russianionalized athletes. we will go to moscow for the latest. molly: we start with a major seoul, thehakeup in south korean president impeach this friday after weeks of antigovernment protests against her rule. scandalence peddling caused park geun-hye s suspending of her powers. go to jason strother, who joins us from the south korean capital. i understand there is official reaction coming in about the impeachment. we heard from president park herself. jason: right. she expressed regret over causing all this chaos, as she said. it was not an admission of guilt, by any y means. she has been accused of pressure in some of south korea s largest companies to give tens of millions of dollars to a close friend who embezzled much of those funds. but she says she is stepping down and peacefully handing that will peacefully wait for the constitutional court to make its ruling on whether or not the impeachment was valid. said, where dong things go here for south korea. n co jason:
journalist to attend his end of the year address. aleppo has followed. the syrian army has full control of the devastated city after the last rebels and civilians were evacuated. we are starting this in italy where the interior ministry says police of killed the man suspect did of karen at the attack on na christmas markrket in berlin. 12 people died when a truck herald into the credit market monday evening. arresthad issued a warrant for anis amri. let s hear from the italian interior minister. the person killed was found after a lengthy investigation, which is customary in these cases. without a shadow of a doubt, it the perpetrator of the berlin christmas market attack. we are going to germany now for the latest on the story there. what is the latest from the german authorities? the latest we have is we know from the german governments spoke person that anglo merkel is due to speak by phone to the president on the matter of rejected deportation. if anis amri had been rejec
retrieved in the last hour by rescue workers. and shattering the world record for sailing around the world, having finished the voyage in just 49 days. hello and welcome to france 24. iamb annette young. tribute are pouring in after the announcement that george michael, the artist who sold tens of millions of albums, died heads home died at his home atengland on christmas day 53 years old of suspected heart failure per george michael becoming an icon of 1980 s pop with wham! wascareer as a solo artist often tinged with controversy that make him one of the top-selling singers of all time and cemented his legendary state. .> the world in shock american singer madonna was among the first to react. on twitter, she wrote, farewell, my friend. another great artist leaves us. elton john s duet with michael, don t let the sun go down on me. he wrote i am in deep shock, i have lost a most beloved friend. my heart goes out to his friends and family. a costar, andrew ridgely,
similar makes of that plane until the reason for the crash is determined. officers onpolice trial in turkey. they are charged with aiding in a field military to the summer. 1200 indictments have been prepared in what is now the most far-reaching legal process and turkish history. everyone. i am genie godula in paris. those are our top stories this hour. areck obama and shinzo abe coming together for a historic pilgrimage to pearl harbor. abe will be the first prime minister to ever visit the memorial second is the remains of a battleship that was sunk in the pearl harbor attacks o from japan. our correspondent has the details. showsymbolic visit and a of unity, but no apology for shinzo abe. the japanese prime minister bowed his head and stood in silence before a wreath of flowers at the memorial cemetery. it was the first stop in a trip meant to strengthen relations with the united states, and that be and barack obama make a historic visit to pearl harbor tuesday. it will be
an emotional farewell meanwhile for barack obama in chicago. that is where the u.s. president gave his last speech before leaving the white house next week. obama called his eight years in power the honor of his life and left telling americans, protect our democracy. and the corruption scandal in south korea snares the head of samsung. he is due to be questioned later this week and the ever-growing web that could support the president from office. airbus wins the battle of the playmakers, beating its rival boeing with orders in 2016. the details on that coming up in our business update. as the cold snap leaves dozens of people data across europe, residents of the past are t stamp up a free coa to help those in need. those stories coming up, but first are top story live from paris. genie godula.nni intelligence chiefs have presented donald trump about russian efforts to compromise him. has embarrassing information about the president-elect of both a personal nature but all