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state. starts to turn in terms of. this is deja news live from berlin deal or no deal in brussels a new late is fight the 2nd day of talks on a coronavirus recovery fund 715000000000 euros are at stake there are deep divisions on how it should be doled out also coming up. it's known as the great his shoulder on earth since he is south africans sardine run is divine as providing an
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essential lifeline during the pandemic. plus a nice food for captain. the british war veteran whose charity it was raised millions for the national health service. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program european union leaders will hold a 2nd day of talks in brussels to try to bridge their differences over a 750000000000 euro recovery fund it aims to help the bloc deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus 7 chancellor under merkel is chairing the talks as germany currently holds the rotating presidency she's admitted that finding a compromise won't be easy the e.u. is divided on how to assist those hardest hit by the pandemic. a major sticking
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point continues to be what degree member states should share the debt burden the idea that the e.u. could mutual eyes debts allowing the block to borrow money instead of individual nations borrowing it has some members digging in their heels. now before we go to brussels to speak with our correspondent let's take a look at what's at stake. mosque's on gloves off european leaders are back in brussels for the 1st time since the beginning of the corona crisis with approx finances at the top of the agenda cancel president shall in the shadow expects negotiations to be exceptionally tough aloft is at stake of security disappointed if you see that i know it will be very difficult because it's not only about money it's a question of the future of europe if you want a stronger more stable your hope research. michelle has put a financial package on the table to help the e.u. economy get back on its feet in addition to the 7 year budget of more than a trillion euro's michelle has proposed
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a recovery fund of 7 $150000000000.00 euros in loans and grants money for this fund would be barred by the e.u. on financial markets and directed towards countries hit hardest by the crisis such as spain italy and greece what's driving a wedge between leaders is whether the money should be handed out as grants the so-called frugal for austria the netherlands denmark and sweden insist it should be mostly loans and paid back he is considered $1.00 of the biggest obstacles to a deal austrian chanceless a boston could could thinks an agreement can be reached but not necessarily this weekend. is used. there is still a lot of questions to be answered 1st of all to where should the funds school who will be the main recipients what is this suitable critical year for this at the end . though clearly delighted to be meeting up again in person the jovial atmosphere is not expected to last long german chancellor i'm going to macro's cautious
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optimism in the days leading up to the summit seems to have subsided. this put off it will take a lot of willingness to compromise from all in order to agree on something that is good for europe that would be good for the people of europe with regard to the pandemic that would be a suitable response to the economic difficulties we're experiencing so therefore i expect a very tough negotiation about the history of $100.00. fanatic positions like the seats still apart i'm joined now by our correspondent arena strength in brussels we know this is a really crucial moment for the a you as a whole how did the 1st day of the conference. leaders actually finished at 11 o'clock which is quite early because usually the 1st day for summits could last until the early morning hours it was a mix of bilateral talks and big rounds and over it before the summit even started
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yesterday german chancellor angela merkel said this will be very very difficult because there's so much at stake and rebecca this hasn't even changed after hours of negotiations what exactly are the current sticking point. that's the basic division view seeing here so we having the countries of the self as we saw in the report italy spain that have been worst hit by the crisis and they're already facing economical difficulties as they say we need your solidarity we need your money but we want that money as grants and these countries are supported by the 2 did biggest player in the european union france and germany with the 2 post powerful countries and then on the other hand we have the frugal so-called frugal countries this our countries from the north wealthy countries us netherlands and also austria who are saying yes ok solidarity we're in but we want to hand out the money as laws and we want to have strings attached to it we want you to do reforms
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and you countries it's a pretty sticky business there how likely is it that the leaders will be able to reach an agreement at this summit do you think. polish prime minister mori jet skis said yesterday after the summit that there's a high possibility that there won't be a deal today and looking at what other leader said it is actually likely they have not been that crystal clear and we will see what comes out of the negotiations today maybe there's a solution coming up maybe this i would go drag into monday or sunday but is it's not there's also a chance that there will be another summit in 2 weeks time you know as we've already established this is a very important time for the e.u. the italian prime minister for example has said that this could even determine the future of the e.u. obvious signs that cohesion and solidarity in the block awaiting even further that not only differences about how the money will be split but also about the
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conditions attached to it and one important point here is the rule of law that the rule for or the month having the handing out of money is attached to the rule floor that's $2.00 countries who are very opposed to that and that's hungary and poland and that's the 27 years stays have to decide on the deal in your community it is one country that could make or break the deal a big day in brussels marina's chance thank you very much for the update. now some of the other stories making news around the world after a 5 day manhunt german police have arrested a heavily armed fugitive in the country's black forest authorities launched a search for the 31 year old after he decide to for offices at gunpoint and fled into the woods near the town of up and down last sunday. u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg says her liver cancer has returned the 87
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year old said she was undergoing came of therapy but would continue to carry out her judy's on the court ginsburg is the most prominent member of the supreme court's liberal minority democrats fear that if she resigns or dies republicans would install a conservative successor even before the november election. mass protests are continuing in russia's 5 aist over the arrest of sergei fergal a popular governor of the cobber office region which borders china he faces murder charges going back more than a decade but supporters say that politically motivated was detained last week and flown to moscow an appeal against his arrest was rejected by a court of. chinese authorities have issued more flood warnings as heavy rains a full cost in provinces in the country south since june massive downpours have left more than $100.00 people dead or missing forced nearly $15000000.00 people to
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be evacuated from their homes and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. and levon on the deepening economic crisis has sparked months of protests many people have been plunged into poverty is the lebanese currency continues to slump its last 70 percent of its value against the u.s. dollar in recent weeks the country is threatened by a debt default and now a serious energy shortage is compounding its problems. beirut citizens have taken matters into their own hands putting up cables and massive electricity generators an energy shortage is the latest consequence of lebanon's economic crisis during the pandemic it's a huge challenge for hospitals in particular at flood cory hospital generators run 20 hours a day. but when. we are constantly trying to get these so we are already rationing it. in pains me to say that we beg for diesel. in the
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hardest thing is that we have to pay for it in cash not the cash here no more diesel means no more electricity and no electricity means no operations. but the rising demand for diesel is pushing up its price with the energy crisis causing an increase in prices across the board many people in lebanon are falling into poverty. we only take the cheapest thing in small amounts. everything has become so expensive and it's beyond our means. rocketing energy prices mean higher production costs at businesses both large and small lebanon's economy is in ruins. italian police have foiled a plot to smuggle cocaine into the country carefully hidden inside individual
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coffee beans investigators found at least 500 coffee beans have been cut open and stuffed with the drug fake tracked the packages details to florence and arrested the intendant the intended recipient police at milan airport said a package from colombia had attracted their attention because it was marked with the name of a fictional mafia boss. every year there's a feeding frenzy in south africa as large shoals of sardines migrate up the eastern coast followed by millions of birds seals and sharks the annual sunday run also provides an opportunity for locals to face down the riches the waters have to offer it's a particularly popular pastime this year because of the economic hardships brought by the coronavirus crisis our correspondent adrian creates reports. this swarm of thousands of sardines the paradise for sharks and fishermen they pulled the catch ashore with the huge difference. to our troops
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during the cold 19 years made things even worse the i don't drive a new way as it isn't message only so fishing is a way of mending an extra income we get titans of sardines being emitted by seeing that does it get ford's them the opportunity of taking the catches and bring all men to put food on the table. every year between june and all those sardines migrate along south africa as they used coast for the ring the cold current that's heading into the indian ocean. godhra reef fish all of them they in turn are in the sights of thousands of fishermen. fishing brings the country closer together young and old regardless of this color what part of society a.
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society in iran is almost over but they're still a lot of fish in the water that's why in the run to when you still see a lot of people out with their fishing rods hoping for some more successful weeks to come. as the old saying 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 with a charity walk around his garden now his accomplishments have been recognized by royalty and that means this 100 year old is the united kingdom's uist knight. and that 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 fundraising hero and a national icon now britain's longest serving monarch knight as him allowing him to
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carry the title search thomas moore. the ceremony was held under strict coronavirus can demick protocols on the grounds of winds of 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 a knighthood prior to the ceremony moore was worried about only one thing. who were going to rock the moon there. is no everybody go through turns to see the green living. room go through everybody who are most of them were great. and i used to worried about kneeling down and getting up. luckily for more he did not have to meow during the ceremony.
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u.s. democratic congressman an icon of the civil rights movement john lewis has died he was 80 years old who was began his nearly 6 decades public service career fighting against segregation in the south he was the last survivor of the big big 6 civil rights activists a group led by reverend martin luther. lewis died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. you're watching data. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. covert 19 special and next on d w. in the. climate change.
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