thousands of wind areas have in protesting in the capital, budapest, against laws which could close aousands of hunger aryans. —— hungarians. for the fourth time in ten days, thousands of hungarians took part in anti—government protests in budapest. there were minor scuffles with police as demonstrators gathered in hero square. they're angry about what they see as a crackdown on free thought and education. translation: every day, something happens that somehow damages democracy. this sometimes accelerates, sometimes slows down. recently it has accelerated again. i don't know how far things can go. in the centre of this political storm is the central european university. a new law signed earlier this week could force the prestigious institution to close. its founder is hungarian—born billionaire george soros, a sworn enemy of the right—wing government. but the education minister defended the new law and said it was trying to protect students against unverified institutions issuing fake diplomas. the hungarian government doesn't want to close any university, neither hungarian university

fallout in budapest. >> welcome to the program. britain's prime minister has called a snap general election of the eighth of june. theresa may wants a strong mandate as she negotiates the withdraw from the european union. her surprise announcement contradicts promises not to seek another vote while britain is polarized by brexit. >> a surprise announcement from downing street tuesday afternoon . britain's prime minister giving notice of what commentators call a policy u-turn. >> division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit. it will cause damaging uncertainty. we need a general election now. we have at this moment a one-off chance to get to this done while the european union has a negotiating position. >> this reverberated through parliament. jeremy corbyn expressed his support. >> i welcome the opportunity to stand up against this government and it's a failed economic agenda which has left our schools underfunded and so many uncertain. we want to put a case out there to the people of britain of a six id

budapest says that the central european university enjoys unfair advantages.brussels correspondent has been following this story and we asked her to tell us more about the law and why the prime minister thinks it is needed. correspondent: he waffles, he says something like this exists in other countries, and it does not really mean anything. plus, the university has not yet been closed. however, really what this new law for higher education means, is for him an instrument to close down the university. and that is just a tool in his fight against george soros. soros for viktor orban is the great satan, he is the liberal billionaire who orban says is trying to influence development in his country. of course if you ask soros, he will say he wants to foster democracy. and if you ask orban, he is interfering in what they do there politically and he does not even live there. so that is the background to the change in this law. however, behind that is a long list of others, other changes -- a new ngo law has taken control. and so the european union is involved. brent

he said that europe cannot stand by and watch a university in budapest be deprived of its autonomy.same speech he britain's decision to leave the european union, calling it irresponsible. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is now up to us to ensure that the european dream does not fade to nothing in the next generation. that's the message that i bring from my country. yes, we want your. -- we want europe. we want to build a better europe and we want to be a european germany. thank you. [applause] brent: that was the german president. time for business. christoph is here to talk about that big u.s. trade deficit. christoph: but it may lose some of that and on this because united states exports hit a two-year high in february. in a piece of news which will likely please president on trump , imports have declined by most and percent. that means the trade deficit is narrowing. trump has vowed to make america great again by making goods at home. at the white house he hosted a meeting with 50 business leaders to discuss ways of bringing millions of manufacturing jobs back to united states. criti

our current plan is that we want to remain in budapest. we've done nothing wrong.s vowing to fight the bill and saying they will appeal to the hungarian president for help. the 11 candidates in the french election have spoken on french tv. franz election have spoken on french tv. fra nz tost election have spoken on french tv. franz tost beyond was hoping to revive his campaign —— franscois fillon. prince harry has paid tribute to his mother, diana, for raising awareness of landmines and unexploded munitions. he wants to finish the job and rid the planet of landmines nicholas witchell reports. it was one of the many images of her that caught the world's attention. diana, princess of wales, a matter of months before her death, visiting a mine clearance operation in angola. she met people, many of them children, who'd lost limbs to this most indiscriminate of weapons. she couldn't understand why the world wasn't doing more, and she said so. i am committed to supporting in whatever way i can... her intervention upset some politicians who called her "ill—informed." a fe

our current plan is that we want to remain in budapest. we've done nothing wrong.ng they will appeal to the hungarian president for help. four months ago almost every player for the brazilian side chapecoense was killed in a plane crash as they travelled to face a colombian club in the mid— final of the purpose of americana. 0nly in the mid— final of the purpose of americana. only six of 77 people on board survived. 0n americana. only six of 77 people on board survived. on tuesday they finally played each other, this time in the first leg of the final in a different cup competition. a warm welcome to rivals, rarely seenin a warm welcome to rivals, rarely seen in football. at these teams we re seen in football. at these teams were brought together by tragedy. after the plane crash last year, chapecoense was awarded the civil america cup, although the final between them was never played. it is the biggest prize they have ever won. this time it was atletico who got a hero's welcome as they arrived in the city of chocolate got to face their brazilian rivals. we support

adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapestc 100m breaststroke champion gained a spot in the squad automatically by winning his event at the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. the quarter finals are underway at the world snooker championship in sheffield. five time champion ronnie o'sullivan resumes his match against china's ding junhui around 7 this evening. in this morning's session, ding took a 3—frame lead before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding then potted a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. but o'sullivan took the final frame to go into this evening level at 4 frames all. while mark selby rattled off five frames in a row at the start of his quarterfinal against marco fu, who of course had that late finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last 8. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own. but selby has since won another to end the sessio

the law requires foreign universities to have campuses in both their home country and budapest. it awards degrees accredited in both hungary and the united states. as a result, the university could be forced to move locations, stopped issuing hungarian decrees, and even change its name. grexit goes against hungary's institutionspost that don't play by the rules, which aim at undermining the locally elected government and subverting the will of the voters. >> it says it's being targeted because of its connection to george soros. the investor and philanthropist founded the institution with an $880 million endowment in 1991 to support hungary's transition out of communism. goes against the academic freedom and independence of all universities. >> though he once studied at oxford on a scholarship from soros, he has since become highly critical of the type of liberal democratic society promoted by his former benefactor. orban has called for the rise of illiberal democracy and has clashed with the european union and angela merkel over increasingly authoritarian measures taken by his g

will get the bid or budapest. the ioc will be visit iing them next month, and the final decision announced february 13th. >> and now, some scenes from the florida wildfires. . rain. evacuation orders were lifted >>> some help for firefighters battling the wildfires in florida. it came in the rain, and evacuation orders for thousands. the governor is warning everyone to remain extra cautious. >> the state is still dry. there is no reason to start fires in this state. don't throw out cigarettes and be very, very cautious. the lee county fire was started by a cigarette butt. >> several homes have been detroyed this the fire, but thankfully nobody has been killed. >> it is something that we have witnessed for the last couple of years. >> yes. and at least we are going to be talking about a little by of rain, and the rapid change over the next seven days. you saw one of the changes today, cooler air with the clearing skies into the bay area, and looking at the camera in san francisco bouncing around, and thanks to the

they are trying to determine whether la gets the bid or it goes to budapest or paris. they will visit those locations next month. the final decision is announced on september 13th out of lima, peru. right now let's check in with fallon smith. >>> the injuries have piled up for the warrior this is post-season and now we have bad news regarding the head coach. i'm fallon smith. steve kerr will not coach in game four and he may be out beyond that. yes, kerr is experiencing symptoms that stem from multiple back surgeries he had back in 2015. now he had to watch the game from the team hotel because he was in severe pain. today he told the media he may not be back on the sidelines this entire post-season. but he's consulting with the doctors to figure it all out. >> as of now, i'm consulting with my doctors, i'm hoping for some improvement. if i could get some improvement, i'll get back on the sidelines but i'm not going to do that unless i know i could help the team. so i will not coach tomorrow night. i'm in the midst of continuing to discuss the situation with my doctors,

making the news: thousands of people have protested against the government in the hungarian capital, budapest to official plans which will undermine civil organisations that receive backing from abroad. it is the fourth such demonstration in ten days. the speaker of south africa's parliament has postponed a vote of no confidence in president jacob zuma. first, the constitutional court will rule on whether it can be a secret ballot. thousands joined demonstrations around the country, calling on mr zuma to stand down, on what was his 75th birthday. in a surprising development, iran's former president mahmoud ahmadinejad has put himself forward as a candidate in next month's presidential election. the move is seen as a challenge to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei's authority. he has told mr ahmadinejad not to run. mr ahmadinejad says he is only entering the election to support his former deputy. lawyers for the passenger forcibly removed from a united airlines flight have filed an emergency request in an american court for the airline to preserve evidence. the video of david dao being

at least 50,000 people took to the streets budapest over new laws that could lead to the closure of onea further update in the last few hours. this from a news agency in hungary saying the president has approved the law that regulate foreign universities and could force the college out of hungary. that is a reference to this. the central european university. it will be unable to award diplomas because it is registered in the us. that will be a problem under the new law. the university was founded by philanthropist george soros. the hungarian government says... the suggestion is he is trying to interfere in hungarian politics. oleg boldyrev explained the disagreement between the government and george soros. the government essentially holds george soros accountable for at least defending the rights of those migrants who were coming here, as pa rt migrants who were coming here, as part of the wave of refugees. how it came to conflict with the central european university is a long story. on sunday tens of thousands of people marched on this bridge, urging the government to reconsider, urgin

tens of thousands of people have protested in budapest over legislation that could force the closures universities. the new rules mean the central european university would be prevented from awarding diplomas because it's registered in the united states. police in the nigerian city of lagos have reportedly evicted hundreds of people from their homes in a waterfront area. eyewitnesses say police fired tear gas and set fire to houses in one of the city's biggest slums, forcing residents to flee. it's the latest in a series of demolitions that are thought to have left thousands homeless. scientists claim two—thirds of australia's great barrier reef has now been devastated by severe coral bleaching. they say aerial surveys of the world's largest living structure have shown damage in the central section of the reef, which stretches more than 2,000 kilometres down queensland's coast. phil mercer is in sydney. phil, you been reporting on the bleaching of the coral reef for some time now, but this bleaching that's been discovered from this latest survey has been described as unprecedented? w

this was last week in budapest, hungary, gripped by snow and ice.e degrees up to 22 in some areas. a size limit 20s in belgrade. wind direction has changed and this warm air is coming from the mediterranean, pushing away the cold airover mediterranean, pushing away the cold air over eastern europe. instead, we get the cold across the north—west of europe and that will push is waiting of germany. the low countries into france as well. the aircame from countries into france as well. the air came from the attic originally. —— the arctic. and we are later to get some snow over the alps and the dollar mites. we have seen our temperatures drop, certainly. this was aberdeenshire earlier today. very wintry look to the weather. we will find more wintry showers not just across scotland but in northern ireland and those showers are wintry across england and wales, developing more widely. it will feel cold but how long what's they called? stage and for the week ahead. —— how long will it stay cold? stay tuned for the weather for the week ahead. hello, i'm ros a

. >> budapest memorandum in 1994. >> willie and i actually -- >> they were there. >> we basically said, after the breakup of the soviet union, we'll look after you. we were told that we did not. our word has shown to be a little bit empty. but think about it. north korea didn't give up its nuclear weapons. they haven't been attacked. ukraine, libya, iraq gave up its nuclear. all three of them were attacked. what's the lesson that people like kim jong-un learned? nuclear weapons can be useful. >> and what's the lesson that iran has learned? >> nuclear weapons can be useful. >> you had moammar gadhafi do a 180 reversal, giving up his nuclear weapons and he ended up dead. that's why the ukraine matters. it sets a precedence. we don't want the russians to think they can just go in there and attack. same thing when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. we can't have a world where borders don't matter. this is to deal with americans. to get them to understand that what we spend on national security is good for us here at home. >> willie was smiling. >> budapest. don't. >> it's once again another pe

gets the bid or if it goes to either budapest or paris, the other finalists.oc is going to visit those locations next month. the final decision will be announced september 13th in limb a peru. speaking of sports, let's turn things over to fallon smith. >> the warriors are one win away. they have been without superstar kevin durant for two games in the series. now the lawyers will be without head coach steve kerr. find out the latest on his status, that and more next in sports. >>> the injuries have piled up for the warriors this postseason and now we have some bad news regarding their head coach. hello, i'm fallon smith. steve kerr announced he will not coach in game four and he may be out beyond that. yes, kerr is experiencing symptoms that stem from multiple back surgeries he had back in 2015. now, he had to watch game three from the team hotel in portland because he was in severe pain. today he told the media he may not be back on the warriors sidelines this entire postseason but he's consulting with the doctors to figure it all out. >> as of now, i'm consu

members of parliament from london to budapest run and win on platforms that actively promote hostility towards jews and other religious minorities. european jews are now thinking twice before they wear a jamica in public. echos of our people's dark history in europe are growing louder and louder. it should to be condemned from every leaders in the world from faith and nationality. anti-semitism has always simmered just a bit beneath the surface in europe. it's far more shocking to see this score rear its ugly head in our dear country america, re-emerging with the strength that we haven't seen in decades. all of us have read the news reports. far too many among us have seen this firsthand in our own communities. jewish cemeteries vandalized, sacred ground desecrated, white supremacists and extremists on the far right on our college campuses holding rallies and distributing leaflets in an effort to recruit young people to join the ranks of organized bigotry. even the community centers where we send our children for preschool and swim meets and summer camps have been targeted by a wave of

adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapestning his event at the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. the quarter—finals are underway at the world snooker championship in sheffield. five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan has finished his first session against china's ding junhui. ding took the first three frames before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again but o'sullivan hit back though to take the last frame to make it a—alljohn higgins leads kyren wilson 5—3 too. it's the first to 13 frames. reigning champion mark selby is currently playing marco fu in their quarter—final. these are live pictures after what was a late night for fu. his match against neil robertson didn't finish until nearly 11pm. and he's trailing 3—0 to selby at the moment. cyclist lizzie armitstead says some "extremely difficult personal circumstances" led to

. >> day two in budapest. >> he didn't blow his life savings in the process.anaged to do it all on a budget. ♪ ♪ i flew to sweden, round trip, $192 from new york. i just booked in advance. during the low season. >> for the novice traveler. say they're starting from scratch. going to book a flight. don't want to spend a lot of money. don't have time. what's the first step? >> knowing your credit score, taking advantage of the credit card deals. banking points, miles. i did not book all my flights on miles. >> instead he relied on unconventional method to get the best deal. >> there are airlines norwegian, you can get really cheap return tickets. go to the norwegian language website. that gives you even better prices. >> you have to decode. >> not that hard. like the same flow. you can use google translate. i did try it with, a new airline, that's mexican, they do also charge you little cheaper if you book in mexican pesos. >> regardless of currency, seth says the key is to take advantage airlines digital mix-ups. >>some times manual human error. some times algo

adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapesttically by winning his event at the british championships last week. 0lympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie 0'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. at the world snooker championship, mark selby rattled off five frames in a row at the start of his quarter final against marco fu, who of course had that late finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last eight. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own... but selby ended the session with a 6—2 lead. barry hawkins has 5—3 lead over stephen maguire. tonight, on those tables... ding junhui 7—5 ronnie 0'sullivan, john higgins 8—4 kyran wilson. it's 1-1 still it's 1—1 still at it's1—1 still at stamford it's 1—1 still at stamford bridge. more in the next hour. studio: thank you. the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, has said he does not think gay sex is a sin — having declined to answer the question on several occasions during the election campaign. in an int

adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapest by winning his event at the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. ronnie o'sullivan has had to battle back from behind to keep his world snooker quarter final level after one session against china's ding junhui. ding took the first three frames before o'sullivan won the next three to get back to all square. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again but the five time champion hit back once more to take the last frame to make it 4—4. john higgins leads kyren wilson 5—3 in the other last eight match that was under way this morning. it's the first to 13. that is to reach the semifinals. meanwhile reigning champion mark selby is currently playing marco eu in their quarterfinal. one way traffic so far. selby 5—0 up after more than 250 points unanswered. marco fu played neal robertson last night, so perhaps something of a hangoverfor him. night,

budapest, january 25, 1917.commons, yesterday, concerning the address of resident wilson. the essential points are that the conditions of peace in the answer of our enemies involve the humiliation of germany and the dismemberment of austria-hungary and turkey. they are equivalent to a war of destruction. compel us to fight for existence with the utmost energy and are in flagrant contradiction with the views of president wilson about the piece to be concluded. second, that the ideal of the free development of all nations in states leaving their national characters cannot be fully realized in countries with a mixed population, especially in the southeast of europe. no other solution can approach this idea so near as the political system of the dual monarchy. you would render a great service to the mutual good understanding between our countries and the cause of peace if you could bring these facts nearer to the minds of the responsible statesman and the public opinion of the united states. .elieve me ambassador,th

adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapestat the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. ronnie o'sullivan has had to battle back from behind to keep his world snooker quarter final level after one session against china's ding junhui. ding took the first 3 frames before o'sullivan won the next three to get back to all square. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. but the five time champion hit back once more to take the last frame to make it 4—all. john higgins leads kyren wilson 5—3 in the other last 8 match that was underway this morning. it's the first to 13. meanwhile reigning champion mark selby is currently playing marco fu in their quarter—final. he responded with a couple of frames but mark selby has ended the session with a 6—2 lead. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. the founder of wikipedia is launching

the brutal violation of international obligations including 1994 budapest by permanent member of this council, who put its signature on the assurance of ukraine, contravenes the un-based security system created after world war ii. the international community has a responsibility to respect international law and find lasting solutions to the most urgent threats to global peace and security. the north korea issue is a test case for us today. our success in dissolving it may open ways to address other pressing problems on the world stage. >> i think the representative of ukraine and give the floor to the representative of uruguay. >> translator: thank you very much. secretary of state, we thank you for providing this meeting and the secretary-general for his comments. allow me to express that the presidency of the security council has organized an open briefing which is particularly important where tensions in the korean peninsula reached unprecedented levels. and already last year, litigation requested modification, the convening of an open briefing of the security council to deal with

i was born in budapest hungary and i was two when my family left as refugees. we emigrated to brazil where we lived trying to apply to come to the united states. my parents, my brother and myself immigrated to the united states and we followed all of the rules and the law. we followed all of these investigations and thorough medical exams by the council that appointed and approved doctors we also have character witnesses testing we have good moral standing and my father was required to have a job contract. april 27 marks my sons anniversary of his murder. ronald was my firstborn, my only son. his father my first husband was a brazilian national and was a respectful and loving practical joker sometimes that he hoped my parents and he was a good big brother to his sisters. he was always there when anyone needed his help. he went to visit his children up while standing in the driveway he was shot, a bullet intended for someone else. the shooter had a long criminal record and had been immediately after the shooting fled to mexico. i'm afraid california won't notify

the brutal violation of the international obligations, including the 1994 budapest memorandum who put its signature, the system created after world war ii. the international community has collective responsibility to restore respect to international law and to find lasting solutions to the most urgent threats to global peace and security. the north korea issue is a test case for all of us today. our success in resolving it may open ways to address other pressing problems on the world stage. i thank you. >> i thank the representative of ukraine for his statement. i now give the floor to the representative of uruguay. >> translator: thank you very much, mr. president. secretary of state, we thank you for taking part in this meeting and presiding over this meeting, and we would also like to thank the secretary general for his comments. allow me to express our satisfaction over the fact the presidency of the security council has organized this open briefing. which is particularly important at a time when the tensions in the korean peninsula has reached unprecedented levels. allow me to re

the brutal -- under the 1994 budapest memorandum by the permanent member of this council who put its signature under the assurances of sovereignty and total integrity of ukraine contraconvenients the whole system created after world war ii. the international community has collective responsibility to restore respect for international law and to find lasting solutions to the most urgent threats to global peace and security. the north korea issue is a test case for all of us today. our success in dissolving it may open ways to address other pressing problems on the world thank you stage. i thank you. secretary tillerson: i thank the representative of ukraine for his statement. i give the floor to the representative of uraguay. >> thank you very much, mr. president. secretary of state, we thank you for taking part in this meeting and for presiding over this meeting and we'd like to thank the secretary general for his comments. mr. rosselli: the presidency of the security council has organized this open briefing which is particularly important at a time when the tensions in the korean pe

want to sound arrogant or anything but for me, the race is what matters, the process and going to budapesttion. fascinating to see. let's go back to our main story now — mps are expected to back theresa may's call for a snap general election on 8thjune — in a commons vote this afternoon. 0pposition parties have accused mrs may of a u—turn, but say they won't vote against the election. the liberal democrats have set out a simple message — vote for us, prevent hard brexit. the party's leader tim farronjoins us now from westminster. good morning. seven weeks away from another general election. what would you consider to be a good result of your party seven weeks down the line? it's an opportunity for the british people to change the direction of the country. this contest begins nil — nil. we have everything to play for. in a moment, the british government are taking us towards a ha rd the british government are taking us towards a hard brexit. they are doing so because they do not have a decent effective opposition. to resist a hard brexit, to stay in the single market and to have put every d