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
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
of more retaliation. our correspondent graham satchell has more. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the american say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and american say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes openin vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships of the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have bordered vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping route to show their support for palestinians in gaza. yemen sits at a key strategic position in the middle east, especially for global shipping. the normal route from the far east goes around the coast of yemen, through the red sea and the suez canal. it has been significantly disrupted. most vessels are now taking the longer route around s
measure introduced in 2023, initially atjust 9 euros each. i do love a train who doesn t? so i m planning to take them to criss cross the country and get a better look at the close relationship between germans and their railways. from berlin s iconic u bahn, to the incredible hanging overhead railway of the industrial west, to the makeshift island trains of the northern coast. the water, the lights this is stunning. i m here to see how engineering and a bit of imagination have led to a network like no other. with almost 40,000 km of track, germany s rail network is the longest in europe, which makes it the perfect place to explore by train. but from berlin s vast central station, i m taking an even cheaper form of transport for a spot of sightseeing. all right, we re doing it. we are crossing the tramway. fabulous. oh, it s beautiful. i can see the tv tower on my left, and it s so cloudy, the tip of it is just about unseen. alexanderplatz is these days the touristic heart
and drama in the final moments again for exeter a late conversion puts them in the european knockouts. also coming up on sportsday. heartbreak forjack draper. his hunt for a first atp title goes on, after defeat in the final of the adelaide international. hello there and welcome along to sportsday on saturday plenty on the way but a rather quieter day in the football, as this round of fixtures is spread over two weeks, providing teams with a winter break of sorts. but we ve a game on our hands at st james park between newcastle and manchester city. city had the lead, bernardo silva scoring after 25 minutes with the cheekiest of backheels. alexander isak then brought the home side level, with this magnificent finish past stefan ortega, who replaced the injured ederson early on. within just a few minutes, however, newcastle were in front, anthony gordon sending stjames park wild. what a match that s 2 1 at half time. chelsea s resurgence in the league rolls on. the blues