yoon suk yeol say this was a voluntary appearance provide bloodshed.ay you look at it, this is a dramatic and historic moment. it is a first time a sitting president has been arrested in south korea. 38 crucial hours, two days, if a court administers a detention warrant than yoon suk yeol is going to be detained. if not, he is free to go back to the presidential residence. this does not solve the core issue of this division. this is yet another phase in a divided country, another phase and it is political drama here in south korea.— is political drama here in south korea. , ., , ., ., , south korea. many demonstrators 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

�* ., , , ., yoon? before the news broke out there had been already _ yoon?e news broke out there had been already concernsl there had been already concerns about how the arrest warrants would be ordered. there were thousands of supporters gathered in front of the residence yesterday trying to stop the possible arrest warrant. the concerns have been growing clearly in south korea on how this will play out. people operate about the potential physical issue with the investigators as well as supporters. that is why the cio i think tried to arrest president yoon early this morning before the weekends gathering of supporters. i5 gathering of supporters. is that a time constraint that they feel they have to push through with today? we know the warrant expires onjanuary 6 which is monday? i warrant expires on january 6 which is monday?— warrant expires on january 6 which is monday? i think there is certainly _ which is monday? i think there is certainly a — which is monday? i think there is certainly a time _ which is monday? i think there is certainly a time pressu

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let's speak to sung—yoon lee.ellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. + how do you see this playing out? interesting developments in the last few minutes, with police calling off this attempt to arrest the president. is that it now? is this arrest warrant not going to be executed? what are your thoughts? the not going to be executed? what are your thoughts?— are your thoughts? the arrest warrant is _ are your thoughts? the arrest warrant is in _ are your thoughts? the arrest warrant is in effect _ are your thoughts? the arrest warrant is in effect until- are your thoughts? the arrest warrant is in effect until nextl warrant is in effect until next monday, the 6th.o so i'm sure there'll be another attempt in due course. the political fortunes of south korea have not been kind to south korean heads of state, especially after they leave office. one has been assassinated. one committed suicide under crimming ininvestigation. four have served —— criminal investigation. four have served time in jai

anti-yoon protesters on one side, pro-yoon protesters on the other. the political drama that south korea find itself in right now. annita: many countries around the world who view south korea as a solid democratic ally in this region watching on as well. >> it is really interesting you should mention that. i remember when donald trump was elected, we were covering his election here and that what -- what that would mean for the region. i was in t japan, there were some political turmoil, saying it was a stable democracy, so what would it mean for the presidency in his approach? if you had asked me or anyone following the region a couple months ago, saying south korea would descend into this political division, political chaos, no one could have expected this. there was all that tension brewing within president yoon's camp, his opposition, especially with the opposition, and that they have won an astounding majority. but it remained within the tense clashes of korean democracy, no one imagined it could have descended into this. everyone looking on will

.- that arrest warrant for president yoon. �* ., ., j , president yoon.t yoon. after today's initial attempt, investigatorsl initial attempt, investigators say it will take time for them to renew and decide on the next steps but it's possible they will make an arrest attempt. it's unclear if they will make such an attempt over the weekend when crowds will undoubtedly be at their largest so it will be even harder for them to arrest president yoon during the weekend and there is also an option to reissue the warrant or extend the request if they need more time. moving away from _ if they need more time. moving away from the _ if they need more time. moving away from the events _ if they need more time. moving away from the events in - if they need more time. moving away from the events in seoul. away from the events in seoul but we also have a report there is a fire in a building elsewhere in south korea. what do you know?— elsewhere in south korea. what do you know? breaking news on a hue fire do you know? breaking news on a huge fire that _ do you know? b

mr yoon swore he'd fight this to the end.ow doing. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. naymo kim is a south korean journalist who has been following developments. the area surrounding yoon suk yeol park residents has become a focal point for both supporters and opponents, and that meant the atmosphere there has been incredibly charged and tense. large, very large crowds have gathered, it is virtually impossible to go anywhere near his residence, it is kind of by a usually very traffic filled thoroughfare, so it is almost impossible to approach that area unless you walk there. what was very interesting to me was the very large presence of young korean men in their 20s, 30s, even some young teenage boys, and what they told me as they are there to support the president because they have been frustrated by what they call disadvantages, pro—woman policies from previous leftist administrations. and they say that the president's strong national security policies resonate with them and that is why they have gathered their start it seems

they have to kill me first before they arrest president yoon.. mr yoon swore he'd fight this to the end, and this is exactly what he, his security, and his supporters are now doing. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. dr ellen kim is a senior fellow with the korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you forjoining us. the presidential security service, who blocked the arrest of president yoon, is their ultimate loyalty to the individual who is president or is it to the constitution of the country? i is it to the constitution of the country?— is it to the constitution of the count ? ., ., ., the country? i mean, we have to think about _ the country? i mean, we have to think about this _ the country? i mean, we have to think about this fact _ think about this fact that president yoon is still the president, he has not been removed from the presidency, and the country is waiting for the constitutional court to deliberate on the impeachment motion. so he is still the president, so hejust not, he is suspended from duties,

and we see from the live stream that there's protests against yoon, supporting yoon�*s impeachment, andround his house too. but the yoon seok—youl�*s team strategy for the investigation by the joint investigation team seems to be not based on the rule of law. probably on the rule — rule by law — because they know how to evade the investigation. also a separate case under the constitutional court to see whether yoon�*s martial law last month was constitutional or not. so there's two separate processes going on at the same time. one is the joint investigation about the crimes of insurrection, and whether yoon�*s act was abuse of power. and secondly there's a separate case on the constitutional court that is to judge the impeachment motion passed by the national assembly. but yoon�*s team's strategy is to deny and refuse anything on the investigation by the corruption investigation office, police and the defence, but to reply and delay the process by the constitutional court. so we don't know. it seems to be a very long and worse december the south korean population has seen. it's less tha

yoon been arrested.- with later now that president yoon been arrested.u can see here. _ yoon been arrested. as you can see here. the — yoon been arrested. as you can see here, the road _ yoon been arrested. as you can see here, the road is _ see here, the road is completely clear and now, there have been a lot of people here, especially a couple of hours ago, people were chanting, protesting against the execution of president yoon�*s arrest warrant, and some of them have even been camping out overnight in this freezing weather. it recorded minus eight celsius, but regardless of the cold temperature, people were staying out, protesting and rallying and trying to stop the execution of arrest warrant of president yoon, but now it has been cleared out, as i said, and the suspended letter has now, is now heading to the government complex where the corruption investigation office is located, and president yoon also released a statement earlier before he headed there, saying he is now heading, he has decided to head their because of the safety concerns. with th

in his pre—recorded video message mr yoon struck a defiant tone.tnessing these j individuals invading the security zone using firefighting equipment, i decided to comply with the corruption investigation office's request for a voluntary appearance, despite it being an illegal investigation, in order to prevent any unfortunate and violent incidents. however, i do not acknowledge the legitimacy of this investigation. as the president, who is sworn to uphold the constitution and the legal system of the republic of korea, my compliance with such illegal and invalid procedures does not signify my acceptance of them. it is solely a measure to prevent any unfortunate bloodshed. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is outside the corruption investigation offices in seoul — where president yoon is being questioned. this has been a few hours of heightened, dramatic and contrasting feelings and sentiments here in south korea. not long ago we were outside the presidential residence, where huge cheers of celebration among anti—yoon protesters could be heard when it

mr yoon swore he'd fight this until the end.ters are doing. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. bbc korean�*s yuna ku joined me from seoul with this update. so the corruption investigation office for high ranking officials, or cio, judged that the arrest of president yoon was practically impossible to carry out as they were concerned for the safety of the team on the ground. as mentioned, according to local media, cio said during a briefing that around 200 military and security service personnel overwhelmed the number of their side, which is cio officers and police officers all together. they were creating a human wall to block the officers from entering the building to arrest the president. this led to small and large fights during the attempt and the cio had to eventually quit their attempt this time. this is uncharted territory. what can we expect in terms of trying to execute that arrest warrant for mr yoon? so after today's initial attempt, investigators say it will take time for them to review and decide on their next steps.

what can we expect in terms of trying to execute that arrest warrant for president yoon.— president yoonon. after the initial attempt today - initial attempt today investigators say it will take time for them to review their next steps but it's possible they will make another arrest attempt before the warranty expires next monday although it is unclear whether they will make such an attempt over the weekend when crowds will undoubtedly be at their largest so it will be even harder for them to arrest the president during the weekend. the cio also seem to have the option to request an extension or re—issue the warrant if they need even more time. re-issue the warrant if they need even more time. moving away from _ need even more time. moving away from the _ need even more time. moving away from the events - need even more time. moving away from the events insole l away from the events insole because we are getting reports there is a big fire in a building elsewhere in south korea. ~ ., ., building elsewhere in south korea. ., ., ~ ., korea. what do you know? there is breaking _ korea. what

the area surrounding yoon - the streets? the areaj surrounding yoon suk the streets?l's residence it is kind of become a focal point for opponents and supporters. that meant the atmosphere there has been incredibly charged and tense. very large crowds have gathered. it is virtually impossible to go anywhere near his residence. it is kind of by a usually very traffic filled thoroughfare, so it is almost impossible to approach that area unless you walk there. and what was very interesting to me was the very large presence of young korean men in their 20s, 30s, even some young teenage boys there. what they told me is they are there to support yoon suk yeol because they have been frustrated by what they call disadvantages, policies, pro—women policies from previous leftist administration. they say that yoon suk yeol's strong national security policies resonate with them and that is why they have gathered there. it seems to me that these young men have been grouped together by several youtubes, streamers, with a lot of subscribers, which was very different from other prote

president yoon released _ custody. president yoon released a _ custody.released a statement i custody. president yoon - released a statement earlier via online video saying that he has decided to head to the government complex where the corruption investigation office is located, which is around 20 to 30 minutes from the capital, seoul. he said he has decided to go there because of the security issue and the citizens and protesters, don't want to cause a physical clash. i'm out here in the area where they are, and the roads have been cleared and used to have heavy traffic and people were chanting, making speech, waving flags to stop the arrest execution against suspended president yoon suk yeol. earlier today the police and the corruption investigation office had an extreme stand—off with the presidential security office, security service, but relatively it was smoother compared to the first attempt because the first attempt, they have five to six hours instead of retrieved, but now it was relatively smooth so they had easily passed the first, second and

mr yoon and his team saying it was a voluntary appearance to avoid bloodshed. look at it, this is a very dramatic and historic moment for south korean politics because the first time in the country's history, a sitting president has been arrested. we have 48 crucial hours now, two days now. if a court administers a detention warrant, then yoon suk yeol will be detained. if not, he is free to be going back to the presidential residence. this does not solve the issue, this is another phase in this divided country and another phase in this political drama here in south korea. earlier, i spoke to a former head of military forces in korea, who explained the background to the decision by president yoon�*s security team to allow him to be arrested. i security team to allow him to be arrested. ~ , ,., , security team to allow him to be arrested. ~' , , ., , arrested. i think everybody realised that no one — arrested. i think everybody realised that no one can _ arrested. i think everybody realised that no one can be _ arrested. i think everybody realised that no one ca

that president yoon overstepped his authority.tutional court seems quite solid at this point. what do ou quite solid at this point. what do you think _ quite solid at this point. what do you think would _ quite solid at this point. what do you think would be - quite solid at this point. what do you think would be the - do you think would be the tipping point, what will it take for mr yoon to come in for questioning and acquiesce to this arrest warrant? it questioning and acquiesce to this arrest warrant?- this arrest warrant? it would be hoped — this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he _ this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he will— this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he will respond - this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he will respond to | this arrest warrant? it would i be hoped he will respond to the new attempt by the police presumably now they have the arresting authority. but both the president protection and service and the military that they have used some of to shield themselves, from the cio, those are all stat

mr yoon have been gathering as mr yoon have been gathering it impacts continues, secretary as it impactstinues, the secretary of state for the us antony blinken has been there. south korea democracies face challenges in this weekjust as us democracy has faced challenges, but you have 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 f

here's what one of the anti—yoon demonstrators had to say. swiftly arrested and that they are resisting and not properly complying with the warrant. i feel extremely frustrated. this state of rebellion has left people psychologically demoralised. i feel a deep sense of gloom at the thought that situation might continue for a prolonged period of time. sydney seiler is a long—time diplomat and intelligence officer focused on the korean peninsula, who's now a senior adviser to the korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies. i spoke with him to get an assessment of president yoon's situation. what happens if he continues to refuse to comply with this investigation? i think president yoon is mobilising his legal team to begin to openly challenge through whatever mechanisms are necessary the authority of this cio office, this corruption investigation office. it was stood up in 2019 to act as a counterbalance to the prosecutor's office, where yoon came from originally. the prosecutor's office works for the president, the head

investigators have sought to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial lawy 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—world war ii order, no importantly in the post-world war ii order,— war ii order, no sitting president _ war ii order, no sitting president in _ war ii order, no sitting president in a - war ii order, no sitting l president in a democracy war ii order, no sitting - president in a democracy has been arrested — but then again, no head of state and in advance democracy has declared martial law. so this was a colossal political blunder on the part of the president, and now the opposition party that enjoy

but in his pre—recorded video message mr yoon struck a defiant tone.tion: today, upon witnessing these individuals invading _ the security zone using firefighting equipment, i decided to comply with the corruption investigation office's request for a voluntary appearance, despite it being an illegal investigation, in order to prevent any unfortunate and violent incident. however, i do not acknowledge the legitimacy of this investigation. as the president, who is sworn to uphold the constitution and the legal system of the republic of korea, my compliance with such illegal and invalid procedures does not signify my acceptance of them. it is solely a measure to prevent any unfortunate bloodshed. that was the president pre—recorded message. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is outside the corruption investigation offices in seoul where president yoon is being questioned. this has been a few hours of heightened, dramatic and contrasting feelings and sentiments here in south korea. not long ago we were outside the presidential residence, where huge cheers of

that mr yoon overstepped his authority.decision of the constitutional court seems quite solid at this point. what do you think would be the tipping point, what will it take for mr yoon to come in for questioning and acquiesce to this arrest warrant? it would be hoped he will respond to the new attempt by the police presumably now they have the arresting authority. but both the president's protection service and the military that they have used some of to shield themselves, from the cio, those are all state agencies. those agencies answer to the law and this was a legal warrant, they have zero basis to resist, they don't work for the president personally that is not a thing, south korea is not a dictatorship at this point. they have all exposed themselves to prosecution by their actions in the last couple of days. it's difficult to say what will happen now of course. it is monday there, either the police will go in and try to finally affect the arrest, i expect something like that will happen because it's hard to see the sta

has president yoon�*s determination not to be arrested come as a surprise to you? like that. he knows the law because he was a top prosecutor in the country and he continued to express himself that he is going to fight until the end and he knows that he was supported by these very conservative supporters. so, he tried, to in a way, instigate — maybe he thinks it is the only way get out of this crisis for him. what does this impasse or stalemate mean for south korea's democracy? this is a problem. our economy is in trouble, our diplomacy in trouble. so, this is not good. we proved the resilience of democracy but this process, as you said, the impasse can hit and damage our country. us secretary of state antony blinken is in south korea — you mentioned the diplomatic damage this is doing as well. what impact will his visit have and what is he trying to achieve while he is there? i don't think it is not a bad decision to come to south korea because what president biden and their mission trying to do the foreign policy toward south korea and japan was right, but the pr

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so this was a colossal political blunder on the part of president yoon.alous, according to many people, in trying to physically apprehend and humiliate the president. his fate really rests on the decisions, the deliberations, of the supreme court currently, the constitutional court of south korea, which has six months to decide whether yoon is removed from office or reinstated. so there�*s great political drama unfolding each day in seoul. and of course, we know that he has his security forces around him. do you see the potential of him having to be apprehended by force? well, so far it�*s been fortunate, a good thing, that there has been no blood spilt on the night of the martial law declaration or a couple of days ago, when hundreds of law enforcement, police and others tried to physically apprehend and arrest president yoon. but one cannot rule that out. i�*m located right now within earshot of a very loud protest outside the presidential residence. it goes on all day every day, and people are getting very fired up and very passionate. those protests a

they have to kill me first before they arrest president yoon. he'd fight this to the end, and this is exactly what he, his security, and his supporters are now doing. jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul. germany's and france's foreign ministers are visiting syria to meet its new, de facto leader ahmed al—sharaa. they are the latest western officials to visit syria since the fall of the assad regime. the ministers have visited the notorious saydnaya prison and are holding talks on behalf of the european union with the new syrian leader. it is the highest level visit by western powers since the rebel group seized power. she said she had made clear that women's rights are essential for improving human rights in syria. here she is speaking a short time ago. fix, syria. here she is speaking a short time ago.— syria. here she is speaking a short time ago. a better future for s ria short time ago. a better future for syria means _ short time ago. a better future for syria means an _ short time ago. a better future for syria means an inclusive, . for syria me

here's what one of the anti—yoon demonstrators had to say. anger over the fact that yoon suk—yeol has not been swiftly arrested and that they are resisting and not properly complying with the warrant. i feel extremely frustrated. this state of rebellion has left people psychologically demoralised. i feel a deep sense of gloom at the thought that this situation might continue for a prolonged period of time. the us surgeon general has proposed that alcoholic drinks should carry warnings about the risks of cancer. vivek murthy said that alcohol is the third most common preventable cause of cancer after tobacco and obesity and is responsible for 20,000 deaths each year in the united states. at present, alcoholic drinks only carry warnings against drinking during pregnancy, or while operating machinery or driving. share prices of us—listed alcoholic beverage companies fell up to four percent at this news. some people interviewed in new york were skeptical that warning labels would be effective. i disagree with the extra input and expense of trying

residence, demanding that president yoon be arrested.other protesters camped out, demanding that the president not be arrested. at the gate to the president's residence itself, about 100 police officers and investigators trying to detain the president faced off with more than 200 presidential bodyguards for more than five hours before the police ultimately retreated. the reason for the standoff, president yoon, who is already been impeached and suspended from office but not yet removed is under criminal investigation for allegations of insurrection. you may a month ago president yoon surprise the nation the world by declaring martial law to televised arrest in the middle of the night, which led to its own hours long standoff. south korean troops tried to force their way into parliament while south korean politicians held an emergency session voted to rescind the presidents martial law degree, and will thousand south korean citizens protested in the streets, at the time the six hours of martial law but like absolute chaos. but in the mont

investigators have sought to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law,cers. 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 head of state in an advanced democracy has declared martial law. so this was a colossal political blunder on the part of president yoon, and now the opposition party that enjoys a supermajority in the parliament is very according to many people, in trying to physically apprehend and humiliate the president. his fate really rests on the decisions, the deliberations, of the supreme court, currently the constitutional court of south korea, which has six months to decide whether yoon is removed from office or reinstated. so there is great political drama unfolding each day in seoul. and of course, we know that he has his security forces around him. do

on this side are anti-yoon suk yeol protesters and on the other sidearm pro yoon suk yeol protesterse also loud in supporting the president. what we have not seen or heard is the president himself. he remains in the presidential residence. investigators and pulleys are trying to make their way in through two entrances. one is through the main gate. the other is through the hill surrounding the presidential palace. as it stands, there is still a standoff. not just between the police and investigators and the presidential security staff, but also between the investigators and the ruling party lawmakers who have formed a human to change or try to stop them from entering. we understand one person has been injured in the clashes. at the entrance of the presidential compound. this is exactly what the authorities are trying to avoid. that person has been taken to hospital. even though the numbers have been ramped up, even though we see law enforcement officers outside the residential -- presidential residence and trying to make a way in, what they have not been able to do is the one thing t

south korea's yoon suk yeol arrested over the martial law fiasco. the first incumbent to be taken into custody in the nation's. plus, the sec's parting shot at elon musk, as the regular sues the world's richest man over an alleged failure to disclose his twitter stake ahead of that takeover. tom: it is about the data today. primarily focused on investors with the u.s. inflation print later today and before that at 7:00 a.m. u.k. time, u.k. cpi, after the rout acros u.k. assets. pointing higher a 10th of a percent after ending flat yesterday. for the 100 futures in the u.k. looking to gain 0.2%. s&p futures stateside that of a holding pattern it seems. a next closed for u.s. markets yesterday with the nasdaq 100 down in the s&p eating out slim gain. nasdaq now pointing to gains of 0.1%. let's flip the board cross asset, the focus will be on the pound and treasuries given the inflation data. but 10-year at 4.7 seven, the pound at 1.21, down a 10th of a percent, the inflation data could adjust the prospects for sterling. brent $80 a barrel, just up 0.4

mr yoon�*s legal team claims the arrest warrant is illegal.s ambassador to south korea — harry harris — whojoins me from colorado. thank you very much forjoining us today. this is an extraordinary situation. how do you see it evolving, with the impasse potentially being broken —— or the impact potential being broken? figs broken -- or the impact potential being broken? as you sa it is potential being broken? as you say it is an _ potential being broken? as you say it is an extraordinary - say it is an extraordinary situation. i don�*t know how it will end. as your reviewers know, president yoon has been impeached and that impeachment is waiting to be upheld by the constitutional court. those hearings will start to take place probably as early as next month. and if they uphold the conviction, orthe month. and if they uphold the conviction, or the impeachment, then he will be removed from office. i think the move by the police to stand down 1527 00:17:25,40

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in the last hour, president yoon himself has released a video message. in it, he said:

you may remember a month ago, president yoon surprised his nation and the world by declaring martial hours long stand off. south korean troops tried to force their way into parliament and south korean politicians voted to rescind his decree. while thousands of citizens protested in the streets. at the time, the six hours of martial law felt like chaos. they have been holding testimony from key officials and what they learned appears to be that yoon's declaration of martial law was less chaos and more of a premeditated plan to up end the democracy that got botched. met at a hamburger joint and stepped out a plan. once martial law was declared, troops would enter the election commission's office and move employees to the basement, using zip ties and masks if necessary. then, the troops would check the election machines for any security breaches, end quote. on the night martial law was declared, troops were deployed to the election commission even before the president issued his decree. they seized night shift employee cell phones and began photographing election machines. back in april

president yoon suk yeol has a high climb uphill in defending himself.y in parliament is racing against time to have their party leader be elected president who has unfortunately several criminal convictions, who i think phil a chariot nearing, he is in a race to have yoon suk yeol removed from office and then a snap election and move on to become the new president. and that is a concern, i'm afraid, for the united states.— concern, i'm afraid, for the united states. quickly, antony blinken's arrival— united states. quickly, antony blinken's arrival and _ blinken's arrival and intervention, what difference will that make, do you think? it is more symbolic, but of course within hidden closed office, closed doors, there will be some awkward and lump—sum conversations, but secretary lincoln is here to underscore the importance of the alliance, but the united states has only two friendly democracies in this rough neighbourhood called northeast asia, so the relationship among the us south korea and japan is key to exerting us interests and defending basic fre

as expected, yoon suk—yeol did not attend the first impeachment hearing. concerns and other objections that they had about the logistics of the hearings. it lasted about four minutes, it was very, very quick. essentially it was the marking of the start of the impeachment trial procedures. we are expecting another hearing later this week. this, as protesters and anti—yoon protesters continue to gather outside the presidential palace. what the constitutional court has to decide is whether the declaration of martial law by yoon suk—yeol early in december was unconstitutional and whether it was illegal. and it has many weeks, even months, to decide that. it has about five months now that the hearings have started. it could drag out but they are under pressure to make a quick decision because of the instability that south korea finds itself in. this comes after a month of parliament deciding to vote to impeach the president after he declared martial law and then withdrew that very, very quickly. if the impeachment is upheld then yoon suk—yeol is out of power an

as they attempt to arrest the impeached president yoon. over 20 officers marched to his presidential residence in seoul since 8am local time. the number was reinforced to 801 hour later. many of yoon�*s supporters have for days been congregating outside his residence, vowing to block his arrest and this morning is no different. jay song, an honorary associate professor at the australia national university, gave us a sense of what lies ahead. it's almost a surreal situation now. i'm looking at these supporters gathering around his house and also the police, trying to go into his house and the military is actually blocking the access, and the corruption investigation office, they went into his residence but we have just been waiting for more than two hours to see what is happening, whether he would be arrested at the scene and what would happen after the arrest. we spoke to you a few days ago and you said an arrest was imminent. what gave you so much confidence to think this moment that we see unfolding is about to happen? that is right, thr

they have to kill me first before they arrest president yoon.ity, and his supporters are now doing. jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul. a cyber—hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including coldplay. skylar dalziel, who's from luton, made tens of thousands of pounds selling the tracks online. here's joe inwood. # i used to roll the dice...# this theft involves some of the biggest names in music, but tracks of theirs you've never heard of. it started in 2021 when sony realised that the online storage of one of their artists, upsahl, had been hacked and unreleased songs stolen and were being sold on the dark web. they told an industry body, who told the city of london police. when police raided skylar dalziel�*s house, they found nearly 300,000 tracks — many of them unreleased — stored on hard drives. they also found detailed records of how she had sold them, how she had taken the money on paypal — around £42,000 of it — and transferred it to bank accounts in the uk and the us. the 22—year—old hacker pleaded guilty to 1

now to south korea, where a trial for suspended president yoon suk—yeol is set to begin in less thanl hear arguments on whether to uphold parliament's decision to impeach mr yoon over his failed martial law bid. so far, there hasn't been any major effects on markets — as the benchmark kospi index is trading around 0.2% higher. we will leave you with these images outside the constitutional court, where those in support and against president yoon have gathered ahead of the proceedings today. hey, i'mjulia with the catch—up. tonight — the truth behind shein bargains — the mother of all festivals — and britain's most remote populated island. we will start in los angeles, where three wildfires are still burning. thousands of people have lost their homes, and displaced victims are paying massive fees to landlords in hotels. jason 0ppenheimer is an la property mogul, who stars in selling sunset on netflix, and says there are landlords using the disaster to make a profit. we are having landlords taking advantage of the situation. i had a client, we sent him to a house asking for $13,000 a mo

the reason for the standoff was president yoon, who has been impeached and suspended from office butunder criminal investigation for allegations of insurrection. you may remember month ago he surprised the nation and world by declaring martial law in a televised address in the middle of the night. that led to an hours-long standoff in which elected lawmakers rushed to parliament to overrule the president's declaration of martial law. south korean troops tried to force their way into parliament while south korean politicians held that emergency session and voted to rescind the martial law decree. it was wild. all this happened while thousands of citizens protested it in the streets. now, at the time the six hours of martial law felt like chaos, but in the months since the south korean national assembly has been holding hearings and collecting testimony from key officials. what they learned appears to be that yoon's declaration of martial law was less chaos and more of a botched premeditated plan to upsend south korea's democracy. sound familiar? according to a statement issued by one

south korean investigators say they halted the attempt to arrest impeached president yoon, describingse are live pictures from seoul, where that stand—off outside the presidential palace and supporters of yoon suk yeol are gathered. new orleans reopens the street where1li people were killed in an attack on new year's day, as president biden pledges to relentlessly pursue terrorist organisations wherever they are. health warnings for vulnerable and elderly people well below as temperatures across the uk are set to drop well below freezing. hello. i'm tadhg enright. we start with breaking news from south korea, where a team of police officers and investigators trying to arrest the impeached president yoon suk yeol have just called off the operation. in a statement, they said the arrest is practically impossible to carry out due to the sustained stand—off. these are live pictures from the scene. the team had earlier entered the presidential compound in seoul,

mr yoon said supporters waving banners and flags.and flags. mr yoon said in a statement he agreed to the interrogation which he called illegal to prevent budget. so far there has not been any major impact on financial markets. thanks forjoining me here. it's lucy with the catch up. tonight, an appeal from 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 and 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 different phases to the deal with a number of israeli hostages released on day one and then israel beginning to withdraw troops from gaza after that. if you want the latest on that, it's on the bbc news website and app. some other stories now. police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 14—year—old boy in southeast london, kelyan bokass

officials investigating president yoon over his botched attempt to impose martial law said they wereg. by carring out this arrest, they hope to be able to carry out that questioning. and we have been looking at some live pictures coming in, this developing situation. live now to our correspondent jean mackenzie in seoul. jean, it seems to be a festive element situation. tell us what has been happening. —— fast developing situation. been happening. -- fast developing situation. ., , been happening. -- fast developing situation. . , g , ., ., situation. yeah, it is. just over to the riaht situation. yeah, it is. just over to the right of _ situation. yeah, it is. just over to the right of me, _ situation. yeah, it is. just over to the right of me, this _ situation. yeah, it is. just over to the right of me, this is _ situation. yeah, it is. just over to the right of me, this is the - situation. yeah, it is. just over to the right of me, this is the road l the right of me, this is the road that leads to the residence. you can feel the cameras try to get that shot of the investigators go