the zones, i'm afraid i'll never see him again. no, when, oh you lost on the bus. stop. december 18th, on dw, the. this is dw news line from berlin impeachment proceedings against south korea's president to go ahead. huge crowds gather in, sold to demand that you took your go key earlier. apologize for his attempt to impose marshall lock, also coming up. searing rebels to push sounds toward the key city of homes. with government forces appearing powerless to hold their advance, the and a warm welcome to you, our viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. south korea's parliament is meeting

to vote on and petering president unit. so if you'll, after he declared martial law on tuesday, the vote comes hours after you and appeared in a televised address apologizing for the public anxiety caused by his declaration. thousands of people have been gathering in sol to protest ahead of the impeachment that the motion is being driven by the opposition coalition, which holds a majority in poland. but ruling party. lawmakers have said they will oppose the move. here's how president you and explained his actions a few hours ago. one piece on gave him some, put on the declaration of emergency motion law, was driven by my desperation as president already bought. come as all who was ultimately responsible for state affairs. one group, i just have a this has caused anxiety for and inconvenience to the pump latest. so that was on was that i'm truly sorry. and i sincerely apologize to al citizens. he must have been very surprised to me that i don't even care. i will not avoid the legal or

political responsibility regarding this declaration of motion, rule hippy id office. and this is how some koreans are reacting to the president speech and his apology. the more on yeah, how you doing hasn't done anything wrong, has he let me? what does he done wrong? i mean, if there's something wrong, let's talk about it because i'm wondering, i strongly support president new. and so can you tell me the how google's, you labels those who disagree with him as pro north korea and says even gone, so far as to declare martial, know, causing wide spreading science here among the public. at this point, i just want him to step down voluntarily, rather than go through with the impeachment proceedings. one, but it's another problem. i took the college entrance exam last month. i'm a bunch of 1020. it's unfortunate that's such a significant issue has come up in the country just before i reach this milestone.

as a citizen who will lead this nation's future. i've been thinking about the need to prevent such events from happening again. clearly some diverse voices there on the street in south korea. let's turn now to a journalist, probably, and customer who's covering the very latest, from downtown, in sole fabi. and we understand the parliamentary meeting for that impeachment vote against president unit is now underway and use ruling party now says it will oppose his impeachment. what does this all mean? the so um for this impeachment motion to pass to be successful, it needs a to thought, my majority within department and the national assembly. you have 300 the seats and roughly 192 are in the hands of the opposition parties. the main opposition party and all the minor opposition parties. but that means that you need 8 or 9 members

of the ruling party to also vote and save of the motion that it will pass. and now the ruling potty chief has said that they want to oppose this motion, but it doesn't mean that every member, every parliamentarian of the routing policy will actually follow that order. i think that remains to be seen. but actually some members of the opposition have already mentioned that it will be hard to get to the necessary majority of 2 thirds for this bill to day. but actually that would not mean an end to the attempt to impeach president doing so. if you all, because the opposition, it's very likely even in that case, is it very likely to try again? and that could be another attempt in the coming days. so it's really very open right now. how the vote will turn out to be. so there's a little drama on top of the political drama here earlier. you apologize for imposing martial law, but didn't resign. what can the public expect yeah,

so the public is really um, i mean that is not giving him any more support. if you look at the numbers than most so the south koreans actually want to use out of office, there was a lot of concern that you wouldn't put at the democracy here at risk that it was an unresponsive. and they're like really not a good behavior by him to the cab basha law. you still have some support us. they are actually gathering dust behind needs in downtown sold and they still support agents. so the only, but the majority of demonstrators today are gathering and go you to in front of the parliamentary building and also in downtown. so a little bit west of you and the organizers of this demo are actually expecting off around the 200000 demonstrators. this number has not yet to be, it's not yet confirmed, but it is really, i mean the amount of demonstrate us that we're seeing today is actually really quite large for avi and give us a sense of the procedure that will unfold here. what happens in the upcoming moment

and then what are the next steps after the vote? yes, so it's, it's the motion will not pass if it is not successful, then probably the opposition will try again in the coming days. but if there's a motion for the past, if the impeachment most of the successful, then that means that the case will be referred to the prosecutor and then they will investigate and will the site. and at least from previous experience, the f. one of the former presidents was also um, impeached, and that took actually almost half a year if i remember correctly. so it's not expected that there will be a final decision in the coming days, but rather in the coming months. i mean let me just briefly am at that in the meantime, president june. so if you all but not to have will not keep us paula. it will be the prime minister who will be in charge for the meantime. ok, thanks for adding that on. file being pressure on top of what is clearly

a dynamic situation there in so many, many tax siri and rebels, say they have sees control of the southern city of dall the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against president bush or all assad. it's the 4th city sides forces have lost in a week, in the north of the country, rebels are now closing in on the city of homes. taking homes would bring them a step closer to capturing the capital, damascus, and toppling president assad government. the extra mas troubles on the outskirts of thumb city. but it's released by the rebels, showed them just a few kilometers from the city, often described as the main artery of syria across roads linking the capitol, damascus to the coast, and the rest of the country. their momentum has been building since the extra mas rebel successful capture of hama for the 1st time ever was the

strategic and the symbolic. when for those opposed to president assets rule anticipating their next move. russian airplanes, allied with serious government, started bonding the bridge, connecting comma to homes and stuff just of the destruction of the bridge has been confirmed by the u. k based war monitor. the rebels have advanced regardless. now homes is the last line of defense between them. and the syrian capital turkey which backs the syrian free army and provide support to other factions to confirmed . that's where the rebels are headed next. 20 to body live, to be exhibit homo age lip. honda. so that homes, so one,

now the target is damascus. find the 2 body, let the deal with the advance of the opposition is continuing. that makes it so we are monitoring it. so intelligence and media of the domain name is cause i would say we have the advance will continue without any issues to reduce the missing. do so have has to lose this. his grip on the country had an unprecedented pace. other friends are bubbling to rebels, have now captured territory south of damascus close to a neighboring jordan, which has responded by shutting its border. citing the security situation in serious south of us, of the kurdish controlled east. the curtis lead syrian democratic forces captured territory from the government, reportedly without a fight after forces which drew no key players have signaled readiness for talks on

syria's political future. the advantage stick with them. i know we were surprised to see the southern and rapids collapse of the syrian government forces on the front lines. because it said, actually, the factions took control of large areas that are imposing a new political and military reality. was pretty much the city for many in syria and unprecedented conviction that the rule of the sides spinning over 5 decades maybe nearing it's in time. now for some other stories making headlines, as we speak in the united states, new york police, i believe the gunman who killed the ceo of a major us health ensure has left the city. the f. b, i is offering a $50000.00 reward for information leading to his arrest. public reaction to the killing has exposed deep frustration with america's health care system. police in

georgia have fire to your gas and water cannon. to disperse pro e u protestors railing for a 9th consecutive day, the demonstrators are protesting the prime minister's decision, the shelf talks and joining the blog. georgia. it has been in a deepening crisis since the governing georgian dream party, declared it won a disputed election last month to an appeals court in the united states is upheld the law that could potentially band take talk in the coming weeks. the law compels the platforms, chinese parent company by dance, to sell it stake in the video sharing app. the us government argues that the wild, the popular app poses a national security risk. romania is constitutional court has a know the results of the 1st round of the recent presidential elections, citing russian interference, declassified documents released by remain in authority suggest a pro rush as social media campaign. promoted the winning for right candidate

calling for jessica. the election will be rerun, stressed over 5 months ago, the world watched in shock as a fire swept through the casita of north windham in parents today saturday after painstaking restoration work that can feed will, will reopen. for the 1st time, dw spoke with a specialist about what it took to restore one of france's most beloved icons. a master piece of caustic architecture and a landmark of paris has been restored to its former glory. we have noted on today because of victor hugo, his passion for it would be in the building, wouldn't it still be standing safe? it wasn't for his passion for us and for architecture. and so he wrote no to down to perry to get to the bottom. you see this church is legendary. also because of all of those disney movies, fema, it symbolizes the history of their friends and religion. you. it has culture.

that's all good. now the world renowned cathedral shines in its former glory inside and of the cold french presidency menu. out of my call was one of the 1st to have a look before the official reopening ceremony. a number of objects like this baptismal phones were not restored, but re made ways of vehicles. the same goes for the alter the route, but without the fire, we never would have been able to accomplish everything we've done. so now we have a resort cathedral with new interior furnishings. it's fabulous. it's unlikely that the restoration of no to them will ever be truly completed. but once again, it can receive both visitors and the faithful. just a quick reminder of our top story, south korea, as president units of the old, has apologized for imposing martial law. this week he said he'd accept the consequences of the declaration, which was born of desperation, eunice,

facing an impeachment vote today. we will end it there after a short break, we have a documentary film looking into the dark secrets that were hidden in the former stones. you headquarters interested michael locus? bye for now. the why do humming does not get drunk. why do go to the tasteful waves, squeeze our bodies? how much do we need to put a stop hans clean for help find the office gets lost on dw science out. take 10 of the in september 1961 to 17 year olds met on the blue wonder bridge.