.— is political drama here in south korea. , ., , ., ., , south korea.ators an: at south korea. many demonstrators angry at the _ south korea. many demonstrators angry at the outcome. _ south korea. many demonstrators angry at the outcome. president l angry at the outcome. president yoon said he was handing himself into a void himself into a bloodshed. yoon said he was handing himself into a bloodshed. was violence ever potential outcome?— violence ever potential outcome? , ~ ~ outcome? yes, i think like there is — outcome? yes, i think like there is anger _ outcome? yes, i think like there is anger all - outcome? yes, i think like there is anger all around l outcome? yes, i think like i there is anger all around me. there is tension, defiance. as we were making our way to the heart of the demonstration outside the corruption investigation office, we could see the start of a scuffle between one of the protesting supporters and a police officer. it is clear that law enforcement officers, the police officers, are trying to control the situation. they are t

and this just in the last hour, south korea's military is saying north korea has launched a ballistic toward the east sea. japan's coast guard also said north korea fired what could be a ballistic missile. we'll be keeping track of this development. kimjoon—hyung is an opposition mp from the rebuilding korea party. he told me what his party has been trying to do during this month of turmoil in south korea. we're trying to monitor how police arrest the president. we are actually sending letters to the cio and to get there and participating and watching over the rest of the day's events, so w are trying everything to do. ——so we are trying everything to do. the arrest warrant will expire today, though an exemption has been requested. the cio — corruption investigation office — has transferred obligation to make the arrest to the police. what do you make of that and why is it so difficult for the rest to be carried out? you summarised it well in the beginning, yes. the cio is a new agency created by the moon government. it is not really well staffed. they were outnumbered by security ser

what can or should americus take be on what is going on in south korea? >> i think the u.s. decide. we, in the past, interfered too much with their political system, but we should support democracy and support the rule of law. it is not up to us to pick winners. i think we should also be very clear that we are supporting south korea, vis-@-vis any that the north may take. north korea, approximately a year ago, adopted a new approach to south korea that is much more militant. there are a lot of concerns that it might not exactly start a new korean war, but launch strikes against offshore islands, by example, and territorial waters. and i think that we should be very clear that if there is any effort by north korea to take advantage of this situation. >> it's not a conversation we got time for tonight, nick, but we should have it one of these days, and that is there are some liberal movements taking place across the world that we should be concerned about, and how donald trump plays into thar or for worse is what we will har have to confront. but we appreciate you joining us to

can you elaborate more on the health of south . more on the health of south korea's democracy? we have sent a south korean president for vowel of how they in the past have left office?— have left office? this is actually _ have left office? this is actually the _ have left office? this is actually the second - have left office? this is i actually the second south korean president being impeached and possibly probably impeached. the court case is in process of hard to say what will happen to president yoon but i think this is an ongoing issue, this is the second time for south korea that i can serve the president has been impeached. this is a edger blow to conservatives parties and this is why there is a really strong difference, i guess, pushback from the conservative party to defend president yoon, unlike what we saw in five years ago when the majority of the conservative party decided to impeach the president. this isjust a different to impeach the president. this is just a different political landscape we are in and i think that makes this more uncertain thanit that makes th

i south korea '5 reputation? i don't think the reputation is really important thing here. are allies, south korea and japan have a lasting relationship that is... and i think you saw the japanese and american foreign minister and secretary of state visiting. they understand that it is not about reputation, it's about the vital importance of the relationship with south korea in order to deter north korea in order to deter north korea in order to work together for shared prosperity of the com in this case, of these three countries. predation, sure, it has taken a hit, but ultimately what we will see in six months or a year, we will be talking about the vitality of korea's democratic process. i think just as we did in the previous times with south korea has gone through domestic devotions, i think that is politically that is how south korea is approaching its democratic evolution, and so i think that is reputation and democratic... reputation is not such a key issue here. i think the issue issue here. i think the issue is how important is south korea to the united states or to

we are trying to monitor— for south korea? we are trying to monitor how _ for south korea?ying to monitor how police - for south korea? we are trying to monitor how police arrested i to monitor how police arrested the president. we are sending letters to the cio and to get there and participating in watching over the rest of the events. we are trying everything to do.- events. we are trying everything to do. the arrest warrant will _ everything to do. the arrest warrant will expire - everything to do. the arrest warrant will expire today - warrant will expire today though an exemption has been requested the cei corruption investigation office has transferred obligation to make the arrest to the police. what you make of that and why is it so difficult for the rest to be carried out?— so difficult for the rest to be carried out? ., , ., , carried out? you summarised it will in the _ carried out? you summarised it will in the beginning, _ carried out? you summarised it will in the beginning, the - carried out? you summarised it will in the beginning, the (lo i will in the begi

south korea that south korean stability is uniquely important. on this yet. what can or should america's take be on what is happening in south korea? >> the u.s. need to make clear this is for the south koreans to decide. we in the past interfered too much with their political system. but we should support democracy and support the rule of law there but it is not up to us to pick winners. we should be clear we are supporting south korea. north korea approximately a year ago adopted a new approach footprint south korea that is much more militant. there are concerns it might not exactly start a new korean war, but launch strikes against offshore islands for example. challenge south korea in territorial waters. and i think we should be, you know, very clear that we would assist south korea if there is any effort by north korea to take advantage of this situation. >> it's not a conversation we have time for tonight, nick, but we should have it one of these days. there are some liberal movements taking place across the world we should be concerned abo

us secretary of state antony blinken is travelling to south korea this weekend amid a political crisis senior south korean government officials to discuss ways to promote a "free and prosperous indo—pacific" region. he will also travel to japan, before heading to france to discuss challenges in europe and the middle east. mass demonstrations have taken place in seoul, both in support of and against the suspended president, yoon suk yeol. investigators have sought to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law , but have so far been repelled by his supporters and security officers. the warrant is set to expire monday. joining me live from seoul is sung—yoon lee, global fellow at the woodrow wilson international centre for scholars. very good to have you with us here on the programme. we have seen extraordinary scenes in seoul, we know that an arrest warrant for the impeached president is set to expire monday — what do you forsee happening then? the element it is an extra ordinary situation. in the post 20th—century world order, and importantly in the post—wor

it is not a bad decision to come to south korea.ent biden and their mission trying to do the foreign policy toward south korea and japan was correct, but the problem is, but the antony blinken visit comes at a time of change for both countries. donald trump returning to the white house onjanuary 20. so this is not really impacting both countries and alliance, but at least try to calm down and try to express a stable relationship between the us and south korea alliance. how do you see this situation resolving? this trend is reversible. constitutional court impeach, i am sure almost 100% they will pass the impeachment then, the problem is until then. then president yoon can try to buy time, delay. they are using delaying tactics. i don't think they will reverse the trend. stephen costello from the institute for korean studies at george washington university explained to me how he expects things to play out in seoul over the next few weeks. the pace, the direction of this seems rather unstoppable. the constitutional court, will be able

south korea has a lot more to worry about than just domestic politics. rea just fired a missile yesterday. we are a couple days away from the inauguration of donald trump. this was seen as a stable american ally in the region and now it is not stable. that will mean a lot more beyond its domestic politics beyond the borders of south korea and the region. annita: thank, shaimaa khalil. we will keep a close eye on that situation and see if that arrest warrant for mr. yoon is carried out or not. just before we go to our short break, let me tell you, this is in relation to the mediation efforts to bring about a cease-fire deal and hostage release a in gaza. we are just hearing the israeli foreign minister says he believes they will be a majority in the israeli government to support the gaza agreement. that is very significant obviously because a number of hardliners within benjamin netanyahu's government have been expressing their opposition to any agreement. but the israeli foreign minister says he believes there will be a majority to support it. more on tha

what does this mean for south korea both internally and how countries elsewhere in the world see southyour correspondent said. as we saw yesterday, the two government agencies were almost coming closer to a physical clash over the arrest. that's never happened before in modern history. there is a lot of legal issues involving south korea, this arrest warrant as well, president yoon's has called it illegal and invalid because the coi corruption investigation office doesn't have an authority to look into the insurrection charges. so that whatever the coi tries to do, it is illegal and invalid. there are other legal issues that his officers tried to bring end so there are a lot of issues that when you think about, in terms of whether the current process is rule inspired, according to the rule of law, and whether it is by the procedure that is necessary to the democratic country. externally, obviously this is raising a huge risk that the country. this political crisis has already raised a lot of incoming risk. we saw last december that the dollar, the korean currency has plunged to its low

demand in south korea.the capital of south korea. it will take you to the residence and the scenes on the streets, you can see significant police presence, buses lining up in the street as well as fire services as well, you can see protesters nearby, the year beyond this street. you can see now lined up street. you can see now lined up left to right, they are well cordoned by police and there is a significant police presence outside the presidential residence. we can update you that the legal team have been seen entering the presidential residence in the last few moments. his lawyer had earlier said they would take legal action over the arrest warrant that they have called illegal and invalid. more on this story and invalid. more on this story and bring more developments as they play out. sir nick clegg, the uk former deputy prime minister, is stepping down from his job as president of global affairs at facebook owner meta. he said in a post he will be leaving the tech giant after seven years, replaced byjo

south korea and will hold talks in the coming hours. on friday, police attempted to arrest suspended president yoon suk yeol on charges of inciting an insurrection, but presidential security forces intervened, preventing the arrest, while hundreds of his supporters gathered outside his compound. the tense political situation has now stretched on for over a month, raising questions about its impact on the economy. it is exacerbating economic headwinds in south korea. recent data ahead of the turmoil was showing signs of weakening, when you look at manufacturing, construction, services activity, had slowed in november and if we look at more high—frequency indicators since the political turmoil started in december, it looks like we will get further weakness in domestic demand, consumer and business sentiment have been shaken, now at levels not seen since the pandemic, credit card spending on discretionary categories like recreation, accommodation, services have fallen as well and inaudible has weakened pushing up inflation. domestic fuel p

briefly, obviously south korea _ detail. briefly, obviously south korea has - detail. korea has also suffered this plane crash. it has obviously been a dramatic time in the country. are those two events being seen together in any way, is that event having a political impact?— political impact? yes, strangely _ political impact? yes, strangely enough, - political impact? yes, i strangely enough, those political impact? yes, - strangely enough, those two events, the president yoon situation and the aviation disaster, they are somewhat loosely linked because the airport where the disaster happened is in an area which is almost 90% backing for the progressives. many people are saying that the airport should not have been built because there was already another airport only 30 minutes from this one. the situation is making the political turmoil here making the

domestic demand in south korea. show you some images, this review of how things stand at moment, you can see traffic flowing in front of the presidential residence but behind those buses you can see flags waved by numerous protesters gathered there to voice their support for president yoon. the box in by a strong security and police presence, we will show you those images as well, you can see traffic going through their day in a south korea, although we do have some barricades as well. security is tight, you can see buses on the street, they are taking up space and blocking the number of protesters that are able to get close to the presidential residence as well as those blockades there at the front, the bottom of the screen. the crypto was accused of a crisis costing investors $40 billion has pleaded not guilty to us raw charges. he was the boss of a singapore —based terraforming labs that develops the tablet usd and leuner cryptocurrency, the collapse in 2022 sparked a sell—off in the market, the prosecutor saying

we are keeping an eye on south korea.onference between antony blinken and his foreign minister counterpart. when that happens, we will bring it to you here on news and get you up to speed with the developments of south korea as the arrest of president yoon suk yeol still hangs in the balance. god bye for now. —— goodbye for now. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: not many gave manchester united a chance at anfield, but amad is on hand to hold top—of—the—table liverpool to a 2—2 draw in the premier league. the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media. we speak to american superstar ilona maher as she makes her women's premiership debut for bristol bears. and coco gauff and taylor fritz help the united states to victory over poland in the united cup final in sydney. welcome along. thank you for being with us. despite overnight snow, both of sunday's premier league games went ahead, including at craven cottage, where fulham drew 2—2 with ipswich, and at anf

the political turmoil is exacerbating economic headwinds in south korea. recent data ahead of the turmoil was showing signs of weakening, when you look at manufacturing, construction, services activity, had slowed in november and if we look at more high—frequency indicators since the political turmoil started in december, it looks like we will get further weakness in domestic demand. consumer and business sentiment have been shaken, now at levels not seen since the pandemic. if you look at credit card spending on discretionary categories like recreation, accommodation, services have fallen as well and if you look at the korean won, it has weakened pushing up inflation. domestic fuel prices have increased and that will weigh on the purchasing power of households. things are not looking particularly good. donald trump will take office this month with the threat of imposing tariffs looming. is that a concern? of course. the trade environment is likely to get more fraud, trade tensions are rising and that will be inaudible for a country like korea. so far the

we start with that dramatic six hour long stand—off in south korea. police officers and anti—corruption investigators trying to arrest the impeached president yoon suk yeol have called off their operation to do so — after they were blocked by the former president's security. in a statement they called the arrest practically impossible because of the sustained stand off. reports say that they were met by a "human wall" of around 200 people. let's take you live to the scene near the presidential compound where mr yoon�*s supporters are still on the streets — when the suspension of the operation was announced they chanted, "we won". others have placards that say "stop the steal". mr yoon is under investigation for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection when he tried to impose martial law in early december. elsewhere, opponents of the former president have also been on the streets. south korea's main opposition party has warned presidential security personnel against obstructing his arrest. the investigators have until monday to execute the arrest

well, the problem also, i noticed was that some of the plug in, not the, the south korea's in page president is detained and is expected to stand trial evan last month nor so little cries. but it seems like you rejected the charges have been correction on the piece of power, but it said he wanted, he wanted to avoid bloodshed, also had this house on a wrong and delivered on presence on the outgoing us secretary of state on to be blinking is repeatedly, heck, cool does he attends to layouts of plans for a loan from? is it still on the 11th day or between as well and from us, the growing number of idea of the troops refused to subs unless an agreement is reached. that's the time when i have to say, i'm not willing to participate. we're not gonna, we're not gonna play along with the same anymore. and we, you, as president elect pushes to take control of greenland, the russian to foreign minister suggest donald trump should 1st consider the opinions of the island. people local parliament, none the town since the greenland, those can decide the future. we don't want to change. we don't want to be

we are firms are iron clack, committed to south korea. next he's been cold below the blinking secretary of genocide and his speech outlining a post will plans for gauze or the outgoing us secretary of state was repeatedly heckled uninterrupted. we strengthened americans, over entourage and delivered on the present funds. the thank you, i respect your views, please allow me to share a thank you the so to continue these are the goals that i work to advance over a dozen trips for the reasons the all of this has been part of all of administration. every piece in the region always has what year is it hard? yes. is it impossible? no. well, the answer is real cents a minute is growing bigger ahead of the deal had, ironically, a lot of the anger's brewing and the us where washington has positioned itself as a relentless mediator working to secure. they still have been trying to out phase as well, on its own issue. secretary of state, blinking were simply claimed that the ball is now in her mazda is cord. i sure we're in the israel accepted a draf

that was barbara sharma, a reporter in come into are now to south korea, where a court has re issued a warrant to arrest, impeach president, you. and so you'll, that's according to the country's corruption investigation agency, investigator seeking to question, you know, on allegations of insurrection have so far, struggled to execute a warrant for his arrest. his lawyers filed an injunction request was sold for to notify the warrant, but the court struck that down on sunday. i asked journalist probably and crushed about insole about south korea's political crisis and the newer best warrant for present year. us. yeah, the district in the west and so has issued another warrant. uh it is presumably valid for another week. so that gives the n t corruption agency who was leading investigations against you and another week to prepare another arrest. i mean, so far they have failed and actually the situation has remained the same use. so if y'all has been barricading himself in his, the residence, he's shielded by his presidential security guard, which is almost like a military unit who is

busy from the south korea's main allied united states. we discussed this with archie contributor carl john, who's says washington appears to be down playing the case against the detained president. for she has been hunter donnelly's bunker for 11 days. there's barely any coverage in the western mainstream media. when this did happen, all the major create a newspaper are reporting that the president june has finally been arrested. the new york times of washington post r r r r. having title is the president you is being detained. i mean, the painful, why do you seem to be paying for a traffic violation or just speaking, arrested for char on charges of insurrection? this is a very serious charge. they're trying to make it seem as it's not a big deal. and i think what happened is you're really screwed up his timing. she would probably have gotten no way with it if he had down his sales group one year earlier when he kept full backing of the vitamin administration. this was a long sought out process, as people have pointed out. they have tried

blinken's visit to south korea comes after weeks of political turmoil in this key american ally. south korean president yoon has been impeached following his surprised declaration of martial law last month. and there's currently a warrant out for his arrest. south korean law enforcement once again attempted to detain president yoon over the weekend. but their efforts were foiled by the presidential security service who formed a human chain to prevent investigators from getting access to yoon. the warrant for his arrest expires in just a few hours at midnight tonight in south korea. but investigators say they will extend the warrant and continue their efforts to arrest him. meanwhile, demonstrators continue to come in support of his arrest. washington has expressed serious concern over political events in south korea over the past month, and blinken in seoul said the response so far has been one that is, quote, peaceful and fully consistent and in accordance with the constitution and rule of law. north korea has conducted a missile test coinciding with blinken's visit to south kore

let's go live to seoul, south korea, we are monitoring the live shot, this isjust outside korea, we areon investigation office, and this is where the president yoon is facing questioning following his arrest. the latest is he is not complying are not talking. stay with us on bbc news. hello. our weather may well be turning a bit murkier right now, but it was a pretty stunning end to the day on tuesday with lovely sunsets here in highlands, scotland, we have a number of these sunset pictures sent to us from our weather watchers. we had a significant jump in temperatures over the last 24 hours. fylingdales in north yorkshire was monday's coldest spot atjust three degrees, but we had temperatures jump up here by seven degrees celsius from monday into tuesday. tuesday itself was a day of variable cloud and a bit of sunshine at times. now, high pressure is dominating our weather picture for the next few days, bringing a quiet spell of weather and often feeding up some pretty mild air too. however, mild weather at this time of the year doesn't necessarily equate to sunny weather, and right no

you can find out more of our coverage on south korea on our live page which is “p korea on our live paged also find it on our mobile app as well. more on this story at the top of the hour and newsday. thank you for watching business today. you that right now. so far there has not been major impact on financial markets with the benchmark korean index trading 0.2% higher. you can find out more of our coverage on south korea on our live page which is “p korea on our live page which is up and running and available. you could also find it on our mobile app as well. more on this story at the top of the hour and newsday. thank you for watching business today. it's lucy with the catch up. an appealfrom police in london. tiktok being replaced. and some lighter news as well. there is ongoing talks to try and secure a deal for a ceasefire in gaza for the release of israeli hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. those talks are being held in doha, qatar is the key mediator. it says an agreement is very close but it also says the deal could still fall through. it is believed there would be d

us secretary of state antony blinken is traveling to south korea this weekend amid a political crisisan government officials to discuss ways to promote a free and prosperous indo—pacific region. he will also travel to japan before heading to france to discuss challenges in europe and the middle east. mass demonstrations have been taking place in seoul both in support of and against the suspended president, yoon suk yeol — these are the live pictures outside the presidential residence at the minute, where people are still turning out, despite the weather. it�*s snowing there, as you can see. investigators want to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law, but have so far been repelled by his supporters and security officers. the warrant is set to expire monday. earlier i spoke to sung—yoon lee, a globalfellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. it is an extraordinary situation. in the post—20th century world order, and importantly in the post—world war ii order, no sitting president in a democracy has been arrested. but then again, no

forthe now, and that is in south korea.was taken in by investigators this morning after a failed attempt earlier this month for his short lived martial law declaration in december. the last time an attempt was made to arrest him, it was blocked by security guards after a stand—off that lasted hours. for 1560 00:20:

what's the latest in south korea's political crisis? us? yeah, the district in the west and so has issued another bar and it is presumably valid for another week. so that gives the n t corruption agency who was leading investigations against you in another week to prepare another arrest. i mean, so far they have failed, and actually the situation has remained the same use. so if y'all has been barricading himself and his residencies shielded by his presidential security guard, which is almost like a military unit who his lawyer committed it to the president. and he's also shielded by bob, why and by hundreds of them demonstrate us of the human supporters who basically act as a human shield into one to prevent interest. and that was also the reason why in the past it has failed the investigators. they arrived on the scene, they wanted to get into the presidential residents, but then they were stopped by the presidential gods and basically out of security concerns out of safety concern. sorry, they had to stop to arrest you and. and now it is

and the political drama keeps on going in south korea. officials cool off attempts to rest of the country's presence of the an hours long stand up between investigators time to secure the this is elegy, international news update space friday. always good to have your company here on the news hour. we're going to start the in the us because nevada police have been revealing more details about the suspected, the las vegas side but truck explosion. but he served in the us 10 special forces group. now this unit is known for facilitating military training to washington's allies, and by include ukrainian troops in germany, oxy green. acosta has been discussing his background as well as the new year attack in new orleans with my colleague, nikita hearing once again. and we see that there is a violence incidents in the us and that the perpetrators seems to have links to crate in the past. so for example, the recent past how one of from one of the assassins had legs to ukraine, even travel there. i tried to recruit volunteer american soldiers in this case. first of all, one thing that people support

staying with south korea, but turning now to the political situation in the country. court issued an arrest warrant for suspended president yoon seok—youl, prompting his hundreds of supporters to gather outside his private residence. investigators requested the warrant after yoon�*s failure to appearfor questioning over his declaration of martial law for a third time. all of the senior advisors in the presidential office have offered their resignation to the acting president, choi sang—mok. none of the resignations were accepted when they were offered to yoon seok—youl, and it's unclear if they will be accepted this time around. we have an honorary professor in korean studies at australian national university. all eyes are on the presidential residence at the moment. it's new year's day, but the arrest warrant was issued by the court yesterday. and arrest has to be taking place within seven days. and we see from the live stream that there's protests against yoon, supporting yoon�*s impeachment, and there's yoon supporters gathering around his house too. but the yoon s

now south korea's ministry says north korea as high the ballistic missile towards the sea of japan. japan's coast con says, subject to all has already flown. north korea has repeatedly displayed is expanding ballistic missile austell farming away from the missiles back in november as well. well mondays miss our lowest coincided with the visits of the us sector of state to south korea and to the blinking as met the countries carnes acting, president lincoln told choice on most of the washington's defense commitment to sol as quote i'm wavering and that he trust the resilience of south korea's democracy, troy has only been in office for just over a week now, a mile south korea, as being political turmoil ever since the now suspended president. units of you'll announced a short lived martial lower decree. that was back in december. it was like during peace by parliament. investigators will ask a course if the deadline to arrest june can be extended the corruption investigation office has a hosted police and take over the execution of the warrant. which expires in about 15 o is 15, g m t. that'

democracies in this rough neighbourhood called northeast asia, so the relationship among the us south korearatic nations, russia, china, north korea. brute china, north korea. we appreciate _ china, north korea. we appreciate your - china, north korea. we appreciate your views on this from woodrow wilson international centre for the scholars, thank you. political turmoil in south korea. let's now turn our attention to canada. lcal media are reporting that prime ministerjustin trudeau could step down in the coming days. the globe and mail quoting sources close to the matter said mr trudeau may resign as leader of the liberals ahead of a party meeting on wednesday. it follows months of pressure to resign, including from more than 20 members of his own party. we shall keep a very close eye on that and update you on any new developments. awards season is getting under way in hollywood with the 82nd golden globes ceremony kicking things off in beverly hills. stars including ariana grande, first—time winner demi moore and british star kate winslet took to the red carpet ahead of the ceremony. nik

that was our report from south korea.ge since august — with the authorities cutting off food and water supplies to force people to the surface — as part of a wider crackdown on illegal mining. more than a hundred people were rescued — many of whom were then arrested. 0ur africa correspondent — mayenijones — has more details from johnannesburg. they were working until 10pm last night recovering bodies. we saw some of these survivors shortly after they were pulled out of the mine. some of them were too frail to walk. they were too frail to walk. they were put into ambulances and tents. we also witness the minister of police visiting the site to see how the rescue operation was going. edi site to see how the rescue operation was going. of course, south africa _ operation was going. of course, south africa is _ operation was going. of course, south africa is a _ operation was going. of course, south africa is a developed - south africa is a developed economy, how did it come to this that we are seeing such grim scenes are peo

investigators in south korea are waiting for a new arrest warrant for impeached president yoon suk yeolnto turmoil last month. the original warrant expired on sunday after investigators were unsuccessful in their bid to arrest the president, who remains in his official residence. investigators have now passed on the responsibility for the warrant to police. meanwhile, protesters are braving freezing temperatures outside the presidential residence. pro and anti—yoon demonstrations have been taking place throughout the past month. some of the demonstrators gathered overnight, when temperatures fell to minus five degrees celsius amid a heavy snow warning. meanwhile, the us secretary of state says he has "full confidence" in south korea's democratic institutions. speaking at a joint press conference with south korea's foreign minister, blinken praised what he called korea's "democratic resilience" although he noted that the country's democracy had been tested in recent weeks. let's speak to professor hannah kim, director of the korea and east asia programme at sogang university's graduate s

south korea's suspended president is arrested after a failed attempt to impose martial law — police breakhrough barricades to take him into custody. negotiations for a ceasefire deal in gaza continue — all sides indicate an agreement is closer than ever. three, two, one, ignition. two privately—built lunar landers blast off from florida — heading for the moon. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. let's return to our top story. west ukraine's critical infrastructure has been hit in a �*massive�* russian attack, that's according to officials in the city of lviv. the extent of the russian attack in ukraine is still not completely clear. there are no reports of casualties at the moment. but ukraine has imposed emergency power cuts in six regions in response. it comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is due to visit warsaw — according to the polish prime minister's office. in a statement on social media, president zelensky said russia targeted ukraine's gas infrastructure and other energy facilities and that ukrainian air defence downed at least 30 out of more than a0 russian missiles lau

the political fortunes of south korea have not been kind to south korean heads of state, especially after. one has been assassinated. one committed suicide under crimming ininvestigation. four have served —— criminal investigation. four have served time in jail. investigation. four have served time injail. but this is unprecedented — the attempt by the law enforcement authorities to try to arrest a sitting president. so we are really on uncharted grounds. we president. so we are really on uncharted grounds.— uncharted grounds. we have seen, uncharted grounds. we have seen. we — uncharted grounds. we have seen, we have _ uncharted grounds. we have seen, we have been - uncharted grounds. we have - seen, we have been witnessing, this incredible — some might say bizarre — stand—off between two branches of the state — the investigating team, the police — confronting the president's security team and their attempts to enter the presidential palace. and to arrest him. give us some insight into what discussions, what debates, have been happening there in south korea about this stand—off? the abou

south korea beginning this new year in mourning. steve, the process of victims victims has been an agonizing one for families. >> a heartbreaking process, but it is a process that is working. 174 identified out of 179. a new year marked by tragedy. >> steve patterson, thank you. back at home the stage is set for a major test of republican unity with a possible showdown over who will serve as house speaker and how long an endorsement from president-elect trump will go. >> reporter: tonight mike johnson is hangnging on after president-elect trump's complete and total endorsement. >> i am humbled and honored to have president trump's endorsement for speaker again. >> reporter: hoping to avoid a repeat of the 22-day fight to replace kevin mccarthy last year. after barely avoiding a guest shutdown johnson's speaker ship is in jeopardy. that means johnson can only afford to lose one other republican vote. >> mobile he has the votes on friday. >> reporter: the president elect will need a funifiyed party to deliver on an ambitious agenda. >

rupert wingfield-hayes with cbs news partner, the bbc, was there. >> here in south korea we see them out on the field, on the crash site, inspecting the crash site behind me here. but the focus of the investigation is not going to be here. it is going to be on what are called the black box flight recorders are that are inside the plane in every commercial aircraft. those have been recovered. >> reporter: sunday morning the pilot reported a bird strike, aborted one landing and requested to land the opposite way. the plane's landing gear had not been deployed. it crashed into a concrete structure housing an airline landing system only about 800 feet from the runway's end. just this year the airport said its location should be removed. >> the passengers were killed by hitting a solid structure just over the end of the runway, where a solid structure should not be. >> reporter: as the world marks the turn of a new year, in south korea anger and anguish. from the families of victims simply driving them to tears and for answers. rmy inocencio, cbs news, london. >>> coming up, if you're sti

south korea democracies face challenges in this weekjust as us democracy has faced challenges, but youe responded by demonstrating your resilience. the united states has full confidence in south korea's institutions and we are firm are unwavering support to the korean people as the work tirelessly to uphold those institutions. john nilsson—wright is associate professor at the university of cambridge, and head ofjapan and koreas programme at the centre for geopolitics. he gave me this assessment of what happens now. well, it's a very precarious position. president yoon, despite having been suspended as a result of the impeachment vote by the national assembly, is trying to play a long game, i think, using his public statements to double down on his assertion that the martial law declaration was valid, rejecting the request from the corruption investigation office to hand over material and to hand himself over for investigation. and i think this is demonstrating that the conservatives, particularly the die—hard conservatives who support president yoon, are rallying. they're there in forc

i want to take you back to the live pictures that we are getting in out of south korea.f them are holding a placard that you can see, stop the steel. they are supporters of the former president yoon suk yeol, who of course was impeached. earlier today the security authorities tried to go in and arrest him but they were blocked. now the anti—corruption investigators anti—corru ption investigators have now anti—corruption investigators have now appealed to the acting president to intervene, as they tried to arrest yoon suk yeol for his failed attempt to impose martial law. you will remember this happened in december. yoon suk yeol who has been impeached is still in the presidential compound where an attempt to detain him was blocked by security staff earlier today. there was a six hour stand—off. of course, the crisis itself has plunged south korea into political chaos after what had been a long period of stable democratic government. those are the live pictures from seoul. we will have the latest hear on bbc news. hello. it has been a cold, frosty start to the day and we

well, this is very interesting because it didn't buy according to bilateral treaty of south korea and united states in time of war, united states. as soon as operational control of the south korean military, so there's no way that cells cream military would have done this on their own use. their intended purpose was to provoke a conflict. there's no way they would not have done that. would have done this without ins for being and getting go ahead and approval from united states. this and from what we have, i have observed us. they have been very silent about me. president your school only see they say was they we are firms or iron clack committees to south korea. oh, yeah. like you say the west was remarkably, is the highlands during last month marshall? no. is it blowing cold? and it was the way things the hey, what they have to say about the is the time. and what do you think that might say? well, this is why i pointed out those strange uh reportage from both washington post and new york time. you have it almost like they have synchronize or a verbiage by saying the president you th

we continue to monitor the situation in south korea. let you know what will happen over the next few minutes. we start with some tragic testimony from the brother of one of the 14 people killed on bourbon street in new orleans -- new orleans on new year's day. jack has told the bbc about losing his best friend. many of those who died were in new orleans to celebrate the promise of the year to come. martin was a former football player at princeton university. our colleague has been speaking to his other who is himself a football player at texas christian university. >> jack, thank you for joining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? >> we are doing all right. obviously it is pretty tough losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he has so many friends. if i were to put in announcers hand up if you were his best friend, hundreds of things -- hundreds of people. looked at him. looked up to him for everything. he was my will model for inspiration. all i wanted to do was make him proud.

there's no reason to use the missile like us in south korea. north korea has more than enough to reach sol, which is not far from the border and reach any other point and known as our current balance. so like if, wherever comes from, particularly from the south. now, on the other hand, as a deterrent as a strategic web. this is a very active, realistic weapon. this is a weapon system that can destroy, for example, the port facilities in guam and warm. it gives the main logistics space for the us military in the western uh long uh it has a marine brigade station there. it's got 4 facilities repair facilities. a don't, don't forget the american re doesn't have a lot of to be tenders. in other words, when the rails and the rockets and the fuel start to run out on the ships, there are a lot of ships in new york navy. they can actually do the reordering that most of the on to use leads for lack of a logistics. so on, on water, water, all logistics for us to go back and forth to some point. we saw that in the red sea, especially after, uh your ships g