the fbi's has no connections between the new orleans attack and a tesla cybertruck exploding in las vegas. hello, i'm steve lai. officials in south korea are trying to arrest the president of his attempt to impose martial law. investigators that were left with no choice but to an arrest after yoon l to comply with multiple requests for questioning. the rest is proving difficult. this is the scene outside of the presidential residence. you can see lots of police personnel and vehicles as well lining the streets keeping a close eye on the situation and are poured

say 120 officers and 30 officials are attempting to make the arrest and are at the door of the residence trying to get in. the securities him making it difficult. officials already have gone past a military unit protecting the president and hundreds of supporters gathered outside his residence. our correspondent gave us this update from outside the residence. this started before we even woke up this morning. by the time we woke up there was a huge police presence in the capital and they cordoned off the roads leading to president yoon�*s address. there were dozens of police buses, thousands of officers on the street. it was about eight o'clock that the first officers went up to the residence to make the arrest. we know at first they were blocked by military officials guarding his compound but they are now managed to get

past them and they are up against the doors of president yoon�*s house trying to get in. we can see from the pictures but they are being blocked by the presidential security service who are refusing to open the doors and let the officers go in and make the arrest. we have been seeing live images through the morning but this is the first time i think in the last hour or so we heard the protesters voices and i can tell it is hard for you to hear what i am saying. if you can tell us more about what his supporters have been saying and how authorities are managing the situation with them? these protesters, some have been out here since the arrest warrant was issued. they have surrounded the residence from different directions and they say they are out here to also try and stop the president being arrested. they are riled up and they are angry and what they are said to us this morning is now been echoing some of these

conspiracy periods that president yoon alluded to when he tried to place the country under martial law. the first one is the elections held last year were wrecked, the second one was the country has been infiltrated by these pro—north korean forces. these ideas have really taken hold among his supporters the past month. even though most of the country here is still very upset about the decision to try and place the country under martial law, this core of his supporters have stayed loyal and they are even being railed up by the president himself who came out a couple days ago with this letter to them and thanked them or trying to protect him and the country, he said. they really feel they are here doing this duty, trying to protect south korea. and we can see how fired up they are, we can hear it as well but give us the context stop the majority of south koreans are in favour of impeaching and removing president yoon from office?

yes, they are. president yoon was impeached three weeks ago by the parliament, so he has been suspended from office. he has been stripped of all his powers and the majority of people supported that decision, the majority also wants him to be arrested but this is totally uncharted situation or south korea, they have never had to deal with this before because this as you say is the first time a sitting president has ever faced an arrest and that is why the situation is now so unclear. he is still being protected by his security team so that is why we see the stand—off this morning. people are questioning whether he should still be protected by his security team given that law enforcement officers are trying to exercise and carry out a legal arrest warrant. jean mckenzie speaking from soul. and when kim is a senior fellow at the centre for

strategic studies, shejoins fellow at the centre for strategic studies, she joins us more for this. give me your first reaction when you woke up this morning and you saw was about to transpire with police and investigators getting ready to go in and try to arrest yoon? �* ., , , ., yoon? before the news broke out there had been already _ yoon? before the news broke out there had been already concernsl there had been already concerns about how the arrest warrants would be ordered. there were thousands of supporters gathered in front of the residence yesterday trying to stop the possible arrest warrant. the concerns have been growing clearly in south korea on how this will play out. people operate about the potential physical issue with the investigators as well as supporters. that is why the cio i think tried to arrest president yoon early this morning before the weekends

gathering of supporters. i5 gathering of supporters. is that a time constraint that they feel they have to push through with today? we know the warrant expires onjanuary 6 which is monday? i warrant expires on january 6 which is monday?— warrant expires on january 6 which is monday? i think there is certainly _ which is monday? i think there is certainly a — which is monday? i think there is certainly a time _ which is monday? i think there is certainly a time pressure - which is monday? i think there is certainly a time pressure at | is certainly a time pressure at the cio investigators are fielding. because there will be more supporters inside of the office over the weekend, not the weekdays.— the weekdays. tell us more about the — the weekdays. tell us more about the support - the weekdays. tell us more about the support that - about the support that president yoon currently has? we have seen and heard the supporters out on the street. our correspondent was out there earlier as we saw but as a significant police as well. certainly this is really dividing south korea right now. although the majority of people think the president's martial law declaration was wrong and misguided, but there are also other people who believed the declaration has legitimate reasons for doing so. this is a

really controversial issue and i mean, and i think as we saw how south korea democracy system is resilient, a persan time we really see the bottom of this democracy there is really a fragile democracy where there is political bipolar —— polarisation and no bipartisanship in domestic policy that it really is driving the situation and i think this is what we will eventually see coming up above the surface. eventually see coming up above the surface-— the surface. can you elaborate more on the — the surface. can you elaborate more on the health _ the surface. can you elaborate more on the health of- the surface. can you elaborate more on the health of south . more on the health of south korea's democracy? this is not the first time we have sent a south korean president for vowel of how they in the past have left office?— have left office? this is actually _ have left office? this is actually the _ have left office? this is actually the second - have left office? this is i actually the second south korean president being impeached and possibly probably

impeached. the court case is in process of hard to say what will happen to president yoon but i think this is an ongoing issue, this is the second time for south korea that i can serve the president has been impeached. this is a edger blow to conservatives parties and this is why there is a really strong difference, i guess, pushback from the conservative party to defend president yoon, unlike what we saw in five years ago when the majority of the conservative party decided to impeach the president. this isjust a different to impeach the president. this is just a different political landscape we are in and i think that makes this more uncertain thanit that makes this more uncertain than it was before.— than it was before. how do you see this playing _ than it was before. how do you see this playing out? _ than it was before. how do you see this playing out? there - than it was before. how do you see this playing out? there are many things happening here. that was unprecedented impact.

president yoon is not going to be arrested today, as we can see but the cio will likely try again or try to get a warrant again or try to get a warrant again and try to arrest him again. other alternatives are cio doesn't have a prosecutor power over president yoon. musing power to investigate but not to prosecute —— meaning they don't have the power to prosecute. they may transfer the case to prosecutors. another option is cio may turn to acting president who has influenced over the security service team. already the opposition party acting president to do something asking for cooperation regarding the security team. this is still in process, we fill out out of the nine constitutional report that the

justice. they will start looking into the investigation and ruling anne dorthe up, but as this investigation is happening there are multiple cases on how this may play out and that makes the future uncertain at this point. and we're watching it closely as we know you are as well, thank you for your time. know you are as well, thank you foryourtime. ellen kim. we will stay with the elements in south korea and connect with professor of korean studies at the university of washington. thank you forjoining us. for those unfamiliar with all of the legal intricacies playing out with the story. get us up to speed with how you think we should be viewing this story unfolding in south korea? yes. it is very complicated - unfolding in south korea? 13:3 it is very complicated process.

there are basically two processes going on at the same time. what is happening today in seoul is more the criminal side of the story. the other one is what the constitutional court is doing now. president yoon's strategy is to delay as much as he could. the criminal side of the case, while more or less expediting constitutional court decision. expecting the constitutional court might render more partyjudgement, meaning which are demising the martial law measures. the main reason why president yoon is now trying to avoid the arrest is setting the standard to secure more time to postpone

criminal side of the case. who criminal side of the case. who was driving — criminal side of the case. who was driving his _ criminal side of the case. who was driving his actions - criminal side of the case. who was driving his actions against president yoon? it is just the machinery of south korea's institutions, isn't it?- institutions, isn't it? yes. what is — institutions, isn't it? yes. what is surprising - institutions, isn't it? yes. what is surprising about | institutions, isn't it? yes. i what is surprising about the korean democracy as everything is now being done by legal procedures. although there is confusion not because of this, what is happening now, but prior to this happening there has been some institutional confusion between the regular press office in our cio and police. that's why as the previous commentator mentioned, the cio does not have power to prosecute president yoon, although they can investigate them. this current incident and confusion actually has been causing a lot of additional

legal disputes between the two sides, meaning for and against him. ., ., , , him. how do you see this -la in: him. how do you see this playing out? _ him. how do you see this playing out? given - him. how do you see this playing out? given the i playing out? given the complexities of the legal situation that this presents? i think the president yoon side will try their best to prolong or postpone the criminal side of the case while trying to expedite constitutional court side. behind the main reason of the strategy is to block the opposite party from getting into the early election in a matter of four or five months from now. so the bottom line of

his side is to prevent the opposition from emerging as the next president. i5 opposition from emerging as the next president.— next president. is he going to be able to _ next president. is he going to be able to be _ next president. is he going to be able to be in _ next president. is he going to be able to be in a _ next president. is he going to be able to be in a position - next president. is he going to be able to be in a position to| be able to be in a position to do that? the longer the straps out and goes on does not strengthen the opposition's hand? —— the longer it drags out. hand? -- the longer it drags out. . �* . . out. that's true, but then the main reason _ out. that's true, but then the main reason behind - out. that's true, but then the main reason behind this - main reason behind this strategy is for example the core decision on violating election law will come very soon. if the side that tries to prolong the legal procedure, than the new president election will occur even before the high court decision on the election violation case is determined. i think the site now is

determined to prevent the opposition from emerging victorious. before the election violation law is finally rendered by the high court. professor, thank you for helping us understand legal intricacies of what we have seenin intricacies of what we have seen in korea. the schedule time, yong—chool ha, director of korean studies in the university of washington. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. temperatures have dropped as colder arctic air spreads across the uk, with amber cold weather health alerts in place before a weekend of snow forecast for much of the country. met office yellow warnings for snow and ice have been issued for much of england and wales and parts of scotland over the next three days. 20 nottinghamshire councillors have quit labour in protest at the party's direction under sir keir starmer.

the broxtowe borough councillors said that the party had "abandoned traditional labour values" and said they would set up an independent group to run the authority. a local labour spokesman said the move was disappointing. stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after an off—duty police officer caught him using a mobile phone behind the wheel of a rolls—royce in london. the 31—year—old rapper pleaded guilty to driving while using a device in west kensington last march. the judge described stormzy�*s actions as dangerous and irresponsible and said his driving record was not good. you're live with bbc news. the fbi says it now believes a 42 year old us army veteran acted alone in the attack on new year's day that killed 1a people and wounded dozens more in new orleans. shamsud—dinjabbar drove a pick—up truck into large crowds gathered in the city's french quarter before police officers shot him dead amid a firefight.

the fbi says they conducted hundreds of interviews and combed through the suspect�*s social media profiles. tom bateman has more from new orleans. the first moments before a deadly rampage. a planned attack unleashed in just seconds. and the narrowest of escapes for some. the fbi probe is now focusing on shamsud—dinjabbar, an american born in texas, who spent more than a decade in the us military, including a year—long deployment to afghanistan. so i'm born and raised in beaumont, texas, and now live in houston. and i've been here all my life. in 2020, he posted this video of himself pitching his services as an estate agent and it specialist, who, he said, had learned the meaning of great service in the army. police are now searching his texas home, saying a priority is to examine his laptops and devices for clues.

the fbi says he posted videos to facebook before the attack. in the first video, jabbar explains he originally planned to harm his family and friends but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the, "war between the believers and the disbelievers." additionally, he stated he had joined isis before this summer. he also provided a will and testament. police say jabbar planted two explosive devices in cooler boxes before the attack, but they have changed an earlier assessment, saying they now do not believe he had accomplices. this is where the attack began, the pick—up truck moving slowly down this street before getting to this corner, bourbon street, and heading down this very famous thoroughfare, ploughing into the crowds there. bourbon street has now reopened with a show of force

and tributes to the fallen. the city authorities concede there may well have been failures of security on the night. well, today, this barrier is raised. now, it is still unclear which security measures were actually deployed on the night. these, though, are newly put here. the authorities have said that the vehicle mounted the sidewalk in order to attack people. among the dead were matthew tenedorio, a 25—year—old audiovisual technician. aspiring nurse nikyra cheyenne dedeaux, who was 18 and out with her cousin, who ran out of the truck's path. also named is 21—year—old hubert gauthreaux and university student kareem badawi, mother—of—one nicole perez and 37—year—old reggie hunter, a father of two. martin "tiger" bech was a former american college football player. meanwhile, police in las vegas say the man who blew himself up

his brother described as a fighter. his brother described as a fiahter. . . his brother described as a fiahter. , , ,., fighter. this is something we will have to _ fighter. this is something we will have to deal _ fighter. this is something we will have to deal with - fighter. this is something we will have to deal with every l will have to deal with every time we wake up and go to sleep. every holiday there will be an anti— seat at the table. —— empty seat. he wouldn't want us to grieve and mourn, you'd want us to keep attacking life. tonight, a major college football game, delayed due to the attack, has begun with a minute's silence. the city authorities wanted to show they are carrying on, determination, despite the ongoing search for answers. tom bateman, bbc news, new orleans. the driver of a tesla cybertruck that exploded outside a trump hotel in vegas was an active—duty us soldier. police identified the 37—year—old is a man who rented the vehicle and drove it to las vegas from colorado. the trunk was packed with fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel, all connected to a detonation system controlled by the driver.

officials say the body in the vehicle was burnt beyond recognition with a self—inflicted non— shot wounds to the head. our correspondent gave us this update. i think the big news out on thursday was the name of the person who is believed to have been inside of the cybertruck when it exploded on wednesday. as you say it is an active member of the military named matthew, of colorado springs, and one of the grizzly aspects of the story is the fact that authorities are being careful not to make a definitive identification because of the fact that whoever was in the cybertruck, the body was burnt beyond recognition. they are waiting for dna and forensic evidence to basically definitely confirm that it was in fact him. his identification was found in that vehicle, military id and a passport, credit cards also found in the vehicle

several firearms according to authorities. they say the person inside of the vehicle, the driver shot himself in the head before the explosives were detonated. and something else that has been confirmed so far is there is no connection between the events in my las vegas and those events in new orleans? no definitive link has been drawn by authorities but they acknowledged that there are a whole host of similarities between the people involved in the cases, both members of the us military born in the united states, both spent time in a military base in north carolina and both served in afghanistan around the same time in 2009. we haven't heard anything to the effect of whether they did or didn't cross paths. at any point in their military careers. they also happen to use the same company to rent the vehicles that were involved in these incidents,

which is a bit of a start—up i would say, not a household name just yet in the united states. to be clear these are investigated as separate incidents, in new orleans law—enforcement certificate of plea that that was a terrorist act. we don't have a motive of the incident in my speakers for now. one official said on thursday it is not lost on them that wednesdays attack took place in front of a trump property in a tesla vehicle. we know that tesla ceo elon musk has gone close to the president—elect and so that is one of many avenues that investigators are pursuing right now. an eight—year—old boy has been found alive after surviving five days in a game park inhabited by lions and elephants in northern zimbabwe. tinotenda pudu wandered 23km from his home into matusadona game park. according to a local mp he spent five days sleeping on a rocky perch, eating wild

fruits and digging small wells into dry riverbeds with a stick to find water in the drought prone area. remarkable that he managed to get himself out of that situation. it's take you back to south korea where supporters of president yoon suk yeol had been gathering to stop an impending arrest by police and corruption investigators. his lawyers say they will challenge the unlawful arrest warrant and his security forces are reportedly blocking the attempt to take him into custody. to remind you a court issued the warrant earlier this week against him after he refused to answer summons to appear before officials investigating him for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection. president yoon was suspended on the 14th of december after lawmakers butted to impeach him but he can only

be removed if this is upheld by the country's constitutional court. forthat the country's constitutional court. for that to happen several other factors are at play as well but looking at the images now you can see quite a significant police presence with barricades and high visibilityjackets. buses also lining the streets to limit the number of supporters being able to make their way to the residence. we will follow the story throughout the day on bbc news. see you again soon. hello there. as the wet and windy weather cleared south on new year's day, it opened the door for cold arctic air to spill right across the country and it's going to stay bitterly cold as we head into the weekend. overnight frost and ice could be a risk for some, and there's a potential for some disruptive snow. so we're under this, clearer skies at the moment, showers feeding in across the far north and west, that cold air descending right across the country. so ice could be an issue first thing, particularly along those exposed coasts where we've seen a rash of showers falling. elsewhere, a frosty start, a cold start, but lots

of sunshine to look out for — just like we had this thursday. there will continue to be a feed of showers, particularly down through the irish sea, and some showers of snow in scotland again. temperatures struggling to climb above freezing in some places — generally around 2—4 degrees. now, as we move through the evening, once again, those showers will continue to tuck in along those exposed north and west coasts, so icy stretches again at risk. another cold night to come, with temperatures falling below freezing. so a frosty start to saturday. but it's saturday, or the beginning of the weekend, that we really start to see the first signs of this change, and we could see some significant snow developing late on saturday, into the early hours of sunday morning. so a cold, crisp, frosty start, some sunshine around, a few scattered showers into the far northwest. during the afternoon, though, this veil of cloud is spilling across the south—west, the first signs of this weather front, and that is going to trap

that cold air, really making it feel quite bitter. just a couple of degrees above freezing for some of us through saturday afternoon. and so as this weather front through the evening on saturday pushes into that cold air, on the leading edge, we'll see snow. it should turn readily back to rain across central and southern england. but areas like the peak district, the pennines, northern ireland, southern uplands of scotland could see some significant snow, and with strong winds, blizzard—like drifting conditions from time to time as well. look at the difference with the temperatures on sunday — double digits down to the southeast, single figures remain in force across scotland. so it's these areas, particularly to higher ground, where there is the potential for some disruptive snow as we move through the weekend. keep watching the forecast.

tensions run high in south korea as investigators try to arrest president yoon. officials investigating him for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection. plus — why tesla has seen its deliveries fall for the first time ever. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. police officers are at the presidential residence as they attempt to arrest

the impeached president. around 20 officers marched to his presidential residence in seoul since 8am local time. the number was reinforced to 81 hour later. many of yoon's supporters have for days been congregating outside his residence, vowing to block his arrest and this morning is no different. he was suspended for his duties in mid—december after lawmakers voted to impeach him over a short lived declaration of martial law. the south korean court issued an arrest warrant against him which his lawyer have rejected as illegal and invalid. jay song, an honorary associate professor at the australia national university, gave us a sense of what lies ahead. it's almost a surreal situation now. i'm looking at these supporters gathering around his house and also the police, trying to go into his house and the military is actually blocking the access, and the corruption investigation office,

they went into his residence but we have