these are the dw is a chief international editor richard walker. many thanks, richard, to the israel home us war is now 100 days old, making it the longest and bloody is conflict between the 2 enemies. the as long as militant group of moss designated a terrorist organization by the us and other countries attacked israel on october 7th. more than 1200 is rarely as were killed since the attack almost 24000 people had been killed in garza and 1800000 people have been displaced by israel's military campaign. dw reporter mohammed cool who visited refugee camp in gauze as southern city of rasa. to learn more about the difficult conditions displaced people face their or or even stood, 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 gaza in search of sight, shelter, displacement has deprived of even the most basic necessities she had. i'm the one who am for the harlem, we are suffering in this kind of knocking jeep. we cook over fire and we have to

for more on this, we are joined by dw chief international editor richard walker and ty pay, who has been following the electrons very closely. richard beijing, oppose the d p. p, and they were candidate during the campaign. how did china react to lightroom does when? so yeah, so we're beginning to see so fast reactions. in fact, 1st we actually came in pretty soon the off to the result was an ounce on saturday night from the chinese farm industry. and they made the statement saying that the tie, one question is time is internal fat, very much the usual kind of thing that china says about it and whatever changes may take place. that fact that time one is positive, china will not change. so. so right much, you kind of message suggesting that, you know, the selection doesn't really match, it doesn't change and a thing which may be what you would expect from china. but you could interpret that as a relatively positive message to come from china. because if you interpret that will, if nothing's changed, then well, why would you then take drastic action in response to something that you believ

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

so dw chief international energy, richard walker intellect, pay many things, richard to the middle east now and the u. s. is carried out a 2nd day of military strikes on who's the rebel targets in yemen. us official say the new targets post a threat to shipping in the red sea, which has been disrupted by who with the attacks in recent weeks, hooting leaders have failed to retaliate following the attacks. so naz street packed with protest since they're in sensed by a wave 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 us and u. k. say the strikes which hit military targets, 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 rele

dw is chief international editor, richard walker joins me now from a polling station in taipei. richard, what are the top issues for time one voters in this election cycle? is it the typical bread and butter stuff or is security issue number one? yeah, well my guys, you sent me an introduction that of course relations with china and potentials that we've seen across the taiwan strait and recent years. very much the predominant issue. and in that sense, this election has that in common with previous elections in taiwan. of course, the tie one is live with the threats of chinese evasion for decades in this question about what's the best way of dealing with china? should you take a tough line like the current government or as the opposition close for, should you really try to build dialogue with chinese? try to improve relations. that is a major dividing line of within tie one about this time around. so you do have what you refer to that it was brand new, lots of issues playing a non usually large role. that is partly fueling the rise of a 3rd party in taiwan. there are now 2 opposi

that'd be his chief international editor, richard walker, reports now from type pay where voters face a difficult decision. 2024 is a year of watches for democracies around the world. what if donald trump with is the white house again? which is the european parliament gets overrun by the far right? but the 1st big what if of 2024 is about to play out right here in taiwan, off the use of antagonistic relations with china focus here might be about to choose something very different. a friendly approach to badging. we spoke with a man who embodies, that's how i did mine. joe was the last president of taiwan, subbing from 2008 to 2016 now he hopes his k m. t party will win the presidency again. with him is one of its top power brokers. and he says the current government's whole approach to china. boosting the military to determine attack is flat out wrong. no matter how much you defend himself, you can never fly to what was the name of the neighbor we the 2 large too much stronger than us. so we should use a noun, use of place or means to reduce the tension. instead, my calls for dialogue

richard walker joins me from the governing party headquarters in taipei. richard, great to see you. so tell us highlighting tag and his party have reacted to darwin . yeah. is so popular, i mean i have to sit and see and hear a little bit because yeah, thanks for the last several hours here at the d. p. parties. riley does this sound to see the absolutely keep deafening levels. this has been kind of rough folks, and that must be a, ever, since it's starting to look like a big party was going to come up on top in the presidency. so there was a huge amount of energy here in the crowd, a huge amount of excitement and, and yet, and i think this is really interesting before william lie or liking to, as he's a no need chinese, before he even took to the stage behind me here to to declare victory to, to the crowd teach. he went into the tent even behind the stage and spoke to the assembled international press. so a press conference came before the victory speech. i'm not sure i've seen that anywhere else in the world, but i think that is a sign of the seriousness with which the taiwanese t

again, our chief international editor richard walker. back here in europe, authorities in spain have declared an environmental emergency after millions of tiny plastic pellets washed up on the north west coast. normally used in the manufacturer of household items. the micro plastics now pose a threat to marine life volunteers have been working for days to clear the beaches with little or no special equipment. a simple kitchen save for a beach load of sand. these what the volunteers are searching for tiny plastic pellets. valley the size of a lentil, it's slo, painstaking work 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 on the bottom and who's done with the pallets have been washing up on beaches like this one across northwest 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 t

international editor richard walker was that the governing d p. p. party headquarters in taipei and told us had the party reactive to its way public. i mean, i have to set the scene here a little bit because yeah, then for the last several hours here at the, at the parties, riley, is this sound just be the absolutely could definitely make levels. this has been kind of rock hooks and that must be a ever, since he's starting to look like this punch he was going to come up on top here in the presidency. so there was a huge amount of energy here in the crowd. a huge amount of excitement and, and yet, and i think this is really interesting. before william lie or liking to us, he's no need chinese before he even took to the stage behind me here to to declare victory to so the crowd heat. he went into the tent even behind the stage and spoke to the assembled international press. so a press conference came before the victorious speech. i'm not sure i've seen that anywhere else in the world, but i think that is a sign of the seriousness with which the taiw

again, our chief international editor, richard walker. and take a look at this. we're bringing you life pictures of a volcano that's erupt it in the south, west, iceland, a town of glinda, the new, the side of a previous or option. in december, seismic activity had been intensifying over the past several days leading to the evacuation of a residents of the small fishing town well in advance. iceland is one of the birth to most volcanic. we are active areas with an average of one russian every 4 years and again, those pictures are live. this echo dog has recently seen an upsurge in gang violets. the country has been in a state of emergency since last week, after the prison escape of a drug, a king pen present. wyatt's followed where inmates took a 150 prison staff hostage. the hostages have now been freed, following a joint police and military operation. the tables have turned for these inmates, and then they put dorian prison, police and the military took back control of a 7 prisons across the country with gods and stuff were held hostage by inmates. they demande

w as chief international editor of richard walker, who's been following the elections in taipei. he told us how china reacted to lodging, goes with. so yeah, that, that's why it had to, i mean in advance of this selection, the chinese was saying that the tie, one of voters must make well they called the correct choice and the selection and picking liking to is certainly not the correct choice from badging 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 it's 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 statement. 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 a would see no reason for a really major reaction to this. but of course, this is th

that was richard walker, d toby's international editor. moving on to the middle east, near the us as carried out a 2nd day of military strikes on who's the rebel targets and yemen. us officials say that new targets posed a threat to shipping in the red sea, which is, which has been disrupted by who's the attacks and recent weeks. who the leaders have i 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 game and controlled by the rebels. the us and u. k. c. v strikes were acts of self defense. the who was these are backed by iran. they've been targeting ships in the red sea for weeks with the group releasing this voltage in november. a bit. spiker is appearing to see the vessel. it claims the attacks are in response to israel is war in gaza against the radical islam is how much organization it's the u. s. b, u and other countries. i'm labeled a terrorist group a different ship though, the us. it's connie launc

again, our chief international editor there, richard walker. let's take a look now add some more headlines from around the world. this our south korean official say north korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast. japan's defense ministry also claims that it detected a possible ballistic missile. the launch comes days after new a 3 year fired a barrage of artillery shells near the sea border with south korea. the supreme court of pakistan has upheld a ruling, stripping former prime minister, email and cons party of its cricket. that symbol the party has long use the symbol for voters to recognize it at the ballot box rights group, say the upcoming election on february 8th lacks credibility. following a crack down against cons, that party ecuador has recently seen an upsurge in gang violence. the country has been in a state of emergency since last week, after the prison escape of a drug kingpin. prison riots are followed where inmates took a 150 prison staff hostage. the hostages has now been freed following a joint police and milit

that's richard walker for us and type pay and flooding is causing havoc in the democratic republic of congo in the capital control. so residents, a foul smelling water poured into their homes when the congo river rose with highest level in decades, at least 300 people have been killed in just the past few months. homes submerged in murky flood water. here and can shop the many say it's the worst flooding they've ever seen at the front are gonna, we've lived in this neighborhood since we were children. if and ever since the 1st time it's been like this can we have to use can use to get around what we have no choice because we have nowhere else to go out pulling up or not. because that is the goal for urban planning and weak infrastructure have meet the city vulnerable to flash floods when it rains heavily. that's happening more frequently because of climate change. residency authorities haven't done enough to prevent flooding or provide assistance. instead they say it's the community that has stepped up helping each other. oh no, but we help people move without boats to find something

that's richard walker for us and type pay. now in a few hours, nasa and lockheed martin will roll out a brand new supersonic aircraft in california. more than 20 years since the last flight of the concord, this experimental plane could be the beginning of a new era of ultra fast commercial air travel. whereas the concord and current fighter jets make too much noise to fly over urban where the concord makes too much noise to fly over urban centers. this new ex 59 quest will break the speed of sound, but only a thought no louder than a car door closing. the x 59 quest, short for quiet supersonic technology, an airplane that could lead to a new generation of faster than sound airliners. the sunset on the previous generation over 20 years ago, with the final flight of the concord, which has since been relegated to museums, the franco british ultra fast passenger plane, was always too expensive to operate. but that wasn't, it's biggest problem. aircraft generate pressure waves in the air, kind of like ripples and water that propaga

and let's bring in the w chief international editor, richard walker, who joins us from the time when he is capital type pay. with more on that. so the report there, richard mentioned the possibility of a nato style defense alliance in asia, who might be part of it. so yes, so sir, we should start out with, as james said by, by emphasizing the something like an asian nato really is far off, but definitely the sold experiment is kind of, uh, going on. and to take one example of one groupings that someone who said, you know, potentially could form is a kind of some kind of a nato style alliance in the future. is this group in court? ok, that's, that's between australia, the united states and united kingdom. obviously it comes with this not even in age, but that is an alliance based around submarine technology. and there's been some speculation for instance, about what the japan might join that at some point in the future or south korea. both of those. obviously, countries that independently have their own very close alliances with united states, but we really should stress that this is a

and dw chief international editor richard walker is in the tie when he's capital type pay. i asked him, who might be part of a nato style defense alliance in asia. you should start off with, as james said by emphasizing that something like an asian nato really is far off, but definitely the sold experiment is kind of uh, going on. and to take one example of one groupings that some have said, you know, potentially could form is a kind of some kind of a nato style alliance in the future. is this group in court order assess between australia, the united states and united kingdom of the country. there's not even in age, but that is an online space around submarine technology. and there's been some speculation, for instance, about what the japan might join that at some point in the future or south korea. both of those of us, the countries that independently have their own very close alliances with united states. but we really should stress that this is a long way from the kind of collective defense patch that nato represents. the fact that that would mean that every single membe

date of you would please at firing t a gas, and that will be our chief international let entire richard walker asked who to what he was doing to calm the situation. let me tell you that the from where i seat, yes, we have a crisis of community high prizes where they did for the ladies though. when they tuesday, if you will. when those green, you boss me direct you. what am i doing? number one. we have registered 5000000 from us, we're providing uh for the lives of us and the seats for them to and go about to we are importing food from across the globe. and then it out tonight will be, uh, uh, not so much about the cost of living. it is so much about a, some election results which, which, which, which is the 2nd month. but the of course, uh because the cost of living is a permanent issue is uh, uh, a multi issue. and i was trying to take advantage of it. but i think that people have going on north wise. okay. i'm into the company that owns facebook. so a flurry of legal action in can you, in april form i contends what rates has employed by a sub contract to brought the lawsuit, seeing the emplo

dw schafer international edison richard walker reports from ty of 2024 is a year of watches for democracies around the world. once, if donald trump with is the white house again, which is the european parliament gets over run by the far right. but the 1st big what 2 of 2024 is a power to play out right here in taiwan. off the use of antagonistic relations with china. focus here might be about to choose something very different. a friendly approach to beijing. we spoke with a man who embodies and that's how i did mine. joe was the last president of taiwan, subbing from 2008 to 2016 now he hopes his k m. t party will win the presidency again. with him is one of its top power brokers. he says the current government's whole approach to china. boosting the military to determine attack is flat out wrong. no matter how much it defend himself, you can never fly towards the mainland. and the neighbor we is the too large too much stronger than us. so we use a noun, use of praise, word means to reduce the tension. instead, my calls for dialogue with china picking up where he left off. when he met, she

the ws chief international edison richard walker reports from ty of 2024 is a year of watches for democracies around the world. what if donald trump weight is the white house again? which is the european parliament gets overrun by the far right? but the 1st big what 2 of 2024 is about to play out right here in taiwan. off the use of antagonistic relations with china. focus here might be about to choose something very different. a friendly approach to badging. we spoke with a man who embodies and that's how i did mine. joe was the last president of taiwan . subbing from 2008 to 2016. now he hopes he's k m t party will win the presidency again. with him is one of its top power brokers. he says the current government's whole approach to china. boosting the military to determine attack is flat out wrong. oh no matter how much you would defend himself. you can never fight a war with a maintenance and the neighbor we of the too large, too much stronger than us. so we use a noun used praise, word means to reduce the attention. instead my calls for dialogue with china picking up where he left off. wh

so in today, richard walker.r with him at home, he basically is the boss of iceland . uh, the boss of iceland. uh, the supermarket place. not uh, the geographical location, of course , he not that long ago blink. and you miss it? he was trying to be a tory mp. he was trying to be a tory mp. he was trying to be a tory mp. he was trying to be selected. and it didn't work out for . to be selected. and it didn't work out for. feels like to be selected. and it didn't work out for . feels like five work out for. feels like five minutes later, he's now decided that keir starmer is the man for him, and that the labour party is the right choice and the place for us. i mean, really is that kind of is that what's happened or is this just someone kind of politically posturing or what? >> well, this is a really interesting story. >> i mean, it is a fact that, uh, the ceo of iceland, who's who's linked to the family that founded business recently , founded the business recently, previously, recently in not too distant memory,

really pleased to have the end of richard walker really pleased to have the end> i'm just seeing a list of those invited, a number of these, these large businesses facing , uh, i suppose facing their own, uh, i suppose you could say challenges at the moment. we know it's tough in the community. the business community. i'm thinking of airbus at the moment, got moment, but you've also got goldman astrazeneca , you goldman sachs, astrazeneca, you know, sort message are know, what sort of message are you going to giving to them you going to be giving to them and they as and what can they expect as businesses under a possible labour government ? well your labour government? well your priority and the foundation always has to be economic stability. >> and that means being clear and disciplined with the public finances. but because we saw, didn't we, 14 or so months ago when the conservatives were irresponsible with the public finances, effectively ran the economy off a cliff, led to