d.w. dot com african american cities for the multi media. click to enter. this is deja vu news live from berlin a make or break moment for the e.u. it's a 2nd day of talks for the e.u.'s 27 leaders on a massive coronavirus recovery fund 750000000000 euros are at stake but deep divisions remain and how dull without. also coming up a french cathedral in flames authorities launch an arson incurring after a major blaze of the song pierre

a song all come to concede roll in on. a 1000000 good craft welcome to the program eve leaders are meeting for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a contentious economic recovery plan european council president show me show offered a revised proposal for the fund which would help countries worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic a german chancellor angela merkel is chairing the summit as germany currently holds the e.u. use rotating president and supports a generous financial response member states however are divided on how much of the 750000000000 euros earmarked for the recovery package should be given out as grants and how much as loans to be paid back. we're joined now by our correspondent marina strauss she's in brussels marina

a new proposal put forward this morning what we know about it. michelle's plan is really to break the deadlock been experiencing yesterday on the 1st day of the summit so as it looks like at the moment the overall sound of the recovery package won't change but the proposal is to reduce the amount of grants to convince the so-called through gold countries led by the netherlands mark root and michelle also wants to give them some other goodies to win them over for example rebates on the overall budget so how likely is it that leaders are going to be able to reach an agreement whether it's this proposal or any other we've heard from a diplomat's really am. this is from outside that actually this proposal is a step in the right direction but the next 24 hours will show if the country is if the 27 member states those so divided will be able to find

a solution so actually we're preparing for a very long. let's get more into these talks what comes out of it this is a big moment for the e.u. what does it mean for the blocs future well it's a make or break moment as you said we have the south we have the north we have very different interests and this has been said a lot about you you know about some is that it's a crucial moment in your history but this time it's actually true this is a crucial some of this is a crucial moment for the e.u. and so it's also crucial and important to find a solution if not today then as soon as possible and as we said germany is chairing this is a big moment for germany being on the e.u. leading the e.u. council presidency right now germany went from being part of the frugal nations not wanting to spend much on the e.u. to be one of the big proponents to spending a lot of money what's what's behind that shift. well behind the

sift is that as you said you know america was always oh always more on the frugal sides but germany is also a big exported nation we have to we have to we always have to stress stress that actually and germany is dependent on the single market and if countries like italy or spain for example are weak economically this also hits germany so it's also a very egoistic thing to do and not just stick ourselves darya. initiative that i go marco is forcing here. stress in brussels thanks very much. now let's turn to some other stories making news this hour after a 6 day manhunt german police have arrested in armed fugitive in the country's black forest authorities launched a massive search for the 31 year old after he disarmed 4 officers at gunpoint and fled into the woods near the town of open now last sunday. mass protests are

continuing in russia's far east over the arrest of surgery fergal a popular governor in the capadose region which borders china he faces murder charges going back more than a decade but supporters say they are politically motivated several was detained last week and flown to moscow for pretrial detention. the u.s. government has put a drug kingpin to death in iowa he was convicted of killing 5 people it's the 3rd federal execution carried out in the u.s. in just 4 days the same number as conducted over the previous 3 decades in a 54 decision on thursday the u.s. supreme court ruled executions could proceed. french officials have launched an arson inquiry after a major fire at the cathedral in the western city of not the blaze has now been contained in authorities are treating the incident as

a criminal act. footage showed flames leaping inside the gothic monument and a large cloud of black smoke dozens of firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze at the p.r.s. on paul cathedral this comes just a year after the devastating fire at the cathedral of notre dame in paris one of france's greatest architectural treasures was bringing to the view correspondent lisa lewis who's monitoring the situation from paris lisa tell us more about the damage and what the firefighters are facing there well there are still dozens of firefighters working at the cathedral what happened during the fire was that the big organ made of wood completely burnt out and parts of it parts of that organ has come down has fallen down to the ground but the other parts which have burned and which are still somehow after they're on the 1st floor in the cathedral in the firefighters are not trying to evacuate these parts because

they're afraid they could fall down and damage other paces you know. as statues that are inside the cathedral they're trying to bring these. to make sure that you know to control the situation the fire is under control but there are still some little fires going on there also taking out the degre to be able to access these fire to extinguish them and investigators seem pretty quick to be looking into arson as a possible motive what do we know about that. well absolutely and in this to geisha has been launched at the beginning the investigators were seemingly thinking that it wasn't arson because you know it started one of the fires started at the big organize a set which is which was made of wood and it was an electrical organ so they thought it might have been a short circuit but when they discovered that 3 different fires started at the same time they said this might be actually might have been a criminal act so now the question is not just how did the fire start but also who

have star who has started it maybe. these images really are quite striking i mean they look so similar to what we saw just a year ago in no time don how is that affecting people well absolutely everybody here is thinking oh if not put on mind what happened there about a year ago when the roof was damaged when part of the upper wards of that cathedral were damage and the big spike came crashing down now the fire at the north cathedral is a bit different because there was another fire at the same cathedral in 72 and after that the roof got fortified with concrete so it looks like the damage is kind of limited there however this really raises questions about how france is protecting protecting its historical buildings and as one person put it today on t.v. france is no for its beautiful cathedrals so many people here thinking that maybe the government should put more money into protecting and preserving these

cathedrals they say thank you very much 1st thing on top of this for us from paris syria is preparing to hold a parliamentary vote this sunday as president bashar assad marks 20 years in power but many syrians outside the country including millions of refugees will not be able to take part in the polls and we caught up with 2 syrian refugees here in berlin who reflect on what assad's grip on power has meant for them. but one mahmoud has been living in germany for 5 years after fleeing from syria and the regime that detained and tortured her. she believes president bashar assad should not have been allowed to take over from his father following a controversial constitutional change. in concussion aps of people of syria made a mistake we should never of let it happen the presidency is not something that should be inherited. the b a n. to fight was

a sad scene but 1st like a breath of fresh air she looks back on it as a brief period of optimism. that few month and they asked and. suddenly it was possible to debate issues. that you could go on the internet for the 1st time. have you got the feeling this man could do something positive for syria. white unlike his father hafez. half of. the more relaxed political atmosphere only lasted a few months but the internet opened up a different world for young people like karim sulaiman he was 18 when the arab spring reached syria and people started demanding democracy assad responded with force 6 years ago karim was blown up by a bomb while recording the civil war

a user on our series on the soon i know had bears witness to assad's crimes. how i was not a militant i just use my voice and my camera that i had to watch as the cameraman was killed right beside me while i was reporting. i almost lost my leg. i want to sort of present. karim fled from his homeland in syria to the german capital. for him the elections that take place in syria have no credibility. it's all just a circus a made up drama. drama. that was husband and son have been missing in syria for the last 8 years she blames the regime. at the last one who would do them and when assad is celebrating 20 years in power. i can only hope that one day he will answer for his crimes in cool. and in

syria well not in europe. i may be sued. but one is not giving up hope. for the sake of her family and for other victims of the assad regime. every year in south africa there's a feeding frenzy as large shoals of sardines migrate up the eastern coast followed by millions of burns' seals and sharks the annual sardine run also provides an opportunity for locals to feast on the riches the waters have to offer it's a particularly popular pastime this year because of the economic hardship brought on by the coronavirus crisis our correspondent adrian krishna reports. this swarm of thousands of sardines the paradise for sharks and fisherman they pulled the catch ashore with the huge difference. to

our ships during the cold 19 is made things even was the i don't promenade as it isn't message only so fishing is a way of mending an extra income we get tons of sidings being emitted by scene that does. it for its name the opportunity of taking the catches and bring to put food on the table. every year between june and all those the sardines migrate along south africa's east coast following the cold current that's heading into the indian ocean. dodger and reef fish all of them and they in turn on this side so i was it's a fisherman. fishing brings the country closer together young and old. regardless of this didn't either what part of society.

was not in iran is almost over but there's still a lot of fish in the water that's why in the round been used to will see a lot of people out with their fishing rods hoping for some more successful weeks to come. us democratic congressman and icon of the civil rights movement john lewis has died he was 80 louis began his nearly 6 day decade career in public service fighting against segregation in the south it was the last survivor of the big 6 civil rights activists a group led by the reverend dr martin luther king jr died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. this is g.w. news here's a reminder of our top story this hour the u. leaders are holding a 2nd day of talks on the current virus recovery fund 750000000000 euros are at stake but there are deep divisions on how to assist member states participated by the pandemic. you're watching you know you news keep it here we'll have more

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