the studio where you news live from berlin waiting on a deal in brussels d. you leaders are haggling over a new proposals on the house of divvy up a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund there's agreement on the need for the relief but some leaders are warning against tending elves a free lunch also coming up. a 15th century cathedral in flames french authorities launch an arson inquiry after a major delays at the gothic scene peter and st paul cathedral and the city have not. and that's known as the greatest soul on earth this year south africa

star dean run as providing an essential lifeline during the coronavirus and jamming . on the cold polish welcome to the progress. e.u. leaders are meeting in brussels for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a contentious coronavirus recovery plan european council president charles michel offered a revised proposal for the package aimed at helping countries worst affected by the pandemic tensions are running high between leaders and many expect the talks to continue until well into the night friday's negotiations and earlier than expected when an agreement looked unlikely the talks are hung up over the packages mix of loans and grants and who controls how countries spend the money. our

correspondent bob i have is was monitoring the developments and brussels for us baba a new proposal from european council presidential michelle is now on the table making important concessions to the so-called frugal for any chance this will be more acceptable to the reluctant member states it's more except through to the through for of course and so we heard the austrian chancellor sebastian chord saying hope things are going quite well in his direction he meant of course but we heard also in the meantime the italian prime minister just at a con to said the talks are stalled because he doesn't find the cuts acceptable so around dinner time within 2 hours probably we're going to see another proposal so-called negotiating box with all the things the rebates and the sums looms and grants and everything sort of reassemble think of a puzzle in a different manner and then it will be put back and then they will talk about the begin it's going to be a long night and yesterday's talks awesome irritations is this all just about the

coronavirus recovery fund or do the cracks run deeper than that. the cracks do indeed run deeper we have this cultural war because between the south and the northern the so-called frugal countries the south says well we just need more help from you and aren't we all one big family in europe and then we have one very. uneven been touched upon the link that many leaders want to make between paying on money and keeping the rules of democracy and the rule of law in hungary particularly and in poland now these 2 countries have said we will not agree to that under any circumstances but we will see that is vettel that has yet to be fortier now barbara you have covered many e.u. summit you already said it's going to be a long * night but what's your guess how long until the deal is really across the line. it can take some time and we see here that discipline is breaking down the u.s. and chancellor already. having snuck out for

a beer to other prime ministers the belgium if you will miss and luxemburg colleague battle they went out they left the summit building and they went to the next square the here in brussels in the belgian capital and they had a very good fridays and enjoyed a bit of sunshine away time away from their colleagues and finally it usually is some it is measured by clean shirts i mean that's how the men do it they say this is going to be a 2 shorter or 3 shorter or maybe even a 4 shorter that would mean monday terrible but america who is negotiating he was leading these talks she will have to inject it so yesterday was a red jacket today it was the blue jacket tomorrow she might probably turn up in green because of the color of hope is that yes thank you have a 0 in brussels. and france investigators have launched an arson inquiry after a fire broke out at one of the country's famous gothic cathedrals the blaze began

on saturday morning in the western city of not no one was injured but it took firefighters several hours to bring the situation under control. the flames blew out stained glass windows and destroyed the cathedral to grand organ. passers by could be emergency services shortly after 8 o'clock in the morning scores of firefighters beat back the blaze that threatened to engulf the 15th century building. french prime minister john key aspects arrived in aunt saying he was there to show solidarity with the city. on the 1st i would like to pay tribute to the commitment and the great professionalism of the more than $100.00 firefighters who were mobilized from the beginning of the tragedy and who handled it with remarkable efficiency. i also saw the perfect coordination among all departments the departments firefighters the

government and the city. really. investigators say the fire started at several locations fueling suspicions of arson . we had served this morning that the fire started in 3 places this is led us to open an investigation for arson and investigation run by the regional judicial police obviously one of the parties really here to smoke pouring from the building has brought back memories of the not fire in paris last year but this is not the 1st time the cathedral in north has gone up in flames fire crews stressed the situation this time was not as severe. i want to clarify that we are not in a notre dumb stuff nor are you even the cathedral fire which took place in 1972 following gotten for the the roof was redone with concrete reinforcement it was completed to a high standard. at this stage the only major structural damage seems to be to the

cathedral which treats from the 17th century a fortunate escape for one of france's great cultural treasures. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world protesters took to the streets of paris suburbs to mark the 4th anniversary of the death of a black man in police custody. died on his 24th birthday in july 26th enough for being arrested in circumstances that still today remain unclear his death has mobilized broad anger against police brutality and racial injustice and since. beachfront home owners north of sydney australia have been ordered to evacuate with their houses in danger of collapsing into the sea severe storms have whipped up waves which have washed away parts of the coast some residents are hoping to save their homes by probyn them up with concrete pylons. u.s. civil rights icon and democratic congressman john lewis has died after

a battle with pancreatic cancer he was 80 years old lewis was the last survivor of the prominent 960 civil rights activists led by martin luther king jr sought to end segregation in the country. syria is preparing to hold a parliamentary vote this sunday as president bashar al assad marks 20 years and power but many syrians outside the country including millions of refugees will not be able to take part in the polls we caught up with 2 syrian refugees in berlin who reflect on what assad's grip on power has meant for them. mahmud has been living in germany for 5 years after fleeing from syria and the regime that. tain been tortured. she believes president bashar assad should not have been allowed to take over from his father following in a controversial constitutional change how does she. shops of people of syria made a mistake we should never of let it happen the presidency is not something that should

be inherited. she be a end to fed wa as sad seemed at 1st like a breath of fresh air she looks back on it as a brief period of optimism. 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. unlike his father 1st. officer said 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. bears witness to assad's crimes. 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. one of the sort of person. karim fled from his homeland in syria to the german capital but when people say to 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. who are due. to celebrating 20 years in

power i can only hope that one day he will answer for his crimes in courts and in syria well not in europe. but work is not giving up hope. for the sake of her family and for other victims of the assad regime. let's now get you have to state with some of the latest global developments in the coronavirus crisis more than 14000000 people have been infected worldwide and over 580000 have died according to the latest figures from johns hopkins university the united states has again registered a record number of daily infections with over 70000 people testing positive for the virus on friday texas and florida are currently worst affected and iran's president hassan rouhani has an estimate says an estimated $25000000.00 iranians could be

infected with corona virus citing an unpublished study by the country's health ministry he warned that an additional $30.00 to $35000000.00 people could become infected in the coming months. every year there's a feeding frenzy in south africa as large shoals of sardines like great up the eastern coast followed by millions of birds seals and sharks the annual sardine run also provides an opportunity for locals to seize on the riches the waters have to offer it's a particularly popular pastime this year because of the economic hardship brought by the coronavirus crisis our correspondent abbie increased reports. this swarm of thousands of sardines a paradise for sharks and fishermen they pulled the catch ashore with the huge difference. to our troops during the cold 19 years made things even was the unemployment rate as it is in mess little league so

fishing is a way of mending an extra income we get tons of suddens being emitted by seeing the does. it forwards them the opportunity of taking big catches and bring all men to put food on the table. every year between june and or goes to sardines migrate along south africa as they used to coast for the ring the cold current that's heading into the you know should. dodger read this all of them and they in turn are in the sights of thousands of fishermen. fishing brings the country closer together young and old regardless of their skin color what part of society. saudi iran is almost over but they're still a lot of fish in the water that's why in the wrong job and you still see

a lot of people out with their fishing rods hoping for some more successful weeks to come. in formula one mercedes world champion lewis hamilton has secured pole position for sunday's hungary and grown prix the british driver. as going for a record extending 8 when and hungary as he looks to build on his victory last time out in austria it was a good day all round for mercedes with hamilton's team mate paul terry bought us coming in 2nd hamilton is looking to dislodge the fan from top spot in the driver's championship you're watching d.w. news here's a reminder of our top story at this hour new leaders are holding a 2nd day of talks on a roll now virus recovery fund 750000000000 euros are at stake but there are deep divisions on how to assist member states hardest hit by the democrats. will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour until then you can always get the latest at w dot com and don't forget to follow us on twitter and instagram at the deli and i

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