Master of the wind, come on, sudor, hold on, president of slovakia Zuzana Caputova today appointed a new cabinet of ministers headed by the leader of the social democratic direction party, robert fico. In addition to the fico party, the Government Coalition in slovakia includes the voice party, social democracy and the Slovak National party. Following the results of the parliamentary elections held in the republic on september 30, they rely on the support of 79 of the 150 deputies of the national council. Russian ambassador to bratislavia igor bratchikov. Aired on our channel, he said that the majority of society in slovakia wants to maintain friendly relations with russia. This is what brought the new one to power political force. He really takes a pragmatic approach to cooperation with russia. He believes that the course of his predecessors in the last three years is politically erroneous and economically untenable. Unfortunately, the government , which is on duty today, has actually
Mr putin and chinas president xijinping hav signed a joint declaration, stressing the importance of the two countries strategic partnership. The chinese president talked about the countries long shared history, saying the nations are deepening their support for one another. President xi also said that he and President Putin agreed on the need for a political solution to the ukraine conflict. President putin thanked china for a warm reception adding that the talks were also pragmatic. Our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has been telling us about the significance of the meeting. Well, the overall message is just all about the symbolism. I mean, the Biden Administration has already accused the Chinese Government of offering serious Material Support for vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. So equipment which is not only helping russia, but also, according to the us government, helping russia to build more tanks, to build more drones. Direct Material Support from china. And now th
Yesterday in while visiting a small town in the centre of the country. Hes now in a serious, but stable condition in hospital. At a news conference, the slovak Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. A neighbour and friend of the suspect said he was shocked by what happened. Translation i was very surprised by what he did. | i dont understand how it happened. Something must have clicked. Ive known him for a0 years. He was decent and normal like me. We travelled on a bus just a few days ago, and we were making jokes, no politics. Im completely shocked by what he did. A little earlier, the slovakian president elect, peter pellegrini, gave an update from the hospital where mr fico is being treated. Translation the Prime Minister i is now facing the most difficult l and challenging days, hours, minutes in order to survive, and i hope that everything will work out for the best. I really hope for us all to see his soon recovery and coming to full st
Were asking, is it time to ban the sale of it. 7 a group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of an aircrew killed during the dambusters raid back in 1943. And in the sport this morning , big clubs with under fire managers had a good night. Matches tonight to beat newcastle. Chelsea won away at brighton, celtic are scottish champions, which was pretty standard fare to be honest. And standard fare to be honest. And could var be scrapped next season. 7 we can always hope. Season . We can always hope. If youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way. Either later today or the way. Either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. I am thrilled to be back today. Are you . Are you . Yes i am. yes i am. Did you enjoy your break . Did you enjoy your break . Well,
Is in custody. Lets go live to the slovak capital, bratislava, and our correspondent, sarah rainsford. Sarah, bring us up to date with the latest we know about the condition of the Prime Minister this morning. Well, we have heard from the director of the hospital where mr fico is being treated, where he received Emergency Care overnight and yesterday afternoon and evening. He was in surgery for some five hours. That was Emergency Surgery after he received three gunshot wounds. We understand that includes wins to his stomach and to his arm. So extremely and serious injuries. Long, long surgery, five hours of surgery, multiple wounds. Now the defence minister has said his condition has stabilised and that he is no longer in a life threatening condition, but he is still in Critical Care in that hospital 100 or so miles from where we are here in bratislava. A dramatic attack, of course. You will have seen those pictures as robert fico came out of his government meeting, went out to meet sm