quite a few supporters of viktor orban are at odds with the | of viktor orban are at odds with the popethe pope. in budapest we have a liberal warm welcome for the pope. i�*i budapest we have a liberal mayor who has gone out of his way with the city council to welcome the pope in a very different way. he has put up posters celebrating posters with quotations from the pope going up all over the city to welcome the pope here stressing human dignity and human rights and issues like that so in a way the pulp has become a politicalfootball that so in a way the pulp has become a political football here just six months before the hungarian elections. now the weather. a lovely start to the day with spectacular sunrises for some earlier this morning. this one was from north yorkshire. further south gosport in hampshire also got off to a lovely start to the morning. thanks to weather watcher alison for that early morning sunrise picture. today there will be a lot of dry and bright weather to come with some sunny spells coming through the cloud. however it will not be like that everywhere. in wale

pope francis has had a brief meeting in hungary with the country's prime minister, viktor orban. utes a christian approach to migration. the pontiff has severely criticised the reluctance of some european leaders to take in refugees, but mr orban says he's defending christian europe. our central europe correspondent, nick thorpe, is in budapest. ahead of this visit, both sides — the vatican and the hungarian government — were keen to smooth over any differences. the vatican stressed that this is, above all, a spiritual visit for the pope to celebrate mass in heroes square in hungary for tens of thousands of christians, especially catholics from around the world, the closing event, the climax of a week of the eucharistic congress, only held every four years. from the hungarian government's side, the government has been keen to stress it is a great honour to have the pope in hungary even for such a short visit, but of course behind the scenes, there are huge differences between the two men. while the pope, from the start of his papacy, has stressed the need for europe, for christian

but first he's met with prime minister viktor orban. bring you some live pictures from budapest where the mass hosted by the pope is about to start. our central europe correspondent, nick thorpe explained how the pope and mr orban could have some very different views. the pope from the very start of his papacy has repeatedly stressed how people should welcome refugees are migrants to their homes whilst viktor orban has set himself up as a defender of europe from what he is sometimes described as muslim invaders saw very different view of migration and refugees from the pope and at the prime minister of hungary on the other. quite a few supporters of viktor orban are at odds with the pope on that issue back to budapest as a city seems to be rolling out a warm welcome for the pope. in budapest we have a liberal mayor, gergely karacsony who has gone out of his way with the city council to welcome the pope in a very different way. he has put up posters celebrating posters with quotations from the pope going up all over to welcome the pope.

his name is viktor orban, he's the prime minister of hungry. what does viktor moran believe? rs ago his views would've been moderate and conventional, he thinks families are the most important them banks. he thinks countries need borders. forcing these things out loud, orban has been vilified. >> we're so mad at viktor orban. that's the fox news host an air to a frozen dinner company fortune. took a field trip to all places, hungry. he spent the week they're broadcasting from the capital city of budapest. and like you just saw lavishing praise on the country's prime minister, a man named viktor orban. orban has been in power for over a decade. he has positioned himself as a right-wing populous. he loves family is not banks. a man of the people. railing against those liberal elites and the media and the, greedy bankers. he's bragged about building a court illiberal state. widely seen as a well expiring dictator and a strong. it's rhetoric that sounds all too familiar. but the thing is orban is not really a man of the people. hate to break it to you, over the last decade he has

earlier he met with prime minister viktor orban.eyond. let's bring you some live pictures from budapest, where the pope is presiding over a mass attended by tens of thousands of people. singing. our central europe correspondent nick thorpe is in budapest. ahead of this visit, both sides, the vatican and the hungarian government, were keen to smooth over any differences. the vatican stressed that this is above all a spiritual visit for the pope to celebrate mass in heroes square in hungary for tens of thousands of christians, especially catholics from around the world, the closing event, the climax of a week of the eucharistic congress, only held every four years. from the hungarian government's side, they have been keen to stress it is a great honour to have the pope in hungary even for such a short visit. but of course behind the scenes, there are huge differences between the two men. while the pope, from the start of his papacy, has stressed the need for europe, for christians in particular, to welcome people of other faiths, part

i see some in the media are trying to hold up viktor orban in hungry some sort of paradigm, a virtue and what we should aspire to. and i thought geez, my wife is part hungarian. but i never thought of hungary as the place that was the forefront of political or economic or technological advance. i mean, it's not. and why are we looking at hungary as the model? where the press has less freedoms come with the judiciary is also best independent because of politicians but it's hard to maintain a democracy, anybody can have an election. the old soviet union used to have elections. everybody voted and they controlled with the candidates but if you don't have free press, if you don't have an independent judiciary, if you don't have rule of law, what are we? what are we ask. >> guest: these are the erosion points. when the president of the traded as president trump did goes out and describes the needy as the enemy of the state, you are planting the seeds for really bad stuff. because in number of folks will latch onto that and then if you go into a messy economic economy, inflation or some ot

pope francis is visiting hungary, where he's met prime minister viktor orban and he'll celebrate mass. now on bbc news, it's political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. a conversation with someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs, their background, their views and their values. this week we heard talk of a political crisis. we've heard talk of an election within weeks, talk, too, of trouble on the streets. northern ireland is once again facing that political crisis. and the cause is said to be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left supermarket shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. it has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. we are speaking hours after you delivered what

pope francis meets the anti—migration hungarian premier viktor orban before calling on the crowds ton" and "considerate" at an open—air mass in budapest. and the british government scraps plans for vaccine passports in nightclubs and large events in england. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk all around the world. tens of thousands of afghan refugees are thought to have crossed the border into pakistan in the four weeks since the fall of kabul. they'rejoining a huge population of afghan refugees already in the country — 1.5 million who are registered and an estimated i million others. our world affairs editorjohn simpson has travelled through the khyber pass — to the border between pakistan and afghanistan at torkham. every inch of ground here has been fought over for 3000 years. the insignia of a former british and indian regiment of carefully preserved on along the way and the khyber is a major trade route. trucks crawl up the mountains carrying fruit and vegetables into pakistan and the occasional passenger too. travellers trudge along the foot path as they always have

that is when we went to hungary to talk to viktore orban. and he mentioned other countries in central europe that have defended their populations against international interference. one of the countries he mentioned was poland. in budapest, i have run into a number of americans who have come here because they want to be around people who agreed with them, agreed with you, do you see budapest as kind of capitalw of this kind of thinking? >> the capital of that kind of thinking or one of the capitals they are also very competitive and producing great ideas and organizing the kind of communities of conservative and christiann democrats. >> tucker: andrzej duda is the president of the olympic mr. president, thank you d for joing us. we know you're watching this happening in the united states and you're watching this massive flow of migrants. it will total over a million this year. something similar happened to europe in 2015. y you pressured poland other nations to accept and poland fought back. tell us why you did that. >> translator: the answe

his comments have been interpreted as criticism of the hungarian prime minister viktor orban, who hasmigrants. the pope also called for vigilance against a rise in anti—semitism. leading trade unions say more than 600,000 jobs could be at risk, if the uk fails to reach its climate change targets as quickly as other countries. the tuc conference warned jobs could be moved to competing nations with superior green infrastructure. the government has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, and says it's currently considering an independent report into the future of green jobs. tens of thousands of afghan refugees are thought to have crossed the border into pakistan in the four weeks since the fall of kabul. they're joining a significant population of afghans already in the country, a million and a half who are registered, and an estimated 1 million others. our world affairs editorjohn simpson has travelled through the khyber pass, to the border between pakistan and afghanistan, at torkham. every inch of ground here has been fought over for 3,000 years. the insignia of former britis

for instance, we told you about hungary's flirtation with autocracy, as prime minister viktor orban seizedymied opposition. but he's hardly alone. take venezuelan president, cracking down on his regime, and disproportionately subject to coronavirus restrictions. but amidst all of this backsliding, there's one bright spot -- taiwan. that's according to the new support of the intelligence unit that ranks the island at number 11 globally, the highest-rated democracy in asia. it jumped 20 spots since 2019, more than any other government in the entire world. taiwan's score is largely driven by its election in january 2020. turnout was an astonishing 75%, and in contrast to another 2020 election, taiwan's election's loser graciously and quickly conceded, calling for unity. the success of this election is a testament to the strength of taiwan's democracy. it's a relatively new system, voters have only picked their own representatives since 1992, and over the last ten years, power has been increasingly consolidated in the hands of the people. in 2012, taiwan began creating a digital democracy, giv