anti—government protests continue for a sixth night in georgia, after the court rejected an appeal to overturn the result of october's election. anti—government forces in syria say they've captured one of the largest military bases on the edge of the city of hama. hello. we start in seoul where it's been a tumultuous 2a hours. these are live pictures of a vigil taking place outside the national assembly after the president yoon suk yeol imposed, and then six hours later revoked, martial law, shocking notjust the people of south korea but many around the world. opposition parties have already submitted an impeachment bill against president yoon suk yeol after his short—lived declaration of martial law. but the fallout is spreading to his cabinet as the blame game begins. after calls for his impeachment, defence

minister kim yong—hyun has offered his resignation, apologising, in a defence ministry statement, for spreading confusion and causing distress. in fact, media reports say yoon�*s cabinet has offered to resign en masse. and the head of the country's biggest labour union has called a nationwide strike until mr yoon resigns. there have been mass demonstrations outside the main parliament building in seoul this morning, the crisis has alarmed many around the world. both the us and the uk say they are relieved that the president reversed his decision, but are deeply concerned about what is happening in south korea. with a round—up of the events so far surrounding this fast moving story, here's our south east asia correspondent jonathan head. even in a country known for its rough—and—tumble politics, this was a bolt from the blue. the elected president, suspending democracy and calling in the army, to deal, he said, with the threat from north korea and what he called "anti—state forces" within minutes, soldiers surrounded the korean parliament, evoking unhappy memories of the military rule

which was overthrown back in the 1980s. but plenty of ordinary koreans were there, too, jostling with the army to protest against this extraordinary move by president yoon against their hard—won democracy. translation: i thought it was a joke when i heard it on the news. when i realised it was true, i got so worried. it doesn't make sense, said this man. i mean, this is the first time we've seen martial law "since the 1980s. for a while there was a tense, noisy stand—off with riot police deployed to clear the crowds without success. people continued to protest, many now calling for president yoon�*s resignation. meanwhile, inside the parliament, it was clear he had almost no support. even his own party condemned the imposition of martial law, and the mps voted unanimously

to overturn it. chanting president yoon then bowed to what most koreans believed was inevitable and rescinded his declaration. his political future now looks bleak. singing already unpopular, and with his wife facing a corruption investigation, few think he can survive long in thejob. the events of the past few hours may leave some koreans wondering just how strong their democracy is, though it does appear to have passed this unexpected test. jonathan head, bbc news. my my colleague is in hot right now. in seoul. it my colleague is in hot right now. in seoul.— my colleague is in hot right now. in seoul. it has been a wild night — now. in seoul. it has been a wild night as _ now. in seoul. it has been a wild night as he _ now. in seoul. it has been a wild night as he invoked - wild night as he invoked marcella another is a move to

impeach him. the national assembly is calling for him to step down. the reactions have come thick and fast. we study markets react, as well. some stocks went down. we know he is facing calls notjust from political opponents but trade unions, as well, who said they will go on strike until he resigns. but the wheels are now in motion for impeachment proceedings which is said to take place over the next 48 hours. will he be able to survive that, we will be watching closely for that over the hours and days ahead. thank ou for the hours and days ahead. thank you for that _ the hours and days ahead. thank you for that. we _ the hours and days ahead. thank you for that. we are _ the hours and days ahead. thank you for that. we are going - the hours and days ahead. thank you for that. we are going to - you for that. we are going to take you live to brussels now. there is a needle meeting. we are expecting antony blinken to arrive. —— there is a need of meaning.

they are working to deliver security assistance for ukraine in 2024. i expect the nido security for ukraine to be fully operational by the end of this year. but we must do more thanjust keep this year. but we must do more than just keep you clean in the fight. we must provide enough support to change the trajectory. —— to keep ukraine in the fight. the eu is an essential partner and we collaborate on a range of issues. from our support to ukraine to military mobility and expanding production. i look forward to building on this cooperation. today, there is an increasingly aggressive posture as well as hostile

actions in nato countries. we have seen a steep increase in these attacks and we must hold these attacks and we must hold the perpetrators to account. both russia and china have tried to destabilise our countries and divide our societies. they have carried out acts of sabotage, cyber attacks and blackmail. today, ministers agreed a set of proactive measures to counter this hostel and cyber activities. this includes enhanced intelligence exchange and better protection of infrastructure —— counter this hostel cyber activities. and tougher action against russia exportation. we will work closely together with the eu on these issues. with that i am ready to take your questions. thank you. we will start with you in— thank you. we will start with you in the _ thank you. we will start with you in the middle there.

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talks— we want to bring ukraine into talks to — we want to bring ukraine into talks to end the conflict. but it should _ talks to end the conflict. but it should be the ukrainian government to decide that and from _ government to decide that and from a — government to decide that and from a position of strength. changing the trajectory means that ukraine is in a position of strength and ukraine can prevent— of strength and ukraine can prevent putin from getting what he wanted when he started his full onslaught of ukraine. when we get — full onslaught of ukraine. when we get to— full onslaught of ukraine. when we get to that moment, and i think— we get to that moment, and i think we _ we get to that moment, and i think we all pray for that moment you arrive, where peace talks _ moment you arrive, where peace talks can — moment you arrive, where peace talks can start, we will have to discuss _ talks can start, we will have to discuss many things. ukraine will lead — to discuss many things. ukraine will lead but others will be involved. i am will lead but others will be involved. lam not will lead but others will be involved. i am not here to speculate who will be at the table — speculate who will be at the table and who are not because we should concentrate completely and fully now making sure that — completely and fully now making sure that ukraine gets to negotiation. so sure that ukraine gets to negotiation.— sure that ukraine gets to negotiation. sure that ukraine gets to

neuotiation. ., , , ., negotiation. so that is 'ust a sense there i negotiation. so that is 'ust a sense there of i negotiation. so that is 'ust a sense there of the h negotiation. so that isjust a sense there of the nato - negotiation. so that isjust a - sense there of the nato meeting of officers talking about ukraine and changing the trajectory of the war in ukraine so it can talk to russia from a position of strength at a time of its choosing. we will continue later with that press conference. france's government is on the verge of collapse as the country's parliament is expected to remove prime minister michel barnier in a no—confidence vote, just three months after taking office. the fresh political turmoil follows the decision by mr barnier, to force through an austerity budget without the approval of parliament. the no confidence motion is supported by the majority of mps from across the political divide. if he loses, michel barnier will become the shortest serving prime minister in france's fifth republic. our correspondent hugh schofield is in bordeaux. he appeared on television last night to give his side of all of this. but there was no concession, there was no indication of any movement. and so, as things stand,

there is no question what's going to happen, he's going to be ousted. notwithstanding the fact that they could be still a change in the course of the day. until it's voted, it's not voted. what the optimists, at least in his entourage, are saying is that, hang on, let's wait. there could be a phone call between him and marine le pen during the day. he could give, on this last issue, which marine le pen is demanding of him, which is to do with pensions and the indexation of pensions, linking them with inflation and so on, that was a red line that she had given him to budget, and that's why she's now saying she's going to vote against him at this key vote this afternoon, but if there is some movement today that could still shift. i have to say i find it most unlikely, so in all possibility, in 12 hours from now we will once again be without a prime minister here.

thank you to hugh for that. david chazan is paris correspondent at the times. i asked him what we can expect in the hours ahead. i think we can expect a fairly staunch session in parliament this afternoon, lewis, and by this evening, i think the government will fall. why? because parliament has split into roughly three equal marks, none of which holds an overall majority but in this case there is a motion of no—confidence in the government which has been tabled by an alliance of left—wing parties, and marine le pen's populist national rally says it will vote for that motion and that will result in a comfortable majority it seems, barring a political miracle. it seems inevitable that michel barnier�*s government will fall.

0k, we'll come back to any potential miracles in a moment, but let's work on that assumption that does happen, so where does that leave the government of france? well, in the short term, the current government will probably be asked by president macron to stay on as a caretaker administration,but what it means is this belt—tightening budget you referred to, which the government says is essential to tackle france's colossal debt and deficit will not go through. so in that case, the current budget will remain in force. michel barnier, the prime minister, says that will be catastrophic for france's fragile public finances. for the time being, at least, president macron remains in office. there is no obligation on him to step down. but the opposition are saying that, given the political turmoil, he should not see out his presidential term which ends in 2027.

he should resign. thank you to him. the no confidence vote is expected in the next few hours. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

in the uk, cheshire detectives have questioned the nurse lucy letby in prison in connection with the deaths of more babies. letby was interviewed about incidents at the countess of chester hospital, where she worked as a neo—natal nurse. and also, for what's believed to be the first time, about cases at liverpool women's hospital, where she trained as a student. letby is serving fifteeen whole—life orders after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims. steve knibbs has this report. did lucy letby, the uk's most prolific child serial killer of modern times,

murder more babies? detectives were always clear that they would look back at letby�*s entire career, reviewing more than 4,000 admissions of babies into neonatal units where she was known to have worked. and as part of that ongoing review, late last night in a statement, cheshire constabulary confirmed that... lucy letby worked over 30 shifts at the liverpool women's hospital in 2012 and 2015, before her crimes were committed at the countess of chester hospital in october. in october, the bbc�*s panorama programme uncovered potentially life—threatening incidents that occurred on almost a third of letby�*s shifts in liverpool.

in one case from november 2012, a baby boy collapsed and water was later found in his breathing tube, something that's highly unusual. the clinical notes confirmed that the nurse looking after him was lucy letby. the programme also saw evidence that may have shown a baby boy was poisoned with insulin whilst in letby�*s care at the countess of chester hospital. this case wasn't part of the trial. and there have been other claims that letby may have killed other babies. the lead paediatric consultant from the countess of chester hospital, who originally raised the alarm about her, told the ongoing thurwell inquiry recently it was likely that letby had harmed or killed babies before 2015. but there has also been a big debate over the science used in the case against letby. a number of experts have challenged the medical evidence used against her, and her new legal team say they also take a contradictory view of the new evidence. they plan to take her case to the criminal cases review commission, which investigates alleged miscarriages ofjustice, to apply

for it to be sent back to the court of appeal. steve knibbs, bbc news. to bring you some breaking news from iran. we are getting this from iran. we are getting this from the afp news agency saying that iran has released the noble piece laurier who one the nobel peace prize and has been in prison. and the iranians government has said that they have released mohammadi on medical grounds. we will bring

more information to you as we receive it. anti—government forces in syria say they've captured one of the largest military bases on the edge of the city of hama. the bbc has not been able to verify these pictures, which we are told are from halfaya in hama province, which show intense fighting. syria's defence ministry said syrian and russian warplanes were bombarding the rebels. one week on from the surprise rebel offensive in syria, bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has been tracking the advance, and the response from government aligned forces. it's been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the syrian government in years. here is the government response in idlib, a rebel stronghold where syria and its ally russia have carried out air strikes. the bbc verify has been tracking the advance of rebel forces from the west of syria by analysing footage on social media. they appear to have captured a large area of land across the north—west of the country, including most of aleppo. the offensive was launched

on the night by an alliance of rebel groups led by a rebel group. our team is verified and located several videos which show rebel forces. this is one video that emerged as they began their advance. it was geolocated by matching the shape of these buildings with what we can see on publicly available images. and the shadows indicate it was likely filmed around 5p on local time. the rebels reach aleppo quickly, injust three days they enter the city with apparently very little resistance from syria's military. experts say the timing of the assault suggests the weakening of the regime's allies particularly in light of developments in yemen likely created opportunity that hts has seized. on saturday, rebel forces were seen toppling the statue of president bashar al—assad's brother. within hours, footage emerged from the same roundabout from the aftermath of an air strike at the same location. the video appears to show a number of lifeless bodies on the ground and dark plumes of smoke. we also verify the presence of rebels pushed for strategic military sites like this air base. it is worth saying this because we see them there it doesn't necessarily mean

they control certain areas. elsewhere, we also saw them celebrate the capture of tanks which appear to have been left behind by government forces. and now fighters are near the city of hama. in this video this individual claims the government army retreated after heavy clashes. in response, the government and its key ally, russia, carried out air strikes nearby. the situation is rapidly evolving. it is unclear whether rebel forces will be able to hold these newly gained areas and what impact this will have on civilians with dozens already killed. thank herfor thank her for that. let's speak to our middle east correspondent lina sinjab. bring us up—to—date on the latest. it bring us up-to-date on the latest. , , ., , latest. it seems that there is a decisive — latest. it seems that there is a decisive battle _ latest. it seems that there is a decisive battle on - latest. it seems that there is a decisive battle on the - a decisive battle on the outskirts of the city of name mac. they are said to have captured at least four or five

—— the city of hama. we have spoken to some residents who have fled confirming that the opposition forces are gaining control there but however, the government is still in control of the city of hama. they are focusing their presence on the southern part of the city so that the man and the city itself. . so farthe that the man and the city itself. . so far the opposition are in control and it is not clear if they are going to advance into the city itself, the main city itself where the government forces are still in control of that part of the area. many are attributing the quick withdrawal from government forces for weekend government forces for weekend government forces for weekend government forces and fighters

that are retreating. that the government is still supporting its offensive with air strikes and mortar shelling in different parts of hama, as well. ., ~ different parts of hama, as well. . ,, , ., georgia's health ministry says at least 15 people were injured on the sixth consecutive night of anti—government protests, after the country's constitutional court rejected an appeal from the opposition to overturn the result of 0ctober�*s election. police fired water cannon at demonstrators who are angry about the government being too authoritarian and its announcement that it plans to delay its talks to join the eu until 2028. meanwhile, the georgian rights ombudsman has accused the police of using torture on some of the 300 people detained since thursday. levan ioseliani believed the police are using intentional, severe violence for the purpose of punishment. earlier i spoke with guro. this

is grassroots _ earlier i spoke with guro. this is grassroots protest - earlier i spoke with guro. try 3 is grassroots protest organised by people. that is why it is not easy for the government to deal with this kind of protest because organisations are quite strong in this regard and it is not easy to presume or deal with this kind of protest effectively. what you have seen is the government systematically manipulating elections and we can say that these elections were parliamentary elections were systematically rigged. the government proceeded to openly

invoke a new process which is democratic up siding of georgia and is related to the security of the state because without partnership of western partners, georgia's security is also under threat because russia is extensively increasing and georgia... the government _ increasing and georgia... the government rejects those assertions. either protest going to achieve anything? it is not easy to say at this point. —— are the protests going to achieve anything? georgia is in a systematic crisis notjust political and crisis not just political and so crisis notjust political and so many levels. economic, social, etc. so it will not be

easy for the government to deal with this extensive situation and crisis effectively. thank you and crisis effectively. thank 0 ., and crisis effectively. thank o ., , , “ , hello. it has been fairly chilly out there so far this week. we will see things change to something milder over the next couple of days, but it comes at a price. we've got not one, two, but three separate spells of wet and, at times, windy weather set to push its way through before cold weather returns later this week and into the weekend. first batch of milder weather comes with this huge hook of cloud. lots of rain under that as well. it's been pushing its way towards northern ireland, continues to set in through lunchtime, then into early afternoon across western scotland, isle of man, western fringes of england and wales. milder southerly winds picking up as well. 12 degrees in plymouth and belfast. just seven or eight degrees down these eastern coasts, though.

it will stay dry and bright till the end of the day. now, as we go into tonight, those outbreaks of rain will push their way eastwards, strong to gale force winds. worst of the conditions in the north of scotland but could see gales along the south. rain clears scotland and northern ireland fairly quickly, but england and wales, rain on and off through a good part of the night. but with the cloud, the wind, the rain around, won't be as cold as the last few nights and a frost—free start to thursday morning. so into thursday we go. south east, east anglia, still the remnants of the overnight rain to clear for the early risers. there are a lot of dry and bright weather elsewhere, a few mist or fog patches, but cloud amounts will be fairly large in the west and they'll start to produce outbreaks of rain. northern ireland seeing some of the heaviest rain late morning early afternoon and then through the afternoon, parts of northern england, southern western scotland will see the wettest weather. rain at times further south, although i think parts of east anglia and the south east will stay dry till later on again, 13 or 14 here, seven or eight in the north. outbreaks of rain, then, for many of us during the first half of thursday night. windy for a time again, too. but then winds fall lighter into friday morning. there could be a touch

of frost around a few mist or fog patches. showers across the north and west of scotland could turn wintry over the hills. and then the big question mark of the day. and to take us into friday night, what happens with this batch of rain? now this is a developing area of low pressure we mentioned yesterday. this could be potentially something quite stormy, but computer models are showing different scenarios for this one. the european one, which brings that area of low pressure to the south of us wettest, windiest weather will be across france, but still with rain impacts in southern parts of england and wales. but the american computer model something shows something much more stormy through friday night. more widely across the country, most likely. probably somewhere in between. but once it clears through saturday morning, it looks like the rest of the weekend cold and showery.

france is teetering on a fiscal cliff edge, as the government faces a no—confidence vote on its budget. central banks should tread cautiously with rate cuts, says the 0ecd — we'll be speaking to them about their latest report. we hear from the boss of malaysia airlines about navigating the headwinds facing the aviation sector. welcome to business today. the 0ecd has just released its annual economic outlook, and it predicts global gdp will grow by 3.3% in 2025 and 2026. it states the cost of living crisis is going to ease

with inflation falling towards central bank targets, but trade tensions and geopolitical conflicts remain a major risk to global growth. it's also warned central banks against cutting interest rates too fast, i'm joined by the 0ecd�*s chief economist, alvaro pereira. thank you very much forjoining us. interesting report and also particularly the part about interest rates, warning central banks not to be too hasty when cutting? banks not to be too hasty when cuttin: ? ~ ., banks not to be too hasty when cuttin: ? ~ . banks not to be too hasty when cuttinu? . , cutting? what we say is basically _ cutting? what we say is basically that _ cutting? what we say is basically that we - cutting? what we say is basically that we are . cutting? what we say is - basically that we are moving in the right direction regarding inflation, so headline inflation, so headline inflation is moving fine but we see that service price inflation remains fairly sticky inflation remains fairly sticky in most countries. so for the average 0ecd country, we have service price invasion around

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