the on the everyday things around us. when did they come from? when, why did they have all the time? i should, we can just search for the day and take them out for the 6 hours that rattled a nation. most south koreans only knew marshal law from textbooks after all, they've never been involved in the 37 years since the country became a democracy. president jones so kills declaration sparked fear of 1st and when the circumstances became clearer. bafflement the move which was reversed by parliament, has raised questions over humans ability to govern the position of martial law. i'll be a short lived, has lunch south korean to turmoil and worried us allies now and future and proceedings are under way and use move. life seal the end of his political career

under construction, berlin. and this is the day the and there's a lot of anger that is directed at the present time. the presidential office for the decision to impose marshall block this exploration was outrages and ridiculous . the attempt to impose the marshal, which is very terms as fortunately we welcome presently and stay withdrawn. the marshal lauder. we saw both sides of democracy yesterday, play out you and stuck your has done something crazy. that violates the constitution. it is still something that is ongoing. however, we are in for quite a busy number. also on the day tls locker

berg and not school, we look at the tech brows closing out to the president elect. how much influence can money buying under trump 2 point? oh, a must effectively block his way into this relationship. it appears that he is able to translate his economic power into political power. welcome to the show. what was he thinking? a question on many people's minds in south korea today after the president's short lived declaration of martial law whenever it was young. so you'll intended to do, it looks like it backfired spectacularly because in the past 24 hours, he's seen his political career unravel before his very eyes and soul. thousands of protesters took to the streets to the man jones resignation and the opposition has initiated

a push to impeach the embattled president. a bill of impeachment for south korea's president, opposition parties accuse you and sucky all of trying to stage an insurrection. they say his declaration of martial law on tuesday is a criminal act. you can suck your has done something crazy. that violates the constitution. basically committed a crude to todd impeachment is not a choice anymore. it's a must citizens and opposition law makers gathered outside parliament, demanding his resignation. they warn he will go to great lengths to stay in power. will come in time. there is a high possibility of him endangering people's lives by provoking north korea, causing chaos near the military denmark cation line, and in the end causing an armed clash bottom.

the price is a relatively tuesday when the president suddenly announced he was imposing martial law, citing threats of on north korea and an anti state forces. part of women armed troops swooped into the capital, sold soldiers and circle parliament and try to enter the building. but protestors and law makers blocked their access and fought their way in parliament, then passed a unanimous motion demanding a martial law to be lifted to just i'm going ahead to hey, i'm good. okay, we can have hours later president unit did just that time. but the damage was done, though it was short lived it march the 1st time the civilian government had been replaced by the military since south korea's dictatorship ended in the late 19 eighties. people are shaken by the events. and we don't like,

it was an experience that i've only seen and movies and i realized how much more serious it is then i had imagined as soon as i called when i looked at the full man we on these how last night i happened to wake up from my sleep and came across the news. at 1st i was scared and very confused. i kept thinking, what is coming on? is this something that could actually happen in this era? do you see that they don't most of the many didn't go hard excuse the president of attempting to tightened his grip on power. struggles to push through his agenda in the officers and lead parliament. unimpeachable requires backing from a majority of law makers and the constitutional court. parliament is set to vote on the motion. and later this week rushes in, bassett or to the united nations has accused to crane of eating syria and rebels

without providing any evidence. the rebels launch of surprise offensive last week and continued to advance in the northern provinces of holla and it was 0 as army command says. its forces are striking back with russian air support and law scout safe syrian president bush are all aside from defeat in 2015. but observers are wondering, russia will be able to help them again, considering its own full scale invasion of ukraine, themes of despair and breed unfolding, northwest and syria, as people trying to identify the dead after russian and syrian as strikes on it look provence most go has once again, deployed as well, things to help syrian special assad put a stop to an offensive by rebel forces. it was russia's military intervention in 2015. that time the tide in us that's favor. the height of series will back then must have ariel bombardments with what critics said was little regard for civilian

life, helped aside again. last territory versus vladimir putin claims have boosted his country, standing on the global stage by changing the costs of the conflict. aside with a few sit in his thanks i but as to what is being called a stone, a new push by rebel forces who quickly move to take over a like post international apple. it's unclear if russia will be able to help aside in the same way. and what this could mean to the why the situation to one thing, russia is bogged down and ukraine in a conflict. preteen has shown no signs of being prepared to end since he ordered its full scale invasion in 2022. moscow has said it continues to support the assad. but analysts say it's unlikely russia will be able to send reinforcements or the pro additional fire power. as all of its efforts are focused

on winning the war in ukraine, prussian troops in syria, i never thought to have amounted to more than 5000 at any one time. but report se sum was sent back to ukraine after february 2022. along with a number of will planes and long range missiles the syrian army, it's public safety if you be term and to defeat its opponents. but with questions surrounding rushes, contribution on the constantly shifting geo political situation. it's difficult to say when, oh, if it will achieve its aim. on, of course this guy as an analyst at the washington institute for near east policy, she's also the author of futons war in syria, russian foreign policy, and the price of america's absence. i know welcome to the day, it's great to see. now how much can russia afford to invest in the defense of bush

are all a side at this time. the extra much for having a. i mean, the question you ask is really the key one. uh, how much can russia invest? the answer is, well, it certainly has some resources to invest into syria. in other words, russia is resource constrained because of its war in ukraine. but it is not yet desperate. and the serial operation from the very beginning by the crime one's own design, was always limited. it was meant to be limited up. so in theory, the kremlin has some assets, air assets, it can give to a saw. the question is, how long is this going to go? what would be the logistics involved? that there's so many listen me, unforeseen potential consequences. and, and so the, the answer, the short answer is yes. they have something to give. but how, how, how, how, how much will it matter and that, that remains to be seen. certainly, i would say pollutants credibility here is on the line right now. all right,

and does the fact that the militants were able to capture a level so quickly that the serious 2nd biggest city does not show that moscow really is unable to help aside? well, it certainly is a set back it's, it's a major set back really. it's a, it's a stunning and reversal when you think about what has happened in syria in the last several days. why? uh, the uh, the assets capture of a level with rushes and around you and help in 2016 was a major turning point of the war back then in assets favor. so it is certainly a big step back for russia. but the fact of the matter is they have recalibrated, they have a reiterated that they will support a sod and we did start an air campaign. so again, of this, the story is not yet over me. to what extent you think the current advance by those militants poses a threat to overall russia strategic foothold in syria. uh uh. well,

uh, it pauses if one has a degree of thread again, rushes presence again was always limited by design. frushell wanted to have a presence on the eastern mediterranean, the military presence, and that, that, that is, it is limited to, to, to that the mediterranean coast. if eventually looking for see a potential situation where those militants, the top russians basis, russia will fight back. but i think really the main question is that the main issue is that we're not quite there yet. and i would, i would look at the situation more from a broader, big like sort of taking more of a broad point, a broad view of russia here. and that is russia remains and world in a larger war with the west. right. and that war is playing out in ukraine and it is playing out in syria. but ukraine is a bigger priority for russia. if russia lose the position in syria,

it would certainly represent a strategic defeat. but also it's in that, but that, but the, the bigger game over to our, with the west and, and ukraine will continue. let's look at how we got here. what is behind this success for the is list groups and 0? is it simply because aside, supporters in the region and around the globe are tied up in complex elsewhere as well? that's the way we got here. specifically in these last several days, is that a subs backers have been weakened in that is russia was distracted in ukraine. more importantly of his bullet has suffered a major def defeat of israel have signed a ceasefire. and you know, nature, of course, of course the vacuum. once uh once the sides backers have shown themselves to be a weak spot. somebody else is going to step in and, and what that shows us again, from a big picture perspective, is that, is this 1st how unstable syria truly is and has been despite a relative piece in,

oh, so it was a session to fighting and recent years. offers how unstable syria really has been. second, how reliant the side has been on his external backers. at the moment they loosened their grips. somebody else had stepped in. and i would say, sir, it is the degree to which both russia and a run contribute to instability in the middle east, and how far that reverberates me. the u. s. still has a mission in iraq. it's currently winding down from there. there are also monitoring advances for these long state in syria. there's about $900.00 troops from the us. so station in 0. what effect it to you expect the end of that us mission in iraq to have on the situation in the region? well, it's a signal if, if the us withdraws, it is a signal to the rest of the region that the united states, once again, this is reducing its its presence. and what if that happens?

it's also a signal for others to potentially become to step and potentially become more aggressive. and that really, again, brings us to the bigger issue of who's influence in the middle east genuinely bring stability. and i would argue it's more american presence rather than russian. and iranian present, whereas syria on donald trump's list of priorities done, or syria does not appear to be very high on donald trump's list of priorities and a sense of staying there. in other words, i, i, unfortunately do not expect trump to remain committed to, to keeping american presence in syria. and again, that is that it, that potential withdrawal would likely only be a harbinger, a greater instability in it, not only in syria, but really across the region. syria has stopped doing about syria and many years ago, it is essentially a failed state. and what you see is other powers greater and, and regional powers vying for influence in this country. and unfortunately,

as we've seen, especially with russia and iran is they're not looking for stability. they're not looking for genuine peace. what was russia's interest and syria all along? russia's interest in syria from the very beginning was about the united states. it was prior to invading ukraine, syria represented of the largest playground, where russia contested the united states for invoice. it was looking to challenge the us liberal global border. it was looking to essentially some, it's, it's fingering in the eye of the west. and into that end, it was looking to establish a military presence in syria, unlimited narrative presence as we had seen. but really, this was, syria was never about syria for russia. it was always about the west, it was always about undermining the west, and it was never about genuine peace. russia never had any desire or ability to bring genuine peace of stability to this country versus sky of the washington institute for near east policy,

fascinating insights. thank you so much. thanks for having me. after engaging in bitter public fuse in the past, you as president elect donald trump and facebook founder mark soccer bird, seem to have warmed up to each other after dining together in morrow lago last week . second berks company met a now says he wants to advise trump on artificial intelligence and tech policy. and he is the latest tech billionaire to open the c closer ties with trump, as he prepares for a 2nd tournament office and joins the likes of a lot screwed. trump has tasked with reducing government bureaucracy. last played an important part and don't transfer the general election campaign and help funded out his close relationship with trump, though has spark questions on whether he has too much influence over the president elect. a star is born a powerful alliance. after spending an estimated $200000000.00 on terms

campaign in the mosque was attempts to lead the new department of government's efficiency must effectively block his way into this relationship. it appears that he is able to translate his economic power into political power. some critics even say it's the beginning of an oligarchy. a government controlled by a small group of powerful people, feel corrupt and selfish purposes is drawn, right? so what makes must be different from other political donors. his company is depend heavily on government contracts and regulations making his ex wife potentially lucrative his rockets then space 6 is currently competing for a series of contracts with the us space for with billions space x is already a major contracts. the nasa and the defense department and his other company, the electric comp make a tesla, is currently facing scrutiny from the main. federal also safety regulations for

itself. driving software system must, through even small changes to federal regulations. even small changes to the federal contracting process. could, could substantially increase must profit enough power to save opinions full so it makes them different from other wealthy donors. it's not just the money with us. it's that he does. he owns twitter. he owns this very loud platform and he's a huge public figure musket. both the social media platform in 2022, and renamed it x. his own account with over 200000000 followers became a megaphone for trumps. talking points leading up to the election are you on? must purchase twitter and re shaped it into a forum for advancing right wing content. the algorithm was tweak to help elevate pro trunk content, help elevate, conspiracy theories about the about the election. mosques influence means that foreign policy decisions could also be shaped by his business interest. mosque was

invited to donald trump. mara logo residents in florida on election night. and was the one from spoke with well leaders, including the ukrainian president, musk control styling, the satellite network that provides low cost internet to remote locations. it's been used by you crazy and it's full with russia. we've heard j defense, the vice president elect before the election, threats and in europe, that if europe and lawmakers would regulate more of the law mosques, platforms that the us would pull out of nato. the multi billionaire will wield and know ms power and his businesses will profit americans of modest means can only hope that what's good for it, you know must, will be good for america. spring in paris marks the technology journalist and host of the pod cast tech won't save us periods. welcome to the w. and avon mosque has

been dumped a coal president by some members of drums in our circle. how big do you think his influence is over us? politics right now, but significant unfortunately, um, you know, you must have spent a lot of money to try to get donald trump electives and now people are calling him like the 1st buddy or the shadow president because of the influence that he has with donald trump. them because he is often close to donald trump is often in these calls as are segments said um and it seems to be that when it comes to electric vehicle policy, when it comes to space policy, when it comes to tech policy, more generally, especially through this a, you know, department of government efficiency, your most is going to be quite influential in shaping some of the important policies that come out of the trumpet administration. same altman, the head of open a, i as expressed confidence today, that must will not abuse government power because that would be, and i'm quoting him, an american, how do you see it? it is, you know, it's an interesting comment to make, i think, from sam open. um,

you know, i think i think you, unless it is obviously going to abuse the power that he has. because he so often does that you know, time and again when you look at his business dealings, there has already suggestions that he is going to try to make sure that electric vehicle policy benefits tesla overall. they're automakers, you know, there's suggestions in what has been said about this department of government efficiency already that it's going to be targeting nasa in a way that is going to benefit space next. you know, there's talk about a policy which most companies are very involved in. so, you know, in each of these spears, we're even almost as involved. he seems to be trying to ensure that he is going to benefit from these changes that are going to come from the trump administration. so, you know, i'd like to believe was them outlined, but i think i'm a bit more skeptical. it must, is by no means they only tech pro cosy and go to trump. is the us really headed towards an oligarchy? you know, i think the united states has been an oligarchy for quite

a while. and you know, i don't think it needs the tech industry to, to make it one. i think what we're more so seeing is, you know, traditional 1000000000 areas and powerful individuals in the united states being displaced to some degree by this new group of billionaires that has emerged from silicon valley. that is not just very wealthy, but controls corporations that are, you know, powerful in the united states, but globally as well. and so, you know, they have been experiencing increasing regulatory pressure, increasing threats and taxation, you know, over the past few years. and it seems like they have decided to use their power and wealth to ensure that those investigations and you know, those, those policies that they don't like are really going to go away under this new administration. is that what is motivated that change in silicon valley? because trump's 1st term was very much characterized by disputes with tech giants and, and silicon valley more broadly did at one point stand for much more progressive values then trump. and yeah, it's been a really interesting shift, i would say,

right? because i'm, you know, if we think back a decade or so ago when brock obama was in power, you know, before the 1st trump presidency, the tech industry was very close to the democratic party because that was what made sense, you know, on the business side. but also politically as well. i think that what we have been seeing is that, you know, through the 20 times or much the 20 times the tech industry was often praise. you know, there wasn't much regulatory scrutiny applied to it. it's companies could kind of do as they wanted and could get away with a lot of things. what we started to see through the end of the 20 times and especially into the early 20 twenty's, is that really start to change. and that made a lot of these 1000000000 years and silicon valley as their power and wealth increased quite angry. and so that is why they looked for a new, you know, direction to funnel their wealth and their political energy to make sure that these things, these policies that they didn't like started to go away. and they become much closer with donald trump than they were. and the 1st term that he had, oh,

i think we can all agree on the fact that these tech billionaires are not in it for a charity is laid out there. they very much have their interest at hard. but those are also competing interests. are we bound to see clashes between all those people that are now seeking to get closer to the center of power a while? i definitely think so, you know, as, as or segment said, your mosque is, you know, very close. but a lot of other tech billionaires are trying to move in there as well. we seeing uh, you know, mark, soccer. burke has been saying positive things about trump and had dinner with him last week. just base those before trump people won the election, spiked and endorsement at the washington post, which is a major newspaper that he owns, which was going to endorse cala harris. and you know, a lot of these tech billionaires have been saying were positive things about trump, to make sure that when he gets in the power that say anti trust investigations, they're going to what go away and things like that. but i think what we're more likely to see is that yes, on some aspect of this, you know, the policies that trump takes is going to benefit certain 1000000000 areas in

certain tech interest. but it seems like on other parts of this, it might be, you know, say on social media where there has been a lot of focus from the political right and from republicans in particular and making sure that, you know, conservative voices are not. so i want some things like that, um that, you know, in that spirit, it might be that some companies might still take on some, some i or, or some regulatory pressure more so to when political points um, from this administration, rather than thinking about, you know, making markets work efficiently and things like that uncharted territory as so many times with donald trump, though is tech journalist, paris marx, thank you so much for all those insight. thanks so much. i appreciate it. i and that's or time, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch. you can follow our team on social media. our handle there is an apps, dw do's if it's the latest headlines you're looking for. of course, there's always our website at a c, w dot com for now though from the entire team here on the day. thank you so much

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