only a few days in the job. han duck—soc confirmed he will step aside to avoid more turmoil. people living in the south of sudan's capital, khartoum, have welcomed the first convoy of food aid since civil war broke out last year. israel warns its "just getting started" against the houthi rebels in yemen after airstrikes kill at least six people. and we'll hearfrom a project to get more children to school in nigeria. hello, i'm ben brown. we start in south korea, where the political crisis has deepened in the last few hours after mps voted to impeach the acting president.

there was chaos in parliament. a majority of lawmakers voted in favour of impeaching han duck—soo — less than two weeks after he was appointed to the leadership, following the impeachment of former president yoon suk yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law. han is accused of aiding and abetting that attempt and also of blocking the appointment of three judges that parliament had chosen to oversee the case against the former president. this man — choi sang—mok — the finance minister— will now become south korea's third president in two weeks. in the past few minutes, he's said the government has ordered the military to step up vigilance amid fears north korea could take advantage of the political situation. our correspondentjean mackenzie has more from seoul.

this is the opposition party that had voted to impeach the prime minister han 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, angry 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 parliament had had chosen to oversee the yoon impeachment trial. this is the court case that

will ultimately decide whether yoon suk yeol should be barred 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 this does is deepen 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 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 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 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. it's having a real—world impact on their lives and they ask where does this end because if the finance minister comes in and he also decides not to 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. important political developments in germany. we see the president there on his feet

and he has announced in the last few minutes a snap election will be held on the 23rd of february. it's after chancellor olaf scholz recently lost a confidence vote in parliament. for more, i'm joined in the studio by lauren taylor. tell us what has been going on in germany. tell us what has been going on in germany-— in germany. this is confirmation - in germany. this is confirmation that l in germany. this is l confirmation that we in germany. this is - confirmation that we were expecting that parliament has been dissolved and an election will take place. this is after the collapse of the ruling coalition and olaf scholz had cold a vote of no confidence and he wanted to trigger the process which would lead to new elections. olaf scholz is lagging behind in the polls, his rival in the opinion polls but it's the traditional parties have always been very

powerful in germany but the support has been eaten away by the radical left and radical left on both sides and germany is ready and, as you remember, from the attack only a short time ago on the christmas market in magdeburg on the right—wing party, the afd has been dry to capitalise on the anger in the aftermath of that, turning on the german government and its immigration policies even though the suspect appears to have supported the afd and was anti—islamic. supported the afd and was anti-islamic.— anti-islamic. this matters because — anti-islamic. this matters because germany - anti-islamic. this matters because germany is - anti-islamic. this matters because germany is one l anti-islamic. this matters| because germany is one of anti-islamic. this matters - because germany is one of the key powerhouses and economies in europe. alongside france. which is also in the group of political turmoil and instability.— political turmoil and instabili . ., . instability. correct. the german _ instability. correct. the german economy - instability. correct. the german economy has l instability. correct. the - german economy has been stagnating, they will be worried about this, the economy has not been growing and there is a survey from the german business association which says

most of the current members think the current situation is worse than 12 months ago and they remain pessimistic about they remain pessimistic about the coming year, saying the economy will not get off the ground in 2025. so one of the issues in this election is whether they can tackle the debt break on how much the government could borrow and thatis government could borrow and that is one issue which collapsed the government before so it's interesting to see whether they can tackle this again because of they could they could invest in infrastructure and the military, that sort of thing. the cost of living, immigration, these are both bound to be two big issues. thank you very much. 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. these are pictures of food trucks being unloaded in khartoum on thursday. the delivery of supplies 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. experts warn that the country is sliding into a "widening famine crisis" that has been marked by worsening starvation and a surge in acute malnutrition. duaa tariq volunteers for a local community initiative, emergency response rooms, which has been helping with the distribution of food aid. 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. how much aid has

been delivered, what are the figures? right now, 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 aid 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. how bad is the situation and how badly needed 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 it cannot cover the situation, we only offer one meal a day and that is catastrophic for the entire population, especially the children. do you think further aid supplies will be able to get through? what is the situation and what makes it hard to get aid to khartoum? so 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.

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. it comes as one of the last functioning hospitals in northern gaza has been forcibly evacuated by the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say airstrikes overnight that targeted the area killed 50 people. the head of the nursing

department at the hospital told the bbc the israeli army had given them army had given them a 15 minute warning to evacuate patients and staff into the courtyard. the israeli army subsequently entered the hospital and has been removing the patients that remained. israel has not commented on the evacuation. let's speak to our correspondent in jerusalem, emir nader. this is a hospital very much in the news over the past few months? it the news over the past few months?— months? it started issuing desnerate _ months? it started issuing desperate pleas _ months? it started issuing desperate pleas in - months? it started issuing desperate pleas in recentl months? it started issuing - desperate pleas in recent weeks saying their hospital has been hit repeatedly by the israeli military on various departments of its hospital. we have heard previously from an israeli official who said they intended to relocate the hospital, staff and patients to another hospital that itself has been

evacuated earlier this week. the hospital is one of the last remaining hospitals in this area of gaza, and total siege has almost been achieved, restricting the delivery of aid supplies to the area. we spoke to some medical staff this morning who as you say described it around 7am this morning, explaining that only patients and staff must leave. the removal of patients including those in intensive care, medicalstaff including those in intensive care, medical staff tell us they need specialist equipment in order to be moved and we haven't heard of any injuries during the evacuation but it comes after the air strikes in the vicinity of the hospital which the director of the hospital said has led to 50 deaths including five medical staff. the israeli army say

they are unaware that there were strikes in the vicinity of the hospital but they are looking into staff being killed. �* , looking into staff being killed. , ., looking into staff being killed. �* , ., , looking into staff being killed. , ., , , killed. briefly. gaza is 'ust one theatre i killed. briefly. gaza is 'ust one theatre that i killed. briefly. gaza is 'ust one theatre that the h killed. briefly. gaza isjust| one theatre that the israeli military is fighting in as well as yemen. bring us up to date, please. as yemen. bring us up to date, lease. ~ ., , as yemen. bring us up to date, lease. ~ . , , please. we have seen this escalation _ please. we have seen this escalation in _ please. we have seen this escalation in what - please. we have seen this escalation in what was - escalation in what was previously a sort of marginal dimension of the israeli support now coming front and centre of this operation. missiles and drones have been targeted towards israel. one strike at the weekend led to the injury of a number of people in tel aviv, i6 the injury of a number of people in tel aviv, 16 people there in tel aviv, on yesterday evening we saw this very heavy series of strikes and the main

airport, other public facilities in yemen, the us is covering them are calling for restraint saying public infrastructure in yemen is extremely delightful for bleeding much—needed eight much—needed aid. the language is that they intend to escalate their campaign. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

thank you forjoining us. now it's time for a look at today's sport. liverpool's seven point lead at the top of the english premier league is by no means mathematically decisive.

mo salah says their position �*feels different�*. the forward has also reminded his team to stay humble after their victory on boxing day extended their advantage. salah scored the final goal of liverpool's 3—1 win over leicester at anfield which coupled with chelsea's late defeat to local rivals fulham took his side further ahead of the chasing pack on whom they also have a game in hand. so liverpool benefited from chelsea's slip up. arsenal can do the same later on friday. their match against ipswich is one of the two today. arteta's side finished thursday behind nottingham forest... but can overtake both them and chelsea with a win at the emirates. arsenal will have to manage without the injured bukayo saka you will have to manage without any other players but we will do it with positive energy, thatis do it with positive energy,

that is it. a late flurry of wickets has given australia control of the boxing day test in melbourne with india more than 300 runs behind after day two. replying to the home side's first innings score of a74 built on the back of steve smith's 34th test century. india started well, a chaotic run out then the wicket of virat kohli started a mini collapse in which the tourists lost three batters for just six runs leaving them in trouble at 164 for 5. it was celebrated particularly by australian teenager sam konstas who was barged into by kohli when he was batting on debut yesterday leading to a fine for the indian player. meanwhile day two in centurion as well for the opening test between south africa and pakistan. the home side are replying to pakistan's 211 all out. aiden markram to thank for their recovery from 66 for 3,

at lunch they're 180 for 5, 31 behind. iga swiatek said she feared losing herfans after her positive doping case was revealed earlier this year. the five—time grand slam champion failed an out—of—competition drug test in august but tennis' integrity unit accepted her explanation that the result was unintentional and caused by the contamination of a different substance she was taking to help jet lag and sleeping issues. swiatek accepted a one—month suspension in november overall the reaction in poland has been pretty supportive, people did not know why it was not so easy so the information about my case, i was scared that most of the people would turn their back on me but i felt the support and it's great. it was a day of last—gasp finishes on dramatic night in the nba as four games were decided in the final 10 seconds while the atlanta hawks scored 50 points in the final quarter of their game to come from 17 points down to stun the chicago bulls. meanwhile, in indiana

the oklahoma city thunder came from 15 points down to beat the pacers for their ninth straight win. shay gilgeous—alexander was the star of the show as he led the way for the thunder with a career—high equalling 45 points. he also added eight rebounds and seven assists as the thunder took the win 120 to 114. and that's all the sport for now. but there is much more on the website. here ferrous with all of the sports news there for you. 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. i am here to learn. the place is so nice.

in 2018, i started teaching students for free. initially, we started with 30 and they have grown up to 300. 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 the children in the area and i don't know what else to do but i gathered them and i was teaching them and we need to get them quality education and my father says even if it gives me one millionaire today, you cannot take that education from me. children on the streets without any care, going to school, just loitering around. my village was attacked and during the crisis i lost my dad and i was 14 years old.

me and my elderj brother escaped. my dad was killed and my mother was in the neighbouring house i and they shot her there. i was not going to school. she started with lessons, healing trauma. i was 18, and i thought it- would not be possible for me to pass the exams but i thought that a lesson would _ help me go a long way. sometimes you sit down because everyone around you, you feel like giving up but then school comes and it is encouragement. after that incident, this lady, she is a mother to me. - she is the only person who showed _ she is the only person who showed an— she is the only person who showed an interest - she is the only person who showed an interest in - she is the only person who i showed an interest in helping me —

aside from the academics we have specialist emotional training classes to give people a level of confidence. the foundation aims to have two schools in africa, when we can replicate the same things here. i want to study medicine. i want to be a nurse because i have a great passion for it and i want to help the patients, those less privileged because i know how it makes us feel and be. when i got a call from one of the students who said i passed and i did my work, it gives me a sense of belonging, fulfilment and excitement. the latest on dry to get my children into school in nigeria. hello. the fairly mild spell of weather is set to continue

through today and for many of us through the weekend. we have mist and fog and for some of us the fog will linger all day especially over higher ground. high pressure keeping things largely dry and settled. this system causing problems over the north of scotland and with the pressure there from the atlantic, not much of a breeze to lift the cloud so it is pretty murky in central and southern areas, in particular some bright or sunny skies. the rain sitting across the far north—west of scotland, temperatures 7 or 8 degrees. tonight, rain will extend across the north west of scotland, mist and fog forming especially in england and wales so saturday morning is murky for many. temperatures between 4 and 9 degrees. on saturday, another similar day for england and wales, some breaks in the cloud

over higher ground. this waving front sits across central scotland and northern ireland, some brighter spells across the north of scotland bringing showers in the north—west, temperatures between 7—11 degrees. the second half of the weekend sees the weather front pushing further south, squeezing the isobars through monday in scotland. perhaps some sunny spells and getting warmer at 10 or 11 degrees. the rain is persistent across scotland and we see more wet weather, some snow over the higher ground perhaps, turning colder across the north, 2 degrees in lerwick. furthersouth, it's mostly dry and settled, with variable amounts of cloud. the colder air in the north could work south heading towards wednesday, new year's eve, potentially some unsettled weather with the colder blast

so still fairly mild as we start next week, wet and windy in the middle of the week and colder at the end of next week. goodbye!

now on bbc news, time to look back at the year in sport.

2024 was an extraordinary 12 months of sport. a year dominated by some of the very biggest showpiece events. we had a men's euros in germany, where england came so close, and a paralympics and olympics in paris, where great britain once again excelled. achievements honoured here at the year ending bbc sports personality of the year. more on that later. but 2024 was also a year where some of british sport's biggest stars took theirfinal bows. the likes ofjemmy anderson, andy murray, tom daly and laura kenny to name just a few. but the year was also for new, exciting sporting talent.