your family for misuse of mobile by applying the 5 keep to see folks who use them but you also have a role to play. in the studio we use live from berlin close serve but still not close enough for a deal bigger negotiations are underway and brussels as leaders haggle over how to parcel out a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund the summit went into overtime last 9th but the main sticking points remain unresolved also coming up. to 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. and the u.s. warns the man known as the contents of the nation civil rights icon john lewis marched alongside martin luther king and went on to serve 17 terms in congress has died at the age of 80. welcome to the show. leaders are meeting for a 3rd day as they struggle to reach an agreement on a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery plan 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 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 quite a challenge heading into a new round of meetings german chancellor angela merkel warned that a deal might not be reached today begins 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 the so it's a claim that you can bring in our correspondent bob a visa who's following the summit in brussels for us i know america not too

optimistic after 2 days of tens negotiations what are you hearing about the progress being made today. america not being too optimistic that's what you call expectation management of course she doesn't want to settle self up for failure but she news that it might go wrong today because the latest we heard was that there was a cool 100000000000 difference between what she and president mccraw who are sort of carrying the torch for those southern countries who want to receive this aid are putting on the table and what the frugal countries the netherlands and friends who want to save money as much as possible who want to give out as little as possible they put 300000000000 on the table so 100000000000 here or there is still a very big gap i.v. and that is not what you call peanuts financially on the other hand there also is a lot of ill will on the 3rd day off negotiations here it seems that many leaders

are sick and tired of each other the italian accuses the frugal blackmailing the sounds they have guerin prime minister says that the dutch callie was hating him and he didn't know why and so on and so forth insults and ensue nations are sort of flying from one side to the other it's not what you would call a relaxed and fruitful atmosphere we're talking a lot about money here but there is an underlying discussion about european values going on solidarity the rule of law why is it so hard for you leaders to find common ground there. so darity is such a nice and such a big word but when it comes down to the nitty gritty to the money on the table what european leaders tend to do and that what that's what they have done been doing for decades is there look to their own interests they look to their own national budget and then they forget about solidarity they just see what they can

take from the european union and not what they have to give back and that whole spirit simply isn't there and the 2nd big problem here is the so-called rule of law hungary and poland notably more and more moving away from democratic rule off the european union's they are put on in the european treaty they are blights to base them but they do increasingly they move away now the money is supposed to be tied to that rule of law and hungary say no that is a bridge that is very difficult to to sort of build because the french president said we need to keep the call values of the e.u. and the other say forget it all we want is the money the european union is our a.t.m. and so we're just waiting for disbursement from brussels and that is a really deep risk here. in brussels thank you very much for your analysis. now let's take

a look at some of the other latest developments in the corona virus 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 hong kong is warning that the virus is spreading out of control after a record 100 new cases on sunday in the densely populated territory australia a 2nd most populous city melba has made facemasks men dettori amid a spike in infections and in amsterdam 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 and areas controlled by the regime of bashar al assad the president and his wife ozma have already cast their votes in damascus analysts say there are few real choices

for voters as the ballots are dominated by the ruling party and its allies assad's government is dealing with a crumbling economy after 9 years of civil war as well as new international sanctions. the aftermath of an asteroid 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. 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. and the opposition groups up boycotting the poll candidates must be government approved ensuring a parliament dominated by assad spots party and its advice 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 assad's in march by june anti regime protests had also fled in the loyalist area of psuedo though under regime control the protests went unchallenged a sigh. and of public anger that is growing but will not be reflected in the election results. announced some other stories making news around the world thousands of israelis have gathered in tel aviv to protest against the government's

handling of the fall out from the coronavirus pandemic critics say businesses have not been given enough help demonstrators also rallied in jerusalem where police fired water cannons. and another night of unrest in the u.s. city of portland protesters set fire to the city's police association building authorities the clear the move a riot and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators portland has seen weeks of protests against racial inequality and police brutality. and italy engineers have begun testing the new highway bridge and general one that was built to replace the one that collapsed 2 years ago dozens of trucks are crossing the span to test the bridges village to withstand large waves 43 people were killed when the former bridge collapsed in severe weather. 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 parts of china it has been raining almost continuously since the end of june whole regions along the 6000 kilometer young's a 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 entire 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 who we're trying to drawing 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 dam breaks and. the hot. 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 a general to more rain is forecast china's great river is now a threat to millions of people americans have been paying tribute to the late civil rights icon john lewis 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 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. you can do you see anything in the nation the senate mighty. powerful and strong. 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 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 . 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 that fans have a magnet geisha interests. 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. sports now and to formula one where defending

world champion were save his driver lewis hamilton has just won the hungarian ground free claiming the top spot in the standings in the process the british driver now has won the race and hungry a record 8 times and it's hamilton 2nd straight victory after winning last week's crown prix rebels mox a stop unfinished 2nd followed by a mercedes about $30.00 us lance troll from racing point was 4th and alexander alvan finished 5th for red bull. a small audience of music lovers were treated to an open air opera experience in the greek capital athens this weekend the national opera staged its 1st post coronavirus performance at the foot of the ancient acropolis on saturday evening georgian met so soprano anita ruff bendish billy said she was happy to be singing and public again and that music was especially important to help people staying during difficult times.

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