i was keen to try out the underground trains in seoul.nline. korea is now one of the most connected nations on earth, with 95% of the population being able to access the internet. everywhere you go, people are downloading and streaming, giving film—makers new ways to reach audiences. there is the view that technology may somehow save the day and help bring about a renaissance in the film industry. it didn't take me too long to travel to a film—making team collaborating on a new korean short called night vision. the film was shot in a special way, using cameras fixed to this vehicle, which mimic the point of view of the built—in cameras which are mounted accessories on this hyundai car. night fishing stars well—known korean actor son suk—ku, who plays a mysterious driver chasing an extra—terrestrial entity. so we wanted to fit the taste of the younger generation and just trying to create something that they haven't seen before. the idea of what movie is can be, ithought, you know, bigger than what it is. the director of night fishing previ

how do you imagine seoul is re arina up. how do you imagine seoul is preparing for _ up._ up. how do you imagine seoul is preparing for that advancement, i preparing for that advancement, that gaining of knowledge, that gaining of experience? what do you imagine seoul is doing to prepare? figs you imagine seoul is doing to --reare? a , ., ., prepare? as you might be aware, we're in a — prepare? as you might be aware, we're in a little _ prepare? as you might be aware, we're in a little bit _ prepare? as you might be aware, we're in a little bit of _ prepare? as you might be aware, we're in a little bit of a _ prepare? as you might be aware, we're in a little bit of a jam - we're in a little bit of a jam right now. but our people who are responsible for these kind of things are doing theirjob. so i'm sure that they will be on their toes to ensure that the latest information that can be obtained and shared will be collected. also, we are closely following north korean developments, and we will do our best to prepare. i developments, and we will do our best to prepare.— our b

stephen lowry reporting from seoul. _ out. stephen lowry reporting from seoul, great _ out.oul, great to - out. stephen lowry reporting from seoul, great to speak i out. stephen lowry reporting| from seoul, great to speak to you as always. —— steve lie. police in new york city are searching for a gunman who shot dead the chief executive of one of the united states's largest health insurance companies. brian thompson was fatally shot just before 7am local time on wednesday. he was found outside the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan, where he had been scheduled to speak at an investor conference. the 50—year—old father—of—two was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. in a statement released in the last hour, his family said... around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the scottish government has unveiled plans to scrap the uk—wide two—child benefit cap. campaigners say the policy is the uk's biggest single driver of child poverty, and the labour government has come under repeated pressure to scrap it. holyroo

we saw those live pictures from the streets of seoul, outside the streets of seoul, outside the parliament you inside the parliament building, parliamentarians, lawmakers still there, it's just gone for a him in south korea. they come very quickly, responded to the declaration of martial law by president yoon, by voting it down, but as we have been reporting, the military saying it will only lift martial law if that order comes from the president, but parliamentarians in the meantime are staying in the parliament building overnight. they want to be ready to respond to whatever comes next. joining me now alessio patalano, a professor of war and strategy in east asia at kings college and jean h lee, former ap seoul bureau chief and adjunct fellow at the east—west centre in honolulu. welcome to both of you, thank you very much forjoining me on the world today. i'll begin with you, that's the question, what might happen next? your thoughts? _ what might happen next? your thoughts? well, _ what might happen next? your thoughts? well, this _ what might happen next? your thoughts? well, this is -

society after i was in seoul. even though i never saw a diplomatic assignment, i was honored to be nominated and appointed as ambassador. south korea is a long-standing and trusted ally of the u.s.. even so, it was a challenging diplomatic posting for a number of reasons, including the big differences between washington and seoul over rapprochement with north korea, defense burden-sharing, the missile battery policy towards the people's republic of china and japan, and trade issues. despite these challenges and personal attacks against me -- some south korean media outlets and certain members of the national assembly as well as demonstrations and protests and against me, all of which i discussed -- aimed against me, all of which i discuss in my chapter -- my experiences in south korea were overwhelmingly positive. we traveled across a beautiful country, we made wonderful friends, and we miss living in seoul to this day. i work with an amazing group of diplomats and professionals of the embassy, many of whom i call

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.ydney seiler, former national intelligence officer for north korea at the national intelligence council at the white house. thank you so much forjoining us tonight on bbc news. it has been an extraordinary past few days in south korea what we have witnessed. do you think that we will now see the impeachment of the president and that is pretty certain? well, as you know, the votes are very close in right now as it stands around 300 members of parliament and the needs to be two thirds majority and i would involve eight members from president yoon�*s party and jumping across the aisle and joining with the opposition. some tried to march to his office, but they were blocked by police. it's unclear whether mr yoon hears their calls to resign. but until he does, these demonstrations, however peaceful, will only grow. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. let us speak to sydney seiler, former national intelligence officer for north korea at the national intelligence council at the white house. thank

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laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. that impeachment vote coming up this saturday at 7pm.urday at 7pm. jim mckenzie, —— jean mackenzie, our south korea correspondent to talk to us more about what has taken place over the last day or so. this impeachment vote that is coming but they have been some developments that might lead —— might not lead to the removal of the president. yeah that's because the leading party has come out and said they will oppose this impeachment vote, they will try not to remove their president from office, and for this vote to go ahead the opposition party need to get eight people in the ruling party to vote with them. that means they would have a majority to allow it to happen but i've been speaking to some of the opposition mps over the past 24 hours, and honestly they now don't seem this hopeful that this is going to pass and they think the ruling party will stay in a block and vote and stay in a block and vote and stay loyal. but they only need eight mps to vote with them and cross the floor, but the reason these mps do cross the floor, but the r

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.aring that martial law on tuesday president yoon cited north korea and anti— state elements as the reason behind it. we yet to hear any response from pyongyang but let's dive into this angle a little bit deeper and speak with mr lang clock a director of the korea risk group and np news. andre wanted you think when you first heard martial law was declared and north korea was given as a reason? ~ ., reason? well, i thought president _ reason? well, i thought president yoon - reason? well, i thought| president yoon has gone reason? well, i thought- president yoon has gone crazy. i thought he was probably leading mental mental in the age of the 1960s and the age of the grandfather. all the justification is wrong. yes there is a small number of people on the extreme right that represent the ruling party who sincerely believe the president is secretly manipulated by north korean agents and kim jong orne from pyongyang but it is a bit like saying the united states in the era of senator mccart

we were looking at the life pictures from seoul.he syrian city of homs, as rebel islamist fighters close in and the speed at which the armed opposition is advancing across the country has astonished everyone, with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. the civil war began in 2011, but the rebels, with links to al qaeda, were forced into retreat five years later. now they're back, and injust ten days have taken the whole of syria's second largest city of aleppo. another major city, hama, fell yesterday, and now their sights are on homs. success there, could see the main road from the capital damascus to the syrian coast, cut, dividing stronghold of president assad. his lightning loss of territory, due to his backers, including russia, iran and hezbollah, currently fighting in other conflicts. with all the latest from the turkey—syrian border, here's hugo bachega. syrian rebels on their way to homs, their offensive has been swift and astonishing. here, they celebrate as they capture another town without facing

in seoul.ot right now. in seoul.— my colleague is in hot right now. in seoul. it has been a wild night — now. in seoul. it has been a wild night as _ now. in seoul. it has been a wild night as he _ now. in seoul. it has been a wild night as he invoked - wild night as he invoked marcella another is a move to impeach him. the national assembly is calling for him to step down. the reactions have come thick and fast. we study markets react, as well. some stocks went down. we know he is facing calls notjust from political opponents but trade unions, as well, who said they will go on strike until he resigns. but the wheels are now in motion for impeachment proceedings which is said to take place over the next 48 hours. will he be able to survive that, we will be watching closely for that over the hours and days ahead. thank ou for the hours and days ahead. thank you for that _ the hours and days ahead. thank you for that. we _ the hours and days ahead. thank you for that. we are _ the hours and days

we'll take you live to seoul. plus, a fight over the future of beijing and washington locked in a battle that could decide who controls the building blocks of the future global economy. >> and police now say a hawaiian woman. they were searching for actually went to mexico on her own. the family, though, has its own questions about how and why she left. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central we have breaking news. south korean president yoon suk yeol is backing down, saying that he's going to lift his martial law order. and ts

it is not over yet, as you were just hearing from seoul.is does is shake a very important relationship with the united states, because this is a strategic relationship, but at the same time, the u.s. has always tried to back that up as a beacon of democracy in the region. so for this to have taken place, i think they will be really worried about how easily, just how fragile it seems south korean democracy is. christian: there is always the danger when there is instability in south korea that one of its neighbors may try to exploit that disorder, and that has implications for u.s. security because they have significant installations in south korea. tom: these are two key allies, the u.s. has around 2850 troops stationed in korea, wide-ranging defense and security packs, mutual defense treaty, which is all defined as a bulwark of the threats that they see coming from north korea, and not just that, but regional implications. the dotted administration has continued to foster a relationship with both seoul and tokyo, acting as a bulwark against

protestors who'd gathered on the streets of seoul to demonstrate against the sudden introduction of militaryule are celebrating the equally sudden reversal. this is the scene live now in the capital, where it's just after 9am. earlier, thousands of protestors clashed with police as they tried to get in to the national assembly building. some broke through barricades or climbed fences to get inside the building. yoon suk yeol said he imposed martial law to protect south korea from what he described as �*north korean communist forces�*. less than two hours later — parliament defied the president and voted to block the move. but the army had said it needed to be revoked by the president himself. our correspondent laura bicker reports now from seoul soldiers and police block the entrance to the south korean parliament following the orders of a desperate president. locked in a bitterfight with his political rivals, and deeply unpopular, yoon suk yeol took drastic action. translation: through this martial law, i will rebuild i and protect the free republic of korea, which is falling into the depth

jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul.international affairs specialist and freelance journalist. very good to get you on the programme. it's quarter past three on sunday morning with you so i'm gratefulfor you staying up so late to talk to us. quite the picture we're sitting on the streets of seoul with the impeachment of president yoon. it raises a question, who is running the country, what state is a democracy in?— country, what state is a democracy in? it's a huge moment _ democracy in? it's a huge moment for _ democracy in? it's a huge moment for this - democracy in? it's a huge moment for this young i moment for this young environment and practised democracy here in south korea. the last 12 years south korea has been in political turmoil as you watchjune's declaration of martial law sent chills through the country for decades fought authoritarian rule. we also saw the streets the young people partying and now embracing this victory at the national assembly. their parents and grandparents and some died for democracy. r

live in seoul. appreciate it. and joining us now from chiang mai, thailand, is cnn transportation analyst mary schiavo. she's also the former inspector general of the u.s. department of transportation. and i am so grateful to have you here. you're actually in thailand. mary, i'm wondering about your first impressions, especially when we hear so soon, the fact that that landing gear did not seem to be engaged the way it should be upon landing. >> well, and looking at the video, i mean, as always, video gives us a tremendous number of clues. i mean, you can see clearly the gear isn't down, but with the reports, alleged reports of a bird strike, um, you know, it's one of the first things you question is, did it take out one of the engines? another question i would have is, were they coming in to do an attempt to go go around, you know, go over the runway and then go around to see what they can determine if the gear was truly down, because a bird strike could have also damaged indicators. maybe there were problems wit

how is the mood in seoul this morning after the weekend's events?is morning after the weekend's events? things here this morning — weekend's events? things here this morning feel— weekend's events? things here this morning feel as _ weekend's events? things here this morning feel as if - weekend's events? things here this morning feel as if they - this morning feel as if they are returning to normal and there is an awful lot of relief amongst people here that at least we have some certainty now, some clarity moving forward. i think people were concerned that if he wasn't impeached on saturday, these protest were going to continue every single weekend, every single saturday in the freezing pole —— cold. the politicians would have to go in back into the chamber every weekend to vote. the relief amongst people in seoul and the politicians that at least they may have a slightly more normal christmas than they otherwise may have had but yesterday was a very strange day here actually. seoul actually felt a bit like a ghost town, streets was so quiet and i

we are waking up here in seoul to a new day.ear behind me that they are determined to ice president yoon after he declared martial law. within the last few hours, present yoon has accepted that his bid for military rule has been overturned. the news was greeted with tears from protesters here. they say they will remain for now, and we've heard more gatherings can be planned across seoul. what we are hearing tonight is that there may be proceedings underway to try to increase president yoon if he does not stand down. this is a south korean leader whose political career is now on the brink. it is difficult to see how he survives this. the other big question that many people here are asking is, why did he do this? because this is already a deeply unpopular president. this is someone who could not get anything through parliament. you can see that this was a very drastic move that was, as we've seen, it was democratically overthrown. he did not have the vote in parliament. so when it comes to this kind of a drastic move, it is diffic

thank you for keeping us up to date in seoul. - us up to date in seoul. now to the middle east.pening and people returning to work in the syrian capital damascus, three days after the fall of the assad regime. but many people across the country want to see revenge for the atrocities that happened under bashar al—assad's rule. rebel fighters have broken into the tomb of the former president, hafez al—assad, bashar�*s father — in the family's hometown in northwestern syria. images show a coffin and parts of the mausoleum on fire. and large crowds formed in a suburb of the capital damascus, for what they believed would be a public execution of one of the former president's henchmen. there are some disturbing images injeremy bowen's report. if only moving from dictatorship to freedom was as simple as climbing onto an abandoned tank and posing for pictures. but the assad family was in power in syria long before these children's parents were even born. over more than half a century, a lot of anger built up, and it is being released. sometimes politely by quiet families at the former p

in in seoul right now. and they're trying to you can see in this video right here, they're trying to break through some barricades that have been set up. so this is a very volatile situation right now yeah. >> it is a very volatile situation. and if there's something about south koreans as a as a people, they are enjoying their relatively recently gained freedoms and they don't want to lose those freedoms. they remember what it was like in the 1970s and, and 80s and even before that, when south korea was basically a militarized state. and they know that they can they've they've enjoyed these freedoms. they have significant economic prosperity, as we all know, and one of the key aspects of this, jim is that with that economic prosperity came a demand for political freedoms, which they they finally achieved. and yes, south korea definitely has political issues. there's no question about that yeah, but they are going to fight to keep keep those freedoms and to prevent this from happening so i think it seems as

just said that at least 200,000 people are expected at this rally in seoul.ek, and we saw 100,000, but the police are estimating that at least 200,000 people are expected there. now, and you can see the crowd spreads all around that parliament building. let's speak to christina ahn who's an international co—ordinatorfor the campaign korea peace now. thank you forjoining us and bbc news. what do you think is going to happen today? i bbc news. what do you think is going to happen today?- going to happen today? i think the have going to happen today? i think they have enough _ going to happen today? i think they have enough votes. - going to happen today? i think they have enough votes. the l they have enough votes. the members of yoon's party have come out to say they will vote for the impeachment and it is the result of an incredible activism and you are seeing 200,000 people to protest and call for yoon's impeachment. he has historic low popularity and i think the younger generation realise that democracy is really at stake so it has been incredibly inspiring

protesters clashing with soldiers on the streets of seoul, before storming the assembly hall of seoul'sament tonight. the protesters chanting the name of the main opposition leader, and they have been chanting for hours now. it is almost 2am in seoul and people are not going home. they want to be are not going home. they want to be a national assembly door opened, they want the martial law lifted, and they want to know what is going to happen, because the overwhelming mood here is one of incredulity. i see some people also giggling because they cannot seem to believe that martial law was declared in this democracy. most of the people here is one of incredulity. i see some people also giggling because they cannot seem to believe that martial law was declared in this democracy. most of the people you have never experienced something like this. in a surprise late night address, president yoon suk yeol declared martial law, suspending freedom of press and political gatherings. he said that it was to drive out the anti—state forces and restore order. overwhelmingly unpopular and without majo

i'm steve lai live in seoul.e have seen dramatic developments in south korea, standing in front of the national assembly where behind me meetings are ongoing from the opposition party as well as the opposition party as well as the ruling party. speaking of the ruling party. speaking of the ruling party. speaking of the ruling party, the chief has called for the swift suspension of the presidential duties, saying citizens could be in a great danger if resident unit remains in power. the comments are during an emergency meeting and suggest a change in the party position, a day earlier it opposed the impeachment of the president over his imposition of martial law. other political parties are holding meetings of their own, parliament is set to vote on a saturday evening on whether the president should be impeached. the largest labour group has called for indefinite industrial action until the current administration steps down. to discuss more about what has been happening, i am joined by someone from fibonacci asset

that is the latest from seoul in - is the latest from seoul in south korea.benjamin netanyahu has warned that his country is �*just getting started' against the houthis in yemen after israeli air strikes killed at least six people. the united nations has called for restraint, warning the attacks pose grave risks to its humanitarian operations in the country. the head of the world health organisation, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was caught up in the strikes, which happened close to a flight he was boarding at the airport in the capital, sanaa. there were also explosions in the red sea port of hodeida. a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent injerusalem, emir nader, who told me more about the escalation between israel — and the houthis in yemen. just over the past week, we've seen this real escalation in the missile... the number of missiles fired by the houthi rebels in yemen towards israel, and indeed, israel's response, the strikes that we saw yesterday by the israeli air force on various sites in yemen, including its main international airport in the c

these are live pictures from inside the parliament in seoul, inside the parliament in seoul, inside the parliament in seoul, inside the parliament building. the crisis has alarmed many around the world. both the us and the uk say they are relieved that the president reversed his decision, but are deeply concerned about what's happening in south korea, these past 2a hours. our correspondence laura bicker is in the capital and sent this report on how it all unfolded. soldiers and police block the entrance to the south korean parliament, following the orders of a desperate president. locked in a bitterfight with his political rivals, and deeply unpopular, yoon suk yeol took drastic action. translation: through this martial law, i will rebuild i and protect the free republic of korea, which is falling into the depths of national ruin. within hours, thousands of protesters made it clear they would not comply with what they viewed as an attempted coup. "withdraw the martial law, arrest yoon," they chanted. translation: i believe i should step forward and take action. - things like this should

they are shouting, arrest seoul, _ behind you? they are shouting, arrest seoul, so _ behind you?ting, arrest seoul, so these are - arrest seoul, so these are supporters of the main opposition party. —— arrest president _ opposition party. —— arrest president yoon suk yeol. asl president yoon suk yeol. as i was talking — president yoon suk yeol. as i was talking to _ president yoon suk yeol. as i was talking to jake, _ president yoon suk yeol. " i was talking to jake, the us deputy secretary of state has been talking, saying they are watching developments in south korea with grave concern. no surprise about that phrase because south korea is such an important ally of the us, isn't it? it important ally of the us, isn't it? , , important ally of the us, isn't it? y , ., ., it? it definitely is, one of the closest _ it? it definitely is, one of the closest us _ it? it definitely is, one of the closest us allies - it? it definitely is, one of the closest us allies in i it? it definitely is, one of. the closest us allies in asia, and the us attitude towards this is shaped by this clos

it's almost 2am in seoul and people are not going home. they want the national assembly door open, they want martial law lifted and they want to know what's going to happen because the overwhelming mood here is one... some people seem to be giggling because they can't believe martial law was the declared. in a surprise late night address, president yoon suk yeol declared martial law. he said it was to restore order and draw out anti—state forces. he has been reduced to a lame duck, and this week, the main opposition party slashes budget and moved to impeach his cabinet. the martial law something south korea was not seen since 1979 when the leader was assassinated. butjust hours after, the opposition passed a motion demanding the president lift martial law. now all eyes are on yoon suk yeol as the nation hopes to return to normal times. people have been here chanting for hours as well, telling the police to open the door, they want to get into the national assembly and support the lawmakers who just demanded the lifting of the martial law.

live from seoul, this is bbc news.t's sudden decision to impose — and then revoke — martial law, just over six hours later. 0pposition parties are threatening to impeach president yoon — while trade unions have called a general strike until he resigns. i'm outside the national assembly in the capital, seoul, where opposition parties are gathering to denounce the president and they're holding a rally over last night's events. we'll have the latest. i'm sally bundock in london. in today's other main stories: the uk's child serial killer, lucy letby, is questioned in jail by police over more baby deaths at two hospitals during her career. 0n the brink of collapse — france's prime minister faces a vote of no—confidence today over his attempts to push through an unpopular austerity budget. welcome to bbc news. i'm steve lai in seoul, where it's the day after a night of political chaos which shocked the world. i'm standing in front of the national assembly. behind me, you can hear rallies and protests going on after what we

here i stand in central seoul, a few kilometres away from the national assembly.ment are palpable after the assembly voted to pass the impeachment bill against the president. tens of thousands of ante impeachment protesters are together here to express their outrage over the recent proceedings. the cross chant of this assemble, this ruling the crowds chant of this assemble, this ruling party, many people immediately leaving the location, expressing their deep frustration. many of these demonstrator are staunch supporters of the president and the conservative party. largely although citizens with more direct experience of the korean war and north korean provocation. they believe that the declaration of martial law was necessary for national security, as the president himself explained. this is a stark contract to the scene unfolding outside the national assembly, where people have been urging lawmakers to pass the impeachment bill and the president's resignation. they seem to represent the majority of the public who, according to various polls on the president has

our correspondent jean mackenzie has the latest from seoul.it was a defiant one. the president was [000:16:34;00] [000:16:34;00]

we'll have the latest with a live report from seoul. and donald trump makes his first post-election trip overseas as france welcomes world leaders for the highly anticipated reopening of notre dame live from hong kong. >> this is cnn newsroom with anna coren. >> the fbi is putting a new reward on the table as investigators search for the gunman who killed unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson in midtown new york on wednesday. the bureau is now offering up to $50,000 for any information that would lead to an arrest and conviction. the announcement comes as police appear to be getting closer to identifying the suspect. on friday, a law enforcement official said police found the backpack they think the gunman wore during the shooting. it's now at a forensic lab where it's being analyzed for more evidence. investigators are also telling the new york times the gunman may have used a so-called veterinary gun to kill thompson. the weapon is used to put down animals, and it creates less noise than many other firearms. as cnn's omar jimenez report

our correspondentjean mckenzie is in the capital seoul. moment, a protest erupted into a street party as the people of south korea rejoiced in the downfall of a president many have long despised. they'd accused him of being authoritarian, of eroding their democracy. yet no one could have guessed what he had planned. when mr yoon suddenly stole from the playbook of past military dictators, dispatching troops to storm the parliament, placing this country under martial law, he committed his final unforgivable act. the biting temperatures would have been enough to force many indoors. but armed with hot packs and glow sticks, they came in mass for the 11th day in a row. young women leading the protests. 100%, he must be impeached. as the vote to impeach mr yoon got under way, a solemn warning from parliament speaker. "the weight of your ballot is heavy today. it carries the weight of history, the weight of democracy," he says. enough mps heeded his words. the motion passed by just four votes. the irony here tonight is that president yoon always

in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. emb p.m. in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. embassy is urging americans to exercise caution as protesters demand the resignation of president yoon suk yeol yoon abruptly declared martial law late tuesday, only to rescind his order under pressure a few hours later. >> the president says he did it to protect against anti-state forces and threats from north korea. now, labor unions are threatening to strike unless yoon leaves office, and six opposition parties have submitted an impeachment bill yoon's emergency order set off chaos in and around parliament as protesters and lawmakers clashed with troops who were blocking the building what you're watching here is video of one woman arguing with a soldier that has gone viral as you can see, she tries to grab the rifle from the soldier shouting, aren't you embarrassed? >> the south korea's opposition party leader, who ran against yoon in the 2022 presidential election, livestreamed himself climbing over a fence to get into the parliament building. well, the protests are still taking p

the two crew have been sent to seoul, about 288km from here, to hospitals of their preference in seoultle earlier that the families, some of them were complaining about the delayed response from the authorities. in what way, what did that refer to? there is a lot of confusion when and where the briefings from different government ministries would be held. for instance the briefing that is being held byjeju air itself from the ceo and the top finance officer are being held in seoul which is 290km away from here. the bereaved families are complaining about that. also there was also confusion about the list of those identified dead. names did not match the actual identities. there is a lot of confusion here right now with the authorities scrambling to get things straight and to basically offer support for the bereaved families. that was a journalist speaking to me earlier from the airport. let's retun to the new president of georgia mikheil kavelashvili being sworn in, against a background of weeks of protests against his governing georgian dream party. the former manchester city football

you're looking at live pictures in seoul outside the presidential residence building. protests by both sides. those calling for suspendended presdent yoon�*s arrest and those supporting him. who you see here. these are yoon�*s supporters holding up banner calling for the arrest of lee jae—myung, the leader of the democratic party, south korea's main opposition party. a statement from yoon�*s legal team: "we find it shocking and difficult speaking of that... you're looking at live pictures in seoul outside the presidential residence building. there have been protests by both sides. those calling for suspendended presdent yoon�*s arrest and those supporting him. who you see here. these are yoon�*s supporters holding up banner calling for the arrest of lee jae—myung, the leader of the democratic party, south korea's main opposition party. a statement from yoon�*s legal team: "we find it shocking and difficult "to accept that an arrest warrant was issued by "the cio which does not have investigative power. "we find it difficult to accept that the warrant was issued "when t

she joins us live from seoul. de jong, good to see you.t to get your thoughts on lawmakers walking out of the national assembly. and i guess where that leaves this impeachment vote yes thanks for having me back. >> so the ruling party lawmakers they boycotted the vote. um because, you know the the national assembly needs at least 200 votes in favor to pass an impeachment motion. and so the ruling party lawmakers do not want that motion to pass. and so that's why they left the national assembly. um, and so now the question is, what happens next? the chances are very high that the motion will not pass. and so the next move that we can expect from the opposition party is to continue to, uh submit more motions for impeachment, which they have officially declared that they will do and will be their plan. >> dionne. they don't want the motion to pass. and yet the leader of the pdrp came out yesterday and said that the president has to be suspended. so why are they dragging this out yeah so, um, the ruling party wants to buy time because frankly,

this is the scene live in the capital seoul.f being a chinese spy after concerns were raised by the uk government. celebrations continued deep into the night in syria as people celebrated their new found freedoms after the ousting of president assad. and coming up — the sightings of mystery drones flying over newjersey and surrounding us states reaches fever pitch. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start in the south korean capital seoul where huge crowds are gathering outside parliament ahead of the second impeachment vote of the president over his botched attempt to impose martial law earlier this month. let me take you to the live pictures from seoul where it is just gone two in the afternoon. thousands of people are on the streets. last week more than 100,000 turned out — today more are expected.

and seoul now has an ambassador to nato based in brussels.ut i think it's, again, everything's going to be on hold. no one's going to want to sign anything until they see what's going to come out of this -- of this mess at the moment. so, i think it's -- it's calls and it may become calls if the situation in seoul doesn't settle down in the next three or four months. >> well, let's see. two to three months still sound quite a long time. we appreciate your time this morning. that was glynn ford, former member of the european parliament. >>> i would like to share some comments from the deutsche bank ceo, speaking over the last couple of minutes. he's saying that it is urgent that we see action to turn around the german economy and adjust the country's business model. of course this comes also as we are approaching the snap election in late february, also at a time when german politicians are discussing what to do in regards to the debt break. the deutsche bank also saying there's a likelihood we'll see more job cuts in germany's auto industry,

jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul.t the east—west center. a remarkable couple of weeks in south korea. impeachment motion passed by a number of votes.— impeachment motion passed by a number of votes. what happens next? the country is — number of votes. what happens next? the country is mired _ number of votes. what happens next? the country is mired in _ number of votes. what happens next? the country is mired in a _ number of votes. what happens next? the country is mired in a fierce - the country is mired in a fierce political battle but we are certainly seeing the power of the people put some pressure on this legislated from the ruling party so now it goes to the constitutional court. the constitutional court has six months to decide whether to uphold that decision or to reinstate president yoon. if they decide that president yoon. if they decide that president yoon. if they decide that president yoon has to go in south korea has two months to hold this snap election so this is a process that we could see happen fai

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.recent allegations against his co—host gregg wallace "truly upsetting". he added that the "thought of anyone who has "appeared on our show not having a brilliant "experience is awful to hear". his comments came after gregg wallace stepped back, amid an investigation into ongoing allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour, which he denies. the ghostwriter of greg wallace 5 2012 autobiography has claimed he sexually harassed her. shannon kyle spoke to victoria derbyshire for tonight's newsnight. yes, she was 35 at the time, and she was writing gregg wallace's memoir, and she told bbc newsnight that the masterchef presenter answered the door wearing only a tower which she later dropped, touched inappropriately, and made revolting and sickening sexualised suggestions to her. fiend and sickening sexualised suggestions to her. �* ., , , to her. and then he dropped the towel. in front _ to her. and then he dropped the towel. in front of _ to her. and then he dropped the towel. in front of

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.d. with me is our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani. it's it�*s quite an extraordinary revelation from the national crime agency. it�*s a three—year investigation. back during the pandemic, drugs gangs were struggling to move the street cash because they didn�*t know where to move it to during lockdown. what appears to have happened is too large russian crypto currency networks operating out of moscow stepped in to help them, and they have step up basically a nationwide carrier scheme, so a drugs gang could hand over its cash to the russian —controlled careers and at the same time, they would basically authorise the delivery of crypto currency to the drugs gangs. why does that matter? it basically meant that they could get the data many of their hands, take the crypto currency to buy more drugs to flood the uk with more product. the brush and in turn could get that out of the uk and use that for other purposes. the for

here in seoul and members of the national assembly have overturned martial law in south korea. minutes ago so now the question is, what does south korea's president do now that lawmakers have overturned martial law in south korea across the country? he did this as a way to reclaim power. he is a very weak president. his approval ratings hovering in the upper 20% conservative figure known in this country for decades as a strong prosecutor, as somebody who has taken a strong stance against north korea and aggression coming from north of the dmz and he did this as far as we can tell, because there have been unending calls to impeach him to remove him from office. and he said in an address to the nation, a few hours ago that this was his way of strengthening control of government which he said has been paralyzed by these calls for his impeachment and calls to impeach other members of the government. heads of ministries that he installed as well. so the question is, how does the president respond? how does law enforcement and members of the military respond? i can tell you that we h

the man is already here in seoul.o the hope, then again, you know, just in closing, is that they both can help glean what happened here with the voice and data recorders. just such an unbelievable chain of events, ben. >> it's horrible. the fact that we've even seen that video of the plane going down the runway like it's mad. the fact we've even got all of this, these videos in this content, there's live pictures there. mike, thank you for your reporting over the past few hours. and to your team in south korea as well. i really appreciate that. with both black boxes now recovered from the crashed airliner, the question of what caused the crash will hopefully be answered sooner rather than later. but as cnn safety analyst david soucie puts it, an investigation may reveal that more could have been done on the ground to mitigate this disaster. >> my concern is that after it touches down, that there are blockades and items on near the runway that they collided with that may have caused this severe explosion once it hit th

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.he jailed nurse lucy letby has recently been interviewed under caution in prison regarding ongoing investigations into baby deaths and collapses at two hospitals where she worked. she is currently serving a whole life sentence for murdering seven babies, and trying to kill seven others at the countess of chester hospital. her lawyer says she "continues to maintain her innocence". our special correspondent judith moritz has more. lucy letby stands convicted as britain's most prolific child—killer, found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another seven. the infants were all patients on the neonatal unit of the countess of chester hospital between june 2015 and june 2016. following her trial, the police said they were continuing to investigate letby�*s full career. that includes time she spent training at a hospital in liverpool, as far back as 2012. now, detectives have confirmed that they've questioned letby again. in a statement, they said... it's understood lucy