we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
measure introduced in 2023, initially atjust 9 euros each. i do love a train who doesn t? so i m planning to take them to criss cross the country and get a better look at the close relationship between germans and their railways. from berlin s iconic u bahn, to the incredible hanging overhead railway of the industrial west, to the makeshift island trains of the northern coast. the water, the lights this is stunning. i m here to see how engineering and a bit of imagination have led to a network like no other. with almost 40,000 km of track, germany s rail network is the longest in europe, which makes it the perfect place to explore by train. but from berlin s vast central station, i m taking an even cheaper form of transport for a spot of sightseeing. all right, we re doing it. we are crossing the tramway. fabulous. oh, it s beautiful. i can see the tv tower on my left, and it s so cloudy, the tip of it is just about unseen. alexanderplatz is these days the touristic heart
well, look who it is. what a surprise! as if! i can t believe i found you here! it s been so long. can ijust say, i m standing here feeling kind ofjealous? why? well, look! and we didn t even put it there! it wasn t even staged. no? no. well, i mean, it s selling very well, so why not? and the cover looks good. i think the cover kind of pops. i m wondering if you get a bit. you know, i ve had it one or two times, books in windows, but you must get it all the time. so, the thing that makes my socks go up and down is not seeing the book in the book store window, but it s walking down the aisle of an aeroplane and seeing people read the book. when you see people reading it. i ve sat next to somebody once who was reading my book and i didn t say anything. so, i had exactly that experience. after liar s poker came out, i was. it was a version of this i sat down to reread my book because i was coming back for the paperback book tour from england and the guy next to me goes. he lo
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.