And in the uk, the minister responsible for the post office has called for jail time for those responsible for an it scandal in which hundreds of workers were falsely accused of theft. welcome to the programme. let s start in taiwan, where william lai has won the elections and is set to become taiwan s president. lai is representing the governing dpp and is set to succeed to the current president tsai ing wen. lai has been labelled a troublemaker by china, as beijing warned people against voting for him. in his acceptance speech, he said he is determined to safeguard taiwan from continuing threat and intimidation from china and will maintain the cross strait status quo. around 19 million voters were called to elect a new president. my colleague steve lai
Everything is expected. in fact, i would not be surprised by any revolt, because we all know the dpp continues to be in power, but the political structure on the island will not have a significant impact on stability across trade relations. maybe in the future, there may be a storm or cooperation, but as i said, they are just processes. the final result cannot be changed, that is a final unification. i think let me look in the future, if the dpp provokes on taiwan independence, there are many ways to fight back in china. if dpp dared to announce taiwan independence, i think the result can only be unified by force and the dpp leaders. they will face legal trial.
Is in taipei and joins me now. it has been quite a day here in taiwan. you have to understand polling began at eight o clock this morning and close for pm, and we have a winner. it has been a fascinating thing to watch and be apart let s cross now to the dpp headquarters, and she s been listening to william lai make his victory speech. tell us more about what he said. victory speech. tell us more about what he said- what he said. william lai, the now president-elect, what he said. william lai, the now president-elect, has what he said. william lai, the now president-elect, has thanked - what he said. william lai, the now i president-elect, has thanked people president elect, has thanked people for turning president elect, has thanked people forturning up, president elect, has thanked people for turning up, thank the supporters for turning up, thank the supporters for voting for turning up, thank the supporters for voting for the dpp and giving them for voting for the dpp and
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On their ability to continue attacks on vessels in the red sea. hello, i m azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. let s start in taiwan, where william lai has won the election and is set to become taiwan s president. he is from the governing dpp, and is set to succeed the current president, tsai ing wen. mr lai has been labelled a troublemaker by china, and beijing had warned people against voting for him. in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue instead of confrontation in exchanges with china. he also said he hoped that beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. as for china, it says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield hayes