but the events of the prague spring only fortified moscow's hardliners in the politburo czechoslovakia secret police were immediately expanded that past is now catching up historians believe current prime minister under a bobbish was himself an informer for the secret police. and. bush was in the highest category meaning agent bobbish denied the allegations a few weeks ago on a t.v. channel he himself owns. when the media claims that i lost this state security affair and courses then that is a lie. why many historians are convinced that czech prime minister used to serve as an informant of the state security agency communist czechoslovakia at least some office voters see it a little bit differently after a populist election campaign bobbish his party became the strongest in the country but opinion about the millionaire is divided like it's not strange that he was an agent it would bother us but they haven't proved it. and i think just about everyone is bothered by it but most people don't let it show so. these are things that are contrary to human principles it's downright unprincipled

the violent end to the prague spring is still felt today. and the sixty nine hundred sixty eight is always closely associated with this feeling of emotional shock that is tied to the occupation. to the twenty first of august in the days that followed it. which is where people resisted nonviolently to where people really came together as one in our society. it was a very very powerful time. but the events of the prague spring only fortified moscow's hardliners in the politburo czechoslovakia secret police were immediately expanded that past is now catching up historians believe current prime minister under a bobbish was himself an informer for the secret police. and. fish was in the highest category meaning agent bobbish denied the allegations a few weeks ago on a t.v. channel he himself owns. when the media claimed that i lost this state security affair and courses then that is a lie. why many historians are convinced that czech prime minister used to serve as an informant of the state security agency communist czechoslovakia at least some o

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fifty years after the hopes of the prague spring were crushed by the soviet union the legacy of the past continues to haunt him. well now on a very different note a story about why and bananas and about a man called eve chico who becomes originally from the democratic republic of congo where they make banana wine now these days home for eve is the austrian capital of vienna and when he saw that overly ripe bananas were simply being thrown away he decided that the time was ripe to create his own but not on a wine. waste not want not that's eve she kourou. every week he sells his rather unusual wine at vienna's big open air food market most people struggle to guess what the beverage is made up. it has a very interesting flavor and aroma the initial taste is a little strange for wine drinkers but then again some body fish markets like that to see and tastes different light on refreshing and it's not too strong. i notice the banana in the after taste. but nana wine is popular in parts of africa if she is from the democratic republic of congo when he saw the amount of fruit that gets thrown a

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years ago today when soviet tanks rolled into checco slovakia crushing what became known as the prague spring today czech prime minister under-age bobbish tried to deliver a speech to mark the anniversary but the crowd of listeners and onlookers well they had a message for him take a listen. to what you are hearing there are shelves in check of shame on you aimed at the prime minister some historians say that mr bobbish was an informant for the state secret police under the communists in the one nine hundred eighty s. . when he wus free coffman travel to prague and he introduces us to a resident who lived through the events of one nine hundred sixty eight and the return to hard line communism that father. rolling the per hour retraces the past sneered the radio station building in prague fifty years ago tree. shells were exploding shrapnel was flying everywhere. explosions and shrapnel everywhere barricades were crushed by soviet tanks soldiers shot demonstrators their hour took photographs on that long day along with many other progress events in the early hours of august the twenty first on

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following the arrest of alexander dubcek the czech leader who led the reforms constituting the prague spring a large spontaneous demonstration takes place in the late afternoon at the head of the procession as a czechoslovak in flag stained with blood more than twenty people lose their lives the secret footage quickly reaches the west and is broadcast on television in several countries. what sparked this violent military intervention what were the consequences who shot the footage and how to get to the other side of the iron curtain on the night of august twentieth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight camera crews scour the streets of prague to film the arrival of the first warsaw pact convoys the residents of prague are quick to respond several czech flags flutter in the wind on this truck and on this one too before dawn crowds take to the streets like here on the old city square radio broadcasts inform listeners of recent events and not just in prague czechoslovakia has woken up to a carefully planned military occupation the invasion began the night before with the occupation of prague ai

as people remember the events of the prague spring is violent ten fifty years ago it seems the debate about the country's communist past has also returned to the czech republic. sweden has reintroduced compulsory military service for high school graduates countering the trend in europe which has been moving away from conscription in the year two thousand and twenty eight european countries still had compulsory military service. germany france italy and spain but over the past eighteen years the majority of european states convert at their armed forces into purely professional armies today just ten european states still mandate time in the military and sweden defense minister argues that the annexation of crimea by russia has made conscription necessary here's a look at what the recruits think about the duty to serve. their job bob these young people are undergoing military training in sweden's forests they're being put into shape to defend their country this year sweden introduced conscription lasting eleven months for every high school graduate and that means both young men and women

as people remember the events of the prague spring is violent ten fifty years ago it seems to debate about the country's communist past has also returned to the czech republic. think. that's american rock i making the national for me at the m.t.v. music video awards which were held at the u.s. city music hall in new york last night. are often met from got to decide joins me welcome robin she's one of the best hip hop artists but before we find out who the other big winners tell us about the award it's mitch is off a man on the moon yeah it's strange isn't this by the way since it's last year it's no longer a man on the moon it's the moon plus and because we have to be known gender specific indeed today and indeed the awards there are no awards for best female artist or best male artists it's now officer of the year video of the year best pop song best rock song. best best summer hits which incidentally condi b. who was the most nominated on tuesday she actually won that one and she also won this new they all did this is that scotty b. from brooklyn new york and now also i should ment

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the way that the czech prague spring was crushed, the way the soviet union rolled over its neighbors after world war ii. i think one thing we forget, as you said, sometimes things seem to happen all at once and for a lot of policy makers at that time, they had lived through six weeks or eight weeks in which nazi germany conquered all of western europe. so the idea of a domino, it seems kind of silly to us now like why would anybody care, but some of those threats were real. but then the solutions were not as clear and i think we did make some important mistakes in trying to solve the problem. but there was a real issue that people we people. >> since you brought it up, apollo 1, the three astronauts who lost their lives, this is from "time" magazine in 1967, the three who died and of course leading to the apollo 8 mission and neil armstrong who successfully landed on the moon in july of 1969. dave is joining us next from michigan. good morning. >> caller: yes, good morning. concerning this cold war, mr. gorbachev sat across the table from george h.w. bush and united the germanys, gav

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have been marking fifty years since the soviet union sent in tanks to crush the priest bring the prague spring rather democratic reform movement hundred speight tribute to the victims of the crackdown in central prague the ceremony also saw angry protests against the prime minister he faces allegations of collaborating with the communist era secret police. you're watching the news was still have a lot more to share with you including. ukrainian political prisoner own leg sense also marks one hundred days on hunger strike in russia supporters demanding his release but is the kremlin likely to give in. plus one of the made two movements leading activists actors a c r gent who has been accused of sexually assaulting an under age fellow actor she denies it but it's been alleged she paid him harsh money. we'll have the all the details on those stories in just a minute but first ben has got the business and the turkish leaders huge losses but just as much as just a much a shock as this income was there as much as the thank you but it's much more shocking german chancellor angela merkel says she sees

it's fifty years since the soviet union crushed the prague spring.nto czechoslovakia to suppress reforms aimed at making the communist country more liberal. an independent poll in russia shows that more russians today think the soviet union was right to invade than ten years ago. the bbc‘s has been to meet czechs and russians to see what the events of 1968 mean today. gunfire. heavily armed forces everywhere. this is where the people of prague we re this is where the people of prague were up to on the morning of that would be first of august 1968. the soviet bloc deployed more than 200,000 soldiers to suppress at the time, communist slovakia, to introduced liberalist reforms of. this wouldn't be possible vendor. this wouldn't be possible vendor. this man, a soviet paratrooper who took part in the occupation, meeting ferdinand, a czech sakho sabha to who resisted the capacious topping meeting for the first time, they discover they were stationed just one kilometre from each other in 1968. even now, 50 years after the invasion, russian influence in cze

it, too, had been affected by the reformist sentiment of the prague spring. those people were removed and the army over the next few years was pretty affected. >> are they still visible today in the czech republic? >> i think the czech republic looks completely different today. it's a beautiful place with music on each street corner. if you talk to people of a certain age they will remind you how terrible it was. there is such a different feeling in western europe to eastern europe in terms of how they saw the u.s. in the cold war. we, like western europeans, tend to be self critical of our role in the cold war and eastern europeans have a very different attitude. they felt left behind and they also felt that the united states was one of the few countries which continuously was at least expressing a desire, you know, for them to become free. >> mark kramer, another key player, of course, is chinese leader mao. >> uh-huh. china had been plunged by mao into the culture revolution in 1966. that was a very harsh time with china. there had been millions who died i

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well, because they too had been affected by the reformist sentiment of the prerogative -- of the prague springthose people were removed from the czechoslovakian army was pretty ineffective. host: these are some of the images from 1968. are they still visible today in the czech republic? guest: the czech republic looks complete the different today. it's this beautiful pastoral place with music on every street corner, but if you talk to people of a certain age, they will remind you of how terrible it was. i think there is such a different feeling in western europe from eastern europe in terms of how they saw the u.s.'s role in the cold war. europe youtern attended a very self-critical of our role in the cold war and eastern europeans have a very different attitude. they felt left behind and they also felt that the united states was one of the few countries which continuously was at least expressing a desire for them to become free. host: mark kramer, another key player was chinese leader mao. guest: china had been plunged by revolutione cold war in 1966 and i was a very harsh time for china. the

globally, thinking about what's going on, thinking certainly about the tet offensivoffensive prague spring in czechoslovakia. may day in europe, but also latin america, south america, africa. we're thinking about anti-colonial struggles, student strikes and protests throughout the world. so '68 is this -- this feeling of political revolution and optimism and also cultural revolution. the question was about leadership today. i think leadership today in terms of contemporary meovement. we see this with black lives matter, with the recent youth march and the dreamers movement. immigration and the daca movement. you know, leadership has been structured in a much, much more cohesive and democratic way. ella baker, founder of the student alabama coordinating committee famously said that strong people don't need strong leaders, and what she meant by this and ella baker was a radical feminist, trade unionist, organizer, worked with dr. king, mentored people like sophie carmichael, mentored the young activists on the coordinating committee. she meant the it was the people themselves who were going

it's 50 years since the soviet union crushed the prague spring.iberal. an independent poll in russia shows that more russians today think the soviet union was right to invade than ten years ago. the bbc‘s maria has been to meet czechs and russians to see what the events of 1968 mean today. ta nks tanks rolling through. this is what the people of prague woke up to in the people of prague woke up to in the morning in 1968. the soviet bloc deployed more than 200,000 soldiers to suppress attempts in communist czechoslovakia to introduce liberal reforms. this would not have been possible then. a paratrooper, who took part in the occupation, meeting a check saboteur who resisted the invasion. meeting for the first time, they discover they were stationed just one km from each other in 1968. even now, 50 years after the invasion, russian influence is still very obvious. the czech president is openly pro kremlin. and security experts are worried that this could pose a threat to the country. he is an —— he says russia is using a new form of warfare. fake ne

well, because they too had been affected by the reformist sentiment of the prerogative -- of the prague springthose people were removed from the czechoslovakian army was pretty ineffective. host: these are some of the images from 1968. are they still visible today in the czech republic? guest: the czech republic looks complete the different today. it's this beautiful pastoral place with music on every street corner, but -- in the year ended with political violence and assassinations. in december 1968 as we view planet earth from based. -- from space. these men were on board the apollo eight mission on christmas eve, 1960. [video clip] >> god created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters, and god said let there be light. and there was light. , and itsaw the light was good. and god divided the light from the darkness. awe-inspiring and makes you realize just what you have back there on earth. the earth from here is a grand oasis in the great vastness of space. have the