Hello and welcome to Newsar from the BBC World Service coming to you live from our studios in central London. I'm Julian Marshall. In a moment we'll hear from the South Korean capital which has again seen large protests by supporters and opponents at the beleaguered president.

Also, what medical facilities are still functioning in Gaza

after more than a year of war between Hamas and Israel.

And later, an award-winning record producer

revisits of prison in Mississippi,

where he previously recorded an album of the Songs of the

inmates.

Jesus will never, never say no.

I returned to Parchman Prison because there had been such a strong positive response to their debut record.

The administration has made great improvements there at the prison.

The men were very proud of their success, and we were granted more time together this time,

and many of them had prepared original songs.

And that report in full in about 15 minutes.

The South Korean capital, Seoul was bitterly cold last night with heavy snow, and it's not

much warmer today.

But that hasn't stopped tens of thousands of protesters gathering on the streets of the city

to show their support and opposition to President Yun Suk Yol.

He's currently suspended after being impeached for his botched attempt to declare martial law

last month. Mr. Yun has taken refuge in his official residence and his security detail, numbering in the

hundreds on Friday thwarted an attempt by investigators to detain the president for alleged

insurrection. They're expected to try again before the expiry of the arrest warrant on Monday,

but the president's security detail say they will again resist.

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