South Korean lawmakers begin Yoon impeachment deliberations
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Members of parliament in South Korea have gathered to start impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed declaration of martial law earlier this month. Tens of thousands of people are protesting outside parliament urging MPs to vote to impeach President Yoon.
Also in the programme: Nigeria begins vaccination programme for children; and we look at what sort of a future Syria鈥檚 deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad faces in exile in Russia. To discuss this and more, Madeleine Schwartz, a journalist based in Paris and editor-in-chief of The Dial, a magazine of international writing, and Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of the progressive, UK-based New Economics Foundation think-tank.
PHOTO CREDIT: Protesters calls for impeachment of South Korean President Yoon / REUTERS