this is the news live from the german chancellor angela merkel sets out her aims for the e.u. asked germany to take over the presidency of the european council the main goal is to contain the pandemic and protocol its consequences also on the program for millions of people in the australian city of melbourne for so long down the government says it's the only way of preventing a catastrophe. v.w. has an exclusive interview with the winner of historic election for president a lot. of problems for the nation's young people.

i'm for welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has called on the european union to unites stronger from its greatest challenge the coronavirus pandemic this is the 2nd time germany has taken over the presidency of the european council with chancellor merkel at the helm speaking out the european parliament in brussels the chancellor laid out her vision for germany's 6 month term which will be dominated by economic recovery from the pandemic and she welcomed the commission's plan for a recovery fund for struggling european economies. but the chancellor said member states would need to compromise in order to sign off on the recovery fund before next month's summerbee says diffidence get mine something if we are willing to.

overcome our differences and identify sched solutions if we are willing to view the world through the prism of others europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we strengthen time he should and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable. others in 5 when. well let's go through this with the w.'s the chief political correspondent i'm willing to cry in chief international editor richard walker in brussels are welcome both let's start with you melinda chancellor merkel calling for greater unity in the e.u. a cold has gotten it's almost since the bloc 1st started how does she plan to make it happen well quite hands on in about 9 days she will be welcoming in brussels all of the other heads of e.u. member states and her negotiating skills are going to have to very much come into play she's going to be looking for them to sign up for this 750000000000 euro

recovery package that has been proposed by the commission on the basis of her own plan with french president emmanuel mccaw we know that the member states the frugal for the northern states are not terribly eager to see this money loaned on the grant basis to southern states that have been hit hard by the economic consequences of corona 2 things going for the chancellor she is known as a very skilled and pragmatic negotiator she's definitely in favor of this bold action germany needs if germany depends on the economic growth of the rest of europe and this will be the 1st meeting in 9 days where all of these leaders will be live in person and frankly that makes negotiation a lot easier than it is when you're doing it in a video conference ok richard walker in brussels i'm guessing that that everybody there is really glad that the safe pair of hands in europe is in charge for these

next 6 months how will the chance of a brussels work together. yeah well i think there is a sense that this is the perfect moment for germany to take on the e.u. presidency you know it's a total coincidence you know there's a rotating presidency every 6 months a different country takes it but this does really seem like the kind of perfect moment for essentially you know the most experienced set of hands in european politics angler metal to be taking the helm in that coordination here in brussels well you know it's a big job it's already started the german diplomatic mission to the e.u. is just down the road from where we are here has been beefed up from its already large size to handle the amount of work that's going to be on their desks in the in the weeks ahead. does have one advantage there when she's working with the european institutions and that's in the european commission because the head of it was love

underline the president of the european commission well just a few months ago angela merkel was her boss these women go back very far they have a very strong working relationship that goes back many years so they don't have to get over the usual kind of hurdles of getting to know you in order to work together to closely and if anything they have to be a little bit wary about appearing too cozy with each other and face accusations of being a sort of german club in charge so it has been quite interesting to watch it was a lot on the line in particular and one or 2 of the things that she said in parliament today in her speech seemed sort of implicitly aimed at trying to put a little bit of distance between her and i'm going to medical without suddenly creating an impression of disunity so melinda creating this recovery for them is going to be the big focus over the next 6 months how significant is this for the german presidency it's very significant and that's why we have to see in the chancellor take a much bolder step and i think many people would have considered possible for her

as you know she and general have tended to be accuse. of being laggards when it comes to really showing solidarity for indebted southern european economies throughout the whole financial crisis germany was one of the countries that blocked any form of shared debt yet the chancellor and the french president emmanuel mccraw have now said that the e.u. commission should be able to borrow on financial markets which is tantamount to shared debt so this is a very major step for germany why is it taking it and why is it behind this very ambitious recovery fund for one very simple reason germany is a very open economy it depends on trade it depends on exports 70 percent nearly of its exports go to the rest of europe nearly 70 percent of its our imports come from the rest of europe if the rest of europe is languishing if spain and italy find

their economies under pressure on financial markets can't borrow money that will hurt germany as well and the u.s. very survival is at stake the chancers made that clear to german citizens and i think that's why you will see her really make a push for something that perhaps in the past would have been 2.0 this is in line self-interest are vital words to you richard walker this is the big wall of the recovery fund but not the only thing that germany will be looking out over the course of the next 6 months. that's right i mean even if there was no pandemic at all this would still be a busy time for germany i mean one big thing that sort of slipped into the background but it's still a real problem is brics it. at the end of this year the u.k. is supposed to complete its exit from the european union the 2 sides still haven't worked out a trade deal and they're still very big sticking points in a negotiation and on that point i'm going to medical has in recent days and weeks

actually been sort of stressing that we're not going to get a deal any price at times of low expectations this deal will be forthcoming but that's going to be a big focus towards the end of the year and then you have some big very long term and strategic things like climate change and the digital transformation i mean remember before the pandemic broke out last year this huge wave of protests really driven by young people about climate change demanding more action from their political leaders that the political pressure is still there beneath the surface americal says that she wants to. use targets of becoming climate neutral by the year 2050 in law and take various other steps as well to to boost the fight against climate change that's another big thing one thing that was really glaringly quite absent from her speech was china which was a huge issue this year with a big summit happening in september that's now on ice and with the chinese imposing this new draconian law in hong kong and also unwilling seems to make progress on

the planned investment treaty between the 2 sides. any sense of progress in relations with china really isn't looking very bright at all richard. russell bill and thank you bill. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world that china has opened a new national security office in hong kong a week after beijing imposed a controversial new security law in the territory the security officers across from victoria park a site often used for pro-democracy demonstrations. boeing has settled claims relating to the crash of one of its 737 max jets in indonesia 2 years ago the us that played maker has not disclosed here arms of the compensation the crash was followed by another in ethiopia and led to the grounding of 737 matches. this is day they'll use live from them still to come

a viral shaving and not criminal charges what happens to those white woman who made a false call to the new york police about a block of that watch. her so the world health organization says there is emerging evidence that the corona virus can be spread through the air the statement comes after more than $200.00 international scientists have been was evidence that the virus could be spread through tiny particles that remain suspended in the air for several hours they also said the particles could travel tens of meters the w.h.o. has promised to publish data on the known routes elvira's transmission these are fields of research that are really growing and for we each there is some evidence emerging but it's not the diff the feni teves. and therefore the possibility of airborne transmission in. in public settings especially in very specific conditions crowded closed poorly ventilated

settings that have been described cannot be ruled out. to be australian says here in melbourne which is back in lockdown for the next 6 weeks after a spike in corona virus cases officials in the state of the. have reported 134 new infections on wednesday. for the rest of the country where numbers have been maimed and single thing is. normally an invisible line between a stray leads to most populous states now being controlled by police offices cars lined up for hours at the border between victoria and new south wales after was closed for the 1st time in 100 years those in border communities rush to get permits to cross for essential reasons like heading to work. permit lost on line would help a little bit as opposed to the days. of probably still another half an hour before

i get to work can be running like the state of victoria is being oscillated from the rest of the country because it's capital city melbourne he's seeing a 2nd wave of coronavirus cases. this is as i said not the situation that anybody wanted to be in but it is the reality that we must confront to do otherwise is to pretend that this isn't real to pretend that we have other options the best public health advice is to take those steps. shoppers strip the supermarket shelves before the big night deadline has an open 5000000 residents return to strict lockdown measures for the next 6 weeks i think we're doing a good job here overall as frustrating as it is i support it. but you know ask me again in 6 weeks. most people can still go out for work grocery shopping or light exercise but for these people in some of the city's public housing estates they can't even leave their homes. state government implemented

a 5 day hard lockdown on 9 housing blocks after $27.00 residents tested positive for the virus authorities said they were preventing an explosive outbreak but many trapped inside say they are being treated like prisoners with little access to food and medical supplies the state's premier daniel andrews says testing is at record levels and that authorities will continue to investigate how the spike in cases occurred. other coronavirus developments the u.k. government has unveiled a stimulus package equivalent to 33000000000 euros to help the economy recover from the lock down united states or set another daily record for new coronavirus infections with 60000 reported and the us president donald trump has that threatened to withdraw federal funding for public schools refused to open in the autumn. this week conflict zone program here in the dove who has an exclusive

interview with former u.s. national security advisor john bolton has just published a book that's highly critical of president trump and he told comfort zone host to tips about him he hopes trump doesn't serve a 2nd term with 4 months away from the next of those elections what if trump loses by a small margin do you expect him to go quietly or organize some going of bizarre national emergency to try and stay way is well maybe you would tell me what evidence you have that he's planning to to create a bizarre national emergency you know in south korea as in arizona didn't see that the vote will be the most corrupt election in the history of our country and we cannot let this happen so you're making the same mistake as many trump critics you're exaggerating without adequate evidence and i hope your question ackman i know from your questions you obviously despise trump that's fine and i understand that but but the way you're approaching it makes it difficult for those of us who

are opposed to him getting another term to make the case to americans who want to know what the facts are that that's something that you know the people will decide here in 4 months and we'll see what the outcome is before you get hyperthyroid about it let's see what happens but i need to see the whole contentious interview here on the deadly news or a live dot com forward slash conflicts out now you might remember this story from the back in may a white woman walking her dog in new york's central park calls a place about a black bird watcher after he asks her to put her dog on a lead. i've heard his record. my dog all the video that was emergency call went viral on social media as an example of every day very soon isn't this week a week or worse charged with filing a false police report.

thank you. well they do reporter a house rule i welcome remind us of the initial reaction when this viral when this video went viral because of this this incident coincidentally happened on the same day that george floyd was killed in minneapolis so the video went viral in the days that followed and which was really the beginning of what you know became the protest movement and the uprising of black lives not of this summer so within that context many people saw this incident as a place in the example of a white woman using white privilege to whiteness as a weapon against this man she called the police people would say knowing that they would believe ha over him now at the time a public defender in new york city she tweeted about this incident and at the time

she said that she tried cases where the manhattan district attorney used a hysterical 911 call as categorical evidence of guilt now she continued saying that usually there's no video like this to refute it of course in this case there was a video and in the video it was made clear that the woman amy cooper is her name she was in the wrong. the incident in a spy inspired lawmakers and york state to introduce new legislation that would make it. easy as you're prone to prosecute people who call the police without reason and if the background is because of their background you know sisters such as race ok so as well as. i mean who would be in charge there have been other developers that's right so she was charged she was just falling for the false police report on this new legislation but she can face up to a year in prison now the latest development now is that the man at the center of this of this case the black bird watches name is christian cooper is not related to

amy cooper the woman the story he says he's not interested incorporating with this in this best occasion or the prosecution he says that amy cooper has suffered enough she lost her job over this incident she did lose her dog for a period but she did get her dog back and she's been publicly shamed because of this so this is kind of started a small debate now prosecute or not where people are going so far as saying the prosecuting any cooper would go against what the protest movement this summer has been about that the system is broken and you know policing the prison systems are broken so you shouldn't give put someone in jail for a year of or an incident like this of course the other side of the coin a lot of people are arguing that you should definitely prosecute her to serve as a warning for people not to use their whiteness or their privilege to actively hurt someone of course now this debate will surely go on some so we will hear the name

and the cooper again ok. cool. now we'll take a look at some more stories are making news around the world forest fires in eastern ukraine have killed 5 people and destroyed more than 100 homes the blaze in gold villages in a conflict zone where russian backed separatists are active the interior minister said the situation was finally improving after 2 days of fighting the fires. police in thailand have seized more than $1400000.00 tablets of methamphetamine under arrest in 3 suspects the operation took place in the north of the country in the so-called golden triangle which is a hub for drug smuggling. and d.-w. news has been speaking exclusively with the new president of malawi form of past lives or of such a queer at last last year as the vote by the supreme court to declare that void after discovering irregularities and blatant fraud president it was inaugurated on

monday after winning 60 percent of the vote in the southeast african countries rerun the vote was seen as i test the ability of african courts to tackle election florida fraud and that your peers will mark the 1st time in african history that everybody election has resulted in him if the all corruption christine money to from d.w. new south africa conducted that interview with the president to. welcome christine does that tell us more than about what was so special about this win for the president phil it's what this wind represents that in a continent where people go to the polls take part in elections only for them to be rigged in an incumbent stays in power that change could be brought about and change could be brought about as a result of what the people want and through an electoral process that it didn't have to be a coup of sorts but that people could say that these are the options before us this is what pushes and this is what we want malawians came out in their numbers fall

when that 1st election result came out of the incumbent one people wouldn't accept that and people went to the streets in a in a way that we've not seen malawians do before and we all thought of course this. of course that simple cable kuno the incumbent wins people scream and shout and then everybody moves on but in the case of malawi it just didn't and 13 months later we have the opposition candidate in power as a president so it's what this this represents and we know that one of the places that i must at c 2 presidential who southeast of mali is to say you are going to find yourself among people of the presidents of the continent and who have been suppressing the voice of the people who have not been the same so people what are you going to tell him and his how he responded to that feel my message is what we have given the world even at this time get institutional strong enough to do their work independently and get presidents that are able to stick to what they promise and i tend to be one such president you know i believe in that i have been able

to speak truth to power if than before i became president i've been able to tell the truth even as i have become president and i intend to be able to speak the truth i know with love and honesty to my colleagues whenever i need them i believe that african young people this is the majority of africans deserve better given from a generation of order folks like us i believe that we must create an environment in which young people's rights are respected and they also are given the chance to demand for such rights i believe that this is a new day for africa and we can set that example here in my life. and a lot of his support carried from for you why you know he had a refreshing message right and malawians have been through the most as we like as

we like to say can loki this is a very poor country people would despair for change and the leadership in malawi was just aloof to that the former president was in his body at one stage came out and say all these young people demanding jobs what jobs that they want to even have the skills so this was a president who was so distanced from from the people and so clear and you could hear him as speaking in the song by feel he understands what people needed to hear and so his message resonated he understood who he is and the country that he's serving it is a country of young people and so the promises that he made promises that many people see as realistic in terms of what he can do and what he can accomplish and that's why he rang so true with a lot of people. i know there was an election result was on the normally in africa as we've mentioned what was it about malawi what was it about what malawians do or did the made this offer 3 things they felt one of them would be independent institutions because when that 1st election result came through you had

a judiciary of process that was effective enough to say they're what you regularities in this election and we're going to nullify that things as blatant as correctional fluid on ballot papers right so we also then we've got of course you know that the courts are going to come out and say everything was fine and let's move on but that quote came up as if this election was flawed and threw it out the president tried to get involved he tried to force some of these judges into early retirement they wouldn't stand for it he tried to influence the new electoral commission that had been put in place that couldn't happen so independent institutions we also had a strong civil society people came out in been members protested kiff based institutions and the people who run them on their toes and then we had ignited opposition and something that we don't have enough of on the continent we have a lot of opposition parties on the continent in disarray and that is playing into the hands of ruling parties that refused to go out of power so that was an important thing as well ok so now he's. got the job promising change as they all do what sort of impression did you form of him you know such

a queer of course you heard him in the sound bite that we just played he has this very sort of striking american accent close your eyes in my thinking listening to imagine me thinking i mean one of the 1st women's i heard him he was he was talking at one of his rallies and he said something to the effect of this if you know when when the people speak these people need to follow it and get out you know this very striking sort of american accent very charismatic he's an invention of evangelical pasta so you can imagine how things work if he can he can work a crowd but then listening to him you start to understand you know he's he's he's new to politics so to say he has run for office before but he's not a traditional politician so to say so he was able to to resonate with people in a very interesting way about him to be a measured person in our conversation yesterday i did push him and say look you know this this this means a lot to people on the continent a whole you've got young people in in parts of the continent that feel that they go to the polls right it doesn't make a difference because elections are rigged an incumbent stays in power do you feel that you need to go out there and speak out for people on the continent it's

something that he's taken taught him something that he said that he will do i mean he was talking about the fact that he's not afraid to speak truth to power with so to say so judging by what what we've seen and how he's acted already he's been he's starting to assemble a somewhat of a cabinet people he's been approaching you could see that this is somebody who's trying to do all the right things and i don't think he has too much of a difficult job really what he has to do flush out corruption right what he's going to do is get this country not dependent on aid as as we've seen it and we'll watch him watch him but he is coming across as somebody who does want to be held accountable he said i'm appointing people but i want to be able to stand up to me and speak truth to me kind of help him say that right at the start he reminded him of this. christine wonder from the deadly news that africa thank you so much. this is data i mean yours is a reminder of our top story this hour germany's chancellor angela merkel has said house her goals for the european union are sad the country takes over the council

presidency your main aims are unity in tackling the coronavirus a pandemic on the ducting an economic recovery package. i'll have more up the top of the hour in between of course as always the web site w dot com have a good day.

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