angry protesters have gathered outside the corruption investigation office where he has been questioned. this is a remarkable moment for south korean politics. for the first time in its history a sitting president has been arrested. negotiations for a ceasefire deal in gaza continue — all sides indicate an agreement is closer than ever. fears over rising wind speeds in los angeles — which threaten to stoke multiple wildfires the latest uk inflation rate is published later, as the government faces criticism for its handling of the economy. hello, i'm tadhg enright. you are welcome to bbc news. south korea's impeached president yoon suk yeol

has been arrested over his failed attempt to impose martial law last month. it's the first time in the country's history that a sitting president has been detained. anti—corruption investigators forced their way into the presidential compound this morning. it was their second attempt to arrest yoon suk yeol, after they were previously thwarted by his security team. these are live pictures from outside the corruption investigation office. that's where president yoon has been taken for questioning by investigators. in a pre—recorded statement before his arrest, mr yoon said he was handing himself in to avoid any �*bloodshed'. translation: today, upon witnessing _ translation: today, upon witnessing these _ translation: today, upon witnessing these individuals invading the security zone using firefighting equipment, i decided to comply with the corruption investigation office request for a voluntary appearance. despite it being an

illegal investigation, in order to prevent any unfortunate and violent incident. however, i do not acknowledge the legitimacy of this investigation. as the president, to respond to the constitution and the legal system of the republic of korea, my compliance with such illegal and invalid procedures does not signify my acceptance of them. it is solely a measure to prevent any unfortunate bloodshed. live to seoul and our correspondent shaimaa khalil. quite a dramatic crescendo in this story. where does it go now? this has been a few hours of heightened, dramatic and contrasting feelings and sentiment here in south korea. not long ago we were outside the presidential residence where huge cheese of

celebration among anti— president yoon protesters could be heard when it was announced the president was arrested by the president was arrested by the corruption investigation officials. and minutes after his motorcade went through the gate of the building behind us, the corruption investigation office, he has now been sitting there for a few hours big question over issues relating to his botched declaration of martial law in early december, but the sentiment here is one of anger, one of defiance, among yoon supporters was that we have been speaking to many of them, young and old, who say they do not recognise the legality of this arrest warrant, essentially echoing what the president and his team have been saying. what you have now is, as you say, a dramatic crescendo to the buildup of

this story because essentially it has been framed into different ways. the investigators and confirm that they did execute arrest warrant for the president. yoon suk yeol say this was a voluntary appearance provide bloodshed. whichever way you look at it, this is a dramatic and historic moment. it is a first time a sitting president has been arrested in south korea. 38 crucial hours, two days, if a court administers a detention warrant than yoon suk yeol is going to be detained. if not, he is free to go back to the presidential residence. this does not solve the core issue of this division. this is yet another phase in a divided country, another phase and it is political drama here in south korea.—

is political drama here in south korea. , ., , ., ., , south korea. many demonstrators an: at south korea. many demonstrators angry at the _ south korea. many demonstrators angry at the outcome. _ south korea. many demonstrators angry at the outcome. president l angry at the outcome. president yoon said he was handing himself into a void himself into a bloodshed. yoon said he was handing himself into a bloodshed. was violence ever potential outcome?— violence ever potential outcome? , ~ ~ outcome? yes, i think like there is — outcome? yes, i think like there is anger _ outcome? yes, i think like there is anger all - outcome? yes, i think like there is anger all around l outcome? yes, i think like i there is anger all around me. there is tension, defiance. as we were making our way to the heart of the demonstration outside the corruption investigation office, we could see the start of a scuffle between one of the protesting supporters and a police officer. it is clear that law enforcement officers, the police officers, are trying to control the situation. they are trying to make sure it does not get violent, that it does not get violent, that it does not get out of hand, especially that we have had report of one injury earlier in the night when they were stand—offs between the investigators and members of the ruling party during the night. this is what they are trying to avoid. a day

before this happened, had from law enforcement officers saying they are insisting on executing their arrest warrant but they want to avoid bloodshed, to avoid violence. so far, we have not seen violence, but we have seen anger, we have seen tension and frustration among yoon supporters but also a very different picture from yoon opponents to say this finally means that justice opponents to say this finally means thatjustice has been served. there were people cheering, saying happy and just as outside the presidential residence and a picture that paints is a country that is on edge. a country divided and whatever it is they are trying to achieve here, remember that there is also an impeachment trial that the president as yet to appear in, all of that gives you a picture of the division, the political turmoil that south korea continues to find itself in. ., ~ , ., ,

south korea continues to find itself in. ., ~ ,, , . itself in. thank you very much for that- _ let's speak to dr in—bum chun. he's the former head of south korea special forces, and a military and political analyst. what changed over the past week or so? previously the president's security team helped him to resist arrest. this time, they cleared the way. i think everybody realise that no—one can be above the law, no matter how they oppose it or how they are for each. so, in the end, although there was a lot of strife and consternation, people realise that no—one is above the law. we have seen those angry protests by supporters of suspended president yoon. he

was, of course, democratically elected. he retained supporters. what impact do you see them having on the next chapter of korean politics? well, it is up to the constitutional courts. they have a started the process and they have a maximum of 180 days of which 20 have really been spent. normally it would take 2- spent. normally it would take 2— three months for them to come to a decision and whatever that decision is, we will have to follow that. if the decision is upheld to impeach president yoon, we will have 60 days for a presidential election. ijust want to say that initially this was about a president who misused doctor who might have misused doctor who might have misused is power to declare law but now it has evolved into two

segments of korean society. one very progressive. the other very progressive. the other very conservative. and so we are trying to, again, define what kind of future the korean people will choose. pare what kind of future the korean people will choose.— people will choose. are there any other _ people will choose. are there any other roadblocks - people will choose. are there any other roadblocks that - any other roadblocks that president yoon will make his legal team confer in the way of his prosecution or impeachment? i'm sure they attempted to use public opinion, especially focus on that supporters, but in the end, i am hoping that president yoon will realise he is the elected leader of this country and must be responsible and i think he knows that and he will have to abide by the law. there is still much debate aboutjurisdiction, legality of the whole process, but in the

end, we live under an agreed framework which is the legal system and so he has submitted to the system, no matter what he thinks, and the silver lining of all of this is the process is still working, there is no violence and i am pretty much hopeful they will not be any mass violence, nothing like any mass violence, nothing like a bloodshed, and that we will come out of this a better country. come out of this a better country-— come out of this a better count . ., ~ ,, , . country. thank you very much forjoining _ country. thank you very much forjoining us— country. thank you very much forjoining us from _ country. thank you very much forjoining us from seoul. - country. thank you very much forjoining us from seoul. we | forjoining us from seoul. we leave you now with these live pictures still coming in from outside the corruption investigator office in this south korean capitol. making their voice heard after the historic arrest of a sitting president for a first time. president yoon now in custody. we will bring you any updates

on that story as they come to us. negotiations to achieve a ceasefire deal for gaza will resume shortly in qatar. the agreement is expected to include the gradual release of israeli hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. all sides have indicated that an agreement is closer than ever, with both israel and hamas openly expressing that a deal can be reached. this is what we know so far: it will start with the initial release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded and the sick. in return it's 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. israel would be allowed to maintain an 800—metre buffer zone along its eastern and northern borders with gaza — at least during the first phase of the deal. it also includes provisions for israeli

forces to remain in the philadelphi corridor — a strip of land separating gaza from egypt. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. many appear to be talking about it as a certainty. does it feel that way to you? nothing is certain in politics but there are promising signs of that. the details and provisions of the deal, it seems, are pleasing both sides. in addition, there is more pressure on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, especially from the military, to reshape the strategy in gaza, especially hamas is increasing its power. in addition to that, pressure from the hostage families. in addition to that, pressure from the american presidentjoe biden and the president—elect

donald trump. so all of that puts pressure on israel. people in gaza are exhausted and they want the end of the war. and hamas is also exhausted as a movement. there is pressure from both sides. so that coming together. however, there is still some restriction, reservations, some opposition from the israeli government, especially from the minister of finance, calling for not accepting it because they call it a surrender, in addition to hamas did not send its response to the drug because it received the maps of the areas where israel will withdraw, especially from the corridor in the centre of gaza and philadelphi corridor. thank you very much- _ let's speak to now to gina abercrombie—winstanley,

a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former president of the middle east policy council. thank you very much forjoining us today. are you as confident as everyone else that a deal will be done? i believe that there are reasons to be more hopeful. i certainly believe the list your correspondent gave is very accurate. hamas is exhausted. and the pressures have risen both domestically and particularly the thing that has changed is president—elect trump. he is very transactional in a way that president biden is not an having made very clear that he puts america first, prime minister netanyahu has reason to believe that pressure will be on him as well as on hamas. i believe there are more reasons to be hopeful.

the sad part is that it has taken so long, cost so many lives and it will be difficult for either side to make it clear that the deal was worth waiting for, insofar as hamas is waiting for, insofar