the, the, this is the news life from breland. taiwan is president elect device to defend the island against threats from china. in his 1st speech since the election victory latching to us, i feel safe guard taiwan against what he calls intimidation from beijing. we'll get the latest from our correspondent in taipei and we report from the refugee camp in southern gospel where people are facing increasingly desperate conditions after 100 days of the home. thanks so much for joining us. in taiwan,

the ruling party candidate lighting has won the presidential election, giving his party with the p. p. an unprecedented search r. y secured. just over 40 percent of the vote ahead of his nearest arrival in the opposition k n t. china claims taiwan as its territory and in the run up to the election called lie a dangerous separatist. the d p. p champions taiwan separately identity and rejects beijing's claims of silver and t over the island. now let us welcome our next president and vice president lighting the and show meeting a. it's a moments with far reaching implications for taiwan future. liking the of the routing d p, victoria softer a t i. e 43 way race. this is him speaking to the international press, moments of to winning the presidency. that's it. i wonder. i mean, well thanks to the time when these people for writing a new chapter in our democracy, we've shown the world how much we cherish our democracy. this is the unwavering

commitment policy. the defending time owns democracy, was it the hearts of life campaign, and projecting pressure from badging to succumb to chinese rule as opposed to the government led by lodging. the, because his goal was very clear, he knows clearly that we're a country and that taiwan has an independent government the to a position, policies at fort for a recess of relations with aging. and some 60 percent of votes is back to them. but with the opposition, 3rd splits, it wasn't enough. back at the d. p. lighting the insisted he was ready to talk, pointing out it was china that had long stumbled him. he called on badging to think of get logan exchange can mitigate the risk to china. only when we replace obstruction is to them with communication and confrontation

with dialogue. can we achieve peace and share prosperity? well, for more on this, we're going know by d, w as chief international editor, richard walker and ty pay. richard, thanks for joining beijing. oppose the d p. i'm very confident my pay. richard, thanks for joining beijing. oppose the d. p. i'm very confident during the campaign . so with that in mind, how does china reacted to lodging? does when? so yeah, that, that's why it had to, i mean, in advance of the selection, the chinese was saying that the tie, one of the photos must make, will include the correct choice and the selection and picking lighting to is certainly not the correct choice from beijing's point of view, and this being the statement where there was a statement released by the foreign minister, we pretty soon off to the result, came in and is quite, you seem to look at what the statement says. it says that, you know, whatever changes take place in tie. one of the simple fact that there is only one

china in the view of china that taiwan is positive. that china, those simple facts will not change. so that was in that statements. and i think that could be interpreted as being relatively reassuring the message saying that nothing has changed might be interpreted as meaning that badging would see no reason for a really major reaction to this. but of course, this is the type of straight. we would, the, it's an unpredictable part of the world. we cannot be sure and certainly tie one of the ministry of defense here. and the people here will be watching very closely in the hours and days ahead. for any kinds of reactions that may come from aging on the military level. but we should add that military harris summit from china towards taiwan is really part of daily life here. just yesterday on the election day in the mornings, administered, defense reported that were playing some flying close to taiwan. again, this is really pretty much a daily occurrence, so it's

a business sense threshold beyond which it would really start to count to something major was possible is that china will decide to hold back at least until around the in the organization, which isn't until may a bit of a quite a bit of a time when the system here um to kind of reserve its either real or metaphorical warning shots of for around that time when a lighting day will be setting out the policy but for his time in office. but um, yeah, as i say, an unpredictable past the wells will be watching in the hours and days ahead. and so what's actually the reaction there from the people of taiwan? i mean 60 percent of voters voted for the opposition parties. does that mean that taiwan changing? yeah, i mean this is a really interesting aspect to the result because of course, yeah, latching the one he won by a fairly significant margin but still young, you know, 40 percent of the 560 percent of the voters, as you say, votes and for the opposition and both opposition parties were calling for

a kind of reset and relations. we're trying to a really major attempt to, to get dialogue going again. now, as we heard in the report, that lighting does says, well, you know, i'm very happy to talk to china is the chinese refused to talk to me. my door is open and trying to sort of put the bull in china is quote, the but it, it's very questionable whether the chinese would be willing to talk to liking to, unless you make some kind of major change in his position. on this idea of where the tie, what is punch in china, and we shouldn't hold up press for that. so that's the, one of the big questions emerging from this selection will liking to take this kind of message, this mixed message from, from the time when these folks is that they pick him up that they want dialogue. will he take that as a real and protest to try some kind of creation you thinking of how to kind of get breakthrough this deadlock in terms of communication plays with a china. we simply don't know the opposite that yet,

but that is another thing that we're going to be watching coming out of this for an interesting election result. yeah, of course, the whole world will be watching to see what china is. reaction is the w as chief international editor richard walker. thank you so much. has always. so let's take a look at some headlines related to the conflict in the middle east. who is the leaders in yemen, have via to retaliate after the us and the u. k. carried out the 2nd day of air strikes, us officials said the new targets posed a threat to shipping in the red sea, which is being disrupted by who is the attacks in recent weeks. is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu says no one will stop his country from achieving victory against him off which committed the worst her attack and israel's history. on october 7th, he said, israel is planning a huge addition to his defense budget to cover its needs. he added that one goal was an independent military manufacturing sector to ensure is real security tens of thousands of his release of the gunner protest intel

a v to demand the government do more to secure the release of hostages, held by him off sunday, march $100.00 days since from austin, naps on $250.00 people during the october 7th, the tax dozens were released during the week long november cease fire, but more than a 113 remain in kept and at least 60 people have been killed and the latest is rarely strikes on gaza, according to the mos on health ministry, bringing the tool till death toll in the territory to almost 24000. israel's military campaign against tomas and gaza has left most of the population displaced . dw is mohammed calhoun, which visited a refugee camp in the southern city of rafa to learn more about the dire conditions . their 3 insured is living in difficult circumstances. here in a tent in milwaukee, in a city of rafa, in the south of the gaza strip. she was forced to flee home in northern garza in search of sight, shelter, displacement has deprived to of even the most basic necessities,

the one who am, what the harlem we're suffering in this kind of like in zebra, we cook over fire and we have to carry water in buckets of a long distance this mailbox, and there is no access to safe water forms which forces us to drink dirty water. how kind of our children get sick frequently and suffer from all nutrition and cold? mid that relief organizations will not be entering the gaza strip covers only 10 percent of its need. rudimentary comfort such as blankets, mattresses and tents. dangerously short supply chain is a gun. nothing to me. you see how we lived in the tent. we have no clouds to protect us from the code that we do not have fed cup us lovely. there's not enough food and we are suffering from sung uh to oh god, the shuttle. the adjustment,

wondering what was the 17 people lived here in this town? and there are only 3 beds and 3 bed covers life a month for so long. as you can see, there's no roof to protect us from the rain. and the dent is dilapidated, say my children are you and her family have been appealing for blankets and other donations and distributing these to those most media across the camp. many remain extremely vulnerable in harsh weather conditions. now with the bible, we fled here after the house, next 2 hours were struck. the my daughter was injured, so we had to get out fox, and we had very few things with us. when we came here to rough, um we had little clothes, but its not enough that it's cold. in the 10th, it's not cool in the summer and no room in the winter when it rains to 10 fits with

water. one little pain, oklahoma. yeah. the shortages of blankets, clothing and tents, just some of the many challenges facing displaced people here in rafa. unless great to humanitarian aid arrives and soon even valuable work such as the themes is i'm likely to bring it in to suffering. now over here in europe, frances new foreign minister has reiterate, reiterated to his country support for ukraine during his 1st rep abroad. since taking office to fonts has your name said you crane is on will remain a priority for friends is visit, comes after another by roger of missile attacks by russia overnight. key residents took shelter in the cities metro when russia fired dozens of messiahs and drones across ukraine. you printing government is asking for more air defense systems to defend itself against russian attacks. and marina moran is a defense analyst at king's college. in london, we asked her what she made of the air strikes. 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 korean armed 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 and ukraine and authorities in spain have declared an environmental emergency after millions of tiny plastic pellets washed up on the northwest coast. normally used in the manufacture of household items, the micro plastic knife was a threat to marine life. volunteers have been working to be at the beaches for days

trying to clear them, but with little or no special equipment. a simple kitchen, save for a beach load of sand. these what the volunteers are searching for tying the plastic pellets, valley the size of a lentils. it's slow, painstaking work. the moment you arrived it seemed a when so many to clean compared to other days. but once you start to pull its keep coming out, it's quite a tedious job, but a fee, it's like we're doing something of interest on the pallets have been washing up on beaches like this one across north, west in spain for weeks. now, tons of the minuscule bowls went overboard from chicago ship during a storm in december. while volunteers have been scouring the beaches with anything that comes to hand, local se the official response has been slow. many

a worried about the economic impact in the area that relies heavily on fishing the input. thank you. i see a powerless and angry because so many people make their living from to see they don't have the means to avoid it. it's n g a. i think we're all in the same situation. so get those simultaneous, most people feel experts, one that we're covering all the pallets is essentially an impossible task. many of those that remain will likely be eaten by birds, fish and other aquatic life, often with deadly consequences. storms are set to dump even more of the micro plastics onto the sand over the weekend. so before we go, all fair, we've got some horse air for you. if you'll excuse this on the clear sky somewhere . chili's capital santiago are filled with hot air balloons. this weekend and it up i know way as chilly hosted the international balloon festival. the event

started over 2 decades ago and usually takes place in mexico. this is the 1st time this colorful festival has floated into a south american country. 25 hot air balloons, some depicting well known cartoon characters, are offering visitors a birds eye view of chiles, capital. and that's all from us. i'm, i don't remember. liz, thanks for watching the diesel. the news on a couple days in the note. follow the fast fashion as an environmental nightmare. a closing graveyard image of land desert. this is where things wealthy industrial nations no longer need and the lightest textile waste gets

stranded here.