Against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can t be consulted beforehand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won t be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. 0pposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc
To the police. one reason might be that it s illegal to ride private e scooters on roads or pavements in the uk. trials of rental e scooters in dozens of towns and cities are ongoing. you re live with bbc news. uk foreign secretary says it was right to carry out air strikes on who targets in yemen without consulting parliament. the government was willing to back words with action after repeatedly warning the houthis to stop attacking merchants ships in the red sea. labour leader sir keir starmer, who s supported the government s decision, has denied he s changed his position on military action abroad. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo. britishjets took off late on thursday night to join us air strikes against houthi targets in yemen. the uk said the group had had warning after warning to stop their attacks
On ships in the red sea, such as this one they filmed. the houthis have been targeting vessels for months that they say are linked to israel. today, the foreign secretary david cameron insisted that the uk had no choice but to take military action to protect a critical global trade route. not acting is also a policy. it wasn t working and it s right we have sent this very clear, very unambiguous message that we are prepared to follow our words and warnings with action. lord cameron insisted the air strikes would not escalate tensions in the region and defended the decision not to seek parliamentary approval in advance. i don t think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote before this sort of action, because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead and supported them. h
The dpp tried to stay away from talking about identity, and the tpp says, we are good for everything. what you can see is everyone is trying to say, we are less extreme than you think, and we are not for china or we are not for us, and i think everyone has also affirmed taiwan s international relations, or foreign policy direction, which is taiwanese to connect with the world and needs to better relationship with china and for that, everyone split their vote. so that the government will move so that the government will move forward. without moderation to the middle, the separation of votes which could slow down things in parliament, that almost helps guide taiwan towards the status quo or how things have been, so are you optimistic taiwan s future going forward, the next few years, that relations with both sides could by default have stagnation or stalemate in parliament actually help taiwan s relationships? you re very optimistic! i would like to agree with that and i partly do,
That is unheard of in these kind of processes. no one has actually voted yet, so we ll see if that translates, but i d be amazed if that disappears. i don t think that s very likely. and that s reflected across the nation in terms of the republican vote. he has captured, quite simply, the republican party. there s no question about that, it s donald trump s party now, and in many ways, the other candidates here are just duking it out for second place. that of course was our north america correspondent gary o donoghue, who is in iowa, and i was speaking to him earlier about the bad weather and how it is likely to impact voter turnout as well as how all the candidates are polling. moving on to some other news. the uk foreign secretary says it was right to carry out air strikes on houthi targets in yemen without consulting parliament. lord cameron said the
But what was surprising was the parliament. for the parliament i think it is pretty clear the taiwanese people had a different idea of the leaders and what party they support. there was a split in the sense that people voted for one presidential candidate but did not vote for the party, in the case of both dpp and kmt. the biggest winner was the taiwan people s party which won eight seats, whereas the kmt and dpp each had 52 and 51 seats respectively. it seems strange to say that with eight seats, they are the big winners in this election, so what s sway will they have? with basically a 51. forthe dpp, the president of the cannot count on his party to pass bills which requires 57 seats, a majority , what s way what this means is both parties can work with the dpp and he may have a deciding vote
Because i did when things don t move so quickly it actually is, there is possibility to try to learn how to create consensus. what is really difficult is in this stalemate, we cannot solve the real problem, and this time, while china is front and centre of every national election, what is really important is 30% of the voters under 40, they wanted a third way, and a lot of their votes came to the tpp to focus on domestic policy. they want to have affordable housing, better energy mix towards net zero and reduced inequality. for all of these things that need real policy, we actually need a more efficient parliament, so for this reason, the election means we will have a more divided people and i think also beijing contributes to that divisiveness and in some ways so does the united states. from one election to another and the guest mentioned the us presidential election.
Earlier i spoke to steve lai in taipei who told me more about the situation. those words of congratulations from antony blinken have been backed up with some actions as well. just yesterday a delegation of former senior officials arrived in taipei and they re expected to meet with various leaders here today. we will have to see what comes out of those meetings and what words get shared between the two of those parties. in the meantime, let s get more reaction to what we have seen over the weekend s elections. a researcher at the university of virginia. thanks for your time today. firstly these election results show taiwan will actually have a weaker parliament and a weaker parliament for the next four years given the split of how the parties have divided up the parliamentary seats. what do you make of that and particular now that tpp looks like they could hold some leverage in parliament? i think the election was very much as expected in terms of the presidential election,
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This is in response to the attacks on ships in the red sea. british planes on thursday night jetting off to join american air strikes on houthi targets in yemen. this in response to a series of attacks on ships in the red sea. as a former prime minister, he knows all about intervening overseas. now, as foreign secretary, he insists the current administration had no choice. but could there be more strikes? we are prepared to back our words with actions. that is what the houthis need to know and that i think is the right thing to do. without limit? look, of course, we look at all of these things very carefully. he also defended the decision not to consult parliament first. i don t think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote this before this sort of action because i think it is important