, who has been standing in as the president ever since. in as the president ever since president yoon sungd himself less than two weeks ago. now, it is the opposition party here in south korea that has done this. they have a huge majority in parliament, and as they voted to impeach mr han, it was members of mr yoon�*s party, the ruling party, that leapt to their feet and surrounded the speaker of the house. they were shouting at him. they are angry that he's even allowed this vote to go ahead. this is the level of animosity here now between the two parties. so how did we get here? well, over the past couple of days, this row has erupted between the prime minister and the opposition party. mr han has refused to appoint the judges that parliament had chosen to oversee mr yoon�*s impeachment trial. this is the court case that is going to decide whether mr yoon is ultimately barred from office, and the opposition party have decided that mr han, by refusing to appoint these judges, has been protecting the president, and so he's no longer fit to run the country. what this means is that the count

lawyers for the suspended president yoon sung nyull have said the south korean leader strongly denieseachment trial of president yoon, after parliament voted to impeach him on saturday. police in georgia have launched a criminal negligence investigation after 12 people were found dead at an indian restaurant in the country's ski resort of gudauri. the victims, 11 of whom were indian citizens, were found in dormitories on the restaurant's second floor. police say a generator was found running in a closed room near the bedrooms, leading them to suspect carbon monoxide poisoning. the french military has released video showing soldiers and medical teams assisting residents of mayotte. officials say they plan to send four to five planes of aid a day. hundreds of military personnel have arrived to assist the residents there after the deadly storm. we again saw temperatures reaching 13 celsius on tuesday, but the cloud this time brought with it more rain. and into the southwest, we'll find this rain arriving later in the day on wednesday. but at the moment, this area of low pressure is bring

yoon sung nyull is now facing pressure to stand down after mps voted against his declaration, with thousandsf protesters taking to the streets outside parliament. our correspondent laura bicker reports from seoul. this candlelit karma followed a night of chaos. they gathered on the steps of the parliament with one aim, to call for the impeachment of their president, who declared martial law. translation: because we have a history of defending _ democracy a few times, the people will strongly defend democracy once more. translation: | am out - here as a citizen who could not sit by and watch breaking down. resign, the group chanted, before that mexican wave. such a different scene from last night's turmoil. just hours after president yoon plunged his country into martial law, soldiers broke through the windows of parliament to prevent elected members from overturning the decree. they were unsuccessful, and after six hours, seoul's parliament, not just its president, were back in control. today the building bore the scars of that struggle, repairs have already begun. protests sprung up in othe

yoon sung nyull is facing mounting pressure to resign over his failed attempt to impose martial law andach him. steve lai is live in seoul for us. quite a development here? it certainly is. different when the party chief said they would vote against the impeachment of president yoon. that has changed overnight as the details emerged with a call for martial law on tuesday evening. they got an update, the ruling party leader said he is set to meet with president unit this afternoon at the presidential residence, a specific time has not been stated, he has had that u—turn. let's turn to rupert to get more on the developing situations we have been seeing and that will make for an awkward conversation between the two men. it certainly does sound like it. this— certainly does sound like it. this is— certainly does sound like it. this is the leader of the people's power party in parliaments meeting with president yoon, the president from — president yoon, the president from the — president yoon, the president from the same party who apparently on tuesday night ordered _ apparently on tuesday n

live now to seoul where we can speak with sung—yoon lee, live now to seoul where we can speak with sung—yoon the sister, north korea's kim yojong, the most dangerous woman in the world. welcome, thank you very much for being with us. we were just talking about there, prosecutors have summoned the impeach president for questioning. he hasn't turned up. where do you think all of this could be leading? where do you think all of this could be leadinr ? ~ , .,. be leading? well, the impeachment trial will be deliberated, _ be leading? well, the impeachment trial will be deliberated, tried - be leading? well, the impeachment trial will be deliberated, tried by - trial will be deliberated, tried by the nation's constitutional court which has 180 days, six months, to deliver and issue a ruling. you know the old adage, that reality is stranger than fiction, the old adage, that reality is strangerthanfiction, is the old adage, that reality is stranger than fiction, is being reaffirmed in south korea where we had just eight years ago, the impeachment and removalfrom office of a sitting president. back

earlier, i spoke to dr sung—yoon lee, global fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholarsot turned up, where'd you think all of this could be leading? the impeachment _ this could be leading? the impeachment trial - this could be leading? tue: impeachment trial will this could be leading? tte: impeachment trial will be deliberated, trialed by the nation �*s constitutional court which has 180 days, six months to deliberate and issue a ruling. you know the old adage of tourism reality is stranger than fiction, it has been confirmed than fiction, it

let's speak to sung—yoon lee, global fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars.ordinary situation in south korea. one vote on impeaching one president and then the next person gets voted against for impeachment. now we have the finance minister acting as president. can he stabilise things, do you think? i hope so. there is a lot of trauma in this month of december in south korea. historically life after the presidency has not been kind to the vast majority of the leaders. one wonders why they actually run for office. the first president was ousted in a popular uprising, the next one as well, and then you had a military strongman who was assassinated. his two successors would end up in jail, two more later, and one committed suicide, this is the second with a third impeachment of a sitting president. previously one was exonerated, the other found guilty and removed from office, and understandably the national sentiment has been very unkind for president yoon for his sudden, unexpected and shocking declaration of martial law earlier this month. but there has been a

young and young—at—heart sung together, united in the hope that yoon suk yeol will be removed.icians were forced to battle their own military to overturn it. today, he said sorry to try to save his career. translation: i sincerely apologise to the citizens i who were likely alarmed and disturbed by these events. the crowds still cried for his removal. but soon, they realised the president's own party would not vote to impeach him, and the singing stopped. translation: what i believed and thought as democracy - and freedom, it all collapsed in a single moment. i'm very angry. now is the time for each person to rise and come out here with us. the lawmakers, they should represent the people, not the president. and we are very angry. we are very upset. we are not going to back down until he is impeached. in contrast to the crowded streets, the seats of the ruling party sat empty as they boycotted the vote. all efforts to get them to return were in vain. this was not the result that they were hoping for. president yoon might think that he can stay on for another two years as a lame

sung woo, i interviewed her just a couple of days ago. she had been spending every night in the parliament because she was afraid that president yoon would try to impose martial law again. so it's just about a week and a half ago that he tried it late at night. shocked the whole country, accusing the opposition of basically working with north korea. and he sent soldiers on helicopters to the national assembly to try to stop lawmakers from convening and voting to overturn his emergency martial law declaration. the soldiers failed. and now you have this push to prosecute the president and top officials in his cabinet. he has come out with a statement saying he will stop temporarily for now, but he will not give up. viktor and amara walker. >> so then, ivan, what happens from here? what happens next? i mean, now that yoon suk yeol has been impeached, you know who's who's in charge? and when are the next elections? >> right. >> as of about two hours ago, he was suspended from all his presidential powers. the prime minister plays up, now acts up as acting president. and now a constitutional court has to decide whether or not to support, to en