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all right joining us from budapest now is g.w. correspondent funny fish are welcome fani first of all just update us what's the situation on the ground like this evening we understand thousands have marched to budapest once again. exactly and the protesters are getting louder the angry and the very determined to continue these protests to just march up to the palace of the honduran president to sign this controversial law that's going to take i'm going to join your first which is about the overtime act and the people of course of the college simply don't want this law because they feel what the government says is a largely say that this is not the whole country over time but that they will be forced to work more overtime as fast as it is the lack of workers lack of silver christian hungry almost a million over the past couple of years have lost their progress especially to countries in western europe looking for better jobs and the people here are the devil has a brick wall and not tell you to cordingley as for now the demonstrati

was thousands gather outside hungary's state broadcaster in budapest. they're here because of this. was. opposition m.p.'s being thrown out of hungary state broadcaster building. they wanted to read a list of demands on national television demands linked to a week of escalating street demonstrations. was night after night protestors have returned to the streets there were around ten thousand over the weekend. that was. you know much of it's a very good t.v. channel for fairytales they don't broadcast the kind of stories that i would show my children in the future unions and opposition groups organize demonstrations against a new labor law recently approved by prime minister viktor or bans large parliamentary majority the law by critics as the slave law allows employers to our staff to do four hundred hours of overtime per year and delay payment for it by up to three months. demonstrators are unhappy with the direction hungary is going and. we don't want to go back to the communist times. what we are experiencing now in hungary wasn't seen during communism. it's level of oppression a

she had liftin easier for the hunger in capital budapest they did before the assassination. how moved i was later arrested by tunisian police. commander the motor i mean and they looked at any any chemical. from a firm clever because. after . a very early. of. their home and. i spoke to the worry family's lawyer. a minute of t.m. hundreds really. did jani and they allowed the name call and call being was at a very somber almost does what the young must rockne a short. listen know it in mid august to twenty fifteen a man calling himself christmas contacted suffolk a silver city where is where he was doing research. he claimed to be the director of a company that was interested in a partnership with the university in the field or for drawing development. harmony as well. if either of the fourth or fourth ally that the. head of the halakhah shade and angel koch. is mrs smith. who are here moodily and with us. you know about her about mind they had to live for differently with their mind at the moment but our. mother. were million of my most money what about a morph bed is the a

or more now we're joined by correspondent stuff was he is in budapest stuff and in that report just there we saw an opposition m.p. being ejected from hungary state television building what's the situation there right now. well we do know dotson not far from here actually to legislate years were dropped out of the state television building dist morning once again they were trying to hand over a petition in which they demand to for instance free media as well as sent that hungry for instance the european prosecutor's office that's one of the demands and one day want a say free media and at least the voice of the people this day would hooted now those. demands were not accepted by the state television. people and they were basically direct outs by the security service not at the moment as we speak. a grudge crowd gathering again. that building and i can also tell you didn't see here behind me right now this is de hungary impala mint and actually de activists were pushed out to square here days morning as well because this authority said we need to square for a turkish delegation so and ther

nick thorpe sent this report from budapest. dubbed the happy christmas prime minister event, this has been the largest and noisiest of the almost nightly protests here in beautiful, since the two controversial laws we re since the two controversial laws were pushed through on wednesday. there are two main groups in the crowd, workers concerned by the law which will almost double the number of hours in overtime their employers can ask of them, and students angered by what they see as a consistent attack on democracy, and by the partial closure of an american credited university here in budapest. clashes have been here almost every evening between police and protesters. what looks different this time, and of course price tests between the government over the last eight years, but what makes this one look and feel different is the sheer unity of the people here. protesters from the left and the right of the political spectrum in hungary, and the determination of the people here indeed pest tonight. —— in budapest tonight. hq t

brent: inside the anti-orban demonstrations on the streets of budapest. we meet the protesters demanding an end to new labour regulations and a return to the rule of law. and grounded by the drones. london's gatwick airport suspends flights that leaves thousands of travelers stranded after two drones were spotted nearby. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. police here in germany say they have massively boosted security at the airport in stuttgart. that is in the south of the country. they have refused to confirm reports that a group of people were seen acting suspiciously at the airport. a police spokesman said other airports across the country have been informed about the heightened security situation. all right, let's bring in dw's hans brandt, who is following the story for us tonight. good evening, hans. what else do you know about the situation in stuttgart? hans: what we know is that police are looking for four people, two of which are known to police, a father-son couple one of whom is on a watchlist, , somebody who is known

maurizio sarri made ten changes for the match in budapest. but took the lead early on through willian‘s free kick. but they then conceded twice. and went behind through loic nego's stunning volley. chelsea had won five out of five in the europa league. and at least got a point tonight with 0livier giroud's fine free kick, great goals in hungary. a night of contrasts for the old firm in the europa league. celticjust about made it through despite losing 2—1 at home to red bull salzburg. .. but rangers are out after losing narrowly at rapid vienna. austin halewood reports. whether blue or green, like the rest of her and europe was the hot topic in glasgow. but in these parts, the plan was to stay in rather than leave. for the rangers the equation was simple, only a win in vienna would keep them alive and you know how to perform under the european spotlight better than stephen gerard, the rangers abbas had his tea m gerard, the rangers abbas had his team play on the front foot, connor with the best chance of the first half, but the match on t

this is news coming to you live from berlin another night of protests in budapest several thousand anti-government demonstrators rally outside the studios of hungry public broadcaster. was fueled by footage of opposition lawmakers being thrown out of the building earlier protesters want a controversial labor all strong and a return to independent state media also coming up chinese president xi jinping issues a clear challenge to the united states says he celebrates forty years of prosperity under his country's economic reforms. and in sports english premier league giants manchester united have sacked coach. the decision follows the clubs were started to a season in twenty eight years with united trailing league leaders and fierce rivals liverpool by nineteen point. zero i'm terry martin welcome to the program trade unions in hungary have been threatening to press ahead with nationwide strikes if the right wing government of viktor orban does not revoke controversial new labor laws or one says the laws are crucial to address the shortage of labor in hungary's manufacturing sector but the laws have

my thousands gathered outside hungary's state broadcaster in budapest. they're here because of this. was. opposition m.p.'s being thrown out of hungary state broadcaster building. said. they wanted to read a list of demands on national television demands linked to a week of escalating street demonstrations. was. not off the night protesters have returned to the streets there were around ten thousand over the weekend. was that was. that you know much of it's a very good t.v. channel for fairytales they don't broadcast the kind of stories that i would show my children in the future unions and opposition groups organize demonstrations against the new labor law recently approved by prime minister viktor or bans large parliamentary majority the law by critics as the slave law allows employers to our staff to do four hundred hours of overtime pay a year and delay payment for it by up to three months. demonstrators are unhappy with the direction hungary is going and that. we don't want to go back to the communist times. what we are experiencing now in hungary w

this is the news line for berlin another night of protest in budapest several thousand anti-government demonstrators rally outside the studios of congress public broadcaster that's after opposition m.p.'s were thrown out of the building earlier the protestors message if you throw us out the door will come back through the window. also coming up what's next for the two koreas twenty eight seen the estranged neighbors engage in some historic handshaking but is that enough to put both countries on a path towards peace. and chinese president xi jinping issues a clear challenge to the united states says he celebrates forty years of prosperity under his country's economic reforms. i'm going to thank you for joining us protests against hungary's rightwing government show no sign of letting up protesters throng from the streets to outside the country's public broadcaster on monday after opposition lawmakers were prevented from reading their demands out on state television now the rallies were initially sparked by controversial new labor laws but they're beginning to show a growing discontent w

also coming up, thousands of hunger and march in budapest. they are angry at recent reforms by the orban government. and germany marks the end of an era as it closes the last underground coal mine. ♪ carl: welcome to the program. u.s. allies including germany have appealed to clarity on washington's foreign policy. this comes after defense secretary matt is resigned. that move happened without consultation from the pentagon or u.s. allies. now the search is on for a successor to mattis. reporter: u.s. secretary defends -- of defense james mattis has been widely viewed as a stabilizing force in trump's cabinet. many hoped he would make -- help the president make good decisions on national security. but now that has come to an end, due to fundamental differences in opinion. mattis said in his resignation letter that he stressed the importance of the u.s. maintaining strong partnerships, such as nato and the international coalition fighting the islamic state in syria. james mattis knows the situation in saavedra -- syria and afghanistan while.

nick thorpe sent this from budapest. outside an overnight shelter in budapest, 20 men wait in the cold street, hoping for a bed. they're let in one by one. there are three dormitory rooms in this basement. it's cramped, it smells bad, but it's warm and they get a chance to wash and eat. since the new law came into force, the numbers seeking shelter here have gone up. they had to come to one of the homeless shelters of budapest to show up and say that, "we would like to sleep inside because the police told us." and that was one of the results of this law. so, you think it's having a positive effect? yes, definitely. in the real world, this is the consequence. but there's not enough room at this particular inn, and these men were turned away. there's not enough cheap or social housing in budapest. even if you get into a shelter, your chances of ever finding a flat are close to zero. those still trying to sleep rough play a cat—and—mouse game with the police. until october, underpasses like this were always full of home

well for more let's cross over to correspondent stuff on both in budapest stuff on the mass protests have been going on for days now how much of a threat to they pose to the government of prime minister viktor orban. well dutch of course the interesting question i have to say debts groups of course are very divided you have the far right say your big party for instance among the protesters as well and of course there are older group says so well among the demonstrators i think calling for it each day can keep the momentum going and also their main goal to creates more freedom in hungary and perhaps even in the future direct nation of the prime minister then i think it will go on as well i think we have really to see how the coming days will be we have seen no doing tonight so one of the largest demonstrations in year seen hungary and of course is to keep the momentum going and there are more protests planned today then of course it could mean more pressure on prime minister viktor orban how has the government reacted to these protests is there any indication that it may be willing to

was thousands gather outside hungary's state broadcaster in budapest. they're here because of this. was opposition m.p.'s being thrown out of hungary state broadcaster building. said. they wanted to read a list of demands on national television demands linked to a week of escalating street demonstrations. was was not off the night protestors have returned to the streets there were around ten thousand over the weekend. was that was. that you know much of it's a very good t.v. channel for fairytales they don't broadcast the kind of stories that i would show my children in the future unions and opposition groups organize demonstrations against the new labor law recently approved by prime minister viktor or bans large parliamentary majority the law by critics as the slave law allows employers to our staff to do four hundred hours of overtime pay a year and delay payment for it by up to three months. demonstrators are unhappy with the direction hungary is going and. we don't want to go back to the communist times. what we are experiencing now in hungary wasn't seen during communism. it's

and joining us from budapest is g.w. correspondent fanny fish are welcome fanny what's the situation where you are on the ground this evening we understand thousands have marched through budapest once again today. and you may think actually this protest is over because you don't see anyone behind the right not the question square but they just changed a couple of minutes ago when people started to march across from the parliament over to the palace of the hunger and president to sign that very controversial overtime that you need a labor law that takes a lot of people to the street because they feel what the government calls a voluntary overtime is actually something that threatens them to do over time getting paid the situation in hungary right now is very much jaws the emotions are very much charged this comes to this law however the protest is still quite small in size a couple of thousand people marched through a pass and it's very peace was valid this is what people actually hope that we will not see pictures as we

or more now we're joined by correspondent stuff oddball was he is in budapest stuff and in that report just there we saw an opposition m.p. being ejected from hungary state television building what's the situation there right now. well we do know dotson not far from here actually two legislatures were dropped out of the state television building dist morning once again they were trying to handle for a petition in which they demand to for instance free media as well as sent that hungry for instance the european prosecutor's office that's one of the demands and if you one day want a say free media and at least the voice of the people this day would hooted now those. demands were not accepted by the state television. people and they were basically dragged out by the security service not at the moment as we speak. a grot crowd gathering again. that building and i can also tell you here behind me right now this is de palma and and actually the activists who were pushed out to square here days morning as well because this authority said we need to square for a turkish delegation so and there

thousands of anti-government protesters for the fourth time this week we'll ask our correspondent in budapest has picked a whole bunch government on to far. i'm christine one but welcome to the program turkey's foreign minister says u.s. president donald trump told turkish president which of the one that washington is working on extraditing turkey's most wanted man turkey has a long sought the extradition off the muslim cleric that's one of the man on current ses was behind the failed military coup in twenty sixteen and has lived in the united states for almost twenty years he denies any involvement in the coup attempts. foreign minister. who say discussed the matter at the g twenty summits to be close. these guard and. others in this organization eighty four names that we have aggressive united states breaks are they sure what it's like. well last time we met one it's not the president from poll after one that they had been working had there any been reactions to the statements in the us no i'm afraid not to not as of now at this point nobody rect it officially or unofficially nothing from s

business news coming to you live from another night of protest in budapest several thousand government protesters rallied outside the studios of hungary's public broadcaster. was fueled by footage of all position lawmakers being thrown out of the building earlier protestors want controversial labor laws and a return to an independent state media also coming up in sports manchester united have sacked coach. following the club's mediocre start to the english premier league season. international migrants day people recount of abuse at the hands of the libyan coast guard of libya says it's just doing is holding back those trying to flee to europe. well i'm terry martin and welcome to the program trade unions in hungary have been threatening to press ahead with nationwide strikes if the right wing government of viktor or does not revoke controversial new labor laws laws have drawn thousands of protesters onto the streets late monday they were turned out to show their support for opposition m.p.'s have been trying to get their concerns heard by the state broadcaster. by anger and frustration

correspondent in budapest has picked a whole bunch of government bonds to far. i'm christine one but welcome to the program turkey's foreign minister says u.s. president donald trump told turkish president richard to one that washington is working on extraditing turkey's most wanted man turkey has a long sought the extradition off the muslim cleric it's one of the man on current ses was behind the failed military coup in twenty sixteen and has lived in the united states for almost twenty years he denies any involvement in the coup attempt . foreign minister. who say discussed the matter at the g twenty summits two weeks ago this. these guys and. the other. others in this organization eighty four names that we have to cross the united states break said i if you would so i took. him a. while last time when we met one of. the presidents from seoul and the one that they have been working rightful more on the story and i'm joined by the correspondence dorian jones in istanbul and stefan siemens in washington gentlemen hello to you both jeff and i want to start with y

thousands of people have protested in hungary as capital budapest it's the fourth demonstration this week against prime minister viktor orban and controversial laws passed by his right wing government where a challenge reports. for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hungary in the capital budapest recent law changes abroad thousands of people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban is right wing government you know standalone void i think that this content is growing and with this not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change. well you know again banish an ounce of neg am when i'm mad at bashing look i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about the discontent of hunger in society yet we have had enough of. the rally started last wednesday following the passing of two new laws one gives the government control over a new administrative court system the other perhaps more unpopular move increases allowable workplace overtime from

there's debated fifteen thousand people braved freezing temperatures in the capital budapest for the fourth rally in a week they're protesting against new labor legislation of opposition groups are calling a slave law as i did some animal guys in the lobby of hungary's public service broadcaster a woman films as a peaceful sits in comes to an abrupt and. it was in the sense of an opposition m.p. dragged out by armed guards was he and several others had spent the night and site asking to read a list of demands on national t.v. including a call for a free media. hours earlier they had arrived with thousands of others united in anger at what they see as their government creeping authoritarianism and the lies of the state t.v. i'm in the thick of the smoke bombs the flares and the tear gas desperate voices begged for calm was there and do not rule do not rule why are you throwing he shouts. others point the finger at the police i want to see that these protesters are here for you to for you and you and you for all of you. is that the outrage was sparked by a rowdy parliamentary session l

this is news coming to you live from berlin another night of protest in budapest several thousand government demonstrators rally outside the studios of hungry public broadcaster after opposition m.p.'s were thrown out of the building earlier protestors message. the door will come back through the window. also coming up on international migrants day people recount abuse at the hands of the libyan coast guard while libya says it's just doing its job all holding back those trying to flee to europe. and chinese president xi jinping issues a clear challenge to the united states says he celebrates forty years of prosperity under his country's economic reform. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program trade unions in hungary have been threatening to press ahead with nationwide strikes if the right wing government of viktor orbán does not revoke controversial new labor laws laws have drawn thousands of protesters onto the streets late monday they turned out to show their support for opposition m.p.'s who'd been trying to get their concerns heard by the state broadcaster. m frustration. of budap

nick thorpe, bbc news, budapest. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the south african runner beaten unconscious by white youths — a special report on a still divided rainbow nation. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the main story thi

nick thorpe, bbc news, budapest. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the south african runner beaten unconscious by white youths, a special report on a still divided rainbow nation. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, t

nick thorpe, bbc news, budapest. south africans have been celebrating national reconciliation day, a public holiday to encourage healing across the racial divide. but after more than two decades of freedom, there's growing evidence that racism is still embedded in the country. and in rural areas, violent attacks have undermined the idea of a rainbow nation. africa editor fergal keane, who reported on the end of apartheid, has travelled into the heartland for this special report. racism defined this country. it governed every aspect of life. and here on the platteland, the great swathes of farmland in the heart of the nation, divisions were especially deep. but in a black—ruled south africa, you might think those hatreds had gone away. think again. i've come back to a country where old animosities are flaring across communities. this is potchefstroom, where a young black athlete was brutally attacked last february. tha bang mosiako runs for south africa, but he was hospitalised after a beating by white youths. they

collapsing on us is suffocating us on all levels inside the anti-war demonstrations on the streets of budapest we meet the protesters demanding an end to new labor regulations and a return to the rule of law. and grounded by the drones london's gatwick airport suspends flights and leaves thousands of travelers stranded after two drones were spotted flying near bought. off it's good to have you with us police here in germany say they have massively boosted security at the airport in stuttgart that's in the south of the country elise have reviews to confirm reports that a group of people were seen acting suspiciously at the airport a police spokesman says that other airports across the country and have been informed about the heightened security situation. are let's bring in. who is following the story for us tonight good evening to you. what else do we know so far about the situation in stuttgart five well what we know is that the police are looking for four people the two of these people are actually known to the police they are a father and son couple one of whom is in fact on a watch list of

nick thorpe sent this report from budapest. outside an overnight shelter, 20 men wait in the cold street hoping for a bed. they are let in one by one. there are three dormitory rooms in this basement. it is cramped, it smells bad but it is warm and they get a chance to wash and eat. since the new law came into force, the number seeking shelter here have gone up. they have succumbed to one of the homeless shelters are put a pest to show up and say that we would like to sleep inside because of the police —— budapest. that was one of the results of this law. you think it is having a positive effect? yes, definitely. but there is not enough room at this particular in, and these men were turned away. there is not enough cheap or social housing in budapest. even eq cheap or social housing in budapest. even e0 get into a shelter, your chances of finding a flat at close to zero. those are still trying to sleep rough play a cat and mouse game with the police. until october, underpasses like this were always full of homeless people.

central europe was not colonized by for close to thirty years the central european university in budapest has dispensed world class degrees to students from more than one hundred countries but it's days in hungary are numbered. the one going up the land started and all i was campaigning against liberal intellectuals in fact intellectuals far of any stripe. and has been limiting economic freedom in state owned and state run universities for a long time c.e.u. is a private institution of the government's refusal to renew its legal certification means courses are moving to vienna but first by way of a protest campus outside parliament. it's not quite the hungary an uprising all over again but they want people to know that their government is threatening to close a university on european soil for the first time since world war two once this becomes true miscible here it becomes permissible anywhere anywhere in europe anywhere in the west that it would be a catastrophe for hungary and i just don't see what sort of a government would destroy that so why is it so tristrem to them suppose they do

for the fourth day now protesters have been on the street to the hunger in capital budapest recent law changes it brought thousands of people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban is right wing government does it on their own. i think that discontent is growing and with this not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change now unite again banish an answer and again when a matter of bashing like a shot i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about the discontent of hunger in society that we have had enough and. the rally started last wednesday following the passing of two new laws one gives the government control over a new administrative court system the other perhaps more unpopular move increases allowable workplace overtime from two hundred fifty to four hundred hours a year because of all bans majority in parliament allowed him to push through the legislation despite complaints from trade unions rights groups and opposition parties they say increasing ov

for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hungary in the capital budapest recent law changes abroad thousands of people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban right wing government you know. i think that this content is growing and with this not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change. i do not again banish an answer and again when a mad dash i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about the discontent of hunger in society yet we have had enough of. the rally started last wednesday following the passing of two new laws one gives the government control over a new administrative court system the other perhaps more unpopular move increases allowable workplace overtime from two hundred fifty to four hundred hours a year victor or vans majority in parliament allowed him to push through the legislation despite complaints from trade unions rights groups and opposition parties they say increasing overtime could harm workers health and the

still ahead on al-jazeera i'm joined now in budapest where a right wing nationalist government is locked in battle with academic freedom and a whole society is losing out. i think snow is on the horizon not because it's getting particularly cold the culls been there for a while because when about to inject some warms into the cold air and that always results in snow so the full cost of sunday's a fine looking one eighteen value resort six in surprise the sun is out there is a bit of a hint to something we've got from the south and their ship picture from monday rains about the korean peninsula just cross the border and a mass of snow before it gets of out of austar which obviously get colder now unfortunately further west is still quiet and the quality is not good in beijing but the tension on the top minus ninety winter has finally pushed through mongolia that's a big drop in temperature it's got no further south so we're still looking at about twenty in shanghai fifteen chengdu and rather warm in hong kong with a scattering one small of thunderstorms by the way and some quite big ones

she had liftin easier for the hunger in capital budapest they did before the assassination. how moved i was later arrested by tunisian police. other than what i mean and they looked at any army chemical. from a firm careful because. after . a very early. of the their home and. i spoke to the worry family's lawyer. a minute of t.m. hundreds really. did jani and they are out the game can call being was at a very somber almost does what the young the most rockin the a short couldn't listen no it. in mid august to twenty fifteen a man calling himself christmas contacted suffolk a sooner versity word is where he was doing research. he claimed to be the director of a company that was interested in a partnership with the university in the field or for their own development. harmony as well. if the fourth or fourth. hole of the halakhah shade angel koch. is a business men. who are here with us. you know about mind they had to live for differently with my unit or my. mother. were million of my best man and what about a morph bed is the affair of affairs for cook or husband who actual

just well i'm joined now by journalist stefan bowles he is in budapest forces even good evening to you stefan the video of good opposition that opposition lawmaker getting thrown out of hungary's state broadcaster i mean it's been seen all over the world we're reporting on it's a night how is it being reported on how gary and state media. yes indeed i can tell you it's at this moment as i speak to you tensions are rising actually moments ago. there was a fission member of parliament who was basically direct out of this building and even beaten up by security forces now we sold an ambulance here i feel and you know it's just it's one of the examples we have seen also the whole day there were order. on intelligence as well trying to get in now a lot of people are doing here now at the moment is shouting to the hungry and state television they want to get a petition and of course there's a lot of riot police as well there trying to pretend that also but you know we have to see how it will go still many people are here tonight in the pool to have to say and stephanie is this being reported

are at a six an hour to budapest two were journalists on the boston standing up by us to find out the mass protests have been going on for a couple of days now it's a broad alliance of different groups out there on the streets what unites them apart from their anger against the government. well what unites them really is stair struggle for democracy day want really a more democratic country but what also unites them i think is sit the anger about what they view as you know the way lawmakers who are adopting legislation day are very angry for instance about what a us to slate's law which basically means steps employers can force and police to work solo four hundred hours and you only and they only get paid for it every suit year and then of course dash anger about to reform to court system since the last week promised a victory orbán and his allies will basically have more control over the courts in cases corruption for instance and police abuse so death unites people as well and i think there's a feeling that often one year self as a critic rule they want something else at least that

i'm joined now by journalist stefan bowls he is in budapest forces even could even see you stuff on the video of good opposition that opposition lawmaker getting thrown out of hungary's state broadcaster i mean it's been seen all over the world we're reporting on it tonight how is it being reported on how gary and state media . yes indeed i can tell you it's at this moment as i speak to you tensions are rising actually moments ago. there was a open fission member of parliament who was basically direct out of the building and even beaten up by security forces now we saw an ambulance here i think and you know it just it's one of the examples we have seen also the whole day they were older and fall in intelligence as well trying to get in now a lot of people are doing here now at the moment is shouting to the hungry and state television they want to get a petition and of course there's a lot of riot police as well there trying to pretend that also but you know we have to see how it will go still many people are here tonight in the pool to have to say and step on is this being reported thou

i'm joined now by journalist stefan bowls he is in budapest forces even good evening to you stefan the video of good opposition that opposition lawmaker getting thrown out of hungary's state broadcaster i mean it's been seen all over the world we're reporting on it tonight how is it being reported on how gerry and state media . yes indeed i can tell you it's at this moment as i speak to you tensions are rising actually moments ago. there was a open shushan member of the parliament who was basically direct out of this building and even beaten up by security forces now we saw an ambulance here i feel and you know it just it's one of the examples we have seen also the whole day there were order. on intelligence as well trying to get in now a lot of people are doing here now at the moment is shouting to the hungry and state television they want to get a petition and of course there's a lot of riot police as well they are trying to pretend that also but you know we have to see how it will go still many people are here tonight in the pool to have to say and stefan is this being reported thou

prime minister viktor orbán and the so-called slave wall our correspondent fun even charge traveled to budapest to find out exactly why demonstrators have been braving freezing temperatures to take their message to the streets. protester symbol the past usually starts at the hung parliament this afternoon i meet a couple of students preparing for an anti or band demonstration. hungary has experienced a wave of protests in recent days and normally of course these young people like gossip are like who come here to the course with square to say. void which means it's enough what exactly is enough well there are certain amount of things that we have experienced the the destruction of health care the destruction of education or the slave law which is going to make people work overtime for and hours if you like the whole society is collapsing around us is suffocating us on all levels unlike past anti-government protests recent ones have not ended in the past they have shifted to the countryside we are in need in the north east one of the poorest regions of hungary and the stronghold of feet as the go

for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hunger area the capital budapest recent law changes a profound people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban right wing government is on the invoice i think that this content is growing and with not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change. well you know again banish an answer and again when i'm mad at bashing look i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about the discontent of hunger in society yet we have had enough of. the rally started last wednesday following the passing of two new laws one gives the government control over a new administrative court system the other perhaps more unpopular move increases allowable workplace overtime from two hundred fifty to four hundred hours a year victor or vans majority in parliament allowed him to push through the legislation despite complaints from trade unions rights groups and opposition parties they say increasing overtime could harm workers hea

to budapest now where an estimated ten thousand people marched to protest two new lowest cost by the country's rightwing government it was the fourth demonstration this week and the biggest anti-government protest hangry has seen in years. it's the fourth protests like this in a week i thousands hit the streets in budapest marching against the government i think the protests for sparked by a controversial label or dubbed by demonstrators as the slave law it allows companies to demand four hundred hours of overtime a year and then delay the payment for up to three years. protesters are also angered by the government's plan to create a new system of courts which critics fear would be independent of the country's prime minister viktor orban. demonstration was organized by labor unions and opposition groups they're worried about the direction of the country and the band. that we have unfortunately reached the point where the government interferes with almost every bit of people's every day life in cultural administration labor and health care in as on the long haul i think the discontent

nick thorpe sent this report from budapest. this is their headquarters of their public servers television in the southern suburbs of budapest. they have marched from the centre of the depressed to protest against what they say is that the fake news factory which they accuse of this television of being, effectively amount piece of viktor orban government. they marched a rally in front of parliament. there have been protests for four out of the five days since the hungarian parliament passed to controversial laws. one of the times, increasing the number of hours employers can ask employees to work. and another which puts more power under the control of government. with no end in sight, several thousand people here. a varied crowd of students, workers from a whole span of the hungarian political spectrum but no chance to get through this very thick line of hungarian riot police. the legendary tennis player billiejean king has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the bbc‘s sports personality of the year show. the

i'm joined now by journalist stefan bowles he is in budapest forces even good evening to you stefan the video of good opposition that opposition lawmaker getting thrown out of hungary's state broadcaster i mean it's been seen all over the world we're reporting on it tonight how is it being reported on and garion state media. yes indeed i can tell you it's at this moment as i speak to you tensions are rising actually moments ago. there was a open fission member of parliament who was basically direct out of the building and even beaten up by security forces now we saw one ambulance here i feel and you know it just it's one of the examples we have seen also the whole day there were order. on intelligence as well trying to get in now a lot of people are doing here now at the moment is shouting to to gary and state television they want to get a petition and of course there's a lot of riot police as well there trying to pretend that also but you know we have to see how it will go still many people are here tonight in the pool to have to say and stephanie is this being reported though on telev

will depend on what will happen in the coming days and you can in weeks hart stay from boss in the budapest thank you you're welcome r us for have to see now some of the other stories making news around the world that were new to fighting near the yemeni city of new data has left at least twelve people dead a flareup is casting doubt on the cease fire negotiated last week between who's the rebels and the saudi backed government seventy percent of the immense food aid enters the country through the strategic threat seaport. a senior opposition politician in india so john kumar has been convicted for his involvement in the nine hundred eighty four anti sikh riots reversing a previous acquittal more than three thousand sikhs were killed in the delhi high court frowned kumar guilty of murder and promoting and maybe between groups he's been sentenced to life in prison. a brazilian faith healer accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women has turned himself into police john of god as he is known by followers allegedly used the so-called spiritual healing sessions to assaults and even rape women

just well i'm joined now by journalist stefan bowles he is in budapest forces even good evening to you stuff on the video good opposition that opposition lawmaker getting thrown out of hungary's state broadcaster i mean it's been seen all over the world we're reporting on it so night how is it being reported on gary in state media. yes indeed i can tell you it's at this moment as i speak to you tensions are rising actually moments ago. there was a open fission member of parliament who was basically direct out of the building and even beaten up by security forces now we saw one ambulance here i feel and you know it just it's one of the examples we have seen also the whole day there were order. on intelligence as well trying to get in now a lot of people are doing here now at the moment is shouting to to gary and state television they want to get a petition and of course there's a lot of riot police as well there trying to pretend that also but you know we have to see how it will go still many people are here tonight in the pool to have to say and stephanie is this being reported though

prime minister viktor orban and the so-called slave law a correspondent for the fish are travel to budapest to find out exactly why demonstrators have been braving freezing temperatures to take their message to the streets. protester simba the past usually starts at the hung parliament this afternoon i meet a couple of students preparing for an anti or band demonstration. hungary has experienced a wave of protests in recent days and normally of course it's young people like. you come here to the course with square to say void which means it's enough what exactly is enough well there are certain amount of things that we have experienced the the destruction of health care the destruction of education or the slave law which is going to make people work overtime for in the hours before the whole society is collapsing around us is suffocating us on all levels unlike past antigovernment protests recent ones have not ended in the past they have shifted to the countryside we are in need in the north east one of the poorest regions of hungary and the stronghold the fetus the governing party. i want

she shows or some of the places in budapest where homeless people have gone into hiding like utica many have histories of trauma and abuse your car was thrown out by her parents and grew up in an orphanage but fourteen during a visit to her family her father raped for the first time later her husband abused her twenty eight years ago she divorced him since then she's been living on the streets. until a few weeks ago homeless people would come every evening to the underground passageway that block square for warmth and safety now it's deserted. when i saw the other homeless lying here at least i knew they were still alive. but now they vanished without a trace. even i can't find it seemed. that there was a. police raids like this one recorded on a cell phone by a hunger a news platform to force them to leave the first cases have already come before the courts several homeless people were convicted in budapest of criminal offenses. you'd care law says many homeless people are now avoiding busy city centers instead they've moved to the city outskirts so out into forested areas government r

on the streets of budapest pots on sunday for another mass protest against new legislation which trade unions opposition students and others all say amount to modern day slavery they're demanding the laws revotes freedom for the media and independence for the. roy hallums house all reports. for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hunger area the capital budapest recent law changes a brought fouls and people out to denounce prime minister viktor orban his right wing government has been the lone voice i think that this content is growing and with not only anger and frustration but also those voices which would like to make change. well you know again banish an answer and again when i'm mad at bashing look i have had enough and so have my friends this is now not about opposition politicians about who stands on which side but this is about the discontent of hunger in society yet we have had enough of. the rally started last wednesday following the passing of two new laws one gives the government control over a new administrative court system the other perhaps more

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janis benjamin novak is at the protest in budapest and joins us live via skype now thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us could you please explain what has been happening throughout the day because the press protests have been out for a number of hours now are they still out on the streets of the. they still are out on the streets of budapest in fact as you can see behind me this is the headquarters of hungary made public media. holding company and protesters have now come here to demand more media freedom there are two opposition m.p.'s inside the building as of about twenty minutes ago the information that i had they had gone in with a set of demands that they would like to read on the air and there are about two thousand protesters here it's a pretty rowdy bunch there's a lot of smoke grenades going off and the protesters are made up of opposition party supporters and a lot of young people tell us more about that and we just we've got some live pitches hair all of the protest is just outside the parliament in central budapest as we can see they have braved freezing i