are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week elections are coming up in egypt and hungary given what president el-sisi and prime minister or about have done to the media in their countries they don't have to worry about the way they're being covered subliminal messages and life sentences six journalists convicted in turkey for allegedly plotting against the government the aftermath of the school shootings in florida is reverberating throughout the u.s. news media we. in the midst of fun and games to celebrate chinese new year one particular sketch on television about africans that the producers probably want to take back. if you're a journalist covering the upcoming election in egypt your contacts in the security services may prove more useful than those you have in parliament there have been more arrests than manifestos and the candidates are dropping like flies take abdul more name for example he decided not to run against president el-sisi but was arrested this past week anyway upon his return to cairo after doing an interview in london it's not just what he said the no

number of pictures bank the majority of hungary's news media is already a five hundred. six through about once it all and when he says the media system must be a national hand forty means it. finally when a gala gets it wrong chinese new year is a television spectacle the state on c.c.t.v. network's lunar new year gala draws audiences in the hundreds of millions for hours of dance music comedy with a little dash of propaganda but those elements don't always mix one of the themes this year was a celebration of china's ties to african nations but there's got to be a better way to do that than taking a chinese actress and painting her face black or putting a black actor in a monkey suit the reviews from twitter and china's version of twitter sign away bo we're not good we'll see you next time here at the listening post. well. yeah well. well. well yeah. yeah. yeah yeah. yeah. i. think that. some of my book told me in the. one. point you know if you feel. because. it. seems sad that this is it. from the family home the still navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depar

but victor 0rban hungary, you are day. but victor 0 rba n u nsettles hungary, you are day.e ok. do not expect him to stand down over the mike in crisis. it may be over, but he and this party are seeking re—election. it may be over, but he and this party are seeking re-election. this wave of refugees and immigrants to hungary and europe came as a heavenly gift to victor 0rban and others. he can appear as a saviour. watch out for the dress rehearsal. local elections in this town. this candidate expected to wind. how do you justify... candidate expected to wind. how do you justify. .. even candidate expected to wind. how do youjustify... even so, he was candidate expected to wind. how do you justify. .. even so, he was not keen to speak to us. i want to ask you about the eu. your party is in trouble with the eu. what do you say to those who depend on that money? he refused to discuss it. corruption allegations, xenophobia, victor 0rban‘s dream of what he calls an liberal democracy. -- illiberal. translation: the only thing they do writers keep migrants out to be they nothing g

you your report from journalist says about hungary in hungary there were civil society reports that public officials continue to use libel and defamation laws to silence criticism from citizens and journalists. what are the consequences of this support something changed well we're making sure that the debates get triggered around europe on the basis of that report there was a discussion yesterday in the european parliament in which the report was cited extensively triggering conversations about the report in budapest in other capitals . by that means we give civil society the tools for it to push back against unacceptable practices and we're providing the basis the knowledge base as i mentioned earlier for other states and for those with influence that to engage the unacceptable behavior of the countries you don't have the freedom of speech as it has to be and we accusing for example countries like turkey. what is the difference what we have to be just as hard on ourselves as we do with any other state outside the european union and again as i say that's that's a that's a job for the entir

jenny hill sent this report from hungary's border.ent vision for europe. translation: it is thanks to our political leaders that hungary and its people have a profile in europe. people recognise us and they look at us and they say, "hungary, you're ok." but victor orban unsettles his eu peers. don't expect him to stand down over asylum policy. the crisis may be over, but he and his fidesz party are seeking re—election. this wave of refugees and immigrants to hungary and to europe came as a heavenly gift to mr orban and to many other politicians in the region. they could exaggerate the potential threats and risks and then appear as saviours. watch out for the dress rehearsal, local elections in this town. the fidesz candidate expected to win. please, a little time for bbc? how do you justify to voters here... even so, he was not keen to speak to us. i want to ask you about the eu. your party is in trouble with the eu. what do you say to those voters here who depend on that money so much? sorry, i have to go, bye. corruption allegations

hungary did not have enough other skiers so she made the team. she did meet the eligibility requirement which is to place in the top 30 at the world cup event. so she chose one with less than 30 competitors.

the nation remains on recognized by dozens of other states and hungary's prime minister state of the nation states with an election just weeks away but what is the third chance for the chance of a third consecutive term for a man who's continually classed with the e.u. as a migration and its critics and the media is on. facebook has come under fire once again over how your household data has been collected and . the belgian government have all those details. in the hash tag. you know what the news great to live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com and there is a stern warning from israel to iran don't test us prime minister benjamin netanyahu made the declaration at the munich security conference in germany where there was a heated exchange of words albeit in separate speeches on the same stage netanyahu called iran the greatest threat to the world and to reinforce his point the prime minister stood before the audience during this holding up what he says is a piece of the iranian drone or an iranian drone he says shot down by israel ove

let's have a look in poland let's have a look in hungary let's have a look in france let's have a look even in germany a very successful growth of parties who are anti democratic a part of their rhetoric is the headline hate discrimination of my sexual discrimination racial discrimination religious discrimination these people partly are working with you. they are sitting in the european parliament but they are also sitting in all other institutions in europe well our job is to uphold and demand respect for the system of human rights we do that we're putting evidence out there in the public domain tackling the fake news which in large part informs some of the phenomena you're describing getting the data out there for the actual situation no muslims don't bring sexual violence into europe we have our own problem for example no the recent migration crisis did not bring at the semitism event in europe that's longstanding custody will be evident in deliberations and behold as a politician is in saying if the muslims bring the problems well to the extent that's being said we're pushing back

they supposed to update the list of those refugees allowed to cross into hungary and the european union every day. down to fight as the months until recently families would have to wait in various holding camps here in serbia for. now things are much worse for the last three weeks hungary has only been allowing one person a day over one family a week to pass through. that's increasing the waiting period three or four years. people here are pressed gradually going crazy from having to wait so long. nobody knows when they can go. two years ago this camp in serbia on the hungarian border was badly overcrowded it had no electricity or water only fifteen refugees were allowed into hungry through the hardest checkpoint per day hoping to provide some relief aid organizations and the serbian authorities moved the refugees to camps with better living conditions and further back from the border where it was easier to monitor them. at the same time hungry built a fence and made it harder to cross the border. pay man and ferry decided to stay here in one of the tents left behind. and they've taken

now things are much worse for the last three weeks hungary has only been allowing one person a day one family a week to pass through. that increases three or four layers. of people here are pressed they are gradually going crazy from having to wait so long. nobody knows when they can go. two years ago this camp in serbia on the hunger in border was badly overcrowded it had no electricity or water only fifteen refugees were allowed into hungry through the hard cash check point per day hoping to provide some relief aid organizations and the serbian authorities moved the refugees to camps with better living conditions and further back from the border where it was easier to monitor them. at the same time hungry built a fence and made it harder to cross the border. pay man and ferry decided to stay here in one of the tents left behind. and they've taken responsibility for informing their fellow refugees in case the border opens. they describe how the procedure works. we pick up the family from the ten to eight am and they wait here another hour then the hunger call them and they can enter t

clothes a german and channel broadcasting in hungary and has been beyond his reach because it's based outside the country even that may change chicago some of us make news edition pull your number to what i need to reset to. get shavian x. number of pictures bank of the majority of hungary's news media is already owned by hunted down and picked through about once it all and when he says the media system must be a national hand forty means it. he. finally when a gala gets it wrong chinese new year is a television spectacle the state on c.c.t.v. network's lunar new year gala draws audiences in the hundreds of millions for hours of dance music comedy with a little dash of propaganda but those elements don't always mix one of the themes this year was a celebration of china's ties to african nations but there's got to be a better way to do that than taking a chinese actor.

nicolas connelly reporting there from ukraine for investigations in hungary have reached prime minister viktor all bands family and gary and prosecutors following a recommendation by the european anti fraud office to investigate they suspect fraud involving e.u. funds in thirty five public lighting projects in several hungary and towns they were carried out by the company controlled by law and they are says the investigations are politically motivated ahead of a national election in april hungary receives billions of euros in a huge development funds every year. and i'm afraid that's it from us that's all your business if you want more you can check us out on social media facebook and twitter just search for d w business i'm on twitter at winter business well i'll be back with more tomorrow same time same place tune in there and until then for me the d.w. business team here in berlin thank you very much for watching. i'm going to. tell i'm . going to. go i'm putting the amount. they make the commitment they find solutions. and stronger. africa and the i'm stories about people making a d

hungary, austria borders hungary, and austria is always strong in winter publics, i figured based ono was hungary, this was their first ever in the winter olympics. celebration indicative of that. i'm a big fan of shuffleboard, curling, similar. this highlight deserved it, led by john shuster, u.s. defeats canada. fist pump, earn themselves a shot at gold for first time ever, late friday night. updated medal count, norway up to 35. united states stay pat with 21 total. back after this. she was a prouds east bay high school. a big hometown hero honor for "natalie coughlin." her alma mater, "carondelet" high school in concor n >>> proud swimmer for east bay high school before olympian. natalie coughlin, named new aquatic center after her. she graduated from there in 2000, one of the most decorated female olympians ever. 12 medals. said it means so much to her. >> stepped on the pool deck and seeing natalie coughlin aquatic center is overwhelming. massive honor, glad they get this school. >> inducted into hall of fame in 2014. >> part of the nbc bay area olympics team for the summer gam

declared war on austria hungary and wilson didn't want austria hungary as an an my and he opens the door to a separate peace for austria hungary not for dissolution of the austrian hungary i don't know empire but for its autonomous development and this overture as well can also be seen as an attempt to avoid expanding the u.s. military mission even further. finally concerns with militarism and reaches out to berlin as well with offers of a future partnership if they make political reforms and territorial concessions and if it is as i'm suggesting the 14 points is read as an attempt to limit american casualties and constrain american military commitments then in some respects it was successful. and after all germany began speaking a peace based on the 13 points in october 1918 setting the stage for the abdication of the kaiser on november 9th and an armistice agreement that incorporated most but not all of the 14 interpo. in a way the 14 points offered germany a face-saving way out of the war, but there were other pragmatic concerns that perm theated the points. europe went to war at a ti

unlike its neighbours, poland, hungary, slovakia doesn't have a strong nationalist voice.eu's are at odds. unless you are talking about migrant quotas. robert fico and his allies oppose them. translation: this union of prime ministers, he says, doesn't wa nt of prime ministers, he says, doesn't want was in communities created in their countries. but unlike poland, hungary and the czech republic, that is where the anti—eu rhetoric stops. in their logic, they are bringing slovakia to the heart of europe as it means economic benefits for the country and these are important for providing jobs, but also protecting people. unfortunately sometimes protecting means protecting migrants orforeigners. protecting means protecting migrants or foreigners. and forging a different future. new customers, it new investors. —— new investors. in the south, old injury —— industry left behind, car manufacturers, among them, france and germany pay slovakia's bills now. translation: living standards are not the same as those in other member states. in germany they earned four more times as we do.

had declared war on austria, hungary, to prevent italy from leaving the war. in the 14 points he opens the door to a separate peace with austria hungary calling not for the dissolution of the austrian/hungary empire but for its development and this overture can be seen as an attempt to avoiding the military mission even further. finally concerns with german military permeate the text. but wilson reaches out to berlin as well with offers for a future partnership if they make political reforms and territorial concessions. in some respects it was successful. after all, germany began seeking peace based on the 14 points. setting the same on november 9th and arm streistice agreement th incorporated most but not all of the 14 points. in a way the 14 points offered germany a fair face-saving way out of the war. there were other pragmatic domestic concerns that per permeated the 14 points. europe went to war at a time when war was considered a completely acceptable way to advance a nation's policy aims. by 1918, however, attitudes had changed and for many people moder

just briefly what did you hear and under what circumstances this was a few years ago i was in the hungary talking to one of the foundations that the sorest people run and these are really it's a meeting of young people from all over the world who are seen as like the missionaries of because of the sorest mandation so there are people there from the ukraine people there from holland sweden literally all over the world and afterwards after the conference there was a dinner for the speakers which was attended by so much a leader is so different n.g.o.s that the source foundations run from different countries so in my lunch table there were people who from sweden from hungary from all over the place and of course the conversation they were going on about right how much influence they've been able to exercise over events in the arab spring in cairo they were very proud of the role game played in tunisia during the revolt there he went on about the ukraine how much impact they were able to make on some of the demonstrators at the time and then finally they ended up by being a little faggot they

and elise christie finally gets something to celebrate — as her boyfriend wins hungary's first ever winterlso coming up. can celtic make it to the last 16 of the europa league for the first time in 1a years as they face zenit st petersburg in russia? they have already had an early setback. they have already had an early setback. hello and welcome to the programme where we begin in pyeongchang — as we begin to edge towards the end of the winter games. that means medal opportunities for team gb are few and far between but this man will be celebrating his own victory. dave the rocket ryding learned to ski on a dry slope in pendle. today he finished in the top ten of the men's slalom — britain's best alpine skiing result for 30 years. some of his fans were watching back at his old ski club. dave "the rocket" ryding. it's amazing, i have never seen anyone from britain doing that. it's amazing, i have never seen anyone from britain doing thatm is very motivating to know you can move from the dry slope to the snow and i know a lot of people want to following in his footsteps. from a dry ski slope

you see it in europe, and viktor orban in hungary, there are questions about poland as well. - those who won the cold war believe that their model had triumph and it just turned out that others didn't agree. they liked parts of it, they liked the capitalist part, they liked the trade part, they liked the technology part, they don't necessarily like the democratic part. they may not like the migration part. - i think the biggest rejection of the post world war world order is actually within america itself. - [narrator] the election of president trump came amid a rise of global populism that saw a surge of enthusiasm for far right nationalist leaders. - you take these four things together, economic stagnation, large scale immigration, unmediated social media, and creaky old sclerotic governants and what you have is a recipe for populism on a world stage. - one of the things that has been striking about the last 10 years is the rise of identity politics in the western liberal democratic world. nationalism. ethnicity, religion. nationalism was an atavism to us and now it's in our own pol

people recognise us, they look at us and say hungary, you are ok.came as kind of a heavenly gift to victor orban and many other politicians in the region. they could exaggerate the potential threats and risks and then appear as saviours. watch out for the dress rehearsal. local elections in this town. the fidesz candidate expected to win. how do you justify to voters here? even so he was not keen to speak to us. can we just ask you about the eu? your party is in trouble with the eu. how do you justify that to voters here who depend on eu money so much? let alone discuss the eu. sorry, i have to go. goodbye. corruption allegations, xenophobia, victor orban‘s dream of what he calls an illiberal democracy. translation: the only thing they do right is keeping migrants out. apart from that they do not do anything good. they might say the economy is thriving but we do not feel it. the only people who do well are those close to fidesz. translation: the courts, the police, the administration, all completely under the influence of fidesz and people are scare

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hungary goes to the polls in 7 weeks time.enterhooks today, awaiting a german court ruling on whether cities are allowed to ban diesel cars. if it's approved, other big european cities are likely to follow suit. in fact some have already made moves. jane foley, seniorforeign exchange strategist at rabobank, is with me. give us your take on this because many cities around europe are thinking about it and trying to already implemented rules. we know that pollution is a big issue and a lot is not from diesel engines but it isa lot is not from diesel engines but it is a contributor and the nitric oxide within the diesel engine is something we are very worried about any contributes to 400,000 premature deaths every year in the eu. we do have very high levels of pollution. very high levels in polish cities. coal not just very high levels in polish cities. coal notjust diesel engines but this could set a precedent. you could perhaps create zones, perhaps banning the most polluting cars. that is something going on as well with the may

administration in hungary has used a series of clever tactics to muzzle the free press. government taking over public pro broadcasting and cut advertising spending. many are being employed in poland which has been a poster child for its stellar political and economic reforms since the fall of comunism. >> even in israel and india, we're witnessing systematic efforts to shrink the space in power of media critical of the government. >> in israel the allegations against the prime minister include his dealing with press barons to ensure favorable coverage. in india the government has launched a highly questionable fraud and money laundering case against the critic of some of its policies. more than 20 years ago i warned the distinctive problem was elected governments that systematically abuse the power and restrict freedom the and liberties. i subsequently worried america could head down this path. most people dismissed the danger because american democracy they said was robust. press freedom after all is guaranteed under the first amendment. but consider poland and hungary

elizabeth swaney, representing hungary. her performance today was unique. did she find a loophole to qualify for these olympics? the story in a bout 20 minutes. >> the final stretch of the games, we have got you covered, if you are ever away from your tv. get to our nbc bay area app free. watch our live stream. >> now to microclimate weather alert. freeze warning in effect for much of the bay area. live look at dublin. one of the coldest spots on the map right now. chilly temperatures wrap up a day of strange weather. video. a mix of rain and snow. and that happened in the city of berkeley. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and plunging temperatures. what are we talking about? how cold is it going to get? >> certainly 20s as we wake up for tomorrow morning. here is the main reason why. look at the current temperatures with wind factored in. now feels like 34 in napa. also, 34 in walnut creek. those are also some of the coldest temperatures right now. san jose at 44. san francisco at 46. so with at least 8 hours more of temperatures continuing to drop that's

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and the flu. >> the fascinating, mysterious case of the american born skier competing for hungary.not great at skiing. >> such form. >> that's exactly what you or i would do in the olympic halfpipe. always putting safety first. she's a 33-year-old from california who competed for hungary because her grandparents are from that country. her qualification, a complicated story. it's a combination of limitations on the number of athletes other countries can send, injuries to some other skiers and her strategy of competing at events with low participation so she earned enough top 30 finishes to qualify. it goes without saying, she finished the competition in a distant last place. >> i noticed you said that's how you and i would do that. >> you could do that. >> i would slide down on my butt. >> can you get up on two skis? >> yes. but she skied backwards. i couldn't do that. >> you could be an olympic athlete. our next high to the oklahoma girl who deserves a gold medal in figure skating for her performance this week on the driveway. this is viral star alexis johnson trying to get the fam

communist east germany in one nine hundred fifty six a fresh wind is blowing across eastern europe but in hungary it's brutally crushed most. oh. i had caught. him on his bike and would not think that if i don't get in the last school class faces the consequences after her roic act of resistance. which it isn't but you just keep it. as the great thing about the story is that it's a timeless tale of youthful rebellion it's also a coming of age movie. that's here. last ones which is screening in a section devoted to young german filmmakers it is also a movie about growing up maria is a passionate organ player in lives with her sister and father in a provincial german town everything seems idyllic but this is a dark domestic drama. cancer. citigroup. the father has been sexually abusing his daughters for years even a justification. eventually the sisters leave together ending the cycle of abuse and silence the film seems especially timely given recent revelations in the film world. ok i'm still here with a festival cause like the movie world's been rocked over the past twelve months by revelations o

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how >>> how did this american competing for hungary make it to the olympics with this performance?i anchors. >> yes, we're in. we did it. >> i'm a skier! >> hoda and i enlist the help of olympic medalist gus kenworthy and it goes about as as well as you think. >> i pizzaed and nothing happened. >> today, wednesday, february 21st, 2018. >> hi, we're from south korea, we love you. go team usa. >> hey, mom and dad in uniontown, pennsylvania, go team usa! >> good morning, shenandoah university in winchester, pennsylvania, we'll be home next week, can't wait to see everybody. >> i want to say, give a shout-out to mom and dad. go team usa! >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." thank you so much for joining us. it's 8:00 in the morning but it is ten:00 tonight here in pyeongchang. you want to see two ladies who made history? >> yes, i do. >> jessie diggins and kikkan randall are here live, just back from their gold medal winning race. i can't talk because i'm so excited. >> we are. talk about a photo finish. this happened, they made history, they just came off the course wa

don't care about democratic rights or even want to curb tell them we see it in turkey in poland in hungary and even in the united states. has democracy become a burden for many people based on. my look i distinguish between an external and internal in a psychological democracy. an external democracy is the pluralistic interplay of various forces. it can be installed from the outside as it was when the allied victors of world war two installed it in germany after nine hundred forty five and again when east germany joined the federal republic in the west in one nine hundred eighty nine and ninety. the problem i see is that too little attention was paid to internal democratization. there are always internal processes that frighten us that embarrass us that we don't. i want to admit not to ourselves and much less to others. for me. in this sense we are true democrats because we're always in danger of not accepting integrating the psychological content of what we could call our own internal minorities and instead we persecute you and denounce them in others. so i project my own flaws on to othe

hungary receives billions of euros in e.u. development funds every year and that's it for your business. the athletes are raring to go and there's full any going on in and around the olympic village of course we're talking about tomorrow's start of the winter olympics say in south korea and that harm is here from our sports plenty of sports that we have to get prepared for also a lot of drama has already played out even the olympic athletes from russia as they are going to be known at this live picture of desire to get the drama started with some courtroom drama ahead of the games they you know they're still trying to fight their way into these games all right now the court of arbitration of this four sport turned down the appeals of thirteen a russian athletes an additional forty seven russians will find out on friday if they can participate well meanwhile the olympic flame has a couple more obstacles to overcome before it reaches its final destination. the olympic torch his journey is almost over with the opening ceremony ju