there were, of course, czech partisans, czech guerillas, in occupied czech. they were able to pass information out to the czech government and exile in london and bennish could pass it along to churchill's government nrp london thus giving valuable information about the location of german military resource tots british government. bennish was also in touch with the soviet government passing them information as well. and so he was a very valuable go between owing to his position. question. >> how do you spell that. >> b-e-n-e-s. he is to be found from london from in b 1939 onwards. now, the czech underground passed a steady stream of information from the west through the government in exile in london. they said that they could get useful information about german reserve locations. they said that they could sabotage german industry. it's hard to know when you're doing the history of secret activities how much you want to rely on these documents because people who say that they're in a position to do these valuable things hope that that will make them indispensa

just behind the czech german border lies the czech town of school now it's a century for the christian fundamentalist twelve tribe sect scorners mayor finds nothing wrong with that. it would be problematic if they tried to tell or convince others to live like them but to my knowledge that's not the case. on. this twelve tribes propaganda video advertises the sex principles of parenting it openly supports physically punishing and beating children. was wise fathers use a sin piece of fried to keep their offspring on the right path. the twelve tribes sect was taken to court for child abuse in germany where it was previously based. all but apply or used to be a member of the sect for twenty years then he left because he didn't want to use corporal punishment on his kids. government why couldn't keep living like that i had to get myself and my kids out of there with me when community or. right inside the sect was cruel as this undercover footage from a t.v. journalist from several years ago documents. back then the twelve tribes was still based in southern germany. the fog and it's a corpor

and napoleon bonaparte writes again in the czech republic enthusiastic times being reenacting the battle of austerlitz one of the french emperors greatest victories. my name's christopher springer thanks for joining us thousands have been protesting in the north german city of one of a where the far right a.f.p. is holding a party conference several people were injured when police used water cannon to disperse the demonstrators the injured included policeman and at least one protester the clashes occurring as the a.f.p. elected new leaders at the two day conference the protesters were demonstrating against the f.t.'s anti immigration and islam platform. standing by for us after a party conference in hanover make a look mckayla this party conference tasked with electing new leaders for the two years i mentioned or to the results tell us about the direction of the party. well it shows us that this party is always good for a surprise there have been some resistance from the more centrist stream of the party brewing throughout the week actually seeing a delegate from lynn mr pitts step in on

just behind the czech-german border lies the czech town of skalna. >> it's a sanctuary for the christiandamentalist "twelve tribes" sect. "skalna's" major finds nothing wrong with that. >> it would be problematic if they tried to tell or convince others to live like them. but to my knowledge, that's not the case. >> this "twelve tribes" propaganda video advertises the sects' principles of parenting -- it openly supports physically punishing and beating children. >> wise fathers use a thin piece of reed to keep their offspring on the right path. >> the "twelve tribes" sect was taken to court for child abuse in germany, where it was previously based. robert pleyer used to be a member of the sect for 20 years. then, he left. because he didn't want to use corporal punishment on his kids. >> i couldn't keep living like that. i had to get me and my kids out of there. >> life inside the sect was cruel, as this undercover footage from a tv journalist from several years ago documents. back then, the "twelve tribes" were still based in southern germany. >> corporal punishment? sure, a child might

and napoleon bonaparte writes again in the czech republic enthusiasm have been reenacting the battle of hostilities one of the french and burst most decisive victories. by michelle henery and welcome to the program. germany's populist anti integration party has chosen a right wing nationalist as its new co-leader the move could signal a further shift to the right for the alternative for germany party members of the f.d.a. are attending a party conference in the german said. the start of the conference was delayed by thousands of protesters who accuse the party some of the racism and xenophobia. police respond to protesters who are trying to disrupt the f.t. gathering in the german city of one over. most of the demonstrators were peaceful but some blocked streets attempting to stop party members from joining the conference. police responded with water cannons and but tongs. inside a heated exchange over who would lead the party was underway several hours later the potus right appeared to have the upper hand over the more conservative wings after two rounds of inconclusive voting one o

and it was in fact an attempt to extort cash also coming up a pony in bottom part rides again in the czech republic enthusiasm have been a rian acting of the bottom of allister list one of the french emperors greatest victories. under their coaching casualty in the book the three page a story that waved goodbye to cologne after four and a half eventful years. i'm on i was on thank you for joining us investigators say that the suspicious package found out a pharmacy in the german city of pop time on friday was not about terrorism but blackmail and vesta gator say whoever sent the package was demanding money from d.h.l. which is a german delivery company. a hissing sound then nothing but it was a close call in pots time on friday when employees at a pharmacy opened a package found in their store the device inside was much more dangerous than investigators originally thought. apparently the blackmailer or the blackmailers didn't mind risking injuries or even death of those who received the packages. didn't. the target the delivery firm d.h.l. included in the package was a blackmail letter imb

just behind the czech german border lies the czech town of school now it's a century for the christian fundamentalist twelve tribe sect scorners mayor finds nothing wrong with that. it would be problematic if they tried to tell or convince others to live like them but to my knowledge that's not the case. on. this twelve tribes propaganda video advertises the sex principles of parenting it openly supports physically punishing and beating children. was wise fathers use a sin piece of fried to keep their offspring on the right path. the twelve tribes sect was taken to court for child abuse in germany where it was previously based. all but apply or used to be a member of the sect for twenty years then he left because he didn't want to use corporal punishment on his kids. government why couldn't keep living like that i had to get myself and my kids out of there with them in one community or. like inside the sect was cruel as this undercover footage from a t.v. journalist from several years ago documents. back then the twelve tribes were still based in southern germany. before going into cor

czech firm limit his desperate for more workers. the hospital bed manufacturer has seven hundred employees an annual sales of two hundred seventy million euros it could increase those figures if it could only hire more assembly line workers service technicians logistics specialists and engineers. many other check companies have the same problem as linnet. the czech republic has the lowest unemployment rate in the e.u. at two point seven percent this compares to germany with joblessness at three point six percent across the block unemployment stands at seven point four percent on average that's a total of more than eighteen million people. the jobless rate is highest in southern europe especially in spain and greece. these southern european countries have had high unemployment for years. many young people from the region have left looking for better work prospects that's making it difficult for some companies such as this woodworking shop to find employees as the outlook slowly improves. diplomatic tensions between kenya and tanzania

just outside the spaceship lies the czech skiing region of the user of mountains. feels nice and feels like home and you really mean it and also the tower it's really famous and when it's plus the year does he if there are too many people here or i feel tired i can take the cable car to the hotel and have a coffee in the child or or take a break to our maimane or i know both of us. covered in snow and ice the us did hotel doesn't lose any of its appeal in fact it looks even more mysterious in subzero temperatures. interior design at its best check out our you tube channel interior design stunning design ideas spectacular buildings and d.i.y. tutorials on home decoration we'll take you inside the most beautiful european homes show you the latest in furniture fabrics accessories subscribe and don't miss out see you on youtube. that sent me the time of year it's become easy isn't it in winter there's nothing i like more than to be warm by the fire with family around me and a board game like many people i spent a lot of my childhood playing clue monopoly and then later

s promise of a united europe in east west fault lines are deepening the czech republic recently voted in a euro skeptic government critical of german migration policies but in the bavarian and bohemian forests the largest contiguous forest area in central europe german and czech conservationists have found an issue that both countries can agree on. powerful batch can came here with the intention of doing research on black grouse hazel grouse and would grouse the shiny birds live in the national parks on both sides of the czech valley and border. but it's not hard overnight so powerful won't be able to find any of the birds tracks. in these species are disappearing from commercial woodland but here in this forest they're doing fine we want to find out how many of these birds there are and where they're located we work with them if you live on the war the two national parks are working on a joint project that will do exactly that in fact both parks cooperate closely on these kinds of efforts and no one represents that spirit of cooperation better than biologist pavel better he works for

plowed into a christmas market in one of berlin's busiest public spaces among the dead victims from the czech republic ukraine poland italy and israel along with seven germans the injured included citizens of fifty five different nations in the coming minutes a memorial for the victims is due to be unveiled at the site of the attack. and we do have some live pictures here of this is the site of the christmas market attack that did take place a year ago and this is where the memorial will be unveiled to the twelve victims twelve cement steps with the names of each person killed and their country of origin that is what the memorial will be revealed later today or in just a few moments rather with a chancellor merkel on hand for the ceremony and german president. is on hand while he's been giving us beach in that church you see right there the kaiser vilhelm memorial church just behind us. and let's go to. platts he has been following all of this for us today all of our get to see you tell us more about the commemoration ceremony that's just about to start. well there's a whole lot of commemorat

to them actually because they'll be making more money but they're going to countries even like the czech republic which is not exactly the wealthiest nation so they're expecting to make money on par with the czechs which would be a let's say you know four hundred something year olds or five hundred eighty five euros is the average actually for the czech employee they're not making that much money they're making about four dollars and ten cents an hour now the problem here is not only that these agencies are moving these laborers from factories or factory they this is a migration pattern that they have with these people the problem is that labor laws then come into play this is legal i mean within the twenty countries pact of the european union yes people can move around the european union and to and work within the bloc but the whole fact of the matter is that they're working at lower wages and the laws there are the labor laws labor standards are being hurt the. labor like the salaries be it the medical be it just the amount of hours that people are working because a lot of these people

stalin's rhetoric, the actions of the soviet union and poland and the czech republic, not yet the czech republic, but czechoslovakia in the late '40s. the berlin air lift in 1949, 1950, were all signs that our relationships with russians was going badly. gentleman by the name of george kennan, who wrote a long telegram out of moscow outlined his worries and fears. and that really outlined american policy for about the next 30 years. kennen's policy tilted the united states towards containment of the soviet union. and became even more offensive in the 1950s. when korea was -- when south korea was invaded by north korea, of course, the domino theory was beginning to be explained as one of the reasons for the containment theory. the government also started looking at rollback as a possible policy. and rollback was nothing more than pushing the soviet union back into its internal order. to strip it of its eastern european country. bulgaria, romania, yugoslavia, poland along with the eastern baltic states were all within the soviet sphere, and the cia and the british mi-6 or special secret i

will feature czech artists it's the start of a series of collaboration between the dresden state art collections and proulx national gallery and we plan to start exchanging the works from our collections like when the prague national galleries trade fair palace is renovated starting in two thousand and twenty our prague colleagues have generously offered to loan us these collections of important works while their galleries closed. the train takes two and a half hours to reach prague the listeners are won over by the culture express. they weren't usually on a train when you go to a reading the whole atmosphere is a wonderful. travel this way and a jump back and forth in a literary way between these two cities an inspiration that. caucus rug is a great city and all these people crossing the border should be done against. the culture train will be shuttling between the two sit is another three times this winter. now when it comes to austrian cruising there is more to it than just schnitzel at least that's according to an austrian restaurant owner right here in berlin johanan grew up in

>> this is in the czech republic.tried to steal tools from the van and then attempted to get away. that's when the construction workers jumped on to forklifts and trapped the suspects! could be in a movie! police later arrested them! >>> another nfl player carted off the field tonight. kevin durant kissed a fan tonight at oracle. why that wasn't the sweetest thing he did my name is valerie decker and i'm a troubleman for pg&e. i am a first responder to emergencies 24 hours a day, everyday of the year. my children and my family are on my mind when i'm working all the time. my neighbors are here, my friends and family live here, so it's important for me to respond as quickly as possible and get the power back on. it's an amazing feeling turning those lights back on. be informed about outages in your area. sign up for outage alerts at pge.com/outagealerts. together, we're building a better california. injury, durant is averaging over 33 points per game.. nkees slugger >>> kevin durant joined steph curry's warriors last s

it's unfortunate that we lost our ability to continue in the czech republic. but there was just no -- there was no additional funding available, given the history. >> okay. so it's fair to say, it was somewhat turned around. >> yeah, it was turned around in a much -- with a much smaller footprint. >> that's the point i want people to come away with. that there were some hiccups. there were some interventions made, and then it had a pretty good turn-around outcome. >> once we accepted the fact we lost 35% of our capital, we did good things with the 25% that was remaining. but to dan's point, you know, again, people are going to lose money, you're going make bad deals. you're going to get your hiccups. and you just have to learn how to absorb them and move on. and that's what we did. >> okay. all right. so i want to just spend one more minute on history and then turn to the present, to jim and bo talking about the president. and then i want the four of my panelists to talk about the future. i just want to dwell just for a minute on the past with my friend paige.

the building in the czech city of live it is an impressive site provided the weather is on your side in winter the tower is often shrouded in fog. taking the cable car up is almost a mystical experience in the winter a special atmosphere pervades the mountain. no one knows this better than our last who's worked at the hotel for years. to come on your. games and in the winter like another seasons you can enjoy stunning views from here come on it's wise for those with love and know not to sometimes you get to experience this kind of snowy winter wonderland we're having today as he tells me and i don't mean to marry him. scenery that many guests appreciate from behind observation windows. which been really impressed by all this the weather in particular a shame we can't enjoy the view today this is a belief that there are no cars and no traffic only nature do not to look down didn't the snow the wind you know it is friendly people everywhere. and the. like cloud nine it's great defense of. the hotel has one thousand rooms on two floors and two of them still have the original nine hundre

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the piece they are singing is by a czech composer.ed with the murder of a woman working at an aldi supermarket in north yorkshire. neville hord, who is 44, was remanded in custody by magistrates in york. jodie willsher was stabbed to death in skipton on thursday. 0ur correspondent sarah walton sent this report. arriving at york magistrates‘ court, 44—year—old neville hord appeared in the dock charged with murder. he is accused of attacking 30—year—old jodie willsher at the aldi store in skipton, where she was working on thursday afternoon. she suffered serious injuries and died in the store. there were no relatives in court this morning, and mr hord, dressed in a blue t—shirt and grey shorts, spoke only to confirm his name, age, and address. he didn't enter a plea and was remanded in custody. in a statement, mrs willsher‘s husband, malcolm, said his wife always had an amazing smile on herface, and was a doting mother and loving wife. at the store where mrs willsher worked, colleagues have described her as much—loved and popular. staff

and here‘s a little more christmas cheer from the czech republic.of communism in what was then czechoslovakia. in the first year a few people gathered on the steps of the bridge, since then it‘s become an altogether bigger affair with the crowd led by professional conductors and soloists — with the main train station also turned into a concert hall for the occasion. the piece of music they‘re singing is by the czech composer jakub jan ryba. you can find out much more on that story and our other main stories, on oui’ story and our other main stories, on our website, bbc.com/news. the weather now with helen willetts. hello again. although it has been a mild run up to christmas and that will continue today on christmas eve, we will notice a change by the end of christmas day. it is set to get much colder. the snow risk will increase and some of us may yet have a white christmas and it could be windy in the next 48 hours. we had some brightness through the day on saturday. this was durham late in the day. we might not see as much brightness. there is an

the piece of music they're singing is by the czech composer jakub jan ryba. although it has been a mild run up to christmas and that will continue today on christmas eve, we will notice a change by the end of christmas day. it is set to get much colder. the snow risk will increase and some of us may yet have a white christmas and it could be windy in the next 48 hours. we had some brightness through the day on saturday. this was durham late in the day. we might not see as much brightness. there is an active weather front marching into the north and west of the uk now. we still have tightly packed isobars, so windy weather. they are coming from a mild south—westerly direction and it is behind this weather front that the cold air is lying. it stays north for most and we start on a mild and murky note. there could be some morning fog but not as much as yesterday morning. it will still be dank, drizzly and grey for most of us as as we move in to this morning. 9s and 10s already as we get to day break. we may see some brightness around inland areas but not as much

condemned the czech republic for not releasing this guy. >> tucker: we condemn lots of things. guy is back in beirut selling arms. >> to somehow attribute that to barack obama because thek czech republic held a guy they wouldn't release to the united states and ultimately they did release into his own, somehow or another, that's benghazi stuff. >> tucker: i don't want to address benghazi because it's an entirely different story and a different fact set, but, this piece ales that tons of cocaine made it into this country. and the obama administration knew, the dea knew it was coming into the country. i mean, that doesn't seem to be much debate about that. >> well,. >> tucker: that seems like a big deal to me given the toll that drugs have taken on the country in the last 10 years. >> right. nuclear weapons would take a much bigger toll on the world. okay. again, i don't subscribe to the nation. >> tucker: so there is a tradeoff. more people die -- >> -- no. and there would be penal dying who are united states citizens. i don't to the premise of the article. the fact of the matte

>> well we closed down the czech taitt, moved everything into slovakia. they did. they had a second go at it. i think they did some very good things in slovakia there is a legacy foundation there. it's unfortunate that we lost our ability to continue in the czech republic, but there was no additional funding available given the history. >> so it's fair to say it was somewhat turned around? >> yeah, it was turned around with a much smaller footprint. >> so that's the point i want people to come away with. there were some hiccups. there were some interventions made. and then it had a pretty good turnaround outcome, right? is that a fair way to describe it? >> despite the fact we lost 75% of our capital, we did good things with the 25% remaining. to dan's point, again, people are going to lose money. you're going to make bad deals. you're going to get your hiccups. and you just have to learn how to absorb them and move on. and that's what we did. >> okay. all right. so i want to just spend one more minute on history, and then i want to turn to the present, to jim and

republic and have pledged to stick to the czech republic's rejection of an easy quota which mandates all members have to take in some migrants his party was the strongest force in elections in october about thirty percent of the vote but it's not clear how bad this facing corruption allegations will win support from the majority of legislators russia's president vladimir putin says he'll seek reelection next year sixty five year old has been in power holding the post to be the president or prime minister for seventeen years if putin serves another six year term will reach the milestone for the longest tenure is the distance joseph stalin. britain's prime minister says she'll take the constitutional integrity of the u.k. during negotiations aimed at breaking the deadlock in briggs it talks over ireland the reason may says the government is committed to ensuring there is no return to our hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic however she told m.p.'s of prime minister's questions that the issue could only be resolved once negotiations with you move on to the second

republic under above as has pledged to stick to the czech republic's rejection of an e.u. quota mandate all members to take in some migrants his party was the strongest force in october elections with about thirty percent of the vote but it's not clear how bad this is facing corruption allegations will win support from all majority of the legislators the first senior u.n. official to visit north korea in six years has arrived in pyongyang tickler affairs chief jeffrey feltman store comes after prong recently tested a ballistic missile he says can reach the u.s. mainland diplomats are hoping feldman's trip will kick start a u.s. led effort to deescalate tensions in the region. the nobel peace prize will be awarded on december the tenth to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons oh i can millions of people can remember a time when the threat of nuclear war was a looming presence that worry has steadily diminished since the end of the cold war but with the rise of new north korea's nuclear capabilities some watery that fan may return rob brown sort of folds the

the israel the czech republic and a bunch of you know countries in the south pacific i think tomorrow we may see something a little bit different israel has been working very hard over the last few years to improve relationships with other countries particularly at the u.n. to try to avoid these kind of blockbuster blow out votes but in particular saudi arabia in the relationship that's the saudis have really tried to court with donald trump it could make tomorrow it could make tomorrow really interesting i have no idea what the saudi arabians will do if they decide to abstain which i think is probably i can't imagine they would vote against it but if they choose to abstain how many other arab countries decide to join them it's a big question and one that i'm sure the saudi or saudis themselves are trying to figure out right now and if the general assembly votes along the same lines as the boys in the van the one hundred fifty countries voted in favor of you know that resolution declaring or an israeli actions in jerusalem or not and void because that is an occupying power can or will

the best performer is the currency in the czech republic. it's a bit of a similar story to had strongthat we've growth there, around 5% in the czech republic. the check central bank has hiked twice this year and will continue to go on hiking next year. elsewhere come in december, the south african rand has been an absolute star performer, going up about 12% against the dollar. a lot of that has been on the back of the men who won the election contest against the wife of the current president, jacob summa. will tackle corruption and get the south african economy on a firmer -- firmer path. there's speculation in the market that some of the positivity has been overdone. he faces a very hard task, and south africa could be in for more credit rating downgrades. rishaad: thank you so much, andrew james in singapore. it's been a strong year at home and abroad for china's president she jinping -- we will look at the challenges to come. will asian equities managed to squeeze in another record before years in? we are tracking that next. this is bloom

the premier league bottom club have appointed former czech york wednesday boss carlos carvajal as theire a good impression at his first swansea press conference. he's been sacked by sheffield wednesday on christmas eve. fresh in the mind that sacking. they were 15th in the table at the time. he's never managed in the english top flight never managed in the english top flight before. everybody understands it is ina flight before. everybody understands it is in a very difficult situation. but it's what we like. maybe a lot of persons will say that it may be just a miracle that swansea will stay in the premier league but i don't agree because miracles is something not from our world. these kind of things, this kind ofjob is so kind of things, this kind ofjob is so they can do the things. there's still plenty of chatter about liverpool's £75 million signing of virgil van dijk from southampton, making him the world's most expensive defender. one man who knows him well is leicester city boss claude puel, who managed the dutchman at southampton last season, and believes liverpool have bought on