my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now. steve, hello to you again. extraordinarily quick, this, but you are thinking that it shouldn t be too long until we have some sense of the outcome? the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see where the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see where things the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see where things are - the outcome? yeah, we can kind of| already see where things are headed as long as the percentages remain sort of the same in the difference between the candidates. i would talk a bit more about that with my guest and just amounts but first, he was shaimaa khalil who was at a polling station a little earlier. counting is almost finished in this polling station. so let me just take you through to show you what s been happening. essentially, they ve been they ve opened the ballot boxes, taking the ballot papers out and calling either the candidates or the
will benefit both sides. china says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and mr lai s victory will not change the basic landscape of cross strait relations. my colleague, steve lai, has been following the day s events in taipei. polling began at 8am and it closed at lipm. eight hours is all it took, and four hours of counting, and we have a winner already. it s been quite a fascinating thing to watch and to be a part of, i have to say. let s cross now, though, to shaimaa khalil, because she is at the dpp headquarters and she s been listening to william lai make his victory speech. shaimaa, tell us more about what he said. william lai, the now president elect, has thanked people for turning out, thanked the supporters for voting for the dpp and giving them that record third term in power. but he was also very robust on the stance with china. he said it s his responsibility to maintain safety across the taiwan strait, but also he vowed to maintain the
why it s a success. now, us officials sayjust under 30 sites were targeted, including in yemen s capital city sana a. the us and uk led strikes focused on what the us calls command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. houthi leaders said five people were killed. the pentagon says the houthis responded with an anti ship ballistic missile but it didn t cause any damage. the houthis have warned of more retaliation. the strikes were in response to houthi attacks on ships in the red sea, which the houthis say is in response to israel s attacks in gaza. fighters have been targeting ships with armed drones and missiles and boarding them. the us says it s prompted thousands of ships to avoid the red sea, opting for costlier, longerjourneys. before the reports of further strikes on yemen, i spoke with department of defense press secretary major general patrick ryder about the threat of a widening regional confl
to elect a new president. my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now. thank you very much. we have heard from william lai is acceptance speech saying those words about keeping china at arms lead. we have heard in the last few moments were from china and their response to the elections we ve seen play out in taiwan. china has said reunification is still inevitable, taiwan is part of china in these elections can t change the basic framework and the direction of cross strait relations. it is a lengthy message but you get the idea of what they are saying was up the idea of what they are saying was up we have a more and our website on china s reaction. in the meantime, let s focus on the dpp who have won for the third successive year. an unprecedented term in office for the president from one party. just around of the results coming through today, citing local media, the dpp is projected to win 51 seats, 52, and the tpp have eight, the last few seats going to independent
us officials sayjust under 30 sites were targeted in the initial strikes, including in yemen s capital city sa naa. the us and uk led strikes focused on what the us calls command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. houthi leaders said five people were killed. the pentagon says the houthis responded with an anti ship ballistic missile but it didn t cause any damage. houthis warn of more retaliation. the strikes were in response to houthi attacks on ships in the red sea, which the houthis say is in response to israel s attacks in gaza. fighters have been targeting ships with armed drones and missiles and boarding them. before the reports of the latest strike on yemen, i spoke with department of defense press secretary major general patrick ryder about the impact of the strikes. you mentioned some allies in the region are concerned about a wider conflict. is the us already caught up in such a conflict? i