mr georgescu, calin georgescu, who has come from nowhere to overtake all the other rivals.inly the surprise of the night. and do we know how he achieved that? because in the run—up to all of this, everyone was talking about romania bucking a global trend, pivoting to the far right, and this is something of a surprise now, as you say. it is a surprise. mr georgescu, he is 62 years old. he does have a certain amount of experience in the united nations, for example, he is an expert on sustainable development. his radicalism has come from, and his standing up for romanian patriotism, this has come in a series of interviews in the past weeks and months, but really the key to his success has been his very adept, aggressive, some people would say, use of tiktok. this was basically flooded with his name, even the campaign rallies, the campaign messages of all his rivals were flooded on tiktok by his own messages. he's called the tiktok champion, really, in romania, because he has managed to crack the algorithm in a way to make himself very popular, not only in romania but also with

how to prevent mr georgescu winning.georgescu seems likely to gather more votes from another nationalist, george simion. simion, who came fourth in this election, but he also managed to get 1.2 million votes. and just in the immediate aftermath of this remarkable result, late last night, late sunday night, mr simion urged his supporters to back mr georgescu in the second round. so it could be a very interesting result. i suppose, nick, it really demonstrates the increasing power of social media in elections, notjust here but in other of romanians who didn't vote for either is, which would effectively be the lesser evil. how to prevent mr georgescu winning. at the same time, mr georgescu seems likely to gather more votes from another nationalist, george simion. simion, who came fourth in this election, but he also managed to get 1.2 million votes. and just in the immediate aftermath of this remarkable result, late last night, late sunday night, mr simion urged his supporters to back mr georgescu in the second round. so it

how to prevent mr georgescu winning.gather more votes from another nationalist, george simeon, who came fourth in this election, but he also managed to get 1.2 million votes. and just in the immediate aftermath of this remarkable result, late last night, late sunday night, mr simeon urged his supporters to back mr georgescu in the second round. so it could be a very interesting result, isuppose. nick, it really demonstrates the increasing power of social media in elections, notjust here but in other parts of the world. that's right. what mr georgescu seems to have achieved, or one of the ways he's managed to publicise himself because he was basically unknown in romania just a few months ago. he has managed to, as it were, crack the algorithm so that anyone who searched for other his rivals names in this election, or even certain key words, immediately his name came up and that gave built up a kind of tsunami of support for him. 2.1 million votes already. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. at least 16 p

calin georgescu adopted a pro—russia stance during the campaign.e's likely to face the current prime minister in a run—off vote. the foreign office is investigating reports that a former british soldier fighting for ukraine has been captured by russian forces in the kursk region. the foreign office says it was supporting his family. the authorities in the united arab emirates say they've arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of an israeli—moldovan rabbi. iran has denied allegations in israeli media that it was involved. more now on storm bert. the first minister of wales, eluned morgan, has described the impact of the storm on her country as "absolutely devastating". it's been a really difficult weekend, and i would like to thank the emergency services for all of the support they're giving to people affected. i think this is the second time many of those have suffered as a result of the storm. there has been huge investment since the last storm hit, so we've managed to protect lots more properties than last time, but obviously this

calin georgescu has an unassailable lead of more than 300,000 votes.itical party, and is known as the tiktok candidate after he used the social media platform to galvanise his support by calling for an end to aid for ukraine. only a few dozen votes separate the next two candidates, let's speak to our central europe correspondent, nick thorpe who is in western hungary. what is the appeal of this candidate?— candidate? well, he is an interesting _ candidate? well, he is an interesting candidate, - candidate? well, he is an interesting candidate, as| candidate? well, he is an . interesting candidate, as you say, he's really come from nowhere though he has experience and has been recommended before as a potential technocratic prime minister, though he never got very far with that. it talks about, his main message i suppose is restoring the dignity of romania and giving romania a voice in the world. when he was asked in an interview once, is he broke the eu, pro—nato, pro—russia? he said he is pro—romanian, so not much content of what he is actually for or

but calin georgescu was quite a surprise, quite a shock, because the polls didn't see calin georgescu on the fifth or sixth place in the latest polls that we had before the voting started, and it was quite a shock for all of us. and all of us realised at that moment that social media, that tiktok mainly was and is a politicalforce in romania because calin georgescu had the most the biggest part of the votes that he collected more than two million votes in romania from social media. actually, his first conference here in romania after his first victory was on social media, on tiktok and youtube, on facebook. that's where he talked to his followers. and what does he talk about? what are his policies? i mean, isaid he's pro—moscow, he doesn't want aid for ukraine, butjust explain his policies, his positions. yes, he's quite subtle in not sustaining ukraine, in not sustaining the current position that romania has towards the conflict in ukraine by sustaining with all forces ukraine, as well as other nato members do. because we are a nato member on the eastern flank of the alliance, the so

mr georgescu, he's 62 years old. he does have a certain amount of experience in the united nations. on sustainable development. his radicalism has come from and his standing up for romanian patriotism. this has come in a series of interviews in the past weeks and months. but really the key to his success has been his able, his very adept, aggressive, some people would say, use of tiktok. this was basically flooded with his name. even the campaign rallies, the campaign messages of all his rivals, were flooded on tiktok by his own messages. he seems to... he's called the tiktok champion, really, in romania because he's managed to crack the algorithm in a way to make himself very popular, not only in romania but also within the diaspora. so a very modern figure, albeit with some messages from the far right. perhaps his most controversial statements have been to call heroes of the romanian iron guard. this was the neo—nazi party which ran romania during the second world war for most of the second world war to call them heroes, and he's under facing actually criminal prosecution for thos

mr georgescu, he is 62 years old.e development. his radicalism has come from, and his standing up for romanian patriotism, this has come in a series of interviews in the past weeks and months, but really the key to his success has been his very adept, aggressive, some people would say, use of tiktok. this was basically flooded with his name, even the campaign rallies, the campaign messages of all his rivals were flooded on tiktok by his own messages. he's called the tiktok champion, really, in romania, because he has managed to crack the algorithm in a way to make himself very popular, not only in romania but also within the diaspora. so, a very modern figure, albeit with some messages from the far right. perhaps his most controversial statements have been to call heroes of the romanian iron guard — this was the neo—nazi party which ran romania during the second world war, for most of the second world war, to call them heroes. he is under criminal prosecution for those remarks. i should add, though, i think another fa

this time on ukraine's very border marsa alam carey dale grayson calin georgescu will now take on elenamber 8th. but whatever the outcome of romania's presidential election the fact that a candidate as pro-moscow and anti-nato should have gotten such a large proportion of the vote in a country that so far has been so pro kyiv, has set alarm bells ringing not just in european capitals but in nato's as well. erica. yeah, absolutely. >> melissa bell, appreciate the reporting. thank you. and before we leave, you tonight, just to note, one way to kick off your thanksgiving join john berman and me for cnn's ultimate thanksgiving watch party, thanksgiving in america. we're going to take you all around the country for parades across the country, some very special celebrity guests, the party starts right here. 8 a.m. on cnn. and also streaming on max. thanks for joining us. the source starts now straight from the source tonight. >> fear

georgescu stood as an independent but now heads to the runoff after winning almost 23% of the vote.mong nato members that this eastern flank ally may move away from its support for ukraine to romania to ukraine. >> nice to see dnipro romanian ist interessant nicht die putin nicht die ukraina and with a looming donald trump presidency, there's fresh concern now over a more divided europe. >> as one more country takes a step potentially against nato and towards moscow. this time on ukraine's very border rob frehse calin georgescu will now take on elena lasconi on december 8th. but whatever the outcome of romania's presidential election, the fact that a candidate as pro-moscow and anti-nato should have gotten such a large proportion of the vote in a country that so far has been so pro kyiv, has set alarm bells ringing not just in european capitals but in nato's as well. erica. >> yeah absolutely. melissa bell, appreciate the reporting thank you. and before we leave you tonight, just to note, one way to kick off your thanksgiving join john berman and me for cnn's ultimate thanksgiving w

showed off his love of riding and martial arts church and country emulating vladimir putin, whom georgescus not only the russian president's bare chested, virile image that's being copied, but his politics too traditional anti-western anti-nato to the right. even of the country's far right georgescu stood as an independent but now heads to the runoff after winning almost 23% of the vote. and that's led to fears among nato members that this eastern flank ally may move away from its support for ukraine to romania to ukraine. >> many cnn news central nikki haley putin in ukraine and with a looming donald trump presidency, there's fresh concern now over a more divided europe as one more country takes a step potentially against nato and towards moscow, this time on ukraine's very border carey dale grayson calin georgescu will now take on elena lasconi on december eighth. >> but whatever the outcome of romania's presidential election, the fact that a candidate as pro-moscow and anti-nato should have gotten such a large proportion of the vote in a country that so far has been so pro kyiv, has set

georgescu is elected on december 8, he would be the first president raising doubts about these two pillarsan foreign policy, european union and nato. >> thank you for being with us. we are back in a few minutes. stay with us on bbc news. we have been talking about a potential cease-fire deal between israel and hezbollah. stay with us here on bbc news. more on that. stay with us here on announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and stream the best of pbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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the surprise winner was calin georgescu, who stood on a right—wing, pro—moscow platform, calling for aid for ukraine. georgescu has no party of his own and campaigned largely on the social media platform tiktok — here's a taste of one of his posts. translation: sport is my main hobby. i sport is like a love story, it must be appreciated and respected, otherwise the passion goes away. i spoke to victor ponta, who was the prime minister of romania from 2012 to 2015, and is a member of social democratic party. he told me what the reaction was in romania. results came last evening and he's definitely right now in the poll position for the second round. uh, everybody in romania and of course worldwide, they will start trying to understand who he is, what he's talking about. besides, uh, nice ideas like, uh, he wants to be peace. he doesn't want romania to get involved in ukraine war. he wants to see the romanians, uh, using mostly romanian products and to go back to traditional values like family, church, but no solution, no team, no political approach. uh, it's it's a big surprise. and i

, meanwhile, ukraine's neighbour romania has seen the surprise lead of pro—putin candidate calin georgescuthe first round of their elections . so could putin be set elections. so could putin be set to gain another european ally, and does that give him more standing going into potential peace talks? >> well, here, with that and more, former british army spokesperson major michael shearer. major, what do you think? what's your assessment ? think? what's your assessment? >> well, there is no question that putin is now in a rush to deal himself the best possible hand for any negotiating negotiations going forward. let's not forget that the united states will have a new president in 5055 days time . and i think in 5055 days time. and i think what putin is now trying to do is make sure that he's sitting pretty with all the cards for any negotiations going forward . any negotiations going forward. >> while tobias ellwood, who used to be the chair of the defence select committee here but he's an outspoken voice, isn't he, on all matters military and international affairs, says that we are under—pr

the surprise victory of calin georgescu — whom critics accuse of being pro—russian — has caused politicalestigate tiktok accounts that promoted the videos from his campaign. the world health organization has urged countries to improve vigilance for bird flu to help prevent its spread to humans. it said much better surveillance of wild and farmed birds is needed, alongside the monitoring of other animals susceptible to infection. bird flu has led to the culling of tens of millions of birds and mammals in recent decades. voters go to the polls in ireland today to choose representatives to serve as tds in the dail, the lower house of ireland's parliament. the next dail, which will be the 34th — will have 174 tds — up from 160 in 2020. friday's vote comes after a 3—week election campaign. russian and syrian warplanes have bombed rebel positions in northwest syria in an attempt to push back their 2—day offensive near the turkish border. monitors are reporting that islamist fighters have cut the crucial damascus—aleppo highway — and are controlling its junction with another road running paralle