hungary get support from a group of european lawmakers up to the bloc votes to punish budapest for breaching the core values. russian defense ministry claims militants in syria's it lived province of film the stage chemical attack and sent it to the un as well as circulating it online. and russia's joint war games with china and mongolia showcase the country's best military hardware while also attracting a lot of attention in the west. good morning from moscow it's thursday the thirteenth of september the world news from the international this hour first up for you donald trump has signed off on moves to tackle foreign interference in the u.s. elections which he describes as a national emergency the president issued an executive order which refers to any attempt by individuals or countries to influence or alter the vote results trucks move comes ahead of crucial midterm elections this november in the event that any meddling is proven sanctions would be imposed targeting us sectors of strategic importance like finance or defense of washington correspondent samir account taking a closer look.

has voted to put hungary on its official naughty list by starting article seven measures against budapest will you let it happen dead a government that violates the values upon which this union was built with out consequences or will you ensure that the values of this union are more than just which is this then you are the lections this year were held in an atmosphere doesn't gresham and intimidation article seven of the lisbon treaty is the biggest stake member nations have with which to beat members of the club not upholding. values if seeing through to its fullest and we are still some way away from that happening just yet it could result in a member nation having their voting rights to spend it in the e.u. institutions essentially taking away their right to have a say hungary is charged with breaking a wide array of e.u. laws but when you look at them as a group there are many member states that aren't in breach of some of the same things being levelled at budapest individuals into government and rich themselves their family members staff rents from public funding from utopian taxpaye

values for the first time they agreed to article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its e.u. voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary took a decision we've seen the democracy in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost independence academic freedom is share is falling down. the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted who like you for your own parliament today should have been in parliament decision was nothing else but at revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary. outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested mad all of them in that are best opened talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungry everything is always about migration it's to ful

european lawmakers voicing their support for hungary after the european parliament voted to slap budapest with the blocks most severe disciplinary action for breaching the union's core values such populist leader get villagers called the decision a shame will be outspoken british m.e.p. not of raj board of an authoritarian grip but as peter all of the reports hungry isn't the only country on the use watch list. the european parliament has voted to put hungary on its official naughty list by starting article seven measures against budapest will you let it happen that a government that violates the values upon which this union was built with out consequences or will you ensure that the values of this union are more than just which is this then you the elections this year were held in an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation and article seven of the lisbon treaty is the biggest stick member nations have with which to beat members of the club not upholding the call values if seeing through to its fullest and we are still some way away from that happening just yet it could result in a memb

get me budapest. c.b., it's 5:30 in the morning in budapest. you can't get that girl out of bed.nd why not? operator. get me budapest, miss franciska gaal, g-a-a-l. (thomas schatz) and of course we're not importing movies, we're importing the talent developing in other countries. hello. franciska gaal? this is cecil b. demille in hollywood, california. who? cecil b. demille, paramount director, speaking from hollywood. cecil b. demille! oh, yes! we want you to come to america for a picture. i want a fine emotional actress for the part i have in mind. you'll have to leave in one week. one week. oh, you americans. styles and techniques are being imported, appropriated and transformed to accommodate this system. (narrator) superficially, it seemed as if the major american studio was operating as factories, mass producing dreams for expanding foreign markets. (robert parrish) they were factories; they manufactured things. and if i'd been in detroit, i might have sold automobiles. but in this town, they made movies. and everything in the town was connected with the movies. it was a ma

in budapest? correct? >> we shot in budapest. a little bit in vienna. all around europe.tic there. >> jimmy: are they? do they know what's like -- a lot of people shoot there. do they know what's going on? do they know you, your tv show? it's a good question. yes. i went to a gym there actually, this fantastic gym, a bit like the gold's of budapest. they had lots of pictures of very famous people there. lawrence fox, schwarzenegger. all these people have trained there and -- >> jimmy: lawrence fox? >> lawrence fox. never heard of him? >> he's a canadian, maybe? [ laughter ] yeah, so like the last week of training this guy is letting me train, giving me protein shakes. the last week i walk in, he's painted this mural of me in the center of his changing room. life-sized mural. i'm like, wow, this guy really likes "outlander." and then i'm speaking to him. he goes, yes, i watch your movie. that's my canadian accent. [ laughter ] i watch your movie. i said, which movie is that? he said, "yes, yes, tarzan." [ laughter ] oh, that's not actually me. but he's like, oh. and he loo

it is not the middle east, it is europe, 1944 and this young boy is walking through budapest. three out of five buildings have been bombed. the nazis have occupied the country and he does not know what his future holds for him. he survives the occupation, his family survives the war, and inally, this young boy has hope again for the first time in six years. why? because he hears that the great men have set down at yalta, the victors, the allies have brought a peace that will give freedom back to the occupied countries of central europe. they have assured everybody, stalin has told churchill, has told the american president, we will have free, democratic elections in the former occupied territories of central urope. are we good? this young boy has hope, we will be free again. what happens? as all you history buffs know, within three years, this nation hat had been under fascist control, falls under communist control. by 1948, stalin had reneged on yalta. all those governments had been ompromised, democrats, christians had been persecuted, intimidated and the communist party too

values for the first time they agreed to article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democrat in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pendants academic freedom is she is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted we like you. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but petty revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested. i mean there are open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungary everything is always about migration it's to feel heard gary and and they swallow it by goi

has been forced out of the country and there are fears budapest's central european university may be next and the rights of minorities migrants and refugees the government has refused to accept asylum seekers and passed laws criminalizing organizations that help them live reports from strasburg. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching e.u. values for the first time they agreed to launch article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democrats in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pendants academic freedom issue is falling down. vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unf

values for the first time they agreed to north article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary to the decision we've seen the democrats in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pan academic freedom is she is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted we like you. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but petty revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested. all of them in their. open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungary everything is always about migration it's to full heard gary ns and they swallow it by going

values for the first time they agreed to launch article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen democracy in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pendants academic freedom is share is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but pet revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a press parliament antigovernment campaigners protested. i mean there are open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungary everything is always about migration it's to fill her carians and they swallow it. is true it's not a

george soros is open society foundation has been forced out of the country and there are fears budapest'scentral european university may be next and the right of rights of minorities migrants and refugees the government has refused to accept asylum seekers and passed laws criminalizing organizations that help them well or about has accused the block of blackmail and this foreign minister says the vote is petty revenge for the country's immigration policy. legally speaking this decision goes totally against the procedures put forward in the european treaties and it is absolutely obvious that this debate is about migration. there are forces in the european parliament which basically hate the migratory policy of the current government and this is reflected in their decision. well commission presidential hold yoko defended the parliament's unprecedented action in triggering article seven of the e.u. treaty we need new. the european commission oppose all attacks on the rule of law we remain concerned by the developments in some of our member states article seven must be applied whenever the ru

hungary's best known prisoners as waiting to meet me in this budapest prison. to the government he's a dangerous terrorist others say he's a political prisoner. othman tells me he does not know why he's here and never. will. we begin the day with large parts of north and south carolina called in the tight grip of hurricane floor it's has been well over twelve hours since the storm finally made landfall near the port city of wilmington from the moment the first bands of rain began soaking the coast until the i had reached land twelve hours had passed for its was and remains a giant sloss of a storm sitting on the coast half of florence churning up warm ocean waters the other half dumping torrential rain some places recording more precipitation last night than they usually receive in an entire year and that translates into flooding and when you add the storm surge caused by the hurricane you have the recipe for devastating flooding. and here are the pictures that prove florence has a pond storm chasers posted on social media some of the first and most dramatic im

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move their most harsh punishment they have voted to trigger article seven and that could lead to budapest being stripped of its council voting rights now it was a tie vote but it did get the two thirds majority that was required to pass we saw the dutch m.e.p. that had written this report on hungary condemning it for breaching war she said were you values and principles we saw her being applauded by many. in the parliament it's a big move because as i said it's the first time that the e.u. parliament has ever launched of such action there was action against poland at the end of last year but that was the european commission and what happens next is that hungry will be issued a formal warning to try and change its ways it's seen as having you know curtailed people's freedoms repressing human rights especially minorities and refugees if the prime minister the far right leader viktor or bonn does make changes and is deemed to be acting correctly according to e.u. leaders then it will remain as a warning if not it could lead as i said to budapest having its e.u. voting rights taken away that'

one of hungary's best known prisoners is waiting to meet me in this budapest prison . to the government he's a dangerous terrorist others say he's a political prisoner. osman tells me he does not know why he's here and never understand what come back strong. this way what do you think of when you think of terrorism what does terrorism mean to you to listen who at least medium will make. clear he has hatred for other people this is because he has he has to do something from hate that one. who was. meant as syrian but has lived for several years in cyprus with his cypriot wife in two thousand and fifteen he set out to help his parents and his brother's family flee to europe. they arrived at the hunger in border the day after it was closed they were blocked along with hundreds of other refugees who lack basic necessities protests broke out. oh. mamma tried to translate between the police and the protesters. but i. was but when communication broke down she joined in throwing rocks. and had planned to return to his family in cyprus but never made it home he was arrested and

i was flying to budapest.re were other juniors from lehman brothers and i remember assuring them saturday night, look, it is absolutely fine. worst case scenario is we get taken over by bank of america. there was no idea that monday, we have no employer and no way out. sunday, i flew from budapest to istanbul. i saw lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy and i got all these messages from ex-colleagues in new york say it has been great working with you. see you on the other side. leaving lehman brothers wasn't my choice. i really thought there was no chance lehman brothers would be allowed to fall and after that, i became more cynical about the global financial system. i never got back into the lehman brothers office after september 12. it was actually a colleague who had to bring my box of collections out for me. i wasn't one of the people carrying boxes out. history rhymes, it doesn't repeat. do i think we will get another lehman brothers, not a systemically important bank. will we get another financial crisis?

sunday, i flew from budapest to a stumble and i remember -- in stanbul.aw lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy and i got all these messages from ex colleagues in new york say it has been great working with you. see you on the other side. leaving lehman brothers wasn't my choice. i really thought there was no chance lehman brothers would be allowed to fall and after that, i became more cynical about the global financial system. i never got back into the lehman brothers office after september 12. it was actually a colleague who had to bring my box of collection out for me. i wasn't one of the people carrying boxes out. history rhymes, it doesn't repeat. do i think we will get another lehman brothers, not a systemically important bank. will we get another financial crisis? yes. every other crisis before, people didn't think a crash could come. was theke 1929, it roaring 20's and people didn't understand the downside and everyone got caught up in the grade. as long as humans, nate financial markets, which they still do, not for much longer, we will get financ

there are many member states that aren't in breach of some of the same things being levelled at budapest individuals into governments have envisaged themselves their family members difference from public funding from utopian taxpayers money bulgaria is also down there at the wrong end of the table when it comes to corruption and conflicts of interest transparency international puts them bottom of the list when it comes to e.u. member states but also down there at the wrong end of the table a countries like rumania greece italy and croatia any piece reserved a real tongue lashing for the government when it came to the rights for minorities the council of europe's commissioner for human rights indicated that he was concerned about the deterioration of the situation as regards racism and intolerance in hungary when it comes to discrimination against vulnerable groups let's say for example here muslim migrants from north africa it's a far worse picture in the netherlands where almost. off say they've been the victim of discrimination italy and france don't fare well here either another area

a step in what will probably be a long drawn out process first a formal warning for budapest and then it's a later date a vote on whether to strip away e.u. voting rights from hungary fad of course would be a major blow for the country on the international stage it would damage its reputation but it won't be much of a surprise to the country's far right prime minister viktor orban he was in strasbourg speaking to every piece on tuesday and he said that the e.u. is simply trying to blackmail him to fall into line with what they want rather than what hung guerin's want earlier we spoke with uli bruckner a professor in the european studies at stanford university berlin he says when sales for seedings in strasburg were less about punishment for hungary but rather making an example of them well what we see with the vote of the european parliament is not automatically a punishment of hungary it's more that they are put on stage and it's naming and shaming procedure not so much what is called the nuclear option that at the end of the process that you will kick out hungary if this is not happ

values for the first time they agreed to norge article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its e.u. voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democracy in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten . press freedom is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost independence academic freedom is share is falling down. the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor plan has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted who like you for your own parliament today should have been in parliament decision was nothing else but at revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary. outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested. all of them in that are best open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungry everything is always about migration

values for the first time they agreed to article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democrat in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pendants academic freedom is share is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but pet revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a press parliament antigovernment campaigners protested. i mean there are open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungary everything is always about migration it's to feel heard gary and and they swallow it. is true it's not a

nick thorpe is in budapest. the government as sounding confident.o concerned about the pressure? i think it is concerned. this was able to them. especially the size of the majority against them in parliament. they have also said that the counting mechanism of the european parliament was fraudulent and they are looking into ways of legal redress. they say if hadn‘t been captivated in a different way without the abstention isa different way without the abstention is a rather with the abstention counted in, there would have been 65%, so slightly short of the two thirds necessary. there‘s quibbling over numbers, but that only serves to hide the basic problem now facing the hungarian government, which is until now with the wind in its sails, seeing election victories of stronger right—wing government in austria, italy and other countries. austria, italy and other countries. a strong showing for the sweden democrats last weekend. viktor orban feeling and so now he was really winning the argument on immigration to europe, winning the argument in europe on

session on what to do about hungary and whether article seventy measures will be put in place on budapest what article seven essentially means is it's the ultimate political naughty step in the european union it strips all could strip and suspend the voting rights of hungry in the e.u. institutions essentially taking away their voice in the in the well the european family there were lots of allegations made against viktor orban his government and the nation of hungary listen to a few of them now sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judicial individuals into government have envisaged themselves their family members deference from public funding from the european taxpayers' money less alexian is this that we cannot close our eyes to the problems in hungary the elections this year were held in an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation in the gary and. prime minister viktor orban was in stroudsburg to hear those allegations he was bullish in his response you

was spearheaded by a dutch politician who told european lawmakers it was time to make a choice but budapesthas vowed to defy the odds also coming up on the american condemns the violence and.

i'm going to get support from a group of european lawmakers up to the block votes to punish budapest for breaching the e.u.'s core values. russian defense ministry claims militants in syria's it live province of film to stage chemical attack and sent it to the un as well as circulating it online. and russia's joint war games with china and mongolia showcase the country's best military hardware while also attracting a lot.