let's speak to our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes. what is the latest?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 in the next 15—20 minutes, that means, it looks like, at the moment, that they have failed to pass the impeachment motion today, and that will be a huge disappointment to the opposition parties and to those huge crowds outside. i've just come back from there myself, where i saw really massive crowds outside the national assembly, perhaps 150,000, at least, very vocally calling for president yoon to step down. what happens next, should he survive this impeach

training. our safety checks." design as an accident waiting to happen. 0ur correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes heard from the ceo ofjeju air. the main thrust of his press conference in seoul today was really to reach out to the families of those killed in the crash, to say that his company would help with funerals, that it is going to come up with some sort of compensation package for the families. that's something they have been talking about here over the last two days. it's the first time we've heard from the ceo since he came out and made an apology on sunday. he was also reaching out to the korean public saying, "this is a safe airline." "we have good training. "we will strengthen our training. our safety checks." and that's really going to be how they're going to find out what happened. what were the things that led to this just in the last few minutes of this flight as it came in here, so many things going wrong and then leading to this terrible disaster. the un's human rights office says israel's attacks on hospitals in gaza raise serious concerns about war crimes, and crimes against h

joining me live from seoul is our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. there. what can you tell us about what ended up peeling a fairly short speech notable for what to impeach him. along with the rest of the opposition. friday gave the first clear sign called for yoon�*s swift suspension. south korea has been plunged into political turmoil a decision which lawmakers swiftly overturned. joining me live from seoul is our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. thank you for being there. what can you tell us about what ended up peeling a fairly short speech notable for what the president said but also what he did not say. president said but also what he did not say-— did not say. that's right. it was very — did not say. that's right. it was very brief, _ did not say. that's right. it was very brief, only - did not say. that's right. it was very brief, only a - did not say. that's right. it was very brief, only a fewl was very brief, only a few minutes long and what it was not was a resignation speech. president yoon made this apology, bowed to party bas

now, we're going to get the thoughts of our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, now to get us there's been a lot of talk behind closed doors, but are we any closer to reaching a resolution? i think we're still heading towards a climax of all of this tomorrow night, with this scheduled impeachment vote that is supposed to take place in a little over 24 hours. there's been a lot of activity here today inside the national assembly. we saw the leader of the people's power party, president yun's own party, come out today and change his mind and say that he was going to support the opposition in their impeachment. he's been in there meeting with his own legislators all day today, and apparently has been having difficulty in persuading them to come behind him to support the impeachment motion. so this is still a very fluid situation. also, as you said just then, very odd that we're now, what, 60 hours since the lifting of that martial law order, but nothing — we've heard nothing from president yoon. he appears to be holed up in the presidential building on the other side of the river

from seoul our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes told us more about the address. make his first public appearance since the lifting of martial law on the early hours of wednesday morning. more than 72 hours we heard nothing from president yoon and any came on national television at ten o'clock this morning local time to make what turned out to be a very, very brief address of the nation only a few minutes long, during which she apologised for declaring martial law, try to explain himself a bit by saying that it had been done out of desperation because of the situation he was in but he also said that it clearly caused anxiety and worry for the people of korea and he was sorry for that and it would not avoid responsibility for what he done. but he also crucially said that what happens now and how things go forward is in the hands of his party, that he would have responsibility for dealing with the aftermath of this to his party, the people's power party and i think what that indicates is that president yoon is looking to this afternoon, to the impeachment vote that

rupert wingfield—hayes joins us now live from the airport in muan.owing, that is the same as the scene behind me, flood lights around the tail section of the aircraft, really the only piece which resembles an aircraft at all now. the investigation is going into the night here, searching through the wreckage going into a second night. there are so many questions that have not been answered, remain to be answered. we have more information today, particularly from the transport ministry that there was... a bird strike is when a plane flies through a flock of birds and some of them get into the engines and can cause a stall orflame get into the engines and can cause a stall or flame losing power, —— flameout, losing power, —— flameout, losing power, but that doesn't normally end up in the sort of crash so it is apparent there are more factors involved. why did the plane land without deploying its landing gear? why was it landing so fast? why halfway down the runway at speed? there was no room for it to slow down before it hit these obstacles at the end o

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has more now from seoul.rief, only a few minutes long and what it absolutely wasn't was a resignation speech. president yoon made this apology, he bowed to the people of korea, he said he was sorry for the anxiety and trouble he had brought by declaring martial law. he said he did it out of desperation to try and break a political impasse. he also said, and i think this is the key bit, he said he would now put to the authority or responsibility for what now happens in the hands of his party, the people's power party. i think what 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 gam

chief presenter, steve lai who was outside the national assembly with our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayest gone past 6pm in sole. you mentioned the leader of the ruling people power party, han dong—hoon, he has withdrawn his support for president yoon. he did that this morn. he met with the president earlier. according to media reports here, han said that he had urged yoon to address the public. the president has not made any public appearance or statement since he withdrew that declaration of martial law on wednesday. apparently yoon has declined to make any comments, saying it was not time yet. well if the president isn't going to speak, we know the protesters will make their voices heard, as we can hear now. they're set to hold a rally, tens of thousands are expected on the streets tomorrow, that is all leading up tomorrow, that is all leading up to this impeachment vote thatis up to this impeachment vote that is scheduled for 7pm tomorrow. we are going to get the thoughts of our asia correspondent. there has been talk behind closed doors, are we nearer a talk behind closed doors, are

i'm joined now by our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes who is at muan international airport. this morning?— what more can you tell us this mornin? a , ., morning? as you may be able to see behind _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me that _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me that as _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me that as the - morning? as you may be able to see behind me that as the childl see behind me that as the child tail section of thejeju air seven 37 that crashed here yesterday that is all that remains of the planes as it burst into flames and a huge fireball when it struck what it really struck was not the wall as you can see the wall is still intact what it struck was the instrument landing system which is a large steel structure used to guide planes into the airport, as it came off the end of the runway it smashed into that large steel structure and that is what destroyed the plane and meant none of the passengers had any chance of surviving. you may also be able to see behind me here,

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landed and exploded, killing all but two of the 181 people on board. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes in muan. a bit more information today, particularly from the transport ministry, saying that there was that distress call, that the pilot did call an emergency before trying to land, and had said there had been some kind of bird strike. strike. now, bird strike is when a plane flies through a flock of birds and some of the birds get ingested into the engines, and they can then cause the engines to stall, or indeed to flame out, to lose power. and that in the final, you know, if you're in final approach to to a runway, that can cause a very dangerous situation, but it doesn't normally end up in this sort of crash. so it's apparent that there are more factors involved here. why did the plane land without deploying its landing gear? why was it a belly landing? why was it landing so fast? why did it land halfway down the runway at speed, meaning there was really no room for it to slow down before it hit these obstacles at the end of the runway and then burst into flames. so this investiga

i've been speaking about that with our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes, who is at muan airportcting to hearfrom jeju air, the company that owned aircraft that crashed on sunday at the airport here. they now have told us they are postponing that press conference till late this afternoon, we're not sure why. presumably they are going to want to communicate to the outside world, but mainly to the families of the deceased, but there have been some other developments here, steve. firstly, some of the bodies of those killed in sunday's crash have now been handed over to families, the first four bodies were handed over this morning and there will be funerals beginning of the 179 people. but the very, very difficult job of identifying the remains of the others is still continuing. we understand that investigators from the federal aviation administration of the us and boeing are on their way here or indeed have arrived here this morning to join the investigation, and also, that they have cleaned and are now inspecting the black boxes, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recor

our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, has the latest from muan. the ceo ofjeju air. the main thrust of his press conference in seoul today was really to reach out to the families of those killed in the crash, to say that his company would help with funerals, that it is going to come up with some sort of compensation package for the families. that's something they have been talking about here over the last two days. it's the first time we've heard from the ceo since he came out and made an apology on sunday. he was also reaching out to the korean public saying, "this is a safe airline." "we have good training. "we will strengthen our training. our safety checks." so it's really saying, you know, trying to to to rescue the reputation of his airline after this terrible disaster. what we didn't hear from him is anything about the investigation. and that's not surprising because the investigation still really is just getting underway. what we do know today is that a team has arrived from the united states, from the ntsb, the national transportation saf

much of the boeing 737 was reduced to metalfragments. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes isre's the latest. as you may be able to see behind me that is the charred tail section of thejeju air 737 that crashed here yesterday. that is all that remains of the plane as it burst into flames and a huge fireball when it struck, what it really struck was not the wall as you can see the wall is still intact, what it struck was the instrument landing system which is a large steel structure used to guide planes into the airport. as it came off the end of the runway, it smashed into that large steel structure and that is what destroyed the plane and meant none of the passengers had any chance of surviving. you may also be able to see behind me here, large numbers of fire crews, and also many soldiers, many soldiers out here this morning, going painstakingly through the wreckage of the aircraft and also the field at the end of the runway here because there is a lot of debris that was thrown 50, hundred metres down away from the airport and they are planting little flags where ever they f

river wear gill higgins, ourasia correspondent —— rupert wingfield—hayes.we will keep an eye on them. �* , , them. a very tense political situation — them. a very tense political situation that _ them. a very tense political situation that many - them. a very tense political situation that many thanks | them. a very tense political i situation that many thanks to you and to rupert. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. there are warnings that the nhs in england is under more pressure going into winter than ever before. a sharp rise in cases of flu and norovirus are seemingly to blame. 0ur correspondent steve knibbs has more. the nhs said australian limit isn't unusual but this year the pressure is hitting harder and earlier than before and there are no warnings of a potential quarter damik. the first nhs figures for the winter show that the average number of patients taking up beds in hospitals in england last week with flu were almost 1100. that is four times higher than this time last year. 750 beds were occupied with those with norovirus

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul. it is still a little tempestuous today. there is another broker is going on as we speak. we are outside the national assembly here. it is pretty chilly here in seoul, but people are coming out again this afternoon, mostly young people coming to say they want president yoon to step down. this morning we heard this announcement by president yoon's party, the ppp, say they agreed he would step down from many of his presidential functions over particularly defence and foreign affairs and that the party would then step up to — to — sorry, 70 was about to walk in front of the camera to run the government. the problem with that, if you talk to analysts here, according to the green constitution, it is not clear how that would work. —— sorry, somebody was about. if the president can't fulfil his executive functions, how would it work was made the opposition 144

our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes joins us from muan airport where the crash happened. loser to knowing what went wrong? the investigation is in the earliest stages but we have had developments this morning and we understand a team from the usa is here on the ground and we saw them earlier inspecting wreckage behind me. a team of seven from the federal aviation administration in the united states, from the national transportation safety board and the company boeing who manufactured the aircraft involved. they arrived yesterday and were out this morning looking at the crash site and they willjoin south korean counterparts to assess the wreckage and crash site and look at the circumstances around the crash. the next thing is the black box flight recorders which will be key to the investigation because there is so little of the aircraft left. they will rely on what is the flight data recorder that records the information from the systems of the plane and the cockpit voice recorder that records conversation between the pilot and air traffic control and control tower at the a