authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. the icelandic president tonight addressed the nation. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise again. together, we will deal with this shock, whatever may happen. we reported from grindavik back in nov
The dpp tried to stay away from talking about identity, and the tpp says, we are good for everything. What you can see is everyone is trying to say, we are less extreme than you think, and we are not for china or we are not for us, and i think everyone has also affirmed taiwans international relations, or Foreign Policy direction, which is taiwanese to connect with the world and needs to better relationship with china and for that, Everyone Split their vote. So that the government will move so that the government will move forward. Without moderation to the middle, the separation of votes which could slow down things in parliament, that almost helps Guide Taiwan towards the Status Quo or how things have been, so are you optimistic taiwans future going forward, the next few years, that relations with both sides could by default have Stagnation Or Stalemate in parliament actually help taiwans relationships . Youre very optimistic i would like to agree with that and i partly do,
But what was surprising was the parliament. For the parliament i think it is pretty clear the taiwanese people had a different idea of the leaders and what party they support. There was a split in the sense that people voted for one president ial candidate but did not vote for the party, in the case of both dpp and kmt. The biggest winner was the taiwan Peoples Party which won eight seats, whereas the Kmt And Dpp each had 52 and 51 seats respectively. It seems strange to say that with eight seats, they are the big winners in this election, so whats sway will they have . With basically a 51. Forthe dpp, the president of the cannot count on his party to pass bills which requires 57 seats, a majority , whats way what this means is both parties can work with the dpp and he may have a deciding vote
On newsday, William Lai has won Taiwans President ial election. The third consecutive term for his ruling democratic progressive party. At the same time two former us officials are visiting taipei for Post Election talks, underscoring washingtons long standing interest with the territory. But china views the President Elect is a dangerous separatist and warned any move towards independence will be severely punished. My colleague spoke to a taiwanese analyst at the Intelligence Unit about how the Intelligence Unit about how the results of this election will impact the Islands Relationship with beijing. China is suspicion of his intentions and much of this ties back to his past. He is infamous in that he has been vocally supportive of independence but it is also important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years