restrictions on the materials last month, in a move widely seen as retaliation for american curbs on tech sales to china. nick marsh with more. you may never have heard of gallium or germanium, elements, so called critical materials, and they are needed for chips in things like mobile phones, leds, satellites, military equipment as well, and the reason that they have been in the news is because most of it comes from china. 60% of the world s germanium and 80% of the world s gallium and from today, it will be much more difficult much more difficult for businesses to get their hands on it. let s look at what this materials move means for the rest of the world. the consensus is that it will be damaging not fatal for the united states. the reason china dominates the market is not because it is the only place where gallium and germanium exists, but because it is by far the cheapest place you can get them from. you don tjust dig them up from the ground, they are derived from a more
could start using the planes in combat by the beginning of next year. germany, norway and nato itself also offered a variety of monetary and hardware pledges. our europe editor katya adler has been covering the nato summit for us and has more from vilnius. i think if you stand back, what we saw is a west united behind ukraine, against russian aggression. but what we did see is real tension between the realities of war on the one hand, decimating ukraine, upending stability in all of europe, and then on the other, the very real domestic political pressures facing all the leaders there. take zelenskyy. because of what his people are going through, they expect him to be able to rock up to a summit like this with a whole wish list for weapons and a demand for a timetable for nato membership, and they do not really understand why they cannot get it. then look atjoe biden. he s facing election in the us next year, and on a very delicate tight rope he has pledged billions of dollars
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
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 incredibly q