over 400,000 cross the borders into hungary and passing through hungary that year.day ese numbers are basically down to zero. many say there is no need for the fence becange nobody's cote >> reporr: but you're saying they're not coming because we have a fence. >> sure, but the reason is the other way around. c they are ning because there's the fence. >> it is something that the hungarian government is extremely proud of. it's extrely proud of it's very harsh immigration policy. it's basically a policof deterrence, exclusion, and detention. >> reporter: marta pardavi is co-chair of the non-profit watchdog organization, hungarian helsinki committee >> look at pictures from the transit zones that we got. r orter: she says the government recently changed the laws to make it virtually impossible for refugees to get asylum and accuses it of human rights abuses. earlier this year she took the government to court afr it stopped food distribution to rejected asylum seekers in the couny's transit zones. >> so we had to take emergencyme ures and turn to the european court of h

every sunday she goes to the reform church where services take place in hungary and. she's an active member of the ethnic hungarian community of barrow over. at the hungary and consulate there at the clock show the time in budapest and brussels time in queue seems to have stood still. a festival that carlina coorg a nice does about to begin nearby she wants cultural autonomy. so we want to be left in peace to preserve our culture. to speak our mother tongue . and to have that spoken in schools but not really nazis. many are worried that this cultural autonomy is under threat. the perception is about to begin carlina does some last minute equipment and set up checks she hopes it doesn't rain. on the local governor who represents the central government in kiev is also taking part in the procession he refuses to pay attention to rumors of separatist movements in his region and the fear some ukrainians have that this area could see cd. but you have has to resolve its own problems. and people shouldn't talk nonsense there is no separatism here there's never been any and th

now, peter seato is hungary's foreign minister. when i spoke to him in new york, i asked him about his government's affinity for the trump administration and vice versa. >> foreign minister, welcome to the program. >> thank you so much for the invitation. >> i want to ask you, you obviously have a close relationship with the trump administration. would you say? does your government support the trump administration? >> we are not american citizens so i think it doesn't matter whether we support him or not because it doesn't make sense, but if you ask me the question whether a political relationship is better currently compared to the democrat administration, yes, it is better. >> president trump has an immigrant asylum and refugee program that seems a lot like yours. what do you make of united states at historic lows in their admission of refugees to this country. 30,000 they put limits on. of all the rhetoric that president trump uses towards whether it's immigrants south of the border, the separating of the parents and children, o

every sunday she goes to the reform church where services take place in hungary and. she is an active member of the ethnic hungarian community of barrow over. at the hungary and consulate there at the clock show the time in budapest and brussels time in kiev seems to have stood still. a festival that carlina coorg a nice does about to begin nearby she wants cultural autonomy. so we want to be left in peace to preserve our culture. to speak our mother tongue . and to have that spoken in schools but not really nazis. many are worried that this cultural autonomy is under threat. the perception is about to begin carlina does some last minute equipment and set up checks she hopes it doesn't rain. on the local governor who represents the central government in kiev is also taking part in the procession he refuses to pay attention to rumors of separatist movements in his region and the fear some ukrainians have that this area could see cd. say you have has to resolve its own problems. and people shouldn't talk nonsense there is no separatism here there's never been any and th

money in hungary gets stolen. and there's no institution in hungary to deal with this case is a fraud we say in effect fairly yeah. look at this and i get that i support a european public prosecutor. with out on these thieves will live their whole lives never being brought to justice. in the village of to quote the european anti fraud office olof is already investigating and e.u. project is thought to have been declared far more expensive than it was eleven wooden towers were erected using e.u. money at seventy thousand euros per tower they were apparently built to promote tourism but there's no hotel or restaurant in sight hardly anyone in the village will speak to us and then someone agrees but wants to remain anonymous the towers are of no use to anyone here he tells us people just made money off them people who initiated the project. it seems to have set a precedent a total of one hundred eleven similar structures have sprung up across hungary the journalist who uncovered the case has been blacklisted by the h

the journalist who uncovered the case has been blacklisted by the hungary and government. hey look i shot my past that the initiative to build the towers came from a group of villagers everyone involved received around twelve thousand euros of forrester also got a considerable sum for construction costs and the rest went to an employee in the ministry like. hungary is sinking further into a pit of corruption the organization transparency international ranks hungry at number sixty six tied with. the money pouring in from brussels is only making the problem worse according to variety by a large from independent think tank budapest institute. and the utopian agency all of that is in charge of setting this question is on demand so they only look at the few projects and then they tell us that that was i miss you was that happens six or seven eight years after the fact. just here on d w business thanks for your company and seems to. want. me i. need your support team to be smarter with the t.w. force majeure. some dough more than double john tom smart. how about taking a few ris

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in hungary, certain things are accidental. failure of the previous social government in 2010, and this is important to he camein mind kerry off the very successful government of the center left. he ended up with the constitutional majority which allowed him to change the constitution, and to change the rules keeping at the same time the democratic frame of changing the rules. so it's a classical regime, and to be honest, he's -- i do believe the -- is a extremely gifted politician kerry -- politician. he's also he defined for example his policy with respect to the european union as the peacock dance. you're pushing and maybe step back but the most important is everything that you're doing is this is his -- all of the it is made of liberal elements. there is not a single article in a very illiberal medial -- of -- of hungary which was not composed by certain parts that exists in the media roles in the other eu member states. special typevery of liberalism in which you're taking together parts which each for itself, does not wor

so how did an american guy from indiana wind up making movies in hungary?> i was actually i was only going to be here for three days and that was 10 years ago. >> reporter: he plays small parts, but he gets star treatment here. , if i'm working on a fi they'll put me up with a chauffeur, they drive me to set, i get a trailer, i have an assistant. >> reporter: we met him near parliament where he told us about his role in a long-running german crierme series shot called "alarm for cobra 11." >> and i'm basically a bank robber. >> oh, really? >> yeah, i came out with kalashnikovs and lit everything up. kind of make a run for it. for some reason the f.b.i. is in budapest. i don't think they have jurisdiction here but they're here. we fight the f.b.i. for a while. run off that way. and i don't want to, i can't, oh wait, yerethis is gonnaer after the episode has already aired. yeah, we get blown up over there. >> riteporter: wan's also scored small roles in a couple of major films and more regular work in series like national geographic's "mars." >> and yeah, i s

and mysterious towers are cropping up all over hungary and nobody knows why but why is the one gary in government trying to silence journalists to ask about. this is the business. siemens has posted its fourth quarter figures on thursday duster electronics medical equipment trains and power plants as represent as almost everywhere in the world which makes the company vulnerable to geopolitical risks by trade wars or economic sanctions according to the past fiscal year has been a mixed bag of success and failure for the company. siemens is no longer profits. from its power plant division in fact it's started to lose money thousands of jobs have been slashed the power and gas branch is being restructured which is expensive and says de siemens announced a forty six percent slump in fourth quarter profits our own gas just by doing the power and gas market is very challenging the skipper there are structural over capacities and aggressive competition which creates a lot of pricing pressure especially for the big gas turbines. other divisions perform much better at around eighty three pillio

hungary is 100% hungarian. there some hungarians -- we talk about extreme ethnically uncaring society. at the same time now in austria 14% of the citizens of austria are not born in austria. this is high percentage than in united states. so the difference between western europe and eastern europe is the core of identity. these two societies are facing two totally different problems. the problem for the western europe is how to integrate how basically to manage, how to control but this is basically how to manage already diverse societies. his politics is how to prevent diversification. so from this point, things have worked in 100% and getting ethics essay will not work easily and a much more diverse society because they can be entered bring polarization that does not exist. because he's a very strategic minded politician i believe, i don't believe that he's in decline. i do believe that on the european elections is going to be very important role but his major strategic objective is basically this got to try to

money in hungary gets stolen. and there's no institution in hungary to deal with this case is a fraud free sale effect at credit yeah i. don't get this and i get that i support a european public prosecutor. without one of these thieves will live their whole lives never being brought to justice. in the village of to quote the european anti fraud office olof is already investigating and e.u. project is thought to have been declared far more expensive than it was eleven wooden towers were erected using e.u. money at seventy thousand euros per tower they were apparently built to promote tourism but there's no hotel or restaurant in sight hardly anyone in the village will speak to us than someone who agrees but wants to remain anonymous the towers are of no use to anyone here he tells us people just made money off them people who initiated the project. it seems to have set a precedent a total of one hundred eleven similar structures have sprung up across hungary the journalist who uncovered the case has been blackliste

prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. again undermines at the top stories here on al-jazeera turkish investigators analyzing the phone calls and movements of the suspects in the case of the murdered saudi journalist jamal. so the operation to kill him was planned twelve days in advance in the recordings a third voice is heard which security sources say might be the us of saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound on. suicide attackers have tried to storm the chinese consulate in the pakistani city of karachi killing two policemen the separatist group the liberation army has claimed responsibility for the talk. have agreed to talks which could result in the united nations running the port of her data the ports is a vital lifeline for yemenis many of whom all starving due to a four year civil. a central african republic militia leader and politician has told the international criminal court he was beaten and tortured after his arrest last month alford yeah catawba also known as ron but has appeared at the hague for war crimes he

prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. the tab on the. top stories. on minister says the kingdom is united around its leadership is rejected a report that some members of the family want to block the conference from the over the murder of. the reuters news agency is standing by its story. u.s. defense secretary james mattis says saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have seized an offensive around washington. earlier they do when special on the net. have been fighting to hold on. and survivors of record wildfires in the u.s. state of california bracing for a new threat from heavy rain. expected as much as twenty centimeters of rain by friday in areas around the town of power at least eighty three people have died in the fires while hundreds of others remain missing. the strike has shut down most of haiti where protests have continued for a fourth day and what the president to resign and demanding investigations into a two billion dollar corruption scandal at least ten people are reported to have been killed in the violence as daniel reports. we ar

today in the form of donald trump —— are very much present, of turkey, of the leaders of poland and hungaryel macron and angela merkel will be joined today in compiegne. angela merkel is on her way out of politics but emanuel macon is more isolated as an embodiment of those liberal values. emmanuel macron is approaching the spot. it was in this pleading that the site was chosen for the armistice to be signed because it was a relatively isolated spot where news would not lead to early. the train was brought in a crossfire. northern france where the fighting has continued since 1914, which had seen has continued since 1914, which had seen the battle of the song which had killed millions of people —— battle of the somme. the french leader of the western front sat in the carriage with the british and other delegations and the germans we re other delegations and the germans were given an ultimatum, surrender, he never terms, if you have 72 hours to sign. at 12 minutes past five 100 yea rs to sign. at 12 minutes past five 100 years ago, the armistice was signed. there are dignitaries behind me so

if we look to hungary, if we look to the czech republic as you said earlier, you said there is a very real religious i won't say fervor but presence there in the czech republic and i think elsewhere as well. if you look at these five conditions, these five lessons, some are weaker, some are stronger. they exist and they will come about with the right leadership. i think that is key. you must have the right leaders to make these come about. mr. o'sullivan: i have one point before we go to president klaus. at the end of the cold war, it was agreed in the united states that everyone had been responsible for the victory. republicans and democrats left and right. that was certainly true for the period of truman to kennedy and through lbj arguably. it doesn't seem to have been to me at least it central for the period after 1968. when along with other institutions as the democratic party fell under the square and the same development happened in europe. people were claiming victory for the freedom of liberty which many of them had been at the very least members of the peace movement. didn't

prejudiced some pride in hungary on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. has i'm sick of this is the news hour live from dot coming up in the next sixty minutes president speaks to the cia chief after reports the spy agency believes the saudi crown prince ordered gem our genes murder. we're live at the epicenter of california's worst wildfire to gauge the mood of the u.s. president's visit their. hopes dashed for families of victims of argentina's submarine disaster a year later the government says it can't afford to salvage the remains i. fired up about fuel prices protesters in france blocked roads to make their point. maybe the most damning u.s. assessment so far on the killing of. the cia concluding that crown prince mohammed bin sandman ordered the killing of the saudi journalist in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul it directly contradicts the saudi government secession that bin sandman was not involved the us president donald trump has spoken to the cia chief but at this point has not reached the same conclusion as she have a times he has been foll

my story, which was an invitation for me to come to budapest where my -- my father moved back to hungary after the fall of communism so in 1990, which is another mystery. >> absolutely recommend. it about her father's transition and also about so much more. it's a wonderful story. why don't we take a look at the next picture of you and your dad. >> yes. >> there we are. >> this is in 2010. we're actually on the -- this cute little incline train that get to up castle hill on the buddhist side of budapest, and my father loved royal at the and we spend time touring the castle and steeping ourselves in sort of noble history such as it was of hungary. my father had the best time with the empire. not that she was alive in that period. >> that's great. so, the -- and now steven is stephanie. and he wants you to write his life story. >> right. >> and you said, oh, sure. of course. let me just jump right in. but then you start -- >> it was more like, oh, no, what am i -- >> exactly. so you started and it's this one point susan is going to read an excerpt of being with her dad in the gynecologist'

hungary is one 100%.ustria 14% of the citizens of austria not born in austria. so, the difference between western europe and eastern europe when it comes to immigration, it's the core of the identity and these two societies are facing two totally different problems. problem for the western europe is how to integrate and how to manage and how to control but this is basically how to manage a diverse society. politics are how to prevent politicalization. [inaudible] they will not work easily in a much more diversified they bring this political polarization so because he's a strategic minor position i don't believe he is in decline. i do believe that on the european elections held have an important role but major strategic objective is to try to change the nature of the center-right. keep in mind, there is one major indication for liberal democracy going to survive or not survive. this is the position of the center-right. the left on its own can never save liberal democracy. very much about where the center-r

prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. impoverished excluded and under attack roma communities are paying the price of hiking nationalism in a country at war with itself. people in power investigates the surgeon hate crimes at the hands of far right groups. ukraine roma repression on al jazeera. al-jazeera stands where ever you. live. yet. out. it is blindingly obvious crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi so said the senior state department official who seen the cia report. from doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera fighting resumes in yemen's port city of despite.

hungary and the ottoman empire. when the armistice was announced in one thousand nine hundred people in the allied countries took to the streets to celebrate. the french writer i'll bet seymour now described the scene in paris. in the crowd young factory workers and fashionably dressed ladies hooked in kissed each other. everyone hopes this would be the war to end all wars a former french soldier who we baptise described his feelings in a diary. i was free from the clutches of the military i learned to hate the military and i will teach my children to hate it too. i'll teach them that words like fatherland glory and honor merely hide how terrible ugly and cruel war really gives i . think raise hemp hours of europe were falling apart i. the war that have killed millions prompted new demands for independence. in april nine hundred sixteen irish republicans in dublin launched an insurrection against british rule. but the uprising was poorly organized and was put down quickly by brits. troops once again in the union jac

hungary is 100 percent on gary and.there's some guardians born in ontario, but were talking about these societies but in austria 14 percent of the citizens of our youare not born in austria . so the difference tween western european and eastern europe when it comes to immigration and immigration is the core of their identity for politics is that these two societies are facing totally different problems. the problem for the western europe is how to integrate and manage and control, but this is basically how to manage an already diverse society. orban's politics is how to prevent this unification from this point of view, it's what's going to work and ethnic societies are not going to work in a diverse society because they can bring divide and a border that does not exist so he's a very strategically minded politician. i don't believe in decline, i do believe that all the european elections he's going to have an important role but his major strategic objectives is to try to change the nature of the center-right and keep in

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that is what we want. >> what is so hard for me to figure out is people keep criticizing hungary andoland for all of these anti- democratic measures which they are allegedly carrying out. yet, the last time i looked, i believe, the present government in hungary has been elected three elections in a row by the majority. the people speaking out and i believe, in poland, at least the last election, the same way. so the people are voting democratically, providing majorities, the government is moving ahead. isn't that democracy in action? perhaps we americans should not be quite so quick to criticize our friends and allies over there and let them go about their business as their people seem to want to do. >> one of the charges is, in these countries, they also bought one party, which i think would never happen in the u.s. >> in 1996 asking for membership in the eu, he goes to me in april 2004 as president of the country, find the entry into the eu. there was no other chance for a postcard minutes country, we had no chance to do it differently. we didn't have the luxury of being independen

from hungary. may have many things in the smiles and this is. why some people's minds to take our things all the power just for themselves they are in charge. and see only talking about. hungary and that's horrible i think. the sufi but the long. haul. who on the. good. will see it do the. deed do the blue suit do. it. you know i don't need to deal. i will look to obsolete deeds. to the. you know stuff that folds up at the. financial side but i don't buy it i'm on a future. almost. as a sum of my ex in the future. i am not terrorist i am just. be. these days no matter where you are in the world the chances are you're being watched. resulted in the deaths of innocent people you can strike any anywhere like it's over ten thousand beats him yet you probably won't have the slightest idea. and if you won't see it coming. what. would you have seen in post nine eleven scenario that in case of caucused on syria had been given a license to kill the villagers their villages their houses their mud houses the bombing them sometimes they have killed a terror

play all of my class lives while the chemicals like from hungary. we have many things in this world this is an e-mail for everyone and why don't some people's monster take our things all the power just for themself they are in charge and so i don't and steal me talking about wilds of course hungary and that's horrible i think. the sufi door closed. door. who on next pretty good. will see it do the. duty blue sit do. it. you should be. you know i don't need to deal. i would look to. you know stuff that folks. don't need to. you know world of big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. geysers financial survival get. well reducing our. bets undercutting about what's good for markets it's not good for the global economy. given the way in whi

let all of my classes live while the new clothes lying from hungary. we have when i think send this world this is an e-mail for everyone and white film some people's wants to take our things all the power just for themselves they are in charge and so on and steal me talking about wild's wife of course hungary and that's horrible i think. the suffering. can't go all. who on nick's pretty good i wouldn't show all. the city because he said to be able to sit you know. you should m.b.o. . you know i don't need to deal. i wouldn't look. leisure ness of the sort almost fall be able play and you know stuff that folks up home up at the book would look down on me sweetie. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent from last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's buil

asylum seekers on to hungary so so these attempts to concentrate and centralized power do grand plans like you or army they always backfire and if there's one thing the european union as a policy level can do is to just stick to where it's good at its core business promoting traits scrapping protectionism and thereby promoting peace. thank you very much germany will be one of the few e.u. countries not holding world war one national remembrance ceremonies as dominic kane reports for many people that's the effects of the second world war which have defined how they commemorates their water it. for generations of people poppies in november have represented commemoration marking the millions of allied fallen from world war one but for a century the poppy has not been part of the german psyche now one artist wants to change that. is over due to him boy so internazionale dares to internationalize the symbol red poppies were the first thing to grow on the graves of fallen soldiers they are known as pioneer which grow back very quickly on churn to perth but they didn't just crawling wish gra