let's go live to be depressed now, the party headquarters of fidesz, the party headquarters of fideszre viktor 0rban, the ruling party, were viktor 0rban, the prime minister called the things he has won again. —— live to budapest. he says, "we have won a great victory, victory so great you can see perhaps from the moon and certainly from brussels." you're watching bbc news. let's stay with the election in hungary. earlier our correspondent nick thorpe was in budapest, outside mr 0rban�*s party headquarters. the hungarian electoral system is based on a mixture of first past the post and proportional representation. in terms of the individual constituencies, 106 individual constituencies, fidesz, mr 0rban�*s party, is ahead in 87 and the opposition are ahead in 19. that's on the basis of 67% of the votes counted. whereas on the party lists, fidesz has 56% to the opposition�*s 32%. and there's also something of an upset, an interesting result here. the far right mi hazank mozgalom, 0ur homeland movement looks set to get into parliament, with over 6%. so at the state of the evening, with

this time the six main parties — fidesz. this time the six main parties of— fidesz. parties of the opposition have got together, they have a common candidate — together, they have a common candidate for prime minister, peter marki-zay. — candidate for prime minister, peter marki—zay, an independent conservative, and interestingly he has been — conservative, and interestingly he has been challenging mr orban using some _ has been challenging mr orban using some of— has been challenging mr orban using some of his own rhetoric. in his last speech _ some of his own rhetoric. in his last speech in his rally to the opposition yesterday, saturday, in budapest, — opposition yesterday, saturday, in budapest, he said it was a matter of hungarians — budapest, he said it was a matter of hungarians regaining their national pride _ hungarians regaining their national pride to— hungarians regaining their national pride to get rid of the shame which viktor— pride to get rid of the shame which viktor orban has brought on hungary. of course _ viktor orban has brought on hungary. of co

whereas on the party lists, fidesz has 56% to the opposition�*s 32%.result of the far right our homeland movement looks set to get into parliament with over 6%. so at the state of the evening, with well over half the votes counted, it looks like it will be a landslide victory for viktor 0rban and certainly this would be a remarkable achievement, four consecutive terms in office, if, of course, with the caution, if this is confirmed with the official results. what does it mean for the kind of policies that viktor 0rban would pursue if he is re—elected, given that he has had this affair combative stand—off with the eu over the way money is spent and whether or not hungary is sufficiently robust in its anti—corruption procedures? robust in its anti-corruption procedures?— robust in its anti-corruption procedures? robust in its anti-corruption rocedures? ., �*, procedures? that's right, he, i think, would _ procedures? that's right, he, i think, would interpret - procedures? that's right, he, i think, would interpret on i procedures? that's right, he, i th

over to my left here is what they call the vale in budapest, the fidesz election headquarters, and in from here is the headquarters of the party opposition challenging fidesz in the selection. the transport secretary has said the uk will not be considering energy rationing — as some european countries are — because of the pressure on gas supplies due to the war. days after energy bills increased significantly for households in england, scotland and wales — a new energy strategy is due to be released — as the bbc�*s politcal correspondent iain watson reports. with fuel costs soaring, some people are already rationing their own energy use. david is on universal credit and, at his flat near sheffield, he has stopped using gas. he now relies on relatively cheaper electricity for washing and heating. we are living in the 21st century and ifeel as if i am going backwards and doing things that, you know, are probably what you would hear people did in the olden days. the government has not ruled out more help for fuel bills in the coming months, but labour and some conservative mps have been

reporter: we would have liked to put this criticism to orbÁn's fidesz party.onse from party headquarters in budapest. on national day in mid-march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungary. here, too, putin's war was in the forefront of people's minds as they waited to see orban. >> we don't think this war just happened. there is a background to it. everything has led up to this. >> the world and especially the western media have double standards. you can understand the ukrainians, but you also have to understand the russians. >> no one is really talking about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire, and that they did it on purpose. reporter: then, viktor orbÁn made his appearance. like most independent media, we were given a seat far away from the podium. the head of state was barely visible to the naked eye, but his rhetoric about hungary's role in the ukraine war came across all the more sharply. pm orbÁn: russia has russian interests, ukraine is looking aer ukrainian interests. neithethe u.s. will not feewith the heart of the min

reporter: we would have liked to put this criticism to orbÁn's fidesz party.onse from party headquarters in budapest. on national day in mid-march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungary. here, too, putin's war was in the forefront of people's minds as they waited to see orban. >> we don't think this war just happened. there is a background to it. everything has led up to this. >> the world and especially the western media have double standards. you can understand the ukrainians, but you also have to understand the russians. >> no one is really talking about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire, and that they did it on purpose. reporter: then, viktor orbÁn made his appearance. like most independent media, we were given a seat far away from the podium. the head of state was barely visible to the naked eye, but his rhetoric about hungary's role in the ukraine war came across all the morsharply. orbÁn: russia has russian interests, roukraine is looking afterme nor brussels will think with e mind of a hungarian, and will not feel wi

reporter: we would have liked to put this criticism to orbÁn's fidesz party.eived no response from party headquarters in budapest. on national day in mid-march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungary. here, too, putin's war was in the forefront of people's minds as they waited to see orban. >> we don't think this war just happened. there is a background to it. everything has led up to this. >> the world and especially the western media have double standards. you can understand the ukrainians, but you also have to understand the russians. >> no one is really talking about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire, and that they did it on purpose. reporter: then, viktor orbÁn made his appearance. like most independent media, we were given a seat far away from the podium. the head of state was barely visible to the naked eye, but his rhetoric about hungary's role in the ukraine war came across all the more sharply. pm orbÁn: russia has russian interests, ukraine is looking after nor brussels will think with e mind of a hungarian, and wi

his fidesz party has enjoyed a two thirds majority, which has allowed them to do pretty much what theyion, they change the basic laws of hungary. now this time, the opposition, a wide—ranging opposition, six different parties have got together under an independent conservative leader, peter marki—zay. and they are basically challenging fidesz in all 106 individual constituencies and the 93 constituency seats decided on a party list. so it is a pretty major challenge, certainly the fiercest, strongest challenge mr orban has faced since he came to power in 2010. reports from sri lanka sri lanka say opposition mps have defied a 36—hour curfew to stage a protest. and access to main social media sites has been blocked in the latest move by the authorities to prevent demonstrations against worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. it's the grammy awards tonight. it's �*the biggest night in music', is being held in las vegas three months later than originally planned due to the pandemic. so, who could be the big winners on the night? sophie long reports. genre—busting virtuoso jon bati

his fidesz party has enjoyed a two thirds majority which has allowed them to do what they like.hanged the basic laws of hungary. now, the opposition, wide—ranging opposition, six different parties got together under an independent conservative leader and they are basically challenging all 106 individual constituencies and the 93 constituency seats decided on a party list so it is a pretty major challenge. the fiercest, strongest challenged yesterday since he came to power in 2010. back to ukraine now, polish border police have confirmed that 52 third—country nationals who have fled ukraine are currently being held in detention facilities in poland, we've been following the journey of foreign students and workers escaping the conflict in ukraine — some told us about racism they experienced on the borders as they escaped beseigement. joining me now from budapest where she has travelled to — to speak to some students who fled there from ukraine, british we journalist juliana 0layinka. thank you forjoining us. one of the thank you for “oining us. one of the students you — thank you

president putin, has congratulated hungary's prime minister, viktor 0rban, after his fidesz party wonmr 0rban's fidesz—led coalition had 53% of the vote — meaning it will retain its two—thirds majority in parliament. a coalition of six opposition parties led by peter marki—zay failed to unseat him, getting 35%. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in budapest. this is why the world watched hungary's vote. viktor 0rban, famed for his autocratic, illiberal style of government and his very close ties to vladimir putin, this political opposition poster tells voters to choose — a hungarian putin or europe. 0n election day, mr 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine, which shares a border with hungary. translation: this war l between two big countries is right next door to us. it's dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we're running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the violence in ukraine, but many support viktor 0rban and the cheap energy prices he's promised thanks to agreements with russia. translation: there is a lot of. criti

. - early in my hungarian trip, i had watched the intensity of fidesz supporters with just a hint ofde me feel right at home. but you can't always judge a country by its far right rallies. so i hit the streets. i want to talk to the people of budapest, the budapest or the buda pescatarians, who tend to be more progressive and support the opposition party and like actual pescatarians, they could smell that orban's power grab is a little bit fishy. - he is an autocrat. - orban is putin's guy. - as an academic and a student and a teacher. i feel myself a victim of this ruthless, illiberal regime as well. - what does your sign, say. this i get. orban is a dictator. clean. all right. let me try my head at this. putin is-- pinchy... - why is orban putin's lapdog? - what is hungarian for ass-licking? shagnalo? we have shagnalo in america, too. so not only was there ass licking in hungary, there was even some dissent, but i didn't see any of this perspective reflected in the many, many political ads i saw around town. in fact, even though we were days away from a national election, i only sa

prime minister viktor 0rban has declared victory in sunday's parliamentary election, where his ruling fideszlide since he came to power in 2010. partial results show the opposition — which has united behind a single leader, peter marki—zay, in an attempt to unseat the nationalist prime minister — has just over 30% of the vote. in sri lanka the entire cabinet, other than the president and the prime minister, has resigned. the announcement was made following a late—night meeting, as protests continue against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis. several protests against the government's handling of the crisis have been held in defiance of a curfew imposed on saturday. at least six people have died in an early—morning shooting in sacramento, california, the city's police department has confirmed. police said several blocks of a commercial stretch of the downtown area were closed while they investigate. in the last few minutes, police said they are seeking multiple shooters involved in the attack. investigators are working to identify those responsible for this horrific act. we

prime minister viktor orban has declared victory in sunday's parliamentary election, where his ruling fidesz fourth successive landslide since he came to power in 2010. partial results show the opposition — which has united behind a single leader, peter markizay, in an attempt to unseat the nationalist prime minister — has just over thirty per cent of the vote. in sri lanka the entire cabinet — other than the president and the prime minister — has resigned. the announcement was made following a late—night meeting, as protests continue against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis. several protests against the government's handling of the crisis have been held in defiance of a curfew imposed on saturday. several hundred people in singapore have rallied against the death penalty in a rare public protest. the protest follows the hanging last week of a drug trafficker. others are on death row. the un and rights groups have asked the authorities in singapore to show leniency in some cases, but the government says tough sentences help keep the city safe. the third report from the u

minister viktor orban has claimed victory in the general election, after partial results gave his fideszch had united behind a single leader in an effort to unseat mr orban — has admitted defeat. it's the right—wing party's fourth successive landslide win since 2010. the authorities in ecuador says at least 12 people have died during a riot in a prison in the southern province of azuay. a government minister said the violence had been sparked by one criminal gang attempting to extend its control within the jail, and being repulsed by other groups. he added that 90 prisoners had been evacuated, including ten who were wounded. the third report from the un's inter—governmental panel on climate change is due to be published on monday — but negotiations have been hampered by the differing financial needs of the nearly 200 nations involved. discussions have centred on how countries can become carbon neutral by the middle of the century, and come as energy prices soar. police in the united states have said that "multiple shooters" were involved in an attack that left six people dead and ten oth

prime minister viktor orban has declared victory in sunday's parliamentary election, where his ruling fideszce he came to power in 2010. partial results show the opposition — which has united behind a single leader, peter markizay, in an attempt to unseat the nationalist prime minister — has just over 30 % of the vote. in sri lanka the entire, other than the president and the prime, has resigned. the announcement was made following a late—night meeting, as protests continue against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis. several protests against the government's handling of the crisis have been held in defiance of a curfew imposed on saturday. in the uk, sources say police have issued fines to people who attended gatherings in downing street the night before prince philip's funeral last april. some of those involved have been told there were �*reasonable grounds' to believe they have committed an offence. it's the second set of fines in the so called �*partygate' row, over gatherings held when covid restrictions were in place. the third report from the un's inter—governmental

victor orban's fidesz party won more than 67% of the vote on sunday, the opposition won just 28 — markingrking the fourth successive term for hungary's prime minister. nick thorpe has more from budapest even opinion polls which had predicted mr orban's victory and all of them did predicted from three to 10%, in fact, he's one and 18% victory, and the parliamentjust hear behind me, the 199 seats will be filled by 135 mp5, and only 56 from the opposition alliance. they will also be, interestingly, 75 right who tend to be allied, their party from our homeland, they tend to lean towards or be somewhat aligned with mr alban's party. so an astonishing rate, someone it's a far right victory in this election. but hungary — which is in the eu and nato — is increasingly isolated within those alliances. here's our europe editor, katya adler. victor has long prided himself on political pragmatism, dallying with allies east and west, treading a fine line and just about getting away with that. but the war in ukraine changes things. blocking weapons transfers sits very uncomfortably with the eu and nato

about half of the voters voted for the presidential political bloc ahead by a wide margin, the ruling fidesztion and its allies, according to the election commission. they get 53% of the vote so viktor urban retains his post prime minister for the fourth term, addressing orban supporters, emphasized the significance of the victory in the current conditions, despite enormous pressure, budapest refused to deploy foreign troops on its territory and opposed the embargo on russian energy resources, saying that this is contrary to national interests. for which he was severely criticized, including from kiev, thousands, this victory will be remembered until the end of our lives, because there are a lot of those with whom we had to fight leftists at home, international leftists abroad brussels bureaucrats. all financial institutions of the soros empire are international media and in the end. even the ukrainian president. the germans are stocking up on firewood and coal from the energy crisis, which provoked anti-russian sanctions, the most convenient situation for the inhabitants of the old housing

minister viktor orban has claimed victory in the general election, after partial results gave his fideszad united behind a single leader in an effort to unseat mr orban — has admitted defeat. it's the right—wing party's fourth successive landslide win since 2010. in sri lanka the entire, other than the president and the prime, has resigned. the announcement was made following a late—night meeting, as protests continue against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis. several protests against the government's handling of the crisis have been held in defiance of a curfew imposed on saturday. the authorities in ecuador says at least 12 people have died during a riot in a prison in the southern province of azuay. a government minister said the violence at had been sparked by one criminal gang attempting to extend its control within the jail, and being repulsed by other groups. he added that 90 prisoners had been evacuated, including ten who were wounded. in the uk, sources say police have issued fines to people who attended gatherings in downing street the night before prince ph

with 94 percent of votes counted, mr 0rban�*s fidesz—led coalition had 53% of the vote — meaning it willy in parliament. a coalition of six opposition parties led by peter marki—zay failed to unseat him, getting 35%. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in budapest. this is why the world watched hungary's vote. viktor 0rban, famed for his autocratic style of government and his very close ties to vladimir putin. this political opposition poster tells voters to choose, a hungarian putin or europe. 0n election day, viktor 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine which shares a border with hungary. this war between two _ border with hungary. this war between two big _ border with hungary. this war between two big countries - border with hungary. this war between two big countries is i between two big countries is right next door to us. it is dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we are running to prevent that. voters here say they _ running to prevent that. voters here say they hate _ running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the - r

viktor 0rban and his fidesz party — who have been in power since 2010 — are trying to win a 4th consecutiveuzsanna szelenyi. with ukrainian refugees pouring into hungary, it is no surprise that the war will have an impact on these elections but to what extent? an article recently that he insisted it was possible to tap dance between russia and the eu but is his relationship with vladimir putin going to cost him votes? this is very interesting _ going to cost him votes? this is very interesting and _ going to cost him votes? this is very interesting and thank- going to cost him votes? this is very interesting and thank you i going to cost him votes? this is i very interesting and thank you very much for having me. the new narrative according to i would deeply influence the selection result. the opposition is practically using the important argument that hungary should stand firmly with the european union and nato commitment and support ukraine as much as other countries do in europe while he is more cautious... to really see anything bad in russia because he developed a close relationship wi

with 94% of votes counted, mr 0rban's fidesz—led coalition had 53% of the vote — meaning it will retain unseat him, getting 35%. let's speak live now to nick thorpe in budapest. that coalition of opposition parties from across the political spectrum, i suppose the big challenge they had to overcome was changes to electoral law brought in by mr viktor 0rban. that's right, mr 0rban really in the 2011 constitution already changed hungry�*s electoral system and streamline debt —— hungary's. he also changed some constituencies to favour his own party —— streamlined it. over the years, the opposition have tried different ways to unseat him and their most recent attempt was to form this interesting disparate alliance of six parties. what happened on the day in this parliamentary election, rather than pooling all the votes they got four years ago which would put them on an even par, they lost 800,000 votes. instead of that opposition alliance for their selection hanging together, it meant that many of its former voters, for one reason or another stayed away and that helped mr 0rban when his vic