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this is bbc world news, the headlines... voting has ended in the seventh and final phase of india's general election. the counting of votes begins on thursday, but exit polls suggest prime minister modi, is on course to win a second term in office. 17 people have been injured in egypt, in a bomb blast targetting a tourist bus. the explosion happened in giza, outside the capital cairo, near the new grand egyptian museum. many of the injured are foreign nationals. donald trump has outlined his views on abortion, after several us states passed tough new laws. he said on twitter he was against terminations, except in cases of rape, incest or a serious health risk to the mother. anti euthanasia campaigners have been picketing a hospital in eastern france, to try to prevent doctors withdrawing treatment from a man who's been in a coma for 11 years.
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vincent lambert‘s wife wants treatment to stop, but his elderly parents disagree. at ten o'clock, mishal husain will be here with a full round up of the days news. now on bbc news — the rise of the right in europe — our world reports on those celebrating the success of populist parties; and those fighting to stop it. here's jean mackenzie. across europe, the far right is on the rise, taking on governments, promising to end migration and shake up the eu. i don't want to be part of the minority in my own country. are these parties fueling hate? i think their aims are absolutely dangerous. i'm jean mackenzie and i'm travelling through the continent to try and understand their success.
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meeting people behind the movements, and those fighting to stop them. we march for europe. let's go. with european elections up ahead, a nationalist alliance is forming. they wouldn't say we are living in a dictatorship, but there is less and less freedom day by day. will this change europe as we know it? a saturday evening in april, and amidst tight security, germany's far—right party, the afd, the alternative for deutschland, kicks off its campaign.
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support for the afd exploded during the german national elections 18 months ago. it ended parliament for the first time as germany's largest opposition party. part of a new wave of nationalism, populism is spreading across europe. the party has capitalised on the migrant crisis of 2015 and on angela merkel‘s decision to take in over a million refugees. i'm heading to leipzig in former east germany, where the party has the most support. julian? thank you. julian runs the youth wing here. are these your posters that have been graffitied out on the street? deutsch. . . ? deutschland verrecke. what does this mean? uh, "die, germany!" we here have a big left scene here in leipzig, and yeah, they don't like us.
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we went to the afd's election launch. something they said there was that germany had been colonised by islam, colonised by africa, you agree with that? your opponents call you racist. these views make many here bristle, germans are acutely aware of their past and some find the parallels deeply troubling. francisca left the afd concerned it was becoming more extreme. the most extreme ideology is that there are good persons and bad persons, not because of their behaviour, but of their genetic code. and if you are arabic,
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then you are worth less than a good, white german. that ideology exists? that ideology dominates the party. far—right ideas are gathering momentum in germany, but what happens when the populists have the power? hungary is the country so many these parties look up to. led for almost a decade by the ardent nationalist viktor orban. here, eu election posters tell people to support his long—running plan to stop immigration. instead, orban supports
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large families. hungarians take their swimming very seriously, few more so than the gabbel family. the family are just as passionate about their government, orban's party has absolute popular support here in hungary and absolute majority in parliament.
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the couple have benefited from a government scheme that gives money to families with three children or more. the country orban built is deeply divided, with the prime minister accused of corruption and eroding people's democratic rights. here in the village of kubekhaza, the mayor is one of the leader's most outspoken critics. the government has stopped you money?
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what has viktor orban changed in this country since he took power? across europe, far—right populist parties are tapping into a deep—rooted dissatisfaction, appealing to people who feel they've been ignored.
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i'm in one of the most rural parts of estonia, the far—right party ekre has just surged here in a surprising election. and i've come to meet a farmer and fisherman who voted for them. life out here jars with the country's recent success. after decades of soviet rule, estonia's economy is finally booming — a haven for start—ups and new technology. liberal values now well—established.
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but today, they're being tested. the far right‘s success has just bought them a place in government, part of a new coalition. known for their racist remarks, the party campaigned to end same—sex marriage and free abortions. it's attacked doctors, immigrants, judges and journalists. and as its leaders are sworn into power, they give the white nationalist salute. are you excited that ekre is now in government? these nationalist far—right parties
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are surging across europe. when we see them successful in one country, then voters in other countries say ok, well, if these parties are successful here, then that is fine. they are ok to vote for. there is a so—called domino effect. they have a common enemy, the eu. with elections up ahead, they've sensed an opportunity to work together. these parties are now saying we want to revolt from within. we want to get in the european parliament in order to change europe and take europe to a direction that nationalist parties would be happy with. they are creating a new far—right bloc in the european parliament to be led by italy's deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. top of the list of things to change — europe's stance on immigration. hungary was at the forefront of the refugee crisis is a route
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into the eu. most people were just passing through, but within weeks, orban built a fence to get them out. ever since, migrants have been the enemy here. still the target in his election campaign. these posters are absolutely everywhere. voters are being bombarded with this message to stop migration. and this is a country where last year, there were fewer than 700 asylum seekers. back in the border town of kubekhaza, i'm taken to where the fence begins — hungary's border with serbia and romania. here, it acts as little more than a symbolic gesture. it's just this bit.
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this is a propaganda tv. every day, every minute. this is state tv? yeah, yeah, yeah. most of hungary's media has some link to the government and migrant stories are constantly in the news. what do you hear on the news about what's happening in western europe?
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similar messages are being pushed out by populist parties across europe. when fra nziska worked for the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this content. i worked, for example, in press information and they say, "that's not strong enough, fix it a little bit. "be creative." i would say, "ok, that's not correct anymore." "you will find the solution."
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so they know, do they, that they are lying to people? the politicians, yes. the members, not. that is the problem. the memebers are absolutely convinced that everything the afd tells them is absolutely right. some of the information that afd has put out on social media channels, particularly when it comes to statistics relating to foreigners or migrants, has been proven to be incorrect. there was one which said that migrant rapes in bavaria had gone up 91% in a year. that was proven to be incorrect. this here. rapes increased because of refugees.
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have you ever given out incorrect information to make a political point? in a short space of time, the afd have changed the conversation around migration in germany and there are concerns this is emboldening more extreme groups. nationalist ideas are becoming more and more prominent. it's becoming more and more legitimate to openly express them and that opens pandora's box. this is alex, an activist in the far right group in europe generation identity. while they share the afd's ideas on immigration, some of their ideas are more extreme. banned on facebook, they share their message on youtube.
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it's now emerged that the man behind the christchurch mosque shootings donated to them. yesterday we made a video about self—tattooing. not looking really pretty but it's just the experience, you know? we say ok, germany shall be the country of the natives. let's start a re—migration. that means everybody that is not allowed to be in germany, then he has to go back. we are taken to their headquarters. i am jean, nice to meet you. what do you mean by that? generation identity is currently being monitored by intelligence services and i want to ask alex
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about his group's links to the new zealand shootings. what happened in christchurch was really terrible. it's got nothing to do with generation identity. but some of the ideas you promote about migration and about migrants not necessarily belonging, can you not see that they might lead to some people acting out violently towards those people? if a freak takes ideas from every, every area that he can find, then it's not the idea. the problem is the freak. the hungarian prime minister has waged war with the eu. but his nationalist vision for the country is alienating many young hungarians. in budapest, i meet with this young woman who grew up here. everything has gone wrong in the last few years. i feel fascinated and sad a lot and that's why i think it's difficult to live here.
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i have so many friends and most of them live in copenhagen, amsterdam, london. they've left hungary? yeah. hundreds of thousands of young people have left hungary since viktor orban came to power and many of the protests in budapest have been defaced. stop immigration, they now read. i'm thinking about moving to another country. i'm actually not considering to raise a kid here. hungary is not seen as a democratic country anymore. no. i have my right to vote but when i go to vote, it isn't worth that much. the minority who sees the word and knows that things can be different. i shouldn't be driven away from here.
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we certainly have fear that basically the country or the government is forcing me to move somewhere else but of course, i also care about the country and i feel like people should also stay here and try to do something. europe stands by your side. we stand by your side. you are not alone. 15 years to the day that hungary joined the eu and the fight is on. the country has a new young opposition, anna donath. we decided to do a march standing up for the values, european values. i wouldn't say we are not living in a dictatorship but there is less and less people expect freedom day by day. a lot of people live in fear. if they speak up, they are going to lose theirjob. if they go to a demonstration, their family will be harassed, their businesses will shut down. we much more progress, for unity. we much for europe.
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let's go. the key for the populace is that they act upon the fears and emotions of the people, especially those ones who disagree with the system and you have a right to be afraid, you have a right to hate what is happening around you, but those populist answers will not solve your problems. still shaken by the recent election, in tallinn, there is a more gentle protest. entrepreneur karoli has staged this concert hoping to heal some of the country's wounds. what is happening in the world in general is a very strong identity crisis, people who have been more left behind whose voices have not been heard, have somehow
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found their voice in populism. i think we need to work together, not to oppose and say 100,000 people who voted for one party somehow made a wrong choice, but what drove them there and how to get the results back. do you worry that some of the extreme language, more extreme policies, could be divisive and dangerous for estonia? as i spend more time with indrek, it becomes clear he disagrees with some of his party's hard—line viewers. if you don't like the extreme side of the party and some of the things it stands for and is doing to estonia, why do you still support it?
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much of the support for the far right in europe began as a protest by those who felt they had nowhere else to turn. but as nationalism gathers momentum across the continent, it threatens to shake the european union to its core. the line between what is mainstream and what is extreme is no longer clear—cut and that is the biggest danger for our liberal democracies. how would you like germany to change? are you proud to be german? yeah. to be proud about your country is something that for me doesn't make any sense at all. i can't be proud of being hungarian and because i can't be proud of having blue eyes or whatever.
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what does it mean to you to be german? hello there, fairly quiet weather over the weekend slow moving weather as well, not a great deal of when shaking things up and moving things around again, we had a feeling of
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warmth particularly in sunshine and the next two days before a wild there could be some more heavy showers left over from sunday actually still around wiltshire and bristol, as find chain develops widely through monday, showers again develop here and there and with the wind again on the light side, a gentle breeze that won't move the shower was very much so if you are stuck under one it could be there for a while. with a risk of hail and thunder it once again. temperature is 90 similarto thunder it once again. temperature is 90 similar to what we saw on sunday, not a great deal of change yet. however as ago from monday to tuesday, the pressure pushes further east into europe, high pressure coming from the atlantic, not strong by any means but it brings changes on tuesday for a start it's cold there for the western side of uk, we also see fewer showers with more places dry likely to catch a few
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showers on eastern private england that the low cloud moves are short with wet weather in the north of scotland. warm with sunshine on southern private england and wales, 21 degrees. in the atlantic a low pressure does not arrive on our shores it pushes the way up front that living well away from it that central low—pressure east france are pretty wea k. central low—pressure east france are pretty weak. chilly start on wednesday, if you showers are around wednesday, if you showers are around wednesday with most places chai, mark cried coming from southwest across wells that northern ireland with a few spots of rain and still rain in north scotland but warm and sunshine in the southeast of england. whether friend on sunshine in the southeast of england. whetherfriend on the scene, not moving very far, at one stage it looks like thursday is a wet gate with western areas of the uk but the rain does not look well organised, or heavy on thursday. mark and patchy rain northern ireland pushing toward scotland,
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mark clapper weston price in england and wales with the best in the southeast and getting quite warm with 16 or 17 improvement on what we saw recently across scotland or northern ireland, low—pressure across no “— northern ireland, low—pressure across no —— whether france pushing that they cloud and patchy rain and showers across england and well set my sunshine and a dry day for northern ireland and central southern scotland mark cloud as well, but not well organised rain, nothing to hang your hat on, very patchy and there will not be lots of rain and decent temperatures, 18 in glasgow. let's look further ahead, and some changes actually for the outlook because there are weather systems that are very weak heading that way from the atlantic for a saturday and sunday, bank holiday weekend of course. those will tend to push through, i disappointing day on sunday, at one stage it looks like it'll dry down colder air with
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the position at jet like it'll dry down colder air with the position atjet stream, but now we had a zonal flow by that i mean it's west to east on jet stream maintaining a set of clean to the weather to the bank holiday weekend. feeling cold there for northern pike of the uk, every now and again a thick cloud and patchy rain comes through.
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theresa may promises mps she will offer them a "new and improved" brexit deal. she wants them to look at her plan with fresh eyes — but already, jeremy corbyn says he believes there will be no fundamental change. as parties campaign for the european parliament elections — nowjust four days away — we'll have the latest. also tonight: as a new rail timetable comes in, passengers are advised to check before they travel tomorrow. mourning a lost son — emiliano sala's family tell the bbc they feel he was abandoned. abortion and american politics — how president trump's intervention could set the stage for next year's election. and leaving on a high — vincent kompany announces his

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