this is the interview news live from berlin telling your own back on its feet in the wake of the corona crisis e.u. leaders meet for a virtual summit today france and germany hoping to rally them behind plans for a 750000000000 euro recovery but there are deep divisions over whether the fund should be paid out in loans or grants. and as beijing claims it has the latest drone outbreak under control we report on how the chinese government is expanding its crackdown on those who disagree with its handling of the pandemic

. plus the pandemic is crippling kenya's tourism industry but communities near the country's national parks are making the best of a bad situation by turning to conservation work. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today are holding a video conference out this hour on a financial plan to help the bloc emerge intact from the worst economic straits since the great depression the virtual summit is the 1st step in what are expected to be difficult negotiations discussing an unprecedented $750000000000.00 euro carona recovery fund leaders will potentially meet face to face at the end of next month for the 1st time since the coronavirus crisis began in february. masses

following the talks for us today to georg can you sketch out for us the political fault lines as these negotiations begin. it's been one month bryan that america will and the french president a man who i might call made if you want the revolutionary suggestion to take mutual debt via the e.u. budget and form an economic recovery plan to get the european economy back on track now ever since a number of pressure groups within those 27 member states have formed you have member states in the east of europe who also want to get their hands on cash because we are all not only talking about this recovery fund but also about the financial framework i.e. the way europe will spend its money its budget in the next 7 years and then you have of course the frugal foreign countries in the north of europe who say we do not want to see a lot of grants read rather see loads ok going to countries in need those are

sweden denmark or the netherlands and also and finally you of those states like italy and spain who are the ones who will profit the most from that recovery fund ok colleague richard walker's also been looking into some of the challenges ahead and in getting europe back to work let's take a look at that. credit pandemic just health crisis for europe has had a massive impact on the economy today just like the virus itself the economic and social aftereffects hitting some countries hard. things greece and spain who suffer the most so in the last few. members egregious and so special recovery fund to keep the economy with money borrowed centrally on financial markets that's being seen as a big step for europe but there is still a lot of details to work out and some of them are huge and very very complicated so we've broken them down for you into 4 main things 1st of all the signs how big

should the fund be the numbers in play range from 502750 1000000000 euros next. yes fenice which countries should get funding and how much and should be given how to scrubs loads that have to be paid back. to focus what should the money be spent on the e.u. would like to see lots of green digital testament but there are some questions about how quickly such projects can get off the ground. and finally how should the fund be paid back to let and by when and by whom with so much to discuss everyone's warning that it's going to be a while before they can find agreement but the pressure is on to prove that europe and sticks together when the going gets tough. this package is being called the most important tool the e.u.

has right now to keep europe united is there enough political will in all of the member states to get it passed i'd say there are some legitimate concerns on the part of member states who are worried that mutual i stat will set a bread. president's case for the future and that is so the way many countries don't want to go down that road also when you look at conditionality how should it work how should the money be paid back there are some creative ideas how the money should go back into the budget with your focus on environmentally important policies in the future attacks for instance of for the environment so a lot of things to discuss when it comes down really to the solidarity and the recognition that there will be a record a recovery fund is needed and everybody is pretty much on the same page you know after years of being up close and personal these negotiations right now are all per video call call now isn't that up close human element off and so important to

getting these type of e.u. deals over the line. absolutely i would say we have pretty much reached the limits of what you can reach with a virtual conference there are some records where the camera zoomed out and the state leader was sitting in a room full of people with his stuff so whatever leaders say on though in those of virtual meetings is more or less public which is a huge difference to the meetings here in the europa building where they have meetings of the characters very intimate and little gets out a little is leaked out of those meetings and i think it is this personal close relationship where you walk across the table and have a quick bilateral to sort things out that it will take to get this recovery fund across the line and gary thanks for now to new have more from brussels on these talks as they progress let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making

the news today the australian prime minister scott morrison says his country is under cyber attack from a foreign state based actor he says all levels of government infrastructures and essential services are being targeted under this ongoing attack australia's probably public broadcasters supporting that intelligence services believe china is behind it sic he is targeting. russia's ambassador to germany says moscow will react if berlin takes punitive action over the killing of a former chechen rebel in berlin last year german prosecutors say moscow ordered the shooting of salman khan conduct really and have filed murder charges against a russian suspect. it's the china now that country has reported $25.00 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital beijing saying that it now has the latest outbreak under control authorities activated lockdown measures after the virus was spread at a food market earlier this week but critics are increasingly questioning how

beijing is dealing with the crisis and how it's further suppressing any dissent about his falls. few in china have felt the economic impact of the coronavirus as much as migrant workers. who young she is a day laborer who usually works on construction sites but the building sector took a hit from the corona virus outbreak nonetheless. finding a job is harder now than it was. there more protective regulations like social distancing rules. but we have survived the worst months of the pandemic threat even quite sure that she was. at private job centers postings on the windows show how much the job market has taken a hit wages are declining the equivalent of around 20 u.s. dollars per day instead of 30. but who you know she says he doesn't want to criticize china in front of the international media. she uni is one of the few

people in china willing to speak out he's a human rights lawyer and authorities have been watching him more closely since the pandemic began. when many chinese took to social media to call for freedom of speech he participated by signing a petition. the police told me that if i didn't cooperate with them and delete what i had written if i continued to speak my mind there would be consequences for my family and me. she she worries that the government will use the pandemic to tighten its control over chinese citizens a number of journalists have already felt the pressure. now leads a war was a news anchor for state controlled media when the pandemic kid he quit his job to report independently from. a classified ad called for

night shift workers at a funeral home lead took the job hoping to find out the true number of people who had succumbed to the virus. he was broadcasting live when plainclothes police entered his apartment and arrested him he disappeared for 2 months. in april he appeared in a single video explaining that he was simply in quarantine that many of his viewers say he had been forced to lie. well. china's critics say state propaganda has been ramped up since the pandemic began state t.v. portrays china as a global savior sending health care supplies by the ton to countries in need. national pride is on the rise china's handling of the crisis has been a model for the world that's the opinion of many here at the great wall. this is how china works 1st our leaders come up with a plan and the people should follow without raising too many objections and

benefits everyone. so here you see the difference between socialism and capitalism you should probably take a lesson from china china believed it had the coronavirus pandemic under control the economy was once again up and running but a new outbreak threatens to draw the country back into a crisis. it's to kenya now tourism there provides a livelihood for more than one and a half 1000000 people on the pandemic has been devastating for the communities living around its national park so many are switching their focus away from tourism completely. but these women cleaning the river is the only job they can do at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic there is no tourism and business is that a standstill now from all the reinitiated the cleanup he pays each woman $5.00 a day as part of this effort to restore the ecosystem of the national consensus.

this is the most important watershed in this part of the mara the local community relies on this water for their usage for cooking cleaning and even also the livestock and our wildlife unfortunately the river is heavily polluted because of the activity of. burn areas upstream. tourist comes all the way to that area and his wife co-founded the conservancy located right next to can his famous muslim our national park national by is run by the local messiah community and like other nature reserves wildlife people and livestock exist here side by side a balance that is supposed to help the community preserve its traditions but also help protect wildlife and then vironment and the biggest problem facing wildlife today in kenya is not actually poaching as people might actually think of it it is

the lack of space and that space is with communities so communities have to be the center of conservation. this area always belonged to the community but with the creation of the conservancy the people pull down the fences and work to restore the land after 2 years wildlife was able to return to sustain this they rely on funding from donors as well as tourism tourism makes up about 20 percent of the conservative income and this is supposed to be the peak season but the rival of the corona crisis has made it clear that relying on tourism only is not the answer . one national i have managed to refocus on its conservation activities they have also had to provide food aid in communities of the mara region many of the people here because guides ranges in hotels also local jewelry to tourists the entire regions main source of income has been derailed additionally local markets have been closed disrupting trade in the area. everything has become difficult

getting food is a problem that this is around us just look down at home and can't leave the room. for the people here it's a lifeline and it could be another year before tourists actually start returning to the region so we need. a paradigm shift in their conservation movement to find out. alternatives to sustain the import of walk that is done in conservation. while the effects of the pandemic have devastated the region while there are hopes that this change will also give people the chance to build more resilient communities. before we go the. french prosecutors have recommended or for your jail sentence for them in the ox the former president of world governing body. is accused of soliciting millions of years abroad from asteroids to cover up they'll go so they can continue reading the final versions

trial delivered in september as a legal team says the sentence would be inhumane for an 87 year old. this is the interview news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the in. every week i. love. go beyond. the stories that. whatever it takes. a running. mate for mines.