it's no wonder steve bannon called viktor orban, trump before trump. d as my therapist, will tell you, i've been to a ton of trump rallies. so i brought along a trusty translator to see just how similar an orban rally is to a maga rally. first up, the merch table. do you have any orban pictures specifically with him shirtless, writing a velociraptor? tyrannosaurus rex? - just the flags that basically hungarian reference. - that have any profanity on it whatsoever. - no, it's just a-- - just a straight flag? - just a straightforward flag. - good luck with the sales today. you don't need to say that one. - merch, check. lock her up. i thought i heard lock her up. okay, maybe some things are a little lost in translation, but still, chants, check. are there going to be any let's go, brandon chants here? do you know, let's go, brandon? i see signs. do you know let's go, brandon? okay, so people are chanting. it was at a nascar. do you know, nascar? - nascar. - nascar, it's like formula one. it's in a circle, it's more boring. they might shout different sloga

we were days away from a national election, i only saw one candidate in the streets and on tv, viktor orban szabolcs panyi, to find out why that is. - orban has lost two elections in 1994 and 2002 that he blamed on the media. when he came back to power in 2010, he changed the country's constitution. he enacted a new media law, media starts to broadcast pro orban propaganda. in america you have fox news, here it's basically the state itself that's broadcasting right wing propaganda and i guess that's that's a big appeal to lots of conservatives. - so you turn on the tv you're mostly going to see essentially just a wall to wall tucker carlson's. - yeah but like cheap eastern european editions. yeah. - is there a samir akenesh in the bunch. - sorry? - a samir akenesh? small grumpy cnn guy? - no, i don't think so. - so how does having a samir akenesh list media landscape, impact the political system? for answers, i went to the leader of the opposition party, peter marki-zay. marki-zay, how's it going? jordan klepper. - being good, doing good and trevor didn't come. so that's my disappointment.

of course viktor orban himself saying — of course viktor orban himself saying the opposition itself has this country. he is following that hungarians should choose _ is following that hungarians should choose what they know best, the experience and the continuity that he represents. nick experience and the continuity that he represents— he represents. nick thought in budapest. _ he represents. nick thought in budapest. we _ he represents. nick thought in budapest, we will _ he represents. nick thought in budapest, we will wait - he represents. nick thought in budapest, we will wait for - he represents. nick thought inj budapest, we will wait for that he represents. nick thought in - budapest, we will wait for that wail to fill up during the course of the evening and i am sure we will be speaking to later. for now, thank you very much —— nick thorpe. pakistan's president has dissolved parliament in a step towards early elections. it follows an attempt to remove prime minister imran khan from office. but parliament's deputy speaker refused to hold a vote of no—confidence that mr khan was

reporter: viktor orban has a landslide win and a fourth term in power. he has defied the combined forces of western powers, the e.u., and other institutions, whom he says all conspired against him. >> we have to ask the lord how it happened that we won the biggest treat when everyone join forces against us. reporter: at home, he has a mandate to continue defiance against the e.u., and may well engage in more authoritarian policies. but internationally, he faces further isolation. . he claims to be neutral on the ukraine conflict, yet in his victory speech, is a list of opponents not only included what he called, "brussels bureaucrats," but ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy too. and he refuses military aid to ukraine, which conflicts with the policy of many e.u. and nato members, to include neighbor and close ally poland. that has led to a breakdown in their relations. >> the main question for viktor orban will be how to restructure this alliance or re-create the alliance with poland, and how to please poland. how to come out of this isolation that

so you won't be surprised to learn this, our media is set out to slam viktor orban, let's stop orban, name of the guy who just got elected. hungary's authoritarian leader calls zelenskyy an opponent after winning re-election. they don't even explain it. just prima facie. he's terrible. he criticized somebody you're not allowed to criticize so he's a putin stooge. a couple of questions here. no one in hungary -- almost all hungarian energy comes from russia so probably best not to pick a fight with russia which is much bigger than hungary, multiple the size of hungary but in what sense is he a putin stooge? he was one of the first leaders in europe to denounce the russian invasion of ukraine. that wasn't in the cnn piece, and how is it an authoritarian just won a landslide in a nationwide election? why is viktor orban an 0 authoritarian and not just an unusually popular prime minister elected for the fourth time? to answer that question orban's critics have to make stuff up. they are reportedly upset that mr. orban has used his majority in parliament to rewrite election laws, redraw vo

viktor orban's biggest ever election victory.for 16 of the last 32 years. why did it happen? i think there are two real reasons. viktor orban presented a simple but coherent narrative to the electorate, especially in the countryside because after all he won all the seats, the individual constituencies, in the country bar two, two large cities. the only consolation for the opposition with the 16 seats won here in budapest. what can happen now? on one level viktor orban is very isolated, largely because of his neutrality, shall we say, on the war in ukraine. as we heard just now, president putin congratulated him for that. hungary is not as isolated as it might appear, because of that, in different ways, austria and germany, both countries together with hungary, also support viktor orban's position, that there should be no sanctions, no stop to russian gas and fuel supply. so hungary looking pretty isolated despite this enormous legitimacy but still with some allies on specific issues across europe. some allies on specific issues a

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viktor orban has iona ukrainian war. viktor orban has long prided _ ukrainian war.f— ukrainian war. viktor orban has long prided himself on - long prided himself on political pragmatism, dallying with allies east and west, treading a fine line and just about getting away with it. but the war in ukraine changes things. blocking weapons transfers sits very uncomfortably with the eu and nato. hungary is a member of both. underviktor nato. hungary is a member of both. under viktor 0rban, nato. hungary is a member of both. underviktor 0rban, it is becoming increasingly isolated. faced with moscow, the western allies want to present a united front. by winning hungary's collection, viktor 0rban remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. long queues at manchester and london's heathrow airports continued over the weekend and around 100 easyjet flights have been cancelled today amid staff shortages. the airline said the cancellations made up a small part of its schedule and is down to staff being off sick with covid. some passe

reporter: but over the past weeks, both prime minister viktor orban and his challenger pÉter mÁrki-zaycus to reflect russia's invasion in ukraine. mÁrki-zay is criticizing the pro-russia position orbÁn took for years. pÉter: orbÁn is the one who supported putin. state-media is spreading pro-russia propaganda still. although orbÁn also approved european banning of russia today and sputnik news. but here, our state media and private fidesz media is still supporting putin and condemning ukraine. reporter: we would have liked to put this criticism to orbÁn's fidesz party. but despite numerous requests, we received no response from party headquarters in budapest. on national day in mid-march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungary. here, too, putin's war was in the forefront of people's minds as they waited to see orban. >> we don't think this war just happened. there is a background to it. everything has led up to this. >> the world and especially the western media have double standards. you can understand the ukrainians, but you also have to understand the russians. >> no one is r

reporter: but over the past weeks, both prime minister viktor orban and his challenger pÉter mÁrki-zayt russia's invasion in ukraine. mÁrki-zay is criticizing the pro-russia position orbÁn took for years. pÉter: orbÁn is the one who supported putin. state-media is spreading pro-russia propaganda still. although orbÁn also approved european banning of russia today and sputnik news. but here, our state media and private fidesz media is still supporting putin and condemning ukraine. reporter: we would have liked to put this criticism to orbÁn's fidesz party. but despite numerous requests, we received no response from party headquarters in budapest. on national day in mid-march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungary. here, too, putin's war was in the forefront of people's minds as they waited to see orban. >> we don't think this war just happened. there is a background to it. everything has led up to this. >> the world and especially the western media have double standards. you can understand the ukrainians, but you also have to understand the russians. >> no one is really talking

reporter: but over the past weeks, both prime minister viktor orban and his challenger pÉter mÁrki-zayt russia's invasion in ukraine. mÁrki-zay is criticizing the pro-russia position orbÁn took for years. pÉter: orbÁn is the one who supported putin. state-media is spreading pro-russia propaganda still. although orbÁn also approved european banning of russia today and sputnik news. but here, our state media and private fidesz media is still supporting putin and condemning ukraine. reporter: we would have liked to put this criticism to orbÁn's fidesz party. but despite numerous requests, we received no response from party headquarters in budapest. on national day in mid-march, hundreds of thousands came from across hungary. here, too, putin's war was in the forefront of people's minds as they waited to see orban. >> we don't think this war just happened. there is a background to it. everything has led up to this. >> the world and especially the western media have double standards. you can understand the ukrainians, but you also have to understand the russians. >> no one is really talking

now, viktor orban is still finding ways to help his old friend vladimir putin, despite not initially sanctions, orban has drawn a line essentially saying he will not impose a ban on russian energy imports here to hungary. he says that's because it would make life harder, more expensive for ordinary hungarians and while that's probably true, it also conveniently allows vladimir putin continued access to energy markets here in hungary. erica. >> matt rivers, great reporting. appreciate it. thank you. >>> up next, the white house diarist speaks to the january 6th committee about donald trump's activities ahead of the insurrection as lawmakers work to fill the gaps in the white house' official phone log on that day. new dove men stress-ref body wash... with a plant-based adaptogen, helps alleviate stress on skin. so youou can get back in sync. nenew dove men. a restorative shower for r body and mind. (music throughout) (children giggling) hey, i was, uh, thinking about going back to school to get my masters. i just saw something that said you could do it in a year for, like, $11k. hmm. ba

viktor orban fought. not only against his internal opposition. liberal elite, but against the neva liberal values ​​of these post human. i would say values ​​that are now being imposed with the west and on themselves and are trying to impose on the rest of humanity, and orban did not hide the fact that george soros was actually his opponents, even opponents in these elections, and what is interesting is vladimir zelensky. nevertheless, today is a very important anniversary, and the fourth. on april 1949, the north atlantic alliance was created, which played a very tragic role. e in world history, and it is precisely when the north atlantic alliance is already should not have been. i mean after the end of the cold war, and the preservation of nato, er, after the end of the cold war, did not allow the formation of an inclusive and common european security system together with russia, an indivisible system of european security, and the expansion of nato to the east. actually, it became the main reason for the conflict that is taking place. now , inc

the vat at this karch is welcome being viktor orban. so clearly there it suggests both sides.n european leader. part of viktor orban, some credibility for him that pope francis would be his first stop after his re-election. he's pro putin and a european leader. >> what we expect to hear from them. we'll get comments and perhaps the pope will say something that makes headlines. >> reporter: the pope does tend to make headlines. with the meetings, what we noticed is the pope likes it would be a private meeting between the pope and viktor orban. you can't rule anything out with the pope. the war in ukraine is top on his mind. if he can say and do anything to help that, he will. max? >> we'll be back with you as that unfolds. >>> before we go, a quick look at the nba runoff playoff picture. the bulls with the big win over the mill walk advantage. the nets up by 17 points. i don't have home tort court advantage. that left twhem an epic three game lead. >>> russian tennis players will be banned from participating in wimbledon and belorussian players as well. the kremlin calls this d

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule.the uk, the conservative party has suspended one of its mps following claims about his conduct. the former archbishop of canterbury says the russian orthodox church could be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on ukraine. the music industry's biggest night, the grammys takes place later today. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says russia aims to seize the whole of the donbas region in the east as well as hello and welcome to bbc news. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says russia aims to seize the whole of the donbas region in the east as well as the south of his country. he said ukrainian forces were being boosted there. there have been a number of explosions in the southern port of odesa. the international red cross has also said it will try again to evacuate civilians from the beseiged city of mariupol. it comes as the ukrainian government says its forces have regained control of the entire kyiv region, five weeks after russia lau

the keynote eaker will be viktor orban. more about orban and his reelection, we are joined by ruth ben-ghiat. she's the author of "strongmen: how they rise, why they succeed, how they fall." she professor of history and italian studies at new york university. she publishes lucid, a newsletter on threats to democracy. her recent cnn piece is headlined "orban's juggling act with putin and europe faces a key test." talk about the significance of his reelection. was he hurt in anyway way by his support of putin? >> orban played it very well. he said we have to stay out of this war. he notably poopooed the idea of any sanctions on russian energy but sing to hungarian voters, this will drive up our prices so he poses this protector had gary and interests. many people felt with the war so close by they wanted stability so he always manages to pose as this kind of stable protector figure. now, what swayed the election is he has developed a system called electoral autocracy where he uses gerrymandering and has captured the judiciary

here is cnn's matt rivers reporting in from budapest. >> reporter: viktor orban, by most measures, is the eu leader closest to vladimir putin recently. just three weeks before the war began, orban took a trip to moscow. welcomed by putin across a very long table. national elections in hungary on sunday will test whether orban's 12-year run as prime minister will go another four years, and his relationship with putin is suddenly at the center of hungarian politics. what began as a campaign focused on local issues, now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscow's puppet, a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia, instead of the democratic west. this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you are voting for orban, you're voting for putin. or this one, saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years don't kill. orban has undeniably supported putin, vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years, and expanding the russian-hungarian partner

moscow over the years and expanding the russian hungarian partnership. >> for russian policies of viktor orbanof his political ambition, are now exposed. >> and with putin's popularity plumb plummeting the opposition calculus is simple orban plus putin equals a winning political strategy but not so fast. because orban is fighting back. call it a flip flop, call it a pivot. but orban is no longer putin's best buddy. even though he is not openly criticizing him personally, the hungarian leader went along with initial eu sanctions again russia as described the invasion as russian aggression and despite being vehemently anti-immigrant for years now, has let in hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees in the past few weeks. he says we are a great country. which gives everything to people who are fleeing trouble. since the war began, orban has refused to let weapons pass through hungary to ukraine or provide military aid. but he deflected any criticism of that by claiming he is simply a man of peace. counting on the notion that many hungarians want nothing to do with the war. >> we got reaction o

at the same time, voters in neighboring hungary will be waiting for the appearance of viktor orban.er all, almost immediately he will start talking about a possible payment for russian gas in rubles. we do not have any difficulties with payment in rubles, if russians will ask, we will pay in rubles. but it seems that such a decision by hungary, a member of the european union, did not suit the european bureaucrats even a couple of days after the victory. urban relations between budapest and brussels will heat up to the limit you sent a letter to hungary. it's just that in the official announcement of the launch of the linkage mechanism, in other words, brussels intends to hit the wallet deprive hungary of eu money and even impose sanctions, now we need to speed up on issues such as rule of law mechanisms, and also discuss the sanctions that we can apply against hungary and viktor orban personally. of course, one can guess how hungary and russia ended up in the same boat, but maybe the reason should be sought in brussels itself, which, with its words and actions, seems to be pushing b

recent polls are pointing to a lead for viktor orban. electionand what do you expect to happen on sday? >> the main steak is on the one hand, the authoritarian tendencies in the country which were present over the past 12 years will continue and also the european union will continue to have ridge established very close ties to authoritarian great powers like china and russia over the past couple of years. this also means a kind of instability track for the european union. >> what do you expect to see happen in this election? do you think it will be another victory for orban? >> the ection result is still uncertain. most of the polls clearly indicate an advantage for the incumbent party, and unfortunately, because the playing field is very much tilted, the media environment was already mentioned, but the campaign regulations and electoral system are also favoring the party of the prime minister. it is difficult to expect that this kind of disadvantage of the opposition could be turned into an actual victory. >> h do you see the war in ukr

: viktor orban by most measures the eu leader close et to putin, literally. took a trip to moscow weck welcomed by putin across a very long table. >> translator: national elections in hungry on sunday will test whether orban's 12-year run will go another four years and his relationship with putin is suddenly at the center of hungarian politics. >> reporter: what began as a campaign focused on local issues now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscow's puppet a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia instead of the democratic west this ad saying, "we want hungary to be a western country again. if you're voting for orban you're voting for putin." tell your friend in 12 years, don't kill. orban supported moscow over the years and expanding the russian/hungarian partnership. >> very important building block of this entire political mission. >> reporter: with putin's popularity plummeting, the opposition calculus is simple. orban plus putin equ

>> well, very disappointing, because the opposition had rallied around and tried to unify, but viktor orbanrian democracy. no independent media or independent civil society. he and allies bought it all up. the ultimate expression of kind of right-ring populist authoritarianism. even orban, however, has had to take a somewhat anti-russian line in this. even though prior he was a pal with putin expressed admiration with putin. that sounds familiar, but in the conflict constrained because the hungarians are, of course, outraged by what they're seeing, but it's a sad reminder that if you keep taking steps away from democracy, and if you allow into power people who are fundamentally not committed to democracy, you could lose your democracy forever. viktor orban may be able to, with another term in office, fix hungarian democracy, destroy the norms the institutions to a point where, i don't know. it becomes unrecognizable. something i've called not liberal democracy but ill liberal democracy. they have elections, kind of fixed, but nothing else. no independent courts. no rule of law. no free pres

with vote counting underway in hungary's elections, prime minister viktor orban appears to be comfortablyhead. pakistan's parliament is dissolved after prime minister imran khan survives a move to oust him ahead of new elections. at least six people have been killed and 12 are in hospital following a mass shooting in california's state capital, sacramento. now on bbc news, amol rajan speaks to actor ian mckellen, one of the most celebrated performers of his generation and someone who has long defied convention and expectation. just over four years ago i drove to chichester to interview a titan of stage and screen. he was staring as king lear in the local theatre and he told me it would be his last big shakespearean role. i should not have believed a word, because last year, at the age of 82, amidst the pandemic and some five decades after his first public turn in the role, sir ian mckellen played hamlet. it was typical of him, surprising, mischievous, your thespian charisma. above all, it showed that in his ninth decade, he seems indefatigable. undoubtedly one of the greats this country h

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule.nd welcome. ukraine's government has said mass graves have been found in towns outside kyiv which have been abandoned by russian forces in the past few days. a spokesperson for president zelensky has told the bbc they've seen evidence that civilians have been executed and that it appears that war crimes have been committed. the towns of bucha, irpin and hostomel were recently re—taken by ukrainian forces, who say they now control all territory around kyiv. elsehere, russia has carried out a series of missile strikes on the black sea port of odesa. anna foster has sent this report, and a warning that it does contain distressing material. a morning sky blackened and burning. ukraine's port city of odesa is the latest target of russian fire. now the focus of the fighting is moving south and east, and as troops move away from places like kyiv, fresh devastation is revealed. the ukrainian government says it is back in control of that whole region — but it has come at a cost. people are stil

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule.pposition accuse mr orban of undermining democracy and the rule of law. the former archbishop of canterbury, dr rowan williams, says there's a strong case for the russian orthodox church to be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on the war in ukraine. now on bbc news — talking movies. and the oscar goes to... hello from los angeles. i'm tom brook and welcome to our talking movies oscars review special. today, we'll look back at the highlights of the biggest night of the year for hollywood. of course, some great movies were rewarded, but a shocking incident involving one of the world's most famous movie stars ended up defining the proceedings. laughter. oh, wow! will smith losing his composure and slapping chris rock in full glare of a global audience changed everything at the 94th annual academy awards. keep my wife's name out of your...mouth! anne thompson was in the auditorium when it happened. there has never been anything as shocking as that. _ ifelt l

the common sense of serbia and hungary electoral victories are celebrated by alexander vuychichi viktor orban supporters of a reasonable approach to cooperation. with russia, a new victory of the fighters of the lpr and our military on the outskirts of severodonetsk is one of the last points on the map of the former luhansk region. under the control of kyiv, success was there critical to the liberation of not only the city, but the entire republic of the offensive is a fierce battle and, finally, a breakthrough. our film crew worked on the front line and found itself under mortar fire, but continued filming unique shots in dmitry's report . we are trying to squeeze him out. after the morning artillery preparation, the combat of the lpr troops with the call sign sumer is preparing to break through the position of the armed forces in this forest plantation immediately behind it, the temporary capital of the luhansk region declared by kiev, severodonetsk, the assault group goes into battle in the direction of severodonetsk , is preparing to take up strategically important positions, which are no

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. nd the rule of law. the biggest cooking oil bottler for uk shops says it only has a few weeks supply of sunflower oil left, as supplies are disrupted because of the war in ukraine. sunflower oil can be found in many products, including ready meals and mayonnaise. we will have a full round up of the day's news at the top of the hour. first on bbc news, it's dateline london...

nbc's raf sanchez is in budapest, viktor orban had been an ally of vladimir putin.has since tried to distance himself a little bit. talk to me about what is at stake in this election. >> reporter: the hungarian government and opposition are using the war to frame this as a high stakes selection. orban is saying he's the man that will keep hungary from being dragged into the fighting in ukraine, and the opposition are saying this election is a choice between russia and the west. now, the opposition are hammering orban over the close relationship to vladimir putin, and he probably does have the closest ties to the russian president of any leader of a nato country. orban was actually in moscow just a couple of weeks before the election. we met earlier with peter, the head of the hungarian opposition, hoping to replace viktor orban as the prime minister of hungary. i asked him, how is the war next door impacting the election here. take a listen to what he had to say. >> the war is raging in ukraine next door, how big an issue is the war and the election here in hungary?

this violation of the sanction warned viktor orban.yaem putin to convert euros into rubles, and then pay the gas bill. this is a breach of sanctions. if you pay in rubles. you are circumventing the sanctions that we have imposed against russia at the moment, hungary is complying with the sanctions, everything is in order. we have never seen the european union so united so decisively and quickly. i think there is a question before each of our member states. i will be the first to break this unity. i think that there is no head of the european commission. hungary is so nervous in vain, it can pay in moscow how and with what it wants bilateral contracts, and not at the eu level, it means the question technical, not political, as brussels is trying to present it to the eu, while there are no common purchases of gas and oil for european countries , we continue to adhere to the contracts concluded with russia regarding oil and gas, in accordance with them this is a technical issue. what currency to pay in does not mean circumventing any sanc

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. opposition accuse mr orban of undermining democracy and the rule of law. the biggest cooking oil bottler for uk shops says it only has a few weeks supply of sunflower oil left, as supplies are disrupted because of the war in ukraine. sunflower oil can be found in many products, including ready meals and mayonnaise. we will have a full round up of the day's news at the top of the hour. first on bbc news, it's dateline london... hello. i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together newspaper columnists from the uk with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. here in the studio are: stefanie bolzen, uk and ireland correspondent for germany's die welt media group. polly toynbee, who writes a weekly column for the british newspaper, the guardian. henry chu, deputy news editor at the la times in the united states. welcome to all of you. lovely to have you back for round the table again with us for th

this is a pretty liberal neighborhood voters here are overwhelmingly against viktor orban.got pretty emotional talking about this election. saying that this is the last, best chance for her country to preserve democracy. there is another big question on the mind of voters here, whether these votes tonight will be fairly counted. or if this is a preordained force victory for mr. orban. we met earlier with peter markey's at. he is the head of the hungarian opposition, the man who is hoping in a couple of hours time he will be named as the next prime minister of hungry. we put that question to him. does he have a real chance of winning this election? take a listen to what he had to say. >> you describe prime minister orban as an authoritarian. he controls the state institutions. we have control over a lot of the media in this country. is this a fair election? do you stand a fair chance? >> probably don't, of course. there's still a clear chance that we can win this election. but it is not a fair and free elections, just at all. just imagine aside from all of the electoral frau

but hungarian prime minister viktor orban, who had just been re-elected in his post, proposed to hold such high-level talks in budapest with the participation of vladimir putin vladimir zelensky and a number of european leaders categorically rejection, of course, from kiev and from europe, let's start with this budapest and the leaders of russia ukraine, france and germany, mr. urgan, told putin by phone on the eve. what he later told about, and according to the hungarian prime minister, putin reacted positively to journalists, but clarified that this would be subject to certain conditions. what the body did not specify, but urged zelensky to be more talkative, president zelensky has a bad trait of telling everyone around what to do in his interests to forget about it is rather strange, being in a difficult position to ask for help and leak. those who do not help in the volumes required by kiev ceiling in the kremlin's message to orban's phone call. the topic of negotiations in budapest did not appear earlier moscow admitted the possibility of a meeting between putin and zelensky but

the hungarian prime minister viktor orban has clinched a fourth consecutive term.are trying to maintain a two thirds majority in parliament. the hungarian leader has had close ties with moscow and has challenged the eu democratic norms. china added more than 13,000 new covid cases, with nearly all of shanghai's 25 billion residents under some form of lockdown. it is the epicenter of the worst outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. there are reports of a new subtype of that. that was isolated from a patient with mild symptoms. soaring living costs are escalating a brewing political crisis. citizens across the island divide a sunday curfew. calling for the president to go due to soaring living costs. global news, 24 hours a day, on air, and on bloomberg quicktake. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. manus: jules, thank you very much. coming up, we have that u.n. saying gammons -- yemen's warring factions have agreed to a truce. we will speak to the u.s. special envoy. dani: this is bloomberg daybreak: europe, i'm man

a lot of this will depend on countries like germany, and even in hungary where viktor orban won an election is repeating that he does not want to get involved in the war in ukraine. francine: coming up, find out how the european central bank plans to tackle soaring inflation. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open, 30 minutes into the european trading day. here are your top stories. global outrage grows, russia faces new sanctions for possible war crimes after reports of troops executed on armed civilians. chinese stocks rise as beijing says it will agree to u.s. audits. the treasury curve inverts flashing more warning signs that economic growth will slow. this is the picture for equities. we struggled to hold onto gains. they are struggling for traction as traders waited developments in the ukraine war. some european governments are posting -- pushing force to first sanctions. -- force different sanctions. -- for stiffer sanctions. traders are weighing threats on demand for oil from the covert outbreak in china. the picture for some of the sectors as we are struggling for

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year—rule. opposition accuse mr orban of undermining democracy and the rule of law. the former archbishop of canterbury, rowan williams, says there's a strong case for the russian orthodox church to be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on the war in ukraine. hello and welcome to our look at what the the papers are saying today. with me are businessjournalist john crowley and property and finance commentator anne ashworth. let's take a look at today's front pages. the online independent�*s main story is an exclusive report by bel trew in ukraine, who describes the situation in mariupol where bodies are being buried in the sandpits of the city's kindergarten playgrounds. the sunday telegraph says the prime minister is planning up to seven new nuclear power stations in the uk as part of what the paper says is a "radical expansion of home—grown energy" following vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. according to the observer, the chancellor rishi sunak is facing a gro

viktor orban was just reelected. guest: we rank hungary as partially free. we were concerned by tactics mr. orban -- is a common tactic of dictators and authoritarians, it is not about stuffing a ballot box. it is about setting up a system in your favor. in hungary opposition had hardly any airtime, media is not free and independent, there are challenges to traditional independence. we see that beyond hungary. host: vladimir putin was elected by a big majority of russians. there? -- fair? guest: you could say it was not a fair election. you have opposition politicians in prison or poisoned. what we saw vladimir putin doing ukraine is a big example of why these issues matter to us in democracies far from russia. a lot of folks thought the invasion could not happen and it did. host: annie boyajian prior to the region -- prior to the invasion, where did you rank ukraine? guest: we have ranked as partly free. we have noted struggles with corruption but ukraine was on the right path. they had worked to start addressing those challenges. they had voted out folks w

viktor orban has manipulated hungary's democracy in ways that give him structural advantages. in 2010 he gave citizenship to 2.4 million ethnic hungarians living abroad and portrayed himself as the only defender of their rights, which gained him massive support from these newly minted voters. he's quashed the independent media, the government actively promotes orban sending out publicly funded posters with his image. these practices have led freedom house to rate hungary as the only european union country that is just partly free. even so, right wing populism in hungary and elsewhere is genuinely popular. while le pen has taken advantage of rising inflation, castigating macron's government for price hikes of all kinds, her fundamental appeal comes from her strident, cultural nationalism. others on the right constantly rail against immigrants, multiculturalism, lgbtq rights and a new phrase that has cropped up in france. at the same time these leaders have cast aside much of the free market economics of the old right. le pen has denounced many of macron's liberal reforms and em

nato, which we already talked about today, this week another split in european unity was added viktor orbanth time became prime minister of hungary and in serbia, aleksandar vuychich won the presidential election for the second time. vladimir putin has already congratulated both politicians on their convincing victory. well, as you know, both vuchie and urban in the west are often reproached for close relations with moscow immediately after the victory. in the elections, viktor urban announced his readiness to pay for russian gas in rubles. for which the head of the european commission, ursula von darlian, immediately threatened hungary with the deprivation of european funding, but the main test of the western world for strength will be tomorrow's elections in france, where sociologists record a drop in emmanuel macron's ratings and an increase in popularity. marine le pen, who literally breathes the back of the head of the current president, what is happening and why do politicians win elections in european countries? ready, in spite of everything, to be friends with russia, our reporter w

the keynote speaker will be viktor orban. you have to repeat that to yourself. just to understand how important and how chilling it is in this context, that there are large chunks of the republican right that see orban and putin as a hero. that hasn't changed. >> the white house, to the point, joe, so hardened by european unity to this point, but worries there could be pressure points down the road. also, if this is a protracted war, keeping americans rally bed hind it if gas prices stay high. we have reports of deutsche bank warning of good points. admiral, i have to gohungary, o people who claimed to once be conservatives and cold warriors, embracing a man who hates western democracy, who hates liberal democracy as much as orban does. now, a man who is doing everything he can to help vladimir putin, a war criminal. yet, these so-called conservatives embracing him, and cpac going to hungary. by the way, they knew exactly who he was, even before he embraced putin in this war. >> putin is going to go down in history as the butcher of bucha. anyone who comes into h

and they also are, you know, i of viktor orban in hungary. pence tried for the demographic summit. there's a lot of ideological affinities, lgbtq, anti -- so we shouldn't be surprised that the gop is so pro urban, and see that as actually meeting in budapest next month. >> ruth ben-ghiat, as always, i'm so grateful for your time, and for talking us through all of this. more american voices, after the break. undermined to catch the latest addition to our weekend lineup. tomorrow morning, katie feng will speak with florida gubernatorial candidate, representative charlie chris. catch the katie feng show on weekend, 7 am eastern, right here on msnbc. wayfair's got just what you need to be outdoorsy. your way! shop the biggest selection of outdoor furniture and furnish your habitat from you habitat. get a new grill and cook over an open flame. now that's outdoorsy! go wild on garden decor. find shelter from the elements and from predators. or just be one with nature. this year spend less and go all outdoorsy at wayfair. ♪ wayfair you got just what

and they also are, you know, i of viktor orban in hungary.ogical affinities, lgbtq, anti -- so we shouldn't be surprised that the gop is so pro urban, and see that as actually meeting their games next month. >> ruth ben-ghiat, as always, i'm so grateful for your time, and for talking us through all of this. more american voices, after the break. undermined to catch the latest addition to our weekend lineup. tomorrow morning, katie feng will speak with florida gubernatorial candidate, representative charlie chris. catch the katie feng show on weekend, 7 am eastern, right here on msnbc. ight here on msnbc. i screen for my son. i'm his biggest fan. if you're 45 or older at average risk, you have screening options, like cologuard. cologuard is noninvasive and finds 92% of colon cancers. it's not for those at high risk. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your provider if cologuard is right for you. everyone has a reason to screen for colon cancer. if you're 45 or older, get started at missiontoscreen.com and, we're back! it's time

well, for example, viktor orban, please.not about putting on sweaters in the evening to slightly reduce heating about the fact that if there are no sources of energy from russia, then there will be no energy in hungary at all to replace cheap russian gas with expensive american gas, such proposals are absurd and disastrous for the economy. to transport sufficient volumes of lng through the ocean is not accounted for, so there is no alternative to gas supplies from russia to europe and in particular to hungary in the short term, there is no absurd and disastrous for the economy. says the prime minister of hungary the man who comes out. well, as if from a certain reality from the interests of the population of their country. it's like one facet, er, of the relationship to the situation, another facet of the relationship to the situation. this is the german minister, and who demonstrates to us, in fact, the absurdity and disastrous for the economy, but on a completely different flank. here's jem ozdemir minister of food agricul

voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his 12—year rule.pposition accuse mr orban of undermining democracy and the rule of law. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show... we are looking back at the time when i was finally able to fly home to australia... mwah! i missed you guys. yeah! ..rajan tried his hand on falconry in qatar... there it is. tight, tight, tight! more, more, more! thus. 0k? finished. ..steve took on the waves injapan... wahey! ..and lucy treated herself to a fry—up in one of london's fast—disappearing greasy spoon cafes. this is a lot of food. hello and welcome to this week's travel show, where we'll be taking a look at some of the stories we have covered recently that go to show that hopefully the world is starting to look a little more familiar after two years of travel restrictions. and over the past couple of months, while it's not been business entirely as usual for the team here on the show, we have been dusting down our suitcases and getting back on the road. well, it won't come as a g

oil and gas from russia, the head of germany's largest of a private bank, dotca bank, earlier , viktor orbanke about stopping the economy of hungary with the rejection of russian blue fuel today. the prime minister answered the question about paying bills for gas, whether hungary is ready to pay for russian gas in rubles. in what currency was the contract concluded last year nominated, we have no problems with paying in rubles, we are adapting to the situation that is emerging, but berlin is still studying the russian proposal. while politicians linger on german tv show the story about how the residents began to buy firewood. now, due to the conflict in ukraine , many are afraid that there will be a shortage of gas, so they want to stock up on firewood in the new eu sanctions package, among other things, a ban on importing wood from russia has been announced, it seems that summer is just around the corner, but the germans remember something, winter is coming ivan good dmitry volkov yulia of foreign distance. seryzhetdinov. kirill loginov channel one. that's all the information channel on the

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eads won 135 out of 199 seats viktor orban retains the post of prime minister of hungary, he has ledgovernment for three consecutive terms since 2010 , addressing supporters in budapest, orban said that he will win the national elections. even brussels will have to admit the attitude of the hungarian government with the european union was not warm and escalated against the backdrop of events in ukraine when budapest refused to support all anti-russian sanctions. we will remember this victory until the end of our lives. we have never had so many opponents we had to fight with a huge number of opponents local left international left wing bureaucrats from brussels with all the money and institutions of the surus empire international media and even the president of ukraine parliamentary presidential elections were held the day before in serbia ballot counting has not yet been completed, but aleksandar vučić leads by a huge margin and thus sets a new record in the political history of serbia for the second time in a row, winning the presidential election. in the first round, his party is

vladimir putin congratulated hungarian prime minister viktor orban on his victory in the last parliamentaryns, the party coalition he leads has bypassed all competitors in the russian telegram the leader noted that, despite the difficult international situation. the further development of bilateral partnerships fully meets the interests of the peoples of the two countries during the election campaign, let me remind you, urban said that he would not send weapons to ukraine and would not will allow others to do this through their territory , president zelensky then lashed out with reproaches and wished defeat to the organ, but in the end, victory was a sediment. as they say, he stayed. this victory will be remembered, maybe even for the rest of our lives, because many took up arms against us, including local left-wing international left-wing bureaucrats. in brussels, all foundations and organizations of the soros empire are foreign media and c. eventually. even the ukrainian president. we have never had so many opponents. and in neighboring serbia victory i celebrate the supporters of the inc

the largest european companies, well, let's first listen to the strictly said e hungarian leader viktor orban. this is not about putting on a sweater in the evening and turning down the heating a little or paying a few forints more for gas, but about the fact that if there are no energy sources from russia, there will be no energy in hungary at all to replace cheap russian gas with expensive american gas is not allowed, such proposals are absurd and disastrous for the economy there are countries that, due to their geographical position, cannot refuse russian oil and gas. at least, because they do not have access to the sea and terminals for receiving liquefied natural gas, as well as other pipelines stretched to their territory. but listen to what the ceo of europe's largest chemical concern bases in martin brader müller said. do we want to destroy our entire economy with open eyes, and everything that we have created in a decade. i think such an experiment would be irresponsibly, it could lead the german economy into its worst crisis since the end of world war ii. well, then the statements s