and then when the racing questionnaires industry is kind of funny, feels like there's the rate the this is dw news live from berlin. south korea's parliament fails to impeach the president. lawmakers are unable to remove president doing some fuel from office hoover, his attempt to impose marshall last after members of his party, walk out of parliament also and to show guardians, go to the polls to elect the president and parliament amid widespread discontent over the economy. and soaring prices. we'll hear what people are demanding. the

marietta isn't staying, it's good to have you with us. south korea's president to use. so keel has survived and impeachment vote attempt after a boy caused by lawmakers from his own party. the members of the ruling party walked out of the parliamentary chamber, leaving the motion short of the votes needed to pass the opposition coalition filed the impeachment order in response to the president's attempt to impose martial law in the country. on tuesday, president june has since apologized for the public anxiety caused by his announcement. and we can now speak to john min kim. she's a correspondent at n, can use in sole south korea. welcome to the w. so we've been seeing thousands of protesters rallying outside the national assembly calling for the impeachment of the president. so how are they likely to react now that this attempt,

this impeachment attempt has failed. we have reporters on the ground that has been monitoring the protest. her response throughout the day and it looks like after the motion fail to pass the poor i'm. there is immense anger among the public that the people par party boy caught it. and only 3 of their lawmakers returned to vote for or against the impeachment. a well ahead of the planned impeachment vote presents june himself defied intense pressure to step down. does he have support among the public? is he counting on people still supporting him even after all of these developments? i don't think he is counting on any public support right now. it is 13 percent the latest approval rate right after the martial law. so it's definitely not about the public support, but it looks like he has some sort of negotiation with the ruling people for

a party to go for something like a delegation of certain presidential authority to the prime minister. instead of repeating the impeachment history during the 2016 parking hey case. yeah, it has been very interesting to observe that initially, members of the ruling party also wanted him to step down. then there was this, you turn that they decided to boycott see impeachment vote. so what is likely to happen next? well, the ruling parties, logic as some of the majority of the ruling powers as ruling parties, logic it seems, was too not to go along with the opposition driven bill of impeachment, basically like in 2016 would be which would be detrimental. they thought to their public standing, but i'm pretty sure that's going to backfire. they will try to make sure to tell the public that they are doing their best to maintain that governments by the prime

minister. but i'm not even sure how that will backfire. how much stuff will back for it will backfire a lot and from the opposition party, they're playing plan, it seems to is to redo it basically to push for the impeachment further. and just now they started started not referring to president human as a president, but they started calling it mr. you that was young man, came a correspondent that and can use in seoul, south korea. thank you so very much indeed. thank you. turning now to gone where people are voting in a general election that's described by one candidate as a defining moment for the nation. the poll is largely it contests between the current vice president and mohammed will do, will me out of the ruling new patriotic party. and john jermanti mahatma, of the main opposition national democratic congress party, who was previously president from 2012 to 2017 were gonna,

is considered to be one of africa's most stable democracies. but as the double use 8 of kamani reports, the country is currently suffering the worst economic crisis in a generation. she's the picture of a successful going in business woman. but julia lobby can't afford any luxuries. despite the blistering cra heat, she keeps the front of utility bills, a soaring, and as a primary provider for her family. she must carefully balance conflict and survival . like many in governance, middle class disposable income has trunk me lots of sacrifices whereby i need to buy myself a pair of shoes. i need to buy myself, maybe a car to boost my business to do something. but at the moment you can't do that. so i may have to use my personal car to run my business, run my personal life,

the price of gonna families struggling, high inflation, currency depreciation, and mounting national debt. tough tightened. the group one middle class, how schools pushing move people into poverty as a country, heads into its next elections to presidential candidates joined my hama and my home with the but with me at each claim, they have the solutions to fix the economy. the top concern among voters here that wondering where the living conditions have been harsh these days. even if you work hard, what do you earn as income? can't sustain you long because it's a struggle. i'm just when i put that, why would you put on drink? and many businesses, a barely surviving, like juliet's serial factory. she tells me supply costs keep rising. a work has also faced high a bills at home, but julia can't afford to raise the pay. instead, she sometimes offers free food to take home julia some other grease works,

the corn meal. she's here to help her daughter out, but she doesn't really have the choice of farming. google gun no longer produces an income she can live on when, when without my daughter who's always pushing hard to keep us in business, it would be difficult for me and also for other workers to model 14 honda and cutting back is what mimicking is a force to do right now, even those who are highly educated lament that this skews, i think, to mismatched for what the job market clues on at least up to mid says for political leadership is partly to blame for goodness economic troubles. of course mismanagement despite the ritz carlton is 5 to re lock a full size of the leadership based on the lack of a long term planning. there's also another um, excessive design for this complex issue. it's, it's a serious concern for us, the due date and time of the like many in gunners middle class struggling to hold

on hoping for change to them. the choice of who to elect is more than political. it's about personal survival. romania is top chord has a node the result of november's presidential election after accusations of russian meddling. the 2nd round was supposed to be held on sunday, and would have seen far right. pro russian candidates. colleen georgia school pitted against centrist pro european atlanta. let's go name the current president says he'll remain in office until a successor is elected. an unprecedented legal decision that has put to remain in democracy in crisis mode. the country was set to go to the polls again on sunday for the 2nd round of presidential elections. but that so changed. now that the constitutional court has a note, the results of the 1st round,

meaning the whole process must be repeated. the window of the 1st round was this man, call it, and you'll just go a far right. nato skeptical spoken highly. a russian president vladimir putin in the past before the 1st round of georgia scubas an all most complete. he doesn't belong to a political party. and most of his campaigners, dunham picked up his surprise waiting and raised eyebrows in romania and beyond the decision to a know the election came off to intelligence documents would be classified. they suggested that georgia school may have benefited from an online phone based mass influence operation to sway the vote. jo jessica condemned the ruling of the jews. yeah, of course. of course, the, today's constitutional court decision represents more than just the legal control of a single form for a website. it is practically an official as the crew to,

to order the, to, to the step of each of the rule of law. is it ending juice to cut him off, stuck with that if you think coins his opponent and then i'll cancel the 2nd round . probably a centrist elena, that scone also gloss difficult after this. the de romanian state, his credit hold on democracy garcia. they support decision is illegal, immoral, and crushed as the very essence of democracy. the vote such misconduct will cut it off daily in the years to come people on the streets, bucharest also expressed consent on democratic i did the very bad that this has happened. that's it. that's all i wouldn't comment anymore. it's what i'm search and unfortunately it's on susan and we don't know which direction and going, which is us and the families that video mania is now going on, shots and watches politically. and nobody really knows what comes next.

just over 5 years ago, the world watched in shock as a fire swept through the cathedral of notre in paris. well, today, after a painstaking restoration work, the cathedral will reopen for the 1st time. the w spoke with a specialist about what it took to restore one of france's most beloved icons of the 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's passion for it would be in the building. wouldn't it still be standing? see if it wasn't for his passion for it and for architecture. and so he wrote no 2 down to parry to get through the meet you. this church is legendary. also because of all this disney movies, fema, it symbolizes the history of their friends and religion. you'll get as cold as that

to all a kid. on april 15th 2019 disaster struck a devastating fire broke out inside the cathedral. large sections of the roof and interior were destroyed, including the spire, the cause has still not been determined with absolute certainty. wlan gigi is a conservator of no to done. and among the 1000 specialists who took part in the restoration, the shuttles plus is that the biggest challenge for all of us was to finish on time on hand to follow a time table. everyone did their best to get them to use swap such as it parallel to the repairs. restoration of the paintings was also undertaken, even though they hadn't been touched by the fire. for the time we'd, i fairly, they've been removed for the construction work and it would have been on thinkable to put them back in the condition they were in. so it came, it would have been criminal to do nothing at all. they urgently needed to be

restored and be nice to us. you know, i see your health. now the world renowned cathedral shines in its former glory inside and the cool 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 we made use of the goals. the same goes for the alter that the root does pull that says, but without the fire, we never would have been able to accomplish everything we've done. so now we have a restored cathedral with new interior furnishings. it's fabulous. it's unlikely that the restoration of no time will ever be truly completed. but once again, it can receive both visitors and the faithful. and if you'd like to see live coverage of the ceremony. reopening notes are down to the public. you can head to the w's youtube channel, starting today at 7 pm central time. so that's at youtube dot com slash at dw news

. all right, let's get you a quick reminder now of our top story or the south korea as president a unit. so fuel has survived and impeachment votes after a boy con fine lawmakers from his own party members. the ruling party walked out of the parliamentary chamber, leaving the motion short of the votes needed surpass. don't forget, you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google plank or from the app store. that will give you the latest from around the world as well as breaking news notification the you're up to date on the w news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with some more headlines for you. after short break, we'll have a documentary on the active is trying to raise h, i b awareness in ireland for me and the entire and use team here in berlin. thanks

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