a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: pushed from power — south korea's highest court upholds the impeachment of president park over a corruption scandal. the ruling by the constitutional court mean she could now face criminal charges. there'll be new elections within 60 days. more american states join the legal action against president trump's new immigration ban on six mainly muslim countries. and freed as a result of a bbc investigation, but what happened next to the chimpanzee stolen by animal traffickers? hello. for the first time in south korea's history as a democracy, the country's president is being removed from office. in the past hour, the constitutional court has ruled that the impeachment of president park

should be confirmed. she is embroiled in a corruption scandal and may now face a criminal trial on 13 counts including soliciting bribes and allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. there'll be a presidential election in south korea within 60 days. live now to the capital, seoul, and our correspondent steve evans. this is a very big deal. it is. it is devastating, really. this is the first time in the 30 years there has been democracy here where the sitting president has been kicked out of office and this president parkis out of office and this president park is the daughter of the founding president. you could say it is a test for democracy. there have been big protests every saturday night and many other nights a against her. there have been pretty big protests in her favour. the there have been pretty big protests in herfavour. the country there have been pretty big protests in her favour. the country is split.

at the end of it all the highest court in the land has said there was a corrupt relationship. and at the centre of that relationship is her best friend, money going from corporations to foundations run by the best friend and the implication that influences going back via the president. as you say it has been very controversial up until now. what happens next, how controversial, how much dispute is likely to be about that?” controversial, how much dispute is likely to be about that? i don't think there will be much dispute about thejudgement. think there will be much dispute about the judgement. it was 8—0 amongst the justices. had about the judgement. it was 8—0 amongst thejustices. had it about the judgement. it was 8—0 amongst the justices. had it gone the other way i think there would have been a very difficult situation. there are a lot of police on the streets at the moment. in terms of the election, though, we don't know who is going to win the election. but all the indications are that there may well be a move towards the left. if that is so, the attitude of the south korean

government towards north korea may change. there are people in this country who expect a left—wing government, for example, to seek to reopen thejoint government, for example, to seek to reopen the joint industrial complex run right on the border between south and north korea. maybe it talks about freedom of movement. now, how that were then fit in with the trump administration in washington as north korea gets closer to having nuclear weapons capable of hitting the us might be difficult. just tell us more, steve, about the background here in this corruption scandal — the court had to decide whether she do something wrong of course and also whether she did something wrong that she broke the constitution and that is what they seem to have gone for. mike, they seem to have gone for. mike, they looked at 13 charges and some of them seemed not that important, like she was absent from public view

on the day of the saewol disaster, the sinking of the ferry for eight hours, they looked at that and decided, look, it is not the president'sjob to be involved in the saewol rescue but the central allegation is her best friend and kind of mentor, really, over a0 yea rs, kind of mentor, really, over a0 years, had kind of mentor, really, over a0 yea rs, had two kind of mentor, really, over a0 years, had two foundations, and those foundations took money from corporations, and also from corporations, and also from corporations things like a gift of a horse going to her daughter. and the court decided that that was a corrupt relationship in that the corporations had done that because they thought they were going to get influenced back. separately from this particular proceeding today there are criminal proceedings going

on against about 30 people. that includes the top person at samsung. and again it is the central relationship which is alleged to be corrupt, where the president of a country brokered a deal whereby money, lots of money, nearly $a0 million in one case, went from the corporation to her best pal in return for the government putting its weight behind various changes that samsung wanted. so, you could have argued, you could have been a sceptic before and said, you know, there is no real... what is the real proof of this? we know that the money went. samsung says, well, you know, there is no proof of an improper relationship. the constitutional court did not agree. the constitutional court thought the relationship was gravely illegal and against the constitution and breached the trust of the people. 0k, steve, thank you very much

indeed. 0ron 0k, steve, thank you very much indeed. 0r on this to come in the bulletin just a little later. legal challenges are piling up against president trump's revised travel ban on migrants from six mainly—muslim countries. a day after hawaii launched its lawsuit, washington state is also filing a motion to block the ban, and new york, massachusetts and oregon arejoining the suit. officials in washington state claim even the new revised travel ban is still unconstitutional. i asked our correspondent laura bicker in washington what exactly are the grounds of this suit. well, this is what happened last time, a number of states came forward and a number joined the fray. but, yes, washington state was the key one, judge robards initiated that order against the initial travel ban — they are asking him to continue that.

just hearing from the washington state attorney general, bob ferguson, he said that it is time that donald trump was told not so fast. he says it is still unconstitutional because it is still a muslim ban. he quoted the president's words back at him from during the campaign trail. he says he will be speaking to a number of employers from expedia to amazon, also to a number of universities, who say it will adversely affect their companies, their colleges, universities, if people from these countries are not allowed in. the white house says it is confident that this ban in its current form will stand up to legal interpretation, to legal challenge. now, the changes, let's go through the changes, so, current visa holders, they are allowed in. if you are a refugee that has already been passed by the state department, you will be allowed in. after that there is a 90 day ban. iraq is no longer on the list. however, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen

are still on the list. and the ban also does not mention the religion of those who will be who will be allowed in. previously, critics have argued that it would favour christian refugees and that's one of the reasons why many had protested the ban, saying it was a muslim ban. but the washington state attorney says, and still says, he will continue arguing that your national origin does not determine whether or not you are a risk to national security, and that remains their key challenge to this immigration order. the united states is boosting its military presence in syria, ahead of a planned offensive against raqqa, stronghold of the extremist group that calls itself islamic state. the extra a00 forces are marines and army rangers who've been deployed in the past few days, to establish an outpost. from there, they'll be able to fire artillery at is positions around 20 miles away.

the man president trump has put in charge of america's environmental policies has declared he doesn't believe carbon dioxide is a primary cause of global warming — a view that goes against the overwhelming body of scientific evidence, from researchers around the world. scott pruitt is a former attorney general of oklahoma who's frequently sued the environmental protection agency, in the past. he also described the paris climate accord — to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — as a bad deal. here he is speaking to cnbc. i think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there is tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so, no, i would not agree that it is a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. scott pruitt, talking to cnbc. here's our north america correspondent nick bryant in washington.

it is one of those moments in the trump administration that comes as no surprise. scott pruitt is a well—known climate change sceptic. it is precisely why he got the job. it has been a jawdropping moment to hear the head of the environment protection agency say he is unconvinced that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. that flies in the face of mainstream science and has been slammed by environmental groups. it also contradicts his very own agency's website. this does have policy implications. any day now we are expecting an executive order from donald trump which would roll back many of barack 0bama's environmental regulations. there is also a fierce debate in the trump administration about whether or not to withdraw from the paris accord, that landmark achievement. people like scott pruitt, he says it is a bad deal. others like ivanka trump, the daughter of donald trump, and rex tillerson, they say america should stay in it. it is a measure of how much things have changed, that rex tillerson, who up until a few months ago he was the head of exxon mobil,

the largest oil company in the world, is now a dissenting voice on the government's climate change policy. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the first ever female boxing world champion goes back to her roots to see her pioneering career honoured. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours in the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots from the gym. they came out of the exits and actually fired at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, ages ai, sentenced to 99 years,

and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an 8—car car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now — is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really, i've never been married before. this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. the latest headlines: south korea's constitutional court has upheld the impeachment of president park, forcing herfrom office. there will have to be new elections within 60 days. more american states have filed legal challenges to president trump's revised travel ban on six mainly—muslim countries, arguing it remains unconstitutional. last month we brought you the story of nemlyjunior, a baby chimpanzee freed from wildlife traffickers in ivory coast.

all thanks to a bbc investigation, two of the traffickers are now being prosecuted in the first case of its kind. and the body supposed to stop the illegal trade in endangered species has now tightened up its rules. the bbc‘s david shukman has been back to ivory coast to uncover the fate of the chimp at the centre of it all. a heart—warming story of recovery — a baby chimpanzee, nemleyjunior, with a great appetite. an astonishing turnaround, given the trauma he's been through. poachers killed his mother and the rest of his family and then sold him to wildlife traffickers. he's learning to explore — he was freed as a result of a bbc news investigation. but he never liked to get too farfrom his keepers, he wants constant company. they have to recover from physical

wounds, and then the trauma, seeing that mum being chopped up while they are cycling on them, taken away and put into someone's amb — they don't know a human being, they have never seen know a human being, they have never seen one know a human being, they have never seen one in their lives. despite that he is learning to explore. nemleyjunior has now lost his, and needs a new one. this is a key moment for nemleyjunior, meeting another chimpanzee, a slightly older female. he's never going to make it back into the wild, so the best hope is to create bonds with a new family. just a few months ago, he looked so much thinner while in the hands

of animal smugglers. they were selling him for $12,500. we briefed the police and they moved in. a raid led to two arrests. a young dealer called ibrahima traore and his uncle mohamed. they're now awaiting trial — the first prosecution for wildlife trafficking that ivory coast has ever seen. and with big money involved, they're linked to another network of traffickers in guinea. translation: for us it is important to do something about it. those do these illicit operations, those operations were forbidden and you can see them as a crime. those people had to be punished. and with big money involved there are links to another traffic in network in guinea. the sidibe family also sold baby chimpanzees, but two of them have now been arrested, so this could be a turning point. once you get one, you arrest them, you prosecute them, you incarcerate them, that message starts to get out that wildlife crime is no longer high profit, low risk, there is a risk here, in fact, i might go to jail.

the dealers circulate videos of the chimps for sale. wildlife investigators say the arrests will slow the trade but not stop it entirely. it is just one big step, but it is a never ending battle, wildlife trafficking. so you've made progress, but it's not the end? not the end, it's like a drug, it's a never ending battle. back at the zoo, nemleyjunior is playful. a mobile phone keeps him amused and here's the view from it. after our first report of his rescue, many of you were keen to hear more about him. well, it's reassuring to see him thriving, and also to think that, with four traffickers arrested, other chimps in the jungles may be a little safer. david shukmman, bbc news, in ivory coast. ‘battling' barbara buttrick was known as the ‘mighty atom' and became the first ever female

boxing world champion, back in the 1950s. she moved from the uk to the states, eventually retiring undefeated. now, aged 87, she's returned to her home county of yorkshire to meet young boxers and see her pioneering career honoured. david sillito went to hull to meet her. battling barbara, they used to call me. the mighty atom. barbara buttrick is 87. her sparring partner today, former wbc champion tommy coyle. i was what they would call a tomboy, i guess. she began more than 70 years ago. she decided, aged 15, to give up football and try boxing. it was a career choice that was met with more than a little disapproval. and a shortage of opponents. the answer was america. she took on all comers in carnivals and she won a world title. she has, over the years, faced more than 1000 people in the ring, a world champion, a pioneer in boxing.

but even in her hometown of hull, few had heard of the mighty atom. however, that has all changed. kat rose martin is the star of one of two new plays based on barbara's life. did you know the story of barbara? i didn't, which is really, really, like, shocking, really, because it's such an incredible story, how she became the bantamweight world champion and i'm stood next to the bantamweight world champion! and yet, we don't know about it. why don't we know about it? i think all this talk about girls not boxing is old—fashioned. girls aren't the delicate flowers they used to be. 70 years on, she has been proved right. tomorrow's boxers were queueing to meet barbara. a boxer? i know, i did try dance class but that lasted six weeks. are you inspired now? are you going to be a world champion? probably, yeah. it means a lot, yeah. i'm very proud to be back in hull,

now, in a day when boxing is accepted, my life kind of is accepted, too, you know. david sillito speaking to ‘battling' barbara buttrick in her hometown of hull today. the british artist, sir howard hodgkin, has died at the age of eighty—four. a painter and printmaker, he was a central figure in contemporary art for more than half a century, and became known for his semi—abstract blocks of colour. the tate described him as "one of the greatest artists of his generation" — as our arts editor, will gompertz reports. this is a self—portrait by howard hodgkin. it is how he saw himself, not in physical terms, but as a representation of his feelings and sensations. that was his style, to step out of time and place in order to paint memories. it is what marked him out as an artist. abstract, yet subjective. each painting was the result of the laborious stop—start process that could take years.

i hate the act of painting, i always have done. people have said to me so often, amateur painters, aren't you lucky to be able to do this? and i say, no thank you. i'm not lucky. i may be lucky with the result, but having to go through the horrors of painting the picture is not something i ever look forward to. howard is really one of the great painters of his generation. he is up there with david hockney, with bridget riley. he has got an international reputation and he leaves behind him some very, very great works of art. howard hodgkin first arrived on the scene in the 1960s. he made his name in the ‘70s and triumphed in the ‘80s, representing britain at the venice biennale and winning

the turner prize. i am very pleased, very grateful and very surprised. matisse, degas and jackson pollock were all influences. but it was the light and life of india that he first discovered in 196a which became his great love and inspiration. look at those colours in a row. lilac, the pink, the orange, yellow between. amazing. i think more than any other artist i can think of, howard's paintings are a celebration of life, they are an exploration of life. it is notjust life as if seen by a one—eyed cyclops. it is life in motion, it is life as experienced over many years, but more than anything else, it is viewed through sensation and emotion and through feeling. howard hodgkin might not have enjoyed picking up his brush and making his art, but he couldn't resist it and never stopped. his paintings were his way of remembering and will be our way of remembering him.

the artist sir howard hodgkin, who has died at the age of 8a. let's take you to a coffee shop in shanghai. here, all the employees are from families with a connection to hiv—aids. apart from giving them a job and skills, the cafe is trying to tackle the stigma still associated with hiv—aids. but as the bbc‘s robin brant discovered, that's not proving so easy. are we are trying to push them to become street thugs and gangsters? that is really upsetting. let's be honest.

firstly, i did not know this, right? now you are telling me. i would talk to them like other people, and not have a second thought about what is going on. am i scared? that is common sense. everyone would have a first intuition to think about it, whether i am safe or not. not if it is hiv, but anything, if it can be infecting. those who are biased and cannot tolerate their food being served by someone who is hiv negative but with family members who are hiv positive, just don't come. you never know what you are going to find. we spoke to some people in there. that man in particular spoke very good english and had a bagel in his hand. but when i told him the story about this place, he said he had second thoughts and wasn't sure about coming back.

robin brandt in shanghai. let's take you back to south korea, the capital city, seoul. we can speak to lead bond, and former member of the national assembly, the story of course is that for the first time in the democratic history of south korea the president is being removed from office in a corruption scandal. thank you for speaking to us. i am afraid we do not have very long. looking at ditches outside the court at the moment. police buses surrounded by protesters, quite possibly from both sides. what do you make of this decision? it is a very delicate time for south korea to be so unstable, with north korea ina to be so unstable, with north korea in a particularly aggressive phase. yes, you know, you and i are watching the television coverage of the aftermath of the constitutional court ruling, which was the 8—man constitutional court handing down a

unanimous ruling which removed president park from her office. so now the nation is sharply divided between people supporting president park and other people denouncing her. and in the street, they are now clashing with each other after the constitutional court ruling. indeed, and there may still be criminal proceedings against her, we understand, and there are still criminal proceedings against dirty oi’ so criminal proceedings against dirty or so people, including the head of samsung. —— 30 or so. we're out of time, i hope we can speak you again thank you for speaking to us. that is all for now. much more on the bbc website. thank you for watching. thanks to a ridge of high pressure,

thursday turned out to be a glorious day for many. plenty of sunshine and a top temperature of 17 celsius reached across the south—east of england. during the course of the night, looks like central and eastern areas will hold on to the clear skies. temperatures by friday morning, actually quite chilly here. but further south and west, increasing cloud, some light patchy rain, some hill fog, also a little bit of mist as well. a bit more of a breeze here, so it will be a mild start first thing across southern and western areas. but chilly further east. and further east, closer to this area of high pressure. whereas this area of low pressure will bringing increasingly unsettled weather to western areas. so for friday morning, it is an east—west split. cloudy, breezy across the west, with spots of drizzle. chilly and bright across the far east. it will also be a bit of a bright, dry start across the north—east of scotland and the northern isles.

further west, cloudier, some spits and spots of light rain, particularly acrosswestern up slopes, some too for northern ireland with a bit of mist and murk, and some hill fog. that's also the case for north—west england, wales, the south—west of england. but for east of the pennines, in towards east anglia, and maybe the south—east for a while, it will be a chilly start but at least bright with some sunshine. notice the temperature difference — 6—7 degrees in the east, 10—11 in the west. as the day wears on though, the cloud across western areas will slowly creep eastwards. i don't think reaching the far south—east and east anglia really until after dark. here you should see the sunshine. maybe a high of i3—ia degrees. further west though, it will be very mild but rather cloudy with some spots of light rain. so it means for the six nations rugby, wales v ireland, in cardiff, during the evening it looks like it will be a fairly mild one, rather cloudy and there could be the odd spit of rain in the air. now, as we head into the weekend, it's a tale of two halves. i think saturday looking dry into sunday looks like we'll see a weather front bringing some cooler and fresher air,

mainly across northern and western areas. for saturday though, skies will be brightening up across northern ireland and scotland behind this weather front which will bring some dreary weather to central parts of the uk. but to the south—east, here, a little bit of brightness. it could be very mild indeed, with temperatures of 15, 16, maybe 17 degrees. sunday is a messier picture. we lose one weather front only to be replaced by another one. and there will be some dry interludes here and there. looks like there will be some rain about and feeling fresher. so to sum up for the weekend, i think saturday looking like being the driest of the two days, with some sunshine around and feeling quite warm particularly across the south and the east. because for sunday, it looks like there will be more cloud around. and many people seeing some rain at times. it will start to feel cooler and fresher. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm mike embley. the supreme court has upheld the

impeachment of park geun—hye. that could be an election within 60 days. after why launched the first lawsuit, new york, massachusetts and 0regon havejoined in the lawsuit, new york, massachusetts and 0regon have joined in the fight the new immigration ban from donald trump. scott pruitt is going against decades of scientific evidence. time now for panorama. our children are exhausted. it's the new normal. it's bedtime. child cries. itjust consumes your whole life. just one little word — sleep. mobile devices have taken over many children's lives and interfered with their sleep. i have my telly. ipad. two ipads. two ipads, iphone. but sleep deprivation has serious consequences. tonight, on panorama, we can reveal hospital attendances

in england for children with sleep problems have tripled in ten years. do they hurt or...? they don't hurt at all. we uncover how unlicensed prescriptions of a sleep medicine to both adults and children have increased tenfold in the last decade. i'd prefer a solution to this something different than having to take medication the rest of his life, so i'm willing to try anything out. and we reveal how we're damaging our children's future by failing to value their sleep. oh, i can't do it, too fast. clock ticks. across the developed world, children are sleeping less than previous generations. ..as long as you guys have been alive...