for answers, i went to the leader of the opposition party, peter marki-zay.lepper. - being good, doing good and trevor didn't come. so that's my disappointment. - is a traditional hungarian greeting, you nag the person as soon as you meet them? -probably. - when we met, peter marki-zay was challenging orban for the primeministership, which was not an easy task. - state media is 100% controlled by orban to the extent that the entire opposition only gets 5 minutes live airtime on state media in four years. then i got the 5 minutes as the prime minister candidate of the entire opposition wednesday morning, 8 a.m.. - that's prime time? that's dry time? - absolutely, so you cannot complain, right? - you got morning show time. gayle king makes the best use of that a time. - a few minutes before, a few minutes after, orban was speaking, you know, and he was lying about us. and i get 5 minutes in 4 years. - you got to know how to use that time efficiently. if you had to boil your ideas down to one sexy sound bite, what would that be? - state media, they own all regio

mÁrki-zay is criticizing the pro-russia position orbÁn took for years.tate-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 about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire, and that they did it on purpose. reporter: then, viktor orbÁn made his appearanc

mÁrki-zay is criticizing the pro-russia position orbÁn took for years.tate-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 about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire, and that they did it on purpose. reporter: then, viktor orbÁn made his appearanc

mÁrki-zay is criticizing the pro-russia position orbÁn took for years.rted 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 about the fact that it was actually america that ignited this fire, and that they did it on purpose. reporter: then, viktor orbÁn made

and where does he only take these zai. alice is not needed. we need to get out to the city more often. what did i tell you ? thanks for a wonderful evening. evening, actually not finished yet. i have such plans . such plans. antoshka is probably already asleep. so we can very well guess what. gentom smoke, or what? happening people were in the house a child, calm down, wait, we need to deal with our own. let me in. call the doctor. you will learn. this is antoshkin. i myself bought it for christina. also in the house were found the remains of a female body, only fragments. they are not subject to identification, and the fire was reported too late, the causes of the fire are being established. no, my child could not have died. it's some kind of mistake, you know, he didn't could. just don't. so quiet why did you leave him alone. and i asked you to look after him. why did they move to this wilderness at all, they couldn’t tell in time, if they didn’t arrive on time, they saved him, he lived. it's your fault. it's you to blame. you are looking fo

the alliance, the 49—year—old leader of, there would—be prime minister who is taking on, peter marki—zayassumes, they won cannot be certain, i'm afraid i don't speak hungarian, one assumes, not least by his facial expression and the lack of response from the crowd, that that was probably something close to a concession speech, or at least, an acknowledgement that the alliance of parties in hungary has not done as well, anything like as well, as they needed to or as they hoped. the british government says — unlike some european countries — it won't consider energy rationing. energy bills have increased significantly for households in england, scotland and wales, partly due to the war in ukraine. and also the effects of an energy price cap which was revised again on friday. a new energy strategy is due to be released this week — as the bbc�*s politcal correspondent iain watson reports. with fuel costs soaring, some people are already rationing their own energy use. david blythen is on universal credit and, at his flat near sheffield, he has stopped using gas. he now relies on relatively ch

. — candidate for prime minister, peter marki—zay, an independent conservative, and interestingly hesing some _ has been challenging mr orban using some of— has been challenging mr orban using some of his own rhetoric. in his last speech _ some of his own rhetoric. in his last speech in his rally to the opposition yesterday, saturday, in budapest, — opposition yesterday, saturday, in budapest, he said it was a matter of hungarians — budapest, he said it was a matter of hungarians regaining their national pride _ hungarians regaining their national pride to— hungarians regaining their national pride to get rid of the shame which viktor— pride to get rid of the shame which viktor orban has brought on hungary. of course _ viktor orban has brought on hungary. of course viktor orban himself saying — of course viktor orban himself saying the opposition itself has no experience, no legitimacy, no authority— experience, no legitimacy, no authority to rule this country. he is following that hungarians should choose _ is following that hungarians should choose what they know best, the experien

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zai well, this is your business, don’t pull, says america is your dirty business, but i’m now turning you don’t need to drag america into your dirty business. you yourself started this war against russia against russian people. here, goodbye, please leave likes, we are at peace. uh, l a lot of americans are starting to accept. i have already openly said this to my ukrainian friends. i already open it. they say it's not our conflict. but john, nevertheless, and nevertheless the situation in america remains such that, most likely, congress will allocate this money. how do you think? yes, no, most likely will, because once again, as you know, this is a war with the big business class of our elite and they will earn a lot of money again, please, this is money, but the buyer is no longer yes, this is a storm, because this is a business this is a business. yes, this is afghanistan. how did it end? how do you know recently? well, as long as you like, you should have come up with a new adventure. well, that's interesting, this is a war. this concept in ukraine became hot again and recently af

partial results show the opposition — which has united behind a single leader, peter marki—zay, in ans just over 30% of the vote. in sri lanka the entire cabinet, other than the president and the prime minister, has resigned. the announcement was made following a late—night meeting, as protests continue against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis. several protests against the government's handling of the crisis have been held in defiance of a curfew imposed on saturday. at least six people have died in an early—morning shooting in sacramento, california, the city's police department has confirmed. police said several blocks of a commercial stretch of the downtown area were closed while they investigate. in the last few minutes, police said they are seeking multiple shooters involved in the attack. investigators are working to identify those responsible for this horrific act. we know that a large fight took place just prior to the shootings and we have confirmed that there are multiple shooters. investigators are currently interviewing numerous witnesses. several hund

a coalition of six opposition parties led by peter marki—zay failed to unseat him, getting 35%. 0ur europe. this is why the world watched hungary's vote. viktor 0rban, famed for his autocratic style of government and his very close ties to vladimir putin. this political opposition poster tells voters to choose, a hungarian putin or europe. 0n election day, viktor 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine which shares a border with hungary. this war between two _ border with hungary. this war between two big _ border with hungary. this war between two big countries - border with hungary. this war between two big countries is i between two big countries is right next door to us. it is dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we are running to prevent that. voters here say they _ running to prevent that. voters here say they hate _ running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the - running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the violence in ukraine but many support viktor 0rban and the cheap energy prices he has promised thanks to

opposition, six different parties have got together under an independent conservative leader, peter marki—zayg fidesz in all 106 individual constituencies and the 93 constituency seats decided on a party list. so it is a pretty major challenge, certainly the fiercest, strongest challenge mr orban has faced since he came to power in 2010. first it was the oscars, and now it's time for the grammy awards to take centre stage. the event, which is dubbed �*the biggest night in music', is being held in las vegas three months later than originally planned due to the pandemic. so, who could be the big winners on the night? sophie long reports. genre—busting virtuoso jon batiste enters the evening with 11 nominations, more than any other artist. but it's set to be a big night for olivia rodrigo, who could sweep the big four and bag best newcomer along with best album, song, and record of the year. she would become just the third artist in history, then, to sweep the big four. and to be following that right after billie eilish, i think it says a lot about the big picture of music that it's these young

but there is nothing left for them to zay see. they have been wiped off the face of the earth. what can you tell us about what's left there from what you are seen? >> reporter: well, of course, we haven't been there, what we are seeing getting reports from there. we do know that certain units of the ukrainian army and volunteers continue to hold out against all odds. the russians are using long range bombers to essentially carpet bomb the parts of the city that remain under ukrainian control. but we're talking about more than 40 days of what is nothing can only be described as a mid-evil siege and it's hard to say how much longer ukrainian forces can hold off against the russians. now, it's important to keep in mind that as long as they hold out, the russian forces are really sort of tied down in that area. if they succeed in taking the city, that will free those forces up to perhaps try to push further east-west in the direction of mykolaiv, of course, the key port city of od odesa. jessica. >> all right. ben wedeman for us. thanks so much. >>> as the whole world what its to s

orbÁn's chief rival peter marki-zay criticized the fairness of sunday's election. >> although there isdemocrati hungry, stealing public money forever. we do not acknowledge this at all. amy: meanwhile, in neighboring serbia, incumbent president aleksandar vucic has declared victory. he has vowed to maintain serbia's close economic and military ties to moscow. serbia recently voted at the united nations to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine, but it has refused to impose sanctions on russia. sri lanka is facing a mounting political and economic crisis. on sunday, every member of sri lanka's cabinet, except for the president's brother, offered to resign. this came a day after sri lanka's president declared a 36-hour state of emergency to quell growing street protests over skyrocketing prices and dire shortages of food, fuel, gas, and medicine. over the weekend, thousands took to the streets to protest. >> there is no gas. there's no petrol. there is nothing to eat. there is no medicine. what can we do? if this continues, we will have to jump into the sea. amy: police in sri lanka arrest

amy: i want to go to orbÁn's chief rival, peter marki-zay, campaigning saying hungary's future lies inopean union and in nato. but some voters seemed swayed by orbÁn's claim that this could lead hungary into war. this is a vor. >> obvious the, russia and ukraine had a lot to do with it and to orbÁn said he would definitely not allow the hungarian arms -- families to send their sons to the front lines. amy: professor? close this is classic orban, sadly playing on fears of people because it is a very remote is that hungarians would have to send people to war even if they were allies. but he plays on the fears and it is this ideology of hungary from a protection that we have to be protected from jordan soros. he made his victory speech and he takes the eu's money but they are hostile force. the world is stacked against hungary and only i can protect you. like, hungary first. that voter is expressing these fears that we have to stay out but this attitude that he promotes is a kind of -- it leads to more xenophobia, leads to more paranoia. and that is exactly the kind of attitude that right

a coalition of six opposition parties led by peter marki—zay failed to unseat him, getting 35%.pectrum, i suppose the big challenge they had to overcome was changes to electoral law brought in by mr viktor 0rban. that's right, mr 0rban really in the 2011 constitution already changed hungry�*s electoral system and streamline debt —— hungary's. he also changed some constituencies to favour his own party —— streamlined it. over the years, the opposition have tried different ways to unseat him and their most recent attempt was to form this interesting disparate alliance of six parties. what happened on the day in this parliamentary election, rather than pooling all the votes they got four years ago which would put them on an even par, they lost 800,000 votes. instead of that opposition alliance for their selection hanging together, it meant that many of its former voters, for one reason or another stayed away and that helped mr 0rban when his victory. his own party also actually managed to get more votes than he got four years ago. increasing his own vote and a huge fall away and vo

a coalition of six opposition parties led by peter marki—zay failed to unseat him, getting 35%. 0ur europehis very close ties to vladimir putin, this political opposition poster tells voters to choose — a hungarian putin or europe. 0n election day, mr 0rban again ruled out sending weapons to ukraine, which shares a border with hungary. translation: this war l between two big countries is right next door to us. it's dangerous. we have to stay out of it. the opposition wants to get hungary involved. we're running to prevent that. voters here say they hate the violence in ukraine, but many support viktor 0rban and the cheap energy prices he's promised thanks to agreements with russia. translation: there is a lot of. criticism from abroad, but i stand by the government. they have the right attitude towards the war in ukraine. we hungarians help refugees, but i agree we shouldn't allow weapons transfers. ahead of the election, hungary's opposition leader told us viktor 0rban was damaging his country at home and abroad. it's not too difficult| to find a connection between 0rban and putin. they a