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it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shi ....
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 mainta ....
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 indep ....
unofficial results in the next few hours. around 19 million voters were called to elect a new president and parliament, the elections are seen as a core test of taiwan s relationship with china. the economy and education are key issue for voters but globally, one issue looms large, that is how taiwan should address the threat from china. my colleague steve lai is in taipei and hejoins me now. hello to you, steve. the polls closed just about an hour ago but it looks like an incredibly efficient system, and we might not have long to wait to find out the results, or at least guidance as to what the end result might be? guidance as to what the end result miaht be? , ., , guidance as to what the end result miuhtbe? , . , , might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly quick might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly quick process, - might be? yes, that is right, it is an incredibly quick process, the l an incred ....
it has all been happening incredibly fast, especially in the last half an hour or so. what do you make of this news we have just received that kuomintang candidate for the presidential race hou yu ih has conceded? presidential race hou yu-ih has conceded? presidential race hou yu-ih has conceded? ~ , ., ., conceded? absolutely, at the end of the race, conceded? absolutely, at the end of the race. it conceded? absolutely, at the end of the race, it was conceded? absolutely, at the end of the race, it was nail-biting - conceded? absolutely, at the end of the race, it was nail-biting and - conceded? absolutely, at the end of the race, it was nail-biting and we i the race, it was nail biting and we expected the race, it was nail biting and we expected whether winning or losing, it would expected whether winning or losing, it would be expected whether winning or losing, it would be a small margin but it looks it would be a small margin but it looks like it woul ....