good evening. there has been some welcome news for the economy, with a sharper than expected fall in inflation that s the rate at which prices rise from li% injanuary to 3.1i% in february. that is its lowest level in more than two years. it means prices are still rising but at a slower rate. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our political editor chris mason, but first to our economics editor faisal islam with his assessment. thanks, reeta. today s fall means inflation has come a long way down from the peak of 11% back in october 2022 as you can see here. but inflation is still a bit higher than the bank of england s target rate of 2% in the dotted red line. earlier i spoke to the prime minister, who told me that the uk economy is notjust turning a corner but bouncing back, and that many people were seeing green shoots of recovery but i ve also been out and about near crewe, meeting people who are yet to see that. the first day of spring is often a turning point of ren
taiwan s next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china s president xijinping tried to intimidate voters here not to choose him, but failed. his supporters say if anything, it had the opposite effect. china warned the people of taiwan not to vote for this man. they said he is a troublemaker who will take the island closer to war. well, tonight they have given their answer by electing him their president. speaking to the international media following his victory, president elect william lai was quick to offer beijing an olive branch. translation: over the last eight years we have tried - continuously to extend goodwill. unfortunately, china has not responded to these gestures. we hope in the future china will realise peace serves the interests of both sides. it s notjust its democratic system that sets taiwan apart from china. five years ago it became the first place in asia to legalise same sex marriage. today, for the first t
in taipei. steve, what does the election result mean for taiwan and the region? on the surface, helena, this victory means largely more of the same. william lai, now he is succeeding tsai after eight years of her in power for the dpp, it means more of the same policies. tensions with taiwan are expected to continue. china has already severed ties when tsai came to power eight years ago, those are unlikely to be resumed. and as taiwan under the dpp continues to look west to safeguard its democracy and build ties, we can expect perhaps more of the same. but there is perhaps something that lai has to contend with. he may be forced to moderate some of his positions and some of his policies, and that is because the dpp has lost the majority in parliament. that means he won t be able to push through his agenda without some cooperation from the other parties involved in taiwan. now, my colleague has been speaking to some taiwanese expats that usually live in america, but they travel
boxes. the new york times reports this, quote, during president trump s years in the white house his aides began to refer to the boxes full of papers and odds and ends he carted around with him almost everywhere as the beautiful mind material. it was a reference to the title of a book and movie depicting the life of john f nash jr., the mathematician with schizophrenia played in the film by russell crow. one trump official who spoke anonplacely to describe the situation said while the materials were disorganized trump would notice if someone rifled through them or they were not arranged in a particular way. it was the person said, quote, how his mind works but the times describes trump s organized chaos was nothing new. here s a look at his office at trump tower back in 2015 from an interview with wall street germ. this office is all you, and it s a little bit junky. yeah. you know what? this i just got a few weeks ago. this is from the marine corp. that s the chair f