soros for viktor orban is the great satan, he is the liberal billionaire who orban says is trying toelopment in his country. of course if you ask soros, he will say he wants to foster democracy. and if you ask orban, he is interfering in what they do there politically and he does not even live there. so that is the background to the change in this law. however, behind that is a long list of others, other changes -- a new ngo law has taken control. and so the european union is involved. brent: and that was barbara reporting in brussels. sports news my maria sharapova has won her first match after coming back from her doping ban. she was given a wildcard for the clay-court event in stuttgart, a move criticized by some players. she dispatched a veteran italian, to reach the second round. and a brazilian footballer has been ordered to return to jail in his role in a grisly murder, of his girlfriend. he admitted to conspiring with friends who murdered his girlfriend and fed her body to dogs, but denied any direct involvement. in february, he was released on parole, pending an appeal after

orban has called for the rise of illiberal democracy and has clashed with the european union and angela merkel over increasingly authoritarian measures taken by his government. the oscar-winning film director roman polanski has failed in his attempt to ran into a 40-year-old rape case. pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a 13 euro girl in the united states in 1977, but he fled before he was sentenced. today he said he would return to the u.s., but only if he was spared jail. the judges have declined. runrter: a fugitive on the and authorities try to track him down. it may sound like the plot of a blockbuster film, but in the case of director roman polanski, life has imitated art for four decades. in 1977, he pleaded guilty in the u.s. court to raping a 13-year-old girl while allegedly using drugs. but he fled to europe after serving 42 days in prison. u.s. judges issued arrest countriesut both refuse to extradite him. france, where he has also been given protection. in 2003, he was unable to attend the academy awards ceremony to receive an award for directing a world war ii film, due to

. >> victor orban is facing stiff opposition to its government, around 10,000 people took part in protests. the government rushed for a law that threatens the survival of budapest central university. it is seen as a bastion of liberalism. for weeks students and supporters of the central you pann university have taken to the streets to protest the new law on higher education. the survival of the joint u.s. hungarian institution founded in 1991 is under threat. it was founded by the hungarian born philanthropist george soros. he has hardly any say in the running of the campus. the government has branded him and arch enemy. >> it is not in our interest to have players in the background without been trying to disable our government on behalf of and financed by foreign agents like george soros. his organizations are fake. we will use any legal means to defy such attempts. that bodes badly for all of hungary. adam taught in boston for 10 years overturned to teach at the central european university renown for its high-quality education. >> if the university cannot operate like this it is going to

protesters say pm viktor orban has declared a war on liberalism and has increased his influence overwing international criticism of his policies, including plans to forcibly house asylum seekers in shipping containers surrounded by barbed wire. the eu has threatened to take legal action. recent developments have led to publicly voiced concerns from a wide range of stakeholders inside and outside the eu. questions have asked about the compatibility with eu law. the gulf appears to be widening and, despite the warnings under protest, the government shows no sign of backing down. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we meet the chinese centenarian who's been communist, a dissident, and secretary to chairman mao. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazin

he has been strongly critical of the nationalist prime minister viktor orban.ot be allowed to award diplomas because it's registered in new york. the gha naian—born stylist edward enninful has been appointed the first male editor of british vogue. he will replace alexandra shulman in august. it's the first time a major fashion publication has appointed a male and a black person as editor. the american carrier, united airlines, has been heavily criticised after one of its passengers was dragged off a flight in chicago. the airline had overbooked the plane, and when no—one volunteered to leave, they selected the man and his travelling companion, at random. when he refused to get off the flight, he was dragged down the aisle by security guards as our correspondent neda tawfik reports. these are the disturbing moments that have now travelled around the world. several smartphones record as three police hover over a man who is being forced to exit the aircraft. the situation quickly escalates, after one officer manhandles him out of his chair. screaming and shouting.

he has been strongly critical of the nationalist prime minister viktor orban. not be allowed to award diplomas because it's registered in new york. the gha naian—born stylist edward enninful has been appointed the first male editor of british vogue. he will replace alexandra shulman in august. he was brought from africa to london as a child, and was first scouted here as a model, aged 16. it's the first time a major fashion publication has appointed a male and a black person as editor. a new report has claimed that china is carrying out far more executions thanis is carrying out far more executions than is officially documents. that is from an amnesty international report on the use of the death penalty around the world. they found that over 1032 book executions globally in 2013. a drop on the previous year that saw 163a. over 90% of the executions in the world we re 90% of the executions in the world were in five countries, china, a run, arabia, iraq and pakistan. it is believed that china executed more than all other countries combined. we speak now to a prof

protesters say prime minister viktor orban has declared a war on liberalism, increasing his influencegrowing international criticism of his policies, including plans to forcibly house asylum seekers in shipping containers surrounded by barbed wire. the eu has threatened to take legal action. recent developments have led to publicly voiced concerns from a wide range of stakeholders inside and outside the eu. questions have been asked about the compatibility with eu law. the gulf between budapest and brussels appears to be widening and, despite the warnings under protest, the government shows no sign of backing down. time for the business. aaron is here. good morning. is the trump bubble about to burst? a pump or a dump, that is what we are about to find out. this is an important day, we have seen wall street absolutely soaring, but now the companies have to tell us if that soaring has been justified. we start on wall street, where it's a hugely important day for investors. now, we know the share prices of banks have soared in the months following president trump's election, led by amer

he has been strongly critical of the nationalist prime minister viktor orban.tered in new york. rounding up some sports news now. arsenal's hopes of getting into the champions league places in the english premier league have suffered anoother humilating blow. they lost 3—0 to crystal palace on monday evening. and it means they are in sixth place, seven points adrift of manchester cityt in 4th. their opponents, though, will be delighted with the win — palace are now six points clear of the relegation zone while the arsenal manager had some explaining to do after his team lost four successive away games for the first time under his direction. i face that in every press conference at the moment and tonight i'm not in the mood to speak about that. reporter: when do you think you will be letting the fans and everybody know? i think at the moment i need to pay more respect to the fact that we had a disappointing result and focus on that and not find as well excuses that are not excuses. finally we see the light at the end of the tunnel. and then we have seen more tha

people around bannon orban nonhimself attempted to spin it in a sort of hilariously transparent fashionthat actually did happen and that was a reduction in his influence. >> yeah. i mean, i think the things that i -- i do feel confident about now is that the power dynamics have changed from where they were early on in this administration and part of that is because, listen, in the early days of the white house it was like "home alone." they had no cabinet secretaries. it was bannon, priebus. now we have cabinet secretaries. we have gary cohen, the head of the n.e.c. we have dena powell who's now taking on a foreign policy and security role. so to some extent, yes, the power that rested in bannon and priebus at one point in the early days is not what it used to be because there are a lot more people who have been taking some of the influence. >> that's a great point. in terms of the fundamental dynamic, the gary cohn's are the jared kushner "new york times" world and not the breitbart world. the photo they put out of the briefing that happened at the mar-a-lago skiff of the syria strike

in hungary prime minister orban and yobick are seeking to renegotiate the country's war time capability. in an interview last year i asked about hungary's role in the holocaust. he readily conceded, yes, hungarian government had the responsibility but he quickly added, quote, this is a very complex issue because hungary suffered a lot of harm during the first world war, a lot of hungary populated territories were taken away from hungary and transferred to neighboring countries. i will never question anybody's right to commemorate the events of the past, but identity cannot be bit on tragedies as it will inevitably lead to more and more confrontation. you have this sense that to only sensor a sense of nation hood in europe and a sense of identity on europe on "never again" and what happened in the holocaust is somehow an affront and there's a hunger for something more. i also think that there's a desire -- and this is the third plank and the final one -- is a desire that politics reflects the dark realities of the present time. i happen to think that this is the area where the illiberals