spoken to an economist at the intelligence unit and asking how the results of the selection impacts of the island positive relationship with beijing. china is incredibly suspicious of its intentions in 11 this ties back to the past remarks. he is someone infamous in the fact that he has very vocally supportive of independence but it is also really important to mention that he has genuinely softened his stance in the past few years and on the campaign trail since he has served as vice president in taiwan he has really espouse more of a pro status quo position, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy priorities of the outgoing president and really that suggest there is not going to be any radical change in these policy direction and we are not expecting them to follow anytime soon. that said, the big question here is a turn of a loop going to believe that. the policymakers in beijing are still incredibly wary of this intentions. they are also going
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going to the top of the leaderboard by a norwegian player who had a bogey free round and at one point at the course record of 63 in sides, and the four time major champion, one of those in the field that has defected to liv golfer. you can head to our website for the very latest leaderboard for the end of round one, tiger woods playing his 25th masters but struggling at two over par, talking about constant pain just two years on from the car crash that nearly cost him his career. staying with golf and the dp world tour, formerly known as the european tour has won a legal battle against 12 players who defected to liv golf. the key element to the arbitration is the 100,000 fine pines for doing so without permission should indeed be upheld, but there is still a lot uncertainty as to whether they will keep that to a membership and be eligible for the ryder cup later this year. it and be eligible for the ryder cup later this year. cup later this year. it might make it more cup
one big thing among others that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women, the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and checkmate, with a difference. how underwater chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in east africa, where kenya s deputy president, william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election but, amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr ruto gotjust over fifty per cent of the votes, narrowly ahead of the oppositi
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