south korean mps vote to impeach the acting president after less than two weeks in the role. han duck—soo confirmed he will step aside to avoid more chaos. the region is plunged into political crisis. there were chaotic scenes in the chamber as members of the ruling party boycotted the vote. in other headlines. benjamin netanyahu warns israel is "just getting started" against the houthi rebels in yemen after airstrikes kill at least six people. people living in the south of sudan's capital, khartoum, have welcomed the first convoy of food aid since civil war broke out in april last year. two sailors have been killed whilst taking part in australia's annual sydney to hobart yacht race.

hello. we start with breaking news from south korea where mps have voted to impeach the acting president. there were chaotic scenes as protests broke out as voting started in the parliament building. a majority of parliamentarians voted in favour of charging han duck—soo less than two weeks after he was appointed, as the country's political crisis continues. han is accused of helping aid president yoon suk yoel�*s short—lived attempt at martial law, and refusing to appoint newjustices to the constitutional court.

this man — choi sang—mok — the finance minister— will now become south korea's third president in two weeks. live to seoul and our correspondentjean mackenzie. absolute chaos. tell us what this means for south korea. incredible scenes that you saw there. this is the opposition party that had voted to impeach the prime minister who stood in as president ever since the former president yoon suk yeol was impeached. the opposition party had a huge majority in parliament which made they had been able to get the vote through but when the members of the ruling party, they were the ones that got to their feet, surrounded the speaker of the house, started shouting at him, that he even allowed this vote to go ahead, such is the political animosity of the two parties, total political gridlock in the country. how

did we get here? in the last couple of days the row erupted between the opposition parties and the prime minister han duck—soo who refused to appoint the judges duck—soo who refused to appoint thejudges parliament duck—soo who refused to appoint the judges parliament had chosen to oversee the impeachment trial. this is the court case that will ultimately decide whether president yoon suk yeol should be bored for good or reinstated and by blocking these appointments the president is being protected and they say he is no longer fit to run the country and what this means is the finance ministry takes over, and now the third in command but all the third in command but all the stars is deep and is the political vacuum here in south korea and there is uncertainty that has been played out since president yoon suk yeol unleashed this uncertainty by imposing martial law. this has . lobal imposing martial law. this has global consequences - imposing martial law. this has global consequences because | global consequences because south korea is an important

global economy and political turmoil means economic programmes and the currency we know is on the slide. it programmes and the currency we know is on the slide.— know is on the slide. it does and the allies _ know is on the slide. it does and the allies and _ know is on the slide. it does and the allies and partners | know is on the slide. it does | and the allies and partners of south korea, us and european countries have been looking on, wondering what is happening and it's come at a date diplomatically interesting time for south korea because it is awaiting the return of donald trump which could be unsettling and yet very little attention is going into preparing for that, thinking about what could and should happen and then there is the economy, that is suffering. today the south korean currency reached its lowest level against the dollar since the financial crisis, 16 years ago and people here are nervous. is having a real—world impact on their lives and they ask where does this end because if the finance minister comes in and he decides not to approve thejudges? the

approve the judges? the opposition approve thejudges? the opposition could vote to impeach him as well and this could continue until essentially south korea does not have a functioning government.- not have a functioning covernment. , ., not have a functioning covernment. , . ., government. many thanks. that is the latest _ government. many thanks. that is the latest from _ government. many thanks. that is the latest from seoul - government. many thanks. that is the latest from seoul in - is the latest from seoul in south korea. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has warned that his country is �*just getting started' against the houthis in yemen after israeli 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 organisation, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was caught up in the strikes, which happened close to a flight he was boarding at the airport in the capital, sanaa. there were also explosions in the red sea port of hodeida. a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent injerusalem, emir nader, who told me more about the escalation between israel —

and the houthis in yemen. just over the past week, we've seen this real escalation in the missile... the number of missiles fired by the houthi rebels in yemen towards israel, and indeed, israel's response, the strikes that we saw yesterday by the israeli air force on various sites in yemen, including its main international airport in the capital, sana'a, on ports on the red sea and on energy infrastructure has led to the death of around around six people. it is being reported. the secretary general of the united nations has is calling for restraint. he said that the strikes on public infrastructure are especially alarming because yemen is obviously a country which has been suffering for many years and is over 80% of the population there are dependent on aid. but for the israeli military and political establishment, they're seeing this now as a real central element

of a central focus of their, of their calculations, their war campaigns. with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, saying that they intend to go after the leaders of the houthi rebels and to that, their campaign is just getting started. now, the houthi rebels there in yemen, some 1200 miles from where i'm standing, launched their campaign, uh, in what they say is out of solidarity with the palestinian people in gaza, sending hundreds of missiles and rockets towards israel over the past year. it's led to also us and uk militaries, airforces being involved in the coalition, striking houthi targets in yemen. but as we've heard from the prime minister here in israel, it looks like this campaign is just getting started on the israeli side. and it shows you just how much the war in gaza is still continuing to reverberate around the region. let s get some of the day s other news now.

a north korean soldier captured by ukrainian forces has reportedly died due to his wounds. the soldier is believed to be the first north korean prisoner of war captured since december — when pyongyang deployed forces to support russia's war in ukraine. 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. a 49—year—old man is being held on suspicion

of murder after two women died from suspected stab wounds. it happened in the bletchley area of milton keynes on christmas day. a teenage boy and a man were seriously injured in the same incident, and a dog was also killed. news correspondent zoe o'brien is at the scene and gave us this update on the investigation. it's a quiet and cold morning here on santa cruz avenue in bletchley, but we've already seen more police arrive in the last half an hour. they are, of course, now 36 hours into a double murder investigation. well, we know that they were called at 6:30pm just after 630 on christmas day to reports of a stabbing. sadly, at the scene, a 38—year—old woman and a 24—year—old woman were pronounced dead. and as you say, two males also injured. the teenage boy and a man in his late 20s.

now they have been described as being in a stable condition. now police here working around the clock, but yesterday keen to reassure the public that this although it's hugely concerning, dci stuart browning said that actually he believes that they were known to one another and they're not looking for anybody other than the 49—year—old man at this time. now the community here really in shock. they off camera to my left there there is a play park that the apartment blocks face out onto and flowers have been tied to the railings. a dog toy, as you mentioned there. a dog was also injured and later died. there's been flowers left. teddy bears left. people... one woman saying that her whole family has been left heartbroken by what they can see out of their window. of course, the 49—year—old man today remains in custody. people living in sudan's capital, khartoum, have welcomed the first convoy of food aid to arrive since the break—out of civil war in april last year. the delivery was arranged by united nations agencies and local sudanese support

groups, who negotiated with the warring sides. although aid has reached other parts of the country since the start of the war, more than 2a million people are in urgent need of food aid that's about half of the entire population. for more on this, let's cross over to khartoum to speak to duaa tariq. she works for a local community initiative, emergency response rooms, which has been helping with the distribution of food aid. thank you so much forjoining us and tell us how much this aid is needed.— aid is needed. thank you for havin: aid is needed. thank you for having me — aid is needed. thank you for having me and _ aid is needed. thank you for having me and for _ aid is needed. thank you for having me and for the - having me and for the opportunity. in khartoum we are in desperate need, we have been trying in so many ways but the only way to help reduce the famine in khartoum right now is

to receive this aid.— to receive this aid. how much aid has been _ to receive this aid. how much aid has been delivered, - to receive this aid. how much aid has been delivered, what| aid has been delivered, what are the figures?— aid has been delivered, what are the figures? right now, the aid we received _ are the figures? right now, the aid we received is _ are the figures? right now, the aid we received is for _ are the figures? right now, the aid we received is for the - aid we received is for the first time in south khartoum which is the most and one of the most affected areas, areas have received a before but this is the first time the aid has come to our area in the south. this aid will hopefully help around 15,000 families. and there is a need for the kids from unicef that are supposed to help around 200,000 children.— children. how bad is the situation _ children. how bad is the situation and _ children. how bad is the situation and how- children. how bad is the situation and how badly| children. how bad is the - situation and how badly needed is this aid? irate situation and how badly needed is this aid?— is this aid? we have a very severe case _ is this aid? we have a very severe case of— is this aid? we have a very| severe case of malnutrition here, dozens of children who

have died from malnutrition. we are trying to intervene but we cannot do anything because we need these ready meals to support the children. and after the collapse of the health system we cannot operate and help in a few hospitals, there is no capacity to help those with malnutrition and many people depend on this aid but for 20 cannot cover the situation, we only offer one meal a day and that is catastrophic for the entire population, especially the children. do population, especially the children-— population, especially the children. ~ children. do you think further aid sunplies _ children. do you think further aid supplies will— children. do you think further aid supplies will be _ children. do you think further aid supplies will be able - children. do you think further aid supplies will be able to i aid supplies will be able to get through? what is the situation on what makes it hard to get issue to khartoum? so man to get issue to khartoum? sr many obstacles. we've been working along with organisations and partners to

organise the arrival of the trucks for almost five months! a lot of ups and downs to get the permits from the military side, and organise control of an area, to secure safe routes and across all villages we will now be able to provide a safe read. the security situation, the ongoing battles, the make hard for the trucks to move and the local conflict between the civilians in the area, a lot of obstacles and the safety of the truck drivers themselves, the

people that helped arrange this. ., ~ people that helped arrange this. . ~ , ., people that helped arrange this. . ~ . people that helped arrange this. . . ~ this. thank you so much. a local community _ this. thank you so much. a local community initiative l local community initiative there in khartoum, thank you for being with us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

"they're not real": that was conservative leader kemi badenoch's response to the claim by nigel farage — that his political party — reform uk — now has more members than hers. the pair have clashed over the numbers which kemi badenoch claims are fake. a digital tracker on reform's website shows reform's membership to have overtaken the figure declared by the conservatives. badenoch said reform's counter was "coded to tick—up automatically".

farage said he would "gladly invite" a firm to audit his party's membership — as long as the conservatives did the same. with me is our political reporter — shelley phelps. a bit ofa a bit of a squabble to mark the festive period to mark the conservative party and the reform party in the uk so why did this happen.— did this happen. let's reflect on reform — did this happen. let's reflect on reform uk _ did this happen. let's reflect on reform uk and _ did this happen. let's reflect on reform uk and how- did this happen. let's reflect on reform uk and how they i did this happen. let's reflect - on reform uk and how they burst onto the scene. the aim they say is to replace the conservatives, they said they took inspiration from what happened to the conservatives in canada and one of the key issues they campaigned at the general election on was immigration so that's a backdrop to the row taking place. nigel farage posting this tweet on boxing day saying they had overtaken the

conservatives in terms of membership.— conservatives in terms of membership. conservatives in terms of membershi. ., , ., . ., , ., membership. lots of claims and counter claims _ membership. lots of claims and counter claims about _ membership. lots of claims and counter claims about the - counter claims about the technicalities of who has got more members?— technicalities of who has got more members? . ., more members? nigel farage said the had more members? nigel farage said they had hit _ more members? nigel farage said they had hit almost _ more members? nigel farage said they had hit almost 132,000, - they had hit almost 132,000, slightly more than the conservatives had their membership at the last time they held a leadership election but memberships can be quite difficult to compare. there is a fee forjoining parties that can be different and you can have a difference of tiers and types of membership so the other thing is membership does not always correlate to electoral success. not always correlate to electoralsuccess. in not always correlate to electoral success. injeremy corbyn was in charge of the labour party there were talks about membership increasing but that did not stop them being defeated at the general election. it defeated at the general election-— defeated at the general election. . , , , election. it matters because many analysts _ election. it matters because many analysts so _ election. it matters because many analysts so the - election. it matters because| many analysts so the reform party is posing an existential threat to the conservative

party, one of the oldest parties in the world. and now you've got elon musk, the richest man in the world, talking to reform uk and the speculation he might make some huge financial donations to them? i huge financial donations to them? ~ ., �* , huge financial donations to them? ~ ., v , huge financial donations to them? ~ i, . them? i think that's why since them? i think that's why since the general — them? i think that's why since the general election _ them? i think that's why since the general election we - them? i think that's why since the general election we have l them? i think that's why since | the general election we have a new dynamic in the parliament and in british politics, reform uk of mps there. various reports about donations which may or may not happen from elon musk, nigel farage said he has beenin musk, nigel farage said he has been in negotiations with elon musk and that mr musk wants to help the party and we have not heard anything from him on that. there are us citizens and there are rules and donations around that and there's a suggestion whether donations can be made through the british arm of x. we don't know if that will happen but people will be watching in 2025 and another

dynamic, will be watching while donald trump is in the white house and the dynamic there. lots to look out for in the new year. investigations continue into what caused the plane crash in kazakhstan on christmas day, in which 38 people died. a number of military experts have accused russia of shooting down the plane, after mistaking it for a ukrainian drone. moscow however — is playing down the speculation — with the kremlin saying it would be wrong to put forward any hypothesis before the investigation concludes. australia's prime minister anthony albanese has sent his condolences to the two people who were killed whilst 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. un figures suggest one out of every five children who's not attending school around the world, lives in nigeria. one woman is on a mission to reverse the trend by starting a free education initiative. she's helped children including noro and edward, who both dropped out of school after losing their parents to violence. they now hope to study medicine — and nursing — at university. lam here i am here to learn. the place is so — i am here to learn. the place is so nice _ i am here to learn. the place is so nice. in i am here to learn. the place is so nice-— is so nice. in 2019! started teaching — is so nice. in 2019! started teaching students. - is so nice. in 2019! started| teaching students. initially is so nice. in 2019! started - teaching students. initially we started with 30 and they have

grown up to 300. some want to study medicine, some want to study medicine, some want to study engineering. i was posted to a school and i come here to teach, and it opened my eyes to the realities that children face in rural communities and how most girls do not want to go to school, they do not have a desire. coming down to this rural area, it was broken down, it breaks my heart. i gather that the 1545 00:22:53