has to be discussed between the two parties. to be discussed between the two arties. , , t, t, to be discussed between the two arties. ,, t, t, t parties. pressing hard to close this and the — parties. pressing hard to close this and the deal— parties. pressing hard to close this and the deal was - this and the deal was structured will free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide _ hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow— provide security to israel and allow us _ provide security to israel and allow us to significantly bring humanitarian assistance to the palestinians. if hamas excepts, the deal is ready— if hamas excepts, the deal is ready to _ if hamas excepts, the deal is ready to be _ if hamas excepts, the deal is ready to be concluded - if hamas excepts, the deal is ready to be concluded and i ready to be concluded and implemented. _ ready to be concluded and implemented. i— ready to be concluded and implemented. i believe i ready to be concluded andl implemented. i believe we ready to be concluded and - implemented. i believe we will -et implemented. i believe we will get a _ implemented. i believe we will get a cease—fire. _ it's been another day of diplomatic work on a deal. for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in gaza with egypt, qatar and the united states mediating between israeli and hamas officials. it's been described as the final round of negotiations and all sides have expressed hope that a deal can be achieved.

meanwhile in washington, donald trump's pick for us secretary of defence has been grilled by senators at his confirmation hearing. pete hegseth said he's been tasked with returning a warrior culture to the pentagon. and the princess of wales has revealed she is in remission from cancer after making an emotional return to the london hospital where she received treatment. what's been described as the final round of breaking news from south korea, live pictures coming from the capital where authorities as we understand it are to make another attempt to execute an arrest warrant for the korean president and they tried to do this before but were prevented from entering the presidential compound by president yoon�*s

guards were also hearing that lawmakers from the ruling party have made a human chain to try to prevent president yoon�*s arrest in this all stands from president yoon�*s declaration of martial law on december the 3rd. so, were going to take a very close eye on what's happening there and obviously, different parts of south korean authorities potentially pitched against one another and all of this and we will see whether or not that arrest warrant is carried out or not in another attempt to arrest the impeached president yoon suk yeol and acting president has been put in place instead and referred very little from president yoon while all of this has been unfolded and he all this time in the presidential compound and will talk to our

correspondent to get up to what is happening in south korea will bring all the latest details from there. what's been described as the final round of negotiations on a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in gaza has been continuing through the day in qatar, but with no outcome yet. it's thought there's broad agreement in place but a number of details are still being worked on. the other main palestinian armed group in gaza, islamichhad says it is also sending a delaegation to qatar to take part in what are described as final within the last couple of hours the us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah el sisi have had a conversation

about the mediations calling on both sides to show flexibility to achieve a truce. both israeli and hamas officials have expressed hope that a deal can at last be achieved. the other main palestinian armed group in gaza, islamichhad, has said it is sending a delegation to qatar to take part in final arrangements for an agreement. we have some detail on what that deal on reaching a ceasefire is thought to include: with the initial release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded and the sick. in return, its expected that israel will release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including approximately 190 who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. and an agreement would need to be reached on the future of gaza, including whether israeli troops can remain there. the official mediators the qataris will play a key role in helping negotiate any crucial last details to get a deal over the line. here's what their spokesperson has been saying: we have reached a point where the major issues that were preventing a deal from preventing a dealfrom happening were addressed and we have language pertaining to this issue between both parties

and we especially appreciate the administrations both abiding the donald trump administrations in the past couple weeks. let's remind you of how we've reached this point. on october 7th 2023 israel was the target of an unprecented attack from land, airand sea led by hamas. i2 hundred people were killed, many of them attending a music festival. 250 hostages were also taken. around 100 are still in gaza. their familes are desperate to have them back. israel responded with fury. it vowed to crush hamas and in the war that followed, much of gaza has been reduced to rubble. more than 46 thousand palestinians have been killed, and most of the remaining population of gaza has been displaced. aid workers say the suffering is on a scale that is hard to comprehend. the international community, including the united states, says it must end.

we are pressing hard to close this. the deal we have structured would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to israel and allow us to significantly give humanitarian assistance to the palestinians.— palestinians. and donald trump's _ palestinians. and donald trump's upcoming - palestinians. and donald| trump's upcoming middle palestinians. and donald - trump's upcoming middle eastern envoyis trump's upcoming middle eastern envoy is also going to he announces _ envoy is also going to he announces a _ envoy is also going to ie: announces a deal is envoy is also going to i2 announces a deal is close and in his words, he says there's going to be a lot of trouble out there. the outgoing us secretary of state, antony blinken, has also been speaking. he said the ongoing war in gaza has inflicted "immeasurable" suffering on the region, and spoke of the need to "forge a new reality" in the middle east. mr blinken said he believes there will be a ceasefire, and that the "ball is now in hamas's court"

right now, as we sit here we await final word from hamas on its acceptance and until we get that word we'll remain on the brink. putting forward a final proposal, the ball is now an hamas court. if hamas accepts, the deal is rated to be concluded and implemented. let's return to the evolving situation in south korea where we are understanding there is another attempt under way, where about to be another attempt to execute an arrest warrant for the impeached president yoon suk yeol. let's talk to our correspondent who is an seoul right now. bring us up—to—date, spread more light on what is happening there. we are ve , on what is happening there. 2 are very, very close to the outer premises of the presidential residence. let us to show you around a little bit. these are dozens and

dozens of police officers that i've have surrounded the area. from the entrance, very close to an alleyway that leads to an entrance and we understand that the corruption investigation officers that tried to get close and tried to get to the presidential residence last time, they are now in the outer premises and if i can to show you behind me, right here is where the anti—yoon suk yeol protesters said arrest president yoon that's a bit of the festive atmosphere and people here feel that the arrest is imminent and over there, limit further to the entrance is the pro president yoon, his supporters and they been charged and they are in large numbers they've gathered in large numbers in their towns

remain the same, stop the steel companies are claims that president yoon has made unfounded claims about the parliamentary elections that have he uses his reasons for the martial law that he has announced on this and why all of this is happening and apart from the constitutional court hearing for his impeachment that started yesterday, this is a different case and he is not being investigated by criminal investigators and corruption investigators and corruption investigators and corruption investigators and police of alleged insurrection and abuse of power, both related to the martial law declaration on december three. what they are trying to do now is a second attempt to try and arrest the president. ideally forthe police and investigators, the going to try do is get as close as possible to the entrance which is behind me, get into the residence compound actually get to the president and

attempt to arrest him. the last time they tried that, they were blocked by a wall of people of president security teams. so far, we haven't heard the president security staff is going to cooperate and they are expected to be a standoff, and we understand write a thousand police officers have been deployed, him more than eight times the number that was there last time and they said they want to avoid confrontation, avoid bloodshed. they want this operation to go smoothly but we do not understand what we do not know whether the police security staff is going to make it easy for them. last time the standoff lasted six hours in the police withdrew and they seem more determined now but it is unclear how long it's going to last. ., , ., is unclear how long it's going tolast. ., , ., , to last. lots of people in south korea _ to last. lots of people in south korea worried - to last. lots of people in l south korea worried about to last. lots of people in - south korea worried about the prospect of some clash between different branches of the

authorities and the police and the presidential guard, for example. the presidential guard, for example-— the presidential guard, for examle. ~ , . , the presidential guard, for examle. , ,~ , , example. absolutely and this is the crisis. _ example. absolutely and this is the crisis, picture _ example. absolutely and this is the crisis, picture of _ example. absolutely and this is the crisis, picture of the - the crisis, picture of the crisis the political crisis that south korea finds itself in because essentially we have two branches of executive power the police, the investigation law enforcement officers that have legal arrest warrants and they are trying to execute and they are trying to execute and they are trying to execute and is happening while the pres are t is yet to they are being blocked by the is happening while the pres are being t to is happening while the pres are being blocked by the presidential security staff, they are being blocked by the presidential security staff, the presidential security the presidential security breach, secret service for our breach, secret service for our american audience and american audience and essentially that brings up the essentially that brings up the question of who was in charge? question of who was in charge? both say they are following both say they are following orders in both say they're orders in both say they're following the rule of law and following the rule of law and they're going to stick to their they're going to stick to their positions but what that tells positions but what that tells you is that there are potential you is that there are potential clashes between those two clashes between those two orders of power, the president, orders of power, the president, his security, the police and his security, the police and the investigators. all of this the investigators. all of this is happening while the is happening while the

president is yet to president is yet to appear in an impeachment trial and this is to parallel crises happening all at once with the south korean public watching in real time with anti—president yoon protesters on one side and pro president yoon protesters on the other side.

mean for the president and his approach and if you ask anyone, me or anyone following the region a couple months ago, if south korea would descend into this political division and political chaos, no one could've expected this, there was all the tension growing within president yoon�*s camp in the elections and the fact that the elections and the fact that the opposition is one an astounding majority. it remains with and that tends clashes of korean democracy, no one could've imagined that it would descend to this and everyone looking on is going to be looking on is going to be looking on is going to be looking on with great worry because south korea has a lot more to worry about than just domestic politics, north korea has just fired a missile yesterday were a couple of days away from the inauguration of donald trump and this was seen as a stable american ally in the region and now, it is not stable and that will mean a lot

more beyond its domestic politics and beyond the borders of south korea in the region. thank you very much. we will keep a very close eye on that situation and see if that arrest warrant for president yoon is carried out or not. before we go back to our short break, let us tell you this in relation to the mediation efforts to bring about a cease—fire deal and hostage for lease deal. we're just showing that the israeli foreign minister believes there will be a majority in the israeli government to support the cause of the agreement. does a very significant agreement because a lot of hardliners within benjamin netanyahu's government have expressed the resistance to any agreement. but there will be more to support this. around the