the us secretary of state, antony blinken is in south korea, as the country deals with its ongoing political crisis. mr blinken is due to hold talks with acting president choi sang—mok shortly. but it's unclear who is really in charge. these are live images of people protesting in seoul. thousands in favour and against the president protested and weekend as the country falls heavily into a political divide. on friday, investigators tried and failed to arrest the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, with his bodyguards preventing the officers from making the arrest. on sunday, they said they'd stop any further attempts to detain mr yoon. and in the last few hours, south korea's anti—corruption agency requested an extension to their arrest warrant, and sent a notice to police that it is handing over

the execution of the arrest to them. kim joon—hyung is an opposition mp from the rebuilding korea party — he told me what his party has been trying to do during this month of turmoil in south korea. we are trying to monitor how police arrest the president. we are actually sending letters to the cio and to get there and participating and watching over the arresting of the events. we that did not accept yet. we are trying everything to do. the arrest warrant will expire today though an exemption has been requested the cio corruption investigation office has transferred obligation to make the arrest to the police. what do you make of that and why is it so difficult for the rest to be carried out? you summarised it well in the beginning, the cio

is a new agency created by the moon government. they were outnumbered by security services, presidential security service and helped by the military. police there's more members to do this, they need more members, they finally decide to hand over to the police. what are the legal implications here the president saying on legal grounds he is able to resist this arrest? that's their logic. impeachment even though it was voted for impeachment at congress, they say he is not impeached yet because the constitutional court has decided. before that he should not be impeached, that is the logic. but this is two tracks. what you make of that? please carry on.

there are two tracks, one is the constitutional courts judging whether impeachment is correct or not. the other one is he was prosecuted, he was summoned and he ignored three summons for him to appear for questioning. that is why this arrest warrant was given. has president yoon�*s determination not to surrender come as a surprise to you? no, not at all. he was like that. he knows the law, he was a top prosecutor in the country. and he continued to express himself, that he is going to fight until the end, and he knows that he was supported by this very conservative supporters. he tried to in a way instigate, maybe he thinks it is the only way get out of this. get out of the crisis for him.

what does this impasse or stalemate mean for south korea's democracy? this is a problem. our economy is in trouble, our diplomacy in trouble. this is not good. we proved the resilience of democracy but this process as you said, the impasse can hit our country. us secretary of state antony blinken is in south korea — what is trying to achieve while he is here. it is not a bad decision to come to south korea. what president biden and their mission trying to do the foreign policy toward south korea and japan was correct, but the problem is, but the antony blinken visit

comes at a time of change for both countries. donald trump returning to the white house onjanuary 20. so this is not really impacting both countries and alliance, but at least try to calm down and try to express a stable relationship between the us and south korea alliance. how do you see this situation resolving? this trend is reversible. constitutional court impeach, i am sure almost 100% they will pass the impeachment then, the problem is until then. then president yoon can try to buy time, delay. they are using delaying tactics. i don't think they will reverse the trend. stephen costello from the

institute for korean studies at george washington university explained to me how he expects things to play out in seoul over the next few weeks. the pace, the direction of this seems rather unstoppable. the constitutional court, will be able to rule in the next couple of weeks, it now looks like they have set dates over the next couple of weeks for the former president yoon to appear before them. when you look at the impeachment proceeding before the court and compare it to the impeachment proceedings against the former president park chu—youn hay in 2016, this one would seem to have many more rock solid cases to make. that mr yoon overstepped his authority. so the final decision of the constitutional court seems quite solid at this point. what do you think would be the tipping point, what will it take for mr yoon to come in for questioning and acquiesce to this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he will

respond to the new attempt by the police presumably now they have the arresting authority. but both the president's protection service and the military that they have used some of to shield themselves, from the cio, those are all state agencies. those agencies answer to the law and this was a legal warrant, they have zero basis to resist, they don't work for the president personally that is not a thing, south korea is not a dictatorship at this point. they have all exposed themselves to prosecution by their actions in the last couple of days. it's difficult to say what will happen now of course. it is monday there, either the police will go in and try to finally affect the arrest, i expect something like that will happen because it's hard to see the stand—off going on for the next couple

of weeks as the court in parallel deliberates about the impeachment of mr yoon. the us secretary of state is in seoul — what will he be trying to do? it may be a very basic mission for antony blinken, he is a lame duck with only weeks left in office. the country he is visiting has not even a prime minister but an acting president. i think his simple charge would be to simply say — we are still, we still have a tight alliance, nothing can disrupt us, we will get through this, america is behind you, blah, blah, blah. do you think this could be resolved in the next few days? i hope so. i don't think it will be fully resolved in the next few days, i think it's important the president does go in for questioning as the warrant is

asking him to. then it will be over the next probably, i don't think it will take a month, think it will take a couple of weeks for the constitutional court in parallel to decide whether he is fully impeached. once that happens and if he is impeached, then, a criminal process would begin about his insurrection, and other acts which are deemed to be illegal. in the us — millions of people are under weather alerts as a major winter storm sweeps the country. some communities could experience the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in more than a decade. a state of emergency has been declared in six states — west virginia, kentucky, virginia, kansas, arkansas and missouri. in kansas, the usual average low temperature at this time of year is minus 6 degrees celsius. now it's expected to fall to minus 29 degrees. in kentucky, the average low is minus 3 degrees, but it's expected to be

as low as minus 16. these are pictures from missouri — one of the states under an emergency. snow, ice and plunging temperatures have affected the roads while air travel has also been hit. more than 5,000 flights across the us have been cancelled so far, that's according to flight tracking website flightawa re. the mayor of kansas city, missouri's largest, says special operations will be in place over the next few days to address the harsh conditions. the cold weather is as much of a challenge as the snow and ice is as well. you get these subzero temperatures with sub zero windchill. we know that can have a negative impact on workforce and residents so we are making sure we are addressing, all of those issues. dan depodwin is senior director of forecasting operations at accuweather. he gave us this update from the global weather center in state college, pennsylvania. very impactful storm already. you can see on the radar, heavy snow across portions of missouri and kansas,

picking up over a foot of snow fall, heavy snow extending to the east through the central appalachians, the next phase of the storm will be heavy snow across the ohio valley where six — 12 inches of snow could fall in columbus, indianapolis, tomorrow on monday morning, a very poor day of travel in the mid—atlantic, including washington, dc. the other part of the storm that is important is the pink shading, ice, kentucky, some places can pick up enough ice to down trees and power lines, we're already seeing tens of thousands of people customers without power in these regions, that is expected to go up overnight as the ice intensifies across kentucky. an all—hazards storm and severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, maybe a tornado or two expected over the next several hours, over the early evening through the southeast. a wide variety of risks as we move through the next 12 — 2a hours earlier. there have also been weather warnings in place in the uk

where snow and ice continues to cause problems on the roads as well as for trains and air travel in northern england. an amber weather warning for snow in parts of lancashire, cumbria and the lake district has been extended into monday morning, as more wintry showers are expected overnight. milder temperatures in the south of england have led to more than 20 flood warnings being issued. the fbi says a man who killed 14 people in new orleans on new year's day visited the city twice — in the months before the attack. investigators say shamsud—din jabbar recorded videos of the area where he rammed a truck into crowds. the us army veteran, who'd pledged allegiance to the islamic state group, was killed in a shootout with police. officials say they believe he acted alone and the team showed unseen cctv footage of the suspect placing improvised explosive devices into coolers in the area where he later carried out the attack. they're also looking into trips he made to canada and egypt_ indirect talks between israel and hamas aimed at securing a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages

are continuing in qatar. there are fresh differences between the two sides after a hamas official said the group approved a list of 3a israeli hostages to be returned as part of an agreement. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office then quickly issued a statement saying hamas had not provided such a list. it comes as the health ministry in gaza says israeli air raids have killed more than 200 people since thursday. israel says it's targeting hamas fighters and infrastructure. jonah fisher has the latest from jerusalem. the last few days have been devastating, even by this war�*s terrible standards. israel says this weekend it struck more than 100 what it calls terror targets in gaza. one of those hit was the zood family home. destroyed by an israeli air strike on gaza city last night. this morning, they were looking for bodies. amar, a cousin, explains that the bodies of seven family members have been recovered.

he says they're looking for four more, three of them children. israel is not allowing western journalists into gaza. it says its strikes this week eliminated dozens of hamas terrorists. the gaza health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed and many more injured since thursday. not all of them are fighters. hidden but not forgotten, there are still israeli hostages inside gaza. among them, liri albag, a 19—year—old soldier. this was her before. this is her now, in a still from a video that has been posted online. proof for her parents that she is still alive. translation: we aren't giving up. don't you give up, either. keep fighting and surviving. you're strong and you're capable. we're fighting for you.

i love you so much and miss you terribly and am waiting to hug you. liri's dad said they had spoken to israel's prime minister, urging him to make a deal. and that moment might just be inching closer. an israeli delegation is currently in qatar for talks with mediators on a possible ceasefire. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the government says an overhaul of the nhs app will make it easier for patients needing non—urgent care in england, to decide where they are treated, as part of a plan to tackle waiting lists. patients will be able to choose from a range of providers, including the private sector, as well as book tests and appointments. the health secretary, wes streeting, has accused elon musk, of a "disgraceful smear", after he criticised the uk government's

response to grooming gangs. mr musk called the home office minister, jess phillips, "an evil witch who should be locked up". the comments were made after ms phillips rejected a request for a government—led inquiry into child sexual exploitation in oldham. ru paul's drag race uk starjames lee williams, better known as drag queen the vivienne, has died aged 32. publicist simonjones said the performer, who died over the weekend, was "an incredibly loved, warm—hearted and amazing person" and drag racejudge michelle visage said she was �*utterly heartbroken�* at the news. you're live with bbc news. monday marks 4 years since the january 6 riots at capitol hill in washington, when thousands of donald trump supporters stormed the barricades and ransacked the halls of congress in an attempt to stop the certification of joe biden�*s election. more than 1500 people have been charged with federal crimes since — nearly 600 of those have faced felony charges of assaulting or impeding law enforcement.

but now with president—elect trump just two weeks away from returning to the white house, trump's jailed followers are counting the days until they could receive a pardon from their hero. daniel farber is sho sato professor of law at university of california, berkeley — he explained the significance of these presidential pardons. the single most important thing to know, is that the supreme court has defined the president's power to pardon as being virtually unlimited. within its boundaries, he can only do a pardon for federal offences and only for crimes, not civil penalties. but within that domain, really, the president could legally pardon anyone he wants to for whatever reason he wants to. so once trump takes

office in a few weeks time, a lot of attention will be on the potential pardons he may hand out to those rioters from january 6 when he lost the election. do you think he will keep his word? yes, i think so. or at least i think he will pardon a good many of them. i'm not sure whether at this point it is hard to know — will he pardon the ones with the most serious offences, those who attacked and injured law enforcement officials, or, caused severe damage or something like that? it's possible that he will think twice about doing that. but, i think is pretty well committed at this point to at least pardons for many of the rioters. is that problematic, given the nature of the actions they have been convicted of, they were trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to an election he did

in fact lose? at least from my perspective "problematic" is quite an understatement. i have to say it is kind of appalling that people who would have tried to disrupt democracy, through clearly illegal acts, in many cases we have on video, that they would be forgiven, because the president is the person who they were trying to benefit back then. i think that sets an awful precedent for the future, and i think it can only serve to encourage more legal violations in the political sphere, which are certainly not something we need to see in the us right now. and trump himself

is set for sentencing on january ten for the hush money case he was convicted for, is the notion the us president is above the law reflected in legal and public opinion? well, ithink, no, idon�*t think the legal opinion at least among lawyers, is the president is above the law. the supreme court issued a very sweeping immunity decision last year, protecting the president from criminal prosecution. i suppose, i was listening to the discussion of the korean situation before i came on and, i suppose the court would say in its own defence it was trying to prevent that kind of crisis, where there is this confrontation between the criminaljustice system and the president, that it is all tied up in some way with politics.

who wrote the opinion would have said no, the president is not above the law, we have given immunity for certain things, we have given partial immunity for a lot of other things, but, that is all for pragmatic reasons. we don't think that presidents should he didn't think presidents will take that rather optimistically to be a message they are above the law. i certainly think, there is a segment of public opinion maybe, that is ready to embrace authoritarianism. but i think at this point that is quite a minority. that americans as a whole and american lawyers are very firmly committed to the rule of law. and democracy. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. elon musk has called for nigel farage to be replaced as the leader of reform uk, just weeks after reports that the billionaire

was considering donating millions of pounds to the party. a rift emerged between the two this week, when farage distanced himself from musk�*s support for the jailed far—right activist stephen yaxley—lennon, also known as tommy robinson. austria's president says he will hold a meeting tomorrow with the far—right leader whose freedom party came first in the general election last september. on saturday, negotiations between the conservative austrian people's party and the social democratic party broke down. the president, alexander van der bellen, said the conservatives had now softened their opposition to talks with the far—right. the red carpet is rolled out for the first big film awards of the season — with the 82nd golden globes in los angeles now under way. emilia perez, wicked, and conclave are all in the running for the night's top prizes. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest on the big wins. a lot of winners so far, these awards on the television

as well as movies, i will start with some of the tv winners and successful asian actors in shogun, the hugely popular series that did so well at the emmys last year, won best lead actor, and supporting actor, hiroyuki sanada. and tadanobu asano they both won in their respective categories. very popular wins, mr sanada, saying to the audience you don't know me but i am an actor from japan and they cheered and they obviously did know him, a very popular winner. he said the award itself was a very big present to him and he was very happy and i think this could be the beginning of many more awards for shogun. talking of tv success and the emmys last year, the bear, the restaurant drama picking up another victory forjeremy alan white the lead actor in that series. then we had lots of wins so far

in the movie categories, zoe saladana was the first name out of the hat for her performance, beating a couple of one of her co—stars selena gomez and adriana, ariana grande one of the styles of wicked. a popular win maybe a surprise victory for her in that category. more to elevation victories, jessica gunning in the very popular series baby reindeer plays the stalker character in that series. and best supporting male actor in a film kieran culkin, winning four a film called a real pain, which is about two mismatched jewish brothers who go on holiday, kind of pilgrimage together in poland. the latest awards victories. a few minutes ago wicked has won an award their first award they have one in the cinematic and

box office achievement for motion pictures category. quite a few different and unusual categories in the golden globes, wicked on the board for that. all the news in half—an—hour. goodbye for now. hello there. sunday was a day of snow, a day of disruption for some, and now the met office has extended the amber weather warning. it's going to be valid until 6:00am on monday morning. they've shrunk the area a little. it includes the lake district. some areas could see as much as ten 10—15cm of further snow, on top of already significant snowfall and blizzard—like conditions, with strong winds close to the centre of the low. we'll continue to see some snow showers through the night across north—east scotland, across the peaks and pennines as well, across the north of england. rain elsewhere, but with temperatures here in rural spots falling below freezing, ice could be an issue as well first thing. so an icy start. be careful if you're going to be out on the roads early on, particularly

if the snow showers are set to continue. as we go through the morning, there'll be further snow showers driven along by strong north to north—westerly winds. some of those will run down through wales and into the midlands here. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow. south of the m4 corridor, some brightness, but look at the gusts of winds. gusts in excess quite widely of 40—115 mph, and coming from a north—westerly direction, that is going to make it feel cold. so your thermometer might suggest 3—6 celsius, but factor in the strength and the direction of the wind, for many of us, it will feel subzero. that cold air stays in place as well as we move through tuesday. still pretty windy with it, and that will continue to drive in a rash of snow showers draped along the coast. some pushing further inland as well. the best of any brightness further south, but again, another cold story. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the winds will fall a little lighter as the low pressure moves off to scandinavia.

but we'll need to keep an eye on this frontal system moving in from the south. it could be a little bit further north and run the risk of bringing some rain across channel coasts, but certainly will bring a little bit more in the way of cloud and spoil the sunshine. a northerly wind continues to drive in some showers to the far north of scotland. sunshine elsewhere, but temperatures again really struggling. so as we go through the week ahead, it looks likely that this cold spell will continue, and icy starts for many. cold wintry showers continuing and a widespread frost.

as south korea's political crisis deepens, we assess the impact on asia's fourth largest economy. plus, what's in store for the global economy, as trump returns to the white house this year? hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we begin in south korea, where the markets are trading highertoday, despite the deepening political crisis that started in december. on friday, police attempted to arrest suspended president yoon suk yeol on charges of inciting an insurrection. but presidential security forces intervened, preventing the arrest, while hundreds of his supporters gathered outside his compound.

us secretary of state antony blinken is currently in south korea and will hold talks in the coming hours. the tense political situation has now stretched on for over a month, and economist krystal tan took me through the effects its having on the economy. the political turmoil is exacerbating economic headwinds in south korea. recent data ahead of the turmoil was showing signs of weakening, when you look at manufacturing, construction, services activity, had slowed in november and if we look at more high—frequency indicators since the political turmoil started in december, it looks like we will get further weakness in domestic demand. consumer and business sentiment have been shaken, now at levels not seen since the pandemic. if you look at credit card spending on discretionary categories like recreation, accommodation, services have