reality or not a. democracy of the goal of all sorts july 1st on t w. this is the w. news live from berlin europe's struggles to find a common voice to address the shock of coronavirus e.u. leaders hold a virtual summit to debate plans for a 750000000000 euro because we found there are deep divisions over paste received for the farm should consist of loans grants or a combination of both. also on the program as cape town braces for coronavirus

infections topeka p end of the month will ask why the city has seen more cases and in the rest of south africa. the coronavirus may have brought much of the world to a standstill but millions continue to be on the move fleeing conflict persecution and discrimination the un's high commissioner for refugees tells v.w. it's time the international community acts before it's too late. as welcome to the program e.u. leaders have to wrapped up a video conference to agree on a financial plan to help the bloc emerge in tact from the worst economic crisis in its history the virtual summit was the 1st step in what i expect. it's

a be difficult negotiations on a $750000000000.00 euro carona recovery fund the leaders will meet face to face next month for the 1st time since february is what german chancellor angela merkel had to say after today's meeting. he'd had stitching exactly each of us spoke about the positive aspects that also brought up criticism when appropriate given the there are still big bridges that need to be built that's clear but it was a very constructive discussion and that asic wants to keep going up with constructive talks on north the big bridges need to be built and they have to be paved with gold or other tech spare money i'm joined by golly a fella my he's the president of the kiel institute for the world economy a leading german think tank mr who's going to pay the most for this well it's very clear it's going to be germany who's going to bring both it's the largest economy in europe and good the really hard to get

the message. will go to germany also participate can germany will german companies be able to participate from this money yes there's a bit this is the year of problem of will go to charity and to other richer northern countries but the program is going to be structured such there helps those countries most who suffer most part of the herd prices and this is a rather good solvent refried to lead but also increase from its probably also will spain countries ha very strongly by the growers crisis and also by their decision. and many are now demanding a piece of the pie how should the money be spent where should the money go which sectors of the economy. so they get is very important that we do not get into a discuss discussion about transfers you know every year policymakers look at their

net contribution towards the your budget and this is rise to a very acrimonious debate that's not good for her that's why i think really need to think very hard about project and heritage and visible and open ended so this would be good for her to project workshop will this could be investment into research why not just say our common european universities to all citizens of those could then be placed somewhere in the 3 where. are all things from those initiatives a strong need to make sure that there is some method for. well many are saying that most of the money should go into projects that are sustainable like climate change projects or comparable sustainable projects what's your opinion on that so that and to me a couple of days ago there was a proposal of further missed you heavily into the high speed rail system connecting

paris to berlin and for our. connection that would be very good for that plant it would also. be very good for a future project the museum to the mint in europe. would be both heavy invest heavy investment heavy in the growth effect and also part of the new review. by your colleagues claimants foods from the evil institute told the w. today that the money should be allocated as grants and not as we payable loans what's your position. and the crucial devoid of this discussion if we really spend the money on. projects on things that the economists would cole european public goods then we can't escape this notion of either giving. or pure loans because they do with a sense of common european interest and it should not matter for those things to who exactly pays for it and what exactly goes to those things are done the best

example for this would be to invest into a common border protection this is good for that refinery because that's where the borders of the european community are and it would also help those regions to get some you know help they get some help from europe and on the same time it would make the whole of europe secure in the area in other bands of people should benefit from this and you go with a lot of the president of the key institute for the world economy thank you very much you're welcome. german chancellor angela merkel says e.u. leaders have agreed to extend sanctions on russia for another 6 months now announcement comes a day off the german prosecutors accused russia of ordering the killing of a former chechen rebel commander in berlin last year russian president vladimir putin has called for relief from the sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic that were imposed in 2014 over russia's role in the conflict in ukraine.

now to some of the other stories making headlines this hour people across the u.s. are marking juneteenth the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the united states this year it's taking on added significance amid nationwide protests for racial justice following the death last month of george floyd a black man who was killed by white police officers in minneapolis minnesota. in rome a cleanup is underway after anti racism protesters ford paint over a bust of an italian colonial era general they also crossed pasted over a street sign in support of the black labs not a movement in the u.s. . 3 explosions in pakistan southern province of sindh of killed 4 people including 2 soldiers at least a dozen people were also injured in the at times one of the blasts was in karate pakistan's largest city killing one and injuring several outside the center

distributing cash handouts from the government amid the coronavirus and. canada's prime minister justin trudeau says he's disappointed that china's does china's decision to formally charged 2 canadians with spying pavel detained 18 months ago shortly after wa executive men one who was arrested in canada china's move now comes weeks after canadian judge ruled out proceedings to extradite ming to the u.s. will go ahead. officials in the south african city of cape town bracing for infections to peak at the end of june or beginning of july the city has been especially hard by the coronavirus with more than half of the country's 83000 confirmed cases located in the western region u.w. south africa correspondent the reports now from cape town the cape town international convention center is now

a field hospital with around 1000 beds cape town the center of the coronavirus pandemic in south africa is preparing for the worst and additional $5000.00 jobs for nurses and doctors have been advertised for cape town and the surrounding area . and his team have massively increased testing one 3rd of those tested here have been infected with the virus and there aren't enough testing kits available. port levenstein. one problem is clearly the international supply situation that's something we really notice in the laboratory we're ultimately at the back of the line when it comes to supply it it's all produced internationally i'm not despondent but i must admit there are some very bad 2 weeks ahead of us triple what it was before surely the health sector could be overloaded as early as next month city councillors 8 is normally responsible for health care now he's also overseeing

preparation work in local graveyards this huge area has been cleared for victims of covert 92000 people will be buried in this cemetery alone in the coming weeks. it's the mission and projections that we have modeled at the moment we will see. 7000 deaths all the way up 210000 deaths being projected in the city we likely to use in the next few weeks the same amount of graves that have been see this site for use in one year only a few mourners allowed to attend funerals the ceremony itself is limited to 30 minutes maximum for deaths due to coronavirus it is actually a very scary thought that in a few weeks hundreds of people will be buried here but with the way the pandemic unfolds this is going to be the reality. for rhonda or some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the world health organization is warning

that the pandemic is accelerating and answering quote new and dangerous phase 1st day saw 150000 new cases worldwide the highest ever reported in a single day almost half of those in the americas results of a study of sewage in italy suggests the virus was present in milan and sure in december this could mean the virus arrived in northern italy before china officially reported its 1st case india has recorded its highest one day spike in infections confirming more than 13000 new cases the country now has the 4th highest number of cases after the u.s. brazil and russia and officials in germany say contact tracing has now been downloaded by just over 11 percent of the population a smartphone app was launched this week on a voluntary basis. think of it 9000 has been able to cause the entire

world to grind to a halt but it has not been able to stop wars conflicts violence or discriminations those are the words of the head of the un high commission for refugees he was highlighting concerns for millions of displaced people whose plight has been compounded by the global pandemic we'll hear from the un high commission in just a few moments but 1st this report for without a home to return to 80000000 people around the world are living in forced displacement. escaping the war in syria the war in yemen persecution in myanmar starvation in venezuela around one percent of the world's population is seeking refuge. but the outbreak of coven 1000 has closed borders in europe and in africa making it harder to flee. and the supply chain for aid has been crippled by the economic downturn. refugee camps around the world are bracing for the

possibility of a corona virus outbreak like in the kakuma camp in kenya. the corona virus that gets into kakuma refugee camp and all of us will perish there is no space to isolate we live in one enclosure we cannot do social distancing here at all if the disease comes to kakuma we will all die. in europe the destination of many syrian refugees attention has turned toward saving the economy from the effects of the pandemic the search for a solution to the refugee crisis has once again been sidelined. today we spoke to the un high commissioner for refugees around the about the additional hardships refugees are facing because of the coronavirus pandemic. the pandemic has hopefully finally brought home to everybody this fundamental message that we live in

a world in which many things are global whether we like it or not including challenges i'm not just talking about the pandemic with everybody understands that but what about climate change what about migration and refugees what about in security terrorism and if we don't work together we won't be able to overcome them depend then he's teaching us this lesson every day not that we're learning very much but he's teaching us this lesson and i do hope that this starts filtering in and across to the leadership sendek we move away from this dangerous discourse me 1st we 1st my country 1st and lead truly copper 8. the spanish bestselling novelist carlos ruiz is a fun has died at the age of $55.00 he was one of the world's most popular modern spanish language righteous it was winning all through of the shadow of the wind and the labyrinth of the spirits was born in barcelona but spent the last 3 decades of

his life in the u.s. on the lead being battling cancer passed away in los angeles where he was working on hollywood spring place. and that's it for me on the news teams will go we'll have an update for you in 45 minutes there's more news on our website dot com and do follow ups on instagram to watching news and get out of this in berlin and still . stand for. language courses. video and audio. anytime anywhere. wu a suitor.