Vote counting begins in Taiwan

Taiwanese citizens have taken to the polls today. Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to bring Taiwan under its rule, and has set 2049 as a target date for "achieving the Chinese dream" - though many Taiwanese consider themselves to be part of a separate nation.

We also hear from the BBC’s Celia Hatton live from Taiwan.

Also in the programme: a new air strike in Yemen; and a personal account of the war in Ukraine.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are David Robert Grimes, a physicist and science writer; and Lijia Zhang, writer and journalist.

(Photo: Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s vice president and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate, casts his vote. CREDIT: REUTERS/Ann Wang)