Assassination attempt… Slovak PM “fighting for his life”
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at what we know about the assassination attempt on Slovak PM Robert Fico.
The alleged assailant has been detained by the police and ministers have told reporters it was a politically-motivated attack.
Europe editor Katya Adler is on to explain what we know about what happened, and who Robert Fico is. And Chris joins James to discuss why some prisoners are being released early in England. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Chris Flynn with Natasha Mayo and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's James here for Adam, who will be back tomorrow, |
| 0:08.0 | and we're recording at about quarter to seven in the evening, roughly, |
| 0:12.4 | four hours since the Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fizzo was shot several times in the town of Handlova. |
| 0:20.4 | There is some footage of the chaos surrounding that shooting, |
| 0:23.5 | pretty shocking footage with men in dark suits and sunglasses |
| 0:26.7 | trying to bundle the injured PM into a car. |
| 0:30.2 | So our Europe editor, Katia Adler, will be back on, |
| 0:32.8 | guiding us through what we know about the incident, |
| 0:35.5 | who Robert Fizzo is, and all the reaction to what's |
| 0:39.0 | happened there. All of that on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:44.8 | Hundreds of bald men scrapping over a single broken cone. He's not a leader. He is a human |
| 0:51.0 | weather vane. Two cheeks of the same backside. |
| 0:54.5 | No politicians are listening to what's happening. |
| 0:57.5 | We essentially need a bigger bazooka. |
| 1:00.4 | Why do you always think that the way you'll live is better than the way we'll live? |
| 1:04.2 | The AI will be able to do everything. |
| 1:05.8 | The appalling Willy Wonka experience. |
| 1:07.9 | Get a life. |
| 1:09.6 | Hello, it's James in the studio in Glasgow. |
| 1:11.8 | And it's Katia in Brussels. Hello. |
| 1:14.3 | Hello. And Chris is joining us later to chat through what's going on with prisons in England, |
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