With stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Hungary s prime minister victor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu s brussels hungary s prime minister viktor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu s brussels institutions as a badge of honour and a political asset. On a range of issues, from press freedom to lgbt rights, hungary routinely ignores the collective interpretation of eu values. At what cost? my guest is hungary s foreign minister peter szijjarto. Is there room for a authoritarian, illiberal government inside the eu? peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Foreign minister, the relationship between your country and the european union, the institutions of the eu, appears ever more dysfunctional. How concerned are you about that? well, what i would say is that we definitely have debates with the insti
hour. i want to start with good news on coronavirus. right now, not a single u.s. state is in the red, as you can see here. that means the number of new covid cases compared to the previous week is either holding steady or going down. but, of course, there is a catch. there is bad news. more than 100,000 new cases were still reported in the u.s. on saturday. also, we re hearing astrazeneca telling cnn its vaccine seems less effective against the variant first spotted in south africa when it s a case of mild disease. the pharmaceutical company says it believes its vaccine could work against severe disease and is hoping to deliver shots by the autumn. new case numbers seem to be going down in europe. portugal included. in recent weeks, the worst infection rate in the world. but even in places with good vaccine rollouts, hospitals are still under huge, huge pressure. in the uk, a top doctor says intensive care units are full to the rafters, because patients are staying sick fo
obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from emergency. and directions from emergency officials russia prepares to formally annex four more territories of ukraine with a signing ceremony in moscow. the west has condemned the vote as a sham. a fourth leak is discovered in the nord stream gas pipeline in the baltic. nato calls it a deliberate act of sabotage. #asl # as i walked to the valley of the saido of death, i take a look at my life. tributes are paid to the american rapper coolio, who s died at the age of 59. we have three major stories to cover tonight. parts of florida are being devastated by hurricane ian, the storm s being described as a once in a 500 year event. russia is preparing for a ceremony in red square on friday when it ll formally annex occupied ukrainian territories in defiance of international law. but first, we start here in the uk. the prime minister liz truss has been defending her econ
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