still waiting for their delivery sponsor books today so together we can or i'm going to lose. the student news line from berlin seeking common ground at a make or break summit in brussels european leaders meet face to face for the 1st time in months to negotiate a step 150000000000 euro package to help economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic but division runty also coming out. and spain barcelona as residents are

urged to stay at home again as authorities move to curb a new outbreak of kobe and the cattle on capital. and as knighthood for captain tom the british war veteran whose charity walk raised millions for the national health service. welcome to the program european union leaders are meeting at a key summit in brussels to try to bridge their differences over a 750000000000 euro recovery fund it aims to help the bloc rebuild from the coronavirus endemic german chancellor angela merkel chairs the talks as germany currently holds the e.u. council's rotating presidency and she's admitted that finding a compromise won't be easy the key sticking point is whether the money should be given to countries as greg. or loans the main proponents of lending the money are

the so-called frugal for austria sweden finland and the netherlands. joining me now from our studio in brussels is felipe lembergs he's a member of the european parliament for the green party mr lambert's how optimistic are you that leaders will be able to reach an agreement on the recovery fund at the summit. to be honest i am totally at a loss because so i cannot truly that they will rise to the occasion and. find a deal but i cannot rule out by a 3rd that national league henri's morph some not all but off saw him have the upper hand and the seventy's is a failure so i see i see a 5050 chance of success now and you know frankly my message today would be to say well will anything be new 15 days from now if there's a new summit well no treaty except maybe

a renewed 2nd wave of the pandemic as we see it all night as you indicated and. that should just raise the sense of urgency i mean the they like to call themselves leaders but now is the time to show leadership i don't know whether they will rise to the occasion why do you believe there has been a lack of solidarity in coronation between member states throughout this crisis. well 1st because. 2 health policy remains a national competence saw by design and by construction it was bound to happen that reactions would be national edisto if not regional because we decided like that i mean if the states had decided to pool that competence at european level then we would have a european crisis response and maybe no people realize that actually when you have a single market when you were a free circulation zone called the shang and zone well emergency situations are better handled at the federal level at supra national level and i hope that this

lesson will be drawn but the reaction was only natural i mean member states had the leavers and they used them in a dispersed older let's talk about these lessons a bit more you've written that the coronavirus and the mic must be a lesson for the e.u. you just reiterated it again it certainly should but is this anything but wishful thinking how confident are you that actual lessons will be drawn from this crisis. well if what if one q. can be taken from chancellor merkel she obviously learned a lesson from it because german taboo for decades as fall and that is the idea of borrowing together in exceptional fives and indeed the chancellor i think rose to the occasion to be honest i was very positively surprised by her because usually. chancellor merkel to be was basically doing the least possible delay disposable and

this time to go through with a manual back or the put a proposal on the table that is basically divided born of the proposal of the european commission and that shows political courage i mean going back to your folder saying well you know it's in germany's best interest that we show. solidarity and even former finance minister. said the same thing and he said i think to those who say well we should just every loans that giving loans to countries in distress today would be like giving stones to someone that these earlier we saw her agree and i think is right on this as well so i think that some european leaders are rising to the occasion i just hope that all of them will be goes well like it or not we need unanimity in this case i deplore it but that's fact and so i hope that indeed all of them will rise to the occasion fairly lumbered it's the member of the european parliament for the greens thank you very much my pleasure. let's now take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world after a 5 day manhunt german police have arrested a heavily armed fugitive and the country's black forest authorities launched a search for the 31 year old after he disarmed 4 officers at gunpoint and fled into the woods near the town of op and now last sunday. u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg says her liver cancer has returned in a statement the 87 year old justice said she was undergoing chemotherapy and would continue to carry out her duties on the court ginsburg has undergone treatment for cancer 4 times since 1999. the world health organization says brazil's corona virus outbreak is stabilizing the group said new cases are no longer rising exponentially in the country creating a chance to drive down the infection rate brazil is the hardest hit country in latin america with over 2000000 confirmed cases and nearly 80000 deaths.

spain 2nd largest city barcelona is returning to stringent coronavirus restrictions this weekend the regional cattle on government has urged residents to stay home and gatherings of more than 10 people have been banned authorities have also ordered theatres gyms and nightclubs to close the region is seeing a spike in corona virus infections on thursday spain recorded its highest number of daily cases since early may. for more on this let's bring in richard fitzpatrick he's a journalist based in barcelona thanks for joining us the regional government is recommending citizens not to leave their homes is this the 1st step towards a new lockdown. yeah the government can't the lunette which is a region in the northeast of spain went to 17 regions and like you say barcelona's up in city where these restrictions have been brought in and the government to being quite clear they said. this is the last chance before drastic measures are

brought in and they brought in certain restrictions like you can't so that people can't leave for their summer homes. the kind of gatherings more than 10 people and you're asked to not leave your dwelling or your house or your apartment only for essential like to these. nightclubs to be close to those kind of activities so it is very concerning for people in the city. health authorities call the situation in barcelona horribly complex do they know what's behind this latest spike in cases . yeah they have pretty good idea what they're saying is that there's a couple of factors there's a problem with seasonal workers there's a lot of agriculture and spain like fruit picking those kind of activities and those seasonal workers have been returning to the region they moved from region to region depending on the on the cross and so they've identified outbreaks as

a result that's kind of like a tree movement also a big big problem is that it's roosters into worrisome and the socialites in the city and the birds and microbes in particular people haven't been observing social distancing. there's been that different cases reported in the press and people in germany would do so whether it's the with me or. 2 of their strips were closed down last week because of drunken behavior from british tourists so the lack of social distancing in the birds and. the nightlife. is a problem richard fitzpatrick in barcelona thank you very much and stay safe thank you the recent worldwide anti-racism protests have fueled a heated discussion over a number of public artworks monuments and street names here in germany once

perceived as honorable all today some of them are considered offensive so who decides what stays and what goes and how is that decision made one german town is grappling with that exact question. picturesque in bavaria the town striking depicts the so-called more of. the emblem is now at the center of a heated controversy opponents call it a symbol of racism but many residents are mystified. is there really nothing else to worry about so we've got bigger problems than the coburg more this is he's the patron saint of coburg and i find this whole discussion out of order. to be i mean he's never set anyone he can stay as it is the crest dates back to the middle ages when black people were often described as moods today the term is viewed as derogatory but it's not intended to be

demeaning according to coburg historian who bears was however the emblem features st marie a black christian knight who was martyred in his now come emirate hid. in . my answer to that extent i think the word more is ok. and the representation of a black man as the symbol of coburg is absolutely fine. it's an expression of esteem and veneration for the saint. took. that's not a view shared by 2 young billionaires who started an online petition against coburg coat of arms alicia archie is originally from the area for her calling a black man a more is no longer acceptable in the light of the black lives matter movement and especially not a figure with thick lips and a caribbean style earring. is that yes and i don't mind that suggests to some that

all black people and all africans look the same a complete nonsense for a continent where people look totally different from one another. others find something exotic in it a ferocity that has to do with savage peoples. it's a racist portrayal that should not be allowed to continue and fights and that this man steps in. the town council is irritated by the debate and is not giving any interviews on the subject of the coat of arms the answer could be just to change the description says this resident. he's got a name after all militias why shouldn't it be the coburg militias pharmacy militia streatch that sounds better. how do you measure culture what is racist it's not easy to find the right balance especially not in coburg. there is

a saying that goes good things come to those who wait and that's certainly the case for captain tom moore a world war 2 veteran 1st he was promoted to colonel after he raised millions of pounds for the british national health service but the charity walk around his garden now his accomplishments have been recognized by royalty and the 100 year old has gone one better with a knighthood. and the pandemic queen elizabeth seldom takes part in official duties this is a unique situation in unique times for a unique man captain tom moore world war 2 veteran a fund raising hero and a national icon now britain's longest serving monarch knighted him allowing him to carry the title search thomas moore. the ceremony was held under strict coronavirus time to make protocols on the grounds of windswept possible following social distancing a little. more captured the hearts of many when prior to his 100th birthday he

walked a 100 laps in his garden raising over 33000000 pounds for health workers and prompting prime minister boris johnson to nominate him for knighthoods prior to the ceremony moore was worried about only one thing rob who will go no no no. there's no everybody goes to turn to see the green living. room go through everybody who are mall were great. and i used to worry because i'm kneeling down and getting not. noodle no never go through we're going to. luckily for more we did not have to know during the ceremony. the day that you news here's a reminder of our top story at this hour germany's chancellor i'm glad america is chairing an e.u. summit in brussels aimed at bridging differences over

a corona recovery plan member states are deeply divided over the conditions for handouts from the 750000000000 general fund. and those will be back at the top of the hour with my colleague at l fuzz until then you can get the latest apps you dot com and don't forget to follow us on twitter and instagram at noon on the complication for me the entire team here in the newsroom thanks for joining us. which courses. or. any time. w's.