us about what's been happening in so and what have been the initial reaction yeah, i, i think there is no air, no other way to describe the reaction other than shock and surprise and confusion at this point, people texting and to ask, what is martial law, nobody really saw this coming. we knew that there was a political difficulties at the national assembly if you will, with the presidential office president units on. yeah. obviously holding the power there, but even his own political parties had had to do who and did not see eye to eye on some key issues for the president. in his address, he talked about how there has been multiple attempts to impeach his cabinet ministers and that a lot of the measures of political measures law measures that he wanted to get

through were stuck there by lowering the quality of the people. so we the initial reaction right now, we are hearing very fast condemnation from both sides of a political aisle. people are already gathering at the national assembly that you noted has been blocked off by police, and the opposition parties had ease em. young has called on the people to call them to the national assembly to protest this move. and as you noted, the, what this means is, is the media really coming under the control of the state. it also bands all political activities as well as assemblies and any forms of a, as a prohibitive across the country. it's also called on the young doctor as that had been on strike for months now to come into work within 48 hours,

otherwise face star and consequences in line with the martial up who are all right. it is now late into the night in so you've talked about the units, the parliament being blocked off. can you get, give us a sense of the atlas, see it in the capital right now, even though it's late, is there, uh, some sort of military presence on the streets. what's the security like right now? right, so it seems that at the moment the blockage is mainly at the national assembly. and indeed, based on the things that the president set in his address, all of his grievances were pointed at the national assembly as well as what he called shameless pro north korean and ty, state forces. and this could certainly be interpreted to mean all people who have not supported his presidency. he certainly came into power some 2 years ago with his limits margin,

the current opposition party leader being his opponents. so he really has struggled to bring the country together. he struggled with some of the lowest approval ratings. last week came in at 25 percent. so there has been a mounting tension, certainly in the political sphere, but i don't think anybody saw something as drastic as this coming. right. it's not the 1st time that martial law is declared in south korea the last time as we said was in 1970. i know it's still early days on this one. but do we know what specific measures would be taken under this law are right, so this is the 1st time in, in modern korean democratic history. as you indicated, a korean modern hit democratic history is still pretty young. so i think the

concept of, of my martial law actually came in to, during the eighty's. but as i noted, according to the declaration by a military commander, this would ban any political gathering. this would require young doctors were a striking is to come back to work. and this would allow the government to punish anyone who tries to what they call us, what they said over throw the liberal democratic system. but in terms of what could potentially unravel is something to be watched. yeah. and, and the opposition, eunice, i mean, the president has accused him of sympathizing with north korea the, the enemy of south korea. of course, what are they saying? and of course they've also been banned from the, the parliamentary, i understand all of a regrouping. are they saying about what, what are they saying about what their next move is likely to be here?

right, so i think it's, this is such a shock that the um, the opposition to the decision to declare martial law is also coming from the president's own party. i the, like i said, the leader of the democratic party, easier me on, has called on people to come and gather at the national assembly. even if it's the access is blocked. it is, it's hard to recall any time in recent democratic history that lawmakers were not allowed to enter the national assembly. so these are pretty big moves that we are seeing in these early hours. but yeah, it's, it's a little bit chaotic at the moment. all right, eunice, thank you very much for the moment. will of course keep a close eye on the situation in south korea, and so where you are and, and bring you the latest uh, as and when the situation develops you,

you just came in. so let's tell you more now about south korea's president. he was born in december 1960 and so you and soak your. he grew up in an academic family. he served as a prosecutor for nearly 30 years and became famous for pursuing high profile cases including investigations. a former president in march 2022 june was elected south korea's 13th president in a tightly contested election since taking office his prioritize, strengthening alliances with the us addressing what he called stress from north korea and enhancing south korea's global leadership, particularly in technology and trades for me on all of this that speak to a see wong cool, who is the managing editor of korea expos and he's joining us from ship. got in gemini, thank you so much for being with us again. um, fast moving developments, no doubt. and i heard you earlier speaking to my colleague uh and telling him how, how shocked you were about this decision. they had been some movers i read recently that something was afoot,

with some of the appointments that the president had made in the military. but you didn't see this coming digit, it was, i mean, we keep using the word shop and i think the, any other words that you can really use to describe the feeling that i personally mc lean on it and as well as many south koreans on the ground at the moment. indeed, there had been rumors, but given the nature of the internet and the kinds of stories that have proliferated about this particular president's inclination little plans. i think um, it would have been very difficult for anyone to really been the said that martial law could be realistic. scenario inquiry a given that the last time it was used was in 1979 inquiry, a transition to full electro democracy in 1987 in declaring

martial law. he cited a motion by the opposition democratic party, which has a majority inside 3 is parliamentary, impeach, top, prosecutors, and rejected government budget proposal. he also accused we know the opposition of being sympathizes, of north korea. what, what really led to this decision now to let me think the best thing that's really the question on everybody's mind. right? it's, it's normally that in politics you have disagreement. the relations between the holding party, all prizes on you on and the oppositional democratic party has always been toxic to put it mildly and um, and it is with team that the opposition party into control of the legislature with the law. many of the political initiatives of the president and this is certainly not unique to south korea. we see that in many countries and the press,

what we can discuss is perhaps the feeling of really personal threat through the president may have been experiencing in the last few months, due to the increasing intensity of criticism against his wife. okay, was to be accused of corruption in multiple cases. and the opposition, in fact, has been calling for a special investigation or appointment of a special prosecutor to look into the allegation surrounding his wife. he has been so if he has failed to reform the medical sector and what that meant was increasing the quote out for him, for medical students in the system. this has been v made the post by the nations doctors, and that's why they had been on strike as well. and it's interesting to know in the actual text of the marshal declaration that these doctors are being specifically called on to return to work, right?

so in some ways it is astounding daddy's resorting to this. yeah, drastic measure to achieve something that he could not achieve under normal political circumstance. his approval ratings had indeed been a quite no. um, what is his relationship with the military, like he made some key appointments a while back. you know, will the military be in line with, with this decision? so you know that in his biography that he was a long time prosecutor and in may not sound quite relayed to, but the office of prosecutors inquiry. it has always stood for national security. it's the instrument that was used during the years of military dictatorship to suppress dissent, and to essentially uh, indict and prosecute political opponents of the military dictatorship. so in that

sense of the office of the prosecutors has traditionally has a very strong relationship to the military as well. but as you like me, point out, he has made t appointments in the military. and many of these people are seem to share a educational background with him in the they all went to the same high school as he did. so there is a certain element of personal connection that has been pointed out in the past. but as i said very at the very beginning of this discussion, people did not like seeing that these connections could actually be made useful in order to declare martial law in the democratic country like south korea. but was the man of terry as a whole, be behind this decision? is there something that we are going to have to see in the coming hours and days? we have not yet seen military action on the ground at to my knowledge and the, and,

and the blockage of the national assembly to prevent lawmakers from entering that is being enforced by the police and not by the armed forces. okay. interesting. now in terms of changes, as i was saying without correspond, that is not the 1st time of force that this has happened. certainly the 1st time in martin korean history. but what changes can we expect to concrete me, and how will it affect the ongoing tensions between north and south korea that were really completely on try to territory and politically speaking? and i think it is important to point out what was said is the very beginning of this new segment that the opposition leader you sent me a on call them an uber unconstitutional. and i am inclined to agree with him in that when the president declares martial law is supposed to inform the legislature, which he clearly failed to do. and um,

and what that means is that the range of options that he made the president in you may make useful is simply going to be there. but i can also add is that this is certainly not going to help the relations with north korea. we have seen a very clear do terry, of the deterioration of inquiry and relations. since he took office. we have seen the exchange, the balloons going over the mc. dropping the screen, the 10 bush drawers on each other's territory and, and the president himself pointed out in his speech that the nation is under freight both within and without. and without that means north korea. so if he wants to intensify this at the spirit of threat and uncertainty, then certainly he's going to make use of most court in some fashion, to play to his own political advantage. he won't go as we speak,

we're getting some live pictures outside of the national assembly. i understand in so we can see a few people gathered outside try it looks like to get into the building, but not being able to at this point. we're not seeing any security presence of sites outside the building, at least on from this vantage point. they might be elsewhere, but clearly it's ranging a very what looks like a chaotic picture, a chaotic situation. and so right now, can i ask you one last question and this is about the economic implications of this . uh, c one. cool. i mean, uh this is asia is 4th largest economy, south korea, but also the 12 largest in the world. how, how do you expect the markets to react to this and what are likely to be the economic repercussions of this decision by the president as well? the market is already reacting. we are seeing that the korean one is losing that

new. also the price of big klein just on the south korean market, which is reportedly dropping by about 30 percent. we really need to see what happens on the stock market when it reopens tomorrow morning, the whole time. but already there hadn't been reports within south korea that the nation's economies struggling domestic consumption is following. the real estate market has been hit by on 2nd to use the leading to price depreciation. and um, and i can only say that the signs do not bode well. so the for any of me and what the president is doing is certainly not going to help matters. thank you very much for speaking to us. we of course, appreciate your time and we hope you can join us again as we continue to follow these developments in south korea, where the president a about an hour or so is a bit more of an hour ago declared martial law in a shock announcement on national television and will we,

i've been bringing you reaction and analysis of this decision and it's in vacations, let's uh, go to whitehouse correspondents. now kimberly hawk it. uh because of course, uh, the usaa is a key ally of soft created the us. and zachary and military's especially, kimberly have a very close relate relationship, any reactions from the white house so far to this news from so currently the white house says that it is in contact with the republic of korea and is monitoring the situation closely. of course, we know that right now there are at least $29000.00 us soldiers stationed in south korea to guard against any aggression by north korea. the pentagon specifically has not issued any statement, but we do expect it. there will be something more detailed for us coming when the united states has

a clear picture of what exactly is occurring on the ground. what we do know is that there has been observation by various intelligence agencies with the in south korea, the united states. also japan, as there has been growing, concerned about the activity of north korean military presence. i'll be it with regard to its alliance with russia, particularly the combat in you frame the fact that there has been a support of north korean soldiers in that realm. and the fact that there has been constant support to the tune of some, 13000 soldiers. there so this is something that has been one concern. the other is of course you mentioned the strong relationship that the united states has with the south korean military. that is something that was a firmed back in 2023. in fact, the suffering leaders here at the white house meeting with president 5. and they

did sign in agreement to sort of underscore what the united states calls an iron clad commitment to determine or create aggression. particularly in the form of the military presence, including the ability to deploy a nuclear submarine if needed. that is something that was underscore during that meeting. now there has been, we should tell you, since the us selection an ongoing concern, folly about this change in government and whether or not north korea could potentially use that as an opportunity. and that is one thing that is also being talked about right now. whether or not this timing has anything to is playing into this at all. okay, kimberly thank you very much for bringing us that the initial reaction now from washington dc. as we could to you to watch are these developments out of south korea where the president, again has dictated martial law and unannounced, late night t, v address. kimberly will come back to you and then we'll reactions,

a force from washington to this developing you story out of south korea. we continue to watch the live pictures from so where members of the opposition have gathered outside the national assembly building. we saw some live pictures earlier, all of a few of them trying to make it into that building, but have been prevented from from doing so. after this long was declared, it's unclear as of now, what specific measures will be taken under this martial law. but the president, when announcing it cited a motion by the opposition democratic party, which has the majority, by the way, in the soft free and tournament to impeach top prosecutors and reject to a government project proposal as a reason for him declaring this martial law. he also accused the opposition members of being sympathizes of north korea. let's speak to i see one call. once again the

managing editor of career expos. they were watching some, some very interesting pictures out of so right now what looks like members of parliament from the opposition trying to make it into the building. this seems like it's still outside, unclear whether or not they've managed to reach the secuity, then make it into the building, but certainly some, some astonishing pictures coming to us from sold. you heard what are corresponding said they about the concerns from washington that to north korea could use this as an opportunity perhaps to pre tax and this could for the rush drop pensions between uh, soul and feeling. yeah. what are your thoughts about that? of course the most for you as traditionally exported to political instability and so 3 up to its own advantage. and that, that is absolutely true. question as to what extent. so they want to go, you know,

they're too far they're on read all to come see, and it's important to know that president, you an email saying that we our democracy or some season this read from those korea, told me this forces and mission besides is within those for you, such as the members of the opposition party. and that is actually something important to remember in that when the threat has already been explicitly defined as communist um, it also really needs the extensive weeks most before we are can x. because the state more to do so, then they in fact, certain to legitimize the kind of accusation of that this house for you and president has ever of this accusation by the president's. that's uh, the opposition austin for sizes of, of uh, north korea. oh, young young with the communist regime that how does that resonates with the south

korean people is kind of language is being used historically ever since the founding of the republic, whether it was the conservative political section or the military in, in a laser demising who they taught, they have routine. nicole elements within the south korea to be del community synthesisers or most for young spies. and that battery has lost much of its power in recent years. but at the same time, they are people who do believe this and even airing this kind of claim. the president is really kind of reading through. he is very hard for supports people who may be a bit more older. people who continue to believe that most before he is a genuine sway to his house for years plus periods he and democracy. these people

will certainly be what the president said at the same time we have the complete other side of the political spectrum. and these are people who no longer subscribed to that kind of language. and they're going to be lead quest. the fact that the president, the using what they believe to be very of the political battery, to essentially springs and is own political positions. hey, i was going to ask you about that. this is certainly a different d, right? in south korea, marshal law has had a troubled history in the country. it was use the last time in 79, uh, 1979. and it was used by various machines to, to, to maintain power often at the expense of civil liberties. but in 2 days context, can you suppress those civil to use that as you know, last and in the country over the last 2 decades. that's really the $1000000.00 question. i was reviewing the full text of to marshall they ration. and if he

needs very clearly stated that, now the military is able to arrest the team and search anybody without a warrant and violate series of the declaration and martial law holders will be punished. this is an incredible thing to imagine yourself for today. and i really wonder if we received samples of the military and carrying out such actions . and if they do, then we are really going be on the invisible last name that has essentially allows us for you to maintain its identity as a stable democratic tennessee. and as we said earlier, this will certainly have a brief question for yourself for you, as you call them. yes, with no doubt incredible scenes unfolding in seoul, south korea. at this hour, we are watching light fixtures there on the left hand side of your screen. see on

cool, thank you so much for speaking to us. we will of course, be talking to with rob the evening here on alex's, here are, these are the images on the left hand side there that i was talking about earlier. life pictures from sol launch cries, we seen a gathering outside of the national assembly, the south korean national assembly. after the country's president declared martial, not in a surprised, late night television address. we saw earlier a line of, of police appearing to be guarding the entrance to the national assembly building, trying to prevent people from getting in. you see photographers there but also members of parliament who were trying to, to make it into the building earlier. uh, speaking to our corresponded early in washington, the us that saying that it's closely monitoring the situation in south korea. if you're just joining us on august here, it's coming up to 1530 gmc, and we have been covering breaking news out of a sole south korea where the president made a supplies late nights

a television address address announcing martial law. accusing the opposition of sympathizing with north korea. and this is the position of martial law then in south korea. and it's been done in the past and during crises like war or major unrest. it was often used by a sword carrying machines to suppress some position. the last declaration of martial law in south korea was made in october of 1979 after president talk joan he was assassinated in may. 1980 general chung, do hon. extended martial law nationwide to seize file, sparking the wrong to democratic uprising, also call the may 18 government. that uprising was met by a violent response from the military. hundreds of civilians were killed by the late

1980 south korea moved to democracy following major pro choice free elections and the creation of a new constitution. they belong to uprising. we made a symbol of the fight for freedom and justice in the country. eunice came on correspondent is joining us live from. so eunice, we've been seeing some pretty chaotic pictures from outside the national assembly of what it looks like. members of the opposition trying to make it into the building being prevented to do so by the police. talk to us about what's been happening these last few hours. right. so it was late in the day around 10 20 pm on that. the president, a tough to the national airwaves to give this address, declaring martial law and ex, blaming his grievances about how he felt that his legislative agenda had essentially, but put to a freeze at the national assembly because of the strong opposition that he felt.

and the opposition has not only come from opposing parties, but all people would say from his own party as well. um, so the chaos at the national assembly is because the police are, they're barricading and, and trying to stop people from gathering. we did see some pictures of lawmakers who have, who succeeded in going into what looked like a lobby area of the national assembly. so everybody is there and looks very chaotic people trying to figure out what's going on. and what could be the next steps we have heard from the speaker of the national assembly, as well as the head of the ruling party chief, saying that the military and the police should not follow this declaration because it is unconstitutional. so certainly many scenes of confusion and chaos. the national assembly, the sour. okay, eunice, just to clarify,

what is the security present at the national assembly at the moment? who is it, i should say, is it the military, or is it the police? at the moment it sounds again is a police that is there. we have have not confirmed whether the military or or other military hardware have arrived. but there is an effort to barricade the national assembly complex so that more people can not get in the opposition party, ease him, young, did call on people to come and gather. and as we know, there is a culture of, of gathering and protesting here in south korea, the president, antonia already a very unpopular president has been for much of his 2 and a half year term so far with his approval rating coming in at 25 percent. last week, so there could be a bigger presence of people gatherings,

even at this late hour if they feel quite strongly about what has been declared. and because of that, i think the government, the president's office will be very measured in their next moves. we are hearing reports of various ministries holding emergency talks. and the from kind of the initial reporting that we are seeing. it seems like this was a surprise. even to his own it team and that reporters were only tools about an hour before at the president could address the nation. but it was, it was very fast moving. right. and, and a surprise to many, many people within the government units. thank you very much for the moment eunice came by for us that in. so let's speak to see one cool. once again, the managing editor of korea expos, a unit saying that a this came as a surprise, not just of the opposition, but also to members of the president's own team and members of his own party. why did he make this decision?

you think well it's, uh, it's something that a, i guess um, when the president union says, can read these explain by jones. he has not had the best relations and even within his own political party of late. so the car and neither of the routing people. pablo a party to which the president given belongs, that these are also shares of background as a prosecutor and used to be a very strong ally of president viewing. but of late they had been seeing more disagreement between the 2 of them over a number of issues. and of course, that either has come out explicitly against the declaration of motion laws with so he has been politically isolated into and um, perhaps that also explains the extent to which that he may have been relying on

personal connections and personal figures within. he's very tight circle personal connections within the military. you think also? so as i said earlier, um there are people within the military who share backgrounds with game, particularly those who have gone to the same price point as he date is may sound quite facetious. but in korea, east congress with connections that are considered to be tremendously important and people carry them with themselves for the rest of their lives in nurtured them. and they support each other and also in politics. that means um, you can turn into very strong alliances. okay, the pictures were looking at right now, i see one who is inside the assembly. it would seem, some people have managed to make it in. they would see some commotion going on there as early as the military had said that

they would prevent while they would block off access to the assembly and prevent people from gathering. but clearly that hasn't worked so far up as we've been say, this decision not just criticized by the opposition, but the leader of the president use conservative people party, call the decision to impose marshall not wrong and vowed to stop it with the people will we see people south koreans coming out on the streets in the next few hours. not just because the opposition is asking them to do so. but because this is a decision that it seems as taken many people, including the president's own party by surprise, will they heed the call to come out and protest this decision? it's actually going to be if i may add one more thing about the car and stay and they'll set the national assembly. i have just been seeing messages written by some

aids to lawmakers who are still within the legislative building. and they're speaking of building barricades. so, so that they will not be forced to be removed from the premises and go back to your original question. yes, i believe they weigh the massive protest in the coming days. already the middle workers union, which is one of the most powerful and military unions in south korea as the issue the call that they are holding one emergency session of all the leaders. and they're going to be taking actions accordingly. and that most certainly means that they will be there to join the process as well. if we think back to the events that transpired just a few years ago in 2016 and 17, when millions of south koreans took to the streets, including in downtown solar, to protest the government corruption and also to call. so the impeachment of then president popular pay and i think that we're going to see very much

a repeat of that circumstance in the next base. thank you so much for speaking to us and sharing your insight into what is on folding currently in south korea after the president declared martial law in a surprise. late night announcement c. one. cool. thank you very much for joining us. we'll continue to monitor the situation in south korea very closely. of course, the images with seeing right now are of the national assembly, the entrance of the national assembly, when members of the opposition have been trying to get into after the military early. i declare that the area i know, go area, and the president announcing this decision to impose marshall not accusing the opposition of being sympathized as of noise. created the opposition now calling on people to come out and protest. this decision will bring him on this story. of course. as

a more it's developments come to us from soft rate the most not turn to the war on garza. and we will bring you the latest uh now from guys uh and the situation in there uh, by law. uh, what is happening in gaza right now is that is really forced that continuing attacks across the strip, but at least 25 policy. and in scale since dawn on tuesday, that includes 8 people from wakefield in great la. yeah, in northern guys i went in is really drone. i talked to a group of civilians. 20 of us were wounded, and several palestinians were killed in kansas city when a 4 story building was taped in down by in central gas. and meanwhile, a drone attack has struck a residential area, injuring 5 members of the same family,

including 3 children. all of the wounded were taken to the hospital and there, but i is where our honeymoon is destined. central guys, a honey, another day of, of deadly strikes right across the stripping, shooting where you walk. talk to us about what's been happening. the yes, well, the past hours have been quite difficult across the city just within the span of the 3 hours. we're looking to 3 separate attacks targeting more residential buildings, evacuation centers, including honor with school and as they to neighborhood where hundreds of of displays. families have been sold during inside this particular school. the majority of them have been taught where the move were pushed in, during turn of displacement recently because of the many of the top pop of talked on evacuation centered the number went into pop. happened when to from 4 people internally imported to 6 people right now,

including women and children were inside the school. and guess what happened is that was presented to us, shows your level of destruction cost to the ground, the floors of the hospital, the classroom where people work. so during inside were completely damaged by the intensity of the volume to do the multiples drawn, describe the targeted the ground floor of this for the early ard before the attack, another one another as talk on this for the club. and what's the part of god? the city and again we'll look at a number that went to from to initially reported to for the numbers of casualties. and those who are reported skilled at the time. kids rising by, by the hour just before we get it, we got up to this report. we to prepare for this live report we had been from reported from dr. city that's on a separate uh, neighborhood. got on the southern, what's drum, part of god, the city of density populated neighborhood. it even became more densely populated

because of the many people who were pushed into further displacement from different parts of golf as it is doing the eastern part of the central part of the city. although we did that area, many of the people have relatives who did show 3, where inside the residential residential building been targeted by a fighter jets, destroyed the whole building was tens of people were still inside the building, doing not giving any prior warnings whatsoever. and as a reports of about many people were killed, the injured that the tragedy now is the the borders of the civil defense department of cross golf, that they don't have the proper equipment and the machines to remove and rescue those who might have survived the attack so as of now we don't have the confirmed number of how many people were killed in this attack as it's getting dark right now . and it becomes the rescue efforts becomes very, very difficult and dangerous at the same time because of the many drawings and the

many, it's quite comforter. there are hovering in the area, just impeding any work or proper efforts to rescue people from under the rubble of the part of the strip. the genocidal acts continue. the, it's like it's lindsay continues to take place by destroying more residential bonus, more public facilities. virtually all means of life have been destroyed and not the heart of the strip to the point that the place is becoming uninhabitable. the power of a high feeds into this conclusion that this very voluntary part of its bumper zone is looking into empty and nothing got honey. thank you very much for me. so need to stay on the situation in gaza. meanwhile, the leaders of time and how much have a meeting in cairo to discuss plans for how guys i will be administered after the war that speak to neural day about this just my from my mind in jordan new. how significant is this meeting in cairo and what could be some of the sticking points

between come off in front of the? well, the only thing that makes it a very significant foley is this very catastrophic applicant, elliptic situation and gaza. that's how he was just describing, fuck the hand, how mouth facing a head start, responsibility of having to do something that would contribute to ending the genocide and why is that? why is inter palestinian dialogue connected to ending the genocide? it's because israel has put basically a veto on hema staying in power in gaza and also the palestinian authority returning to power in a gaza. and so what the injection mediators are trying to do is push from us on, such as to agree on this independence body of experts and personalities from garza who can deal with the day to day things be loosely connected with the palestinian

authority in order to move things forward and really the eye is on the possibility of getting a ceasefire agreement with is well, not necessarily ending the war, not even necessarily a for a minute cease fire. the expectations are being managed a lot. first of all, because of the palestinians, frustration and 2nd of all, because israel can torpedo this, you know, i was going to ask you about that. in fact, you know, given what's happened in guys, i was still happening. will either go, actually have a say, what happens after the if they have a responsibility, it's unclear at this point if they will have a say, 1st of all because they're divided. and so they almost have competing agendas, which is a source of constant palestinian disappointment. and frustration, but 2nd of all, because the power dynamics of how things are going right now, you have donald trump come into power and you have the mediator struggling up to

just and this genocide, less concerned about the agendas affect the have how much. so they're really in a bind at this moment, at least in this historic context they need to see just seem as to act as if they're stepping up and putting the interest of the nation ahead of their own. so we'll see how that comes out because now the fact that nor how much assigned onto this agreement that they're negotiating, you know, thank you very much for that. that's no old a live there in amman. jordan, house way israel is defense minister is threatening to attack deeper into 11 on if the ceasefire collapses. that softer has one line launch rockets on monday for the 1st time since the choice was agreed. the onto the 5 massages into an area called mount adults in the shape of farms that's occupied by israel. israel retaliated with a series of ass strikes that killed 12 people on monday, 11 on as accuses rela, violating repeatedly the ceasefire since it went into effect

a week ago. this off of 11 on, i've seen the largest amount of violence, even in the capital b. ruth residents report hearing is really a tac drones hovering overhead at night. having just begun to assess the damage done by more than a year of war with his ralph ebony, people are now having to rebuild under fi. same is robbie report some bit beyond the politics and the flight co, more or piece. some of the things remain the same. the people need their coffee. but how much cafe was destroyed in the last 10 days of the war? a few chairs and tables are all that is left of his once thriving business, but he reopened out of the back of his van. the very day of the seas far. right in front of the pile of rubble that used to be shot. oh dear, get it all the same. the commercial pound was located to these rate. the enemy believes that if it destroys the buildings, will change our opinions about resisting them. but it's the opposite. it gives us

strength and determination. and this is a victory in itself. and the biggest proof of that is i put a small stand and reopen my cafe. on the rubble, i resumed work as normal. nothing can affect us. a long time customer, most of the for says, is really bombs destroyed his clothing factory in 2006 unemployed ever since he moved in with his children, despite the destruction people here say there is joy in outlasting another war with his right of it. so hold on a little, i'm on the in the here, even though my house is uninhabitable, i choose to drink coffee. i with the rubble, if this place on the spot, the awful smell left by these riley strikes, the hard sitting on the rubble gives the coffee a different taste. we enjoy it more. so that's broken. but home. he says the neighborhoods in southern bay route are still viewed. there was a great deal of motivation and no shortage of man power to get this community back

to the way it was before the war. but the bombings were devastating. israel's missile strikes were massive and wide spread, and the road ahead is very long. as well as leadership was decimated during the war . with a pause on all that fighting it is shifting the focus back to public services. a coordination center for clean up crews to pull his volunteers, armed with bruce gloves and matched clear roads, sidewalks, even people's homes. we are going to live in a single other times as you, as well as we will surpass everything that's what happened with us. so but they have not forgotten, they say why all this happens in the 1st place, although i box our homes, but 3 is the founder does and with palestine, we never left them the people also, we always support them under another. defend go by there. so there may be a ceasefire here. they say that there is still a genocide. there is

a bus for avi l g 0. they were in syria opposition side to say they've expanded operations against government forces in honda province in race and days have made significant advances in various controls by present the shot assad government. i'm the son who has the latest this. it's been a week since the opposition offensive in ne syria opposition fighters led by the hey at the head either sham or h t s arm group. say they've expanded operations against government forces in have a province the ground to the south of their strong hold. it, the government media says syrian army forces are engaged in fierce battles in the hammock province and are working on reinforcing lines of defense to diplomatically regional powers are scrambling to find a solution cop out as foreign ministry says it's working with partners in the

region to enter still it is because it has been clear from the day one and it is a form of data around uh, making sure that the data and people of the center of our policy towards the sea and to the key is president says uncle is closely monitoring developments food in interpreting between noon and our greatest wishes for serious territorial integrity . i'm from national unity to be presented and for the instability that has been going on for fetch. and he has to end with consensus in line with the legitimate the moms of the syrian people say that as the fighting escalate, civilians are paying the highest priced view. when says nearly 50000 people have been forced to flee their homes in just a few days with no indication of when they might return. as opposition groups push further, self government forces say they're ready to continue to repel their advance and descent who i'm just the, you know,

there's no return back to the fast moving development side of south korea where the president has declared martial law in a speech explaining his declaration president eunice oak, jo said the national assembly, which just served as the foundation of our liberal democracy, has instead become a monster seeking is collapse declaring martial law to protect our free republic of korea. from the threats posed by the north korean communist forces. let's get the latest with the eunice k, my correspondent who's in. so eunice, bring us up to speed with what's been happening at the national assembly for us. the sure is that is where a lot of the action seems to be happening in reaction to this shocking declaration of martial law from the president is hung around 10 20 pm tonight. just as everybody you know, was getting ready for bed caught

a date and to get ready for tomorrow. even his aides, according to initial reporting and sounds like, were taken off guard by this decision to call martial law. we are seeing pictures now at the national assembly estimate of the law makers having made it inside the chamber and it appears that the speaker is, is upon the stage trying to make some statements but all around a chaos. there are also local reports of people supporting the may not physician democratic party starting to gather outside of the national assembly, even though police had been trying to block people from entering the complex uh, the leader of the main opposition democratic party, easier me on, had called on the citizens to come out in opposition to express their anger over this surprise, move that even people within his own party in leadership,

posts have called unconstitutional and that it needs to be pulled back soon. okay, so the pictures we're looking at right now on the left hand side of the screen is inside the national assembly. whole wave seems the opposition members have managed to get in to off on the top of the screen is outside of the building with some supporters of the opposition. eunice, you're telling us have a gathered after this decision by the president to declare martial law. what is the opposition's next move now? they've gathered inside the whole for what reason to achieve what so we don't know that any uh, a regular people are able to enter the national assembly. i. i would imagine that that is staff and other lawmakers at that has been true because typically you do have to enter at or pass the security screening in order to enter the national

assembly premises. but as far as your question follow you on what's next, i think everybody is figuring that out as they're also trying to figure out what is happening and why it is happening. i mean, we are seeing reactions from the markets. we are seeing the crew in one dip to low as we have not seen in more than 2 years. and we are also hearing that the, the, the korean stock market is not decided on whether they will even open tomorrow in fear. 8 of what could happen, obviously. so a lot of the presidents aids also opening emergency meetings, including the military to, you know, put together as much information as they have and, and on next steps in terms of i'm sure you know, the state department or the more in the industry as we call them here and south korea is also getting

a lot of questions. yeah. from their allies around the world. indeed. and everyone around the world watching what's happening in south korea very closely including the united states unions. thank you so much for the moment. united states where we find our correspondent, kimberly, how can i white house correspondent in washington the us and south korea close online is of course the military's have an extremely close relationship. what is the white house saying about this unfolding situation and soft free? yeah. what we know right now slowly is that the bod, ministration is in contact with the republic of korea. uh, it says its monitoring the situation closely. it has not provided any further details in terms of exactly what it is getting back from the south korean government only that it is in contact. so we're hoping for further details. but what i can tell you is that, yes, there is a very close relationship. in fact,

we know that as recently as just a couple of weeks ago, the united states president had a try lateral meeting. probably what we thought would be his last of his term on the sidelines of a peck with not only the south, pre and leader, but also the japanese leader to discuss the concerns about what the united states refers to is north korean aggression. and so we a, it is sort of an ongoing conversation that the united states has. uh, the other thing that is notable in all of this is a, in terms of that constant monitoring the, there has been concerned that there may be increased activity. and in this period, following the us selection and the sort of incoming trump administration, the concern being that perhaps there could be some sort of tests that could be conducted or other type of activity. we know that in the last couple of weeks, for example, that the north korean leader kim jong and launched a test of

a short range, ballistic new style into the sea, just hours before the us election on november 5th. and that was followed by the demonstration of a test of an icbm by north korea to show the ability that could reach the us mainland. so the united states in conjunction with its allies, not only sub for you, but also japan, responded to those tests by showing that it also had a demonstration of force by flying a b one bomb or to again show that try lateral readiness. and so this is sort of been the ongoing demonstrations of, of military might, that has been going on in the region for some time. and this again is the concern, is that this period that has taken place, that we're in right now between the november us selection and the incoming trump l, or donald trump, the president elect, of the united states on january 20th it, there wouldn't be this increased activity right,

whether or not what's happening right now is in any way related the united states and by the administration has not set. yeah, and i imagine the concern in washington, as you say, is that the north korea of property is main rival will exploit this situation in this crisis in, in so i'm curious to know what the relationship has been like between the leader of, of soft career, the current leader who has had a lot of controversies as we've been hearing from various guys what his relationship has been like with washington. well, his relationship with the president president joe biden has been won. this been very warm. in fact, when he was last year in 20, 23 april of 2023, he was warmly received by joe, by them. in fact, of the us president, a firm didn't even signed the declaration at that time saying that the united states and that supportive stuff pre was iron clad. but there was

a deep concern. 2 learn about the fact that there was this, again, russian or rather at north, free and aggression. and the reason i mentioned russia in that is the fact that the united states has also been watching very carefully. the concern about the addition of north korean soldiers aid in russia in it's what the united states says. this is, of course, russia's invasion of u frame to the tune of some 12000 north korean soldiers. the united states also saying that north korea has added some, 13000 containers of ammunition, munitions, artillery, and other sort of weaponry to that fight as well. so it back to the relationship in the united states as is very much aligned with the south pre and leader with the military itself. but in terms of the relationship between present and 5 and, and the south korean leader is certainly one of mutual respect uh, going back some time. okay, kimberly, thank you very much for bringing us