in such a minute, on d w the this is the w news live from the land. south korea's ruling policy says president, you in. so keel is dangerous and must leave office of the defense ministry to show us the country. it will not survey any new order from the president to reimpose marshall. also coming up in the program, the rebel forces in syria and to the city of hama. after pushing out government troops is the 2nd 50 to full as pressure mounts on the president of shaw outside. the french president emmanuel mcfall, slammed the opposition for toppling the government,

and in 5th he will not resign the eclipse mckinnon. welcome to the program. thanks for joining us. in south korea, the leader of president in southfield own policy is cooling for the immediate suspension of his powers. people power policy chief hendon who had rejected calls to impeach the president of the union funds the nation into political tumble on tuesday, with an attempt to impose his mouthful, but had now says he's received intelligence. the president ordered troops to arrest key political figures during tuesday. nights crisis, tom says the president poses a great danger if he stays, and that as a risk, he will declare martial or again, the president is to to meet his policy leader friday that's come on

out from dw east asia concent correspondent james chase. so he's joining me now from sol james. a tell us more about these room is that us k lacing in south korea and media, a balance of possible 2nd declaration as muscle. so annual, just to give you a bit of context about where i am currently i'm outside the main gates to the national assembly of the last hours. so there's a been a closure of this assembly if we believe that's, that's because you can still kill is likely to arrive at the national assembly. some meetings with members of his own policy imminently, as it relates to that disagreements about the possible 2nd declaration of national . it's understood that that vice defense minister has already guarantee that if such a declaration was made that they would no tax opponents. and these roommates have been circulating so many amongst a position who will make it some of those also suggesting there's

a physician who will make his suggesting that they would be based need this national assembly in case such an event. charles, who came as a cost, but again, officials trying to call him this is such a declaration would come again and right now we're wasting it to see if seen. so killer, i say to meet with those minister design likes to discuss his future. we've been reporting that will lead to of use and policy is now also warning that the president needs to be suspended from office. and is, is that as a result of all of this, talk of a 2nd declaration of martial law. how does that come about yeah, the leader of unions on policy made this major reverse. so over the course of this morning, initially at the need, it was indicating that he would be back in june san killed. then. this morning he said he had to change his mind because of into new information that it comes to

lights. that's allegations that you had for the rest of the position who will make it, says it and says the parliament, this is something that the presidential office and the noise, none the less. so the leader of things and policy has said that you needs to leave office for the security of south korea systems and democracy. and again, he's used to meet with himself your latest today. and there will be questions about what would come with that meeting. whether that will be pressure applied to your goals from members of design policy to resign from office. we can see behind you james, and also hear what sounds like demonstrations. tell us a little bit more about the people's reaction to, to, to what's happening and what's going on right now. yeah, absolutely. i mean, the demonstrations are taking place outside here regarding a thought expensive arrival of you, sulky old people coming here off broadly in

a position to once you talk, you all has unleashed on south korea's democracy. over the past couple of days, we're outside the national assembly. as i mentioned, this is the place that has been fairly easy to get into. john, listen, the ends of the public have been musing fatty freely into the grounds of the national assembly. some of the major demonstrations and protests taking place on the steps of the main building further away from where we are right now. we're in the area that is now looks down on it. so again, people gathering outside the national assembly making create that even if you still, jo survives this impeachment both of these now facing, potentially as early as tomorrow that public pressure on him to, to resign could continue to mount some of the less. james, i did just want to ask you about this impeachment. i mean, how likely is it, is there a chance that he could survive it?

i think with this major of us wasting from the leader of his own policy, that the likelihood that this impeachment goes ahead is now hire. so absolutely guarantee. and just to give you a sense of some of the mathematics and the composition of the national assembly, in order to impeach a south korean president, you need a 2 thirds majority in the 300 met the product instead of the $200.00 folks. what we see now is a physician policies occupying some 192 seats. so it would need 8 mentors of use and quantity to, to break ranks to vote for his impeachment, but the impeachment of the friends and stuff belongs to that one policy. and that have been some mentors of teens. i'm positive, we publicly express that they will vote hold on a patient. but again, that boy discharging success day. and i'm sure opposition cause the members will be applying pressure on members on teams and talk to you to ensure the document types comes to pos, james chase, and so the don't use east asia corresponding thank you so much of the

to syria now where rebel forces have captured the city of hama, and this is a major victory for the coalition of anti government forces as a balance rapidly across the country. the loss of hama is a massive blow to the president of shaw outside of symbols, and the scene is a civil war in syria opposition fighters into the city and city of hama, after 3 days of intense fighting. the groups lead to size that here to clean up a 40 year old roomed the city and ami says it's redeployed its forces from the city to the outskirts in order to protect civilian lives. it's another blow to president special a sides comma is one of the c major cities outside the capital to remain on the full government to control. it's about the nearly 14 years of serious civil war.

it's capture comes just days of to is the mr. rebels rested to control of elect to the country. second city from government forces, many tvs, the display civilians are overjoyed at being able to attend to the city of to more than a decade away. as part of how the jury is indescribable words cannot describe how happy we are. it's such an incredible feeling. after all this time we returned to a level can you notice tend to the level and walk through it, streets the streets. we could never forget into the have we have a semblance of normality as we tend to the left side streets. since the rebels take over the facts that have been report, shortages of essential goods and services and traffic piling up in the street to meet the i'm searching for the south. how much is strategically located in central sylvia? it's seen is crucial for assets forces to hold,

to retain control of the capital, damascus. it's capture has some people in the capital concerned. definitely. everybody is scared. the atmosphere is tense and people are worried. everyone is concerned. we did not expect this to happen. but we have hope this is the situation stabilizers and shuttle and returns to the way it was. and better off the cap to a la carte. and how much the rebel offensive looks set to continue the insurgents say they're ready to head south, the homes, the countries 3rd largest city, and the next may just stop on the march to damascus. earlier i spoke to jen list, barry yvonne result, she's a journalist in the chemistry in north syria and she told me more about the situation in hum on now that an islamist rebel groups that is backed by to okay.

its name is hyatt. terreros from has captured that city. thank you. the situation has rapidly stipulated, as you know, especially with that the box is made by, has to stay at a shop at turkish back sections in area like and the full, as in houma. and lisa's i'm a 24 hours high as a fusion declared, it's control over hema and it was like it. and if we, with the bowl for, for, for less you in a government and also for the people what's happened in april and also in hema, that the solution declared the complete control 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 government versus actually and lost their withdrawal from the city. why is hama so important?

because it's the 1st, it's the to reinforce 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 company he, after attempts to fight with the, with the field shop. and now i have to hear some assumed like the calls for uh for the city, an army, a close on the syrian army or military defection. and they have their way to move to pumps. okay, the, the, we're hearing the syrian foreign ministers in baghdad. so 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? i actually, i'm actually as you know, you run and iraq is the for their support or for a cd and government and assets region 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 other t and the capacity of cdm military units have been structured, do 2 years of fighting the fiction and, and the white's pre depletion of personnel and a from these, 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

that says that, um uh, that the country part but part of match will, uh, will be part of the military intervention in your area. but actually, um we, we, we, as we see another here from the, from the news that iraq has sent some melisha munitions and also has been left also certain, some of the issues 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. so let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world now. and then us quake of the us west coast triggered assumed. nami, warning in the states of california and oregon. roads were closed with traffic because people attempt to, to flee inland. magnitude 7 quite struck in the pacific ocean about 72,

on the 10th of the coast. of northern california, the sonoma warning was withdrawn after about an hour. iceland, outgoing government has granted permits to to wayland companies until 2029 animal rights activists condemn the decision that will allow the killing of around $400.00 wales each year. iceland, no way in japan, all the only countries that allow commercial wailing often many species will hunted to the brink of extinction. in the 19 sixties and australia is prime minister has blamed anti semitism for an austin attack at the melbourne synagogue. anthony albanese said it was aimed a causing fear. the fire caused extensive damage. police searching for 2 suspects that has been a rise in target is a tax and australia since the war and gaza, which was sponsored by the time of sled october the 7th terror attack. the

other gentleman chance that will of science is facing a confidence votes on december, the 16th, if he loses about votes, as is expected, he will, germany will have an election in february to choose a new parliament. now that means that political policies also cuz right now on the polls and on preparing themselves for that contest in early 2025. so let's have a look at how poll suggests that election could turn out the saying, but trump flush all it says, social democrats would win only around 16 percent of the vote. the conservative block of the cd you on the bavarian, csu policies would be twice as strong with 32 percent the business friendly, liberal f t p. would know us guess enough votes to even be represented in the bundles, talk the far right. if the policy would likely achieve 18 percent on the left policy would fail to reach the 5 percent huddle to score place and pull them at the

could still be represented by 3 by winning 3 local candidates that remains on planned for now, a new policy, the b, s w could make it into parliament, it's pulling up 5 percent with a blend of less leaning economic policies. with conservative migration and russia friendly foreign policy initiatives. we can get more on all of this from all chief political correspondent. nina has a morning, nina. now looking at the week figures predicted for the social democrats as well of folks this policy has the chancellor centrally already lost the selection the moment hand is a positive all polling way behind the conservatives. that's true. so 16 compacts essentially 2 percent, there is quite a big gap, but this is a very volatile situation still. and if you look at 3 things, one, if i can throw you back to 3 years ago, just

a few weeks before the last elections left charts was pulling at 14 percent only. and you still manage to become jobs, right? and then why? mainly because the others make mistakes in the tail end of the complaint to in germany. it's all about coalition building in the end. right. so a lot will depend on how potential coalition partners will perform, especially the greens and 3, roughly one side of demons are still undecided and there is less loyalty to policies than you would have had in the past. and also you mustn't forget, if you look at polls, they also have to look at trends and all of sorts of government coalition was extremely unpopular. but he seems taking the decision to end it and vote as do seem to acknowledge that his party has actually gone up to percentage points since that decision, while the others have lost points. but yes, it's a big capital leading conservatives right now, and he doesn't have much time to cut some notes. right. so leading conservatives pulling at about 32 percent, and it is therefore looking like leave the place mats from the conservative cd

policy could potentially become the new drum and tron solicit. tell us a bit more about him or well, i think so. a view is a broad, it's important to know that this match is not fundamentally different or less sides when it comes to the big foreign policy issues. and they strongly believe in gemini, being suddenly rooted in what we call the west. there's a strong focus on good ties with the us. they want the strong european union, but when it comes to details, mats is still somewhat of a mystery. it's not clear, for example, whether he would deliver the tourist miss all to ukraine or not. he said in the past that that needs to happen and now we're not so sure. but he is presenting himself as wanting to drive change in this country. and in theory, a lot of demons are hardly saying that something does need to change it. but then, demons are also reluctant to change, so you do need to convince them, and that like minutes has yet to deliberate details and important areas when it

comes to the pension system. for instance. you know, we're going to take a look at some of the facts and figures and we'll come right back to you off to was post is asked people what they see is the biggest challenges facing gemini right now and 45, send see the economy as the biggest problem stops the ca, percentage points more than just a month ago. migration is next with 23 percent. and the fear of rule is it 18 percent? now the big loses in this uh, environmental protection and climate change. uh, once named is people's main fee and now only 12 percent of them and vote is still c environmental protection and climate change as the most pressing problem. so clearly a change the in the priority about what is most important. so nina, the, the economy clearly the, the most important issue for many governments in these elections, us. absolutely,

and that is because the economy is in a bad state. the earliest they do just this week said the japanese economy is expected to see the lowest growth of all developed economies. next year. the fees are only expected to grow 0.7 percent. and there is a huge backlog and the investment of that is also rufus and some of the decisions that were not made a couple of decades ago. but perhaps just as importantly for the last 3 is generally companies have not known just which way germany and the government wants to go pull public investments and subsidies into the system like wireless sorts. and the greens wanted or reduce tax and stick to a know 5 public debt policy. and that's what the business friend via ftp wanted. and that was also the issue that broke the coalition in the end, that they couldn't agree on the philosophy on how to fix the economy. and that struggle, of course, meant uncertainty for deadman funds. but it also meant

a lot of uncertainty for gem and house owners, etc. so and so that's and t going into the election, which will likely be held in separate the ws chief political correspondent, nina has indeed, no, thank you. now the french president and manually my call has given a defiant television to address the day off to his prime minister. last historic no confidence vote. my call said he would have pointed to new premier within days and vowed to sub out the rest of his own time. he blamed the fall royce. on the far left toppling the minority government. the president of the manual met, crowns of france, has no prime minister. it has no government, no budget for 2025, which starts in less than a month, a macro, and told the french people who don't blame him. even ask whom i will never assume the responsibility of others. and in particular of the parliamentarians who consciously chose to bring down the budget and the government of frogs

a few days before christmas. if it didn't let many on the streets of paris and 200 other french cities and towns, they get 2 different civil servants laid into the former governments. 2025 budget plan meant to rein in a growing deficit with spending cuts and tax increases. everyone needs to take responsibility to the release of the main person responsible for what's happening to us. so i'm very happy about what's happening to him. yes, to realize that he's not the only boss in front. of course we're all managing fronts together. that deficits and inflation that the government itself provokes now, we are asking civil 7 send to people generally to soak up to death. and that's just not possible. demonstrators expect present it to the crone to nominate another right, meaning government or keeping up their push for more investment in the public sector . they know that this one much commercially marine le pen of the far right national rally party probably has more say than anyone in the next budget to kind. she was

unimpressed with centers because of the crowns last choice to lead his government. the right leaning michel, barn, ya sums up a pretty cheek before we have to look at what people do and not just look at the label by saying who's right waiting for. the other thing he does is good. so no, everything he does has not been good. yeah. well, for the, the chrome says la pens, national riley law makers voted against even their own platform and a bunch of debates sufficiently on something like doing so. they chose chaos, and that's the only project they share with the radical left along this with the support of the rest of the left on the lines for me not to do, but to undo to rick, have a maple, they say for credit is all the french media have reported mat crowns. next. prime minister will likely come from a short list of centrist candidates who might appeal to both sides of the political spectrum. he'll reveal his choice in coming days. daily as

christine language joins us now from brussels, with an e perspective. on this crisis in france, christine mccall, the french president says he will name a new prime minister in the coming days. who with the you european union like to see the, the new government leader in front of and on why? well, any other interest in brussels would be not necessarily who is the next payment as to what the next prime minister does as it pertains to the all standing budgets. francis congress spending more than it brings and it is courtesy and breach off the use roles expansion deficit is at about 6 percent and the rules would like to see that at about 3 percent and no more. so it's really crucial from, from an e perspective to see that france is back on that sort of corrective of fiscal policy and be so initial. bonnie is budget and attempts to do that. brussels was quite happy with the fact that in the budget that he had proposed, he was going to reduce that deficit by

a percentage points taking it to 5 percent. so going in the right direction closer to the desired 3 percent level and below. so that is randy with the interest is on the part of the commission here to see your eps 2nd biggest economy. get back into line in terms of budgetary expectations. but now of course, as on such and see, we don't know who the next appointment is to is going to be how unsettling is all of this, this crisis in fronts full the, the european union and the timing of it or so there is no direct implication on the part of the european union in the sense that there are no decisions to be made, that perhaps will now be put on hold at a new level because of the political instability in france. so to say, but i'm sickening is, is the right way that you use a new because this does coincide, you know, the crisis in front. it does coincide with, with germany's a deafening coalition coming to a premature end. and now you have this scenario,

we europe's 2 big bees. both have significant political woods at home, both have weak economies. there is also this common denominator of this fall right influence and how it is creeping into policy issues as high with europe is generally at into tied with leadership is needed. and this franco, jim intend them, has been the bronx main stay of providing that leadership and going into 2025 we. they will be a new administration in the white house where the war is raging and ukraine. that influence at that front and germany has been providing for the brock might be a little bit absence a while it would bring things to a whole k. so certainly there is a sense that things will slow down a little bit because these 2 countries or having these significant political problems back at home. christine, thank you so much for that. update that c w as christine and deliver pushing from brussels. it was that you're up to dates,

coming up next to the points off. it's a deal with that person will come at ukraine's expense. stay tuned for that. so if you can, i'm on you can just mckinnon. i will be back at the top of the hour with winds national headlines, if you can join us for that the,

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