the rift between hungary and. widening the camp but about pressure from the establishment warning shots already fired while i talk to hungary's foreign minister. about the challenges that lay ahead. the european consensus is under threat as the migrant crisis threatens to split the e.u. with eastern european members refusing to follow brussels line over newcomers the block is already threatening action against troublemakers so can countries like hungary and poland. resist the pressure from e.u. leaders can the euro establishment actually do anything to really harm to states and will the conflict grow into an irreparable rift in levy and partly a sense really great to have you once again on our program always a pleasure thanks a lot has happened since the last time was the european parliament has given an official warning of some sort to your country over your prime minister's new policies domestic policies do you feel like it's just a little parliamentary schooling or can sanctions come with that. that was a that

and people to make decision about the future of hungary. your foreign minister is also great friends with him or putin they get along very well but that must come with a cost for you for your country. here in st petersburg as the guests or of the international economy forum we understand they are in. it's a continuous complex job as them we understand that there are several meetings between your president and the german chancellor so i don't think that there would be too exceptional in this regard we have a very clear schedules we have one awful meeting between your president and the prime minister every year which is actually normal going trees close to each other we depend on your. supply we have a tight economy cooperation nabil have a tight investment cooperation as well you play an important role in our energy supply not only guys but nuclear power as well so i find it very normal. try to make a pragmatic relationship based on mutual respect where the only difference is that when your prime minister meets president putin he doesn't go

s life from hungary's prime minister condemns in a new report accusing him of undermining democracy as the european parliament debates whether to strip hungary of its a new voting rights viktor all about tells lawmakers the accusations against his popular government are an insult also on the program. how to flee fighting when you've lost your home your parents and their lives d.w. goes to a refugee camp in syria's crawford's to meet a teenager with no end left to rot. and russia stages its biggest war game since the soviet era moscow says the joint military exercises with china a purely defensive but nato uses russia preparing for war. i'm sure gail welcome to the program hungary's prime minister is of the european parliament in strasburg defending his populist government ahead of a vote to impose sanctions against it for it to accuse the european parliament of blackmailing his country brits immigration policies and describe the report detailing breaches of the rule of law as an insult there are also concerns about the independence of hungary's courts and the rise of corruption the par

s will actually vote against hungary do you feel betrayed. well you know. although politics is not a personal profession but i have to tell you that personally we enjoy or we have enjoyed a good friendship as we have always fought together in the council of the european foreign ministers for dissolution of each who found preferrable so that was absolutely and i got the surprise what he made as a statement i called him because we are friends so you just spoke i mean i thought why even if it's on the phone he gave me an explanation. i was not very happy because regardless of any kind of pressure putting on me i would never say such kind of things about friends but we are different personalities and i guess there's no friendship in politics do you think he was pressured into saying i'm taking a decision like that well i think this is a question that should be raised to him so he you in your interview to b.b.c. said that policy on migration can be seen as invitation for people to come to european union and that sparked quite a debate because i mean obviously pe

if you're going to denounce hungary that contributed to the great history of europe with hard work and shed its blood when it was needed. like. authorized debate happened at the e.u. second home in strasburg where we find the dog in europe correspondent max often welcome max so victor all beyond that with much to say in his own defense what did you make of his statement. actually that sound byte fill was well picked because it showed the strategy of the bond trying to deflect from the details of the actual accusations that were made in that report to saying that hungary was being condemned and tact even as a nation so that's what he's trying to do not really react but trying to put this on a national level on a nationalistic level even that's the strategy he's been governing with now for years also even putting this into historic context saying hungry fought for democracy even stood up against the soviets so that gives you a sense of where he was trying to go there of course parliamentarians and also representatives of the e.u. commission pushed back very noticeable here funds to momen

report accusing him of undermining democracy it comes as the european parliament debates stripping hungary of its voting rights system and russia stages its biggest of war games and since the end of the soviet union moscow says the joint military exercises with china are purely defensive but nato accuses russia of preparing for whom. i bring golf it's good to have you with us tonight turkey is calling on the world to wake up to what is about to happen in syria in the u.s. newspaper the wall street journal turkish president richard tell your pair to one rights that the entire world stands to pay the price. of an assault on syria's profits and he adds that the consequences of inaction will be immense our president everyone's warning comes as tens of thousands of people flee it live to escape the syrian and russian forces preparing to take the final rebel stronghold the u.n. says scores of people have been killed and more than thirty thousand displaced in northwest syria over the past week alone many fear the assad government will deploy chemical weapons in all out assault. or many of the peo

hungary. that we don't know personally after i have come here today because you're not going to condemn just the government but a nation as well. you are going to denounce hungary that has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years get us to know it all for you. it is the entire nation being condemned the majority of politicians don't believe so including the hungary and really explained to nobody attacking hungary what is head in the in the european parliament this is the critique of the politics of the current government she unlike poland already facing a new sanctions hungary has so far been spared european green m.e.p. units are containing believes this is political videsh the political party is member of the european peoples party and they have friends in commission council and in parliament. german conservative m.e.p. manfred of a bar is in a difficult position he leads the european peoples party and takes a much softer stance on migration than the har

and the european parliament debates whether hungary is prime minister viktor orban should be punished for allegedly undercutting democracy his country could lose fifty million voting rights. thanks for joining us from marian evans dean. turkey's president trichet type everyone has warned that the entire world stands to pay the price of an assault on syria's it live province writing in the us newspaper the wall street journal he said all members of the international community must understand their responsibilities he also warned that the consequences of inaction are immense tens of thousands of people have fled into libya syria and russian forces prepared to take the rebels final stronghold those staying behind are making improvised gas masks and shelters are going to see years that the assad government could deploy chemical weapons. well many of the people fleeing the offensive in it lead have been heading north towards the border with turkey correspondent daniel hessler visited a refugee camp there where he met a boy who was orphaned when a barrel bomb hit his home in the city of ham

and saying that hungary is a nation that is being insulted by all of this. in thenprecedented european parliament's loss of or taking action in hungary, the is ovover the center-right group, the epp, the group to which his party is a member. the leader of that g group said that he personally is going to be voting against ritual rennes, but t it's not clear whwhether e rest of his group will follow him. with two thirds of parliamentarians present for the vote against hungary, that means the motion is carried, howevevea lot toto point out that the real decision on this would come of the council level, heads of state and government and that's where poland has already said it would veto this actually coming into effect. catherine nicholson reporting from the european parliament in strasbourg. to the united states, where hurricane is inching closer towards the east coast, especially out of the state of south carolina, north carolina, and virginia on thursday. authorities and the general public alike are already preparing for the worst. kohl's dengler has the deta

to the decision we've seen the democrats in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pan academic freedom is she is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted we like you. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but petty revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested. all of them in their. open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungary everything is always about migration it's to full heard gary ns and they swallow it by going through their own fears is true it's not a distortion the government have been changing the law step by step i think because they want to hold on to power. the e.

does hungary have the rights to decide who enters the country. how we does have the right to end to decide who enters the country to a certain extent but all countries have an obligation to share responsibility for refugees in those fleeing war now it's important to remember that ahmed himself wasn't actually a refugee he had come to the aid of keys elderly parents who are trying to flee syria but the more than a government in hungary have been using the case to to prove that their that refugees and terrorism are in some way associated this is the argument that they used to justify their rejection of refugees and asylum seekers the only case that they have to support this argument that they have found its case so is the army really being a victim of the wider politics at play so should people be allowed to bombard police with roxane get away with it attacks against the police can be a criminal offense or lots of countries but they do not constitute a terrorism offense and what i'm in has been prosecuted for is committing an act of terrorism this

official written warning to hungary from its e.u. colleagues saying that in their eyes it needs to book up its ideas they've tried talking to hungary in the past and they haven't as far as they're concerned received adequate answers to serious questions that were posed in parliament on tuesday. sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judiciary individuals into government and rich themselves their family member staff rents from public funding from utopian taxpayers money is this that we cannot close our eyes to the problems in hundred years that we know is the elections this year were held and that's my secret of an irrational. fear that well the reason i went through the complicated methods of where we were heading next is because a lot of where we had next depends on hungary and specifically on a victor or bonn now he was in parliament in strasburg on tuesday heard all of the allegations against him and a

going to be condemned because hungary and people have decided that this country is not going to be a country of migrants with all due respect but very firmly i have to refuse threats the blackmail and defamations by forces supported immigrants and migrants against hungary and hungary and people i must state that whatever you decide hungry will protect its borders stop illegal immigration and defend its rights if needed we will stand up against you to. al-jazeera natasha butler has more from the european parliament in strasbourg. well victor orbán hungary's far right prime minister had come to strasbourg to defend himself and he made a defiant speech he accused the european union the european parliament of trying to blackmail him now this is all in the context of any piece debating on whether or not so sanction hungary over some of its policies seen as breaching e.u. values and principles a draft report has been tabled here in the piece are examining it's and it talks about things like detailing people's freedom of speech eroding the rights of minorities and hungry and if you think b

the state of reader's life from hungary as prime minister condemns in a new reforms accusing him of undermining democracy as the european parliament debates whether to strip hungry of its e.u. voting rights act all bought tells lawmakers the accusations against competition government and insults are also on the program. consciously fighting when you've lost your home your parents on a limb d.w. goes to a refugee camp in syria is it live province to meet a teenager with no way back to go. and russia stages its biggest will game since the soviet era moscow says the joint military exercises with china are purely defensive and nato accuses russia of preparing for war. i'm phil graham welcome to the program under as prime minister is that the european parliament in strasburg defending his populist government ahead of a vote to impose sanctions against it fit to all ban accuse the european parliament of blackmailing his country over its immigration policies described port's detailing breaches of the law as an insult there are also concerns about the independence of hungary's courts on the rise of cor

rights parliament members voted by a large majority to take action against hungary for not following you values on democracy and civil rights it is the first time such measures have been approved and with more from stress. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching e.u. values for the first time they agreed to article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democrat in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pendants academic freedom is she is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted we like you. today's european parliament decision was nothing

vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but at revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary. outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested. all of them in their. open talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungry everything is always about migration it's to feel heard carians and they swallow it . true it's not a distortion the government has been changing the law step by step i think because they want to hold on to power. the e.u. will issue hungry with a full. warning before deciding whether to strip it of its voting rights such a move would damage hungary's international reputation but this supporter says it could actually bolster its leadership in the long term mr all bunkum be a

you are going to denounce hungary has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years get a fifteen year old all for you maybe. it is the entire nation being condemned the majority of politicians don't believe so including the hungary and we will explain that is nobody attacking hungary but he's head in the in the european parliament this is the critique of the politics of the current government she unlike poland already facing a new sanctions hungary has so far been spared european green and containing believes this is political videsh at the victor organs political party its member of the european people's party and they have friends in commission council and in parliament. i mean veda of germany's center right christian socialist is now under pressure to act against or balance hardline position on a muslim migrants in the constitution of hungary if we say it generally that you have to be afraid about muslims and generally take a religion then it with a chop off that she had is we have invented human rights and not christian rights on this front with e

hungary is making a stand against an easy report that claims the country has breached the key values of the block is launched a campaign to counter the claims. parliament the devil and dog lash but if you actually get called hold god but they mean get their. due cause and causation it will. get you closer to last week you make my day or so. your side go to make bizarre charbel the move comes after the e.u. officially accepted the findings of the sergeant in a report which cites a number of alleged violations by hungary they include my going to be used corruption and attacks on press freedoms and the democratic process it means the e.u. may now invoke article seven which can suspend certain rights of member states including voting rights article seven has so far never been implemented the tensions of late have been ramping up. sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judicial individuals into government have envisaged themselves their family members differen

treaty which means hungary it could be stripped of its voting rights viktor orban government says it will challenge a decision that has more from sizable. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching values for the first time they agreed to move towards article seven a procedure that could lead to put a past losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen democrat. since two thousand and ten. press freedom. is not guaranteed. in the academic freedom. is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted who like you for your own parliament today should appear in part of a decision was nothing else but pet revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a press parl

hungary is going to be condemned because hungary and people have decided that this country is not going to be a country of migrants with all due respect but very firmly i have to refuse this threats the blackmailing the defamation by forces supporting immigrants and migrants against hungary and hungary and people i must state that whatever your decision will be hunger we are not. to this blackmailing hunger we'll protect its borders stop illegal migration and we'll defend its rights if needed we were stand up to you to we stand ready for the elections next may where people can decide on the future of europe and restitute democracy two pm politics thank you very much to. write serve it to all of the prime minister of hungary. addressing the european parliament in strasburg listening to that with us is our correspondent natasha butler who is there a very robust defense of the position as you parliamentarians consider taking quite dramatic action against his country. yes you heard that speech from viktor orban he was certainly defiant and he was defending his policies his reforms his leade

president let's be straightforward with each other hungary's going to be condemned because hungary and people have decided that this country is not going to be a country of migrants with all due respect but very firmly i have to refuse threats the blackmail and defamations by forces supported immigrants and migrants against hungary and hungary i must state that whatever you decide hungry. protect its borders stop illegal immigration and defend its rights if needed we will stand up against you. we'll go live to our correspondent in strasburg. trasher viktor orban sounding as defined and resolute. yes it was a very defiant speech by the far right prime minister as you heard there he was talking about not wanting to be blackmailed by the european union he came to strauss will to speak to parliamentarians to try and defend his policies his reforms in his leadership against what one of his ministers has called this week a witch hunt against hungry and what's happening is there's debate at the moment by and what they're looking at is whether or not to sanction hungary over what is seen as a

so in this case, against hungary. and so that is why our sources here believe that the two thirds majority wilill actually happenn tomorrow, and that article seven will be triggered on wednesday. no guarantees, but it seems more likely than not. brent: that was dw's max hofmann reporting from the european parliament in strasbourg, france. brazil's workers party has replaced a candidate to take over from the jailed lula da silva. former sao paulo mayor fernando haddad. he now takes the reins from the ex-president who reportedly made the decision from his prison cell. lula hopes a groundswell of support following his incarceration will carry haddad to success. he remains very popular. reporter: every morning at 9:00 it is the same routine. followers say good morning to da silva. they had been turning up here for the past five months, convinced the former president has been wrongly imprisoned. they say it is all part of a political plan. >> the judiciary and parliament have carried out a coup against brazil. they remove

is less than united it is hungary lawmakers are set to vote today on whether to punish the rightwing government in budapest for undermining e.u. values its two thirds vote yes then hungary could be stripped of its voting rights and i'm president of move but the outcome of the vote depends on the center right european people's party and they are divided. the hungary and prime minister took the initiative he travelled to strasbourg to in his own words defend hungary let me show you that we don't a person have i have come here today because you are not going to condemn just the government but a nation as well. you are going to denounce hungary has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years better for you know it all for you me. it is the entire nation being condemned the majority of politicians don't believe so including the hungary and really explained to nobody attacking hungary what is head in the european parliament this is the critique of the politics of the current government she unlike poland already facing east sanctions hungary has so far bee

one of hungary's best known prisoners is waiting to meet me in this budapest prison . to the government he's a dangerous terrorist others say he's a political prisoner. ackman tells me he does not know why he's here. and never understand what that was how come better song can be totally played this way was on what do you think of when you think of terrorism what does terrorism mean to you to listen who at least minimal make bomb kill people. please he has helped it for other people to lead on this is what for me because he has he has to do something from hate that is what people are hell for who. why. osmond is syrian but has lived for several years in cyprus with a cypriot wife in two thousand and fifteen he set out to help his parents and his brother's family flee to europe they arrived at the hunger in border the day after it was closed they were blocked along with hundreds of other refugees who lack basic necessities protests broke out. tried to translate between the police and the protesters. was i but when communication broke down she joined in throwing rocks. of

president let's be straightforward with each other hungary is going to be condemned because hungary and people have decided that this country is not going to be a country of migrants with all due respect but very firmly i have to refuse threats the blackmail and defamations by forces supporting immigrants and migrants against hungary and hungary and people i must state that whatever you decide hungry will protect its borders stop illegal immigration and defend its rights if needed we will stand up against you. at ash about as following events for us in strasburg how was oban speech received in parliament. well i think. they're today really didn't expect anything different they weren't surprised by viktor orban speech because he stuck to the sort of narrative that we've heard from him ever since he came to power he came to to defend his reforms defend his policies and his leadership style saying as you heard there that he believes the european union is trying to blackmail him lead some sort of witch hunt against hungry now we're actually trying to decide whether or not they are going to

in the room in in the plenary session in strasburg listen to the charges that were leveled against hungary or to defend my country and this is a matter of sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judiciary individuals into government m.v.s. themselves their family members deference from public funding from european taxpayers' money less alexian is this that we cannot close our eyes to the problems in hungary the elections this year were held in an atmosphere of aggression and intimidation and then at. home gary in prime minister was in the room to hear those accusations he was bullish in his response he said it didn't matter what was being said the decisions as far as he saw had already been made he also said that the allegations made against him and his government were an insult to hungary and the hungarian people. ready made up your mind i stand here to defend my country and this is a matter of honor this insults the honor of hungary this uses double standards

and hungary could be stripped of its e.u. voting rights after being accused by every piece of breaching european values with its tough immigration policies. eleven am wednesday morning here. welcome to your world news from the international first more on that development from the past hour president putin says the suspects named by britain over the script poisoning have been identified by russia he was speaking in the past hour or so the eastern economic forum and blood of all stock let's go there now r.t. correspondent is there for saw again take us through what the president said. hi again call well this is absolutely the expected fall from a lot of our poking into last week's groundbreaking statement. from the british authorities on the script case suspects the russian leader says moscow knows. who the men are so waste time and hear what exactly mr putin said. we've seen the pictures we know who they are we found them. hopefully they will turn themselves in and everyone about themselves there's nothing special or criminal.

affairs lost while it comes to hungary we had there or here it was not a european commission here it was the european parliament and inside the parliament we have different factions and there was a majority vote to also introduce such a procedure and this procedure will most probably also be chaired by our colleagues in process and therefore also by the austin government what is your point of view about hungary's prime minister orbán. friendliness or one was elected several times once in the nineteen ninety s. then again eight or ten years ago and. the way he p. is running his country or whatever i am not commenting because i don't quite want to be commented by other colleagues and i've said various instances that these questions are questions i am not interested in answering because if you had asked me that question ten months ago when i was just an analyst just a commentator yes because i have commented it but i'm not interested in commenting i can understand that you are not interested but you can understand that we are interested in actually listening to the foreign minister and

what tonight hungary's prime minister viktor orban is accusing the european union of trying to blackmail his country over its treatment of migrants the european parliament is debating whether or not distinction hungary for what he calls the erosion of the rule of law if two thirds of lawmakers agree they could strip hungary of its voting rights that would be an unprecedented move here in your. the hungry in prime minister took the initiative he traveled to strasbourg to in his own words defend hungary. that we don't know there's a map i have come here today because you're not going to contend just the government but a nation as well. awesome i don't know you are going to denounce hungary that has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years get us to you know it all for you me. it is the entire nation being condemned the majority of politicians don't believe so including the hunger ariens really explained to nobody attacking hungary but he's head in the european parliament this is the critique of the politics of the current government she unlike poland a

there's a lot to respond issue because hungary has always been discussing what each of you are going to take lucian's me dad when we had a legal dispute as it happened for the past eight years a couple of thousand we have sort of come out here we see a very dangerous precedent and that isn't there we have we should earn over a hundred pages refutation of the charge of the sergeant in record giving those legal debates to the commission preachment procedures which we have closed. apparently this possible on behalf of the european parliament. it is in face of a legal battle know what kind of precedent that is actually for that work if you look at it you should not use them this is a valid question here and they're going to lead to a very interesting perception of democracy softball and so-called civil society n.g.o.s believe that they know it better than the majority of hungary and water has given us a mandate that with a majority the first time in three consecutive elections in. the us actor james woods who starred in her films such as casino and also white house stand has been knocked

in the first place was an insult to hungary in history and the hungarian people. you have already made up your mind i stand year to defend my country and this is a matter of honor this insults the honor of hungary this uses double standards and violates the treaties it says in our points you want to make a moral decision based on numbers the nation be damned. well reaction to the vote has been coming in from the air the. group in the european parliament they said they were glad to see that this had been passed the greens also saying that they were glad that it had gone through those on the side with mr orbán well you could always rely on nigel fairish the leader of the european freedom and direct democracy groupies long been a supporter of mr obama he said that this vote showed the off the authoritarian grip of the european union was getting tighter but ultimately what this means is hungry officially joins poland on the naughty list of the e.u. nations expect to be talking about them for a little while yet you know you're of course one of the liberal scholars the

already been displaced by the war to a refugee camp in syria's last rebel stronghold also coming up hungary's viktor orban rejects a european union report accusing him of undermining democracy as the european parliament debates stripping his country of its voting rights and hurricane florence on a collision course with the east coast of the united states presidents from virginia to south carolina are moving inland bracing for the wrath of a category four storm. and the state of the world economy ten years after the collapse of lehman brothers every learned our lesson analysts say corporate debt has doubled and the wrists are growing as the era of cheap money drawls to a close. it's good to have you with us tonight the turkey is calling on the world to wake up to what is about to happen in syria in the u.s. newspaper the wall street journal turkish. president richard tell you a better one today writes that the entire world stands to pay the price of an assault on syria is it live province and he adds that the consequences of inaction will be immense present to one's morning comes as tens of th

is in news live from berlin paying a price for populism hungary's prime minister viktor orban faces the european parliament as lawmakers debate whether to punish hungry for allegedly undercutting democracy a country could lose its new voting rights also coming up. how to flee finding when you've lost your home your parents and a limb we meet a teenager in a refugee camp in syria is a live province with nowhere left to run. russia stages its biggest war games since the soviet era moscow says joint military exercises with china are purely defensive but nato accuses russia of preparing for war. and ten years after the collapse of lehman brothers corporate debt has almost doubled that's a right as long as we have low interest rates but is one of central banks to change their monetary policy. plus the both president trump called a joke and a con bob woodward's tell all tones here hits bookstores in the latest down to the white house's credibility is set to be a hit was literally third graders but they want to come supporters make of the book . thanks for joining us i'm marion evans dean. hun

the european parliament has been debating whether hungary should be stripped of its right to vote on a new a for supporters of the proposal claimed the hungary and government's policies breach the values of the union taking us through all the ups peter all of our europe correspondent. the european parliament came together in strasburg on tuesday for a plenary session on what to do about hungary and whether article seventy measures will be put in place on budapest what article seven essentially means is it's the ultimate political naughty step in the european union it strips all could strip and suspend the voting rights of hungry in the e.u. institutions essentially taking away their voice in the in the the european family there were lots of allegations made against vick to open his government and the nation of hungary listen to a few of them now sadly the commission shares the concerns expressed in the report in particular as regards fundamental rights corruption the treatment of roma and the independence of the judiciary individuals in. governments have envisaged themselves their fa

explained to nobody attacking hungary what peace. in the european parliament this is the critique of the politics of the cut and go home and she unlike poland already facing a new sanctions hungary has so far been spared european green m.e.p. youth it's not containing believes this is political videsh at the political party its member of the european people's party and they have friends in commission council and in parliament. german conservative any kind of a bar is in a difficult position he leads the european peoples party and takes a much softer stance on migration than the hardline. if you say generally that you have to be afraid of muslims and generally take a religion then you do the chop off that she had it's we have invented human rights and not christian rights. with even his own political allies wavering hungary's premier of victoria or bonn is facing a tense wait for the vote in the european parliament. last night we spoke of correspondent max hall in strasbourg and i asked him which way the vote is likely to go today. it

and hungary people i must state that whatever you decide hungary will protect its borders stop illegal immigration and defend its rights and all the headlines brazil's workers' party as agree to court orders to replace former president lula to silver's its candidate for the october elections lula is currently serving a twelve year sentence for corruption will instead be replaced with former mayor for nanda who died at least thirty two people have been killed in a suicide attack in eastern afghanistan it happened during a large protest against the local police in the province of nanga ha more than one hundred twenty people were injured the taliban has denied any involvement zimbabwe has declared a cholera emergency in the capital harare the health minister has been speaking out saying that at least twenty people have died and two thousand others are infected the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea reopened crossing points on the border for the first time in twenty years if the o.p.'s prime minister ahmed in eritrea as president has s.f. work he attended ceremonies in the eastern and western

also this hour hungary is censured by fellow e.u. members for breaching the blocks values of a migrant look at other nations being. hello and welcome to your hourly updates from r.t. international before we get on to stories are new in this alex could see on the bottom of the screen the two suspects name to buy the u.k. in the poisoning of the russian double agent his daughter back in march have spoken to artie's editor in chief alexander patrol. identified by britain earlier this month its claim that both work for the g.r.u. russian intelligence service president if you're watching yesterday you might remember he said the civilians and that there was nothing criminal about them. and we'll be showing you that interview here on r.t. in the coming hours. donald trump signed off moves to tackle foreign interference in u.s. elections which he describes as a national emergency the president issued an executive order which refers to any attempt by individuals or countries to influence or alter vote results now the reason he's so concerned

the sanctions against hungary for breaching values. political a new peace agreement two years after the previous deal fell apart and while the stock markets aren't impressed with apple's launch. millions of people in the eastern united states are making last minute preparations for what's expected to be the worst storm and thirty years hurricane florence is now about six hundred kilometers off the u.s. east coast it's already carrying winds of nearly two hundred kilometers an hour the national hurricane center things that could make landfall as soon as friday the states of north and south carolina and virginia and its path more than ten million people have been warned that they are in danger nearly two million have been ordered to evacuate with the national weather service saying florence will likely be the storm lifetime for portions of the carolina coast. we are here to receive people in our emergency shelters an evacuation center but we also want people to heed these warnings and prepare themselves and their families whether that's

treaty which means hungary it could be stripped of its voting rights viktor orban government says it will challenge a decision that has more from sizable. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching values for the first time they agreed to more article seven a procedure that could lead to put a past losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democrat in hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. press freedom is not guaranteed the judiciary has lost in the pendants academic freedom issue is falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years victor plan has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and import a past his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but petty revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside pu