what they told me is they are there to support yoon suk yeol because they have been frustrated by whatpro—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 protests in south korea that i have seen. �* in south korea that i have seen. ~ . , ., seen. and anti-corruption investigators _ seen. and anti-corruption investigators have - seen. and anti-corruption investigators have called l seen. and anti-corruption i investigators have called for the... to intervene so that they can arrest yoon suk yeol. does that seem likely and what would be the impact of that if it does happen?— it does happen? right, well, investigators _ it does happen? right, well, investigators may _ it does happen? right, well, investigators may attempt i it does happen? right, well, j investigators may attempt to enforce the current arr

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

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

another attempt to arrest the impeached president yoon suk yeol. g president has been put in place instead. we have heard very little from mr. yoon while all of this has been unfolding. he has spent all of that time in the presidential compound. we will speak to our correspondent shortly to get up to date on what is happening in south korea. we will bring you all the latest details from there. but now, what has been described as the final round of negotiations on a cease fire deal and the release of hostages in gaza has been continuing through the day in qatar but with no outcome yet. it is thought there is broad agreement with the israel and hamas delegations both saying they are hopeful of reaching a deal. but a number of details are still being worked out. we are hearing the other main palestinian armed group in gaza, islamic jihad, says that if it is sending a delegation to qatar to take place in a final agreement. in the last couple of hours, president joe biden and the egyptian president cc have had negotiations about the efforts and have call

in its aftermath, 75% or more of south koreans stood against martial law and against president yoon suk yeolwhich is higher than his average ratio rate during his presidency over the past 2.5 years, so complex and very passionate overflowing within earshot of very loud protest in front of the presidential residence, all day and all night, so the nation is as polarised as a nation of democracy can be at this very moment. democracy can be at this very moment-— democracy can be at this very moment. �* ., , ., ., moment. and given what you have 'ust moment. and given what you have just described, _ moment. and given what you have just described, what _ moment. and given what you have just described, what is _ moment. and given what you have just described, what is likely - just described, what is likely to happen then, do you think, in the weeks and months ahead? we don't know. eight years ago there was an impeachment of the sitting president accused of abuse of power, and she was very passive in defending herself, and the constitutional court that has the mandate to deliberate impeachment of a

the impeachment trial of south korea's suspended president yoon suk—yeol has held its first hearing. s because mr yoon did not attend. he is facing charges over his failed attempt of imposing martial law, plunging the country into its deepest political crisis in decades. there is a separate warrant out for his arrest on insurrection charges. our asia correspondent shaimaa khalil told us more about what will happen next. as expected, yoon suk—yeol did not attend the first impeachment hearing. his lawyers have told us that, citing safety 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, ev

investigators have now appealed to the acting president to intervene, as they tried to arrest yoon suk yeolol 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 are going to see this cold snap continuing right through the middle of next week. some potentially disruptive weather on the way into the weekend, sharp frosts, a risk of some icy conditions and, for some of us, some disruptive snowfall, especially late saturday into sunday. cold air mass is with us at the moment. the winds are coming in from north—west, so they are bringing some snow showers to north—east scotland. a brisk breeze down the east coast of england and a few more showers filtering in for western scotland, northern ireland, north

many protesters are gathered around the official residence of president yoon suk yeol. d to get into the compound and arrest mr yoon on friday for declaring martial law. they were turned away by security personnel guarding the president. it's thought they may try to detain him again before the arrest warrant expires at midnight on monday. this is the scene now live in seoul outside the presidential residence, where you can see protestors of president yoon suk yeol. there is also a huge police presence and there hasn't been for several hours. our correspondence from bbc career told me about the attempt to arrest the president. bi; arrest the president. by frida , arrest the president. by friday. they _ arrest the president. el: friday, they went to the president offers to execute the arrest warrant but due to the political service and the military personnel, they were standing against them and making human wards and for that reason, they could not enter and execute the arrest warrant and after hours of stand off, the c0 why have called of this warranty, citing concern ove

all this comes after police attempted to arrest suspended president yoon suk yeol on charges of inciting an insurrection last friday. but presidential security forces intervened, preventing the arrest, while hundreds of his supporters gathered outside his compound. economist krystal tan took me through the effects this tense political situation is having on the economy. the political turmoil is exacerbating economic headwinds in south korea. economic activity ahead of the turmoil was already showing signs of weakening. you know when you look at manufacturing, construction, services activity had slowed in november. if we 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 wan, 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 particu

president yoon suk yeol was taken in by investigators this morning after a failed attempt earlier this month. he's being questioned for his short—lived martial law declaration in december. you're looking at live pictures outside president yoon�*s residence where crowds seem to have dwindled since the arrest. you dwindled since the arrest. can still see many flags they're you can still see many flags they're still waving. —— flags there. earlier, that was where investigators forced entry with 1,000 police officers reportedly deployed to assist. the last time an attempt was made to arrest him, it was blocked by his security guards after a stand—off that lasted hours. shortly after his arrest, we heard from president yoon himself in a pre—recorded message. is that his decision to submit himself questioning was to avoid any violence after witnessing thousands of lives of others and to his residence. translation:— translation: today upon witnessing _ translation: today upon witnessing these _ translation: today upon | witnessing these individuals invading the security zone using firefightin

yoon suk yeol insists the criminal investigation is illegal.h drama, high—stakes, my emotions, and you it has been 2a hours of high drama, high—stakes, high emotions, and you can make that argument for the past two months here in south korea as this country has descended into what is possibly its worst political crises in its history. the second impeachment hearing is now under way in the constitutional court, earlier we saw teams on both sides, yoon suk yeol�*s legal team making their way inside the building saying they were going to make their arguments about saying they were going to make their arguments about why why the impeached president decided to declare martial law for a few hours as it happened, in december. but we are also hearing reports that they made the argument that the impeachment was unconstitutional, was also illicitly motivated. we also heard from a representative of the impeachment prosecution team representing the national assembly, who said that had martial law continued to be instated, that would have dragged the countr

let's begin in south korea where investigations have —— arrested the impeached president yoon suk yeolfirst sitting president to be arrested and he is at the anticorruption agency office. police tried to rest some earlier this month. so far there has not been a major impact on korean marketsjust yet the benchmark kospi trading at 0.3% higher. more on that story later on newsday, in the united states. social media giant meta has said it will cut its workforce by 5%. plans to lay off workers at the owner of facebook and instagram come on the same day that another of america's tech giants, microsoft, said it would pause hiring in a major unit in america. michelle fleury reports from new york. ina memo in a memo to staff mark zuckerberg said 2025 will be an intense year for the company as it works on building what he described as some of the most important technologies in the world. mr important technologies in the world. ~ , ., important technologies in the world. , ., ., world. mr zuckerberg went on to sa in world. mr zuckerberg went on to say in order— world. mr zuckerberg went on to sa

yoon suk yeol.ut to give you an idea of the backdrop that we have right now, all the people, the hundreds of people who you see spanning a few blocks with all of their south korean flags, those are supporters of south korea's suspended president yoon suk yeol. and for his part, yoon issued a clarion call as soon as this warrant for his arrest was issued on tuesday. and he sent a letter to supporters paraphrasing here saying, hey, i need you all to come out and make it much harder for law enforcement to detain me, make it much harder for law enforcement to arrest me. and they answered that clarion call. so fast forward to earlier this morning. we have not only his supporters, but the equivalent of south korea's secret service protecting the president and refusing to turn over suspended president yoon suk yeol to investigators, investigators who want to hold him accountable for putting this country down the road of martial law, declaring martial law one month ago, on december 3rd into the early mornin

live pictures from seoul, where that stand—off outside the presidential palace and supporters of yoon suk yeolre 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,

we start in seoul, where the suspended south korean president, yoon suk yeol, has finally been arrested over his short—lived martial law declaration in december. there have been angry scenes and clashes outside the presidential residence where there have been angry scenes and clashes throughout the morning. investigators forced entry into the president's home to arrest him early on wednesday morning. it was their second attempt to arrest him after being prevented by president yoon�*s security staff. in the last hour, president yoon himself has released a video message. in it, he said: i'm joined now by our reporter rachel lee who is there for us outside the presidential residence. hopefully you can hear me this time around. get us up to speed with later now that president yoon been arrested. figs with later now that president yoon been arrested.- with later now that president yoon been arrested. as you 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

korea where, after a dramatic six—hour—long standoff with security for the suspended president yoon suk yeol been successful, yoon would have become the first sitting president to be arrested in south korea's history. the political drama began on december 3rd when mr yoon tried to impose martial law, shaking the country and reminding people of the dark days of military rule. days of protests followed, culminating in parliament voting to impeach him on 14th december, their second attempt to do so. investigators have until 6th january to arrest him before the current warrant expires. with all the latest on friday's developments, jean mckenzie sent this report from seoul. the standoff started before dawn. police blocked the roads around the president's home, pushing back his incensed supporters. as the sun rose, officers moved in on his house to make the arrest, but they were unable to get in, blocked by the president's security team, who formed a human chain to keep them out. at lunchtime, they gave up. an arrest was impossible, they said, and they were concerned for their safety. translation:

south korea suspended president yoon suk yeol.o give you an idea of the backdrop that we have right now, all the people, the hundreds of people who you see standing a few blocks with all of their south korean flags, those are supporters of south korea's suspended president yoon suk yeol. and for his part, yoon issued a clarion call as soon as this warrant for his arrest was issued on tuesday. and he sent a letter to supporters paraphrasing here saying, hey, i need you all to come out and make it much harder for law enforcement to detain me, make it much harder for law enforcement to arrest me. and they answered that clarion call. so fast forward to earlier this morning. we have not only his supporters, but the equivalent of south korea's secret service protecting the president and refusing to turn over suspended president yoon suk yeol to investigators. investigators who want to hold him accountable for putting this country down the road of martial law, declaring martial law one month ago, on december 3rd into the early morning ho

if a court administers a detention warrant, then yoon suk yeol will be detained.e 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. british inflation unexpectedly slowed in december — providing some welcome relief to the under pressure chancellor rachel reeves. the headline figure fell to 2.5% from 2:6% in november. but the number is still above the bank of england's target of 2%. the uk's chief secretary to the treasury darrenjones told the bbc the economy is on the right track — but that more needs to be done. i think the plan for change is working and the fact that inflation is coming down is a sign for that. it's good that inflation is broadly stable around the 2% target, it's good that it's starting to come down. there's no denying the fact that many people at home are still struggling with a cost of living and we know we have got more work to do to help them get more pounds in their pockets at the end of each month, but also to make sure we maint

south korea's impeached president, yoon suk yeol, has appeared in court attempting to fight a bid by mr yoon's supporters rallied outside the court and scuffled with police as they chanted support for the suspended leader. he was arrested on wednesday in a dawn raid at his home after he ignored prosecutors summons to appear in court over allegations of insurection. yoon attempted to declare martial law on sixth december last year but it was voted down by lawmakers after a few hours. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, gave us the background to the case from outside the western district court in seoul. yet more heavy police presence as crowds of yoon suk yeol supporters have gathered in their hundreds. the focal point this time is the seoul western district court. the impeached president has decided to make an appearance himself in the court. his lawyers say he wants to explain why he decided to declare martial law in december. the prosecution for the corruption investigation 0ffice are reported to have prepared a more than iso—page document explaining why it is necessary to obtain a n

korea appeal to the acting president to intervene after they were blocked from arresting president yoon suk yeoly his security team. and 17—year—old darts sensation luke littler looks to make history tonight as he sails into the world darts final against michael van gerwen. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. we start on the latest on the attack from new orleans which killed 1a people on new year's day. in the last hour, the white house has confirmed president biden will visit the city on monday. it comes as the brother of the man behind the attack says he's struggling to understand how shamsud—dinjabbar could have committed such an attack. the fbi say the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the group calling itself islamic state. in videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about killing his family as well. speaking to our us partner, cbs news, 24—year—old abdurjabbar said he had no idea why his older half brother was in new orleans, and spoke of his shock at hearing the news. i'm still shocked by the whole thing. it still doesn't seem like it actually happene

and south korea's impeached president, yoon suk yeol is set to appear at a hearing — thousands of hisupporters are gathered outside the court in seoul. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are live here in hostages square in tel aviv where both sides in a war that has lasted 15 months are counting down to a ceasefire deal that has been struck between israel and c miller ten group hamas in gaza. due to bring an end to that war, a war that has cost the lives of almost 117,000 people in gaza, according to local health officials. a war that was sparked by the attacks on the 7th of october 2023 here in israel, that killed 1200 people and led to around 250 being taken hostage. it is due to begin in under2li taken hostage. it is due to begin in under 2a hours�* time at 830 in the morning, local pm. that is 630 am gmp. the qatarforeign ministry pm. that is 630 am gmp. the qatar foreign ministry made the announcement on social media, saying the parties had agreed that the ceasefire would begin on sunday morning. also warning inhabitants to take precaution, exercise the utmost caution and wait for

south korean investigators failed to arrest impeach president yoon suk yeol after being blocked by protesters and his security team. the fbi finds no evidence seeking the attack in new orleans and the explosion of a cybertruck in vegas on new year's day, despite similarities. lizzy: very good morning. happy friday. we are looking at futures pointing lower in europe, higher in the u.s., but we had another session of disappointment in the u.s. yesterday. tesla results weighing on u.s. stocks. flipping over to the cross assets picture, we have japan still on holiday, so we await cash trade in treasuries. that shall start at the top of the hour but euro-dollar at a 1.02 handle. we saw dollar strength as u.s. initial jobs claims fell to an eight-month low in on the flipside euro weakness. we are still on parity watch as we await news about trump tariffs on europe, fears about another energy crisis, and political uncertainty in france and germany. meanwhile, gold steady pretty, brent trading at sunday five dollars a barrel and bitcoin $96,000, dipping for the first time in four days. we can check o

|t comes after bodyguards thwarted an attempt to arrest impeached president yoon suk yeol. n after he attempted to declare martial law last month. a court in seoul issued a warrant for mr yoon�*s arrest tuesday, after he repeatedly failed to appear for questioning into that probe. early friday morning, anti—corruption investigators arrived at the presidential palace to serve that warrant, but were blocked by members of the presidential security service. that refusal triggered an hours—long stand off and raucous protests — both pro and anti yoon — outside the presidential compound. the investigators later retreated, and are now asking the country's acting president choi sang—mok to order the guards to hand over mr yoon. here's what one of the anti—yoon demonstrators had to say. translation: i came rushing out to this place filled _ with 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 f

many protesters are gathered around the official residence of president yoon suk yeol. d to get into the compound and arrest mr yoon on friday for declaring martial law. they were turned away by security personnel guarding the president. it's thought they may try to detain him again before the arrest warrant expires at midnight on monday. this is the scene now live in seoul outside the presidential residence, where you can see protestors once again gathered, both in support and opposition to president yoon. those who want to see him arrested immediately and those who want to try to stop it. and there's also a police presence out in the south could be korean capital. woongbee lee is editor of bbc korean. he told me about the attempts to arrest the former president. 0n on friday, the coi investigators went to the possession palace to try and execute the arrest warrant it but due to the political severity service and the military personnel in the presidents office than against them, making human walls and for that reason, the cod —— c0| could not enter and exit is the arres

on friday, investigators tried and failed to arrest the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, with his dyguards preventing the officers from making the arrest. on sunday, they said they'd stop any further attempts to detain mr yoon. and in the last few hours, south korea's anti—corruption agency requested an extension to their arrest warrant, and sent a notice to police that it is handing over the execution of the arrest to them. kim joon—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 are 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 arresting of the events. we that did not accept yet. 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

all this comes after police attempted to arrest suspended president yoon suk yeol on charges of incitingystal tan took me through the effects this tense political situation is having on the economy. the political turmoil is exacerbating economic headwinds in south korea. economic activity ahead of the turmoil was already showing signs of weakening. you know when you look at manufacturing, construction, services activity had slowed in november. if we 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.

yoon suk yeol will be in solitary confinement until friday morning.f his supporters and opponents clustered outside the presidential compound, shouting as he was taken into custody. he is wanted for questioning in multiple criminal investigations, including some alleged crimes that could carry the death penalty over briefly declaring martial law last month. cnn's mike valerio is joining us live now, so he's in solitary confinement, i think, until friday morning. your time. what happens next? right. >> well, and what a headline, sara. >> let's just stick with that for a beat. >> the elected leader of a stable democracy is in solitary confinement for a significant period of time. >> this has never happened before to the leader of south korea. while the president was in office. so what happens next? investigators are hoping that he'll answer questions. sara. about 200 of them concerning why he declared martial law back on december 3rd, throwing this country into chaos. and so far, sara are reporting is showing that the elected president of south korea. y

if a court administers a detention warrant, then yoon suk yeol will be detained.e 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 can be above _ arrested. i think everybody realised that no one can be above the - arrested. i think everybody realised that no one can be above the law. | arrested. i think everybody realised i that no one can be above the law. no matter how they oppose it, or how they are for it. so in the end, although there wa

if a court administers a detention warrant, then yoon suk yeol will be detained.ck 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. negotiators in qatar are resuming talks amid hopes that a ceasefire deal in gaza is within reach. the agreement would include the gradual release of israeli hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. all sides have indicated that an agreement is closer than ever, with both israel and hamas openly expressing that a deal can be reached. here's what we know about what is likely to be included in the agreement. it will start with the initial release of 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, the wounded and the sick. in return it's expected that israel will release 1,000 palestinian prisoners, including approximately 190 who have been serving sentences of 15 years or more. and an agreement would need to be reached on the future of gaza, including whether israeli troops can remain there. the agreement would

many protesters are gathered around the official residence of president yoon suk yeol. g the president. it's thought they may try to detain him again before the arrest warrant expires at midnight on monday. this is the scene now live in seoul outside the presidential residence, where you can see protestors once again gathered, both in support and opposition to president yoon. there are a lot of police there out in force. woongbee lee is editor of bbc korean. he told me about the attempts to arrest the former president. on friday, the coi investigators went to the possession palace to try and execute the arrest warrant it but due to the political severity service and the military personnel in the presidents office than against them, making human walls and for that reason, the coi a could not enter and execute is the arrest warrant. after hours of stand off, the coi has sound of —— could have the arrest warrant citing percent over the safety of people and their officers. since then, they have been as you mention, bright is going on in front of the president's office with b

president yoon suk yeol was impeached in december and suspended over his short—lived bid to impose martialg linkedin of taking messages to train ai. it alleges they quietly introduced alleges they quietly introduced a privacy setting that opted users into a programme that allow third party users to use their data to train ai. a linkedin spokesperson told the bbc these are false claims with no merit. a quick check of wall street: thanks forjoining me here on business today. see you soon. i am here with the catch up. prince harry's privacy, netflix gets more expensive again, and a jet lagged cat. with start with prince harry as the owner of the sun newspaper gives him an apology. they also admitted instances of unlawful activity by private investigators working for the newspaper. they say there's strong controls so it can't happen now. they're paying damages, likely millions of pounds, to settle years of legal battles with the prince. his lawyers say it's good for other alleged victims too. this represents _ other alleged victims too. this represents a — other alleged victims too. ti 3 repre

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south korea's impeached president, yoon suk yeol, is in court — we'll be live in seoul.iators in qatar have announced it will take effect from 8:30am sunday in gaza — that's 06:30 gmt. the qatar foreign ministry made the announcement on social media, saying the parties had agreed that the ceasefire would begin on sunday morning. also warning �*inhabitants to take precaution, exercise the utmost caution, and wait for directions from official sources." after hours of discussion, the israeli cabinet gave final approval to the ceasefire and hostage release deal with hamas. the first hostages are due to be released as early as sunday, under the first phase of the agreement. meanwhile sirens have been heard across central israel this morning, with reports of explosions overjerusalem. the israeli military says it intercepted a missile launched from yemen. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, is injerusalem. we will talk about those sirens and just a moment, but bring us up—to—date on the hostage ceasefire deal and the details that we do have about how it will come into effect tomor

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

demonstrations have taken place in seoul, both in support of and against the suspended president, yoon suk yeolver 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—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

since daybreak, officials in south korea have been trying to arrest president yoon suk yeol over his ere left with no choice but to attempt to arrest an arrest, after president yoon failed to reply to multiple requests for questioning. the arrest itself is proving difficult. this is the live scene outside the president's official residence, with a stand—off. hundreds of his supporters have gathered outside, chanting, "stop the steal." mr yoon has been charged with insurrection and abuse of office, but says he will fight to the end. he is the first sitting korean president to face arrest. yoon�*s legal team were seen entering the compound of yoon�*s residence within the past hour. his lawyers have called the arrest unlawful and said they would take legal action

now to south korea, where a trial for suspended president yoon suk—yeol is set to begin in less than 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 mon

in south korea — a trial for suspended president yoon suk yeol is set to begin in less than two hoursar 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 flat. before we go, major hollywood studios have pledged millions of dollars to help with relief efforts for the la wildfires. so far disney and warner brothers discovery have each committed $15 million. meanwhile, amazon, netflix and comcast have pledged $10 million towards the cause. the economic toll of the catastrophe is still rising with some estimates saying that damages could exceed $250 billion. there are fears that strong winds that can faceless angelus can cause more destruction. —— the strong winds that los angeles will be facing will cause more destruction. that is it for this edition of business today. thank you for watching. hey, i amjulia with the catch up. tonight the truth behind shein bargains, the mother of all festivals and britain's most remote populated island. we

president yoon suk yeol was taken in by investigators this morning after a failed attempt earlier thisl law declaration in december. you're looking at live pictures outside president yoon�*s residence where crowds seem to have dwindled since the arrest. you dwindled since the arrest. can still see many flags they're you can still see many flags they're still waving. —— flags there. earlier, that was where investigators forced entry with 1,000 police officers reportedly deployed to assist.

our top stories, we begin in south korea where investigators have arrested impeached president yoon suk—yeolhe is the country's first ever first sitting president to be arrested. he was detained after an hours—long stand—off the police had attempted to arrest him earlier this month, but failed to do so following a stand—off with the presidential security service. so far there hasn't been a major impact on korean marketsjust yet, with the benchmark kospi index currently trading 0.3% higher. to the united states now, where social media giant meta has said it will cut its workforce by 5%. plans by the owner of facebook and instagram to lay off workers come on the same day that another of america's tech giants, microsoft, said it would pause hiring in a major unit in america. michelle fleury reports from new york. in a memo to staff, mark zuckerberg said 2025 will be an intense year for the company as it works on building what he described as some of the most important technologies in the world. mr zuckerberg went on to say in order to raise the performance of meta staff, the company would take

the decision is the first since president yoon suk yeol tended to impose martial law in december.the company into political instability. could the central bank also said the country's gdp could fall below its earlier estimate of 1.9% for the year although it is not issued a new projection. south korean financial markets have not reacted to this. in the us markets, the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq all had their best day in more than two months. helped by strong bank earnings and encouraging inflation report. according to the labour department, inflation in the world's largest economy rose by 2.9% in december from a year earlier. prices of energy and eggs jumped but the cost of other items rose by a smaller margin than expected. ben harris used to work at the us treasury department and helped us to break down the numbers. markets still think the fed will not cut in march, the probability of a cut is about 28% but there is a fair amount of data that will come in between now and then. in particular on the labour side we will have to see whether or not we will get a strong reading like we d

over to south korea — where suspended president yoon suk yeol�*s trial is set to begin in a few hoursrguments 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 0.1% lower. the electric car revolution is well under way in norway. the wealthy nation has encouraged the take up of evs, using generous tax breaks and other incentives. now there are more electric passenger cars on norway's roads than petrol vehicles. a non—binding goal has been set to phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars this year, but will it get adrienne murray finds out. see these cars passing by, every license plate with an e is electric. here in oslo evs are not a novelty, they are the norm. there are no more battery—powered vehicles on norway roads than petrol car is and as of all new car sales, nine out of ten were electric. the revolution began years ago with tax breaks driving up ev sales. this family run dealership has been importing vw �*s for over 75 years. and n

earlier, president yoon suk yeol was impeached in december andsuspended from duties over his short—livedo, a quick check on us markets and wall street's main indexes were all up with the benchmark s&p 500 hitting an all—time high. investors seemed to be cheering streaming giant netflix�*s strong quarterly performance and president donald trump's multi—billion dollar support to bolster ai infrastructure. thank you forjoining me here on this additional business today. i will be back at the top of the hour with more news on new state where we will be looking at donald trump's first two days in office and what that impact is having on various different aspects. i am here with the catch up. we start with prince harry is the owner of the sun gives him a full and unequivocal apology for what they called serious intrusion into his private life. news group newspapers also admitted incidence of unlawful activity by private investigators working for the newspaper. they say there are some controls so that can't happen now. they are also paying damages, likely millions of pounds to settle years of le

south korea's president yoon suk yeol has signalled he won't take part in a second day of questioningarrest was appropriate. and these are live pictures from hawaii's kilauea volcano, which has erupted for the fourth time in three weeks. —— a court decides. a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. political leaders have welcomed a ceasefire agreement

korea appeal to the acting president to intervene after they were blocked from arresting president yoon suk yeolght as he sails into the world darts final against michael van gerwen. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. we start on the latest on the attack from new orleans which killed 1a people on new year's day. in the last hour, the white house has confirmed president biden will visit the city on monday. it comes as the brother of the man behind the attack