this is d.w. news line from berlin european leaders try to bridge a deep divisions over a corona recovery plan they convening for and you summit in brussels where there's a divide over a 750000000000 euro package to help economies hard hit by the pandemic also coming up allegations of russian side the espionage involving corona vaccine research the us britain and canada accused russian based hackers of targeting labs working to find a vaccine. and this picturesque town in germany's black forest is the surprising

base for a manhunt hundreds of police are searching for a man who disarmed 4 offices and escaped into the forest. oh. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program your opinion is at a crossroads with member states looking for leadership and cash to bolster economies that have been hard hit by the coded pandemic and subsequent lockdowns leaders are in brussels for their 1st face to face meeting in months germany's chancellor angela merkel is chairing the summit and she wants to persuade the blocks richer nations to allow grants for countries like italy spain and portugal to help them overcome the worst of the pandemic but richer members including austria and the netherlands want to see. tightly controlled why owns instead

america has admitted that finding a compromise will be difficult. when does she do i have to say that there are still major differences so i can't predict whether we will come to an agreement this time it would be desirable but we have to acknowledge reality that you know that it's all busy and it will take a tremendous willingness to compromise for us to achieve something that is good for europe and good for the people of europe in light of this pandemic and also to find an appropriate response to the economic challenges we face so i expect very very difficult negotiations 100. balmer available joins us now from brussels a clear statement from the chancellor there and a crucial summit for the a you outline for us the competing views on this massive fund that is dividing the united european union. i'm going to marco didn't sound overly optimistic did she

rebecca but it is really tough that is true because all the fault lines have now become apparent in some countries who say no we need more money for agriculture as other countries like poland for instance don't want. the climate rules and don't want to fulfill the climate goal then you have countries like hungary who say we have to have nothing to do with time is between the rule of law and money and then at the hard to really is the big cultural war between the south and the north southern countries say we need help we need a lot of money to sort of get out of this tremendous economic slump that we have fallen into through the corona crisis we know it's only spain and portugal where the hardest hit countries in europe and they say we need this money but we need it as grounds makes no sense to burden ourselves with for the loans so that is the one

side on the other side you have the northern countries who say we don't like this recovery fund because it takes of debt we don't like the idea of communal debt then they say now if we have to give loans we want to control what the south does was the money and if it is grants if we just have to give away the money freely it those controls need to be even more stringent and that is really what the big division here isn't it is a gulf between the 2 sides at this point in time it will be very difficult to bridge well that division that you speak of goes so deep that the italian prime minister thinks this summit could decide the future of the e.u. are the stakes really valid high. stakes are extremely high because what happens if the sauce really falls off the economic cliff it and that is what i'm going to america for instance fears and that is why she has really shifted her position as through the last months and said no we need to just take money and go into that and

we just have to help them because they can't do it on their own so that is a big shift in the spanish prime minister peter ascensions he when he arrived here he spoke about. historic summit so the stakes are extremely high and the problem was this his that at the core of the frugal countries the northerners are the netherlands now the netherlands have a reputation for being somewhat stubborn and also before being quite frugal there are a bit tight was there money the question is however in this situation how can you split the european bill for the corona pandemic and so we come to the point that we have to consider whether splitting the bill going dutch will in the end implode the european union. in the last days they

have all been beating a path to michael 1st came the italian prime minister. then his vanished counterpart. and finally the portuguese it was a concerted luvvie effort to convince the dutchman to loosen his purse strings but so far no luck. refused it all begins to move in our direction and it's already looking better. the netherlands are the 5th largest economy in the european union big in trade and exports the wealthy country where people are mostly happy but sharing this wealth is not their cup of tea when going out with friends they often prefer to go dutch and split the bill and that's what they expect from their government to some kind of regulations because it's a lot of money and i'm not saying for my money but. yet it's it's not i think it's necessary to have something that you just can't if you just give out money people

are just going to spend it like oh yeah well we just got the money so let's just do whatever the question with the europe should screw free money at the economic fire is it really really moves that people even the popular comedian are you luba picked up on this. so i want to extinguish your fire but i don't want to take over your mortgage. and i think partly some some of it has to go with also with being greedy i was sorry to say that about that but we have that tendency to like. the more you have the more it makes you want to keep it all to yourself socialist politician leon plume and however things the dutch government is being embarrassingly tight everyone wants to work in their own best interest and they stand for what's important to the netherlands however the message is not to the obvious you are not doing what you should do the message should be we are all in

solidarity we need to come out of this crisis together. that's also what stefano from italy hopes for he enjoys living partying and working with dutch people but for the little difference the relationship to the reserve between people and their money. he said. own way of dealing with money and i mean of course i've been dealing with. it's yeah i can see that carry. a sharp. for the future of. the euro is going to be the printer so the big question is whether the dutch are prepared to share the european bill after the corona crisis. the big question indeed i'm now joined by mandy it does to fan who he's italy's undersecretary of state of state for foreign affairs and

a member of the governing 5 star movement mr this is a fine why should the netherlands and other nor the northern european states bail out countries like yours. a little more than a well i'll say it to some of the others and as of this week in the end we are. told did conference. on the method of and very. long the big money through you the very so we have not at all called the fender so i don't mean that we shave. your head where we have that that we should fall because the. subject being. loved. by the human use so. you can and to whom by the scribes we have to look at the events of the day the.

euro and we really have to figure out. that. we are all in that moment for the. right and so you say that this is about the future of europe that something that the prime minister of countries also said to set the context but he has also said it would be ok for the commission to make suggestions on how to use the funds what do you say to that. well i think that we need an elementary functions to come to that very well we say and express thoughts of the right for this crisis so we can all do come back to certain to be updated all day that we have faith in their 2008 they will. run out of focus on voting so what we think is that the new qualify as to be

a big find the what we do the the end that call me sir or all of that i don't know if you. and we want to be clear that it makes no sense to reexamine to solution. and i think. it will be best of all for more most of the values that need house and moments and again not talking just about the faith. front not of sound so i think that we really be that in this small then we had to grant money to the congress that need that and be clear that they are not linked at all to the conditionality that are already in the. treaty so. and although i'd like to interrupt you but i want to i really would like to know

why why you think that is important why you think it's ok to accept the money without without any conditions. there's a. lot of money. they have to be. studiously for that commission that we are talking about all the them. 4 will be full who are in the green. and we're talking about the land that. lie may ease monday so we are not saying that we want money to do whatever we long as and. before you. say that we want to use that money can we call her call me from the. may.

buy part about it i think is something that we share all the con. moment and i gate the horses by people so on some. things are not the way i. do. and i have been talking about. that we. don't make nothing makes no difference i mean i'm not in the. midst a distance on it thank you very much mistaken to talk about it today and give them . and now to some other stories making news around the world vast areas of china have been inundated by severe flooding along the yangtze river since june heavy rains have forced nearly 15000000 people to be evacuated from their homes officials say this ng the highest average rainfall levels across the n.c. basin for 50 years. the. protesters have taken to the streets of bulger is

capital sofia for the day in a row they calling for the resignation of the current government headed by prime minister boyko morris self and for the chief prosecutor to stand down. a joint space mission by european and u.s. scientists have taken the closest photos ever of the some scientists say the new images reveal countless small solar flares dotted across the sun surface the celibates orbiter was about 77000000 kilometers from the sun when it took these high resolution images. well the u.s. the u.k. and canada are accusing russian agents of carrying out cyber attacks to steal information on potential covert 19 vaccines the 3 nations have one scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be only alert they say the cyber attacks are custom malou way to target coronavirus research centers russia denies the accusation.

as the pandemic surges across the globe the search for covert 1000 faxing has been an international effort to protect global health this common goal has been undercut by allegations accusing russia of trying to steal information from vaccine research as in the u.k. the u.s. and canada believe this is economic espionage or they're trying to promote it to james private information intellectual property and from news from his organized lucian's that are engaged in coronavirus research and presumably use it to advance their own research efforts the alleged culprit is a familiar fellow a.t.p. 29 or a cozy bear a group associated with russian intelligence also blamed for interference in the u.s. election 4 years ago the intelligence community believes that cozy bearer is an agency of the russian. and they've been around for a long time there are talks to 2014 they really believed me behind the 26 units are

actually going to the democratic national committee as well as other attacks against countries around the world the coordinated warning across continents seems designed to add weight to the announcement and prompt other potential targets to protect themselves a global bid to combat not only across continental security breach but a virus that poses a major threat to humanity across the globe. now to syria where president bashar al assad is marking 20 years in power parliamentary elections take place on sunday but like all previous elections no real opposition is permitted so despite a civil war that's lasted 9 years assad looks set to stay in power. well well if you're lucky. july the 17th 2008 just 34 years old basher al assad is sworn in as president following the sudden death of his father. he quickly finds his feet meeting the great and the

good earth to syria this is. often accompanied by his british born wife asma. from the start of his presidency assets bill close ties with both russia and iran strategic relations that will prove crucial to retaining power . in march 20th levon anti-government protests across much of the arab world known as the arab spring spread to syria. in the southern city of dera demonstrators began taking to the streets after the arrest and torture of a group of teenagers protest grew while as sands military responded with greater force. as fallon's escalated the country descended into

a brutal civil war. we will win without a doubt against this conspiracy and they've now reached the final stages of their conspiracy. attempts by the international community to force asaad to step down failed. and so to moves to broker a peace deal. by 2013 the un said the number of refugees fleeing syria had reached a 1000000 this was a humanitarian crisis then the regime was accused of carrying out a chemical attack near the capital damascus it took another such attack in 2017 for the u. s. to take action blaming a sense military. tonight i ordered it told you. only if you. called with the chemical. war.

but despite the reprisal asset has continued his war with the help of russian airpower and iranian forces the syrian government now controls most of the country . a country that lies in tatters led by a man who looks like he will never surrender power. earlier we spoke with a christian helberg some expert on syria and we also how stable assets hold on power after 9 years of civil war that left more than $400000.00 syrians dead and the country in ruins. well actually quite quite at the beginning of his power everybody was hoping for reforms and i think this was the 1st mis understanding that bashar never came to power to reform the country to make it a democracy or to modernize the country so why is he still there i mean this

question very important because you have to look at the inner structure of this regime this regime has replaced the state which means that all the institutions the parliament the judiciary ministration the military all of these state institutions serve the preservation of power of us and there is not a ton of power center in the country with for example the military like in egypt so this is nothing can get dangerous for us how to myself and until now as has power is built on loyalty so he in forces loyalty by means of fear so this is why he needs the intelligence operators which is very important to us power and he creates loyalty by means of client a list which is why he needs these wealthy businessmen the capitalists cronies that are close to him so these are the 2 pillars inside the country the business men and the private company is that loyal to him and intelligence apparatus that makes a very stable class of these li he had the foreign support to win the war

militarily with the help of russia and iran it was syria analyst christian helbeck speaking to us a little earlier on well relations between turkey and germany looks set to worsen after a verdict by a court in istanbul if sentenced the german journalist german turkish analyst excuse me dennis huge felt almost 3 years in prison for articles he wrote for a german newspaper he now lives in germany and was not at the trial. we're hoping for the best preparing for the worst my vet's office has long represented dennis you jel outside court he had to break bad news to his client you joe was convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda in absentia. this is just we will appeal today's verdict and the t.d. to pursue justice today's ruling shows that turkish law is not about justice and peace temple local court found that you joe breached turkish law by interviewing the outlawed kurdish leader in one of he's awfully close but you joel in his

defense argue it's an unfair ruling because a high court had already found all his articles were lawful and the turkeys constitution which guarantees press freedom that's good reached out to his court ruling is in breach of the constitution because it ignores the earlier ruling. you jill has already served a year in a turkish prison he says he was tortured there though ankara denies that. was allowed to use or lace one of germany's best known turkey correspondent soon left the country he says he couldn't expect just to stay because the president had already condemned him. to the. president tied at a one has already publicly declared me a terrorist in a suit by i so if i had found me innocent that would have meant that he himself breaks the law by condemning me. that which is a friendship will quote i look. triggered

a crisis in germany's relations with turkey when he was jailed in his already criticize the slightest court ruling saying it sends a false signal for rights in turkey. in other news cuba has announced its relaxing rules about the use of the u.s. dollar it's scrapping a 10 percent tax on the currency the new rules will widen the number of products that can be bought for dollars and 10 response to keep this economic crisis course on the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing us involved. brazil's health ministry has recorded more than 2000000 coronavirus cases it's another grim milestone for the country which has averaged a 1000 daily davey deaths from covert 19 since may present job also narrow has played down the dangers of the virus and has avoided measures he says could stall the economy. insert the united states top infectious disease expert anthony felt she says the coronavirus crisis is escalating because people amazing without masks

and not keeping their distance he said public health measures should be saying as a gateway to opening the country and made the remarks in an interview with facebook boss. quickly and police in germany have been combing a mountainous region in the country's south for an odd fugitive who was of a good capture for days or thora teams were alerted to a suspicious person living in someone else's forest hut the suspect this oms the 4 police officers who went to question him and then escaped into the mountains with their weapons open though in germany's black forest population 4800 known for its picturesque streets battling brooks and mountain views and now this behind me are dozens of police vans with scores of heavily armed officers there's also sniffer dogs and helicopters there hunting a local man they say disarmed for police officers then made off with their weapons

and disappeared into the woods around here police are calling eve rausch dangerous and the weapons fanatic authorities here close schools the day after he fled and asked people to stay indoors. open now as mayor says the police presence is appropriate even if some residents think roush is harmless. the fact is his prior convictions are relevant it's also a fact that he now committed a serious crime. that makes him a threat to people here. we have quite a few scared residents public officials and the police have to make them the priority. to put it so we can't leave them on their own with their fears it could. be on the line for many here even though she isn't only a fugitive on the run he's also a neighbor who slipped through society's cracks put his carpentry skills to use at

this popular restaurant helping the owners with repairing renovation. who runs the business with his wife saw how she 2 days before he fled he describes a complicated man who's had difficulty fitting in. nice friendly courteous helpful but always a little bit strange when it came to weapons and those sorts of things but i never got the sense he would use a weapon against someone in the mind on context. in another context you see a man in army fatigues and an x. on his belt that might be scary but not in the context i know him you know i think snitch. around town and online there's sympathy for gosh and an ease with the prolonged police presence there's also recognition that he needs to answer for his alleged wrongdoing as police keep searching for him some told us they fear

things can only end badly police and those who know him say even is most at home here in the thick wilderness of the black forest authorities say they have the resources and the patience to keep on searching for him but so far they haven't turned up anything yet. you know watching state of the state you now for this is. going.

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