my guest todayis hungary's viktor orban. my guest today is italy's former centre—left prime minister, paolo gentiloni. politically, he is with emmanuel macron that his country is led by populist sympathetic to viktor orban. so which message is resonating with your‘s voters? —— europe's. paolo gentiloni, welcome to

soros has become mr viktor 0rban‘s go to target.apest in 1981 has been hounded, and it is now moving its main campus to vienna. this is the last class of stu d e nts to vienna. this is the last class of students who will get us certified ceu degrees in budapest. because this is a private university, and ultimately it is financed by the billionaire george soros, are you co mforta ble billionaire george soros, are you comfortable with that? because the hungarian government tells all of hungary's citizens that soros is a great danger to this country. hungary's citizens that soros is a great danger to this countrylj think soros has created opportunities for many fellow hungarians, including government officials. i have been thinking about this a lot, like, why am i different to any of those other hungarian, fellow hungarian students studying in a masters programme? and i couldn't find an answer. i can't speak only half of all of the students. 0ur speak only half of all of the students. our main goal here is not to become a soros agent,

viktor orban, he has been slammed for his anti-migration policy.ow his party being suspended from this big political bloc in the european parliament. is it possible that they could be suspended or kicked out permanently? what more do we know? rebecca: at this stage it is not looking permanent, but anything is possible. it is very rare to see europe's biggest parliamentary group so divided, brent. the question what to do about fidesz has been an elephant in the room for some time. until a recent campaign, which you briefly spoke about before, against eu commission president jean-claude juncker and billionaire george soros, really threw the party into upheaval. many calling for him to be expelled completely. those tonight that are disappointed with this watering down, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of this. it was a closed-door meeting, but epp sources say it was very heated in there with viktor orban himself making a speech, saying that he would stand down, that he would pull his party out completely. then you have the president of the epp also

viktor 0rban first rose to power as an anti—communist champion of freedom.s international liberalism, specifically george soros, the billionaire american financier of hungarian—jewish origin, who has spent $500 million supporting liberal and progressive causes in hungary. today, soros‘s face is everywhere, currently pictured alongside eu commission presidentjean—claude juncker. this government ad claims that together, they are threatening hungary's security by encouraging immigration. soros has become mr 0rban‘s go—to target. the university he founded in budapest in 1981 has been hounded, and it is now moving its main campus to vienna. this is the last class of students who will get us—certified ceu degrees in budapest. because this is a private university and, ultimately, it is financed by the billionaire, george soros. sre you comfortable with that? because the hungarian government tells all of hungary's citizens that soros is a great danger to this country. i think soros has created opportunities for many fellow hungarians, including government officials.

member states that are thinking of jumping on the viktor orban train. brand it's difficult to say i mean we see this across the e.u. the fit as he is certainly not the first party not the only party to leave brussels and go home and then and blame brussels for what's conceivably domestic issues and gain popularity from that at home you know you have to look at the u.k. as one prominent example fit is victor pushed to have pushed it to the extreme. you know this what we've seen with the campaigns against the e.u. and its institutions is really unprecedented and many probably could possibly be trying to teach them a lesson all right a correspondent rebecca ritter's on the story for us tonight in brussels rebecca thank you. from one european crisis to another with just nine days to go until breck's it begins british lawmakers are holding an emergency debate on the country's exit from the european union now that comes after prime minister theresa may today formally requested to postpone the date of the u.k.'s withdraw from the e.u. theresa may is hoping to

delay breaks that until the end of june also coming up the european union sanctions prime minister viktor orban political party suspended from the european parliament's biggest political party group it's all the result of tensions in europe over war bonds anti migration and euro skeptic stand. off it's good to have you with us well just nine days to go until britain is scheduled to leave the european union it has been another day in london to begin with theresa may the prime minister asking european leaders to delay brightside until the end of june that was the subject of hours of heated emergency debate in the house of commons the day ended with may delivering a much anticipated statement at ten downing street but there she said that she is determined to deliver. on briggs and she piled on pressure on m.p.'s to finally back her divorce deal a deal that they've already rejected twice here's part of what she just said moments ago i passionately hope and peace will find a way to back the deal i've negotiated with the e.u. a deal that delivers on the result of the referendum and is the very

here in europe hungary's controversial prime minister viktor orban has left out at members of his own a u wide conservative party calling them useful idiots of the left speaking to germany's. newspaper oban was referring to a push by members of the european peoples party to reject ariens from its ranks p p p is worried about three days parties increasingly anti semitic and anti e.u. rhetoric although repeated clashes with brussels came to a head last month when unflattering physics today is campaign posters of e.u. commission president john paul. and hungary and finance george soros went up across hungary. to help us explain the tit for tat i'm joined now by correspondent stefan boss in budapest stefan thanks for joining me how does this interview reflect the ongoing tensions between hungary's prime minister viktor orban and brussels. sure well i think it is far too often a wider campaign by prime minister viktor orban against the european commission they have already plastered with. the european commission president. as well as. george soros so i think. that pain. and tight migration

approve the price of plan that they've rejected twice also giving up the use ancient prime minister viktor orban his political party suspending it from the european parliament's biggest political party group it's all the result of tensions in europe over for bonds in time migration and your word skeptic stan. i'm bring golf to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome with just nine days to go until breaks it begins british lawmakers still don't know what breaks it will be lawmakers have been holding an emergency debate on the country's withdrawal from the european union and it comes after prime minister to resign may earlier today formally asked e.u. leaders for an extension a delay to bret's it she's hoping to delay it until june thirtieth but signals from brussels well they've been mixed. so a long way to go and what the prime minister is saying must be heard the prime minister as prime minister. i am not prepared to delay brecht's it any further than the sea is. it's difficult to hear a clock tick in the house of commons these days but with just ov

effective immediately the finnish party of viktor or ben has been suspended from the european people's party that's the biggest party within the e.u. parliament now the head of the e.p.a. verba came out and said that one hundred ninety out of one hundred and ninety four members voted in favor of this move now what does it mean it means that they feel this party has lost any voting powers within the e.p. p. cannot field any candidates and cannot attend any meetings of the p.p. it's not clear for how long that will last but in the meantime a committee has been formed and that committee is in charge of monitoring the future moves of the feeder party at the end of that it will write a report and after that very bare made it very clear. we will reevaluate and decide whether expulsion is in order or not he made it very clear that that was still on the table after a month adventure we heard from viktor orban himself and he seemed to have a more conciliatory tone he said that actually he didn't denounced a move this is actually what he said last i want us to all of. the solution we chose is th

and hungary over immigration have come late in the suspension of far right prime minister viktor orban party from the european parliament's largest political grouping. feeders will be suspended with immediate effect until further notice following today's vote of the members this is pension entails no attendance of any party meeting new voting rights no right to propose candidates for posts. the final straw for the decision became an anti immigration ban a campaign launched by organised party billboards also have photos of young billionaire george soros after a massive majority voted to sideline organs party gary leader said it agreed to a voluntary suspension right let's bring in negativity boy who's at the center for political analysis in budapest welcome to the program thanks for joining us how significant is this move that viktor orban party has been suspended from the e.u.'s largest political grouping the the center right group. it is a more because it is. can be seen at a party could be suspended from the european people party so yes this move is significant for the future of the

personified by french president emmanuel macron, up against hungary's viktor 0rban. well, my guest today is italy's former centre—left prime minister, paolo gentiloni. politically, he's with emmanuel macron, but his country is led by populists sympathetic to mr 0rban. so, which message is resonating with europe's voters? paolo gentiloni, welcome to hardtalk. let me ask you a very simple question. do you feel like a stranger in your own land today, just one year after that election which you lost so resoundingly?

to prime minister viktor orban is accused of harassing me you little. and hundreds of thousands of lives at risk across southern africa in the wake of cycling he died. rescue teams struggling to reach survivors after the storm slammed into mozambique zimbabwe and malawi there with you guys . first the e. u.'s donald tusk says that britian we'll be granted a short brexit delay but only if parliament approves prime ministerr theheresa m mays withdrawal agreement. that dale has already been rejected twiwice by and peace in the e. u. says it's not open to renegotiation.

news saying there was no such conspiracy many members have called for hungary and prime minister viktor orban and his british party to be expanded from the block . for the very latest we're joined by correspondent stefan both who is in budapest seven firstly why has viktor orbán finally decided to pull down this controversial post as like the one behind you. well of course under the pressure that he's being of course that was one of the main reasons why he's pulling it down but i have to say he is going to replace poster we saw a poster showing the vice president of the european commission use executive and his name is from steam then will also be shown soon on posters here so it isn't over yet at the moment and this post behind you cause a lot of anger in brussels does this issue have implications for the european elections coming up this summer. well i certainly think it has a black asian. name picked because. of crime to viktor orban really tries to get vultures behind him to sway there are many people in hungary actually still supporting us views only migration and of course dispose

it was a closed-door meeting, but epp sources say it was very heated in there with viktor orban himself making a speech,

head of today's deadline for candidates to enter the race also coming up hungary is prime minister viktor orbach at odds with brussels hungary's conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european parliament group after an anti immigration poster campaign now for bonds and rhetoric has prompted a growing call to also exclude his party from the european parliament elections in may. and roger federer has just become the second man to reach one hundred career titles now he's aiming at the all time record of tennis legend jimmy connors. thanks for joining us i'm marion evans dean algeria is bracing for a widespread protests as demonstrators await confirmation on whether or not the country's president up jealousies beautifully will indeed seek a fifth term. students turned out in the capital algiers and other towns calling on the eighty two year old incumbent to drop his plan to run again which of the guys been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and is reportedly in poor health rallies demanding his resignation began ten days ago they are expected to gain momentum ahe

hungary's prime minister viktor orban at odds with brussels hungary's conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european parliament approved after an anti immigration toaster campaign now or bonds and rhetoric has prompted growing calls to also exclude his party from european parliament elections in may. and byron munich is full of momentum in the bundesliga after winning five one against mention gladbach now on the team is back at the top of the table together with over its indoor. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us algeria has seen another day of widespread protests police in algiers confronted students protesting against president. candidacy for a fifth term in office and estimated two thousand demonstrators marched towards the constitutional council where political candidates must register some reports say police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse the protesters the president's office confirmed that the eighty two year old incumbents candidacy will be submitted at the concert. council by tonight's midnight deadline well with me in the studio now

new life from berlin hungary's prime minister viktor orban at odds with brussels agrees conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european parliament after an anti immigration minister campaign and close bond and rhetoric has prompted growing calls to also exclude his party from the european problem until elections in may also coming up with the donald trump goes all scripted and even give the keynote speech to a feature gathering of the west conservative been a difficult week for me where the president and it will be hoping to rebound politically by energizing his conservative base. and roger federer has become just the second man to reach one hundred per year titles now aiming at the all time record of tennis legend jimmy carter. welcome to the program i'm marion evans team hungary's controversial prime minister viktor orbán has a lashed out at members of his own e.u. wide conservative party accusing them of serving the interests of the left speaking to germany's event tug newspaper or bond was referring to a push by members of the european people's party to inject. hunger

algeria ahead of today's deadline for candidates to enter the race also coming up on the prime minister viktor orban at odds with brussels and greece conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european tell the truth after an anti immigration poster campaign now are front and rhetoric has prompted growing calls to also exclude his party from european parliament elections in may. and donald trump goes off script as he gives the keynote speech to a major gathering of u.s. conservatives it's been a difficult week for the u.s. president and he's hoping to rebound politically by energizing his conservative base. america and instead it's good to have you with us algeria is bracing for widespread protests as demonstrators await confirmation on whether or not the country's president of jealousies beautifully will indeed seek a fifth term crowds turned out in the capital algiers and other towns calling on the eighty two year old incumbent to drop his plans to run again. which if leader has been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and is reportedly in her health rallies demandin

hungary's prime minister, viktor orban, the most powerful populist politician in europe.his defining issue. backin immigration is his defining issue. back in 2015, hungary became an unwilling waystation for hundreds of thousands of migrants desperate to get into the eu. today that would be impossible. donald trump talks about fortified borders. victor organ builds them. hungary now allows only a handful of asylum seekers to cross the serbian border. they are detained in discount. human rights groups say the orban government is flouting international norms. but in southern hungary, they claim they are preserving their nation's identity. you are making it plain that, for you, this is about culture. it isn't just about security. yes, you're right, because i think we need to defend our culture. you know, i respect, for example, the islam in saudi arabia. but hungary is a christian country. the government's propaganda invariably features george soros, the american billionaire financier of hungarian jewish origin. the american billionaire financier of hungarianjewish origin. th

this is state of the news live from hungary's prime minister viktor orban at all which brussels obama says he'll end a misleading post a campaign against european commission chief. to lead the anti immigration rhetoric coming out of hungary it may not be enough to move deepening rift with the e.u. also coming up. with donald trump goes off script and he says he gives the keynote speech to a major gathering of u.s. conservatives it's been a difficult week for the u.s. president and he'll be hoping to rebound politically by energizing his conservative base. and find many kids full of lament and in the bundesliga after winning five one against her chin the glass down the team's back at the top of the table together with groups you don't want. i'm rebecca right as welcome to the program hungary's controversial prime minister viktor orban has lashed out at members of his own a u wide conservative party calling them useful idiots of the left speaking to germany's veldt song tog newspaper was referring to a push by members of the european people's party to reject obama's hunger ariens from i

my guest todayis hungary's viktor orban.y guest today is italy's former centre—left prime minister, paolo gentiloni. politically, he is with emmanuel macron that his country is led by populist sympathetic to viktor orban. so which message is resonating with your‘s voters? —— europe's. paolo gentiloni, welcome to hardtalk. let me ask you a very simple question, do you feel like a stranger in your own land today, just one year after that election which are lost so resoundingly? no, you could never feel a which are lost so resoundingly? no, you could neverfeel a stranger which are lost so resoundingly? no, you could never feel a stranger in your own country. obviously, i am not talking for the italian government, i have my own opinions, and they are the opinions of the opposition. but it is not like a normal switch between parties, this was a massive change, almost a revolution in the political culture in rome. for the first time, we had any politicians who were voted into office in rome. yes, and something happens in the nine

ruling feat as party is skilled in the art of provoking its critics this time even prime minister viktor or bonds allies were offended thousands of taxpayer funded billboards across the country depict you commission president shankar juncker and liberal billionaire george soros as conspirators in a plot to bring migrants into hungry. hungry as partners in the european parliament the european people's party called the posters fake news saying there is no conspiracy hungary's government now says the posters will come down next week according to the original plan they say but manfred veber leader of the e.p. p. welcomed the move as proof that hungary is willing to play ball it is a good signal to putting down the posters there that was want to take their side made this week the posters are just the latest flashpoint in a long running quarrel several member states one hungry expelled from the party they cited or bans brussels rhetoric as well as its effective dissolution of the central european university on political grounds for hungary and nationalist hardliners this wouldn't be a bad move

i think will what is good and decent is denser you know your prime minister viktor orban a believe sohonestly in his view that that we set a threat to europe or we've seen what he calls an invasive mostly migrants that's why he wants to stop that now at the same time he just already did counts that the current campaign will stop all boxed the team bought and now since he won't be changed there will be a lot of calls to get they a whole thing defers vice president holds the european commission bronstein for months so they will call to you and of course from statement he said the main candidate for the socialist so he did european election so he will continue we so he skipped thing and said they are not going to change their way. general staff on both speaking to us from budapest thank you. the here opinion says it hopes that venezuela will reconsider its decision to expel german ambassador daniel cranor cracka says he's a person persona non grata and is demanding that he leave the country as accused cranor of interfering in venezuela's internal affairs after i express a port for opposi

name picked because hungary a promise to viktor orban really tries to get voters behind him days awaythere are many people in hungary actually still supporting his views only migration and of course this pollster says all about we have to defend ourselves against muslim migrants that he says the european union is forcing form hungary and the rest of europe so that he saw an important reason why i think he hopes to gain momentum we state sponsors ok stefan bush thank you very much for that update from the one dave in the capital with uppish. and the chinese tech giant way is saying the united states for limiting its access to the american market for to take on equipment finally is challenging a u.s. law that leaves the company a security risk and bonds federal agencies from buying its static on projects legal challenge comes at a critical point for trade negotiations between the u.s. and china for years while way has sought to reassure the world of two things that are finishing up that it is not under the control of the chinese government and that it doesn't spike on consumers. a shift

news live from berlin and congress prime minister viktor orban and add all this with brussels for one says he'll end a misleading post a campaign against european commission chief john. but with the n.c. immigration rhetoric coming out of hungary the final to be enough to smooth deepening trips with him being. also coming up. donald trump goes off script as gives the keynote speech to a major gathering of u.s. conservatives to explain a difficult week that he was president and he'll be hoping to rebound politically by and adjusting his conservative base. and climb here nick is a fundamental in the in this thing going to winning five one against merchant atlanta now the team's back at the top of the table together with dorsey adornment . i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program how raise a controversial prime minister viktor orban has lashed out of members of his own eighty a wide conservative party calling the useful idiots of the left speaking to germany's belt on some tug newspaper obama was referring to a push by members of the european peoples party to reject obama's hungry and fr

or not he made it very clear that that was still on the table after months of vivir we heard from viktor orban himself and he seemed to have a more conciliatory tone he said that actually he didn't denounced a move this is actually what he said last i want us to all of. the solution we chose is that until these three men prepared a report we ourselves unilaterally suspend the use of our rights and then we will sit down with the e p p again we made another decision that we ourselves for desk will establish our own council of three people viktor orban also said that for him the most important is that the unity of d e p p o was kept together now this is spent and is more likely to last until after the upcoming european elections in may . nicaraguan government says it will free all jailed protesters within ninety days more than seven hundred opposition protesters were arrested during unrest last year freeing them was the main demand of the opposition for continuing talks with the government in return the government is asking the u.s. to lift sanctions imposed against fuel taker at ministrati

effective immediately the finnish party of viktor or ben has been suspended from the european people's party that's the biggest party within the e.u. parliament now the head of the e.p.a. verba came out and said of the hundred and ninety out of one hundred ninety four members voted in favor of this move now what does it mean it means that the fetus party has lost any voting powers within the p.p. cannot field any candidates and cannot attend any meetings of the p.p. it's not clear for how long that will last but in the meantime a committee has been formed and that committee is in charge of monitoring the future moves of the feeders party at the end of that it will write a report and after that. made it very clear. we will reevaluate and decide where expulsion is in order or not he made it very clear that that was still on the table after a month adventure we heard from viktor orban himself and he seemed to have a more conciliatory tone he said that actually he didn't denounced the move this is actually what he said last i want us to all of. the solution we chose is that until these thr

hearing their biggest political group has suspended the hungarian prime minister viktor orban's party. spoke a short time ago saying a delay would require a deal to be done. remains open as to the duration of such an extension. proposal ofer may's the 30th of june, which has its merits, creates a series of questions of legal and political nature. leaders will discuss this tomorrow. shery: let's go to london for the latest. what does it mean for a potential no deal brexit? this is a very short extension, isn't it? >> that's right. theresa may has not asked for the long extension that some exit tears. she might. she said the 30th of june. as you heard task saying, that leaves questions about whether the u.k. may need to take part electionsiamentary which are going to be coming up very soon. one of the u.k. ministers was saying they were pretty sure there was a way around it and could have that extension while also not needing to take part. may will have a difficult time tomorrow, that's for sure, when she meets the other 27 eu leaders, she will have a lot of work to do to convince them

and populism, perhaps best personified by french president emmanuel macron, up against hungary's viktor 0rban. well, my guest today is italy's former centre—left prime minister, paolo gentiloni. politically, he's with emmanuel macron, but his country is led by populists sympathetic to mr 0rban. so, which message is resonating with europe's voters? paolo gentiloni, welcome to hardtalk. let me ask you a very simple question. do you feel like a stranger in your own land today, just one year after that election which you lost so resoundingly? no, you could neverfeel a stranger in your own country. 0bviously, i'm not talking for the italian government, i have my own opinions, and they are the opinions of the opposition. but it's not like a normal switch between parties, this was a massive change, almost a revolution in the political culture in rome. for the first time, we had anti—politicians who were voted into office in rome. yes, and something happened in this nine months after the new government took office. these two forces changed very much their relation, of course, so now we have a m

will you support actions taken against viktor 0rban in hungary for what is seen as a curbing of frees seen to be in violation, according to the european parliament which voted this way, seen to be in violation of eu values. the european approach has been always based on dialogue, and at the moment, i see that the dialogue, for example, with poland, led to changes in the law, which were considered to be... i asked about hungary. the same applies to hungary. let's first have a dialogue with hungary, let's also listen to the other side. i speak with my hungarian counterparts quite often. i understand some of the arguments they are raising, the way they are raising them might not be... but before using formal instruments, let's try to discuss the issues and let's try to find a solution through discussion. a final thought, because the european parliamentary elections are coming up. why do you think it is — if we're talking about the rise of populist nationalism in europe, why do you think is it that your own party, the social democrats, according to the last elections, down at 7% or 8% of

posters suggest that there's a european plot to bring migrants into hungary while prime minister viktor orban has built his reputation on baiting the e.u. on its official website he is quoted as saying if they that's europe force us to accept the un migration pact or the european commission's decisions so as to make us fit their own western concessive paul policies a break up cannot be ruled out or been has been an outspoken critic of the e.u. last september the european parliament voted to punish angry for breaches of the core values. hungary's ruling feet as party is skilled in the art of provoking its critics this time even prime minister viktor obama's allies were offended thousands of taxpayer funded billboards across the country depict you commission president john claude juncker and liberal billionaire george soros as conspirators in a plot to bring migrants into hungry. hungry as partners in the european parliament the european people's party called the posters fake news saying there is no conspiracy hungary's government now says the posters will come down next week according to

a day when prime minister viktor orban always stirs the crowds.pean empire we will lose all our freedom to be truly feed, one cannot be the subject of an empire. one must be the child of a free nation. but mr orban did not answer the main questions on his supporters minds. will he bend enough to stay in the european people‘s party? and was he right to apologise to fellow conservatives? i think that was a good idea. it... to say sorry. because we made a lot of mistakes. yes, i agree with him, yes. he should apologise. it was good he apologised? i think so, yes. no, should apologise. it was good he apologised? ithink so, yes. no, he shouldn‘t have apologised. we apologise? that is our opinion. this is our country. we do not have to stay in the eu either. there is life outside of it. look at brexit. you are getting out. mr orban does not just have two apologise and take down offensive posters. he also has to guarantee that this university can stay in budapest. the government has made life so miserable for the central european university, in the past

three years ago, the christian democrats thought viktor orban was an ally, now they see he is chasing press. he is perhaps at the centre of a certain amount of corruption. this is what politics is about. people in this country always forget, i didn't eman to be grossly insulting to my friends in the british press, the eu is not an economic thing, it is a political thing. that was the big difference. but, within that politics is an economic reality. people realise you get a better economy by being united in the single market, so the politicians have to learn thatt. you say you cannot fast forward reality, but the kinds of reforms that marc was describing in the letter from macron, the efforts to actually rethink how europe might work and function better. david cameron tried to go to europe before the referendum and said, would you like to think about reform? one of the critical things in the letter, as the vast numbers of migrants coming from sub—saharan africa and got in these terrible boats and all ended up in italy, what he is saying about the schengen is, if you're in it, then you

prime minister viktor orban when he tries to get voters behind him days away there are many people inungary actually still supporting his views only migration and of course this poster says all about we have to defend ourselves against muslim migrants that he says the european union is forcing the ball in hungary and the rest of europe so that he saw an important reason why i think he hopes to gain momentum we state sponsors ok stefan thank you very much for that update from the hunger games in the capital. turning to syria non-school as a suspect if isis for the so-called islamic state had escaped from the last pocket of territory had by the group hundred said been leaving the tiny stretch of land controlled by the i.a.s. it's kills to where the army's on alert to stop extremists from crossing the border . just two kilometers away is the last town still controlled by i guess. he watches the siege of bug goods from this checkpoint the iraqi major hears the constant drone of u.s. fighter jets it's easy to see the signs of destruction about a thousand jihadi is a believed to be holding

will you support actions taken against viktor 0rban you support actions taken against viktor0rban in hungary, seen as a curbing of free expression and corruption. according to the european parliament which voted this way, it seems to be in violation of eu values. the european approach has been always based on dialogue and at the moment, the dialogue with poland, there are changes in the law. asked about hungary. the same applies to hungary. first have a dialogue with hungry but also listen to the other side. i speak with my hungarian counterparts quite often. the way they wipe not be raising these issues. before using formal instruments. let's try to discuss theissues instruments. let's try to discuss the issues and try to find a solution to these discussions. final port because the european parliamentary elections are coming up. if we are talking about the rise of populist nationalism in europe, why is it that the social democrats are down at 78% of the vote were as andrej babis's party which is much more outspoken and populist is winning 30% of the vote. what is going on in the cze

this is the house that viktor yanukovych built on a sprawling estate costing an estimated four hundred million dollars all stolen from the taxpayer it's now a museum of corruption on a colossal scale but five years since ukraine's former president was forced to flee into exile in russia corruption remains an evil the country can't seem to shake off . reform where all there. is a state all the institutions are corrupt it's another day in court for vitale shaaban in a prominent activist who's made plenty of enemies investigating corruption among officials a chemical substance thrown at him last year did no lasting damage but it could have been worse another anti corruption activist catarina truck was the victim of an acid attack that killed her slowly after three agonizing months in hospital you're willing to die. but of course i'm looking today but for the job but you accept that that is a risk inherent in what you do in this country of course it's a risk the classic car collection of the young cop which is state is a testament to boundless greed and try as they did the protesters on ki

given that viktor orban has some self offered to withdraw from the c.p.p. how much of a punishment is this that this latest move well look one thing is to have called article current procedure. sanctions and expel i mean a card you can membership and even a country to freeze its membership rights and it's another thing to look at the political situation that the strongest party group within the european parliament the european people's party that combines the conservatives can they need the votes to elect the next prez that conduct the european commission and so the compromise is not as strict as some observers would want it to be be because the candidates of the conservative kind of riba would still be happy if you could support it get support from hungary and members of he did so the suspension is kind of buying time to the environment or elections are over ok we'll have to leave it there professor brickner thank you very much for joining us from fort stewart and john the apologies for the audio quality a during our conversation i like the areas former fi

hungary's prime minister viktor orban says his populist fidesz party may quit the center right group it belongs to in the european parliament the european people's party have threatened to expel fidesz over an anti e.u. media campaign or ban has hinted he may look to strengthen ties with poland's ruling law and justice party if it does end up leaving the p.p. . hungary's ruling feeder's party is skilled in the art of provoking its critics this time even prime minister viktor orban zone allies were offended thousands of taxpayer funded billboards across the country depict e.u. commission president drunk lord younker and liberal billionaire george soros as conspirators in a plot to bring migrants into hungry. hungry east partners in the european parliament the european people's party p.-p. called the posters fake news saying there is no conspiracy hungary's government now says the posters will come down next week according to the original plan they say but manfully veber leader of the p.p. welcome to the move as a signal that hungary is willing to play ball. it is a good signal they ar

it is led by a nationalist, populist prime minister, viktor orban, who believes his opposition to immigrationhis defence of so—called christian values can transform notjust hungary but the whole of the european union. my guests in is hungary's foreign minister, peter szijjarto. but can ‘0rbanism' win europe's battle of ideas? peter szijjarto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation again. what is fascinating about being in budapest right now is that, in the past couple of days, hundreds of huge posters have gone up around this city, depicting george soros, the american financier, next to jean—claude juncker, the president of the eu commission. and the message is that the european union — presumably in association with soros — is threatening the security of hungary. why does your country feel the need to indulge in this black propaganda? well, first of all, this is an election campaign so you should not be surprised of posters appearing in public areas... but this has nothing to do with elections because it's funded by the hungarian government, it doesn't have any party lab

viktor orban on his side had a very much more conciliatory conciliatory tone with i say he said that for him the most important thing during this very long meeting that lasted more than three hours was that he said that they managed to keep the unity of the e p p ahead of the european elections which are due to be held in may now he said that he was quite confident that this problem wouldn't be solved before those elections or to up will have made live in brussels for the latest thinking of the european commission says it's fining the search engine giant google one point seven billion dollars for blocking a rival online advertises it is the third time in just two years that the e.u. has fined alphabet google zona for anti competitive behavior reports from london. google dot com is the world's most visited web site and that traffic generates hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising revenue every year but this case examine the way google imposed anti competitive contracts on other website companies today's decision is about how google abused its dominance to stop websites using p

the european union in a political head on collision the political party of hungary's prime minister viktor orban suspended from the e.u. use the biggest political grouping for bonds a night saying of the decision was voluntary it's all the result of tensions in europe over the prime minister's anti migration halt.

prime minister has lashed out at the bloc in the european parliament that is only party belongs to viktor orban is remarks came after the conservative bloc called for his party's expulsion or accuse the center right european people's party of serving the interests of the left the a.p.a.p. is worried about oregon's fiendish party's strident anti and anti immigrant rhetoric or brown's repeated clashes with brussels came to a head last month after his government launched an ad campaign seem to have anti-semitic undertones portraying who carry an american billionaire george soros and european commission president. u.s. backed forces in the syrian village of our meeting fierce resistance from so-called islamic state militants who are trying. to stave off defeat in the last patch of land they control the kurdish let syrian democratic forces and u.s. warplanes have pounded islamic state targets with artillery fire and occasional airstrikes the offensive against i asked to recapture the village resumed on friday after a two week pause to evacuate civilians. the u.s. backed fighters might be close

hungary's prime minister viktor orbán says his populist feet as party may quit the center right groupit belongs to in the european parliament european people's party has threatened to expel fetus over an anti brussels media campaign or ban hinted that he may strengthen ties with poland's ruling law and justice party. the former chairman of donald trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign paul metaphor has been sentenced to nearly six four years in jail for tax fraud he was also ordered to pay fines of more than twenty four million dollars an f.b.i. investigation revealed amount of pork had hidden pour in income from working for ukrainian politicians aligned with russia. and the crew dragons capsule built by american rocket company space x. has left the international space station splash down off the coast of florida is expected in a few hours if this unmanned flight test flight and successfully dragon could carry on its first astronauts later this year. now remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries the disappearance of the malaysian airlines flight m h three seventy ex

and the two hundred in prime minister viktor orban says controversial billboards put up by the ruling death sparty come down next week for this has refused to apologize for and to an anti immigrant rhetoric and posters across the country the billboards trying to european conservatives to push for three days to be expelled from the group in the european parliament. now facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg says his company plans to shift its focus to private messaging services in a post on his own profile page said the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make them compatible he said people increasingly want to connect privately in the digital equivalent often livingroom. audition report and shattered drink is with us and welcome jad i'm not quite sure what mark sokolich is trying to do can you explain what his plans so what's he up to so we know facebook really has a networking tool that can mix people all around the world and now mark zuckerberg kind of has he's authorized it on what we say in private to each other on the messaging services that faceboo

news live from berlin hungary's prime minister viktor orban at odds with brussels hungary's conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european parliament group after an anti immigration poster campaign now runs and to the rhetoric has prompted growing calls to exclude his party from the european parliament elections in may. also coming up syrian defense forces say they are opposed to ending the so-called islamic states to hold on territory in syria that will mean freedom for some but for the many orphaned children of the i asked it only brings more uncertainty. and roger federer has become just the second man to reach one hundred career titles now he's aiming at the all time record of tennis legend chiming connors. by marrying evanston it's good to have you with us hungary's populist prime minister has a lashed out at the bloc in the european parliament but his own party belongs to nature or bond's comments to german media came after the conservative blog called for his party's expulsion orbán accuse the center right european people's party of serving the interests of the left.