[000:00:00;00] the this is dw news line from berlin, blanching tay wins taiwan presidential election. the ruling democratic progressive people's party, candidate emerges victorious over his 2 opponents for the president's election. we'll set the trajectory for tense relations from china for the next 4 years. also in the program can keep, keep up with a technological demands of the war. after russia launch a garage of overnight attacks upon the ukrainian capital, we speak to a security analyst about whether ukraine has the tools it needs to continue to

defend itself. and heavy rains cause the river. com go to burst its banks, turning roads into rivers and flooding the country's capital came shots the next by sir, welcome to the program in taiwan the ruling party candidate, lodging tay has won the presidential election, giving his party the d p. p. an unprecedented 3rd term lied, took a comfortable lead early in the vote, count ahead of his nearest rival and the opposition k m t tonic claims taiwan as its territory and in the run up to the election called like a dangerous separatist. the d p. p champions taiwan separate identity and projects paging claims of sovereignty over the island. or earlier i spoke to bonnie glaser,

the managing director of the indo pacific program at the german marshall fund. she explained to us what lodging tase win means for taiwan. well, 1st and foremost, it's a victory for taiwan democracy that despite china is attempts to interfere in the elections that they did hold a legitimate election are only 40 percent of taiwan folders are cast. their votes for lighting does start with 60 percent, voted for the opposition. and that is an expression of dissatisfaction to some extent current policies. but nonetheless, i expect that there will be consistency, especially in foreign policy. that means approach to china to the united states and uh, and to europe. i do think that ty, once a partnership with the world, when democracies will remain very strong. and you mentioned continuity in foreign

policy lodging today has said he vows to defend taiwan from what he calls china's intimidation. what is paging initial reaction been to his victory or mentoring? expected lighting got to win, and so they were well prepared. the initial reaction and my view is relatively marked china. we integrated statements that it has set up for some time and the emphasis was on warning against separatist activities and foreign interference. that particularly means the united states. the statement from the taiwan affairs office in beijing also reiterated that re unification is inevitable. and this of course was a statement made by c to ping in his new year's address, where he said that reunification is the historical inevitability. so once again, this is consistent with prior statements. that was bonnie glazer from the german

marshall fund talking to me earlier. the u. s. has carried out a 2nd day of military strikes on the rebel targets in yemen. us officials say the new targets posed a threat to shipping in the red sea, which has been disrupted by the attacks in recent weeks with the leaders have vowed to retaliate following the attacks. the aftermath of air strikes on who's the targets. the ripples said, at least 5 people were killed. as 2 waves of strikes had 28 targets in parts of government control by the rebels. the us and u. k. say the strikes were acts of self defense. the who is these are backed by iran. they've been targeting ships in the red sea for weeks with a group releasing this voltage in november. a bit. spiker is appearing to seize a vessel. it claims the attacks or in response to israel is war in gaza against the radical islam is from us organizations. which the u. s. b, u and other countries,

i'm labeled a terrorist group a different ship though, the u. s. s. carney launched another attack on saturday, destroying a who was the radar station with a miss file present in 5 and one. there would be more to come if the who these didn't leave shipping alone. we will make sure that we respond but he also said the who these main allies knew better than to escalate the conflict at the united nations. the us once again pointed the finger at turn on. we need to also be clear about the role of a ron and these attacks without arriving in support in violation of their obligations under resolution $2216.00. the who these would struggle to effectively track and strike commercial vessels,

navigating shipping lanes through the red sea and the gulf of aidan to the iran is how i russia is currently waging a war of aggression against ukraine. but it condemned the are strikingly claiming that they were against international law, had to make up the website, though there is no authorization for the arbitrary act that the us and its allies are carrying out in human. and there is the risk of a full fledged war not only in human, but throughout the region. it's a worry, shared by some, including these protesters in seattle. but washington, once again, sees error strikes as the least bad option to keep a conflict from spreading. let's have a look now, some other stories making news around the world. thousands of pro palestinian protesters have marched in central london. they called for a cease fire and jazz as a conflict between israel, mass approaches. it's hundreds day on sunday london's metropolitan police said some

1700 officers were deployed for the march. how much on health ministries has at least 60 people have been killed in the latest as rarely strikes on gaza. bring the total death toll in the territory to almost $24000.00. these really military says the strikes destroyed rocket launchers and killed several palestinian militants. have asked, has designated a terraced organizations by several countries. the thousands have joined a protest in tbilisi to demand a harsh punishment for a woman accused of splashing paints on a religious icon depicting joseph stalin. the crowd of orthodox believers gathered in front of george's parliament before marching through the city to the holy trinity cathedral, where the icon is on display. the francis new foreign minister has reiterated his country support for ukraine during his 1st trip abroad. since taking office stay fantasia renee said re ukraine is and

will remain in priority for friends. is visit comes after another missed saw barrage by russia overnight. the residents took shelter in the cities metro when russia fired dozens of mist 1000 drones across ukraine. ukrainian government is asking for more air defense systems to defend itself against russian attacks. let's take a closer look at this latest russian arrow offensive and what it means for keith with defense on was marina me. wrong. welcome, maria. i'm the salt on ukraine. this latest one seems to have gone better for the russians. what do you make of these strikes to? good evening, nick? well, the russian strikes are a part of the newly commenced in error can pain that the russians will be conducting in order to damage ukrainian military industrial complex. and in order to make so you creating forces week or the

a most the russians is of course to remove any possibility of a counter offensive. and to make it easier for the russian forces to take more territories and to achieve the military and the political objective. so we're likely to see more strikes for the coming months, because the russians will want to achieve air superiority or air supremacy if they come in ukraine. and if you could just help us understand what's actually taking place in the sky. ukrainian official said, just 8 out of 40 missiles in this latest barrage were actually shot down this, the others were disabled using electronic warfare. what is all that means? first of all, the missiles that were shut down, they were shut down by the year defenses, but we see that you crane is lacking air defenses. and as far as electronic warfare is concerned, it's a rush and specialty actually areas um basically operations in the electromagnetic spectrum where a system would send out

a signal in order to confuse the muscle. so to prevent the missile from detecting the target, sending wrong measurements through it, it's also use to suppress radars to cam gps signals. and this goes also for trends, for instance, as well. so these are these kinds of systems that, that ukrainians have been asking for. um, in the united states, but this is sensitive technology. so ukraine has to work with what it has in order to, to try to gem russian missiles and to prevent them from we can use a targets us and just briefly, this new technology is ukraine trying to develop its own in a while. the ways for american and other supplies the premiums have captured some electronic warfare assistance from the russians and handling them to nathan or that to study. but i'm sure that they kept some part of upon which they can work because

west through the allies cannot explore this technology to ukraine. so ukraine is on his own when it comes to the development of electronic warfare systems, able to jam russian radars and russian missiles ok, defense analysts, marina new rhona of kings, college london. thank you so much. thank you for having me. let's look at some other world news. now. thousands of people have rallied in hamburg calling for a ban on germany's far right. a f d party protests have been triggered by the exposure of an alleged plan to deport millions of people with non german german ethnic backgrounds. including german citizens, investigative journalists, say, party members, discuss the proposal with a neo nazi near berlin. an accusation. the f. d denies. turkeys defense ministry says it's air force has carried out strikes on curtis militants. interact in syria. officials say the targets belong to the band. curtis

and workers party or p k. k strikes come a day after 9 turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on turkish military base. in a rap, a mudslide in northwestern columbia has killed at least 33 people and injured dozens. last live buried a busy highway linking the cities of keep though emitting and completely engulf several vehicles. an unknown number of people are still missing. the districts of kinshasa, of the capital of the democratic republic of congo had been submerged by flooding after heavy rain caused 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 with shapes engine by a popular spot for the people have 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 to the bad, to fair to pay. like we've had many laws for you, since we've seen the we've lost the customers. the space is not as busy as it used to be. you said i'd be so for the counter was destroyed to be we lost the furnace or escape is that unfortunately, we weren't 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. why is that all the reason that i need to? i took a son for several neighborhoods along the congo river and congest. so were submerged when it 1st it's banks. the water reaches highest level since 1961. locals are now finding new ways to get around. so making money ferrying people across flooded streets which we will not believe is there, can see maybe it's the river that slot that on that to that every year. the river overflows,

but not the 6 down. at 1st we used to carry people on their backs. but now we've made dugout, news of the goodwill. it's been about 5, but you know what we'd like to know next, but 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. if you have a significant the river, it's not a river lo shit, it's the place where all the trash from the city of kent. shasta is growing, actually did it. but a loop that you only shipped a lot may not blow. so it blocks the passage of water board in front of it. and when the river overflows it comes back to us, all it is all due because the river is not able to sustain that amount of water. the citric auntie did do it for the palo physical contrasts is not the only area

of the floods of heads. authorities say that flooding and much lights are happening around the country. more than 300000 homes have been affected. that's all the news for now. up next, the documentary on twin sisters from sierra leone and their attempt to find a better life abroad unexpired for me. the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for watching the votes. people have to say the, let's why we listen to based on the reports. every