the 250th anniversary year. this is news live from berlin did long in brussels. still haggling over how to possible out a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund can they reach a deal as told strength on a report live from brussels. and a syria prepares for a parliamentary vote on sunday we speak to 2 syrian refugees in berlin to give us the perspective they come from his leadership. and the u.s.

pays tribute to the man known as the conscience of a nation john lewis the civil rights icon whose monster alongside dr martin luther king jr and went on the set 1717 terms in congress has done. a math anyhow and welcome a huge lead is trying to reach agreement on a 750000000000 euros coronavirus recovery plan have extended this summit into sunday despite making into light on saturday not in brussels latest failed to finalize the deal member countries are divided on how much of the money should be distributed as grants and how much as london's so called fergal for group of northern countries led by the netherlands want strict controls on spending southern states including italy and spain seeking substantial i think it's.

a let's bring in our correspondent barbara faisal who is watching but mostly whiting and brussels barbara good to have you with us what is the main sticking point. there's still so many sticking points that we couldn't pick out the one that was the stickiest because all the big questions here have been on resolve as you mentioned the question what governance that is what control there will be over the koran the funds will the no go to northern states be able to sort of tell the southerners what to do with the money that is one big point the other is the absolute volume of the recovery front even that hasn't been finally fixed yet then there is the totally on resolve question off the rule of law making as many member states germany to belongs to them one to tie the front payment of funds

to some eastern european states namely poland and hungary to certain obligations with regard to democracy and rule of law and of course hungary and poland says no way veto from our side so that will be very difficult to move along so after 2 full days of fighting and beth ling and bitching and all sorts of nastiness acrimony as many observers say here there is no real progress yeah as you say disagreements certainly remain it becomes all too clear when you're listening to some of the e.u. latest comments on the state of talks as they stand. so some of you 1st in summary one can say it is going quite well things are going in the right direction of course as you'd expect it's a tough struggle a tough negotiation with the movement in the right direction and that's the most important thing. to several of us if we're going through a series of stalemate there are many issues we are discussing. i'm inviting all

leaders to converge towards a common name 'd to approve the next generation e.u. which is a plan for european recovery not just for the country's most affected by coronavirus but for all of europe. the same for us and we just heard 2 very different opinions on the state of negotiations there why are they saying these talks so differently you wonder whether they were in the same at the same event really truly maybe in different movie theaters. this is quite typical because the national leaders are here really emphasizing their national standpoint listening to the austrian he says it's been going in my direction because there is a strong push towards spending less money putting more controls generous sort of making the whole thing much tighter and listening to the italian of course he

watches that and says this isn't going nowhere at all because we're not getting what we need and what we want is so as long as they sort of turn around their own interests as long as some sort of europeans doesn't take hold there and the summit building and everybody says ok we don't like it but we just have to swallow it and sort of see how we get on with it it's hopeless so we'll be having another day off this going round and round in circles so the big question then are we going to get a deal. haha i wouldn't put money on that and even the german delegation i'm going to chairing this meeting doesn't put money on it because they they did some some expectation management management this evening after things broke up and said yeah we are on a good way but we cannot promise we will have we're not quite sure we will have an agreement tomorrow but many people are willing unless all 27 aren't willing it's

a no go because this needs to be unanimous so give it a try another day but this signs on not over the hopeful prevail in brussels thanks so much now let's get you up to speed with some of the lead disclosure all developments in the corona virus crisis and more than 14000000 people have been infected worldwide and almost 600000 have died according to the latest figures from johns hopkins university the u.s. has again registered a record number of daily infections with of a 70000 people to sting positive for the virus on friday alone brazil crossed the 2000000 mark this week doubling its cases in less than a month with around 40000 new cases each day and iran's president hassan rouhani says some $25000000.00 iranians could be infected with the virus he also warned that and additional $30.00 to $35000000.00 people could become infected in the coming months while syria is preparing to hold

a parliamentary vote this sunday is president bashar al assad must 20 years in power but many syrians outside the country including millions of refugees want to 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. 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 can cash absent people of syria made a mistake we should never of let it happen the presidency is not something that should be inherited. she'd be a end to fed wa a sad seemed at 1st like a breath of fresh air she looks back on it as

a brief period of optimism in the south 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 of our cities are on the phone and. bears witness to assad's crimes. i was not

a militant i just use my voice and my camera but i had to watch as the cameraman was killed right beside me while i was reporting. i almost lost my leg. one of her prison. terry md fled from his homeland in syria to the german capital lin it was 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. when assad is celebrating 20 years in power i can only hope that one day he will answer for his crimes in courts and in syria why not in europe. but

what is not giving up hope. for the sake of her family and for other victims of the assad regime. and now it's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. u.n. secretary general antonio who tennis has called for urgent action to tackle world wide inequality speaking at a memo memorial lecture for nelson mandela who ted has outlines his vision for a fair world wide distribution of power wealth and opportunity. thousands of israelis have gathered in tel aviv to protest over the government's handling of the economic fallout from the pandemic critics say businesses have not been given enough help demonstrate is also rallied in jerusalem and police 5 more to come. french officials have launched an arson inquiry after a fire broke out of the drill in the western city of non's dozens of firefighters

tackled the blaze of the 15th century church the incident comes a year after the disastrous not heard on cathedral 5 compares. protesters in paris of the 4th anniversary of the death of a black man in police custody adama trailer it died after he was arrested 4 years ago for hearing has become an important symbol. and he racist campaign. us civil rights icon john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was suffering from cancer those was the last survivor of the 960 s. movement against segregation played by martin luther king former presidents barack obama and bill clinton called lewis a role model and the conscience of a nation. john lewis's last public appearance of black lives matter plaza in washington not far from the white house lewis spent his entire life struggling for equal rights for black americans he said the new movement gave him hope. people

use the nation to send a mighty. powerful and strong message to the rest of the world. that we would get there. lewis says fight against racial segregation started early he organized student protests alongside martin luther king jr at the historic 1963 march on washington lewis was the youngest speaker we do not want my freedom gradually but we want to be free now. 2 years later he helped lead a march over a bridge in selma alabama demanding the right to vote. police brutally beat the demonstrators cracking louis's skull within months the voting rights act became law i'm john lewis running for congress in congress he was a tireless campaigner and

a moral watchdog when you see something that is not right not just not fair never magritte geisha interests. do something louis was an inspiration to many including former president barack obama the current white house has ordered flags to be flown at half mast but has been reserved in its comments louis was a harsh critic of president donald trump but across the country people are mourning a man who until the end of his life fought strongly but peacefully against injustice. tonfa some sport now and in formula one the studies world champion lewis hamilton has secured pole position for sunday's hungary and grand prix or just drive it is going for a record extending 8 swing in hungary so he looks to build on his victory last weekend in austria it was a good day all round from the sides in fact with hamilton's team teddy bought us securing 2nd place on the grid and is looking to slopes from top spot in the

driver's championship. was a elephant in pakistan that became the focus of a global rights campaign is heading for a new holland at the century in cambodia 35 year old was kicked in chiang said islam about sue and showed signs of mental illness prompting worldwide outrage of the hof a 1000000 people signed a petition demanding the animal be released sing and africa should also campaign for the elephants freedom. you're watching news his or monda about top story this hour. e.u. leaders have extended the summit on a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery plan into a 3rd day they are deeply divided on how to help countries including spain and italy which have been hardest hit by the pandemic talks will continue in brussels

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