we have shown the world how much we cherish our democracy. this is our unwavering commitment. as one of the first and most highly anticipated elections of 2024, taiwan has achieved a victory for the community of democracies. i am joined now by prof steve tsang, who is the director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what difference do you think william lai will make when it comes to governing taiwan, first of all? in terms of governing taiwan, he will not be able to do what his predecessor, the current president, is doing, for the simple reason that his party has failed to win a majority of seats in the legislature, and therefore even
speaking he said, i want to thank the taiwanese people for writing a new chapter in our democracy. we have shown the world how much we cherish our democracy, this is our unwavering commitment. taiwan has achieved a victory for the community of democracies. just on the bbc news live web page which is a good place to keep up with the unfolding events in taiwan. william lai is saying, through our actions at the taiwanese people have successfully resisted efforts from external forces to influence our elections. we trust only the people of taiwan have the right to choose their president. extraordinarily important election in this year of elections. but taiwan is particularly important because the eyes of the world very much focusing on is because of its position, its geopolitical position
victory speech. translation: thank you to - the taiwanese people for writing a new chapter in our democracy. we have shown the world how much we cherish our democracy. this is our unwavering commitment. as one of the first and most highly anticipated elections of 2024, taiwan has achieved a victory for the community of democracies. china has reacted by saying that unification of taiwan with china is inevitable. chen binhua, spokesperson for the taiwan affairs office of the state council has released a statement saying that:
the president elect said. translation: thank you to - the taiwanese people for writing a new chapter in our democracy. we have shown the world how much we cherish our democracy. this is our unwavering commitment. as one of the first and most highly anticipated elections of 2024, taiwan has achieved a victory for the community of democracies. let s turn now to the middle east, because president biden says the us has delivered a private message to iran about the houthi movement in yemen, which iran backs. he said that the us and its allies are well prepared for any further attacks in the red sea. the us and the uk launched dozens of strikes against houthi targets in yemen on thursday night, and there was a fresh air strike last night on a radar site which it says was being used by the group. the action is in response to houthi rebels attacking vessels in the red sea, causing huge international shipping delays. hugo bachega reports.
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