century was. start one time so i'm drunk. oh. oh. oh. this is day wus live from girl and deadlock in brussels a new date is a still haggling over how to pass a loutre 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund can they reach a deal as the told stracke. also coming out parties in france are questioning a man in connection with a major blaze at a gothic cathedral in the city of the moment the fire is being investigated as

possible. and syria holds a tom entry election with strict measures to contain the spread of a run of virus the vote comes amid new international sanctions and a crippled economy. thanks. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program a year later is trying to reach agreement on a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery plan have extended their summit into a 3rd day despite meeting until late on saturday night in brussels it is failed to finalize a deal member countries are divided on how much of the money should be distributed as grounds and how much as long as hard hit southern states including italy and spain is seeking substantial aid payments but a. group of fiscally frugal northern countries favor loans and more control over

how the money is spent. bridging the gap between the 2 opposite camps is proving to be a major challenge german chancellor angela merkel was that a deal might not be reached today begin in today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one for the various issues the size of the fund the type of control and also the questions of the rule of law have now been well dealt with i still can't say whether a solution will be found there is a lot of goodwill but there are also many positions and so i will support them but it may also be that no results will be achieved today so it's a crime against them. well let's go straight to brussels now and who's standing by for us marina somewhat cautious on the merkel there is there any sign of agreement yet today. merkel and her french counterpart in one room across

our i have to earlier at the summit building today and there were pictures of them circulating on twitter saw them signing them discussing with your commission president and you council president that is interesting because both leaders are taking the lead here in these discussion of this summit on the 3rd day and one micro actually arrived he also said just as merkel that there might be a compromise there is a possibility but not at the cost of european ambitions of european values so maybe this was a little him $2.00 words hung garion prime minister viktor orban who can be considered an opponent of micros in many ways and let's listen to what he said earlier today we are all aware whole scene of the situation it's. it's dramatic anyway economically to ponder because one thing but we are we can go about the consequences of that. it's there is don't you think so

so the moral is rather are rather our best to stick but the mystic is not a strong enough word to express how we see the future so obviously the big dangers are just approaching the european economy our 1st because the consequence of the 1st wave of the pandemic and secondly because of the 2nd wave which we all expect to come. are we are aware 'd that we have to make a deal so we are negotiating under the pressure that a deal is a must hungary's victor all band there outlining the high stakes of this summit but also for merkel and the e.u. german presidency. there well there's one thing we're back i didn't manson and that is one of the major sticking points today the question if the money that will be handed out recovery funds money or the budget money if that

money will be attached to a sort of mechanism and hungary and also poland are 2 countries who are strongly oppose this idea the area and poland have both been accused of violations of the rule of floor that's a problem there but other member states for example the netherlands and france really want to have that mechanism in the budget and so this will be one of the major stumbling stone so day and certainly a big challenge also for angela merkel so quite possibly not a deal today then and if they don't agree what's next. if there is no idea rebecca it is likely that the leaders have a risk to come up dancer brussels in 2 weeks time and in the meantime burkhardt's will keep discussing will keep making adjustments or research not forget is that there is a real today to come to india to find

a solution because what it is that stake is really there's a mass at stake not only for dissolve one countries but for the whole of the e.u. and for the whole single market marina strauss covering the e.u. summit for us in brussels thanks very much. french prosecutors say they're questioning a man in connection with an arson probe into a fire one of the country's most famous gothic cathedrals the blaze began saturday morning in the western city of no 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 ground or been. processed by the 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 jacques aspects arrived in on saying he was there

to show solidarity with the city. 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 dark. 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 has led us to open an investigation past and an investigation run by the regional judicial police here is another what is really here the 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 an aunt has

gone up in flames fire chris stressed the situation this time was not as severe i want to clarify that we are not in a not for dam style scenario even the cathedral fire which took place in 1972 following that incident the roof was redone with concrete reinforcement it was completed to a high standard officials pinpointing the start of the fire so it began at 2 sites either side of the navy with the 3rd point at the cathedral organ which was obliterated by the blaze. it looks like the building of voided significant structural damage a fortunate escape from one of france's great cultural treasures. now some of the other stories making news around the world several 1000 anti-government protesters have rallied in thailand's capital bangkok to call for a new constitution new elections and an end to repressive laws the demonstration was the biggest of its kind since the government announced a state of emergency in march. 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 where police fired water cannon. beach front homeowners in north and north of sydney as trailer has been ordered to evacuate with their houses in danger of collapsing into the sea severe storms have whipped up waves that have washed away parts of the coast some residents are hoping to save their homes by propping them up with concrete pylons. syrians and voting in parliamentary elections today in areas controlled by the regime of bashar assad the poll had been postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic but analysts say there are a few real choices for voters the ballots are dominated by the party of president bashar al assad and his allies assad's government is dealing with a crumbling economy and new international sanctions. the

aftermath of an ass strike in aleppo province president bashar al assad is reaching at the last pockets of opposition to his regime 8. he has won the ball with great force and tonight controls most of the country. but it is a country in ruins not just its tanks and cities but its economy too with inflation rampant the world food program says food prices and that 20 times higher than. prewar levels millions of syrians are going hungry some of pinning hopes on sunday's parliamentary elections. at this we hope the candidates will be deserving of the fate of placing in the syria has to return to what it was before that we hope we can overcome the sanctions so that syria can become better than it was. an opposition groups up boycotting the poll candidates must be government approved

ensuring a parliament dominated by assad's bought party and its allies yet after 20 years in power assad is facing rising discontent even among loyal supporters. these are anti-government demonstrations in the opposition held city of us as in march by june anti regime protests that also fled in the loyalist area of psuedo though under regime control the protests went unchallenged a sign of public anger that is growing but will not be reflected in the election results. in parts of china it's been raining almost continuously since the end of june whole regions along the 6000 kilometer young sea river are under water thousands of people have been killed and businesses left completely devastated. chinese social media footage offers an unfiltered look at the devastating floods

and tires cities along the young sea are practically drowning heavy rains have caused china's longest river to overflow nearly $20000000.00 people are believed to be affected in danger of losing their livelihoods like this man who fears his tea harvest has been destroyed you know if you. are trying to drive some of the harvest in order to save it but we have to throw away most of it. meanwhile china's state broadcaster c.c.t.v. is mainly showing images of heroic rescue efforts in helmand we're gathering material preparing in case another day breaks and you have a child in law from one of the. water levels at the world's largest power station the 3 gorges dam have risen by 12 meters in the last 10 days the pressure is steadily rising more and more water is less out which worsens the flooding not

a good sign for rescue efforts. why even if we're trying to protect ourselves from the flood we're constructing additional dams to reduce the number of victims visualises jealousy more rain is forecast china's great river is now a threat to millions of people americans have been paying tribute to the light civil rights icon john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was the last survivor of the 960 s. movement against segregation led by martin luther king former presidents barack obama and bill clinton called lewis a role model and the conscience of the 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. even these the only nation to send

a mighty. powerful and strong if. the rest of the world. we would give. louis' 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 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 and 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 you have a maverick geisha interests that 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 had till the end of his life fought strongly but peacefully against injustice. you're watching d.w. news nicole furnish will be with you next hour in the meantime i'm rebecca richness of the may i mean time thanks very much. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all of this and i mean just 3 of the techniques that we've covered and i weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you can get your

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