thank you. this is the line from europe's leaders go back to the negotiating table. i'm positive for today we're not. as optimistic as your president. hopes. coming up. being extremely careful and cautious about saying. that the protect myself.

but he says used to continue to speak out against china. and the price of bread and. the complete collapse of. e.u. leaders are resuming talks on day 4 of tense summit over a massive recovery package leaders have been arriving back at the summit venue. the cold disagreement concerns how much of the proposed 750000000000 euros would be distributed as. or as loans but we have to be repaid hard hit southern states

including its a b. and spain want to see substantial aid payments but a group of self declared frugal northern european countries want loans and more tricks on how the money is spent. european commission president who sort of underlying this to say as sure arved. good morning so after 3 days and 3 nights of negotiation marathon we are entering now in the crucial phase but i have the impression that if european leaders really want an agreement which they show the clear will to find a solution and we need a solution the european citizens need a solution the european union needs a solution needs an agreement to overcome this crisis and to prepare europe for the future i'm positive for today we're not there yet but things are moving in the right direction. stross in brussels remember just heard european

commission president also off on the line sounding a more positive note this morning is this going to be settled today them. emmanuelle mccraw the french president also just arrived here at the e.u. summit building and brussels and he basically said the same thing he said that a compromise is in reach is possible but to stay is prudent because he doesn't want to strike a deal at the cost of european their use he also stressed that he'll continue working and fighting that's actually the words he was fighting closely with the german chancellor angela merkel and she also said the same thing let's listen what angela merkel said when she arrived here at that you summit building. with talk via last night after. we worked out a framework for a possible agreement. that that is

a step forward and offers hope that there could be an agreement today or at least that agreement is possible and it's i'm very glad that we are the french president and i back in may adopted the approach of a really substantial program for this exceptional situation it is also good that was the foundation for the decisions by the commission and that's why we have succeeded in agreeing a substantial level of iran here and that is the and so we need for an exceptional situation and it was clear that the negotiations were going to be tough and they will continue to do that exceptional situations require exceptional effort for the also has been a challenge playing. exceptional situations but you know what do you think those comments are really. it's interesting what i'm going to merkel sat here because we heard that your council president shall michelle propose to hand out 390000000000

euro scranton's instead of the 500000000000 euro he originally proposed or was it that you commission proposed and this is clearly going into the direction of the fruit the so-called self declared frugal 5 countries and these countries the netherlands austria denmark sweden and finland are us of the countries merkel is talking to you and maybe also to hungary in poland because one major sticking point today it will be the rule of law if the money that will be handed out in the budget will be attached to a sort of rule mechanism and hungary and poland strongly oppose this idea so they could also make or break the deal today why exactly is this conditional of any financial assistance such a sticking point in the girls your sense. paris it would be the 1st time in the

history that you is handing out taking up mutual debt and that's a really big thing and that 2 very different perceptions here was so we have the south and countries italy and spain they have been really hard hit by the covert 19 crisis and they already they already are already confronted with economical difficulties they have been confronted before and they say we need your solidarity we want. the money to be had it was s. grants and then there are all of the northern countries so so-called frugal countries the wealthier countries they say yes ok solidarity is a good thing but we want to hand out the money a sloan's and the reason there is that they also have their own tax pairs in mind that's at least what they say and the idea behind this of the not in favor of centralizing more money and giving the e.u. more power. my nostrils in brussels thank you for the time being and not some other stories making news around the world colleagues and friends of remember top

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in london traffic he says from mine some of hong kong his home which he flips 2 weeks ago the new security law made it impossible for the activists to stay. under the law. so. being prosecuted i'm meeting law in central london the 27 year old brought this banner all the way from hong kong that could now get him arrested at home and a reminder of what he is fighting for freedom access and chinese the activist does not want to disclose his exact location and plans because he's concerned for his safety we all know that child us reach could be very. close on the movie being. cautious about saying so i could protect myself.

it was an umbrella that one. alongside thousands. protested for democracy in 2014 together with he founded the pro-democracy opposition party. and got elected to the city's defacto parliament now i know has had to leave his life in hong kong behind. these are very painful decision but for me i think it's more than myself more than personalization is a strategy for the movement because we need to have someone to speak on the international level freely. people see mom when they cannot speak up on the ground so for me i would love to bear that responsibility even though i need to have some personal sacrifice. your came to london on a visit with one clear purpose he wants to be the strong voice for those still

fighting the fight back in hong kong but who are now being silenced under the new security law yes a historical time for u.k. regarding the china policy there's a huge change in the past 6 months. i think is. a strong consensus in the u.k. politics that we have to be more assertive to china and i hope that my presence and my engagement in the u.k. could facilitate that change that we could hold china accountable in the future we have to respect all wants to and power the movement and his fellow activists from abroad but the reality of not knowing if and when he can return to hong kong and the future leave some set. it's a waiting that you don't know when it will end. and. a

lot of responsibility on my shoulder for now and i have to remind myself. i don't leave for myself but for the home with him and. it's a lonely path that mason law has chosen but one where he believes he can be the most useful to the cos. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic more than 500 of the largest hospital in the lebanese capital beirut have been laid off it's just one of the many diet consequences of the country's worst economic crisis since the civil war 3 decades ago. lebanon's economy is on the verge of complete collapse the local currency has lost more than 80 percent of its value on the black market food prices have skyrocketed leaving lebanese from all walks of life unable to put food on the table if the trend continues the government warns that 60 percent of the population could fall into poverty by the end of 2020 but this dire

situation is anything but a surprise. lebanon is the 3rd most indebted country in the world by g.d.p. its economy has been in freefall for years. recently the government failed to make a $1200000000.00 payment for foreign bonds the 1st such default and lebanon's history. government mismanagement and corruption are rampant. over the years various lebanese governments have used the banking system to finance unsustainable spending critics say this put the money of ordinary lebanese citizens in jeopardy and that they are now bearing the brunt of the country's financial meltdown. so what now everyone agrees lebanon needs help fast. the government is negotiating in multibillion dollar

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