also coming up results from elections in the czech republic show the next prime minister could be a populist billionaire dubbed the check of donald trump a far right party received more than ten percent of the vote. and can german rap make it in america. do cause being any good and then going in there but overall the bavarian band i'm told by six as they take their foreign language flow to the home of hip hop. i met her welcome to the program this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum now withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences today prime minister marianna rahowa made good on that warning woodridge says it plans to sack catalan leaders that has not gone down well in barcelona where the masses have taken to the streets in protest. of a soul is among the throngs in barcelona she sent us this report. what's remarkable here is that the mood is quite peaceful there is no violent feeling at all people are shaking their fists when the helicopters off the hated state police fly overhead bods apart from that they're chanting freedom freedom and when the government marched

a better is for man he's the second richest person in the czech republic an oligarch who decided a few years ago to go into politics he succeeded movement and now finished second in two thousand and thirteen and ever since been trying to actually improve his political standing sense he's now of course to take all were the czech republic as its prime minister but just same time i would while he certainly expresses the us similar to donald trump he is also quite similar to simply open his county because he is not just a businessman a billionaire but also. half of the czech media scene he wants to daily center radio station and and his set influence in the media is something that makes him quite similar to show you the risk own the bullets that indicating that if bob is does indeed win the election he will leave the coalition partners so how easy is it going to be for him to form a government. it may be quite difficult because publishers right now criminally prosecuted for possible on misuse of european funds and that makes a much hardly acceptable for most democratic parties they say the

results in the czech republic's parliamentary election show a clear victory for populist billionaire andre. and his movement is to secure almost thirty percent of the vote says his party is ready to negotiate with all parties to form a government has pledged to stamp out corruption boost investment and he felt my grounds the election results show a shift to the right before the top five finishes challenging the traditional mainstream. joining me now is usually the director of new york university's academic center in bragg thank you for joining us so we've seen a lot of anti-establishment rhetoric in the election campaign ending a reputation for this guy as the czech trum who exactly is this man. well mr bush is an oligarch he is sort of the second richest person in the czech republic and in many ways it is similar to ghana of trumpet because he also came from the outside to politics promising to our create in the czech political. system but at the same time i would argue that it is also similar to silvio berlusconi because unlike donald trump mr bashir old saw some important media ou

republic is poised to elect a populist prime minister to look at the man they've dubbed the czech donald trump and ask why the country is so critical of the european union. and in the bundesliga will look back at shall go climbing in the standings with a win over mayans and forward to dortmund ski matchup with frankfurt in just a couple of hours. welcome to the program i marry in evanston it's good to have you with us. the crisis over catalonia is independence but it is at another crucial juncture today prime minister mariano rajoy is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way for establishing central control in the region now this comes after a catalan leader carlist paused a moment refused to abandon his thread to declare a breakaway state. a brief run on catamaran banks a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some financial institutions a so worried they've moved their headquarters out of catalonia. spanish king felipe and again he towns of the region and offend the unity of the country explain what you got that. spain needs to face up to an unacceptable succession

sentiment in the czech republic at the moment. well it just sort of if he's not as deep as if he looks from from the outside i would say that twenty five percent of the chicks are very strongly in favor of. human bush it could twenty five are a twenty five percent are against and then we have dislodge a group of people about fifty percent of the population who really don't know how they do not get enough information we don't have any significant discussion about european issue because in the czech republic and i think those people are mainly confused and it very much depends on their views their much depend on who is actually setting the tone of public discussion if you have people like you said about be sure to the current president of the czech republic mr zimmerman who express entire utopian views then the majority of these sort of undecided voters people. will probably be in a direction of not liking the too much but it would change very quickly we will have a presidential election in january and if mr zuma is surprised by som

the second and last day of voting is underway in the czech republic's parliamentary election voters look set to hand power to a populist billionaire andre bobbish and his on a movement the front runner has pledged to stamp out corruption boost investment and keep out migrants despite a lead in the polls it still looks unlikely that ana will secure an outright majority in parliament well joining me now is you repay he's the director of new york university's academic center in prague thank you so much for joining us now under a bomb it is often called the czech donald trump is this a fair comparison just how much do they have in common. well they have something some common because they are what billionaire stable came into politics from the outside which promises to do crean the politics before the the situation they are with and i. would have meant by negation agenda and certainly mr publisher would also like if he quits a two to isolate the czech republic slightly more and this now from from the outside world but i would say that mr publishes at the same time more similar to. syria has c

although the czech republic. improved on this front. he now in king is. still able to to to to deliver the message that he's the right man for fighting corruption so i think that was the main reason. pay a political scientist and the director of new york university's academic center in prague thank you so much you're watching news coming to you live from berlin we'll be back again with an update at the top of the hour from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. thank you. jim.

republic show the next prime minister could be a populist billionaire dubbed the czech donald trump a far right party received more than ten percent of the vote as well. and can german rap make it in the america dude as being in their. overall bieber varian band i spoke with zach's as they take their foreign language flow to the home of help. i met harman thanks for joining us. this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your kid declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister made good on that warning but red says it plans to sack catalan leaders has not gone down well in barcelona where large crowds have been rallying to protest the central government's move. through these catalogs madrid's response is get another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday their dream of catalan independence goes on despite the central government's dramatic step. he was hoping it didn't have to come to this in triggering article one fifty five of spain's constitution prime minister mariano rajoy has turned

sentiment in the czech republic how deep is that sentiment in the czech republic. well the depth of that sentiment in the czech republic good grounds on a lot of things quite a lot on. setting the tone of public discussion here we have you both twenty five percent of the people who are very strongly prob european will twenty five percent who are against the european union and about fifty percent of the population. that is sort of somewhere in between. though he was all those people are very shallow and it really depends on who is setting the tone of the public discussion unfortunately we have had two presidents in a row who are not really actressy pro european views so right now the chika public is slightly the majority flatly on the sort of and direct b.n. you know skeptical side but that could easily change re will also have presidential elections in january and and since the president is so the main figure in this country who is really all those highly respected it could really change the tone of the public discussion so at this point i would not portray the cze

telling us the czech republic which starts today as the voting today in elections which are expected to bring a populist billionaire to power under bush has pushed a strong anticorruption message during his campaign he is also firmly against the czech republic accepting a refugee quotas from the e.u. and is ruled out joining the single european currency surveys indicate bobbish and are no the his on a movement will be the largest party in parliament but he is a likely to need coalition partners if he wants to lead the next government. and joining me now from prague is again he's the director of new york university's academic center there he is you bob which is being described as a check version of donald trump is that a fair comparison give us an idea about who is bobbish. well publish is. a better is for man he's the second richest person in the czech republic an oligarch who decided a few years ago to go into politics he succeeded movement and now finished second in two thousand and thirteen and ever since been trying to actually improve his political standing sense he's now of cou

and you and also anti immigrant position is widespread in the czech republic but s.p.d. he told me you will come what is believed to be seen as oh big body as well and coming but your question yes the fear the this hard line position becomes of the mainstream is quite huge. now are we seeing a new bloc forming perhaps the czechs joining countries like hungary and poland as being a sort of n.t.e.u. anti immigrant bloc within the bloc. i don't expect but the political movement and. republish oculus the street. is also pretty but a politician he wouldn't tried to initiate referendum on leaving from the e.u. freedom and of people and also. in poland he realizes also close economic ties to germany and he will continue the current policy where germany for example the european union as well about the czech republic remains under his roof and i would say that. you're skeptical country but it's not the kind of polish i'm going to style right probably like thanks very much for your insights check radio correspondent here in berlin. soccer news now the early games on saturday are i

republic but the populist right they've dubbed the czech donald trump looks set to become prime minister. and in the bundesliga will look back at shall because live in the standings with a win over mights on friday night and a look ahead to dortmund's key match up with frankfurt which begins as a few minutes time. i met him and welcome we will start in spain the government in madrid is moving to replace the regional leaders of catalonia and intends to hold knew it. lections as soon as possible a minister mariano rajoy said he was triggering article one fifty five of the constitution to bring a rebellious region back under central control and he's asking the spanish senate to approve his plans to dismiss the catalog government which it is expected to do next week the catalan parliament has said it will declare independence of its powers are reduced demonstrations are planned in the regional capital are solona starting in the next few hours. well spent hours this morning with his cabinet to map out plans to bring catalonia back into line let's listen to some of what he had to say. we have

while the czech republic is currently electing its new government we know what the opinion polls say after the show break. one else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to stamp out disdain attitude and in games from it because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. but will these gamey anymore you say inches are breaking but without the damaging both sides it's it's the reality that damaging our way call it the image of the russian economy and the russian financial system and i know a lot of people who are looking for a creative ways to get better results. welcome back human rights activists and n.g.o.s are urging the greek or storage is to improve conditions at their refugee camps as winter approaches there's growing concern that ill prepared asylum seekers may be left on aided to face freezing temperatures well last week a five year old girl died from the cold and a lack of medical support at the morea refugee camp on the island of last boss just hours before her death her parents were reportedly denied extra bl

on to other news now and counting is underway in the czech republic where this weekend's general election will decide its next leader votes counted the most there is the anti establishment movement has almost a third of the ballots that it says in excess of expectation the head of the party a euro skeptic billionaire previously been the finance minister and the deputy pm had been gaining popularity prior to the vote. the group system we've heard for so long is what i call. the movement. there is no place for migrants in europe. i don't want to be in the eurozone country to be a. greek. let's face it they're not in their formal economy governance. is so weak. some of our political approach is just the real world. across europe in union euro skeptic parties have recently been gaining support in france marie le pen leader of the national front was the main rival to elected president emmanuel macron in germany the f.t. not only entered parliament for the very first time but also became the third largest party in the bundestag or the freedom party in austria also came third in elections there

embassy in the czech republic and we do know that the author has been doing some work with the atlantic council which of course is known for certain anti russia hype so really no surprises there we'll have to wait and see what kind of reactions we see from all of those thousands of people who have been coming onto our channel to express their views. now here are some of the names you might be surprised to see on that useful idiots list senator john mccain a vocal critic of russia's groups among politicians who have appeared on r.t. from director rob reiner he makes an appearance he's actually now part of an organization calling itself the committee to investigate russia are the politicians on the list include former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as the current president donald trump even former first lady michelle obama she gets a mention now the report clearly states that all of these people appeared on a show called they called it politicking with larry david and that would be pretty pretty good the problem is that the famous american comedian has never had to show suc

may be in the czech republic mr buckbee and his move on or belongs to the. two d. group of party is that we are against because das within the e.u. or or who. does or which so called the very strong send european position. now human rights activists and n.g.o.s are urging the greek or sar it is to improve conditions at their refugee camps as winter approaches there's growing concern asylum seekers are not equipped to cope with freezing temperatures well last week a five year old girl died from the cold and a lack of medical support at the morea refugee camp on the island of lesbos just hours before her death her parents were reportedly refused extra blankets well like other refugee camps in greece morea is notorious for its conditions wells and fifteen hundred people including children and pregnant women are living there many without any source of heating. well in winter temperatures can drop below zero and as a result dozens of refugees have died in the last few years the e.u. used pledge to give more than a billion euros to greece by twenty twenty to help it cope

embassy in the czech republic and we do know that the author has been doing some work with the atlantic council which of course is known for certain anti russia hype so really no surprises there we'll have to wait and see what kind of reactions we see from all of those thousands of people who have been coming onto our channel to express their views. we are the host of arties going underground show what he thought about his guest being called useful idiots amazing that reports like this are actually presumably being read by politicians and hopefully your guests will continue to appear but as regards guests the guests that they mentioned in the delineate in this report i mean does she really think and the politicians here and in the united states of lonely are going to think that a young is very and the former first minister scott alexander the former mayor of london that they're just idiots they useful idiots of course and lot and this is incredibly insulting i mean there is no logical consistency here and it is at the moment we're joking about it a little but of course there is a seriou

welcome back accountings underway in the czech republic where a general election won't assignats the country's next prime minister ahead of the vote opinion polls show that the anti establishment i am no movement could become the longest party in the parliament slow a train by its head a euro skeptic billionaire and the country's former finance and deputy prime minister had been gaining popularity. the group system we've had for so long is what i call a system so yes we are in and this is the movement. there is no place for migrants in europe. i don't want to be in the eurozone i don't want the country to be a. greek banks. let's face it they're not impaired by the e.u. they're forming this economy governance and the euro zone is so weak. that some of our political approach is just the real world. well across the new year a skeptic parties have been gaining support in france marine le pen the leader of the national front party was the main rival to elected president emmanuel mccraw when in germany the a.f. dean and i and to parliament for the first time but it became the third larges

and if you go right you're in germany if you go left here in the czech republic. that's where we are now. but our passports won't be checked obvious kind of process going. on the czech side is a region called me in switzerland. there are also steep cliffs. the ravine of the community is situated in the heart of the national park. a special form has grown on the rock faces. i take a few moments to relax and enjoy the ride before we get back to the dock. at the very end i stop for a bite to eat at the bun boden and i have a final view over the mountains. the head chef serves. with local ingredients. and he also takes me over a hill top on the back on. the bridge right behind the restaurant looks quite familiar to me it's called little bus type. office it is. a famous table mountain. the landscape. is pretty impressive even though not everywhere is as peaceful as it used to be back in the romantic era i cannot paint but i can take some pictures. just second stop on our check in special edition is one hundred ninety kilometers further along the elba river and the call

euro skeptic party wins in the czech republic's parliamentary elections with its a billionaire leader of whom many compared to donald trump said to become prime minister. and human rights organizations warn it deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter after cold weather and a lack of medical help kills a five year old girl. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international and john thomas glad to have you with us now the crisis in catalonia has taken another dramatic turn after the spanish government said on saturday it would impose direct rule on the region that triggered a wave of protests with almost half a million people turning out onto the streets of barcelona local officials have branded madrid's decision as an attack on freedom and a coup as a part of the initiative the catalan leadership will be removed from office but you have to know that this measure we going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months the mind tension is to hold it as soon

julia: what do we know more deeply about babich in the czech republic? you have called him trumpian in terms of his background. businessman. what does he bring to the table and what are the risks that he gets lumped in with the polish leader? john: that is a very perceptive question because there is that risk. babich is trumpian in that his main thing is to say that he does not want more arabic immigrants coming in he would rather send them back. and he goes on about his ability to apply methods that worked in government.es to i tend to see him as less off then somebody who is an out and out right winger than somebody who rightly or wrongly thinks that he can apply business skills to these things. he tends to fume about erstwhile coalition members during cabinet meetings. he wants to get a move on. he is a subtler figure, certainly than what is going on in poland. in poland, it is a more reactionary thing where people are complaining about democratic rights being trampled on. but he is very firmly imposed to deeper integration inside the european union.

republic joining the euro zone but he does now say he wants to take an active role in shaping e.u. policy. security forces in cameroon stopped a solidarity march in support of english speaking regions on saturday police ended the demonstration in the port city of the wallow which was planned by the main political opposition group cameron is mainly french speaking but english speakers in the northwest of the southwest regions want more autonomy aid agencies say security forces have killed dozens of demonstrators in the past few weeks. the head of the world health organization is rethinking his appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador u.k. and the u.s. criticized the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged rights abuses in zimbabwe the w h o's chief said mugabe deserved the ana because of his public health policies. now it's estimated by the twenty fifty about seventy percent of old people on the planet will live in cities so urban landscapes will need to be designed to support future generations brunell's l

carol: how popular are these political candidates in poland and the czech republic? john: one thing about populists is that they do tend to be popular. if you go to budapest at the moment, you will discover that the opposition has got fairly large posters trying to make the leader look like a string of gangsters with the inference that he is surrounded by businesspeople and corruption. pretty much everybody expects him to win the election next year. go to the czech republic and babich has had arguments with other members of the coalition government that they used to be a part of. everyone express of this man, who is a billionaire, the second richest man in the czech republic, to go through. meanwhile, in poland, there is a regime led by a man who is not not actually either president or prime minister but pulls the strings. once again, the ruling party is very popular, no matter what he says about europe, to a large extent because of what he says about europe. julia: what do we know about the -- more deeply about babich in the czech republic? you have called him trump

in the czech republic, because of falling trees and branches, hundreds of thousands of households have lost electricity. .> it could have been worse the treaty is falling in this direction and did not fall on the house, so it caused less damage. poland was also hit hard. the worst of the storm appears to be over, but with many train services disrupted, stranded travelers are still feeling the impact. ss, bbc news,ne berlin. now, the u.s. is one of the most advanced economies in the world, but it still has historically high numbers of people who can't read or write. illiteracy levels are more than 8%, 16 million people, even though many have gone through school. aleem maqbool reports from kentucky. >> do you see an r? aleem: michael johnson says not being able to read left him an outcast for much of his life, and has affected his ability to do the simplest tasks at work. >> my employer told me to go locate this box that had a certain writing on it. i would not know how to locate that box, because i would not how to correlate the writing to the the box. i know there was letters on the bo

republic suggest the next prime minister will be a populist billionaire dubbed the czech donald trump a far right party is in second place. and we'll tell you about a young man overcoming a disability and living his dream. he's a professional video gamer and he is blind we'll tell you how he manages not only to compete but to with. all. i met her welcome this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on that warning roy said that he was triggering article one fifty five of the constitution to bring a rebellious region back under central control that would mean an end to catalonia as wide ranging autonomy instead of handing control to ministries in madrid for it here is exactly what the prime minister is aiming to do now is asking the senate to approve the dissolution of the catalog government it's expected to do so next week the plan also sees new elections as soon as possible and the third point catalogue later karla's pushed him out and his team will be barred from runni

well the czech republic has been known as in the wage country bit salaries that all on the rise sixty insect is like industry almost half of the population work in the sector and wages are expected to rise thirteen percent this year alone. mouthpieces for breathing equipment are assembled here at the check branch of a german medical manufacturing company the branch employs seven hundred people salaries here are low compared to germany but business is good the branch could employ hundreds of new employees if there were any takers the employment market in the region of pilsen has run dry. the manager is looking at new ways to keep the operation thriving machines. out a much easier don't insult imation is the thing a top plant right now and it will be even more prevalent in the future. while it's getting more and more difficult to find new stuff and we know the situation won't improve in the next two to three years to write. while in one hall everything still done by hand others are already kitted out with ultra modern technology. a mouthpiece that takes ten skilled workers to put togeth

results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish says he's on opata he wants to take an active role in shaping policy as. i can jump on rap and make it in america. as being in the. in the. first bono the bavarian grand island talk as they take their foreign language flow to the home office if. i'm well come to the program. this week spain gave catalonia an ultimatum withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences well today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president colace put on said he would call on his parliament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid actions large crowds rallied in barcelona to support independence madrid's response is yet another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday among them was karla's put him on the catalan leader his supporters later gathered again outside the regional parliament to protest madrid's

and the czech republic is said to be governed by its own donald trump after euro skeptic media mogul billionaire wins the country's parliamentary elections. thank you for watching the headlines he went on to international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate. we start in spain where there have been more protests across the country east following madrid's decision to impose direct rule in catalonia the weight of the region's independence vote while the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament would be dissolved it will now be stripped of its capacity to elect a president artie's within a question of a report from barcelona. walk alone or staying together in the catalan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be confluence but part of spain. was pro independence leaders sounded better in the beginning than the tone change. the people of won the right to become an independent state. we propose that parliament suspends the proclamation of a dependence w

and the czech republic is set to be governed by a. euro skeptic media mogul and. the country's parliamentary election. very well welcome to you from all of us here at international in moscow we have your latest headlines. madrid decision to impose direct rule on catalonia in the wake of the region's independence vote simply lead to more protests all across spain the senate is expected to approve the sucking of the region's leadership on friday and while the parliament will not be dissolved it will now be stripped of its capacity to elect a president reporting from. walk alone or together in the kaplan people had a chance to respond we some of those fully supporting independence and want to be. but part of spain. i probably independence leaders sounded in the beginning. the people of won the right to become an independent state which. we propose that parliament suspends the proclamation of a dependants. we practically deciding the future of a nation is not a crime so here is what we have the region is stuck in limbo while the cattle a government has been and for we

results from elections in the czech republic show the country's next prime minister could be a populist billionaire andre bobbish says he's on no party wants to take an active role in shaping the e.u. policies. and we'll tell you about a young man overcoming disability and living his dream. the professional video game and his blind we'll tell you how he manages to not only compete but when. i'm human and welcome to the program this week spain gave cuts alone an ultimatum. withdraw your declaration of independence or face the consequences today prime minister mariano rajoy made good on his warning madrid says it plans to sack catalan leaders in a televised address catalan president said he would call on his fundament to hold a session to discuss a response to madrid's actions now crowds gathered in buffalo not to support independence. for these catalans madrid's response is yet another insult hundreds of thousands of separatist demonstrators took to barcelona streets on saturday among them was car let's put them all the catalan leader his supporters later gathered again outside the regio