judging by peter pellegrini's previous actions, he was a conservative voice of sorts. ancient orientationof ukraine and did not aspire to confrontation with the eu, as well as the usa. pellegrini has always been a moderate voice, advocating a policy of compromises, as well as finding a golden mean in foreign and security policy. the previous moderate course may become tougher when pellegrini takes office. at the same time, we can also expect the level of rhetoric to tone down a bit after this heated and polarized presidential campaign. a change in the relations between bratislava and brussels is not expected here, since slovakia receives subsidies from the eu budget, and therefore a confrontation is not in the interests of the current government, and they do not expect that slovakia will follow the example of hungary and its leader, in particular regarding the blockade of ukraine's movement to the european union, because no signs that bratislava the experts with whom rfe/rl spoke may start something similar, but today they have not yet observed the officially newly elected president. we t

it looks like ivan korcok has lost to peter pellegrini, as you say, the candidate of the populist nationalistof the vote to mr korcok�*s 47%, which is far better, a far wider margin, than had been suggested in the opinion polls running up to this second round of the election. so that has been something of a surprise. and i think, really, it is the worst fears of the liberal pro—western opposition in slovakia coming to pass, because now the populist nationalist government, of which mr pellegrini is a part — led by robert fico — he now controls the parliament, the government, and will soon have his man in the president's office. they believe and they fear that that will give him free rein to create what they claim will be a sort of illiberal democracy, perhaps modelled along the lines of viktor 0rban's hungary. so they are certainly not celebrating this evening in bratislava. and what about when it comes to ukraine? we mentioned this is mostly a ceremonial role, but what could a pellegrini presidency mean for support to ukraine? well, it's certainly a ceremonial role, but an influential one, es

and peter pellegrini, the candidate of the governing coalition, he very much echoes those words.me talking points that are coming out of moscow, so clearly, i think, russia sees slovakia as another wage to drive a wedge between the allies of the european union and nato over ukraine. pop sensation, taylor swift will be performing in the uk this summer, as part of her record—breaking eras tour. but police and consumer groups are warning fans to be vigilant when buying tickets online, after reports of people falling victim to scams. here's our culture reporter, noor nanji — and her report contains flashing images. welcome to the eras tour! it's the hottest ticket in town — taylor swift's world tour, which comes to the uk later this year. this has been the most extraordinary experience of my entire life. but some fans, desperate to see the us pop idol, have fallen victim to scams. they include sian williams, who had promised to take her daughter to swift's show in cardiff. it's the fact that we've paid £250, lost £250, so you're out of pocket, and we still haven't got any tickets. so

but on ukraine, i think what has happened here with the election of peter pellegrini as president, theresenior slovak official who is unequivocally in favour of ukraine's right to defend its territory with weapons. since mr fico came to power in october and reversed the previous slovak government policy of giving ukraine everything it needs to defeat russia on the battlefield, there has been a substantial departure in policy on ukraine. the current president, a liberal president, she had been maintaining a very strong pro—ukrainian stance. but she will leave office in two months to be replaced by mr pellegrini, seen very much as an ally of robert fico, the prime minister, so kyiv will have lost at least the official support of the slovak government. so after hungary, it seems slovakia has now lost, officially at least, slovakia is an unequivocal ally in the military campaign against russia. ., , military campaign against russia. ., ., ., , russia. rob cameron for us in prauue russia. rob cameron for us in prague covering _ russia. rob cameron for us in prague covering that - russia. rob

the man standing against him, peter pellegrini, is an ally in the coalition government.t coming in around midnight— coming in around midnight in terms ofthe coming in around midnight in terms of the depth — coming in around midnight in terms of the depth of _ coming in around midnight in terms of the depth of significance, - coming in around midnight in terms of the depth of significance, the - of the depth of significance, the geopolitical significance of the election, can you give us a much more context?— election, can you give us a much more context? absolutely. again, that issue of _ more context? absolutely. again, that issue of ukraine _ more context? absolutely. again, that issue of ukraine and - more context? absolutely. again, that issue of ukraine and support| that issue of ukraine and support for the ukrainian military and it's attempt to defeat russia, that has played a key role in their selection. peter pellegrini has accused ivan korcok of being a candidate of war, something echoed by the prime minister, robert fico. mr pellegrini said that what ukraine nee

standing against him is peter pellegrini, the head of the parliament, the leader of one of the three r pellegrini is the candidate of peace, especially when it comes to ukraine, he is against sending military support to ukraine like robert fico, and favours a peaceful solution. so two different men with two different visions of how slovakia should move forward and slovakia's place in the world. it has been pointed out it is a space between the west and the kremlin, why would that clamouring —— creme be courting slovakia? why would that clamouring -- creme be courting slovakia?— be courting slovakia? well, up until now, be courting slovakia? well, up until now. hungary _ be courting slovakia? well, up until now. hungary was _ be courting slovakia? well, up until now, hungary was the _ be courting slovakia? well, up until now, hungary was the big _ be courting slovakia? well, up until now, hungary was the big outlier, l now, hungary was the big outlier, just down the danube from bratislava, hungary was a country that was not telling the nato and eu line over support for ukraine and now

we heard from locals in the slow by capital who fully support peter pellegrini on his sense a just as mister pelligrini said, we will definitely not send weapons to ukraine. i think that's a good thing. both sides must agree and peace talks. sending weapons will certainly not help fill. a greenish position is better because the party of the opposing candidate is in favor of sending weapons. but others? well, this decision should certainly bring more peace than we have seen so far from emily's considering my age, i'm quite satisfied. i have nothing against mr. cole chuck, but i really admire and respect me. step valley, greeny. he seems like a decent and normal person. well peter pelligrini defeated pro western candidates event court shock taking 53 percent of the vote. a former prime minister pellegrini is an ally of the country's current pm, robert fico, who came to power last october, promising to hold military supplies to key if, as a defender of peace talks, the new slovak president elect has doubled down on his position. as well as quote, i will do everything i can to ensure that

peter pellegrini is an ally of the country's populist prime minister. er than expected margin, beating his rival ivan korcok after a campaign overshadowed by the war in ukraine. mr pellegrini favours peace talks with russia and described his pro—western opponent as a warmonger. the result means there will no longer be any high—level official in slovakia who unequivocally backs kyiv in its fight against moscow. barely a year ago, slovakia donated an entire fleet of fighter planes to ukraine. 0ur correspondent rob cameron is covering the story from neighbouring prague. i think, before this election, it was still unclear, the jury was out, if peter pellegrini won this post, whether president pellegrini would be an ally or a rival of the country's populist prime minister robert fico. looking at some of the reactions that came after saturday night's result, notjust from mr pellegrini, i think it's quite clear which way this is going to go. if i can read you what mr pellegrini said — you don't have to worry that the presidential palace, as it has been for the

he said this on the air of slovak television. the elected president of the country, peter pellegrini, added that he will make every effort to ensure that slovakia is always on the side of peace, not war. at the same time, he emphasized that slovakia will continue to play a strong role in the eu and nato. it is also worth adding that peter pellegrini, like the prime minister of the country robert fitso, who represents the smer party, which is also part of the ruling coalition, opposes providing military aid to ukraine, as well as sending slovaks to us. of the military, and the prime minister of slovakia, robert fico, has already reacted to how peter pilogrini became the president of the country, and he said that after this event, we will probably be under pressure, and we may even suffer from the fact that words slovak people may suffer from the fact that they chose such a president, quote: the west may to punish slovakia for being elected by its citizens. the president of the social democrat petro pillegrini, who insists on achieving peace in ukraine as soon as possible and opposes th

it should also be added that peter pellegrini, like the prime minister of the country , robert fico, who represents the smer party, which is also part of the ruling coalition, opposes the provision of military aid to ukraine, as well as the sending of slovak troops to us. well, the prime minister of slovakia , robert fico, has already reacted to how peter pilogrini became the president of the country and he said that after this the event will surely put pressure on us and we may even suffer from the fact that the slovak people can suffer from that that he chose such a president. quote: the west can to punish slovakia for the fact that its citizens elected a social democrat president. brother peter pillegrini, who insists on achieving peace in ukraine as soon as possible and opposes sending weapons to ukraine. well, this is what robert fitso said in a video message that he published on his page at. on facebook, you know, there is such an opinion, if people choose a pro-russian government, well, for now, or those who support in one way or another the idea of ​​appeasement by putin, the

now we have seen peter pellegrini, who favours closer ties with russia win.at war? i does that leave slovakia's position with that war?— with that war? i think it really cements with that war? i think it really i cements slovakia's position is no longer one of the big supporters of ukraine. this is a country that are less than nine months ago donated its entire fighterjet less than nine months ago donated its entire fighter jet fleet of retired make 29 fighterjets to ukraine, then in october the premise came to flare any platform and pledge of sending not one round —— the prime minister came to power. of sending the army stocks ukraine, and this has been cemented by his ally by winning the presidential election —— not sending army stocks. he favours a peace over war and maintaining that line that is very much mr ficho's line, of sending more arms to ukraine is prolonging this war. we more arms to ukraine is prolonging this war. ~ . , , ., this war. we have “ust been hearing followed amir — this war. we have just been hearing followed amir zelensky, _ this war

he has also congratulated his rival, peter pellegrini, on his victory. appear that pellegrini is now on course to become the next president of slovakia. moving on now. nicaragua hasjoined mexico in suspending diplomatic relations with ecuador. it's in protest against a police raid on the mexican embassy in the capital, quito. officers arrested the former ecuadorean vice—president, jorge glas — who later appeared in court on saturday. he was wanted on corruption charges and had sheltered in the diplomatic compound since december. mexico says it had granted mr glas �*political asylum' — a move ecuador described as �*illegal�*. glas's lawyer says he is innocent. in myanmar, a coalition of forces opposed to the military government that seized power three years ago has taken control of the busiest border crossing into thailand. much of myanmar�*s trade passes through the town of myawaddy, making it a major loss for the government. fighters from the karen ethnic group accepted the surrender of the remaining government troops on saturday, after a weeks—long batt

and the man who's challenging him, peter pellegrini.ill simply do the leader's bidding. so there's really all to play for in this election in slovakia. and rob, this sort of east—west divide is something that's been existing in slovakia, in politics for decades, isn't it? it is, and it's really come to the fore, i think, since the war in ukraine as well, the war really overshadowed this election. indeed, peter pellegrini, the government's candidate, accused him of being a candidate of war. he said that he would send slovak boys off to fight in ukraine. observers pointed out that the president can do no such thing because it's a parliamentary democracy. the military regime that seized power in myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with thailand. opposition forces have taken control of the busiest border crossing into thailand, through which much of myanmar�*s trade passes. for months, the soldiers have been under attack by ethnic karen insurgents who are fighting to overthrow the militar

peter pellegrini are seen very much as the candidate of the populist nationalist government.ernment which willjust cause more attention to it in slovakia as it deals with so many issues, especially the war in ukraine. ivan korcok said ukraine has the right to defend itself military port for seven necessary. peter pellegrini says it is time for a ceasefire and negotiations with moscow, echoing russian talking points. moscow, echoing russian talking oints. ., , ., moscow, echoing russian talking oints. . , ., , moscow, echoing russian talking oints. . , ., moscow, echoing russian talking oints. ., , ., ., points. can you tell us more about the threats — points. can you tell us more about the threats and _ points. can you tell us more about the threats and abuse _ points. can you tell us more about the threats and abuse that - points. can you tell us more about the threats and abuse that zuzana | the threats and abuse that zuzana caputova has talked about? zuzana cautova caputova has talked about? zuzana caputova has _ caputova has talked about? zuzana caputova has had _ caputov

a look now at some other stories making news around the world. government backed candidate, peter pellegrini has one slovakia as a presidential election, taking around 54 percent of the vote. is appointment to the largely ceremonial roll will be a boost to slovakia as pro russian prime minister roberts feats. so there's brought brought us a lot of a much closer to the kremlin since coming to power in 2023. and what else gets into them? copenhagen's famous, self governing enclave of christiania is moving to restrict it's open air drug market police have tolerated the illegal sale of cannabis in the area since the 1970s. by the recent spate of shootings linked to gangs has led residents to push for urban renewal and cooperation with city authorities. gratitude and berg has been arrested at a protest in the netherlands. authorities detains the swedish climate activist along with others from the extinction rebellion a group. and they tried to block a highway into the hague. but administrators are demanding an end to fossil fuels. subsidies. russian authorities have opened an investigation to det

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the man who is challenging him, peter pellegrini is a member of the governing coalition and see if hea candidate for. he said he would send slovak boys off to fight in ukraine. observers pointed out the president can do no such thing because it is a parliamentary democracy. monitoring that votin: parliamentary democracy. monitoring that voting slovakia _ parliamentary democracy. monitoring that voting slovakia for _ parliamentary democracy. monitoring that voting slovakia for us. _ parliamentary democracy. monitoring that voting slovakia for us. thank i that voting slovakia for us. thank you very much. good afternoon. storm kathleen dominated weather headlines in recent days. the storm arrived last night and yes, it's bringing gale force gusts of winds in the far northwest. it's also tapping in to some very warm air indeed. now, so far today, we have seen a gust of wind in excess of 90 mile an hour on the tops of cairngorm. yes, but even at lower levels through northern ireland, down to the isles of scilly, we've had gusts in excess of 60, close to 70 mile an hour. so the storm is anc

peter pellegrini, candidate from the voice of social democracy party, won.rnment coalition. the new leader was supported by more than 53% of voters. rival ivan korczak, the former minister of foreign affairs of slovakia, received approximately 47% of the votes, has already admitted defeat and congratulated his opponent on his victory. pilligrini is known for his pro-russian position, as is the current prime minister robert fitz. immediately after the victory, the elected president of slovakia promised that he would do everything so that his country would always be on the side of peace and against war. local elections in poland today are not going so smoothly. 212 offenses and seven crimes were identified, including violations of freedom of vote or destruction of property, the national election commission reported. yes, in love. voivodeship, for four cans of beer and a chocolate bar, a man asked his friend to vote for his partner to the municipal council. he was detained and taken into custody. the commission also mentioned alcohol-related incidents. in two c

peter pellegrini, the candidate supported by the slovak government , won the presidential election of this country by winning the majority of votes. pellegrini received 53 votes. pellegrini is in favor of greater cooperation with russia, and his opponent is a supporter of greater integration with the european union. registration of nearly 120 million domestic trips during holidays china's 3-day holiday the ministry of culture and tourism of china announced: the trips of citizens of this country during the 3 -day holiday of the qingming festival have increased by 12% compared to the years before corona. domestic tourism income in this period is 7.6 billion dollars . ching wing festival is held every year from april 3 to 5, april 15 to 17. lebanon's hezbollah shot down an israeli hermes 900 drone. this drone can be equipped with four missiles with a range of 10 km. this is the hermes 900 spy plane. a drone with a flight duration of about 36 hours made by the zionist regime. this drone can carry 970 kg 300. it has 50 kg of fuel and load and its maximum speed reaches 220 km per hour. amon

peter pellegrini, the candidate supported by the slovak government , won the second round of the presidential election in this country by winning the majority of votes. pellegrini won 53% of the votes and his other rival. it is mostly with the european union. mexican people gathered in front of the ecuadorian embassy in mexico city in protest of the ecuadorian police attack on their country's embassy in quito. ecuadorian police. the mexican embassy in quito was raided and jorge glas, the former vice president he arrested the president of ecuador. khorkhlas, who was accused of corruption in ecuador, a few hours before the police attack. he entered the mexican embassy and received political asylum. mexico, nicaragua cut ties with ecuador in response. the new york police have faced thousands of complaints due to the discovery of the mandatory hijab of women. according to cbs news , the new york police forced muslim women to remove their russian arrest photos. at least in this regard. the complaint filed may force new york police officials to pay 17.5 million dollars in compensation to resolve th

peter pellegrini , the candidate supported by the slovak government , won the second round of the presidential election in this country by winning the majority of votes. pellegrini won 53 percent of the votes, and his other rival, the former foreign minister of slovakia, won 47 votes in the second round of the election . pellegrini is a fan. more cooperation with russia and kerchuk is a supporter of greater integration with the european union. the end of this news section of khodnaghadar. in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful. hello, have a good time. welcome to the football magazine program. well, as i said , we want to talk more about today's premier league games, for the sake of mr. seyed salehi , seyed mehdi seyed salehi, an expert and football coach , is present in the studio so we can talk more about this, and of course, i have a history of playing in esteghlal, in the name of allah , rahman, raheem. greetings, courtesy and respect, i am at your service, dear iraqi, your respected colleagues, the honorable nation of iran, i am at your service, naturally, it is from t

peter pellegrini, the candidate supported by the slovak government in the election. presidency of this country won with the majority of votes. pellegrini received 53% of the votes. pellegrini is in favor of more cooperation with russia and his rival from supporters of greater integration with the european union. registration of nearly 120 million domestic trips during the 3-day chinese holiday, the ministry of culture and tourism of china announced that the trips of citizens of this country during the 3 -day qingming festival holiday have increased by 12% compared to the years before corona, and domestic tourism income in this period has increased by 7 %. and the announced 6 tenths of billion dollars, ching wing festival is held every year from april 3 to 5, april 15 to 17. lebanon's hezbollah has a hermes 900 drone of the zionist regime. this hermes 900 spy plane. istabadi made a continuous flight of about 36 hours israel. this 970 kg drone has the ability to carry 350 kg of fuel and cargo, and its maximum speed reaches 220 km per hour. among the advantages of this

slovakia's elected a new president — peter pellegrini is a nationalist who's sceptical of sending militaryolar eclipse in north america, we look at how to safely watch the total blackout. and within the next few hours, russell cook, nicknamed the "hardest geezer," is set to complete his mammoth task — running entire length of africa. you join us youjoin us in you join us in southern israel. we are in the town of sderot, which lies not farfrom are in the town of sderot, which lies not far from the gaza boundary. you can see the northern gaza strip on the horizon. it was here and

presidential elections in slovakia. the voice of social democracy, speaker of the parliament peter pellegrini, he has been actively involved in politics for many years and closely cooperates with the prime minister of slovakia robert fico, here it is worth mentioning a little about his biography and first of all that in 2018 he replaced robert fico as of the prime minister, when he left for rate after public protests against corruption and after the murder of investigative journalist jan kuciak, and until the 2023 parliamentary elections, pelligrini's party was in opposition to the liberal governments of igor matovych, eduard heger and the technical government of ludovit odor. and the flight itself also kept a distance from the party of robert fitz, which dominated at the time, among the opposition, and what is important is that then, as in previous years, pelligrini did not question slovakia's membership in the north atlantic alliance and european union, he closely cooperated with the prime ministers. of poland, the czech republic, and hungary within the framework of the visegrad group and a

slovakia's elected a new president — peter pellegrini is a nationalist who's sceptical of sending militaryg the pro—western candidate ivan korcok. it is no time to take a look at the sport with jane. —— now time. hello from the bbc sports centre. it's just kicked off in the big match between manchester united and liverpool in the english premier league with liverpool hoping to re—gain top spot in the table. arsenal took the lead on saturday. that game is just under way at old trafford. one minute on the clock. it is still 0-0. it's one of three games in the premier league today. chelsea — who had that dramatic late win over united in midweek — are away at sheffield united. they lost to liverpool on the same night.

largely ceremonial but highly influential post — the pro—western former diplomat ivan korcok and peter pellegrini correspondent rob cameron, who is in prague, in the neighbouring czech republic. he gave us this update. we won't have a result of these elections until polls close, that is at ten o'clock local time in bratislava which is an hour ahead of london. but it has been described as an incredibly important election for what is a largely ceremonial position but it comes at a time when slovakia really stands at a crossroads. in fact, some people believe that this election for the post of president, that the whole of slovakia's liberal democracy hangs on the balance of the outcome. the liberal pro—western former diplomat, former ambassador to washington, former ambassador to washington, former permanent representative to the eu, his supporters say he will be able to act as a work against the fs of the populist nationalist coalition government to undertake slacker�*s institutions and create what they claim is a sort of a liberal democracy. the man who is standing against him, mr pellegrini, he i

of the votes in the presidential election , forty-eight-year-old peter pellegrini says he will makedent i promised you, the one who will always defend the interests of the slovak republic and its citizens, also respected. "i will do everything in my power to slovakia, whether anyone likes it or not, has always remained on the side of peace, and not on the side of war. left-wing nationalist candidate, close ally of prime minister robert fitz. pelligrini's victory will strengthen the power of the populist liberals." fiza canceled arms supplies to ukraine and said that the only way to end the war is to give up part of its territory to russia. pellegrini showed diplomacy during the vote. i guarantee that we will remain a strong member of the european union and nato. that's not what this election is about. the opposition was hoping for karchok, who actively advocated for the supply of weapons to ukraine. and his message is pro-european orientation, the president represents slovakia abroad and i made it clear where slovakia should consider itself. prime minister robert fitz and presents h

slovakia's elected a new president — peter pellegrini is a nationalist who's sceptical of sending military to ukraine. he won by a greater margin than expected, defeating the pro—western candidate ivan korcok. and as millions prepare for the solar eclipse in north america we look at how to safely watch the total blackout as the moon blocks the sun's light. now on bbc news, click. earlier this year, the click team went to kenya and this week, we put together the best of the stories we covered there. we're bringing power to the flower with the drones and ai dealing with the changing climate of this blossoming industry. we're also in the rural communities, where ai is improving prenatal care. and we explore the piles of electronic waste making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. agriculture plays a huge part in many people's livelihoods in kenya — in fact, the industry employs more than 40% of the total population. but climate change is having a real impact on the crops there, and you might be surprised to find out what one of the most sensitive crop types is. flowers. they have a sp

meanwhile , the pro-government candidate in slovakia, peter pellegrini, won the presidential electionnow he strengthened the pro-russian influence of prime minister robert fitzgerald to the country. pellegrini received more than 53% of the vote, and the pro-western opposition candidate ivan. gained a little less than 47% and already admitted his defeat. they lit up the stage with new songs. the dead rooster band in native lviv presented the wundervafe program. translated from german, it means miracle weapon. musicians call it a symbol of our indomitability and retribution for russian crimes. masters of ukrainian rock and roll took the stage with legendary hits. and with new works from wonder's unfinished album of the same name waffe. with this program , the legendary band is starting a tour of ukrainian cities from the beginning of may. it was born from the fact that we are gradually collecting many new compositions that have a completely different philosophy, they are somehow marked by the time in which we live, by the war and everything else, including songs based on poems. which ar

also, to be honest , it is surprising how peter pellegrini has increased the turnout, that is, he has more than 600,000 votes, that's a lot, yes. and this, to be honest, even if you mathematically count the votes of all the candidates from the first round, there from garabin, this anti-system and pro-russian, hungarians, actually, well, anyone, that is, it is more, automatically it is even more, so what is it honestly , a surprise, because again i would like to to pay attention that korchok also scored a lot, that is, he plus 200 thousand votes in the second round, that's... a million 200 votes, well, i don't know, there i will understand two or three candidates who became presidents, after all, in previous years, even they didn't recruit that much, then the president was nominated when they recruited a million, even zuzana chaputova, who went on the basis of this protest electorate after the murder of her jan kutyk, a journalist, she recruited less, that is, to be honest, a very interesting thing happened, er, and well i wouldn't say. expected, but it's something, it's something stra

in the second round , pro-western opposition candidate ivan korchok and peter pellegrini from the rulingionalist left coalition are competing. it is his victory that can help pro-russian prime minister robert fitz to consolidate power in one hand. in case of election of korchak, who is the favorite among the bookmakers in slovakia may be a leader capable of challenging fico's decision. that in the country, presidents have limited powers, but they can veto laws or challenge them in the constitutional court. the four russians who died were not in the war with ukraine, but from the breach of the dam in the city of orsk, local media write. the water level in the city and nearby areas is constantly rising, sometimes reaching 4 m. water began to flow in the evening, the dam could not withstand the spring. afterburning and collapsed in two places. rescuers evacuated almost a thousand persons, report to the russian ministry of emergency situations. about 2,500 houses and even more homesteads are under water. electricity was turned off in flooded areas. summonses via sms, this is how they will be

the pro-government candidate in slovakia, peter pellegrini , won the presidential election. now he strengthened the influence of pro... russian prime minister robert fitzo on the country. palagrini received more than 53% of the vote, while pro-western opposition candidate ivan korchok scored just under 47% and has already conceded defeat. she lit up the stage with new songs. group dead pivenyu presented the wonderwaffe program to his native lviv for the first time. translated from german, it means miracle. weapon. musicians call it a symbol of our indomitability and retribution for russian crimes. masters of ukrainian rock and roll took the stage with both legendary hits and new works from wonderwafe's unfinished album of the same name. with this program, the legendary band is starting a tour of ukrainian cities from the beginning of may. it was born from the fact that we are gradually collecting many new compositions, which. absolutely have a different philosophy, they are in one way or another marked by the time in which we live, by the war, by everything else, including s

also, to be honest, it is surprising how peter pellegrini has increased the turnout, that is, he has somewhere plus 600 thousand votes, this is a lot, and this is true, to be honest, even if you mathematically count the votes of everyone there candidates from the first round, there from... garabin, this anti-system and pro-russian, hungarians, actually, well, anyone, that is, it's more than that even, so to be honest, it's a surprise. because once again i would like to point out that korchok also won a lot, that is, he plus 200,000 votes in the second round, that's a million 200 votes, well, i don't know, i'll understand two or three candidates who became presidents, after all, in previous years, they didn’t even raise that much, that is, the president was nominated when they raised a million, even zuzana chaputova, who went on the basis of this of the protesting electorate after the murder of jan kutsik, a journalist. she licked less, that is , to be honest, a very interesting thing happened, and well, i wouldn't say that it was expected, but it's something, it's something strange,

april 6, that is , on saturday, the current speaker of the slovak parliament, social democrat peter pellegriniid he was against it. constant supply of weapons to ukraine, because, in his opinion, this will not speed up the end of the war, but rather will drag it out in time, but his opponent, the liberal ivan korchuk, who previously held the post of minister of foreign affairs of slovakia, on the contrary said that ukraine needs continue to help and that the $100 billion aid package they want to allocate to nato is a concrete example of transatlantic security cooperation. well, so that you understand well for us that just this last ivan korchuk, whom i mentioned, is a liberal who supports the provision of aid to ukraine, after the first round he just on... collected more, collected more percentages then, so according to the results 42.51% of voters voted for zakorchyk in the first round, and only 37% voted for pellegrini, who says: no, no, no, ukraine should not be given weapons. therefore, we really hope that ivan korchuk will become the president after all. we have entered the pre-war period

the pro—western former diplomat ivan korcok and peter pellegrini, the candidate of the populist nationalistd on the ground at heathrow airport. a stationary british airways plane, with 121 passengers and crew on board was hit by the wing of an empty virgin atlantic plane, which was being towed at the time. there are no reported injuries and the incident caused minor damage. dutch police have arrested several climate activists who attempted to block a main road in the hague. those detained included the swedish campaigner, greta thunberg. our correspondent, anna holligan was there: the final of the climate activists packed up their banners and are preparing to go home. earlier, there were cries and cheers as greta thunberg was picked up off the highway by dutch police and put onto a minibus along with hundreds of other processes. you can see her here chatting happily to fellow activists. she is here in the hague to announce international actions against governments who make it cheap and easy for large companies use fossil fuels by offering them tax breaks and subsidies on excise duties. greta

we've heard from logos in the slovak capital, who fully support peter pellegrini on the issue. the philly green. he said, we'll definitely not send weapons to ukraine. i think that's a good thing. both sides must agree and peace talks. interest to sending weapons will certainly not help them feel agreements. position is better because the party of the opposing can to that isn't fever funding weapons, but others. well, this decision should certainly bring more peace than we have seen so far from emily . big go see during my age i'm quite satisfied. i have nothing against mr. clark trump, but i really admire and respect to mr. b. do any, he seems like a decent. i'm no, no frustrated or to contribute to rachel marsden, don't listen to the details of why this will evolve. people have chosen to defy a western desire for more war. in the western establishment seems to be having a bit of a freak out over the fact that slid back in voters just elected with 53 percent of the vote. and the 2 candidate run off a new president, peter pelligrini, who doesn't act like the capital of slovakia

the social democrat peter pellegrini said that he is against the constant supply of arms to ukraine,se in his opinion it will not speed up the end of the war, on the contrary, it will drag it out in time, while his opponent, the liberal ivan korchuk, who previously held the post of minister of foreign affairs of slovakia, on the contrary, he said that ukraine should continue to be helped and that the $100 billion aid package that they want to allocate to nato is a concrete example of transatlantic security. cooperation, and so that you understand well for us that this last ivan korchuk, whom i mentioned, is a liberal who supports the provision of... aid to ukraine, after the first round he just won more, won more percentages then, so for according to the results of the first round , 42.51% of voters voted for korchyk, and only 37% voted for pellegrini, who says: no, no, no, ukraine should not be given weapons, so we really hope that ivan korchuk will become the president after all. we entered the pre-war period under... after from the post-war period, and therefore it is necessary to

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so of course peter pellegrini has won the reasons for biking presidential elections against a pro western opposition. it's worth noting that the president in slovakia does not really have a lot of executive power, but he can veto laws and challenge them in the constitutional court. but in his program, pelligrini chooses to put the internal affairs on the front, so we choose to focus on what still vacuums are dealing with in the country. but what's interesting to him, he is one of the very few e leaders that is sending for piece thoughts when it comes to the situation in ukraine. he says that he's not fond of the idea of sending more weapons to ukraine, but we could say that him went in is essentially show in the side that slovak kids are taking when it comes to the cleaning and conflict. okay, so we have a president, the legs in favor of peace. what was the international reaction being to this development? so of course, in the west, if your views don't really align with what they see is morally right, then you are this pro russian entity that is against piece for them being against piece

slovakia's elected a new president — peter pellegrini is a nationalist who's sceptical of sending militaryid to ukraine. he won by a greater margin than expected, defeating the pro—western candidate ivan korcok. and as millions prepare for the solar eclipse in north america we look at how to safely watch the total blackout as the moon blocks the sun's light. now on bbc news, laura kuenssberg and paddy o'connell chew over the week's political news in newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio, and.... hello, i'm injerusalem. it's great to have you with us. so it's hard to know where to start, isn't it? the story is so enormous. shall we start with what's been happening in the last 2a hours? there's an awful lot going on at the moment. i mean, there are loads of strands to this. first of all, inside israel, big demonstrations because the two movements, one to free the hostages and the other one to get rid of benjamin netanyahu, they've come together now, they're jointly organising. and the thing to remember is that these are not "end t

media blast the slovak president elect calling him in the apple of this board in the you after peter pellegrini. irs is teeth tops and the ukraine conflict and emergency services. a bag with thousands of locals from floods stricken areas and central rush hour water levels keep rising due to a dam, priests the live, and the rest and capital. you're watching r t international. i'm rachel ruble. we started in the southern gaza where the idea of has left ruins in its wake after pulling out of the city and con eunice following months of seas. however, israel's defense minister says his troops are actually preparing for a renewed offense that will target the southern most city of rafa. the i'm the guy at the mos has ceased to function as a military organizations throughout the gaza. noon is really true. i start going out of 195 to prepare for their follow up conditions in the rough area. mostly we saw examples of central missions at el cheapo hospital. my portfolio of depending on the discharge code, many different dropped it into the post. i just saw it. i think this is happening now because it's a,

slovakia's elected a new president — peter pellegrini is a nationalist who's sceptical of sending militaryid to ukraine. and as millions prepare for the solar eclipse in north america, we look at how to safely watch the total blackout. and within the next few hours, russell cook, nicknamed the "hardest geezer," is set to complete his mammoth task — running entire length of africa. you join us youjoin us in you join us in southern israel. we are in the town of sderot, which lies not farfrom are in the town of sderot, which lies not far from the gaza boundary. you can see the northern gaza strip on the horizon. it was here and october 7th six months ago that hamas fighters stormed into towns and that they then took more than 250 hostages and killed more than 1000 people. the attack sparked what's become the deadliest and most destructive israel—gaza war, killing over thirty—thousand palestinians according to the hamas run health ministry. the un says it gaza is now on the brink of famine. here in israel, the hostages are described as an open wound. there are there a re protests there are pro

of course we'll be watching to okay, big news from slovakia, where ukraine skeptic peter pellegrini has won the presidential election beating a pro western opposition candidates. the slovak president elect has doubled down on calls for peace talks to happen in the you printing and conflict of the schools below. i will do everything i can to ensure that slovakia, whether anyone likes it or not, always remains on the side of peace and not on the side of war and let whoever wants to criticize me for that as much as they want. so of course peter pelligrini has won the reasons for viking presidential elections against a pro western opposition. it's worth noting that the president in slovakia does not really have a lot of executive power, but he can veto laws and challenge them in the constitutional court. but in his program, pelligrini chooses to put an internal affairs on the front so he chooses to focus on what still vacuums are dealing with in the country. oh, it's interesting. he is one of the very few e leaders that is studying for piece talk when it comes to the situation in ukraine .

what this one my heartfelt congratulations to peter pellegrini on his overwhelming victory at the slow but presidential elections a big win for the people of slovakia and the big wind for the advocates of peace all around europe. the pope could also be put into the same pariah category these days, but pelligrini says that he'd rather be in the company of the holy father than of the french president. no doubt michael would probably just ask him to hold the punching bag during his next photo shoot in the gym while he pretends to be training for a fist fight with putin. the to the bottom of a politician who will never allow a slovak soldier to go fight in ukraine. therefore, i think that we did not scare people, but on the contrary, obviously, there are many opinions, but i will say and bluntly, as i've said more than once, i would rather listen to the words of the pope. then in this case, the french president emanuel mack chrome, i do know him, but we are at odds teenagers. oh, but i mean all the e u has its own problems as resulted as misguided pro i or design ukraine driving everything

slovakia's elected a new president — peter pellegrini is a nationalist who's sceptical of sending militaryndidate ivan korcok. and as millions prepare for the solar eclipse in north america we look at how to safely watch the total blackout as the moon blocks the sun's light. now on bbc news, laura kuenssberg and paddy 0'connell chew over the week's political news in newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio, and.... hello, i'm injerusalem. it's great to have you with us. so it's hard to know where to start, isn't it? the story is so enormous. shall we start with what's been happening in the last 24 hours? there's an awful lot going on at the moment. i mean, there are loads of strands to this. first of all, inside israel, big demonstrations because the two