jean mackenzie, bbc news, in seoul. france's new prime minister is just 34.�*s profile. at just 34 years old, gabriel attal has become france's youngest prime minister. now, president emmanuel macron made this appointment as he attempts to revive his presidency with a reshuffle. let's take a listen to gabriel attal as he steps into his new role. translation: it has been said over the last few hours _ that the youngest president in history is appointing the youngest prime minister in history. i believe this to be a symbol of audacity and motion, a symbol too of the trust placed in youth. he is a staunch macron loyalist. he's also france's first openly gay prime minister. and he's a bit of a rising star of french politics, known for being media—savvy. his rise has been pretty rapid. he has had various roles. he's had various roles. ten years ago, he was just an obscure adviser in the health ministry. he then became a household name when he was appointed government spokesperson during the covid pandemic. he was appointed minister for education in 2023, but here

we can speak now to ee—fang bremer, who's the seoul correspondent for nk news.us understand what's happening here? , ., here? yes, we saw that the numbers — here? yes, we saw that the numbers tripled _ here? yes, we saw that the numbers tripled compared l here? yes, we saw that the l numbers tripled compared to 2022. 2022 only 67 defectors reach south korea. it's currently 96. actually, it still very low compared to the number of north koreans were able to reach the south pre—pandemic. before 2028 you saw between 1000 and 2000 reaching south korea. yes, an increase but not a huge increase, actually. what about the demographic, the report seems to say they are younger, they are more elite and even diplomats and trade official, why is that?- official, why is that? among these 196 — official, why is that? among these 196 north _ official, why is that? among these 196 north koreans - official, why is that? among| these 196 north koreans the vast majority are people who have been stranded abroad. the context here is that north korea closed its borders even for its ow

live now to kelly kasulis cho, the washington post's seoul breaking news reporter., thank you forjoining us on this story. what is the latest we know on this attack, about how it happened?— it happened? well, 'ust like what was i it happened? well, 'ust like what was shown _ it happened? well, 'ust like what was shown in h it happened? well, just like what was shown in the - it happened? well, just like i what was shown in the video, it happened? well, just like - what was shown in the video, we know that lee jae—myung was attacked while visiting, you know, a potential new airport thatis know, a potential new airport that is being built in busan. we know that the man who stabbed him was apprehended and we know that the busan police is investigating the attack. certainly, it seems that even though he was injured, there is a laceration to his neck, and he is being treated, the semi—official newsagency here in south korea with government funding has said that he is conscious and being treated. the last we know he is conscious, receiving treatment on the trauma ward. ij

more than 2100 people live there. >> marc stewart is covering this live from seoul. how do you read this, marc? >> reporter: this is just a reflection of the ongoing tension between the north and the south. a few more specifics to pass along. as far as the artillery that was fired by the north toward the south, we're talking about 200 rounds. not clear if these were shells or something larger like rockets. no injuries have been reported. no damage has been reported. and then as you heard, south korea responded firing back into the sea. none of this artillery that was fired from the north actually landed in the south. it was in a zone between the two nations in the waters of the yellow sea. and so just some perspective there. nonetheless, this has been a very tense time and it is a point that was addressed just a few hours ago here in seoul from a spokesperson by the south korean military. let's take a listen. >> translator: we sternly warn north korea that they are fully responsible for the escalation of the crisis and strongly urge them to stop it. our military is t

our reporter in seoul — rachel lee— has sent this update.he left side of his neck and was transferred to the hospital 20 minutes after the incident. now he is... he sustained one centimetres of laceration and receives treatment while conscious, according to several reports. now, the democratic party spokesperson said that the hospital is closely monitoring a severe bleeding of mr. lee. but meanwhile, the police are saying that the wound of mr. lee is not life threatening. now he is transferred to seoul national university hospital for surgery. after russia hit kyiv and kharkiv with 100 vessels killing at least five people. he called a heavy rational bombardment on tuesday a very dangerous attack, killing and injuring innocent people. the strikes on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure left around 250,000 people in kyiv and the surrounding region without power. our correspondent is james waterhouse. he sent us this update. this is how close the missile got to hitting this block of flats. the crater is about five metres deep and j

we know how revered seoul banny was in that country. who does the u.s. think was behind the attacks? >> reporter: david, a u.s. official says tonight that the assumption is that isis planted the bombs, because it looks like the kind of attack the terrorist group has carried out elsewhere, but david, as you know, iran will almost certainly continue to blame israel. david? >> david: martha raddatz back in the region for us reporting live from tel aviv tonight. martha, thank you. >>> meanwhile, back in the u.s. tonight, to the bomb threats targeting at least a dozen state capitals, emails claiming explosives were, quote, well hidden, and that people would end up dead. evacuations ensued as teams swept through buildings in multiple states. tonight, authorities now investigating who is behind this hoax. here's abc's steve osunsami from georgia, one of the states rattled by these threats. >> reporter: with political stakes and tensions so high, authorities today had to take the threats seriously. a bomb threat called into at least a dozen state houses across t

jean mackenzie, bbc news, in seoul. let's bring you some breaking news coming into us from ecuador.have shown hooded people inside ecuador�*s tc television station. 0bliging staff to lie down on the floor, shots of also been heard. the incident comes after a spate of kidnappings following the president's decision to declare a state of emergency in ecuador. he will bring you more on that as and when we get it. now, if you like to keep up with the latest innovation in tech gadgets, you'll already be aware that the �*consumer electronics show�* is under way in las vegas. last year 115,000 people attended and this year over 4000 exhibitors will be showing off their wares. artificial intelligence is expected to feature prominently. michelle fleury is at ces in las vegas with more on what we can expect. i'm actually getting my nails done right now. this is one of the many products here at ces this year that uses artificial intelligence. essentially, it takes 2d, 3d scans of your nails — the size of it, the curvature — then artificial intelligence tells a robot arm how to apply the nail po

let's get more with our senior reporter you lindley in seoul -- yoolim lee in seoul.ctually, i will say they just came out. we are seeing the net loss coming in at one point net -- 1.6 3,000,000,000,001. operating profit rising. the estimate had been for a loss that had nearly 170 billion one. sales coming in at 11.3 trillion one. with you -- with that in mind, it seems the numbers are better than what was expected. >> that's right. thanks for telling me the numbers, i've been eagerly awaiting them. basically what this is showing us is that it's a surprise. they were expecting to post operating loss of about 170 billion juan -- won for the december quarter and that would be the fifth consecutive quarterly losses for the company. what the numbers are telling us is that they actually posted operating profit for the quarter, which is a surprise. i think it indicates that the recovery in the memory chip market, that prolonged slump is starting to take place. obviously, the sk hynix has benefited from a boom in demand for high-end memory chips that power ai applications. i

jean mackenzie, bbc news, in seoul.c — that's according to the government's own figures. now labour has set out its plans to tackle persistent absence from schools, including better mental health support and free breakfast clubs for primary—aged pupils. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. the noise and bustle of a large secondary. overwhelming for teenagers struggling with their mental health. at their school in barnsley, logan and abbie got counselling. now turning up regularly instead of avoiding lessons. me and my family have little jokes about like all you've done a week at school and i've made a massive change. like, its like, i set goals for myself that if i'd done a week, that's good. and then if i've done two weeks, that's good. so before just not coming in. just stay in bed. just do not listen to anyone, and then i'lljust come in as much as i can. go on time. instead of being that. labour is promising a counsellor for every secondary school here, they're already spending £400,000 on mental health su

so, right now, he is supposedly being transferred to a hospital in seoul, where of course there is talk about medical facilities here, in this major city here in south korea. it is important to give you some context as well, the political atmosphere right now in south korea is extremely divided. lee is a liberal current president, yoon is a conservative. in fact, lee lost to you in the bid for the presidency in 2022, in a very slim margin. so these politicians, they are both very prominent. the president of south korea, it is notable to point out, is very quick to respond to all of this. emphasizing that violence should not be tolerated under any circumstances in order for police to investigate this swiftly. this is a reflection of the fragile political atmosphere that south korea as witnessing right now. in fact lease own spokesperson called on party members to remain calm and not to make any political interpretations. finally, john, this is not the first time we have seen an attack like this. back in 2000 and, six former president park was attacked while she was on the campaign trail.

our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, has the latest. is one of the few places you can still come to eat dog meat here in seoul in one of these specialist restaurants. dog meat is considered a delicacy among some older koreans, but it's far less popular now with young people. many of them never eat it now or have never even tried it, and so consumption is falling. and when we spoke to people about the ban, the generational divide was stark. translation: we've eaten this since the middle ages. - why stop us from eating our traditional food? if you ban dog, you should ban beef. translation: more i people have pets today. dogs are like family now, and it's not nice to eat our family, so i think it's best to get rid of it _ under the new law, those who farm, butcher or sell dogs to eat can be jailed for up to three years, though it won't actually be illegal to eat dog meat. it's hoped that the ban on selling will be enough to stop people from eating it. the ban won't come into force for another three years to give restaurant owners and farme

in 1968 after the end, with taking hostages, shooting across seoul in populated areas. and so on. north koreans have repeatedly kidnapped japanese citizens from oyster beds to train their spies. that is, the grandfather was ready for provocations, for symmetrical answers. and it seems to me that a grandson who copies his grandfather in everything from appearance to foreign policy style can take radical steps. it is a radical provocation, but for this he needs a reprisal from abandonment, because 98% of all foreign economic transactions of north korea. they fight back through china, accordingly, if china agrees, then this provocation will take place, if china is not ready for it, then everything will end with another request to provide food aid, as it also happened in the history of relations. thank you, mr. vitaly, mr. taras, well, look, first of all, i added another conflict in the ide, which i often forget about now, it is the houthis who are actually destroying international logistics now, it is actually a proxy of iran. therefore, not only israel, and not only ukraine, but all

in 1968, after it ended, with the capture of hostages, shooting at seoul in populated areas, and so north koreans allegedly kidnapped japanese citizens from oyster beds to... train their spies, that is, the grandfather was ready for provocation, for symmetrical responses, and it seems to me that the grandson, who copies everything from his grandfather from appearance to foreign policy style, can take radical steps, provocations, but for this he needs a retribution from beijing, because 98% of all foreign economic transactions of north korea, they are reflected through china, accordingly, if china agrees, then this provocation... will happen, if china is not ready for it, then everything will end with another request to provide food aid, as it also happened in the history of relations. thank you, mr. vitaly, mr. taras, well, look, i'm the first added another ongoing conflict, which is often forgotten now, it is the houthis who are actually destroying international logistics, it is a proxy of iran, in fact, so not only israel, not only ukraine, but all of them think the same, that's w

, and in seoul itself and around it live, well, almost half of the population, 70% of the most importantconomic assets, and actually only with artillery systems, fire, howitzers, so north korea can inflict such damage, well, on the first day, more than 250,000 may be victims. i don't know somewhere around 90,000 killed and the rest maimed there, actually this one threat, it is only growing, and it is helped, as at one time by the soviet union and china, with missile systems or the development of nuclear weapons, and now by the russian federation in exchange for ammunition that is supplied to kill ukrainians, but i think that this the conflict that we have seen, there are literally several hundred shells, strikes on... behind the islands, this is just a reminder to myself, i think that he is not ready for a large-scale conflict yet, by and large he would like to convert his growing power , nuclear and missile in concessions with on the part of the international community, maybe he , like putin, is waiting for trump to come, because if you remember, they had cinemun, that is , they had ver

korea, literally 40 km from the demilitarized zone is the center, well actually seoul, and in seoul itselfnd around it is inhabited by almost half of the population, 70% of the most important economic assets, and actually only with artillery systems, incendiary fire, howitzers, which means that north korea can cause such damage, well, on the first day, more than 250. there may be victims, i don’t know, somewhere in the order of 90 thousand killed and the rest maimed there, this is actually this threat, it is only growing, and it is being helped, as at one time by the soviet union and china, with missile systems or the development of nuclear weapons, and now by the russian federation in exchange for ammunition, which is supplied for to kill ukrainians, but i think that this conflict that we saw, there are literally several hundred shells in... one for the islands, this is just a reminder of myself, i think that so far, before a large-scale conflict, he is not ready, by and large he would like to convert his growing power, nuclear and missile, into concessions from the international communit

i talked to one such supporter earlier today in seoul. let's take a listen to part of our conversation. >> in our society, dogs have a close relationship with humans in our homes for a long time. so we're just fighting for animal welfare protection. >> reporter: for older generations, this animal consumption was seen as t tradition. but obviously, times have changed. for farmers and for breeders, this is going to be a big change as well. since so many dogs have been breed over the years. as part of this legislation, there are components to help them transition to other areas of business. there's also a grace period. but if we look at the feeling on the ground here in seoul, we talked to one restaurant owner who serves dog. they told us it's something they have been transitioning away from. >> thank you very much. >>> u.s. lawmakers are still far from a deal on u.s. border security and that's holding up critical foreign ahead. >>> leaving china for the u.s. why any means necessary. why more and more chinese citizens are willing to risk a d

marc stewart joining us live from seoul. many thanks. >>> u.s. federal investigators say they have found no links to terrorism in the car crash which killed two people in rochester, new york early on new year's day. police say the driver responsible for the collision has died, but they're still looking into whether his actions were intentional. cnn's brynn gingras has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a fiery crash outside a new york concert hall. after a car rammed into another vehicle, setting off an explosion. >> it was crazy to see that kind of fire. the flames were probably still like 15-feet high. >> reporter: killing two people, injuring nine others, including one critically hurt nearby a an authorities say it appears to be intentional. >> you saw the carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up, and car pieces everywhere. it was surreal to think wow, this happened right here. >> reporter: it wasn't even an hour into the new year when hundreds of concertgoers exited the kodak center in rochester, new york. that's when police sa

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religious affiliation, and people pay for this temptation; just recently, more than 150 people in seoul, but not only that, even when we see the dead there, those who remained alive continue to celebrate, dance, remember, we said the opening of the gatar tunnel or the opening of this year's commonwealth games in birmingham, england, or a children's party in the united states, or the ritual of unbaptism in the united states in front of representatives of the church of satan. are you denying your baptism? yes, you reject any claims to your personality and your self. orthodoxy must return to its cradle in kievan rus. now you are already on the lookout for death. and we will help everyone, we will defeat everyone. slavayan, death. glory to the nation. death to muscovites. i will ride the dough. and if we know all this, why are we in our schools, here? in russia we celebrate this holiday of death? if we know all this, why then does sbermegamarket announce discounts specifically on halloween for monetary benefits, attracting people to this satanic holiday. and that we are at war with ukraine

language ] >> he was assaulted in south korea's second largest city but since transferred for the seoul national university hospital. and marc stewart is there for us live. m marc, good to see you. the south korean opposition leader stabbed in the neck while speaking to journalists and voters on the campaign trail. what do we know about his condition and this failure of security? >> reporter: indeed, we are expecting a briefing from doctors here at the hospital once mr. lee is out of surgery. there has been a lot of concern about a vein in his neck and some of the bleeding associated with that. once doctors have completed surgery, they say that they will give usse an update. it is important to stress just how prominent of a figure mr. lee is here. he is a hoistusehold name. he is the leader of the democratic liberal party. he was on a campaign stop helping other candidates in anticipation of the general election later on this spring. you mentioned the idea about security. these campaign events by nature are very open. it is a chance for members of the public to come face-to-face with po

jazz and seoul on friday. communities performances on saturdays of different kindses and sundays reggae it is extraordinary. and of course, later this summer we are pleased to welcome back outside lands for an exciting 3 days and 3 nights of incredible concerts and food and community. as we go across the city, we got wonderful performances in the jerry theatre in mc clarnin park a special jerry day coming back to the theatre. on june 21st we had make music day appearing all over the city in park in civic center. on the marina green. again in golden gate park. it has been a great time for music and ties into the recovery and the tremendous energy where we are feeling and -- you know anybody who says san francisco is struggling needs to hang out in the park system. where well is joy and beaut and he inspiration every day. >> so, the san francisco board of supervisors passed legislation to make jfk drive in will golden gate park car free. how have residents responds. >> the san francisco residents responds positi

lee was attacked in busan and suffered a laceration wound but has been transferred to the seoul national university hospital. cnn's mark stewart is there. mark, what more are you learning about the stabbing of south korean's opposition leader and of course his current condition? >> reporter: rosemary, there's a lot of concern about mr. lee and some damage done to his jugular vein in his head and some of the bleeding that is taking place. doctors, we are told, will give us an update once he is out of surgery. i cannot stress enough just how visible of a figure mr. lee is here in south korea and on the political scene. he is the leader of the opposition party, the liberal democratic party, and like so many party leaders do, he was on a campaign trip, helping other candidates as south korea looks ahead to its general election. he was touring a construction site. there were reporters there when a man in his 60s came up to him, asked for an autograph, and then attacked him with a knife. shortly after, we saw a photo of him lying on the ground. someone had taken a handkerchief, applied it to h

the latest solid-fuel missile equipped with halak ma super sood, while rejecting the alliance with seoul , called south korea a hostile country. our union with saul is not possible. with the process of amending the constitution, south korea is known to us as a hostile country. we do not want war. but we do not avoid war with the enemy. sharp words the reaction of south korea followed. apart from being a neighbor, we are one nation with north korea, not a hostile country. kim's baseless words stem from his anti-national and ahistorical nature . the supreme people's assembly of north korea, however , issued a statement on the sudden closure of the national economic cooperation office, the committee for peaceful unification and the inter- international tourism related to the reconciliation of the two koreas announced. a subject that experts believe. it will involve the korean peninsula in severe tension. unfortunately, this decision of north korea, together with the continuation of missile tests , indicates the deterioration of the situation on the left side of the korean island. the eviden

from a submarine and it was said that this action in the framework of the rising tensions between seoul and pyongyang took place. north korea's state news agency said the missiles were fired over the sea off the country's east coast and hit an unspecified target on an island, indicating a flight time of more than two hours. kim made this experiment successful. he read and announced that its implementation is of strategic importance for the modernization of the army, which aims to create a powerful navy. four people were killed in a shooting in the city of los angeles in the united states. according to police, an 80-year-old man in an apartment in the granada hills area with his wife and two grown children salash shot then committed suicide. more details so far. about this incident and the victims and possible motives for this shooting have not been published. the centers for disease control and prevention of the united states announced in a report that about 50,000 people committed suicide in this country in 2022, and this figure is unprecedented in the history of the united states. the

announcement of the south korean army, none of the bullets entered the territory of this country, however, seoul has ordered civilians living on this island bordering north korea to evacuate. south korea made this move. suspended. yesterday. south korea and the united states have concluded a week-long joint exercise near the north korean border. north korea many times he strongly criticized the holding of joint exercises between the united states and south korea near the country's borders , calling these actions provocative. the death toll from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in central japan reached 92 people. 242 people are still missing. nejad relief teams are still searching among the ruins of buildings in some areas. in addition to the loss of life, this earthquake caused heavy financial losses. as a result of this earthquake, more than tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes. this strong earthquake shook the central and western regions of japan last monday evening. the center the origin of this earthquake was in noto peninsula in ishikawa prefecture. three people died aft

criticized the exercises, which are taking place near the border, and warned that both washington and seoul pushing the region toward nuclear war. north korean leader kim jong-in said his military must completely destroy the united states and south korea if provocations, state media reported. the speech came as he vowed to strengthen national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented us-led confrontation. north korea has stepped up its belligerent rhetoric in recent months in response to the expansion. they fired artillery shells, but only used explosives that faked the sound of artillery fire. soon after this statement, the korean liberation army of the north confirmed this fact. everything was mixed up in the winsor house. prince harry, who fled to america, has still not introduced king charles to his grandson archie, and this greatly upsets the royal grandfather, reports the daily express. and he saw his granddaughter lilibet only twice. in life, while it is unknown when the rebellious prince with his wife and children will be able to visit great britain again. royal commentat

dictate its rules around the world, including in the asia-pacific region, attracting its partners seoulrea. and stability throughout northeast asia, corresponding proposals: russia, and independently, together with the people's republic of china, submitted to the un security council, they are on the negotiating table. however, we have to admit that the policy of the united states and its regional satellites to create threats to the security of the democratic people's republic of korea does not at all contribute to progress in a positive direction. we will continue to call for a rejection of any steps that lead to an escalation of tensions. relations between moscow and phil-yang reached a new strategic level, of course, after the meeting of the two leaders, vladimir putin and kim chinin held negotiations at the vostochny cosmodrome in the amur region last september, also, the leader of the dprk came to vladivostok in 2019, already then he invited vladimir putin to make a return visit to... and it is possible that the current trip of the head of north korean diplomacy here to moscow is co

already, i myself was in south korea and on regular walks through the most popular street food area in seouldog dishes. i’ve never met it, although i’ve tried a lot of things there, either i’m talking about economics, a little about food, that’s all, or i didn’t know that i hadn’t met it, thank you, denis tovalayev with an economic review. russian physics and technology universities expanding the training program for nuclear industry specialists. nuclear scientists themselves help universities train qualified personnel, including in very scarce specialties. such close cooperation, they say in rosatam, allows companies not only to spot promising employees at the stage of their training, but also to train specialists who will not need time, as they say, to build up after graduation. ilya lyadvin about how training is going. more than 250 new ones. this large production will need employees nuclear units already in the spring, the capacity of the plant near moscow with a hundred-year history will once again be increased. this is one of the main production sites; rhythm-200 nuclear reactors are n

historical action movie seoul spring. about the military coup in 1979 became the highest-grossing filme director's chair was kim sung-soo, who directed the cult historical action film warrior. the most famous south korean actors are on screen. the french support their favorite heroes. third place at the box office was taken by the fifth part of the franchise about asterix and abelix with the subtitle celestial empire, where cunning gals save the chinese princess and meet with julius caesar. the second part of the popular film triumphs at the romanian box office. comedy land beachy in miami, about two romanian guys, going overseas for the american dream. in their homeland, beachy took second place in the list of the highest-grossing films of the year, gentlemanly leaving barbie ahead. last year, the japanese became the most devoted in their love for local cinema. the top ten highest-grossing films include eight films by japanese directors. the first place at the box office was taken by the sports anime crown shot. a film about schoolchildren who are preparing for the basketball champion

seoul welcomed 2024 at 3pm uk time.rowd: happy new year! shortly after, hong kong marked their new year with this fireworks musical. dubai kicked their year off in serious style from the top of the burj khalifa. and before we close out 2023, we wanted to bring you a round up of some of the good news from this year. in october, the world health organization approved a new anti—malaria vaccine that could give countries an affordable and more accessible option to combat one of the leading causes of child deaths in africa. the vaccine costs $2—$4 per dose and is expected to be available by mid—next year. a miraculous rescue in november freed 41 construction workers who were trapped inside a tunnel in northern india for 17 days. no one inside the tunnel was killed or seriously injured. the tunnel had collapsed following a landslide. deforestation in the amazon rainforest in brazil fell to a five—year low in 2023. the country's national institute of space research says there has been a 22.3% decline in trees lost since 2022,

he is facing murder charges, one year later, the seoul survivor of the shooting lost his brother, jose, in the attack. >> pedro was with his brother when he was killed. he was injured in that shooting himself. he is now recovering, haddie and his family are going to mexico in hopes to return. the deadly shooting exposed the poor living conditions. at the time the governor expressed outrage that farmworkers and families were living in shipping containers. it has brought about a new push for better housing. as for the suspect, he pled not guilty. his arraignment is continued into next month. >> anne, thank you. >>> after years of gang violence increase in santa rosa, the police chief says enough is enough. the police chief announced a new program to stop new crimes, katie neilson walks us through their plan of action. >> santa rosa's police department used to have a gang task force. it was disbanded in 2019 during a staffing crisis. since then, the police chief says gang violence, both in the community and the schools has skyrocketed and so, he decided to bring the program back. >> melis

an suv crashed into a security post in front of the russian embassy in seoul, yonhap news agency reportedccident, one police officer suffered serious injuries to his neck and shoulders and was hospitalized. there were no injuries among the diplomatic mission employees. our the representative office continues to operate as usual, law enforcement officers are investigating the reasons for the incident. it is clarified that the driver was drunk. the european union is going to undermine the hungarian economy if it refuses to agree on a new aid package for ukraine worth 50 billion euros. the british newspaper financial times reports this. according to her, brussels intends to block funding for budapest and put pressure on companies that invest in the country’s economy. the plan can supposedly be implemented immediately after the eu summit. he will pass 1 february. this publication has already been commented on by the hungarian minister for eu affairs, janiss boka. according to him, the country does not link assistance to ukraine with receiving funding from the european union. however, budapest

seoul welcomed 2024 at 3pm uk time.y new year! shortly after, hong kong marked their new year with this fireworks musical. dubai kicked their year off in serious style from the top of the burj khalifa. before we go, we wanted to remind of you some of good news from the sports world in 2023. fans of wrexham afc won't forget this year! the football club, owned by actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, was promoted to the english football league after wrexham's victory over visiting boreham wood in april. the team returns to the league after a 15—year absence. this year's women's world cup final not only crowned first time winners spain but it shattered viewership records across the globe this summer. according to fifa, 1.12 billion people tuned in to watch the tournament. this august, the most decorated gymnast of all time simone biles returned to competition for the first time in two years since bowing out of the tokyo olympic games in 2021. biles wrapped up her year by winning two gold medals at the 2023 gymnastic wor

south korea, but he promises to do this only if not... friendly seoul tries to use armed forces againstreatens the sovereignty and security of the dprk. well, kimchanin also emphasized that north korea has no intention of unilaterally provoking a war on the korean peninsula, but is not going to avoid it either. he is not going to provoke, but he is not going to avoid either, because he wants to defend himself. before the full-scale invasion, we already heard this from russia. so i don't know, well, for today i have everything in the world about ukraine column, that's all for today, tomorrow there will be more news from the world, but there will be more of everything in our future broadcast, so don't switch. yes, well, let's move on to, well , an extremely important topic. returns to performance of one's duties. kyiv district administrative court partially satisfied the lawsuit of the ex-head of the commercial court of cassation, bohdan lviv. he will be reinstated as a judge and will be paid his salary for the period of forced absence. let me remind you that in 2022 , they found russian

number of champions, including the first soviet olympic gold medalist marina loboch, who took gold in seoulonal rhythmic gymnastics team of the republic of belarus, well, here is her new generation of belarusian gymnasts. in the future, alina wants to get into coaching, she is very i am inspired by alina kabaeva’s career and her methodology of working with children, which she applies at the heavenly grace academy. today the most talented girls study there. from all over the world, each student receives an individual approach, everything is done for his personal and professional growth. and today alina gornasko’s main goal is the highest achievements at such international tournaments as our heavenly grace. a very good girl, in fact, i have been watching her for a long time, and her skill is growing every year. and it’s very nice, by the way, that we see a jump rope, this is the element that allows us to reveal it. champions, which, by the way, is completely impossible even at world championships, where this subject simply does not exist. incredibly, alina performed a risk that no one else in

the shells fell near the northern demarcation line, which seoul considers the de facto maritime border. journalists of the agency yonhab, citing the south korean military, also said that they will take retaliatory measures, as they consider such shootings by their northern neighbor. provocation, i want to emphasize here, this morning, when i started reading about it in some of our ukrainian mass media, they said that north korea fired at south korea, it did not fire, it was really a provocation, they fired these 200 missiles towards south korea , at least 200 shells that fell not on the territory of the exclusive economic zone of south korea, but ... but this a provocation to which south korea has promised to respond without fail and will even evacuate these two islands towards which this island was headed, and the last such shelling by the coast guard of the democratic people's republic of korea took place in 2022, so this is not the first time, but you see, the southern neighbor is ready to give... also about south korea, the apple does not fall far from the apple tree. the leader of

destroy the republic of korea, that is, south korea, but to do this he promises only if an unfriendly seoules to use armed forces against its state, or threatens the sovereignty and security of the dprk. well , kimchanin also emphasized that north korea does not have one. the intention to unilaterally provoke war.

our correspondent in the region, jean mackenzie, is monitoring developments from seoul in south koreae major tsunami warning has been issued for centraljapan, on the west coast, they are warning that waves of up to five metres could hit that run. at the moment there have been waves of up to two metres but officials are saying that there was waves could get bigger, we could see more of them, there have also been tsunami warnings for the surrounding prefectures including toyama. people living in these coastal areas have been told to evacuate immediately, to go inland to higher ground water go to the shelters, people are being warned not to try to go to the coast to see what is happening, but of course to the first waves that hit are often not the biggest, people are often not the biggest, people are being warned that there could be there are still tremors taking place some of the concern is linked to people's memories of fukushima 2011, that the chief cabinet secretary has said that so far there are no irregularities at any nuclear power plants but is still a concern? absolutely. so, th

seoul welcomed 2024 at 3pm uk time.with 108 strikes of this bell, the last landing at midnight. shortly after, hong kong marked their new year with this fireworks musical. dubai kicked their year off in serious style from the top of the burj khalifa. as people usher in new year's day many will be making resolutions to get it, read more books or break bad habits. how many people can stick to them and is there even a point in making those resolutions? for more on this spring and a distinguished professor and chair of psychology at the university of scranton. he is an expert on behaviour change has studied the psychology behind those new year's resolutions and gave data on how effective they can be and why they sometimes do not stick. thank you so much for joining us. from your research, what are the most popular resolutions for new year? they tend to change _ resolutions for new year? they tend to change a _ resolutions for new year? they tend to change a bit _ resolutions for new year? they tend to change a bit year - re

south korea's main opposition party leader, lee jae—myung, has been discharged from a hospital in seoulic event. a man stabbed him in the neck after asking him for an autograph. police on monday arrested a second man linked to the attack. after leaving hospital, lee called for "an end to hate". you're live with bbc news. the european union's earth observation programme copernicus says 2023 was the hottest year recorded ever. millions more people worldwide saw the severe consequences of climate change, from intense heatwaves and wildfires to devastating floods. the average global temperature in 2023 was nearly 59 degrees fahrenheit or nearly 15 degrees celsius, shattering the previous high set in 2016. our climate editor justin rowlatt has more on the record—breaking numbers. world experienced extraordinary temperatures last year. the average temperature was one point 48 degrees celsius above preindustrial level beating 2016 by a margin of more .17 celsius. that may not sound much but it is a huge margin for a global average say climate scientists. take a look at this. now, the grey line

to fly there, for example, to south korea, that's for sure, because how far it is to south korea, seoulf sight. or they will fall somewhere in pere harbor again, well, not far, well, how much closer than the usa, well, in a word, this is a moment of intimidation, which is used by the authorities of the most closed country in the world, but again, i say, they launch this ballistic missile, at this moment , the minister of foreign affairs is going to moscow and they say give us missiles, you give us weapons in return, there was also a story when the north koreans once again became active there even before the start of a full-scale invasion, there was a whole not quite panic situation, but not a very alarming situation. was in honolulu, hawaii, because, well, that is, until it reaches america , it is one story, and hawaii is in the middle of the ocean and it can fly, well, that is, there were, you say that to america, maybe hawaii is america, well, yes, i have mean, i mean continentally, yes, well, let's move on , the king has come to work, i mean the new king of denmark, fredrik the 10th,

bae hyun—jin was struck repeatedly on the head with a rock in seoul on thursday.e suffering from a psychiatric illness. president yoon suk—yeol described the attack as an act of terrorism. the uk has halted trade talks with canada, with discussions breaking down due to a disagreement over beef and cheese. the two nations have been negotiating for the last two years after britain left the eu, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the uk was a member of the bloc. the previous agreement had allowed the uk to continue to sell cars and cheese in the north american nation without canada charging import tax. parts of spain have been hit by unusually high temperatures. the heatwave is also affecting parts of france. you're live with bbc news. now to the situation in the hague after the case brought against israel by south africa. we can go to our correspondent. part of the mechanics of the case in the first instance was that israel had argued he should not even have happened and that the court had no jurisdiction. how did that play out?— how d

south korean politician has reportedly been taken to hospital after being attacked on a street in seoulosition party was stabbed in the neck while talking to reporters. bae hyun—jin, who is a member of the ruling people power party, was struck on the head with an object by an unidentified attacker, according to local media. her condition in hospital is described as non life—threatening. a man has been sentenced to death in japan following a deadly arson attack on an animation studio in kyoto, which killed 36 people. shinji aoba had previously admitted to setting the building on fire, in 2019. his lawyers had sought an acquittal on the grounds of mental incompetence, but the judge rejected their arguments. the french president emmanuel macron has just landed in india for his two—day trip in the asian country. as you can see, a red carpet welcome including a parade of decorated elephants awaited macron after landing injaipur in rajasthan, where he will be hosted by prime minister narendra modi at a state banquet in a 19th—century maharaja's palace. it's been more than a century since trea

seoul views pyongyang's actions as provocation, and to make it clear to the aggressor that they are ready back at any moment and have started military training themselves. we strongly warn north korea that it bears full responsibility for this escalation, and we strongly urge them to stop it. our military monitors and monitors the situation in close cooperation with the us and will take measures in response to north korea's provocations. in north korea, it was noted that their exercises near the west coast were a natural response to ... large-scale military actions by the neighbor, on the day of the attacks dprk state media published footage of kimchinin's visit to the rocket and automobile plant, where he took a ten-year-old girl with him. daughter kim joo e. south korean intelligence believes that he is preparing the girl for an heiress, so she has been with him for more than a year at military parades and missile tests. in general , recently, pyongyang has started rattling its weapons more. the leader of the dprk calls for increased production of various missile launchers and explains