We start the day's other headlines with the deepening political crisis in South Korea.

The country's parliament has voted to impeach acting President Han Duxu.

Today's vote is the nation's second impeachment in just two weeks.

It comes after Han decided against appointing three judges to the court reviewing the previous impeachment

of his predecessor. President Yun Suk Yol was impeached on December 14th after his decision

to declare martial law earlier this month. That decision set off a series of events that

has left the nation in turmoil, and it leaves the deputy prime minister and finance minister

Troy Songmuk,

in charge. The White House now says it too sees indication that a Russian air defense system

may be to blame for an Azerbaijani airliner crash this week, echoing preliminary findings

by Azerbaijani officials. The flight was heading from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian

Republic of Chechnya when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while trying to land.

In Azerbaijan, the first funeral took place today for one of the 38 people killed. 29 others

survived with injuries. For its part, Russian officials say fog and the threat of a

Ukrainian drone strike prevented the flight from landing at its initial destination. Turning to the

Middle East, Palestinian health officials say Israeli soldiers raided and burned one of the last

functioning hospitals in northern Gaza today after forcing many

staff members and patients from the facility.

The Kamal-Ajwan Hospital is located in Bait Lahia, where Israeli soldiers have been fighting

and offensive against Hamas militants.

This footage shows the hospital earlier this month.

Israel claims militants were using it as a base.

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