people thought when the opposition party brought it up in september. so it was a surprise, because at the time, even the ruling people power party and the now ex—defencel law will not work, because the military won't follow it. so it was a surprise, yes. it is also a pleasant surprise to see the law makers and the people gathered quickly to work, to make sure that the institution works to take down the martial law quickly. works to take down the martial law quickly-— around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. french president emmanuel macron says he will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days, following the resignation of michel barnier. in an address to the nation, mr macron rejected calls to stand down, saying he will remain president until the end of his term in 2027. michel barnier lost a no—confidence vote on wednesday, 90 days after becoming prime minister. president macron has asked him to stay on in a caretaker capacity while his successor is chosen. he began by thanking barnier for his "dedication" and "unwillingness to give up", and blamed the "extreme right and extreme left" for yesterday's "unprecedented" no—confidence

caused by not only members of the main opposition democratic party, but also of his own party people power party to follow the constitutional law and accept the national assemblies successful motion to call for the cancellation of this martial law. now we are already hearing early lines from a reaction from the democratic party. the floor leader of that main opposition party is calling on the president you to immediately step down and take responsibility for this act and, and essentially saying that he has proven that he is unfit to go ahead and, and continue raining. he is just halfway through south korea as a single 5 year presidential term. we're also hearing lines from the leader of the his party, the people power party handle who and saying that the president must take responsibility by, you know, seriously reviewing the future of his defense minister and, and others who, who may be involved in this decision of which we still have yet to know concretely how this decision came about. all right, thank you, eunice. that's eunice came reporting from some let's put this into context. it's been d

pictures of the leaders of the 2 opposing political parties, the democratic party, and the people power party, which is the president's party coming together and shaking hands. and this is notable for koreans because really the political landscape here in south korea has been sharply polarized up until this point. but it seems that because the president does not seem to have an ally right now with this shocking motion, the opposing political parties are somehow coming together to bring normal c back to the countries. um, we are also hearing reports since the last 4 on that does the education ministry has announced that schools will reopen. as usual. we are hearing from the transportation ministry that public transport will also function as normal. so it doesn't seem that daily life for a south, koreans will be terribly impacted as a result of this late night approximation. but in terms of what, how the military and the police now that they're kind of stuck in the middle between the president's declaration and the national assembly, calling for it's notification. how they react to a large grou

and the people's power party is the conservative party. we are likely to see some reconfiguration as we head towards the potential election. there has been more than 40 different parties in korea. they frequently reform and rename in part to distance themselves from disgraced leaders like it takes -- like it appears that president yoon is currently because of his rash decision to declare martial law. host: thanks for helping to sort this out for us. stay tuned down the road. we might bring you back as things develop in korea. professor >> today members are working on measures to increase transparency irelations on small businesses a another to name a pt office in plains, georgia,ft former president jimmy carter and his wife. also today members can vote on o measures to release the house ethics committee report into former florida republican reestative matt gaetz who resigned after being nominated by president-elect donald trump battorney general. off the floormeers are continuing work on government funding with a stdn deadline approaching

, as people power party is not a conservative party in a general sense as we understand but a conservativer own interest, their personal interest, the party's interest rather than the sake of the nation. 0k. a relief operation is underway to help survivors after cyclone chido hit the french island territory of mayotte in the indian ocean. around 300,000 people live in mayotte — many of them in shanty towns made up of flimsy structures. half the population is aged under 14. the cyclone moved west across the island with winds of more than 225km/h — that's1a0 miles per hour — before making landfall in mozambique. president macron has said he will visit the island, which is also part of the european union, as rescue and recovery work continues. tommaso della longa is a spokesperson for the international federation of red cross and red crescent. he explained the work they're doing and relief efforts in the region. well, the situation has been described with very difficult words to hear, something like apocalyptic situation, dramatic situation, reminding of a war zone. what my colleagues at the

president saying he should be suspended and the people power party along with the opposition partyt look like impeachment is more likely, live pictures in the korean south korean capital. donna trump shows david sachs to serve as his ai and those are underscoring intent to boost to industries and he nominated david perjurer as ambassador to china, looking forward to implementing trump strategy. new york police released photos showing the face of the alleged suspect in the shooting of a ceo , they offered $10,000 to find the man and they searched a hostile where the suspect allegedly checked in. the words delay, depose and defend were written on the shell casings. antitrust regulators approved vodafone's merger, both companies committed to invest 11 billion pounds in infrastructure. >> the rationale is to unlock investment. 9% of u.k. population is what we do for a living to give a better service and drive growth in our markets wherever revenues come from, but most important point for vodafone use that old and markets in vodafone will be growth markets with our scale will drive grow

noted, have heard from a political party as both they may not position and the president's party, the people of power a party. and as he said, the democratic party plans to file treason charges against president is how you are . but also the defense minister and the interior minister of south korea pushing for their impeachment. and they are also urging an immediate investigation to into those who are responsible. now, the president by law is generally protected, but if he is accused of pre treason, that is the one that pathway that could, i'd take it to the opening of a case toward impeachment, but that would require a 2 3rd support of the national assembly. the problem, it is held by the majority of opposition and democratic party, but they would need at least 9 lawmakers from the president's party to have 200 votes and support. so that is probably one of the things that the opposition party is as gauging in terms of whether they have that support to, to move forward with that impeachment notion. meanwhile, the ruling party of people power party has also convened a meeting today and considered 3 op

people. power parties are both in a very rare, as seen on the same side in terms of calling this motion unlawful and the press. the leader of the, of the president's party handle. in fact, just recently came out to say, call on the president to, to honor the constitution and to cancel the motion for martial law as the national assembly has asked him to. so just to recap, the units in the last few minutes you've heard is that an official from the defense ministry has said that this martial law will hold until the president listed. so i'm clear as to whether that will happen. in the meantime, we're still seeing at huge crowds gathered outside the national assembly there. what's the police presence like at, at this time of night in so earlier they were report said that the military, which had been trying to block some of the politicians from entering national assembly building, had withdrawn from it. is that the case? uh, you know what, what's the security situation like inside the national assembly building and outside of it? right. i wish i could, i could give you an accurate answer ther

leader of the opposition democratic party, as well as the leader of his phone, conservative people's power party, worked together to unite nationally. assembly members who showed up in the middle of the night and unanimously voted to a know and revoke this martial law declaration. it's possible that he felt so pressed by the inability, his inability to actually govern, and that might have caused this declaration. there are people in korea who say that his wife, who has been covered with political scandals, even before his election. it started in the campaign back in 2021, 2022. she has continued to gather a media and public coverage because of allegations regarding stock price, manipulation rides through the receivable of luxury goods and a whole slate other accusations, the democratic party members in the national assembly or intend on trying to get a special counsel or investigator to uh, to investigate the situation. and um, president, you also has such a low favorability ranking down at 17 percent or so and has not been able to be effective in any way. so i think his own personal and politic

clear up or possibly get the in the, in fighting between the parties and with, in his own people's power party. i think it's going to be pretty intense. yeah, we are seeing some really chaotic times in political soul right now. our. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. that was catherine moon at wellesley college. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. or nato secretary general has arch member states to increase their military support for ukraine. markwood as call comes after ukraine pushed for progress on joining the alliance. nato foreign ministers have been meeting to discuss a portrait cube in its defense against russia's invasion in finding present to me as a lensky suggestive they might agreed to a cease fire if need to extend its protection to the parts of the country under kings control, nato has so far declined to say when or how it will offer ukraine membership. and that's because of concerns that it could be drawn into direct conflict with brush out my code, the one that the next few months of the war will be decisive. ukraine is entering a nother crucial but and specialist

without notifying many of his members of the cabinet or even his own ruling conservative party, people's power party press conference he declared martial law. this is the first time since 1980 that a south korean leander has declared martial law and the first time has -- the first times in south korea became a democracy in 1987. in 2.5 hours after the direct -- after the declaration, the 190 members of the national assembly, the legislative body in south korea, voted unanimously to ask the president to withdraw the declaration. this is basically from 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., the drama that we watched unfold live with lots of media coverage. the military surrounded the national assembly and officially martial law prohibited political activity by lawmakers. but this 190 out of 300 that made it to vote in the national assembly got through the cordons of police and military to get into the building to vote. the speaker of the national assembly had to climb over a wall to get into the building. and they resoundingly announced the declaration of military law with a unanimous vote, including 18 members

without notifying many of his members of the cabinet or even his own ruling conservative party, people's power party. at the press conference he declared martial law. this is the first time since 1980 that a south korean leander has declared martial law and the first time has -- the first times in south korea became a democracy in 1987. in 2.5 hours after the direct -- after the declaration, the 190 members of the national assembly, the legislative body in south korea, voted unanimously to ask the president to withdraw the declaration. this is basically from 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., the drama that we watched unfold live with lots of media coverage. the military surrounded the national assembly and officially martial law prohibited political activity by lawmakers. but this 190 out of 300 that made it to vote in the national assembly got through the cordons of police and military to get into the building to vote. the speaker of the national assembly had to climb over a wall to get into the building. and they resoundingly announced the declaration of military law with a unanimous vote, including 18

you mentioned that the leader of the ruling people power party, han dong—hoon.his support for president yoon. he did that this morning, and he's actually met with president as well a little earlier. now, according to media reports we've been following here, han said that he had urged yoon to personally address the public. now, the president hasn't made any public appearance or any public statements since he withdrew that declaration of martial law in the early hours of wednesday. but apparently yoon has reportedly declined to make any comments today, saying it was not time yet. well, if the president isn't going to speak, we know that the protesters are certainly going to make their voices heard as we can hear right now, and they're all set to hold a very big rally. tens of thousands of people are expected on the streets of seoul tomorrow at around 1:00. and that's all leading up to this impeachment vote that is currently scheduled for 7pm tomorrow, though it could happen earlier as well. now, we're going to get the thoughts of our asia correspondent, rupert win

party? the people - will prevail. what about yoon's own party? the people power. own party? the people power party. ga mean for his party? his popularity? can he come back from something like this? i come back from something like this? ~ ., , this? i think now, there is internal — this? i think now, there is internal turmoil _ this? i think now, there is internal turmoil within - this? i think now, there isj internal turmoil within the party. they are trying to bide time so that if and when a snap election takes place they can be better prepared but assuming that there will be a snap election in about five months from now, i don't think there is any chance that they can win so i think they will be slowly trying to regroup themselves in the coming months.— the coming months. briefly before i let _ the coming months. briefly before i let you _ the coming months. briefly before i let you go, - the coming months. briefly before i let you go, south | before i let you go, south korea now obviously without a president. the prime minister has taken over temporarily. has ta ken over temporarily. where has ta

meanwhile, the leader of the ruling people power party, han dong—hoon, has said that he will step downs party break from their party line to vote in favour of impeachment. he said it had become impossible to carry out his duties as party chief.

han dong—hun�*s comments suggest a change in the people power party's position — a day earlier it opposedmpeachment of president yoon over his imposition of martial law. parliament is set to vote on saturday on whether president yoon suk—yeol should be impeached. the opposition parties are currently holding meetings of their own. the country's largest labour group — the kctu, which has over1 million members — has called for indefinite industrial action until the current administration steps down. there have been sporadic protests around south korea, ahead of an impeachment vote on saturday evening. i speaker earlier to former trade minister yeo han—koo. he reacted to the change in the ruling party's position. i think this is a very dramatic situation. i understand that until last night the ruling party was a sort of united, opposing to the possible impeachment but with this sudden change of position by the ruling party leader, i think this could really plunge the ruling party into further turmoil. , ., ., turmoil. tell us more about the lanned turmoil. tell us more about the planned strik

the ruling party has now returned to the national assembly, this follows a decision by the people power partyng to the house. we are hearing from an mp, an opposition mp saying they were holding on until midnight hoping that one piece from the ruling party could join in and perhaps support the motion join in and perhaps support the m

but the ruling people power party has decided to vote against the prospective impeachment. the motion will not pass. the opposition says they plan to have the vote at 7pm on saturday. despite not voting to oust him entirely, the party chief has

the leader of president yoon�*s own party, the ruling people power party, says the president and thenister should be sacked. the largest labour union says it's planning to go on strike until he leaves. no signs of that yet, but senior aides — including his chief of staff — have offered

in a departure from his previous position, the chief of the ruling people power party says they no longeremains in power. coming up on this edition of newsday: the the syrian city of hama falls. police in new york release new photos of a suspect they want to question over the killing of a us health insurance boss.

south korean political landscape has been acrimonious for so long and the struggle between the people power partyajor party is a recurring theme in all these years. i think, president yoon is under a lot of pressure for accusations against his wife and other things, imposing martial law as i think in my mind it is a desperate attempt by him to tip the balance in favour of him. but i think given his current weakness both in terms of popularity and the political support, he could not get the result he wants here. i thank the failure and it is unsurprising and there will be more changes to come, we already saw the potential of impeachment, so we think that would happen definitely. and it would happen definitely. and it would probably be bringing a totally new government. that seems to _ totally new government. that seems to be _ totally new government. that seems to be what _ totally new government. that seems to be what might - totally new government. that seems to be what might happen next. do you think he will go or do you think he can survive this? i or do you think he can survive this? ~ ., or

in an apparent change of position, the ruling people power party say they no longer support yoon. no longer support yoon. also coming up in this edition _ support yoon. also coming up in this edition of— support yoon. also coming up in this edition of news-day, - support yoon. also coming up in this edition of news-day, the - this edition of news—day, the syrian city of hama has fallen to rebels in the second major blow this week to president bashar al—assad. and: police in new york release new photos of a suspect they want to question over the killing of a us health insurance boss.

law last week, but survived an impeachment vote on saturday with the support of his ruling people power partyt be involved in either national or international affairs. however the opposition says it would be unconstitutional for the ruling party to continue running the country and pledged to hold another impeachment vote later this week. to talk more about this political crisis in south korea i am joined now by professor yong—chool ha who is the director of korean studies at the university of washington. professor, what do you think is likely to happen next? you have written about his style of leadership and how it explains his decision to impose martial law, can you talk us through that? thank you for the invitation was basically, he is a very unique politician and a sense that he had not had any political experience prior to being elected three years ago as president. he was a well—known prosecutor who resisted political pressure which made him very famous. then this time around we can see how strong his legal minded person he is and even after the failed martial law, he even said that his

his comments during the emergency meeting suggested change in the people power party position. earlier it had opposed the impeachment over the imposition of martial law. other parties including the opposition democratic party are holding meetings of their own. voting will occur on sunday evening on whether the president should be impeached. the largest labour group, the ktcu has asked for continued action to the current government stands down. i am joined by former south korean trade ministerjohan khoo. thank you forjoining us. they do have your thoughts on what we have been seeing transpired here in south korea. i want to get your reaction to that party chief calling for the suspension of the president and removing his support for him. i think this is a dramatic change of position. until yesterday the ruling party was united against impeachment. but overnight more disturbing detail on how that impeachment has happened. it looks like the atmosphere in the ruling party seems to be a bit shifting. so now the opposition party is eight votes short of this, you know, two—thirds majo

how people are reacting to this and what we think can potentially happen in the, in the days ahead now? right, so we are also hearing from, again the leader of, of the president's party people, a power party handler. and saying that he would oppose quote, the declaration of martial law alongside the people. so you have the president's political party actually opposing this move as well. so we can probably say that there will be an intensification of the gridlock in terms of cooperation between the president's office and the ruling people a power party. but beyond that, we really would have to wait and see what this means. he did say he would try to minimize the impact on daily lives of the people who are not in that political sphere. okay. but again, this is very fresh indeed. it is only happening in the last half hours. so the units can thank you so much for all of that. we really do appreciate it. you just come for us. and so what we're going to go now to see when co, who is the managing editor of career exposure, he joins us from still caught in germany a 1st of all your initial reaction to this because it seems to have taken almost everyone by surprise. i think that's an underst

within the past half hour, members of the ruling people power party have said they will oppose moveslation: because we have a history of defending _ democracy a few times, the people will strongly defend democracy once more. translation: | am out - here as a citizen who could not sit by and watch democracy breaking down. resign, the group chanted, before that mexican wave. such a different scene from last night�*s turmoil. just hours after president yoon plunged his country into martial law, soldiers broke through the windows of parliament to prevent elected members from overturning the decree. they were unsuccessful, and after six hours, seoul�*s parliament, not just its president, were back in control. today the building bore the scars of that struggle, repairs have already begun. protests sprung up in other parts of the city, as south koreans took a moment to reflect. the prospect of martial law brought back chilling memories of authoritarian rule. south koreans value their democracy, they fought for it, some died for it. and although they may be questioning just how robust it may

put to the authority or responsibility for what now happens in the hands of his party, the people's power party that shows us is president yoon is taking another gamble here. he faces a vote of impeachment this afternoon in the national assembly and the key to his survival is keeping his own party on his side, and not crossing to the opposition. he is basically saying to his party today, look, i will let you decide my fate but do not vote with the opposition in the impeachment vote this afternoon. he is trying to use the speech to survive the vote of impeachment this afternoon. how is that gamble, this speech and apology, being received in south korea? does this seem to be placating some of his critics? it certainly has not placated the opposition, the democratic party, which holds a large majority in parliament, and is the party pushing for the impeachment this afternoon. it has said it would change nothing. it said no apology would work and they will push forward with the impeachment. it may well work as some members of his own party. there was a very long meeting, a ten to 12 hour meeting, o

the main opposition to the president's right wing people power party described his declaration of martialsday as insurrectionary behavior. parliament will have to vote on whether to impeach yoon saturday. he accuses the opposition a paralyzing the government and sympathizing with north korea but lawmakers overturned his declaration of martial law and president yoon rescinded the order. protesters gathered around the president's office demanding his regular -- resignation. our correspondent sent us this report. >> this candlelit camp followed a night of aos. they gathered on the steps of the parliament with one aim, to call for the impeachment of a president who declared martial law. >> because we have a history of defending democracy a few times, the people will strongly defend democracy again. >> i'm here as a citizen who cannot sit by and watch democracy breakdown. >> resign, they chanted, before the wave. a different scene from last nights turmoil. president yoon plunged his country into martial law. soldiers broke the windows of parliament to prevent elected members of -- from overtur

martial law last week but survived an impeachment vote on saturday with the support of his ruling people power partyer national or international affairs. however, the opposition says it would be unconstitutional for the ruling party to continue running the country and pledged to hold another impeachment vote early next week. i'm joined now by stephen haggard, director emeritus for the korea—pacific program at the university of california san diego. many thanks for your time on the programme. i mean, there has been talk of treason but it looks like yoon has avoided impeachment for now. what do you expect to happen next? the im ortant you expect to happen next? tue: important thing you expect to happen next? tte: important thing to understand about this vote is it is a quorum issue. the ruling party actuallyjust didn't quorum issue. the ruling party actually just didn't show quorum issue. the ruling party actuallyjust didn't show up. so what we don't know yet is what the divisions are within the president's vempati and how many of those legislators may ultimately be willing to defect, and my sense fro

just three members of the ruling people power party are inside but the opposition needs eight ppp membersn orderfor the motion to pass. technically, mps have just over three more hours to vote on the bill. that's exactly 72 hours after the motion was put in. this is the scene outside the parliament where tens of thousands of protesters have gathered. earlier this week, the president launched a suprise attempt to impose martial law. let's speak to our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes. what is the latest? no this vote hangs in the balance. whilst they have until midnight tonight, another three hours here, that is the deadline for the book to be completed, we have see _ the book to be completed, we have see it —— heard an announcement from the speaker of the national assembly that the vote may be closed within the vote may be closed within the next 15 minutes, and it looks like they are still some votes short of the 200 needed in order to pass the impeachment motion against the president. they have 195 votes so they are five votes short. if they go ahead and the end of the voting i

that he would have responsibility for dealing with the aftermath of this to his party, the people's power partyates is that president yoon is looking to this afternoon, to the impeachment vote that is going to take place in the national assembly and by making the speech, his open they can persuade members of his own party not to support the opposition. the opposition democratic party has a large majority in the national assembly but not quite big enough to pass the impeachment motion by the majority, they need some members of president yoon�*s party to come across and i think his speech was an attempt to stop that from happening. the response he has been from the democratic party, the opposition to say the apology is not enough and you need to resign and we are going ahead with our impeachment this afternoon, it's still very unclear how president yoon�*s own party is going to vote but the mood here is certainly is from both sides from democratic party and the ruling party is whether he could impeach this afternoon, successfully or not, president yoon now only a matter of time before he has to g

with the west people power party over in ukraine a daily sobering reminder for georgians of the price of defying moscow, georgia suffered a brief war of its own with russia in 2008, but avoiding this devastation of their ukrainian neighbors in a conflict that began with a popular uprising known as the maidan, is what the georgian ruling party says now justifies its crackdown so the attempt to organize a maidan in georgia is already over i would call everybody to keep quiet. >> let's say, and to keep peace in this country. so we are responsible for that i can assure everybody that there will be peace in this country but that's not how it looks on the streets of the georgian capital, with police and pro-western protesters outside the embattled parliament in what looks like a pivotal standoff, matthew chance, cnn, london well, ukraine is pressing nato's foreign ministers to extend an invitation for membership, but they're meeting in brussels will likely end today without a decision. >> ukraine's foreign minister insisting on membership to guarantee its security in the future, and says an

after the president's speech, it's likely to deepen the divide within the ruling people's power partyech, the ruling party leader called yun�*s statement as confession of insurrection during a party meeting, which, uh, which angered many yun loyalists who participated, who was participating in the meeting. and they were, some of them were shouting and calling han to step down from the podium. so still, han urged party members to vote in favour of yun�*s impeachment bill on saturday. just tell us about that bill and that has submitted a second impeachment motion.— and that has submitted a second impeachment motion. today, they tabled a second _ impeachment motion. today, they tabled a second impeachment - tabled a second impeachment motion this afternoon which is planned to be voted on on saturday. the opposition party has earlier failed to pass the impeachment appeal as most of the ruling party members did not participate in the rolling process apart from three ruling member voters. process apart from three ruling membervoters. forthis process apart from three ruling member voters. fo

tom in south korea, when can be really, uh, people, power party, try to maintain that. so this is steve, if you will, of, of a 2 person leadership, the leader of the people power party and as a prime minister that they just recently announced and are probably still in the process of figuring out who will do what. but we did hear from the defense ministry and a regular briefing this morning when asked who is the commander in chief at this point? and they did say it is the president as far as they're concerned, because that would a live with the law. but the pressure is still very much on and the president did in his last apology address, say that he would be the future of his office with the a ruling party. so it remains to be seen how all of that moving pieces, all of the moving parts can come to some sort of an agreement for right now. the opposite your block, preparing for an impeachment, so it's hard to come saturday. okay, thank you so much units for the units come for us in. so the type ones military is on high alert house to china, st. warships around the time when

, a rule has been assessed the negative and now uh, the president himself, she belongs to a people power party. and that 40 the head of the party is also accusing the president of miss happening everything. and, and the thing that i really now also one of the other reasons why the president's reading has been as well taking a free full is because of the management of the ukraine. it should believe it or not. they're saying that the party had criticized the president's over the possibility of sending weapons into ukraine. and so they were urging the president's you to seek approval from parliament, which is, well, they've been dominating since april is election day. by the way, a former minister of defense of ukraine was the, in the south career, not that long ago. and since then, the minutes or defensive refrain had been changed. and that now it's, well, you're seeing everything that's happening there in the south korea. meanwhile, the protests are still continuing there in uh, in the south korea. as the roles have been blocked, solve the parliament have been blocked off as well. and this is d

no and this walkout, ivan i mean, the the peop the people power party, they're certainly not going to endear themselves to, to the public. there will definitely be backlash as a result of this decision tonight. ivan watson in seoul we appreciate the update and keeping across the story for us. thank you. well the syrian military is now fighting rebel forces on two fronts still to come a new group of fighters are emerging in the south, taking over another city like a relentless weed. >> moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back start to break away from uc with tremfya with rapid relief at four weeks tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation at one year, many people experienced remission and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur before treatment. your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu like symptoms, or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today one law firm, klein

but the ruling people power party has decided to vote against the prospective impeachment. rom their ranks, the motion will not pass. the opposition says they plan to have the vote at 7pm on saturday. despite not voting to oust him entirely, the party chief has asked the president to leave the party. so he doesn't have their full support. meanwhile, the minister of defence has resigned, claiming full responsibility for the declaration of martial law.

meanwhile, the leader of the ruling people power party has said that he will step down. impeachment vote on saturday saw 12 members of his party break from their party line to vote in favor of impeachment. he said it had become impossible to carry out his duties as party chief. i spoke to moon chung—in who was special adviser to president moonjae—in. who is in charge in south korea now? the prime minister. han duck—soo, has become the acting president. he will take care of the transition process. he is quite a competent leader and i think he will be able to handle the transition quite smoothly. we saw celebrations in south korea over that impeachment vote but president yoon has refused the police summons, what is your reading on what he is thinking at the moment? he is trying to argue his declaration of martial law is out of his presidential right to govern but i think it was an outright violation of constitution and other related laws, therefore he will be arguing in the constitutional court, he did the right thing, and he is rejecting the idea he committed a treason. b

well, phrase the enough uh the, the people's power party of korea, which the president belongs to the head of that party. a former justice minister, a hand on who she had slammed the president's move to declare martial. actually let's take a listen to that right now. the president's declaration of martial law is wrong. we will stop it together with the people of the stuff once again and the president's approval rating. and now it's taking a drive and dates will. it is in a free of full at the moment. according to the gallup poll for korea, his public approval rating appliances from 41 percent in the april of 2022. that was just before his, you know, your ration. and in november of this year we'll just a few days ago. it's as low as 17 percent. is the highest rating back in 2024 was that's uh reached 29 percent. so it said historic lower the speed. that was the history behind the why this southern drawl is going to be something in the background. obviously, gonna tell us about, well, people are unhappy with his leadership, i'm happy with his mismanagement. i'm happy with his school int

attempts to impeach him until he says the very last moments. meanwhile, the governing party had the people's people's power party. the leader of that party has stated that it will now be the policy of his party to support impeachment until now the ruling party april, though they have differences with president you'd have stood by him last saturday in the impeachment vote, they boy accosted that vote. preventing the opposition parties from passing the impeachment motion, but this does not bode well. this withdrawal of support as president union space is a 2nd impeachment vote. this coming saturday, rob mcbride, al jazeera, so in the us, people in new york, new jersey, they're getting bought into about mysterious drones, the department of defense. it says it doesn't believe that from a foreign power, but it doesn't have an explanation. present. salumi has more. the more drones in the sky, it's become almost a nightly occurrence in the skies over new jersey. there are literally dozens of drowned fire spotted by residents and shared on social media mysterious drones as large as a car would at 1st seemed a loca

ahead of the people power parties that the country should in great danger should he not be suspended.and remove president yoon after his failed attempt to bring the country under martial law. it was looking unlikely to pass without the support of a large number of members of the ruling party crossing the floor but the ruling party chairman said the party received evidence overnight that the president had planned to arrest politicians, meaning they can now no longer support him. there is plenty more on that developing story here on bbc news and in the next hour we will have that for you as we get it, so stay with us. a new report from the human rights group amnesty international has accused israel of committing genocide against palestinians in gaza. the rights group says its conclusion is based on visual and digital evidence and witness testimony, finding that israel has treated palestinians in gaza as "subhuman". israel says amnesty�*s report is "entirely baseless and fails "to account for operational realities". state department spokesman vedant patel say the us also disagrees with a

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now the ruling people power party, which is president yoon�*s party, they have 108 seats, so if theyne with their party, then the opposition wouldn't be able to impeach him, and we have had some lines this morning about that in fact. local media have been reporting that the ppp has decided to vote against the prospective impeachment, so that does offer a bit of a lifeline for president you and, although we have also seen reports in local media this morning, saying the ruling party chief has asked the president to leave the party. now there's quite a bit going on this morning. there is a press conference at the ministry of defence this morning, so we will have some more lines about the minister there, but news is slowly starting to trickle, as the day after all the events we saw transpire gets under way and we will be bringing you those updates do you live as they happen. updates do you live as they ha en. ~ updates do you live as they hauen. ~ updates do you live as they hauen.~ ., ., . happen. we saw those dramatic imaaes happen. we saw those dramatic ima . es of happen. we saw thos

what about yoon�*s own party, the people power party? hment but the majority didn't. what will this whole saga mean for his party? his popularity? can he come back from something like this? i think they are in really bad shape. now there's internal turmoil within the party. i think that's why they are trying to bide time so that if and when a snap election takes place they can be better prepared, but assuming that there will be a snap election in about five months from now, i don't think there's any chance that they can win so i think they will be struggling to regroup themselves in the coming months. and just briefly before i let you go, south korea now obviously without a president — the prime minister has taken over temporarily — where does this leave the country now? well, they are facing challenges. but as i said earlier, it's not the first time they are facing this kind of crisis so i really believe that they will weather through this challenge this time again. gi—wook shin, director of the asia pacific research center at stamford u

but the ruling people power party has decided to vote against the prospective impeachment.t means that unless some of the ruling party members break from their ranks, the motion will not pass. the opposition says they plan to have the vote at 7pm on saturday. despite not voting to oust him entirely, the party chief has asked the president to leave the party. president yoon doesn't have the full support of his party. there have been some developments this morning to tell you about. the minister of defence has resigned, claiming full responsibility for the declaration of martial law. south korea's ambassador to saudi arabia has been nominated his replacement. plenty of analysis to come, but we start our coverage with what's happened overnight, from our correspondent laura bicker. cheering. this candle—lit camp followed a night of chaos. they gathered on the steps of the parliament with one aim — to call for the impeachment of a president who declared martial law. translation: because we have a history of defending _ democracy a few times, the people will strongly defend democ

unconstitutional, that all of that sentiment also coming from the leader of his own political party, the people power party. and since then we had heard just unofficially and officially from some of his clothes as a that they all also quite caught by surprise and heard from the news about this sudden and very risky, really motion to a to declare martial law. this is supposed to be done with the approval of the national assembly, but since the national assembly was essentially the target based on his remarks, that obviously did not happen. but yeah, as you noted, this is a very fast moving a lot of events. but perhaps this will, you know, had a sigh of relief for the many south koreans i really, for i've stayed up all night because they have not heard of the words marshal a lot in recent south for in history. we would have to go back some 45 years when south korea was under a kind of a more all sort terry and rule. when marshal law occurred. but the younger generation here this, this is something that happens elsewhere in the world, certainly not. and one of the most celebrated democracies in the region. yo