Political Tensions and Controversies in Slovakia: Implications for European Allies

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.