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And essentially at this point on the criminal investigation front, he remains detained, but he also remains silent. On another front where I'm standing outside the constitutional court, this is happening on the same day, but separate.
And I don't know if you can hear, but you and supporters are shouting outside the constitutional court saying you should uphold the constitution, you should do right by the president. It's very consequential what's happening inside. The impeachment hearing is underway. His legal team is giving in their argument or his argument of why he decided to declare martial law in December.
And I don't know if you can hear, but you and supporters are shouting outside the constitutional court saying you should uphold the constitution, you should do right by the president. It's very consequential what's happening inside. The impeachment hearing is underway. His legal team is giving in their argument or his argument of why he decided to declare martial law in December.
They're saying this hearing, this trial is politically motivated. But we also heard from the representatives of the National Assembly impeachment prosecution team, and they said, had this martial law edict essentially continued, it would have dragged the country into military dictatorship. So Essentially, you've got two fronts that are deciding where this leadership of Yoon Sang-kyul goes.
They're saying this hearing, this trial is politically motivated. But we also heard from the representatives of the National Assembly impeachment prosecution team, and they said, had this martial law edict essentially continued, it would have dragged the country into military dictatorship. So Essentially, you've got two fronts that are deciding where this leadership of Yoon Sang-kyul goes.
And if the impeachment is upheld by the court, by the constitutional court, it's going to remove him from office and it's going to trigger a snap election in this country. If he's reinstated, his supporters outside here will be happy, but it will trigger a lot of anger from the opposition and opponents from the public.
And if the impeachment is upheld by the court, by the constitutional court, it's going to remove him from office and it's going to trigger a snap election in this country. If he's reinstated, his supporters outside here will be happy, but it will trigger a lot of anger from the opposition and opponents from the public.
What we do know from footage that has appeared was from inside Sana'a International Airport, you could see people running in a panic, rushing out, some with their trolleys not really knowing where to go and others rushing out of the building. Another showed from outside the airport showed smoke rising from the site.
What we do know from footage that has appeared was from inside Sana'a International Airport, you could see people running in a panic, rushing out, some with their trolleys not really knowing where to go and others rushing out of the building. Another showed from outside the airport showed smoke rising from the site.
And we do know from the IDF that they did target the Sana'a airport and its surrounding area. They say they struck military targets used by the Iran-backed Houthis to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region. We also know that the strikes happened not only in Sana'a and different parts of the capital, but also in the port city of Hadaida.
And we do know from the IDF that they did target the Sana'a airport and its surrounding area. They say they struck military targets used by the Iran-backed Houthis to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region. We also know that the strikes happened not only in Sana'a and different parts of the capital, but also in the port city of Hadaida.
And it's not the first time that these two sites have been struck. This is the second Israeli strike. on Yemen in less than a week. The last one was on Thursday. Now, we understand from Houthi officials that several people were killed, others were injured with the targets of power stations of several ports and port cities.
And it's not the first time that these two sites have been struck. This is the second Israeli strike. on Yemen in less than a week. The last one was on Thursday. Now, we understand from Houthi officials that several people were killed, others were injured with the targets of power stations of several ports and port cities.
And we heard from a Houthi official who said that the strikes were a crime against the people of Yemen.
And we heard from a Houthi official who said that the strikes were a crime against the people of Yemen.
It's very interesting because these strikes are very much in line with what's been coming out from the Israeli leadership, whether it's the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and he did say this on more than one occasion, but also from the Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. And
It's very interesting because these strikes are very much in line with what's been coming out from the Israeli leadership, whether it's the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and he did say this on more than one occasion, but also from the Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. And
One particular comment that he made earlier really is quite telling because he promised to decapitate the leadership of the Houthi movement the same way that Israel did with Hamas and Hezbollah.
One particular comment that he made earlier really is quite telling because he promised to decapitate the leadership of the Houthi movement the same way that Israel did with Hamas and Hezbollah.
kind of tells you that these intensified attacks by the Houthis at the moment, and this month has seen a significant rise in these attacks, in the missile launches into Israeli territory, some of them not intercepted, remember, is now being responded to in a more focused way