this is deja news live from berlin european leaders trying to bridge deep divisions over a corona recovery plan and meeting in brussels where there's disagreement over a 750000000000 euro package to help economies hard hit by the pandemic also coming out president assad of syria marks 20 years in power up in spite of a civil war and a shattered economy is likely to stay in office for many more years to come. and new strains on german turkish relations look likely as a turkish court sentences journalist dennis you tell to almost 3 years in prison

they've been found guilty of what prosecutors called spreading terrorist propaganda . plus setting up a pulse of why it caught comes clean about his role in the downfall of the multi 1000000000 euro payments found. i'm rebecca rate is welcome to the program the european union is at a crossroads with member states looking for leadership and cash to bolster economies that have been hit hard by the coded pandemic and subsequent lockdowns they days are in brussels for the 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 some rich in nations including

austria and the netherlands want to see tightly controlled loans instead merkel has admitted that finding a compromise will be difficult. 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 the reality of the since i was in 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 fog barber 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. thank you america 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 is 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 ties 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 the 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 so 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 is an it is the 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 bad high. sigs are extremely high because what happens if the south really falls off the economic cliff edge and that is what i'm going to america for instance fears and that is why she has really shifted turkey through

the last months and said no we need to just take money and go into debt 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 pedro sentiency 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 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 to store 1st came the italian prime minister then his spanish counterpart. and finally the portuguese it was a concerted lobby effort to convince the dutchman to looseness purse strings but so far no luck. in order to have 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 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 to question with the europe should throw free money at the economic fire is it really really moves that people even the popular comedian are you picked up on this. so i want to extinguish your fire but i don't want to take over your mortgage. i think partly some some of it has to do 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 socialists politician leon plume and however things the dutch government is 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 audience 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 was dutch people but for the little difference the relationship there is between people and their money. he said. the way of dealing with money and i mean of course have been feeling we. can see that carry. a sharp. for the future of our beautiful. 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 is italy's undersecretary of state of state for foreign affairs and a member of the governing 5 star movement mr this is a foreigner 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 and i think we are. so good conference. on the method of and very. long the big money through you are very ready so we have not at all called the fender so i don't mean that we shave. your head where she said that we should talk about the. subject being. loved. by the human future so. you can and to some by

the scribes we have to look at the events of the day. and we really have to figure out. that. we are all and that all men. right and so you say that this is about the future of europe that something that the prime minister of your countries also said to have become take but he has also said it would be ok for the commission to make suggestions on how to use the funds what the side of that. well i think that we need an elementary foreign policy that very well we say and express thoughts of the right for this crisis so we can all stand to come back to certain to be updated all of these that we have faith in their 2008. and run not be focused on voting so what we think is that the new qualify as to be

a big fun so we got to the end that call me for all of that on the. and we want to be clear that it makes no sense to reexamine to. the end and i say that and i. will be best of all for more most of the values that need. moments and again not talking just about the fate of the. front not of sound so i think that we really be that in this small then we asked 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. a treaty so.

big 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. this is what we need a lot of money. and they have to be. linked to the commission that we are talking about all the as them we have to look at. all who are in the green. color and we are talking about the land that. lie. in the east monday so we have a net we want money to do whatever we long as and. before you. say that we want to use that money we called our called me from the. then they.

had by car about it i think it is something that we share all the con. moment and i gate the office block people so on some. are not. going to be at the base and i haven't thought about. that we. don't make nothing makes no difference i mean i'm not in the. midst of just a funny thank you very much mistaken to talk about it today and give them. now to some of the other stories making news around the world this hour britain the u.s. and canada say russian spies are attempting to carry out cyber attacks on coronavirus research centers to steal information on potential vaccines it's unclear which centers may have been targeted or if any data has been stolen russia

denies any involvement. fast areas of china have been inundated by severe floods along the yangtze river since june heavy rains have forced nearly 15000000 people to be evacuated from their homes officials say they're seeing the highest average rainfall levels across the yangtze basin for more than 50 years. a joint space mission by european and the u.s. scientists has taken the closest photos ever of the some scientists say the new images reveal countless small solar flares dotted across the some surface the solar orbit it was about 77000000 kilometers from the sun when it took these high resolution images. amount to syria where president bashar al assad is marking 20 years in power up parliamentary elections take place on sunday but like all previous elections no real opposition is committed and assad will be reelected unchallenged so despite a civil war that's lasted almost

a decade he looks set to stay at the helm for many years to come. well if you like you. did live the 17th 2008 just 34 years old bash. is sworn in as president following the sudden death of his father. he quickly finds his feet meeting the great and the good earth a little syria this is an oversized. often accompanied by his british born wife asma. from the start of his presidency asset bill close ties with both russia and iran strategic relations that will prove crucial to retaining power. in march 20th 11 antigovernment 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 protests 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 are now reaching the final stages of their conspiracy. attempts by the international community to force asaad to step down failed. and so 2 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 as science military. tonight i ordered it told you new jersey. only if you. called with the chemical. was 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 is led by a man who looks like he will never surrender power. let's bring in a christian helberg an expert on syria christian thanks for joining me when bash are said came to power 20 years ago he was held as

a reformer today the country is largely in ruins an estimated 400000 people have been killed in the war and half the population is displaced how is assad still able to hold on to power. 1st of all i think this was a misunderstanding from the beginning as. well as subtended to reform the country to make it a critic system for example but he wanted to modernize and this is what he did specially by literate by liberalizing the economy but still actually what he didn't change is the very nature of this regime the regime in syria has replaced the state and this is important to understand because all institutions like the parliament the military the administration the judiciary they also have this one goal the preservation of power so until now assad really depends on loyalty this loyalty is enforced by means of fear this is where he needs

a very strong intelligence that the wages and the secret services in more powerful than ever and it is in force as well and ensured by client to this by the regime cronies by wealthy businessmen that that they're loyal to him and this makes it a very stable internal system now the country is of course in deep economic crisis and we've even seen a resurgent in every serjeant's raba in anti-government protests in parts of the country how big of a threat does that pose to assad's authority. he is confronting a very sensitive moment i would argue with us that could win the war militarily especially with the help of russia and iran but she cannot win the peace because he doesn't have the money to do so he has to deliver to the people who keep him in power on which up russia and iran but as learn a lot of the militia leaders and businessmen who kept him there but he cannot deliver to them what they need and they consider syria only a way to all exploit and to follow their own interests so you have another feel

like system that is really ruining the country and even russians are losing patience because they are claiming that assad is not able to finish or to better manage the country so they are very kind of upset with this crap level of corruption and mismanagement now another important aspect of this war is of course foreign involvement in you and the us have been widely criticised for their response to the syrian conflict is it too late for them to act now. i think the we of a sudden right now of us the though of opportunity the americans are going for maximum pressure with their caesar act which enables them to put sanctions on whoever wants to make a deal with assad and its allies i think the europeans should go for another way they should use the money that they're already spending in syria they are financing 70 percent of the humanitarian aid that is the little by the un it's financed by the europeans so they should really put their own conditions on that to make sure

that this helps that this help reaches the people that are most in need and not the ones who are loyal to us not because this is what happening right now what's happening right now the u.n. agencies incite syria cooperating even with organizations and engine ols and companies that are close to the regime that are listed on the e.u. sanctions list and this is a standard so they should really make sure that it's not asset who tells who is on going to receive this help but it's warm it has to be humanitarian standards which means nutella tea and independence that make sure that the reap the help we just need so once this works out of humanitarian aid you can think about reconstruction and recovery christian help expert on syria thank you very much for the insight thank you. relations between turkey and germany looks set to worsen after a verdict by a court in istanbul it sentenced the german turkish journalist then it's you to

your jail to 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 he will today's verdict and he did you do this you 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 higher court had already found all his articles were lawful and the turkeys constitution which guarantees press freedom. did i scored the 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. yes will after years of relates one of germany's best known turkey correspondents soon left the country he says he couldn't expect just to stay because the president had already condemned him. shots of the. president tied and one had already publicly declared me a terrorist in a suit by i so if i had a family in that sense that would have meant that he himself breaks the law by condemning me. the market which is of 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. a former senior executive a german payments processor why akad has confessed to his role in the company's

multi 1000000000 euro collapse that's according to lawyers who say the executive was the chief executive of why the largest subsidiary systems middle east he was arrested in munich last week card systems played a key role in the wild card scandal which put any a 2000000000 euro hole in the company's balance sheet. for insolvency last month. our financial correspondent is following this for us from frankfurt only what has the man in question whose name we can't release for legal reasons what is he confessed to. well the crimes and the question in the scandal so far broadly speaking are fraud market manipulation insider trading. the unfortunate thing is we don't know specifically what crimes what actions the senior executive has confessed to specifically but his confession for the prosecutors from that side could and

perhaps should shed light on on who's involved and who is guilty of what in a total sense when he speaks to the prosecutors now according to reports the german finance minister. knew about basic specious goings on at why ecod a year ago why wasn't any action taken. that's exactly what the political opposition here in germany and in the berlin parliament would like to know both politicians of the left party and of the green party demanded that the financial ministry clear that up according to the reports actually the finance ministry itself has confirmed that all of schultz was informed in february 19th that the buff and was investigating accusations of marketing that bullish market manipulation in the case of wire card and then just a couple of weeks later his deputy minister starts a cut to state secretary we call it your cookies spoke on the phone to the buff and

head exactly on that matter but nothing of any substance evolved from that which would have given an inkling of what would later transpire certainly a political embarrassment so far for schultz and interesting and i'm sure we haven't the end of this story in about thanks very much. tenney and police have foiled a plot to smuggle cocaine into the country by hiding it in coffee bain's police at milan airport said a package from colombia attracted their attention because it was marked with the name of a fictional mafia boss inside with 500 coffee beans that had been cut open and stuffed with cocaine police tracked the package to florence and arrested the intended intended recipient it's not the 1st time smugglers have tried to use coffee to throw police off the scent in january italian authorities say more than 600 kilograms of cocaine hidden in sacks of coffee from honduras.

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