he's become cold in a cruise here to the school counseling, missouri, i'm afraid i'll never see him again. when, oh, you lost under the stops december 18th. on d, w. the, the, this is the w news lies from the land. south korea is ruling president, the routing policy says president, use so kill is dangerous, and must leave office. and the defense ministry to show us the country. it will not survey any new order from the president to reimpose muscle. also coming up in the program, the rebel forces in syria and to the city of hum of the pushing out government troops. it's the 2nd 15 to full as prussia mountains on the president by shotwell upset

the i need to visit cannon. welcome to the program. in south korea, the leader of president ewing, suck hills own policy, is cooling for the immediate suspension of his powers. people power policy chief hand on who had rejected colds to impeach you over this week's martial low deck for declaration. but he now says he's received intelligence that the president ordered troops to arrest key political figures during tuesday nights crisis. johan says the president poses a great danger. if he stays on that as a risk, he will declare martial again. the president is do some meets his policy need to on friday the w east asia correspondent james chase a joins us now from sol. so james,

tell us more about these rumors circulating in south korea and media about a possible 2nd declaration of muscle low. what's release as the yeah, which is 1st of all to give you a bit of context about where i am exactly. i'm outside the natural affinity re dates we were trying to go inserts as that's one of our lives. shorts. when the security guards the gate, they said that they would. now i'm looking down on this as we understand. that's because the credit union, so cold is likely to arrive at the national assembly and moving down to to begin with just start discussions with members of design policy. as you say, agreements have been circulating about potentially in place and also for a 2nd assignment and members of the government into sports defense minister, so that they would not act on that martial declaration if it did come a 2nd time. but still officials from his own policy now the leader of his own

seeming and like they all going and will really beginning to find the answer in the next few hours. and so you'll just going to be able to search, which is scheduled and associates as you say, james, the leader of units own policy is now also warning that he needs to be suspended from office. is that specifically because of this? talk about a potential 2nd declaration of national the for inputs into 2 points. how the rulers, about the 2nd motion will really well just room is the position to make a space that, that was likely to happen again as it relates to own policy. what we've really seen is a quite stunning reverse of really initially the major design process was saying that they were going to support you some people. now it's saying that some significant information has come to light,

which means that they can no longer support him. so the leader of his own policy saying that you quote, use immediate respective suspension form assessments are trying to protect the citizens of south korea. and again, that would be big questions about what's this thing that seems to take place between the leader of design policy and you'd fishkill nation states. and what would come about me thing and whether the leader of this on policy will apply pressure on you. soak your reside is the results of others. how shall declaration, james? we can hear the protest is behind. you just give us a sense of what's going on there. i mean, are they, they protesting against him. they want him to be impeached the yeah, the majority, the demonstrations here outside the national assembly. right. why on now? you know, position to within the perceptions and demonstrations on uh morning. um. yeah. and

it's because we believe you can still go with the bumps or why any moment now at the national assembly, again, some beats with politicians here, the national assembly, it's been quite easy to get in. actually john list and members of the public. i've been moving in a pretty freedom. you've seen demonstrations outside the main building in the evening ever since at this most of the declaration. so now it being shut down in education with something significant is about to happen. i'll see if that was about to write any movement. no, i think it's still in the unlikely something significant will happen. again, this is just while we wait to see what might happen. i mean, is it, is it very likely now that this impeachment will happen is that will assigns a pointing to the i think with this major of us we've seen from the media reviews and possibly it becomes much more likely not absolutely assured, just to give you

a sense of some of the mathematics to a soft credit cards and to be in peace. you need a 2 thirds majority votes seen at the national assembly, the 300 member national assembly. so $200.00 votes in order for the presidency in peach as it stands right now. position policies are positioned who will make is reward express to stay in school while you still jo. this done ok by 100 much to see. so what we expect for we need to see is a members options own policy to break ranks. and so you look forward to impeach the president from there in punch. we've already seen some and p's from their ruling policy indicate that they would vote in favor of an impeachment. um, so it's looking increasingly likely that, um, that impeachment votes will pause, even if it doesn't though you see the, the amount of public anger and frustration here in south korea. that even if he does divide this impeachment, but it's going to be very difficult for him to resist public pressure for him to

resign. the w east asia correspondent james chase and sole james, thank you so much. so that update the rebel forces in syria has captured the city of hama. it's a major victory. so the coalition to the anti government forces, as they advance rapidly across the country. the loss of hama is a massive blow to the president, special outside of the mold and the scene, years of civil war opposition fighters into the city and city of hama, after 3 days of intense fighting. the groups lead a size that here to clean up a 40 year old roomed. the city, an army says it's redeployed its forces from the city to the outskirts in order to protect civilian lives. it's another blow to president bush out on the sides, hama is one of the few major cities outside the capital to remain on the full

government to control. so out the nearly 14 years of serious civil war, it's capture comes just days of to is the mr. rebels rested to control overlapping the country. second city from government forces. many previous the display civilians are overjoyed at being able to attend to the city of to more than a decade away. as part of the joy as indescribable words cannot describe how unhappy we are. it's such an incredible feeling after all this time we returned to a level can you notice sent him a level and walk through it, streets the streets. we could never forget into that had we have a semblance of normality as returns to the streets since the rebels takeover but they have been report so shortages of essential goods and services and trash piling up in the streets and meet the i'm searching for the south hama is strategically

located in central, sylvia. it's seen as crucial for assets forces to hold, to retain control of the capital, damascus. its captcha has some people in the capital concerned. definitely, everybody is scared. the atmosphere is tense and people are worried. i know everyone is concerned. we did not expect this to happen, but we have focus is the situation stabilizers and shuttle and returns to the way it was and better off the cafeteria and how much the rebel offensive looks set to continue the insurgents. say that ready to head south, the homes, the countries 3rd largest city, and the next may just stop on the march to damascus. turn list at verizon. result will joins us now from the city of come, usually in the northeast and syria. welcome to the w. what can you tell us about

the situation in houma now that the rebels have captured the city? thank you. the situation has rapidly it's created, as you know, especially with the boxes made by has to be at a shop, a turkish back sections in area like and the full and in houma. and lisa's, i'm a 24 hours high as a field of sham declared. it's control over hema and then it was like it and you were the both for for, for that here in a government and also for the people. what's happened in april and also in hema, that the solution declared the complete controls on him up for now. i think it's, it's come for now and situation is come now for for hey, it's a huge shift and the steering governments versus actually and lost their withdrawal from the city. why is homeless so important?

because it's the 1st, it's the to reinforce the large city in syria and it's in on the way on the way to that to the mascot. mm hm. and so what is next for the rebels? so you're saying damascus is the ultimate prize that where will they move on to from a yeah, and the syrian government announced its withdrawal from the city completely after attempts to fight with the, with the feel show. and now i have to hear some assumed like the calls for uh for the city, an army, a close on the syrian army on military defection. and they have their way to move to pumps. okay, the, the, we're hearing the syrian foreign ministers in baghdad for talks with his iraq, he on a rainy and counterparts to discuss the situation,

discuss what's happening in the region. what is his priority? what kind of support does he want? what does he want to get out of this meeting to actually, um, actually as you know, you run and iraq is the for their support or for a cd and government and assets regime is a stretch of thing in terms of resources. we have much of its military power focused on holding other key areas, parts canary, invest the self and around damascus. and the yellow sea and cap capacity of cdm military units have been a structured do 2 years of fighting the fiction and, and the whites, pre depletion offers to know. and i'm from this, from this visit to, to iraq. and by that they are asking of, they are asking for support and they are asking for a for a heavy weapons in syria. and uh,

what do we see that several iraqi lawmakers have also denied that report. report back to that. um, uh that the country part, but part of mass will, uh, will be part of the military intervention in your area. but actually, um we, we, we, as we see another here if from the, from the news that iraq has sent some melisha munitions as also has been left also certain somebody should have to fight with that. i will have to leave it there . but thank you so much for your time and bring us up to date. that's true and list it very fun that result in the coming should be in syria. thank you and has a look at a couple of other stories making headlines around the world today. and as quite across the us, west coast triggered a c. nami warning in the states of california and oregon roads will club with traffic has people attempted to flee in land. the magnitude 7 quite struck in the

pacific ocean about 70 kilometers of the coast of northern california. this unknown, me wanting was withdrawal and about an hour afterwards. iceland, outgoing governments has bronte permits to to wayland companies until 2029 animal rights activists condemn the decision that will allow the killing of around $400.00 wiles each year. iceland, new way in japan are the only countries that allow commercial wailing of to many species will home to, to the brink of extinction in the 19 sixty's. here's a quick reminder of our top story for you out of the south and south korea. the defense ministry says it will not survey any new orders to impose marshall as the leader of president, in some hills own policy, is calling for the immediate suspension of his house. and with that,

you are up to date is coming up next rather looks at brisbin public transport system. the australian city is a means to be a model of sustainable mentality. i had a 2030 to unlimited. stay tuned for that. if you can, i'm on you could just and they can and thank you so much for watching the people in trucks injured trying to feed the city center the straight people's screens the around the world more than 130000000 people us

we of mine because no one should have to make up your own mind dw, may feel mine's the of the decades of car century planning. brisbin australia is upgrading. it's public transport. it's putting a new kind of trackless tram on the road and tunneling, a new train line under the river. will it convince people to finally get out of their cars and categories been fixed? it's transit in time for the olympic games. the i am obsessed with public transport. it is essential to cleaning and greeting cities. everywhere i go, i take trains, buses, tramps, and fairies to get to know

a city. and it's people. i'm looking for ideas that other locations can copy and mistakes that they should avoid. welcome to brisbin, also increasingly known by its indigenous name, the engines. it's a sub tropical city with close to 3000000 residents across its extended region. if you haven't heard much about the city yet, you will see because in 2032, it will host the olympic and power olympic games and it's public transport system will be vital to getting people to it stadiums. but today, the city is dominated by cars. governments have invested usually in a network of underground highways, but comparatively little in other forms of trends or the results experts now right brisbin as one of the west cities in australia for public transport, while it's roads keep getting busy,

the place is becoming very low. they get the right to jason is getting worse, and worse drivers can waste around 60 hours these here and take out the traffic according to the royal automobile club of queensland peak hour on some right, so some load wise we to have congestion and some of that is changing, we have strong population growth, and all we have total enterprise construction activity. grades of brisbin is the fastest growing region you distribute. the population is expected to double by 2050 . and all those new residents are bringing more vehicles. even car drive is a colleague of better boston train systems. if you're a body taurus. the best way of getting a suggestion is to have the person who would have been in the context. you might have choice to use public transport. paul, to ride the bus is brisbin, gets around 79 percent of journeys are made in private vehicles and only 10 percent

by public transport. the vast majority of public transport journeys, 68 percent a made by bus about one stood by train and a small number by fairy brisbin once had a substantial trend network which carried more passengers than old loads of public transport due today. but during the 19 sixty's car craze, and after a big fire at a debt, both the tribes were scrapped. these remaining trucks are simply historical. today, brisbin, public transport system runs mostly on buses. as a fleet, as like a $1200.00 buses, both standard and bio situated, also known as vending your phenomena. but the vast majority run on diesel and gas on the a handful of electric, some scenic routes run across the iconic story bridge. with the panoramic views of the city skyline. now my favorite thing about the buses is the politeness of most

passengers listen to how they strike the driver when they're disembarking. the bus system received a major upgrade about 2 decades ago when the city built a rapid bus transit poor adult with separated high speeds. bostwick transport experts say the bus waste one thing brisbin got ride brisbin. fust system works just fine. you can leave on one of these high speed bus white station. but for river ultimate city need a lot of patience. some routes run early every half hour or every hour. that makes it really hard to plan a journey. the heavy train system is a radio network with several lines, bringing passengers from across the region into brisbin city center trains carry about a 3rd of all public transport users. but that's only around 3 percent of the total joining. there are 10 lines including one to the airport. some lines offer fantastic to you, like a regional trains running north,

which cost right below the volt tenant cord, of the magazine gloss house, mountains. but most people don't live near a train station. there's no circle, wind connecting the outer district and many services run infrequently according to public transport advocates robust dow, that leads some passengers feeling 1st the round it with his character, all his by life frequency, particularly as you move out of the in a cool. now that makes it very difficult to use it. typically when it's connected to by low frequency, past surfaces and connections become a not man. and it's not unusual, but they left the white house and they are now. you got a guy, a lack of club has a day, a while you're waiting for the try. the train network is constrained. why have buffle neck added score? this rail bridge is the only trained connection over the brisbin river,

but the same natural barrier is put to use for fairies. there are several waterborne rooms traversing the river, connecting to parks, museums, and universities. the big cattle miranda called for the cat to little boats. i called to the cat fairies only carry around 3 percent of public transport passengers. but they're very popular, especially with visits. it is my favorite form of public transport infringement to ferry get to see all the important sites on the river. and many of the services are free for the paid city cat services ticketing works just like on buses and trains to tag on and off with a tough, tough transit cost for any credit cards. then just enjoy the ride a bus upgrades are coming north least because brisbin has been named post the city

of the 2032 olympics and paralympic games. the main ceremonies will be held at an expanded stadium as well. and gab, just across the river from the city center to reach the stadium and resolve that problem that is single bridge bottleneck work is underway. on the new cross river rail, wind to massive boring machines have dug twin 5.9 kilometers tunnels. now phone you stations are being fitted out and are expected to open off the 2025. but i couldn't wait that long to have a look across the river rail team. let me take a tour of the under construction will in gab a station. the engineers here took lessons from other major tunneling projects around the world. one of the fortunate things we've had here in prison is we find entirely enroll

some of the other projects around the world. whether we're in hong kong or maybe in london, they've had to deal with fly in and and in terms of ground support. yes, it's hard to hold up to apply that it is to talk about how that rock which has a natural tendency to hold other loadings off from press raleigh, london. it's probably one of the more advanced mode and technological underground morales. and so we have learning the lessons around the platforms, trained on integration signaling systems and building those lessons across the river out a new european try and control system will allow trains to run at higher frequencies. some say this rail tunnel should have been built decades ago, but blanket train, it's better late than never where it's been has another fascinating transport development in the was there calling it the metro. so most contentious thing about

the metro is its name. it isn't an underground train line or subway. these electric vehicles filled by the switch company has looked like a tramp once they run on rubber wheels, some cold is a type of trackless trend. others say it's a glorified bus. whatever they're called, the vehicles will run down prisons existing bus way at peak frequencies of 5 minutes. so why didn't prison just build a tram system itself has the benefit that the you for structure? so i, we have, i extensive, a bus bus y system, which is data kind of purely for the use of the public transport bus operations. if the infrastructure is there and can be repaired at best, it's a far more cost effective solution to re introduce a rob baton vehicle with its charging system that it is to introduce a lot rouse system. the next step up in the,

in the public transport capacity high rock to the metro's battery electric vehicles can carry around 170 pass engines. that's about as many as an articulated or bendy box. light rail can handle around $300.00 passengers, power train and light rail was considered here, but the bus was still needs to accommodate regular buses. so the full conversion to steel trucks wasn't possible. the trend fans may be disappointed. more cities around the world, a likely to select this kind of system due to its low cost and flexibility transport advocate robert to dow sees it as a hospitalization di things brisbin needs a real metro. now this vision match, i plan, as i said on the temporary thinking market, so it's not going to work for that long. the market is up to the olympics, maybe not. but it really start thinking about some serious trial capacity in the, in the core prison. am i talking way talking shop wise?

3 things brisbin could triple its current public transport journey share of 10 percent with a single integrated transit authority, more rapid services, and better plus connections to the train stations. audit, we can get to 3040 percent if we do what we need to do, right? i'm gonna have to do it. we can keep using cost in the why that we'd be using to allow that size to happen. we've got to get the public transport network rush, right, which gets back to having a proper authority, doing the things that are fundamental, frequent it connected. it says decal as simple as that. with as low frequency buses and distant train stations, you can really understand why people infringement prefer to get around by car. the upgrades coming in on video lympics like the track was tram and the underground train line will help with visitors get around without

a problem. but residents will be hoping that those kind of expansion reproach x, y, and z, which again, transport in brisbin magine is accelerating august decades into slower lane. other cities trying to transition away from cars can learn from its experiments and with the olympics and paralympics on the way the world will be watching to see if chris but couldn't get into the public transport back on track to name some more about home the abilities changing the world next time on risk. excising prod, costs, know on tv. my fee is and with i'm going to be a good mom. always you can defend yourself, but you can start off with. what is it like to come out when you're married? how does on mental health impact a lot of life between east to west or the cross is right in the middle and the

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