[000:00:00;00] the, this is dw news line from berlin. vote counting is underway in taiwan pivotal election, which will decide the new president and parliament. the outcome is set to shape the course for relations between china and k. one. also coming up, the us military strikes who see targets in yemen for a 2nd day. that's after tens of thousands of gourmet news protested against the 1st wave of bonnet creek. the leaders, warren, the us and british interest are now considered legitimate targets. and the

devastating de lucian congo heavy rains cause the river congo to burst its banks. turning rhodes into rivers and flooding the capitals control. so the and a warm welcome. 12 years around the world. i'm michael. ok to vote. counting is underway in taiwan after polls closed in the pollen entry and presidential elections. the outcome is being closely watched in the us in china. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory and is warned that the vote could be a choice between peace and war. the governing d p. p is seeking a 3rd term with its candidate. the current vice president liking his nearest rival is who you'll be of the main opposition k m t. a 3rd candidate is a form in there of type pay, co wynja of the smaller

t p p. a dw correspondent james trader joins me from outside. the ruling d t p. headquarters party in taipei. james, it looks like the vote counting is moving along very quickly, and we may not have to wait long until the end results actually come in. what are the indications at this point? we're about 2 hours to vote. looks like the presidential the

the could be quite in the next few hours to the final result. we'd like to the jim. good. i'm sorry, james, i'm going to ask you did speak up just a little bit. i'm so sorry to have to ask you to do that. and just one more time, very quickly. tell us the percentages again of how many votes have come in and who might be leading at this point just very quickly. so yeah, if the, the positive democratic progress, the cheapest sense of the, the sense one gets, is this selection is actually monumental. what sets it apart from others. you see

the on the fence collections. finally, when the car in less than 7 percent, seeing the electrical calculus to add up to my normal position policies phase, dialed the if it was include or of yours. there is a great deal of energy on election day today in till i pay and that is l d w is the corresponding james schrader. therefore us. thank you,

james for battling through that. the us is carried out a 2nd day of military strikes on who the rebel targets in yemen. us official say the new targets posed a threat to shipping in the red sea, which has been disrupted by who is the attacks in recent weeks with the leaders have failed to retaliate following the attacks. so naz straight packed with protest stance. there incense by a way of us and british strikes on thousands of here's the targets in yemen, launched in retaliation for a tax on shipping in the red sea island. this is a message to britain and especially the united states of america that they will pay . i have a prize for this aggression. those crowds today authorized the leader of the revolution and authorized the military leadership to respond to this aggression a,

ty levels, etc. and on land. but the u. s. and u. k. say the strikes which hit military targets. what acts of self defense, who's the rebels, who a batch by a run have been targeting ships in the red sea for weeks, with the group releasing this voltage in november of its flashes, appearing to seize a vessel. it claims the attacks are in response to israel's war and gaza against from us in the u. s. a. u and other countries have labeled a terrorist organization u. k prime minister richey soon act was currently visiting ukraine, said the strikes when necessary, proportionate and targeted. for over the last month, we seen a significant increase in the number of who's the attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea, that's putting innocent lives at risk. it's disrupting the global economy, and it's also the stabilizing the region. and in that time,

we've also seen the single biggest attack on the navy bullshit, the british navy bullshit that we've seen in decades now it's clear that that type of behavior con, carry on. the big question now is what this could mean for the war in gaza. and the wider region with the world bracing for a response from the who sees and those who support the general is kareema. glory is based in cairo. we asked him whether it was the groups intention to provoke the strikes on host, the target, to the who sees the on the agenda, basically it to bring to the situation of the war and cause a into the red sea. and international commerce is the state and that they are attacking ships that are going and coming. cool, going to it coming from is right or connected to is really,

although the information is not always correct. but they're saying that that this one stop, they will stop the moment the war in the cause of stops. we basically have to narratives here in the words. one of them is the rest of narratives which says as a terrorist organization that is strengthening, international shipping. and white parts of the property go p. c as a way to create pressure to enter one because a serpent basically, there is 2 ways to deal with that. and one of them is for the u. s. in franklinton . joseph since yesterday, that is a taking that who sees on lands helping to to tour for the attacks on ships. and then of course, it's easy for their who sees to undermine they just have to continue their attacks and ships and the disability are on to the last one. they wouldn't be c s the window. the other possibility is of course, to really work on ending the walk in the gaza strip. is the help that then come

with return to the red sea. as you well know there who things have value to retaliate. if they do, is there a sense there that we're heading into a tit for tat escalation? well, i think good there who is, of course, a vindicated by error, a public opinion that they have radically a geology and they are mazda in. i'll see metric welfare and they were proving this in the 90 year, the war against saudi arabia when they attacked was drones, but important point installations, airports, and so on it for 9 years until is sold uribe. i find that the eh, gave in and started peace negotiations. was that was these. and so we can imagine something similar happening now that they would just continue. this means is the policy of striking ships to the in the, in the,

in the right seat. it hoping that that they will reach that goal of ending the war, the gaza strip cream. this is clearly a dynamic situation. who knows what tomorrow will bring, but so far and curious, what's been the reaction in egypt and in the wider region where this to be neighboring states on the, on the, on the red sea that is cell via rapier and egypt. saudi arabia is very hesitant to the invoice because they are afraid to be direct back into what was the ortiz and egypt, which is really like a, having lost us. and this was kind of also hesitant to be getting and voice because of public opinion in the home, which it sees that this was that doing this a way of putting pressure to end the war and the gaza strip. that is karim l. g o r a journalist reporting from egypt, capital cairo,

many tax some other stories now making use around the world. turkey is defense, ministry says its air force has carried down strikes on kurdish militants in iraq and syria. officials say the targets belong to the band. curtis done workers, party or p k. k. the strikes come a day after 9 trip. your soldiers were killed in an attack on a turkish military base. in a rock. germany says it will request to join the international court of justice case in support of israel. the german government says there is no basis for south africa as accusation. that israel is committing genocide in gosh, i've killed south africa, has argued that israel's military response to the october 7th, a moss of terror attacks with an attempt to destroy the palestinian people. here in berlin, hundreds of people have called for a ban on germany's for write a f d party after the exposure of an alleged plan to deport millions of people with non

german ethnic backgrounds, including german citizens. a group of investigative journalist says, party members discuss the proposal with a neo nazi group at a meeting, new berlin. the a f. d has denied the accusations the districts of control. so the capital of the democratic republic of congo have been submerged by flooding after heavy rain caused to the congo river to burst its banks. the waters have risen to their highest level in decades. more than 300 people have died in the disaster, and many thousands are living in misery. not much remains of a shade 1010 by a popular spot for the people of congestive to relax on the banks of the congo has now been partly swallowed up by the rising waters. the manager estimates $20000.00 worth of damages through the padded like we've had many laws in the we've lost

customers. the space is not as busy as it used to be. you said i'd be so for the counter was destroyed, but we lost the furnace or escape is that fortunately, we were careful and saved a few things. all our walkways are broken and have been washed away and we lost our kitchen with all the furniture. but in any case, it's not going well. i got up out of the reason that i need to. i took some several neighborhoods along the congo river and congest. so were submerged when it 1st its banks. the water reaches highest levels since 1961. locals are now finding new ways to get around. so making money ferrying people across flooded streets. which one i believe, as you can see my it's the river that slot that on the see, we have every year the river overflows, but not to the 6 down at 1st we used to carry people on their backs or the we but

now we've made dugout canoes, i'm going will be about 5, but what we do a lot to know. experts say climate change is the main reason for the heavy, inconsistent rainfall. the cause, the river to rise. residents here think bad waste management has made the problem worse. way. a lot of this, and if i see the river, it's not a river lo shit, it's the place where all the trash from the city of kent shots, it is grown insulated. if i look the only hit the last minute sub rule, so it blocks the passage of water board in front of it. and when the river overflows it comes back to us all pretty, it is all due because the river is not able to sustain that amount. of water, the citric auntie did do it for the pilot lucrative cool contrasts is not the only area. the floods of heads, authorities say that flooding and much lights are happening around the country.

more than $300000.00 homes have been affected and will end it there. up next, our tech program chef looks at how social media is being used by traffickers and human smugglers. don't forget, there is more than a website and social media channels a michael locus. thanks for watching the vacation as an applicant, do they have the was i, when i told me that they don't have violence, do this, can we go say colson tissue today? because when they go to that we set up here. love a new meal. will caldwell, i'm a tenant,

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