Erstellt am: 18. 4. 2013 - 15:02 Uhr

Tragedy strikes again in the US

Reality Check: Texas explosion; Hungary's Orban under pressure; Italian presidential election; Assad's latest speech; bees & pesticides.

Texas Blast

A huge explosion at a fertiliser factory has led to many casualties and it's another tragic event in a difficult week for America. The blast happened in West, not far from Waco which 20 years ago saw the "Waco massacre." Reports from Mike Miller in Texas and Joe Remick from the FM4 News team:

Hungary

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Viktor Orban even from conservatives in the European Parliament. Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest:

Italy

Italian lawmakers voting on a new president whose first job will be to seek the formation of a new government
Josephine McKenna in Rome on what's at stake:

Syria

Syria's President Assad is accusing the West of backing al-Qaida in his country's civil war. Syria analyst Rime Allaf gives us her thoughts Assad's speech:

G. Johnson

Save the Bees

Greenpeace activists climbed up the facade of the Lebensministerium in Vienna this morning. The stunt was staged amid a heated debate about bees dying off, and it was to call on the Environment Minister to approve European Union measures to ban certain pesticides. Gennie Johnson was the there and spoke to Dagmar Urban - Greenpeace's expert for sustainable agriculture:

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