we'll be live in south korea, where mps are expected to vote shortly on impeaching the country's acting leader barely two weeks since the impeachment of president yoon suk yeol. and two sailors have been killed while taking part in australia's annual sydney to hobart yacht race. hello, i'm lauren taylor. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that his country is "just getting started" against the houthis in yemen after a bombardment of air strikes killed at least six people. the united nations has called for restraint, warning the attacks pose grave risks to its humanitarian operations in the country. the head of the world health organization, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, was caught up in the strikes that happened metres away from a flight he was boarding at the airport in the capital, sanaa.

there were also explosions in the red sea port of hodeida. shaimaa khalil reports from jerusalem. commotion. panic and fear in sanaa airport — people rushing to leave the building after an israeli air strike. the idf said they hit houthi military targets there. the port city of hodeida was also hit. houthi officials said the strikes were barbaric, a crime against the yemeni people. the israeli military said it struck targets used by the houthis to smuggle iranian weapons into the region. this is the second israeli air strike on the houthis in yemen in less than a week. the houthis — an iran—backed armed group which controls north—western yemen — began their attacks shortly after the start of the gaza war in october last year initially targeting international shipping — acting, they say, in solidarity with the palestinians. on saturday, a missile launched from yemen injured more than a dozen people in tel aviv when it landed in a public park. israel warned it would respond with force.

translation: we will continue to cut off the terror arm - of the iranian axis of evil until we complete the job. the houthis have vowed to keep up their attacks until the end of the war in gaza. but the war in gaza continues, as does the wider regional conflict that it sparked. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. thank you for coming in. there seems to be an escalation between israel and the houthis? it is, the israelis consider the houthis as a threat and since the week and hamas and other groups backed by iran, so he houthis are still launching missiles and drones at israel and a few days ago, one of the missiles hit in israel and some people were injured so it looks

like mr netanyahu and the strength of israel would be tested so the air strikes hit her dido port and the port of sanaa and power stations, sa naa and power stations, israel tried sanaa and power stations, israel tried to show it can reach anyone and mr netanyahu, he said it is not over yet, it is a start —— hodeida. at the wide —— same time the leader of the houthis group was saying their abilities to reach israel spreads the fear inside israel and shows that they can break the defence, the superiority of israel, so it is an escalation. the israelis think they are under threat by that so they said they are going to carry on air strikes but the problem is the houthis were targeted by a coalition led by saudi arabia for years but were not defeated because of several reasons, the geography of yemen, but this time it is different because

israel is so it may be different but we will see its morning it will act with civilians because as they are facing humanitarian, they are needing humanitarian insistence and so all of the strikes will affect the civilian people there with the country with torn in war for years so it there with the country with torn in warfor years so it is a problem but for the israelis it is a matter of national security. it is a matter of national security-— it is a matter of national securi . ~ . , , security. meanwhile, bring us u . security. meanwhile, bring us u- to security. meanwhile, bring us up to date — security. meanwhile, bring us up to date on _ security. meanwhile, bring us up to date on the _ security. meanwhile, bring us up to date on the latest - security. meanwhile, bring us up to date on the latest from| up to date on the latest from gaza. , . , , ~ ., gaza. israel is still like air strikes in _ gaza. israel is still like air strikes in different - gaza. israel is still like air strikes in different place | gaza. israel is still like air| strikes in different place of gaza and one where the five journalists were killed so it added according to the palestinian press more than 100 journalists killed since seven october. more than 400 people, journalists, were injured, and in addition to that the hospital is under threat and the aid through the international school for emergency aid to the hospital is so situation there is a problem and putting pressure on

to reach a ceasefire but the problem is the huge gap between israel and hamas with reaching a ceasefire so there is a hope of reaching that in the last few days but it is now in doubt because of what is happening now and how must saying israel are putting more conditions and israel saying hamas is not following, is not complying with the requirement of the ceasefire so there is a big gap between them but unintelligible people in gaza. between them but unintelligible peeple in gaza-— let's speak to dr ali mamouri, a research fellow at deakin university. he previously served as strategic communication adviser to the iraqi prime minister. think through much forjoining us. i wonder what your thoughts are on the latest israeli strikes in yemen. it was exnected- _ strikes in yemen. it was expected. it _ strikes in yemen. it was expected. it is - strikes in yemen. it was expected. it is a - strikes in yemen. it was expected. it is a part - strikes in yemen. it was expected. it is a part of| expected. it is a part of netanyahu's military campaign against an netanyahu's military campaign againstan iranian netanyahu's military campaign against an iranian proxy in the region after the large defeat against hamas and hezbollah that made them run any kind of

operation against israel and after the fall of assad now it is probably after that netanyahu will go to the iraqi militia and eventually to iran and in terms of yemen, the big difference between this operation and saudi arabia led operations previously is israel is not intending to change the government or do any kind of operation. they were clear and limited, first off to eliminate the leaders of the houthis and make the organisation not able and capable to continue the operation against israel, destruct all of the missile capabilities and other military capabilities and other military capabilities of the houthis cannot shoot more missiles to israel and third to push them back from hodeida to make them unable to make any threat to the ships in the red sea. it seems to me that there israelis are capable of doing that and this is the goal for yemen.

are capable of doing that and this is the goalfor yemen. the this is the goal for yemen. the houthis are — this is the goal for yemen. the houthis are backed by iran but given what has happened to iran's other allies in the region like hamas and hezbollah, how determined is israel to continue backing the houthis and how much difference will be strikes in yemen make to that determination? £31 to that determination? of course for israel it is so difficult to provide any kind of support. this is after the setbacks that happen for iran during the last few weeks, especially yemeni is far away and there is no like a corridor to allow iran to send something. even in the past it was mostly like smuggling through different areas. from the red sea or north africa or other countries. it doesn't seem to me it's possible now with all of the monitoring and alliances happening now against the houthis in the area, it seems to me that israel most likely will complete the job this time.

likely will complete the 'ob thistime.�* this time. how much of an im act this time. how much of an impact do _ this time. how much of an impact do you _ this time. how much of an impact do you think - this time. how much of an impact do you think all. this time. how much of an impact do you think all of| this time. how much of an i impact do you think all of this operation that israel is leading against the houthis will have in terms of the ceasefire, trying to negotiate for gaza? i ceasefire, trying to negotiate for gaza? ., �* ~' for gaza? i don't think it will im act for gaza? i don't think it will impact that _ for gaza? i don't think it will impact that much, _ for gaza? i don't think it will impact that much, as - for gaza? i don't think it will impact that much, as long i for gaza? i don't think it will| impact that much, as long as hamas could keep the hostage, it has the pressure card. there is nothing for hamas to lose more than this, so it seems to me that they will continue to push to get some kind of fair deal. what israelis want is the full surrender and defeat, which i don't think hamas is able to do at the moment. this is like a suicide for them. it seems to me that hamas will continue to push to get some kind of deal that can declare after the war some level of victory after all of this disaster.— victory after all of this disaster. ., ~ , ., disaster. thank you, indeed, forjoining — disaster. thank you, indeed, forjoining us. _ south korea's parliament will vote shortly on whether to impeach the acting president

han duck—soo less than two weeks since he was appointed as the country's political crisis continues. han is accused of helping aid president yoon suk yeol�*s short—lived attempt at martial law and refusing to appoint new justices to the constitutional court. the country's deputy prime minister has urged mps to reconsider the impeachment motion. at the same time, the constitutional court will meet to start a process that will ultimately determine whether president yoon will be formally impeached. prosecutors have six months to decide whether to reinstate yoon or remove him from office. live to seoul and our correspondentjean mckenzie. the political crisis seems to be getting deeper. tell us about the second impeachment attempt. about the second impeachment attem t. ., about the second impeachment attemt. ., ., , attempt. yeah, indeed it does. prime minister _ attempt. yeah, indeed it does. prime minister han _ attempt. yeah, indeed it does. prime minister han has - attempt. yeah, indeed it does. prime minister han has been . attempt. yeah, indeed it does. i prime minister han has been the acting president since president yoon was impeached but the parliament is voting later on whether to now impeach him as well. this is come from the opposition party. prime

minister han was supposed to be steadying the country. the constitutional court he ruled on whether president yoon should be permanently barred from office, a process that we think will take six months. at this huge row has erupted over whichjudges should this huge row has erupted over which judges should provide this huge row has erupted over whichjudges should provide —— preside over the hearing. the constitutional court should have nine judges constitutional court should have ninejudges but at constitutional court should have nine judges but at the moment it only has six. three positions are vacant. apolline had voted to approve three new judges take part and the prime minister had to rubberstamp them. the opposition party here which have a majority in parliament had hoped the prime minister was not going to stand in their way but yesterday, he said he would not approve these judges because the ruling party here did not agree to them and here did not agree to them and he felt something so important, there should be bipartisan support so it is at this point the opposition party decided to bring this motion to impeach him but as you say, it is fuelling the political instability here and people are nervous because there is just a total gridlock in

decision—making. korea's economy is suffering, the diplomacy has stalled and just today the korean currency hit its lowest point against the us dollar in years of this is having an impact on south korea and is making people nervous. tell us more about the constitutional court process for president yoon and how it will play out. it for president yoon and how it will play out-— will play out. it will depend, reall , will play out. it will depend, really. on — will play out. it will depend, really, on whether- will play out. it will depend, really, on whether these - will play out. it will depend, - really, on whether these judges are appointed. the court can rule with just six judges, it does not need the nine, but at least six need to vote to remove mr givan from office so it really changes the maths depending on whether you have six taking part or nine and this impeachment of the prime minister here today could really delay these proceedings ——mr yoon. the ruling party could choose to challenge the impeachment and the courts will then have to deal with this first, before they dealt with mr yoon�*s impeachment but it's important to know there is an for the ruling party to try to delay this. they want the

opposition leader to be disqualified for running for president when elections come around. he is facing a number of criminal trials and if he is found guilty would be barred from office. these need about six months to play out so both sides are working to this very different timeline. the opposition wants this to happen as quickly as possible so they can have mr lee, their candidate, run for president. the ruling party want him disqualified and that is in someway this political deadlock here in south korea's uncertainty.— here in south korea's uncertain ., . uncertainty. jean mackenzie, thank you — uncertainty. jean mackenzie, thank you for _ uncertainty. jean mackenzie, thank you for talking - uncertainty. jean mackenzie, thank you for talking us - thank you for talking us through the complexities of south korea. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

australia's prime minister anthony albanese has sent his condolences to the two people who were killed while taking part in the annual sydney to hobart yacht race. police say both crew members died in separate incidents on different boats after being hit by a boom — the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail.

the race, which began in sydney on thursday has continued with the first boats expected to arrive in the city of hobart — in tasmania — later on friday or early on saturday. several have already retired due to bad weather. david jacobs from the cruising yacht club of australia said it's a very sad day for the sport. the sailing community is a very close community and there is about a thousand sailors on the water in this race and to lose two in this fashion is just devastating. as i'm sure you all know, there were two separate boats and in both cases, we believe that the member of crew was hit by a broom. i have no other information as to how that came about in circumstances were. —— boom. our correspondent phil mercer is in sydney. a terrible thing to happen on what is a kind of flagship, isn't it, for the nation, that race? it

isn't it, for the nation, that race? , , ., race? it is, the sydney to hobart race _ race? it is, the sydney to hobart race covers - race? it is, the sydney to hobart race covers 628 i race? it is, the sydney to - hobart race covers 628 nautical miles, that's more than 1200 kilometres. this is one of the world's most compelling and challenging open ocean races. it goes from sydney, australia's most populous city, all the way down the eastern seaboard to the island state of tasmania. we have heard from the police and the last few hours, trying to piece together the information that the authorities have regarding these two fatalities. we know these two fatalities. we know the sailors who died in separate incidents on different boats were two australian men aged 55 and the other 65. the police believe that these men were hit by that boom, that horizontal pole at the bottom of a sale, during an attempt to change a sale on those vessels. in both of the boats have been impounded by the police as the investigation continues.

detectives say they are speaking to everyone on board those two boats as they compile a report for the coroner and, of course, the investigations will continue into the skill levels of the various sailors. the upshot of all of this is the authorities want to make sure firstly, they know what happened and why and secondly, what they can do to stop it happening again. phil mercer, thank you _ happening again. phil mercer, thank you indeed. _ investigations continue into the plane crash in kazakhstan on christmas day, which killed 38 people. a number of military experts have accused russia of shooting down the plane, mistaking it fora ukrainian drone, but moscow said it won't speculate on the claims. ellie price reports. the moment emergency services arrived at the wreckage site. the scale of the destruction clear. now, the rescue mission has turned into an investigation into what

happened. this footage was taken on board before the crash. though it's not clear how long before. the passenger filming notices some damage under the wing. back inside, despite oxygen masks and lifejackets being visible, those on board seem calm. experts will now try to piece together these clues.- experts will now try to piece together these clues. there are vafious together these clues. there are various reports. _ together these clues. there are various reports. one _ together these clues. there are various reports. one is - together these clues. there are various reports. one is a - together these clues. there are various reports. one is a bird i various reports. one is a bird strike that the plane crashed after hitting a flock of birds. a second theory is that because the plane may have been diverted, the russians were not sure what the aircraft was — and this is an area that has experienced migratory strikes from ukraine and is the response anti—aircraft fire may have been directed towards his aircraft. at this point, ijust think we don't have the facts. but russia has warned against demoting what it called

hypotheses about the cause of the crash with president putin simply paying tribute to those who lost their lives. translation: ., translation: plane crashed. there were — translation: plane crashed. there were people _ translation: plane crashed. there were people killed. - translation: plane crashed. | there were people killed. there are many injured. i would like to express my condolences to the families of the casualties and all of the injured. and let's hope for their recovery. 38 people died in the crash. azerbaijan marked it with a day of national mourning and now, more details of the victims have been released. the bodies of some returned to baku, the loved ones only at the beginning of their grief. ellie price, bbc news. the national trust has warned that many of its properties are at risk from increasingly extreme weather caused by climate change with recent storms and flooding damaging estates across england and wales. our climate editor justin rowlatt has been to bodnant national park in north wales to see the results of high winds earlier this month. storm diribe tour down more

than 30 mature trees as it ripped through the gardens north wales earlier this month this place is one of the national trust's, one of the uk's finest collections of trees. ned lomax is head gardener here at bodnant. people just come down one by one like dominoes. he people just come down one by one like dominoes.— people just come down one by one like dominoes. he says many ofthe one like dominoes. he says many of the loss _ one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees _ one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees are _ one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees are 150 - one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees are 150 years - of the loss trees are 150 years old or more. they have weathered quite a few storms. it comes just two years after storm arwen which caused even more damage. lode storm arwen which caused even more damage-— more damage. we have seen storms like — more damage. we have seen storms like this _ more damage. we have seen storms like this far _ more damage. we have seen storms like this far more - storms like this far more frequently. it seems they are more severe and come close together as well. we used to call them once in a generational storms but the garden team who have worked here for many years remember a similar storm back in the 80s and then these two, i and darrough put together three years apart have really knocked sideways. == years apart have really knocked sidewa s. �* ., sideways. -- arwen and. it isn'tjust— sideways. -- arwen and. it isn't just the _ sideways. -- arwen and. it isn't just the loss - sideways. -- arwen and. it isn't just the loss of - isn'tjust the loss of important trees to gardens,

clearing up the mess will cost thousands of pounds and will take months. a free manner in wiltshire is still closed after heavy rain injanuary because it's a flood for the first time in 300 years. it isn'tjust storms that are reshaping national trust estates. kizzee, 2024 is said to be the hottest on record globally but here in the uk, we have not seen the kind of record heat we got back in 2022. warm and wet — that is the hallmark of 2024's whether here in the uk and it is another year at a blurring between the seasons. so the transitions in temperature and weather between, say, winter and spring and spring and summer have become less pronounced, says the national trust. ben mccarthy is in

charge of nature conservation at the trust.— at the trust. generally, what we are seeing _ at the trust. generally, what we are seeing is _ at the trust. generally, what we are seeing is a _ at the trust. generally, what we are seeing is a trend - at the trust. generally, what l we are seeing is a trend away from these big seasonal kind of triggers for nature and the ecosystems it forms, working well. we're also seeing really strange weather patterns. example, we have snow a few weeks ago followed by days of kind of balmy weather in kind of the low kind of teens and if you are an animal going into hibernation, this causes chaos to your kind of natural rhythms. to your kind of natural rhythm-— to your kind of natural rh hms. ., ., ., rhythms. the damage here at bodnant should _ rhythms. the damage here at bodnant should have - rhythms. the damage here at bodnant should have been . bodnant should have been cleared by this summer. the question now is what to plant in place of the lost trees. the garden is hearsay the priority is trees that will be able to withstand the climate in 150 years' time — different species, betterable years' time — different species, better able to cope with the weather extremes we can expect them. justin rowlatt, bbc news, north wales.

let's get some of the day's other news now. the german parliament will be formally dissolved later ahead of a general election in february. chancellor olaf scholz lost a confidence vote earlier this month, two months after his coalition government collapsed. his social democratic party has been trailing heavily in opinion polls. moscow's ambassador to beijing says china's president xijinping will make a trip to russia next year. the two countries have become increasingly close allies in recent years with china offering support to moscow in its military operation in ukraine. china's foreign ministry has yet to confirm the trip. here in the uk, a 49—year—old man from milton keynes is being questioned by police after two women were stabbed to death on christmas day. the incident happened in the nearby town of bletchley. a man and a teenage boy were also injured in the attack. the streets of modern cities are becoming ever more crowded and, for some, ever more dangerous. thousands of cyclists are killed or injured every year, and the most vulnerable

people can be children. in mexico city, a group of parents have decided to do something about it — as tim allman explains. the pushbike song. they call this a white bus. a little convoy of children and parents pedalling their way through the streets of the city. they are operating under the age old and does there is safety in numbers. translation: i noticed many families are arriving at my daughter's school by bike. many more families than usual. i thought we should organise ourselves to come altogether by bike and set “p come altogether by bike and set up a bike bus. you come altogether by bike and set up a bike hue— up a bike bus. you look so re . up a bike bus. you look so pretty- as _ up a bike bus. you look so pretty- as you _ up a bike bus. you look so pretty. as you were - up a bike bus. you look so pretty. as you were riding | pretty. as you were riding aloud _ pretty. as you were riding alonu. ., , pretty. as you were riding alon.. . along. parents accompany their

children to _ along. parents accompany their children to school, _ along. parents accompany their children to school, ensuring - children to school, ensuring they get there safely. according to one government body, in 2022 more than 100 cycles were killed in mexico. the hope is the bike bus will raise awareness for other road users. translation: for raise awareness for other road users. translation: for me, the most important — users. translation: for me, the most important challenge - users. translation: for me, the most important challenge is - users. translation: for me, the most important challenge is the i most important challenge is the lack of knowledge of car drivers about the law. we can occupy the entire lane if there is no bicycle lane and drivers have to give us space. i realise there are laws that help cyclists and protect them. around round, wheels going round — around round, wheels going round and come around. this is still a fairly _ round and come around. this is still a fairly small _ round and come around. this is still a fairly small scale - still a fairly small scale operation but more people are joining all the time. it promotes safety, awareness and regular exercise. as one safety campaigner put it, they are not just cyclists, they are heroes. tim allman, bbc news. let's bring you up to date with

the events in south korea where the events in south korea where the political crisis has been deepening. the opposition party is saying it will go ahead with a plan to impeach the acting president hamdok sue in order to eradicate what it says helping people responsible for insurrection —— —han duck—soo.. diriyah has been shot recently ljy diriyah has been shot recently by an attempt to crack down in south korea, the president at the time decided to impose, wanted to impose martial law than there was a decision to impeach him and that process is going ahead but in the meantime, the opposition says the current acting leader also needs to be impeached so quite complicated and we are keeping an eye on that for you throughout the day. stay with us here on bbc news. back shortly. goodbye for now. hello there. the stagnant air at the moment is trapping a lot of misty low

cloud and fog across our shores and it feels quite chilly because it's damp as well — only six or seven during the day on thursday. a similar story as we head through friday. some of that fog could linger all day in places and give some hazardous conditions on the roads with those very poor visibilities. as i say, it's because we've got this area of high pressure with us. it's trapping that low level cloud. further north, yes, we've got a weather front with us that's given some more persistent rain across scotland in particular, some parts of northern ireland, but it's trapping that really cold air to the north and it's with us once again as we go through the remainder of the night. where we have breaks in the cloud, temperatures will dip close to freezing and also fill in with more mist and fog in these areas. so, again, another really grey and murky start for many of us on friday under this area of high pressure. we might find a little bit more breeze picking up in the north, which means that that may aid the lifting of the mist and fog here, and some brighter weather developing to the east of the grampians but not promised here.

perhaps a little brighter in northern ireland but again, parts of the northeast of england, north wales, more favoured for some brighter breaks but for many of us, it's just grey, misty and it'll feel quite damp again, i think — just really light, nuisance—value drizzle keeping it at sevens and eights in places. some of that fog, even on relatively low hills such as the chilterns and the downs, lingering all day. then, as we go through the night, friday night into saturday, we do start to see that weather front making progress further south across scotland, so introducing some clearer skies in the north. but it's the same as usual, business as usual further south — it's misty, murky, grey and dank, so temperatures generally above freezing by night. and on saturday, that weather front promises to introduce a bit of patchy rain further south, across northern england, northern ireland but to the north of it, it means brighter skies but with some showers. a little bit wintry over the hills. still that cloudy, misty, murky weather further south. perhaps a few breaks developing as we head into sunday but we do have to wait probably until next week to get

the really cold air filtering back southwards once again and with it potential for some really turbulent weather as well. but by sunday, we might see a few more brighter breaks in the south. instead, in the north, some heavier rain and perhaps some hill snow, too. more online. iceland, a country of wild beauty and dramatic contrasts. less known is its increasingly equal society. i think it's in her blood. yeah. she laughs it's the only country in the world to have closed more than 90% of its gender gap — from education, to child care, to equal pay. women and girls enjoy

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