minister viktor orban ran a carefully orchestrated campaign. he commands the biggest majority of any e.u. leader. his party is almost certain to win a certain landslide. >> when viktor orban was elected four years ago he signalled change, particularly after eight years of left-wing conservatives. his critics accuse him of introducing right-wing policies and making hungary an autocratic state. >> the former prime minister, leader of the left-wing coalition is a big critic. >> you have to decide if you want to be for the people or the government. i go for the people. the government has to be controlled, not the people. >> viktor orban's sway over the media and rewriting the constitution to strengthsen state power has raised concerns in europe, with boroughsless accusing -- brussels accusing them of failing democratic standard. >> the ruling party has brought down unemployment rates by forcing people into communal labour labo labour. atilla is a sound engineer. >> i don't earn enough for a living. >> he now swoops the streets. viktor orban may hav

is on course orban for another convincing win. you open the search for the shipss of mh370 as two pick up signals that could be from the black boxes. 's unbeaten runh of 15 games in the bundesliga could've come to an end. hungary's prime minister viktor forward tooking another term in office on the back of another landslide victory. exit polls from sunday's parliamentary election show his conservative party has taken just under 50% of the vote. since entering office in 2010, orban has rewritten the critics say in ways were designed to consolidate his grip on power. exit polls predicted a clear lead for the governing party led by prime minister viktor orban. for most hungarians, the result was little more than a foregone conclusion. the only question was whether he would secure a 2/3 majority, enabling further constitutional changes. hope there will be a big turn out the government can do a more effective job. the size of the popular consensus matters. if there are a lot of voters, the new government can begin with white bread supp

why has it not been able to launch a serious threat to viktor orban? harley because they are racked by scandal. the vice president of the socialist party is in custody under suspicion of not claiming a lot of assets on his tax returns. they also found he has a fake passport. now the person who arranged that passport gave the lease all the other information. there's lots of money in bank accounts all over the place. all over europe, tens of millions of euros. >> we're running out of time. this extreme right, this jobbik party you were talking about, that party is expected to get 20% of the vote. should neighbors the alarmed by that? >> that is a trend that unfortunately is happening all over europe. look at what has happened in france. how do you appease the people who want to vote for people like that? it is difficult. >> it is very difficult. thank you. >> the people of afghanistan head to the polls this weekend to elect a new president and it is important step in their transition to a democracy. >> hamid karzai is said to be the first man in the entr

support for viktor orban, grows. >> during the day voter turn out was high. >> hungary - the opposition is not strong enough. they have what i call charisma. that is a very, very strong feature in his - i mean, in the whole viktor orban phenomenon. >> the party will rule hungary for another four years, a dominant force in european politics. >> nine patients and a caretaker have been killed in a fire at a nursing home near piako city near chile. they were locked in their rooms and couldn't escape. neighbours rescued three others from the blaze. >> costa rica has a new president. opposition candidate louie solece won. the result was expected as they won a viable draft-out. the national liberation front was so far behind the polls they gave up their campaign. >> biotechnology company in bangladesh created a genetically modified correspondent resistant to pests. environmentalists are worried about the safety of the product. >> this plan could change the life of farmers. it's bangladesh's first genetically modified crop much scientists are distributing the plants made from genes developed by

. >> prime minister victor orban ran a carefully choreographed campaign. he commands devout support. the biggest political majority of any leader. his party is almost certain to win an election land sly d slide. >> when victor orban was elected prime minister it signalled a change. he's a conservative and a traditional list and left a message here with voters. his critics accused him of introducing right wing policies of making hungry an autogratic state. among his critics, the leader of the left-wing coalition. >> you have to decide whether you want to make the people be free or the government. i vote for people. government has to be controlled, not the people. >> the increased sway over the media revote the constitution to strengthen power. brussels accused hungary failing to respect democratic standards. the ruling party is accused of bringing down artificial rates, forcing people into communal labour. this man is a sound engineer. the whole money is 50,000, which is not really enough for a living. he sweeps the streets for $220 a month. victor orban ma

garion people say and viktor orban would remain at the head of the table for four years but that's notnecessarily news that would cause celebration in brussels you know mr all but it's not against hungary you have not the right to say that that these people here are fighting against hungary an interest. victor is a politician that doesn't deserve any respect. to infringement against what we are defending here is hungary and democracy or been has faced criticism for writing the constitution without consultation and cracking down on the state media that like him or not isn't going anywhere anytime soon in fact with two thirds of the electorate behind him or been has the highest approval rating of any leader the center right leaders unwillingness to bend the knees to brussels has to find his first term there are issues on which congress completely happy to go along with what brussels suggests but there are particular issues where hunger says we have a national interest here that's no different from any other member state he lost or french. britain's. an identical answer at the same time h

against what we are defining here democracy prime minister viktor orban a third term despite being branded a power abusing autocrat by brussels we try to find out the secret to his popularity. rallies break out across the u.k. against a known as the bedroom tax which critics say is pushing. into poverty. in the morning this is international with the twenty four hours a day in eastern ukraine protesters have stormed government buildings in three major cities mass demonstrations against the country's new leadership started peacefully on sunday but quickly escalated many locals see their government as illegitimate and in the morning greater autonomy for their regions of course reports. it seems that the tensions escalate chain in eastern ukraine indeed where protesters in the police three major cities protesters who say they do not recognize this foresees in kiev and they do not consider them as the judgment and legal power off the country governmental buildings these are regional government buildings in the city of donetsk and hulk of and the whole faceoff ukraine's national security in the

we don't see the results so far, but it seems that they can't challenge orban really strongly. i think the result is the reason there was nothing on the left. >> peter, thank you, speaking to us from budapest. >> thank you very much. >> russias invasion of crimea has made other nations nervous. we report from georgia. >> close to the borders of turkey and armenia lies georgia. today it's economically deprived. this town has an armenian ma jeter. most people don't speak georgian. locals feel cut off. >> they want to learn georgian to be more integrated. >> the region is a more mixed town. ethnic armenian said his loyalties lie with georgia. >> my grandfather was born here, so was my father and i and my son. we are citizens of this country. >> the muslim population was deported under stalin. this castle overlooking the city with its mosque and church is a great example of this countries multi-ethnic society, but that diversity has in recent history been one of its greatest vulnerabilities. >> following conflicts, russian forces now control 20% of recognized georgian territory. ar

and some of his policies have been praised by hunger ariens orbán claims credit for reviving the economyungary is repaid an emergency i.m.f. loan that also came out of recession and reduced inflation he gained support by taking on foreign energy firms especially as it's led to cuts in a household utility bills or but also won over many by slashing income taxes and he succeeded in reducing unemployment which now stands at around eight percent artie's peter over reports. it does seem that the current prime minister. will be returned to the post you know he hasn't always the best relationship with the european union despite hungry of being slightly right in the center of europe brussels and budapest haven't always been particularly there was an incident where by mr obama's policy rewrote the country's constitution without consulting anybody not upset people in brussels despite all of these very popular here in hungary has had the highest approval rating of any. one of the challenges that are coming up against them particularly in this election we've seen the president bill policy come into

victor orban introduced changes to the constitution that really strengthened his lead. he's changed election laws to law hungarian people of hung garbiahungarianette this isty te able to vote abroad. >> people in the u.k. will soon be able to boy over-the-counter h.i.v. tests. the kits around yet available, but it's hoped they will eventually help the approximately 25,000 undiagnosed h.i.v. positive people in the u.k. the tests are expected to be introduced this year or in early 2015. >> urgent action is needed to tackle foot waste in britain, according to an influential group of politicians. they criticize super markets to use buy one get one food offers to get rid of stock, which is often then thrown away by customers. >> they're short on food and they've got too much. more and more in the u.k.'s going here and ending up here, 15 million tons of food wasted every year. the question is why. the answer is the age-old story of supply and demand. food producers are penalized financially by stores if they don't make enough. what hams is many overproduce just in case. the p

up to hungary returned its right wing prime minister to power and most of the votes counted viktor orban as party has already secured a two thirds majority in parliament held an economic savior at home here is why he has been a thorn in the side media laws he introduced in twenty ten triggered censorship concerns the new constitution that he rushed through two years later led to more accusations of power abuse and another thing that got him on the wrong side of the e.u. and the i.m.f. heavy taxes on foreign banks as well as telecoms and energy companies however his reforms have been largely welcomed by the electorate he claims to have transformed his country from an old banger into a racing car and into the prime minister's leadership hungry is managed to dig itself out of recession plus cutting utility bills and income taxes has proved hugely popular and on top of all the jobless rate as even fall into a five year low peter all of a takes a closer look at the controversy surrounding the garion leader. garion people say and think to open remain at the head of the table for. the deaths no

it does seem that the current prime minister viktor orban will be returned to that post now he hasn't always the best relationship with the european union despite hungry of course being slap bang right in the center of europe brussels and budapest haven't always gotten on particularly there was an incident where by mr obama's policy rewrote the country's constitution without consulting anybody that upset people in brussels despite all of east very popular here in hungary has to be the highest approval rating of any new leader but it's one of the challenges that are coming up against them particularly in missile lection we've seen me put it all party your pick come into focus now they are regarded by some as being quite paul right they certainly have a tough policy on immigration never expected to take around twenty percent of today's vote so with vick still looking set to be returned yet again. prime minister there seem that hungry will continue to although geographically be right at the center of europe be on the outside when it comes to european union politics . for us a four stroke

critical prime minister viktor orban and his right wing party are tipped to win let's review some of the highs and lows of his reign up till now well many are unhappy about his government's tightening of its grip on state media it's banned election campaigns via platforms other than state controlled outlets and there were controversial constitutional amendments to limiting the power of the country's top court what critics say these could have curtailed civil liberties and show democracy also to reduce the budget deficit to below the ease required three percent or been hike taxes in the banking energy in telecom sectors but there's been no praise too for some of his policies or been claims credit for reviving the economy hungary's repaid an emergency loan it's pulled itself out of recession and beaten down inflation he is it taking on the foreign energy firms did him a lot of favors too especially as this led to cuts in household utility bills and that's not all or one also won over many of us slashing income tax and he succeeded in reducing the stubborn unemployment rate which now st

so with the reelection of viktor orban as prime minister it seems hungry will continue its somewhat. docs relationship with the new and not just blindly to brussels. hungary. still ahead in the program forget the snow siberia is home to something much more glittering. gold. plus two. sixty. six dollars in its contract. to build a. mission to teach me. only. course you are true to national the u.k.'s unpopular bedroom tax has given sleepless nights to many hard up families who've been out protesting on the streets . snapshot there the thousands that rallied over the weekend against a welfare reform that saved many cut off from vital benefits because they didn't have a spare bedroom in their homes the government says the law which came into force a year ago has reduced overcrowding but campaign is it's actually pushed people into poverty parties polyploidy reports next the number of brits desperately trying to keep a roof over their heads. with homeownership in the u.k. at a twenty five year low renting is now the norm for nine and a half million brits but an increasing number of tenan

president viktor orban is expected to win another term.igh stabilized financing and cut gas bills. the opposition accused him of changing the constitution, and nationalist policies scare away foreign investors. >> good sunday morning to you. i'm meteorologist eboni deon. strong to severe storms have been rumbling across the plains. i want to show you into parts of texas where we are watching a cluster of storms. there's warnings in place, in addition to a severe thunderstorm watch pt it will remain in effect until 2:30, stretching from east central areas through to louisiana. it's an area in orange where the warning is in place. we have just about another 20 minutes. the storm is moving to the east at around 40 miles per hour. with it you can't expect blinding down pours and winds. maybe small hail. the threat is not just for parts of eastern texas, it stretches all the way in to the western panhandles. that will clood later today. heavy rainfall will be widespread. you can see we have persistent showers and storms from mississippi, jackso

from also doxie within its own community let's say are the current government in hungary a viktor orban i mean slight deviation is already condemned with extraordinary vehemence in many of the liberal outlets russia on the other hand is essentially arguing that country should be allowed to maintain their own forms of government and develop their in their own particular ways it is maintain friendships with countries that have a different domestic systems like such as cuba. or in venezuela and but it's a it is nonetheless pursued a market capitalist way forward so it's the west that is now increasingly been driven by its own kind of etiologies and the russians were showing themselves to be rather pragmatic. adaptable people you know dimitri it are looking into safavian western media and coming out of a western capitals it seems so self-defeating because russia in the in the west have a lot of commonalities i mean we go through history literature music eccentric cetera they were not so different but you know it because russia will not fall in line with the western what i call the washingto