Péter Magyar wins the Hungarian election by a landslide
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Péter Magyar, leader of the Tisza party, has promised closer ties with the European Union - and an anti-corruption drive - after winning the Hungarian election. The 45-year-old defeated Viktor Orbán, of the Fidesz party, who had ruled the country for 16 years. Also, Iran has said it won't submit to threats from the US after President Trump said the American military would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz from Monday afternoon. Peru's election authority says it will be reopening some polls after tens of thousands of people were unable to vote in Sunday's Presidential election. We hear how a lack of basic sanitation in Zambia is putting mothers at high risk of maternal sepsis. French film director, Francois Ozon, talks about adapting the work of philosopher Albert Camus. And, in golf, Rory McIlroy has become only the fourth man ever to win successive Masters titles.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.4 | Hello, I'm Ankara Desai and in the early hours of Monday the 13th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:16.5 | Peter Mayer wins a landslide election victory in Hungary, unseating Prime Minister Victor Orban after 16 years in power. |
| 0:25.0 | Iran reacts defiantly to President Trump's announcement. |
| 0:28.0 | The U.S. military will blockade all maritime traffic to and from Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:34.9 | And Peru says it will reopen some polls after tens of thousands of people were unable to vote |
| 0:40.0 | in the country's presidential election. |
| 0:44.4 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:45.7 | I thought it was so difficult to win last year because of trying to win the Masters and the |
| 0:50.7 | Grand Slam. |
| 0:51.4 | And then this year I realized it's just really difficult to win the Masters. |
| 0:57.3 | Roy McElroy makes golfing history at the Masters becoming only the fourth play ever to win golf's |
| 1:02.8 | biggest tournament twice in a row. |
| 1:08.1 | European Union's longest serving leader has conceded power and there is now a new Prime Minister in charge of Hungary. |
| 1:15.9 | Pater Maja has been greeted like a rock star in the Hungarian capital after the party of the opposition leader won a landslide election victory. |
| 1:25.1 | It heralds sweeping change in Hungary after 16 years under Victor Orban |
| 1:29.7 | with ramifications across Europe. The outgoing PM is a friend of Vladimir Putin and Donald |
| 1:35.9 | Trump and had often been a thorn in the side of Brussels repeatedly blocking funding for Ukraine |
| 1:42.0 | which he accused of trying to force his country into war with Russia. |
| 1:47.1 | But now Mr Madja, a former Orban ally who became his fiercest critic, |
| 1:51.6 | has started a new era with his TISA party. |
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