a very busy programme. i'm you, a very busy programme. i'm sally bundock and we begin in france. for the first time in more than 60 years, the french government has been brought down by mps in a vote of no confidence. michel barnier will become the shortest—serving prime minister in the history of modern france. the vote was decisive. 288 votes were needed to unseat mr barnier. in the end, 331 were cast to remove him. the budget, which was the cause of his downfall, is now defunct. france has been plagued by political uncertainty since the summer election resulted in a hung parliament, a result that can't be changed in an election before next july. in the meantime, president macron will address the nation this evening. he's also expected to appoint a new prime minister quickly, not least because president—elect trump is due

in paris this weekend for the opening of the notre dame cathedral. our paris correspondent andrew harding reports. moments before the voting began here in paris tonight, michel barnier made a final, ratherforlorn, plea to french mps. the prime minister urged them to back him and his government and his budget, or create chaos. translation: ican't- believe a majority of mps here will vote to destabilise our institutions at a moment where our country is going through a deep moral, economic, financial and civic crisis. but the answer came back fast and conclusive. the speaker of parliament revealing that 57% of mps had voted no confidence in the government, politicians from the hard right and hard left of french politics briefly uniting on this one issue.

translation: idon't| feel my head spinning, and i don't consider this a victory. we had a choice to make, and the choice we made was to protect french people. having tasted blood, many french mps now want more — specifically, they want president emmanuel macron ousted. heading home from a trip to saudi arabia tonight, a badly weakened president has made it clear he is staying put. it is 62 years since france last found itself in a situation like this. on that occasion, president de gaulle stood his ground, and eventually regained control of parliament. today feels rather different. france is in debt, public frustration growing, a nation wrestling, like so many now, with the forces of polarisation and populism. "i think it's tragic," says this woman, of today's vote.

"nobody is considering the consequences." "there is a lot of anxiety," this man adds. "i'm upset both with the forces on the left and the far right." tonight, a government has fallen, but france's political deadlock remains firmly in place. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. so what are the implications of this, where we have the government and top politician not able to agree on the road ahead for france, in particular the economics? we'll be live to paris later in this programme, to talk to a top economist about the implications of the political crisis in france. that's still to come. keir starmer will set out a "plan for change" in a speech today, in which the prime minister will set targets in key areas, including health, the economy and crime,

to allow voters to judge the government's performance. ben chu from bbc verify has looked into what we can expect. the prime minister is expected to set out some new measurable milestones today, by which voters can judge the performance of this labour government across a range of areas. we don't know exactly what they all are but some existing pages give us some clues. first, hospitalwaiting times. the nhs for england has an official target that 90% of patients reporting for elective treatment should be seen within 18 weeks of being referred. the government is expected to commit to meet this by 2029. in september 2024, only around 59% had been wasting less than 18 weeks. the last time the 92% target was achieved was back in 2015. second, the economy. the prime minister is expected to announce a pledge to boost

people's incomes by 2029. the government because official forecaster is projecting a measure called real household disposable income per person will rise by about 0.5% per year over this parliament, slightly better than in the last parliament, but that would still be worse than every other parliament, going back for decades. be aware, though, that these are only forecasts, and these are only forecasts, and these ones are especially uncertain. they might well prove to be wrong. third, police. the government is recommitting to the labour manifesto pledge to deliver 30,000 additional neighbourhood police officers, police community support officers and special constables. a challenge here is the fact the police federation of england and wales�*s last survey of its members suggested around a fifth of existing offices were planning to leave the force, with many low morale. fourth, housing. labour's manifesto pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over the course of the parliament, that would equate

to around 300,000 per year. the most recent data shows that most recent data shows that only 221,000 met —— net only 221,000 met —— net additional dwellings were additional dwellings were delivered in england in delivered in england in 2023-24, delivered in england in 2023-24, delivered in england in 2023—24, down on the previous 2023—24, down on the previous year. many housing experts are year. many housing experts are sceptical about the feasibility sceptical about the feasibility of labour's target, given the of labour's target, given the lack of affordability of new lack of affordability of new housing, which has put off housing, which has put off barriers and deterred many barriers and deterred many developers from building. there developers from building. there are also expected to be targets are also expected to be targets for clean power and for raising for clean power and for raising the share of children who are the share of children who are under martial law. ready for school at the age of ready for school at the age of five by improving access to five by improving access to early years education. now, of early years education. now, of these, it's the targets on these, it's the targets on clean power, housing and clean power, housing and hospital waiting times, which hospital waiting times, which are likely to prove the hardest are likely to prove the hardest to meet. to meet. local media of course, needless to say he on bbc news we will be across all of that as progresses. south korea's ruling party has said it will not vote to remove the president from office, after his failed attempt

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to speak today. local media have been citing his press office that he is not scheduled to make any address but when he does we will of course be ready to cover that for you. that is not to say people aren't speaking. you might be able to hear them. speaking. you might be able to hearthem. some speaking. you might be able to hear them. some protesters outside the national assembly gates at the front across from me here that have been protesting for most of this morning. there are other rallies as well taking place throughout the day here in seoul in different sizes and different scales from different interest groups, though we do expect numbers to increase. it is a working day here in seoul, so is the working day approaches we might hear and see more of those as well. there has been some strike action taking place, though, which was something we were looking out for. workers at car—maker hyundai are preparing to stage walk—outs for four hours each on thursday and friday, that's according to the local news agency here. the company has 43,000 strong union and is part of the metal works union, which is about to launch a full strike on the 11th of december, unless the south

korean president doesn't step down. shares of the vehicle manufacturer where more than 1.6% down in seoul this morning as a result of that. now there's been a whole lot happening in the last 24 hours. here is laura bicker, our asia correspondent, to get you up to speed. cheering. this candle—lit camp followed a night of chaos. they gathered on the steps of the parliament with one aim — to call for the impeachment of a president who declared martial law. translation: because we have a history of defending _ democracy a few times, the people will strongly defend democracy once more. translation: i'm out - here as a citizen who could not sit by and watch the democracy breaking down. "resign," the group chanted, before their mexican wave. such a different scene

from last night's turmoil. president yoon plunged his country into martial law. soldiers broke through the windows of parliament to prevent elected members from overturning his decree. they were unsuccessful, and after six hours, seoul's parliament, notjust its president, were back in control. today, the building bore the scars of that struggle. repairs have already begun, as has a motion to impeach the president. translation: if they're willing to violate human rights under i martial law, it's obvious that they're also ready to sacrifice people's lives. stay alert and fight with us. cheering. protests sprung up in other parts of the city, as south koreans took a moment to reflect.

the prospect of martial law brought back chilling memories of authoritarian rule. in the 1970s and �*80s, groups of students in seoul took on dictators, often clashing with riot police and risking their lives. their defiance and resilience helped south korea become a democratic country. south koreans value their democracy. they fought for it, some died for it, and although they may be questioning just how robust it may be, they've turned out in their thousands to protect it. but president yoon remains in power. some tried to march to his office, but they were blocked by police. it's unclear whether mr yoon hears their calls to resign, but until he does, these demonstrations, however peaceful, will only grow. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.

that impeachment vote coming up this saturday at 7pm. jim mckenzie, ——jean this saturday at 7pm. jim mckenzie, —— jean mackenzie, our south korea correspondent to talk to us more about what has taken place over the last day or so. this impeachment vote that is coming but they have been some developments that might lead —— might not lead to the removal of the president. yeah that's because the leading party has come out and said they will oppose this impeachment vote, they will try not to remove their president from office, and for this vote to go ahead the opposition party need to get eight people in the ruling party to vote with them. that means they would have a majority to allow it to happen but i've been speaking to some of the opposition mps over the past 24 hours, and honestly they now don't seem this hopeful that this is going to pass and they think the ruling party will stay in a block and vote and stay in a block and vote and stay loyal. but they only need eight mps to vote with them and

cross the floor, but the reason these mps do cross the floor, but the reason these mp— these mps do not want to impeach _ these mps do not want to impeach their _ these mps do not want to impeach their own - these mps do not want to i impeach their own president these mps do not want to - impeach their own president is because if _ impeach their own president is because if he _ impeach their own president is because if he is _ impeach their own president is because if he is impeached - impeach their own president is| because if he is impeached and there has to be elections, and given everything that has happened in the situation right now, i think they probably know they would not win an election and not only do they not want to hand power to the opposition, the opposition leader at the moment, a man who would almost certainly become president, he is intensely disliked. the opposition in counter to that say if we don't act what if the president tries to do this again? he has proven himself to be unpredictable, he has been willing to do this. one measure they are taking now is that they don't want to leave this building unattended, so the mps are taking it in turns in case the president tries to do something like this again. but the oui —— with a key question is if the impeachment vote does not remove the president from office on saturday, then are the public going to accept this decision, because we've seen them on the streets of the past couple of days and if you look back to the last time south

korea impeach a president, back in 2017, those numbers of protesters just built and built and built, until her position wasjust and built, until her position was just understandable. find wasjust understandable. and with that impeachment vote as well, there were mps from the ruling party that crossed over to vote against the declaration of martial law, but this is a very different situation. yes, absolutely. _ very different situation. yes, absolutely, spoken - very different situation. yes, absolutely, spoken to - very different situation. yes, absolutely, spoken to mps i very different situation. yes, | absolutely, spoken to mps on both sides of the floor about this and they say look, it is very different to vote against imposing martial law, which as we know most of the ruling party were against than it is to remove your president from office. , ., , to remove your president from office. , . , ,., office. they have been some recent developments - office. they have been some recent developments of - office. they have been some recent developments of the | recent developments of the defence minister resigning, his resignation being accepted. yes, so the reporting yesterday we were getting was that this idea had come from the defence minister, and he has resigned, the president has accepted his resignation and what he has done, he says he takes responsibility for the chaos that has ensued but crucially he has not come forward and

said actually he was the one that propose this to the president. so we are still slightly unclear what has happened but the interesting thing to note here is that a few months ago when this defence minister was first appointed, the opposition party raised some of these concerns. they raised the possibility that his appointment was perhaps part of the 1533 00:15:19,215