why is victor orban getting closer to china? in part because american leadership is not making smart decisions. we are pushing other nations into the arms of chinese because we don't make enough stuff, because we pursue a ridiculous foreign policy very often. we have to be more self-reliant. i don't like china. i don't like that china has stolen american jobs. the reason they have done it is because american leadership has made bad decisions. that's our fault and something we can fix, you've talked about the need for the united states to pivot to asia and let the europeans focus on europe but xi jinping is focusing on europe. why would you seed influence? because you've really been opposed to helping ukraine in its fight. you've said a lot of things that are sucktive that you just want to pull back. >> let me address that point, margaret. first of all, i think the reason we have to be smart in ukraine, we don't have a strategy. what is joe biden going to do? what is another $60 billion going to accomplish that $120 billion hasn'

. >> but victor orban, he neutered the courts and tried to control the media.inciples so why would you want to mimic him. >> i'm not endorsing every single thing that victor orban has ever done. but on the university principle, the idea that taxpayers should have some influence in how their money is spent at universities, it is a totally reasonable thing and i do think that he's made some smart decisions there that we could learn from in the united states. >> he was just welcomed at mar-a-lago and leader mcconnell just spoke out on the floor of the senate this week as xi jinping visited hungary. they're brokering trade deals with russia and with iran. orban, because of this, should be a red flag for anyone seriously concerned about competition with china. so why take any policy cues from a man who is cozying up to adversaries. >> america is a nation of 330 million people and the most important economy in the world. we shouldn't take every cue but where is victor orban getting closer to china because american leadership is not making smart decisions. we're pushi

a very warm welcome here and victor orban's chance to show the world the fruits of cultivating a closep with china. >> let's talk about that friendship with the former u.s. national security director. how strong a foothold does china have in these countries? >> they are probably two of the european countries that are friendliest toward china. it is no mistake or accident that president xi chose them as his first steps on the continent. there is no accident that there is that friend relationship because the lack of criticism goes both ways. there is more favoritism toward russia in these countries. >> what do you think his aim is? >> i think when it comes to western europe and brussels, he wants to defuse concerns. and try to push europe toward a more independent foreign policy from the u.s. in other partners where they have friendly relationships, it is to demonstrate that china has that capacity. >> you mentioned overcapacity. you are referring to when the president of china met with president mccrone -- macron, who said china is flooding the markets. there are those concerns that chi

elimination of other nationally oriented leaders, in particular the prime minister of hungary, victor. orbannt aleksandar vucic. the svr message also states that the united states and its european allies are persistently trying to impose the version of a lone criminal, allegedly dissatisfied with the decline in the level of democracy in slovakia. our media called the pentagon’s accusation of russia’s launch of an anti-satellite device a hoax. deputy minister of foreign affairs of russia sergei rebkov told reporters about this. rebkov noted that moscow opposes the deployment of impact vehicles in low-earth orbit. american congressmen demanded that the head of the pentagon allow kiev to use american missiles to attack the territory. the us is preparing an additional aid package according to american media, it may be announced to ukraine in the near future by maria skorodilka with details. these are war crimes, crimes. i didn’t have time to agree on support for those countries in which the united states is persistently inciting violence. how activists with red palms, as if bleeding, interrupted

important, seen as a great success story for prime minister victor orban, a small country with 9.7 millionllion strong. very keen and relatively good railway networks and good infrastructure and so hungary is offering china to export and move different productions, cars, electric vehicle factories and other items across the eu and that is very important at a time of the eu is investigating china over alleged subsidies and threatening to put import tariffs. if you can imagine hundreds of thousands of chinese cars being imported suddenly being subjected to the tax, as of next yearin subjected to the tax, as of next year in hungary as a hungarian foreign ministry said, just this afternoon, that is where some 300,000 chinese cars of the company will be produced and they would not be subject to import tariffs. pretty useful with a hungry�*s strategic role as an economic up for china. a british toddler who was born deaf can now hear unaided, after becoming the first person in the world to receive a new gene therapy treatment. shortly before opal sandy's first birthday, she was given an infusion

he'll be meeting the hungarian prime minister, victor orban, and hungary's president tamas sulyok.evels of chinese investment there. let's speak to our correspondent nick thorpe who's in budapest for us. they have been rolling out the red carpet where you are. how is china viewed in hungary?— viewed in hungary? from the hungarian — viewed in hungary? from the hungarian government, - viewed in hungary? from the hungarian government, very| hungarian government, very positively indeed. there was a long essay by xi jinping positively indeed. there was a long essay by xijinping in positively indeed. there was a long essay by xi jinping in the positively indeed. there was a long essay by xijinping in the hungarian media, the pro—government hungarian media, the pro—government hungarian media, he has been warmly welcomed. the prime minister and his wife were out at the airport to meet him there. very much a popular visitor from the government's point of view. the prime minister here, talking

european council where the meet, is also a bridge building figure with the highgate hungarian by mr victor orbanor a nascent alliance, i think it is also important for ursula von der leyen because as you said at the top of the programme, she needs the first vote and when she will really care about in the next iteration of the european parliament, is the vote confirming the next commission president. whoever that may be, as you say, the front runner is ursula von der leyen. they will need 361 meps in a secret vote to vote in favour of this commissioner, commission president, rather. i think that is certainly top of her mind when she is thinking about who she can get on board and that is in a context where the socialist may not do as well as they currently are and the greens will certainly not really be a stronger force as they really be a stronger force as they really were during that green wave that we saw five years ago across europe. that we saw five years ago across euro e. �* , . that we saw five years ago across euroe. v . . , that we saw five years ago across euroe. �*, ., ., , europe. it'

pro-russian, one can only guess why this happened, perhaps this is truly his belief, along with victor orbánolicy of the eu, his position caused a lot of controversy both in slovakia and in the european union, so it is not surprising that an event of this kind happened, because... he gave arguments in which trump would be able to talk to trump, change tactics and say that he is diplomatic and the military genius who put an end to this war. he is a scammer, and this is his main quality. cameron goes on a whole tour of asian countries. they need new countries that they would like to exploit. cameron is now acting as a battering ram for additional fueling conflict. russia is the enemy, we... confront the enemy to prevent his advance. gentlemen, you and i will not fight with machine guns in the trenches, so we are starting training on the use of tactical nuclear weapons. david cameron, dear liar. dolls, heir to tutti. today is the first one. yes, bor, of course, i will sign the divorce document and hand it over to you. no, i can do it. watch the time after the program, you can have three of thes

trump referred to hungarian prime minister victor orban as the quote, great leader of turkey. end quote. republicans are intellectually and morally dishonest to criticize president biden when their dear chosen leader donald trump presents with symptoms which are quite frankly scary. the american people can see through this republican charade. this is just an ugly exercise to hurt president joe bidden -- biden. let's move on. i yield back. chair jordan: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized >> i wonder if the gentleman from the other side of the aisle is concerned that the additional aid that was voted on to go to taiwan would cause that island to tip over at any point in the future? mr. johnson: you know what i hope that the island of guam is floating on water and not on diesel fuel. that's the point i was making. i think that the gentleman might question my mental acuity, but we -- let's look at your leader. >> i would not. reclaiming my time. reclaiming my time. chair johnson: the time belongs to the gentleman from connecticut. mr. massie: i have the utmost respect for m

president xi of china, putin, you know, victor orban ever hear of him?rime minister of hungry, tough guy, known as a strong guy. they hate when i talk about him, he's a strong man. trump likes strong men, i like weak men i would rather have weak men. but they asked him why is it the whole world is blowing up. he said one simple reason trump is not president in the united states. he said you put trump back as president and the whole world is going to get better. because they were afraid of trump. they couldn't figure trump out. trump was a rather difficult person. but he used the word afraid. i don't use afraid i the word respect. they respected your president. they respected the united states of america and they're going to do it again and it's going to happen fast but we have to get this absolute disaster, the worst president in history. he makes jimmy carter look like he had a brilliant administration. the only thing. the only happy person about joe biden is jimmy carter because jimmy looks brilliant by comparison. i also want to thank new york's fines

another thing that was very good is a country hungary, victor orban.ked him why is the world is bad? what do you recommend? he's a strong guy. he's tough leader. he runs the country very well. he allow nod illegal immigrants in his country. he went against other european countries which have destroyed themselves. and i said -- they asked him the question, what would you recommend? i would recommend one thing, get donald trump elected president again. and you're going to have no problems anywhere in the world. get him elected president. [cheers and applause] true. that's true. [crowd chanting "trump"] thank you. thank you. it's true. i don't want to be the one to say its but if i don't sate, nobody else will. that i can tell you he use add word i wouldn't use. but he used it. he said china was afraid of him. i don't like to use the word "afraid." respected. russia was afraid of him. north stream two. i'm the audience that knew what it was. it's the biggest pipeline in the world going to serve europe. i said we're defending them against russia. and yet t

european union and the united states of america, showing that no, look, there are people like victor in europe. orbanleksandr vucic, who also want the table of peace negotiations. you know, one of the world's largest buyers of luxury products, chic from french brands, it's from food, drinks, clothes, jewelry, diamonds, it's in china, by the way, you can it's just that some certain things are not, well, again , and europe is profitable money, which china is ready to pay for many things, technologies, again , these luxury items and many other things to invest money. everything is in real estate there, but what sisipin is winning now, here he buys wood in russia cheaper than the cost price, oil, gas, all these things, here he buys what he wants, well, in any case, playing this kind of game sooner or later you can lose too, i understand that this is obviously a wise man, xijin pin, but, well, whatever you was playing with fire, yes, absolutely, and what i said about the fact that sydzenpin is not determined to put pressure on russia, does not want to, even, i would say so, was confirmed by the leader. eu

trump referred to hungarian prime minister victor orbÁn s.quote a great leader of turkey end quote. republicans are intellectually and morally -- to criticize president biden when they are chosen leader donald trump presents with symptoms which are quite frankly scary. the american people can see through this republican charade but but this is just an exerciso hurt president joe biden. let's move on. with that i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back and the gentleman from kentucky upset. >> i just wonder if the gentleman from the other side if they does know -- and taiwan would cause it to tip over in the future? >> you know what, i hope that the island of womb is floating on water and not on diesel fuel. that's the point i was making. and i think that the gentleman might question my mental acuity let's look at your leader. >> reclaiming my time. >> reclaiming my time. i have the utmost respect for my colleague on the other side of the aisle. the point i wanted to make is that sometimes we make statements tongue-in-cheek that we are metaph

trump referred to hungarian prime minister vÍctor orban as, quote, grade leader of turkey, end quote.their chosen leader, donald trump presents with symptoms which are quite frankly scary. the american people can see through this republican charade, this is just an ugly exercise to hurt president joe biden, let's move on. and with that i yield back. >> gentleman yields back, gentleman from kentucky for five minutes. >> the additional aid that was voted onto go to taiwan would cause the island to tip over in any point in the future. >> you know what, i hope that -- i hope that the island of guam is floating on water and not on diesel fuel. that's the point i was making. and i think that the gentleman my question, my mental acuity but let's look at -- >> relameing my time. >> the gentleman from kentucky. >> he claiming my time. i the upmost respect from my colleague on the other side of the aisle. the point i wanted to make is that statement we make statements tongue-in-cheek that we are metaphorically speaking and that the president most certainly in most of those cases was doing that

absolutely. just as slovakia - absolutely. just as slovakia self is run by victor albarn, in league with bridge and's russia —— that —— orbanter of robert fico, who is also unfortunately aligned himself very openly with russia, and that is a challenge for nato and eu, poland of course responded very strongly against that in their recent election, and did the czech republic, so i do think, i know slovakia is better than this and i know that this event will galvanise the public to i think take down the polarised rhetoric.— rhetoric. 0k. well, we appreciate _ rhetoric. 0k. well, we appreciate your - rhetoric. 0k. well, we i appreciate your thoughts rhetoric. 0k. well, we - appreciate your thoughts on what is happening there. a specialist in eastern europe and slovakia history. just to reiterate, robert fico is still in hospital after hours of surgery, but is said to be no longer in a life—threatening condition. we will keep you up—to—date with what happens here on bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. an arab league summit is due to open in bahrain with the war in gaza at the centre of discussions. leaders from

i was in hungary and i met with victor aurburn who everyone says is this -- viktor orban who everyonear right maniac and off he talks about his he said he wants his country to be for hico that is a stark contrast the to the way he is portrayed in the media. chad: shocker. the legacy■■ media or trade someone on the right as a caricature or figure. we saw that with former president trump as well. countries -- leaders and policymakers that love their country want to secure their country and have national sovereignty, these are not extreme positions. if you go back 25 years ago these were positions most politicians in the u.s. and elsewhere embraced. it is only because the left and the progressive left that they d to paint -- if you want to have control over your borders, you want to actually that people coming in your country to understand where they are going and what the value is they provide to the country they are coming from, these are not radical positions. if you afford to those who get painted as being radical. what i say to that is i am radical. matt talked about the polling. if

victor averin, nikolay sesoev, sergey valetov, channel one. europe is playing with fire, inciting kiev to continue hostilities. these are the words of hungarian prime minister viktor orbanhe emphasizes that the crisis and anti-russian sanctions had an extremely negative impact. russian assets have instead switched to searching for alternative ways to extract income from frozen funds for transfer ukraine. the british newspaper financial times writes about this, citing its own sources. the main reason, the material states, is fear of consequences. indonesia and saudi arabia are also calling for an end to confiscation of assets, as they are rightly concerned about the safety of their reserves, which are stored in the west? the question provoked a serious split. such a step could create a dangerous precedent in international law, which would jeopardize not only the interests of any country at war with the west, but international law itself. law and order the biden administration, as well as canada and some members of the uk government, especially its foreign secretary david cameron, have supported calls for confiscation. meanwhile, japan, france, germany, italy, and the eur

somewhere with narendra modi of india and victor aubin, the prime minister of hungary as he did last week in europe. he gets on with trump, apparently —— viktor orbanause these two countries share a massive border. historically, they have had enormous influence on each other, so they have to have a relationship. at the moment, china's economy is nine times i believe the size of russia's economy, this is not an equal relationship. china has a bigger picture to look at, it has biggerfish to fry a bigger picture to look at, it has bigger fish to fry and it has two main some relationship with russia. and as by doing that —— and the way to do that is to up the trade, which is a big opportunity at the moment. i guess it is who needs who more, why does president xi jinping need vladimir putin on side and does he need him onside? it is vladimir putin on side and does he need him onside?— need him onside? it is what he doesnt need him onside? it is what he doesn't need. _ need him onside? it is what he doesn't need. he _ need him onside? it is what he doesn't need. he doesn't - need him onside? it is what he doesn't need. he doesn't need j need him onside?