many times to you all for tuning in for go. on t w. as a student news line from berlin bitter negotiations in brussels for the 3rd day now e.u. leaders are haggling over how to parcel out a 715000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund progress is being made but the result is anything but clear also on the program government controlled areas of syria hold a parliamentary election with strict measures to contain the spread of coronavirus

the vote comes amid new international sanctions and intensifying calls for the president to step down. i'm a hope you'll come to the show. e.u. leaders trying to reach an 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 leaders failed to finalize a deal member countries are divided on how much of the money should be distributed as free grants and how much as repayable loans hard hit southern states including italy and spain are seeking substantial aid payments but a group of physically 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 i'm going to america warned that a deal might not be reached today begin good in today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the fund the way it is managed and also the questions of the rule of law have not been examined thoroughly 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 make every effort but it may also be there is no result is achieved today of the sort it's a problem that you felt a lot to talk about here let's bring in our correspondent who is following the summit in brussels for us. not too optimistic after 2 days of tense negotiations are there any signs of things going better today. merkel and her counterpart the french president emanuel my craw arrived earlier today here at the summit building and afterwards we saw pictures of them circulating on twitter

sowing them negotiating with you cancel presidents and the e.u. commission president this is kind of a part and because the france and germany are the most powerful countries in the european union and at this summit obviously and macro when he arrived today earlier in the morning in brussels at the building he said that he things a compromise might be possible but not at the cost of the european ambitions so this might have been a hint towards home garion prime minister viktor orban who can be considered an opponent of macross and multiple ways let's listen to what he said earlier we are all aware how serious the situation it's. dramatic anyway economically pandemic is one thing but we are we can go about the consequences of that already what only. it sure is don't you think so so the old aussie's

rather a rather pessimistic but that's the mistake is not a strong enough word to express how you see the future you seem to be dangers are just approaching to be european economy. because the consequence of the 1st wave of the pandemic and secondly because of the 2nd wave which we all expect from hole of we are aware that we have to make a deal so we are negotiating under the pressure that a deal is a must. angries viktor orban painting a certainly dramatic picture there he says we have to make a deal but he's actually one of the leaders making an agreement harder to reach isn't me. yeah there so one thing we call he didn't mention one of the major sticking points today and that is to question if the money that will be handed out will be attached to a sort of rule floor mechanism and hungary and poland strongly oppose this idea

both have been facing accusations of violating the rule floor they say please don't meddle with our national matters but the thing is that most other member states absolutely want that rule of my alarm mechanism in there and the most vocal warm among them is the netherlands. and our bond actually got really personal today he accused her of wanting to punish his country. the stakes here are obviously very high especially for the countries in dire need of this aid money but what about aguilar merkel and her council presidency does germany have a special responsibility here i think if no deal will be reached today or at this summit it's likely that your leaders will meet again in about 2 weeks time and of course germany has a pivot to a very essential role here but it's not only about germany it's also about merkel herself because we know it's her last term and this president is

a chance for her to shape her european legacy and also her over a legacy and so the question if a suitable deal for a good deal will be found for europe so that you will also shape her legacy so this is important for the rest of us following the situation in brussels for us thank you very much. that summit is of course about how to distribute a european grown up virus recovery package now here are some of the other latest developments in the pandemic the world health organization has reported the largest single day increase of coronavirus cases since the crisis began with almost 260000 new infections globally in just 24 hours australia's 2nd most populous city melbourne has made face masks mandatory amid a spike in infections and an abstract parts of the city's red light district have been closed off due to overcrowding sex workers in the netherlands were allowed to

resume work on july 1st but authorities have been monitoring visitor flows to ensure social distancing syrians are voting in parliamentary elections today in areas controlled by the regime of bashar al assad the poll had been postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic but analysts say there are few real choices for voters as the ballots are dominated by assad's party and its allies thoughts government is dealing with a crumbling economy after 9 years of civil war as well as 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 8. he has won the war with brute force controls most of the country. but it is a country in ruins not just its tens and cities but its economy too with inflation

rampant the world food program says food prices and that 20 times higher than pre-war 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 faith replacing 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. on the opposition groups up boycotting the poll candidates must be government approved ensuring a parliament dominated by assad spots party and its allies yet as to 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. let's now take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of israelis have gathered in tel aviv to protest against the government's handling of the followed from the coronavirus pandemic critics say businesses have not been given enough help demonstrators also rallied in jerusalem police fired water. french prosecutors say they're questioning a man in connection with the arson inquiry into saturday's fire at the knowledge cathedral dozens of firefighters were needed to put out the blaze at the 15th century gothic building. and another night of unrest in the u.s. city of portland protesters set fire to the city's police association building authorities declared the move a riot and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators portland as in weeks of

protest against racial inequality and police brutality. several 1000 anti-government protesters have rallied in thailand's capital bangkok to call for a new constitution new elections and an end to repress of laws the demonstration was the biggest of its kind since the government announced the state of emergency in march. in parts of china it's been raining almost continuously since the end of june whole regions along the 6000 kilometer young save river are under water dozens of people have been killed and businesses left completely devastated. chinese social media footage offers an unfiltered look at the devastating floods and tire cities along the young sea are practically drowning heavy rains have caused china's longest rivets who have a flow nearly 20000000 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 were trying to draw in 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. we're gathering material preparing in case another dam breaks and. 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 as we're trying to protect ourselves from the flood we're constructing additional dams to reduce the number of victims of the

genesis of. more rain is forecast china's great river is now a threat to millions of people. the coronavirus crisis has seen a revival of the drive in cinema and many countries now france has come up with a new twist the floating movie theater fans of the big screen can take to the river in the capital paris and enjoy a film show on the water organizers say the open air screening is a safe and fun way to watch a movie. and some sports now in formula one mercedes world champion lewis hamilton has secured pole position for today's home garion from free the british driver is going for a record extending a 4 win and hungry as he looks to build on his victory last time out in austria it was a good day all round for mercedes on saturday with hamilton's team mate voluntary securing 2nd place on the grid and once and is looking to dislodge the driver from

top spot in the championship. americans have been paying tribute to the late civil rights icon john lewis who has died at the age of 80 he was the last survivor of the 1960 s. movement against segregation led by martin luther king former presidents barack obama and bill clinton called louis 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 do you see the nation send a mighty. powerful and strong. the rest of the world. that we would get. 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 our 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 and 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 fans of the man i think they should just sense something but do something lewis 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 news we'll have more headlines for you at the top of the hour in the meantime going on over you can stay up to date on our web site at www dot com also follow us on twitter and instagram d w m d l a for me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for joining us. i'm able to complete the 2nd season. of the planet on the brink of disaster there's a long interview experts about one question. who would change. leaders are.

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