daniel quittin skee is one of the czech republic's wealthiest citizens his business headquarters are on prague's famous parisa street getting an interview with him though proves impossible. instead critics keep prefers to appear on sparta progs house sports channel he's the football club's chairman pretense he made most of his money in the energy sector but he also has a stake in the czech republic's most popular tabloid blessed as well as a minority share of french daily moaned the czech market is too small for the billionaire says david trimble the generalist has studied quittin ski holdings annual statements in detail and still have some kind of diversification of his business because now he depends heavily on the energy sector and he wants to have another businesses under the roof like check online giant mall for example the billionaire owns the e-commerce company with an annual turnover of several hundred million euros it's one of the biggest in the country analysts believe quittin scheme may want to implement some of mall successful strategies that metro now is a good time for

my grandmother, god bless her, she's 92 years old she lives with me half the year and in the czech republic for half the year. so, of course, i have tremendous people in my family that i admire deeply. >> reporter: ivanka sharing that with her role in the white house she's facing a harsher spotlight. i know she used to enjoy sharing imageses of her children that we

rural areas now in europe the two main voices calling for who are way beyond a poland and the czech republic now the polish interior minister he wants to see a joint e.u. nato stance against way that's after one of their employees was arrested in poland for espionage the czech stance is a little bit more complex their cyber security agency they're very much against hooo a however the president of the czech republic. he's very much in favor of our products now here in germany where i was speaking to you from the still undecided but it's widely understood that the government here in berlin is against an outright ban at the moment. and there is another torrent of tech in cyber security news we told you about new zealand earlier well jumping over the sea to australia prime minister scott morrison says the major australian political parties have been a target of cyber attack and the evidence suggests a sophisticated state actor. is the culprit australia's scheduled to go to the polls for a federal election in may but mr morrison said there's no evidence of an attempt to produce any specific outco

there is no longer such a gap between living standards here and those in poland by the czech republicare giving bigger pay rises to hang onto their staff. consumers are unlikely to go on a spending spree even though their wages are rising ata even though their wages are rising at a faster pace since 2008 as long asa at a faster pace since 2008 as long as a brexit uncertainty persists. if as a brexit uncertainty persists. if a deal is agreed, they are well placed to ramp up their spending once more. helped by higher pay, the number of uk nationals in what was up number of uk nationals in what was up 372000 and 2018, nearly twice the increase in migrant workers. our top story this evening. honda workers in swindon are officially told theirjobs are to go when the plant closes in two years. and the iconic fashion designer karl lagerfeld has died. we'll look back at his career. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. with 100 days to go until the start of the cricket world cup, we'll look at plans for security around the host venues in england and wales. initial results have proved encouraging

i'm seeing birds in berlin thanks for joining us the czech republic's top security cyber security official said tuesday that chinese telecom giant huawei will be left out of more state contracts in fact more european nations are debating what to do with the firm as they build out their mobile networks critics of huawei chief among them the u.s. war in the companies the trojan horse for the chinese government and the billing espionage war plan disruptions telecom carriers say it's a necessary supplier germany hasn't yet moved to prohibit huawei but chancellor angela merkel has suggested the company needs to reassure its customers. speaking before an audience of university students in japan german chancellor angela merkel had this to say about the security risks posed by while way. something that needs to be discussed with china that the company doesn't simply hand over data to the government but that german consumers can be sure the chinese doesn't get access to data on all chinese products that are sold in germany. looked at. her comments will be scrutinized japan's government has already

us there william thank you so much now pressure on chinese telecom giant why it's growing the czech republic is the next country to exclude the company from any future state contracts critics warn that huawei is a trojan horse for the chinese government the german government is also debating whether or not to have four way participate in setting up germany's five g. mobile network chancellor merkel has now put the burden of proof on huawei itself. speaking before an audience of university students in japan german chancellor angela merkel had this to say about the security risks posed by chua way. something that needs to be discussed with china that the company doesn't simply hand over data to the government but the german consumers can be sure the chinese doesn't get access to data on all chinese products that are sold in germany. looked at. her comments will be scrutinized japan's government has already prohibited the use of wildly networking here the u.s. now says europe is the top priority in its effort to ban while way use among our light nations britain and canada are considering bans a

ever fed cup world group semi—final after a 3—2 win over the defending champions and hosts the czech republicn simona halep, who's vowed to win a first fed cup for her country before she retires, dug deep to get the better of former world number one karolina pliskova in three sets 6—4, 5—7, 6—4. also through to the semifinals are australia, who beat the usa 3—2, belarus and france, who swept aside belgium, that the winning moment for caroline garcia who beat elise mertens in straight sets. now to the nba where the la lakers were defeated 143—120 by the philadelphia 76ers. both teams were evenly matched untiljoel embiid scored a flurry of points at the end of the 2nd quarter. the lakers' looked towards their star man in the second half, despite lebron james's efforts, though, his side were still unable to contain embiid, the cameroonian went on to score 37 points and grab 14 rebounds. lebron deciding not to stick around at the end of the game. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. hello. well, the end of last week was pretty stormy. gale force winds acros

the number four seed from the czech republic beat alison riske of the usa in straight sets — but bothn dubai four years ago — but lost to simona halep. pliskova's on course to face fellow czech petra kvitova in the semi—finals. but the number two seed was given a scare by the qualifierjennifer brady, who took her to three sets. after losing the first set 7—5, the american — who's ranked 117 in the world — raced through the second 6—1, to level the match and set up a decider. kvitova was relieved to come through the third set 6—3 — and she'll face another unseeded player, viktoria kuzmova from slovakia, in the last eight. in the other half of the draw, the number three seed simona halep is also through to the quarterfinals. the former world number one — who won the dubai championships in 2015 — beat ukraine's lesia tsurenko in straight sets. halep won 6—3, 7—5 — and now plays belinda bencic who beat the number eight seed aryna sabalenka. and the number six seed elina svitolina is through to the last eight. the ukrainian thrashed the former world number one garbine muguruza for the loss

there's no longer such a gap between living standards here and living standards in poland or the czech republicanies need to make more money per worker an hour to boost productivity. at the end of 2018, say the official figures, productivity fell. andy verity, bbc news, buckinghamshire. that it for me. i'm available on social media. now it is time for sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... plenty of chances but it finished goalless between liverpool and bayern munich in the first leg of their last 16 champions league match. and it's stalemate in france as well with lyon and barcelona also failing to find the net despite the catalans having 25 attempts. and naomi 0saka loses herfirst match since becoming world number one and splitting with her coach. hello, and welcome to the programme where we start with the last 16 in the champions league which saw two more first leg ties take place on tuesday. at anfield, liverpool and bayern munich — who've each won the trophy five times — played out a 0—0 draw. 0ur seni

countries like poland, the czech republic, and romania sent back by their workers in the u.k.. all three countries have taken steps to ensure the rights of u.k. citizens. there are reciprocal guarantees from london. may is likely hoping that disagreements among the eu members are in time to strike a new deal. >> following proceedings for us is a brussels correspondent. any hope for theresa may today? .> probably not her spokesperson has already said that she is not coming with any new authors -- offers or new ideas on how to replace that backstop with any kind of alternative arrangement. and, of course, she had to come here to brussels because that is what her parliament charged her to do. to come and renegotiate the backstop irish border. now she is currently in meetings at t the commission and d she wl come to the european parliament. we will sesee if she takes questions. it is hard t to know what eu leaders are talking about behind closed doors. but they have discussions after yesterday's comments by donald tusk when he said there is a special place in hell for people who vo

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a low mountain range one hundred kilometers in length on the border between but varia and the czech republicthe national park is in the south of the forest. yet it's allowed to grow as nature intended without human intervention. there a daily guided tours through the national park. you wonder if anyone doesn't understand my original lower in the very end dialects please let me know the value. of. the parks credo is to let nature being nature and bring it closer to people like in the viewing shelters. that you can observe animals like links that vanished long ago but have now been reintroduced. wolves live here as well and even elk. for the fear of i'm sure really really lucky enough to see a lynx right up close and. it was fantastic to be able to watch them without disturbing minutes and were. outside the national park but the very end foresters pup. for winter sports as the mountain range gets lots of snow in the winter at nearly fifteen hundred meters great mountain is the king of the forest here you'll find the region's largest ski area. will. feel so good a lot of them back to it at. the

the czech republic.you testified today that you never been to prague where the czech republic. these can bind that statement? >> yes, i do. >> one of the most important pieces of testimony as it related to russia and allegations of collusion came from cohen when he talked about a conversation he was part of that involved then-candidate trump, a political operative, roger stone, and stone was relaying information he had gotten from the head of wikileaks, julian assange. he says the conversation took place in the summer of 2016. >> he told mr. trump that he had gotten off the phone with julian assange and that mr. assange told mr. stone that within a couple of days they would be a massive dump of emails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign. mr. trump responded, to the effect, "wouldn't that be great?" >> there is a line of questioning that was also important because the questioner. it came from debbie wasserman schultz. she was, if you will, a victim of the acts as the head of the dnc. she wanted t

never been to the czech republic. never. you say you need to know that mr trump's personal lawyer is reviewed and edited my statement to congress about the timing of the moscow tower negotiations. who were those attorneys? from the white house? jay sekalo, i believe abbey below as well. and you have a copy of your original statement you can provide to the committee? i can get it for you. if you would do that. the letter of intent for the moscow tower, was it in the fall of 2015, correct? correct and. was there an expiration date? no. so it could be in effect today? no, it's been terminated. ok. did mr trump tell you to offer vladimir putin a free penthouse because no, madam, that was felix sado, it was a marketing stunt. so, felix ada had suggested to you that mr trump offer a penthouse to mr putin? yes because it would drive up the price per square foot. no different from any other tower. did you travel to europe in 2016? yes. did you meet with persons associated with the tower project? no, it was personal because my daught

equality and spain belgium germany the czech republic go portugal. more than twenty countries have recognized you venezuelan people who have never ceased is supplied and will never do so. to fight for your for your freedom in venezuela. so we are going to remember this day world recognize the sacrifice in the struggle for freedom in venezuela that's today now february fourth is civic nonviolent day and there's recognition of each and ever venezuela that is the fourth. of february fourth is a day that we didn't give up when we continued a european parliament had already made a pronouncement. and me and the euro deputies the members of the european parliament i have a watching very closely what's going on air they want us to exercise our legal authority. we've said we need for humanitarian aid to get into our country. for all of your family members and all the members of the population because that fifty three and million. dollars and the people who have to get in there at rates at risk and they're all at risk. there are two short term things we're foc

there is no longer such a gap between living standards here and those in poland or the czech republic08 as long as a brexit uncertainty persists. if a brexit deal is agreed, then consumers are well placed to ramp up their spending once more. helped by higher pay, the number of uk nationals in work was up 372000 in 2018, nearly twice the increase in migrant workers. the headlines on bbc news... the family of london teenager — shamima begum, who left britain at the age of 15 to join the islamic state group — say they are ‘very disappointed' to learn that the home office plans to remove her british citizenship. car manufacturer honda blames global changes in the industry for the closure of its swindon plant. three—and—a—half thousand jobs will be lost. jeremy corbyn says he ‘regrets' the decision of seven mps who quit labour yesterday, and says he's proud to lead the party. at least four people have been injured, one of them seriously, in an avalanche near a popular ski resort in the swiss alps. rescue work is continuing in crans montana — around an area stretching more than 300 metres.

centre—left politicians such as you, be they the social democrats in the czech republic, the social democratse are all losing ground to the antiestablishment parties, the populist parties, whatever you want to call them, and they are the ones who are really on the march. why are you losing the battle with the electorate? yeah, i think there are responsibilities here, which can't be ignored. inequality — inequality is raising in various countries in europe, and it was really underestimated, the impact of inequality into the society, you know. so, i think that there was not a proper management of the globalisation and the consequences of the globalisation, so the markets were left alone, i mean, to do whatever they thought was fair, but they don't have to take care of the social equality. this is the politician work. so, i think the left—wing forces really lost a lot of time before understanding that there was need to react against inequality. so, you were too slow — people like you were too slow? slow, and, yes, ineffective. but still ineffective, still ineffective. but you know, the austerity

he declared himself president of venezuela he weeks ago finland portugal and the czech republic are the latest to join the chorus of approval however a source in italy's ruling coalition has confirmed to r.t. that rowing refused to back any statement recognizing the opposition leader as interim president peter oliver as more bold host of e.u. member states of put their backing behind one quite doe as the interim president of venezuela the likes of germany spain the united kingdom france and denmark and the netherlands among others have said that quite though is their man to take venezuela into a fresh set of elections now one country that you're not going to hear from is italy r.t. is heard from sources within the five star movement part of the ruling coalition in that country saying they have no intention of following the rest of their partners and supporting one quite so in fact what we're hearing is that they are the reason italy is the reason that there is no unified e.u. statement on why they vetoed that just last week we heard from their deputy foreign minister who explained why t

who are investigating the illness of several pizzerias suspected of supplying women from the czech republic and remain out with employment contracts so they can register legally here after getting married one has the bollywood pizzeria and nightstick. but my name is mr van i like to speak to the boss are you the boss on the fog and so i have a question last june there was a raid here because of czech women who allegedly worked here do you know what that was about looking. at all come in. comfy. command a noise in a room doing well it would be a tight legibly bollywood is part of an organisation that smuggles illegal migrants using fake marriages. but italians well that's not true they carried out tracks here on spec but found nothing. about. it why isn't what. i was yes but to check women did work for you if they have a work permit what did i do wrong. and best occasions are still ongoing against him and thirty three others the german police believe that the indian pakistani smuggling ring charge between fifteen to twenty two thousand euros to arrange a sham marriage and issue employment an

ever fed cup world group semifinal after a 3—2 win over the defending champions and hosts the czech republic for her country before she retires, dug deep to get the better of former world number one karolina pliskova in three sets 6—4, 5—7, 6—4. also through to the semifinals are belarus, australia and france who swept aside belgium, that the winning moment for caroline garcia who beat elise mertens in straight sets. in basketball there are 9 games in the nba on tuesday including toronto raptors in action against brooklyn nets, and the houston rockets against dallas mavericks. on sunday the philadelphia 76ers hosted lebronjames and the los angeles lakers, and won 143—120, thanks tojoel embiid who scored a flurry of points at the end of the 2nd quarter. the la kers looked towards their star man in the second half — but despite lebronjames‘s efforts, his side were still unable to contain embiid. the cameroonian went on to score 37 points and grab 16 rebounds. lebron deciding not to stick around at the end of the game. and before we go, any lego lovers amongst you will appreciate this. the pari

important issue as well as the lockout also part of the visit route group poland hungary and the czech republic in the war game stuff in boston budapest for us thank you very much you're welcome now britain's economy grew at the slowest pace in six years in twenty eighteen months according to the national statistics office with uncertainty over bracks it intensifying g.d.p. grew growth fell almost flat in the final quarter britain's exit from the european union is less than fifty days away and u.k. lawmakers remain deadlocked over the terms of trouble that's why economists in europe are reassessing what would happen if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. without a new trade arrangement. with no deal breaks it's still on the horizon nervousness is the order of the day across the e.u. and the latest survey out by one of germany's leading research institutes provides little comfort it says germany could face as many as one hundred thousand job losses in the wake of a disorderly breck's it germany relies heavily on exports for growth and no deal breaks it would likely mean new custom duties on exports

. >> you have never been to prague and never been to the czech republic. do you stand behind that statement? >> yes, i do. >> i offer into the record an article of mother jones by david corn in which he says he reviewed the notes of a phone call of mr. cohen said i haven't been to prague in 14 years. i was in prague for an afternoon 14 years ago. end quote. question, you as my friend mr. armstrong offered testimony. >> i'm sorry. i don't understand. you said it so fast. >> you and my friend mr. armstrong rightly offered, do you stand behind that offer? >> if the chairman asks me and it's -- i'll take it under advisement now and not a problem in terms of attorney/client privilege, yes. >> you misled this committee in a written statement. you have suggested to review that. are you going to review it in our next break to correct the record? >> yes. >> question, you helped out the president's campaign. or were involved in the campaign as a representative as a spokesman. it was your idea for the campaign dating back to 2011. is that accurate? >> yes. >> 2011 is

an important issue as well as the lockout also bought off to the group poland hungary and the czech republic in the war game stefan boss in budapest for us thank you very much you're welcome britain's economy has slowed down growing just two tenths of a percent at the end of last year and that fall short of bank of england estimates lower g.d.p. growth along with other recent data show that britain's economy is in a weak position as a get sent to leave the european union at the end of next month with lawmakers in london still deadlocked on terms for that withdrawal economists in the e.u. are speculating on the cost to their countries if britain crashes out of the e.u. without a new trade agreement. with the new deal breaks it still on the horizon nervousness is the order of the day across the e.u. and the latest survey out by one of germany's leading research institutes provides little comfort it says germany could face as many as one hundred thousand job losses in the wake of a disorderly breaks it germany relies heavily on exports for growth and no deal breaks it would likely mean new cust

there's no longer such a gap between living standards here and living standards in poland or the czech republicgoing, companies need to make more money per worker an hour to boost productivity. at the end of 2018, say the official figures, productivity fell. andy verity, bbc news, buckinghamshire. the trial of the man in charge of policing on the day of the hillsborough disaster in 1989 has heard he was "basically a spectator" during the match. david duckenfield is accused of manslaughter through gross negligence, after 96 liverpool fans died during a crush at sheffield wednesday's ground. mr duckenfield denies the charges. our correspondent judith moritz has more. the crowd waiting to get into hillsborough in april 1989 was the biggest one police officer says he'd ever seen. with around half an hour to go before kick—off, he said large groups were still coming towards the stadium. sergeant michael goddard was the police radio operator at the fa cup semifinal between liverpool and nottingham forest. he was based inside the police control box in the corner of the ground, which was next to the te

there's no longer such a gap between living standards here and living standards in poland or the czech republicg, companies need to make more money per worker an hour to boost productivity. at the end of 2018, say the official figures, productivity fell. andy verity, bbc news, buckinghamshire. the trial of the man in charge of policing on the day of the hillsborough disaster in 1989, has heard he was "basically a spectator" during the match. david duckenfield is accused of manslaughter through gross negligance, after 96 liverpool fans died during a crush at sheffield wednesday's ground. mr duckenfield denies the charges. our correspondent judith moritz has more. the crowd waiting to get into hillsborough in april 1989 was the biggest one police officer says he'd ever seen. with around half an hour to go before kick—off, he said large groups were still coming towards the stadium. sergeant michael goddard was the police radio operator at the fa cup semifinal between liverpool and nottingham forest. he was based inside the police control box in the corner of the ground, which was next to the terra

where that got is most keenly felt, well, it's among the eu eight, the countries like poland, the czech republicharp falls in immigration there. more of those people are leaving britain on arriving. in terms of non—eu migration, what we can see is that immigration has gone up can see is that immigration has gone up since the referendum. we have the highest level of net migration from outside the eu since 200a. it now 261000 and that is particularly being driven by more people coming here who have a definite job and also foreign students. the question is whether this is somehow the economy parling itself out —— economy parling itself out —— economy balancing itself out, non—eu migration, eu migration down, whether that's being balanced out, or whether the two nothing to do with each other and just happening independently. shaw, thank you. sure there thank you. the time is almost 16 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. a summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un, ends early without agreement. mr trump said he walked away after the north koreans demanded an

chinese tech giant huawei has threatened legal action against the czech republic if the country's cybersecurity reverse a warning about what the company poses to the country's infrastructure. it has long aroused suspicion that it works for chinese government interest. secretary of state mike pompeo plans to tell u.s. allies that the u.s. expect them not to abet rivals. still ahead, we go inside shenzhen's robot revolution. the same electronics faster and cheaper. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: there will be a new chair at verizon, the largest wireless carrier in the united states. the current chair is stepping down. the new chair completed an overhaul of verizon, zeroing in on network services and the expansion into 5g technology. in the latest episode of "hello world," factor in shen shen that makes cheap phones thanks to the hard work of human factory employees. new machines are coming online that can elbow smartphone end-to-end completely by robot. reporter: they operate a factory much like any other in shen shen. they make cheap smartphones and electronics. they have built a complex where wo

poland, czech republic and hungry. to meet for the first time ever in. it has been called off.oland has cancelled their participation in what would have been the group. that meeting was cancelled. it's the other three countries. what happened here. it started when he was in poland. and said reported as saying polls cooperated with the nazis. that implies the entire nation. and they claim it was a mistranslation. this already started the problem with poland. we'll send a lower level delegation. then the acting foreign minister in his first day on the job in his first interview was quoted saying the poles suckle antisemitism with their mothers milk. calling it a racist comment. acting foreign minister doubled down on it. in response poland is pulling out of the summit. in what would have been the group is one on one meetings with the prime minister. this meeting would have been a major diplomatic and national achievement for. israel tries to fix the issue with poland. and try to keep up good relations with the polls. >> following another story. for us. the uk has signed trade agr

. >> you testify today that you have never been to prague and never been to the czech republic, do you stand booiehin that statement? >> yes, i dough. >> conservative news magazine by david corn which he resooeceive his -- question, you as my friend mr. armstrong rightly inquired, offered the committee of taped information with a bat of an eye, do you stand behind that? >> i am sorry, you said it so fast. >> you asked my friend mr. armstrong taped information of your clients with a bat of an eye, do you stand behind that offer? >> if the chairman asks me and i will take it under advisement and not a problem. yes, i will turn it over. >> you suggested that you are going to review it in our next break to correct the record, yes or no? >> yes. >> you helped out the president's campaign or involved in the campaign as a representative spokesperson and everyone in yo even of your words and dating back to 2011, is that accurate, yes or no? >> yes. >> 2011 is the year that sticks to my head, it was the year that i was diagnosed with cancer, i was not pushing for donald trump to be president. i

you testified you have never been to prague or the czech republic. do you stand behind that statement? >> yes. >> i have an article in mother jones by david corn in which he says he rue viewed his notes from mr. cohen, that he says i haven't been to prague 14 years ago, ways in prague one afternoon 14 years ago. you offered to the committee taped information regarding clients without the bat of an eye. >> you said it so fat. >> you as my friend mr. armstrong, offered to this committee, offered taped information without the bat of an eye. do you stand behind that offer? >> if the chairman asks me, i will take it under advisement and it's not a problem in terms of attorney client privilege, yes, i will turn it over. >> you have misled this committee in a written submission that contradicted your attorney. you suggested you are going to review it. are you going to review it in the next break to correct the record? >> yes. >> you helped out the president's campaign or were involved in the campaign as a representative, as a spokesman, in your words today,

the free diver in the czech republic taking a dip underneath clear ice on lake milda.rs the lake he back stroked with his face up towards the ice and then face down on his lap back. the brave soul behind the stunt his name peter kapune 54 years old. credits diet and strict workout regiment for the amazing feat he emerged and said i'm okay: >> jesse: never miss an episode of the five. "special report" is up next. >> bret: jesse, thanks. this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington and the white house lawn. i'm bret baier. we are three hours away from president trump's speech to the nation and second official state of the union address. at this hour the president is in the white house behind me putting the finishing touches on a speech in which the administration insists unity will be the theme. but with the government just coming out of the longest shutdown in history and another one looming in less than two weeks, critics are quick to ask just how the president aims to bridge the country's divide. the speech titled choosing greatness, centers around some of the most