ah, ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live number lead is the european union about to open a direct line of communication with russia. president slattery, recruiter germany chancellor angle americans call on the e. u to begin talked at the kremlin to address which he described as russia. quote, many provocations against also coming up hong kong last pro democracy, newspaper silent people line up to buy a copy of the final print edition of athens,

bailey. we will find out what this means for the cities opposition slot. a close shave for germany at the euro. 2020 football tournaments that he makes the room the last 16. but only after 90 minutes. again, hungary ah . i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. european union leaders are starting to arrive at a brussel summit as tension flare over a hungary law that several you countries say targets l g b t q people. 16 european leaders have signed a joint letter condemning the law. which benz content the to promote homosexuality or transsexuality to children? the european union itself has announced legal action against hungary calling the

laws a violation of fundamental rights. another contentious item on the agenda is a proposal by germany and france to improve relations with russia. by holding a summit with its president vladimir putin and alex hunter for nomine d. w. brussels bureau chief is covering the summit for us. allison to tell us the e u. the threats to take legal action against hungary over this law. to what extent will that be a topic at the summit today? it will be huge here at the summit, and i think that this issue could even overshadow the whole meeting here. you just mentioned that the corporations signed by 16 you leaders and they are very worried . they are very concerned saying that this new legislation in hungary violates the values that the european union stands for. and my impression also is that so some

of them think that this is just the last straw hungry has been under a lot of criticism in recent years for its attempts to tie for free press for its measures against organizations promoting liberal values for its treatment of migrants, so there is a lot of anger and the you opinions so far has not been successful to rein in. so this is going to be a topic over dinner. and it will be interesting to see whether victor all button will back down or find a way to say face and find a way out. and also on the agenda, alexandra, germany, and france are proposing an e use summit with bladder repute. and this is also controversial, this, this morning angle, a miracle in her final speech to the german parliament. she emphasized the need to resume talks with the russian president. let's have a listen to the, the events of the last few months. and not only in germany has clearly shown that

it's not enough for us to react to russia. numerous provocations in an uncoordinated way and said, we must create mechanism to be able to respond to publications together and in a unified way. only then will we learn, counselor rushes high, where with us, when you and in my view we, the european union must seek direct contact with russia and the russian president, ulta, no, it's not enough for you as president joe biden to speak with the russian president . lucy, i welcome that, but the european union must also create formats for dialogue, otherwise conflicts will never be resolved. and the german chancellor mentioning their, you know, the fact that, that the biden had a direct talk with putin at a recent summit. alexandra, how are you? other members of the you likely to react to this? now, while this proposal that was put forward regularly, a few hours before the summit of todds has raised

a lot of eyebrows and infuriated even some diplomats in eastern europe in particular. they described this proposal as ill time and ill conceived or saying some of them that you know there is nothing to talk about. so why should we have a summit with put in russia has not changed its behavior. some even are concerned that this proposal could divide the european union that has been quite united on russia by, by being too soft to put in and proposing a summit. however, we also have to say that germany in french have a point here. of course, if the you ask president joe biden is speaking with, letting me put in, why shouldn't they speak with him? russia is a neighbor and there are many issues that russia is needed on. so we will see how this issue is going to be discussed tonight. i was enter. also we have to mention

it is angle americans. last use summit as chancellor and her 101 as well. i want to ask you a little bit more about her legacy. but 1st, let's have a look back at her last 16 years of summits. this is how it all begin. winter, 2000 and fife, newly elected chancellor, anglo american, arriving at her 1st european summit. and we are happy to this talking to europe in summit, and we will do everything to get the best results, whether there will be an agreement. we cannot tell today. this became her brussels motto for the next 16 years, more often than not navigating the disaster of the day. first to hit the 2008 financial crisis was started out in new york with soon tearing through europe economies. one town, ladies and gentlemen, we are meeting at the right moment for the summit because i think it will sent

important signals for the financial crisis. the olson con, easier said than done. some thought the chancellor was out of her depths. but when in 2014 russian kings started rolling and crime in easton ukraine until america showed her a metal brokering fire some insulin i have already in men's communicated their results. this is a glimmer of hope. no more and no less ego. meanwhile griggs were taking to the street, fearing the country's economic collapse. we will have half talks today and there will be no agreement at any price. i know there are stretch hanson all night negotiations brought success. greece was kept in the earth agreement, but the 2015 refugee crisis on europe borders. so you saw the derek splinter in

brussels. the chancellor had a clear message under the face of a great chill angel cannot happen. that europe says we cannot handle that, that would be wrong. that's why i always say we can manage that and there were other battles breaks it. budget hurts. know the tedium, sometimes overwhelming and lots of diplomatic greetings and kisses to endure more or less welcome. until the horrors of the coven 19 crisis separated leaders for the 1st time, mecca, the last big fight was brokering a deal on the blocks enormous recovery fund. which morgan today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it will be decisive. but we could also not reach an agreement today. when the deal finally came. america must have felt her work. here

was done this pre pandemic family. so to may remind her of happier times, leaders are likely to feel quite lost without her. as the chancellor gets ready to take her last steps, leaving the european stage and back with alexandra for nomine and brussels. alexandra, how is michael going to bid farewell at her last use? somebody's chancellor. well, i think we can expect her to try to keep it low key. we reported about her last g 7 summit in cornwall, and at this time, just a few weeks ago, she was trying to deb questions about her final summons. he rubber ones sure. i wanted to concentrate on mattress on the table. so i think that is something that we can expect here in brussels as well. some colleagues here, remember her birthday's, 70 years ago when they tried to or they saying happy birthday to her and she was

not very impressed about that. however, we also have to say that some leaders are really going to miss her. the french president, the mental mccomb, for example, already said that those final summits with alumni quite an emotional experience point. alexandra phone nomine with the view from brussels on this historic day. thank you so much and here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines. hundreds of unmarked braves have been found in the canadian town of mario evolves the scotch one. your former catholic boarding. that is the latest in a string shockey discoveries at disused schools or indigenous children across the country. they have revived calls on the catholic church to apologize for the history of abuse of 1st nations children in canada. hundreds of indigenous people are protesting a controversial land reform bill. outside of brazil congress,

the proposed legislation would only protect lands. indigenous groups can prove they have been living on since before 199-1988. in many cases, such evidence does not exist. critic see the reform as an attempt to free up land for industries such as mining from the former philippine president. bang, you know, a queen of the 3rd has died. he was 61. a queen served as leader from 2010 to 2016. he was the son of 2 of the countries biggest pro democracy icons and was known as a thorn in the side of china. he had been battling prolonged illness including undergoing dialysis and heart surgery. anti virus software pioneer john mcafee, has been found dead in his jail cell in spain. the discovery came shortly after a court approved his expedition to the united states where he was wanted for tax

evasion. a person spokesperson said that he had apparently committed suicide. after like a victim of tyranny, that was the defiant cover story of the last ever edition of apple daily. as hong kong final pro democracy newspaper wrote its own obituary. it came just days after authorities moved to shut down. the paper on national security grounds. waited in long lines to try and secure one of the last copies. $1000000.00 were printed several times its normal circulation. the newspaper was known for its criticism of china coming to the rulers. it said that it had no choice but to cease operations after police frozen assets and arrested 5 top editors and executives. last week. it is seen as another sign of china tightening grip on the city. correspondent phoebe kong has the view now from hong kong. phoebe tell us a little bit more about this last edition of apple daily.

all this is the final print edition of apple. it's really hard to get one copy here in hong kong, the ground today that on the front page, the live sets, hong kong with b to paying full farewell in the rain pictures of one of the staff of apps with a way thing. his cell phone with lights on to hundreds of support. his outside apple, they headquartered last night. he said, well, the last few hours of the newspaper and it pulled from the supportive saying we support apple. dady is a very sentimental farewell for apple id. that is like written a letter that says of hong kong and also some of the iconic, like from pages throw that case for the 26 year history of newspaper. that is set, that freedom is sacrificed under the tyranny and but hoping that everyone can carry on the spirit of apple daily, of the critical newspaper. despite his pressure by disclosure. and as you mentioned,

there could be, i mean, this has been in publication for 26 years. apple daily. so, i mean, how are people now reacting to the closure, especially at this charged moment there in hong kong, we have been seeing many, many people like going on the streets to just get a copy of the newspaper since midnight. and throughout the day today in hong kong, that long lines and seen at the newspaper stores across the city. it just tells me how people, again, thing for just just just the very last copy of the history. like a very critical voice of the opposition came for them. this is just like one of the things we mainly weiss's show with distance and also support to the opposition boys and the sense critics the. this is

a very serious erosion of hong kong press freedom, although this is denied by the hong kong authorities and, and the china schooling party. but it is very sentimental and it's very controversial like for people just to witness how a 26 year news outlets collapse. just within days, like in a wake up, the prosecution under the national security law, even though no one has been convicted. yes, but the newspaper just have to be shots because of the freezing out that. so some of the authorities. so this is really a huge low like to the oppressed and also the community as a whole and the pro democracy movement for sure. just the latest blow for them. he because with the view from hong kong, thank you so much. well, the world has a drug problem that is the conclusion of a new report from the united nations. it says that the number of people using drugs globally, has increased by 20 percent in the past decade. the trend is expected to continue,

especially in africa. the number of people taking drugs there is projected to rise by 10 percent in the next 10 years. the corona virus pandemic has led to more drug use around the world lock downs, and travel restrictions have forced dealers to find new ways to sell and deliver their drugs. cannabis or marijuana remains the most widely used drug, and it's stronger than ever before. the u. n. says more and more young people are unaware of the potential health risks. well, afghanistan is home to the global heroine trade. for the down and out in the capital cobbled drugs seem like an easy escape from their difficulties. and our next report we need a woman determined to help users break the cycle of addiction hearings and the cause on. and lena high diary is on her way to mother camp. it is one of the few privately run addiction facilities and caboodle. her diary founded another

camp on her way. she passes by poly, sucked her bridge, where many drug addicts live a lima. you know that i'm up with. but other more told when i saw the bridge for the 1st time, it was like looking straight into hell. i thought this is what hell looks like. i remember the people were lying on the ground like animals were dying and they could have had promising life, become doctors maybe have some extra work at how much there was another shock install for diary. she hadn't seen her brother for a long time and found out that he was living under the bridge. high diary decided to take action. she wanted to help her brother and many other addicts, and caboodle almost everyone in the city of 4 and a half 1000000. know someone whose life has been destroyed by drugs rehabilitation center is located in western could boil,

is dead. her son was once in eric himself for 30 years. he suffered from harrison dependency. but with high diaries help, he managed to kick the habit. now he manages the center in her absence. meet is not an addict. he has been here ever since. her diary found him as a young child in a garbage can on the side of the street most likely abandoned by his family. when he was to do both patients stay here for about 4 weeks. there is a lack of crossly medicines to withdrawal symptoms. so patients usually have to make do with cold showers. they also have a lot of talks and music sessions. the high diary also has in mind to turn off the rehab. she also runs the restaurant, taj, big room. all employees are recovered addicts, the work helps them lead drug free lives and brings new perspectives. mohammad

hussein is one of those who managed to turn his life around. this is a special place for a dentist on it and so we can feel pretty safe here. joy. i'm very happy to work in this place because here in the restaurant is just different, almost like a family. those things on that on that was included in some take of payments to the venue. the restaurant received threats from extremists also because it is run by women. hi diary has managed to build what she said out to build, but the situation in afghanistan is unstable. it was crawl of international troops is underway and should be complete within the next few weeks. but when her phone i was up and i got on her, i'm pretty pessimistic about just gone to the future. the total insane. the key key

as my the only one who can look to what's the future of the taliban that are, that are radical muslims, that here and no, not the women was and they is the mommy lane and the future is uncertain, but at least for now layla hi, diary knows what she is going to do. so part of those with a drug addiction in cub rule, for as long as possible. let's get more we are joined by angela me. she is chief of research at the united nations office on drugs and crime that just released the us drug report of 2021. thank you so much for joining us. we've just seen a little bit more about the situation in afghanistan, but of course, you know, this is, this is a global situation. africa, for example, seeing a projected rise of 40 percent in the next 10 years. how alarming is this? when it's alarming, particularly for africa, because a 40 percent more,

all people who use drugs means 40 percent more on the needs of treatment facilities in a region where currently that are really critical in providing treatment. these also is also alarming because more drug users means a larger drug market. and so more drug trafficking, more drug production, possibly, and so, and therefore also more instability because we've seen on the how dr. markets can also bring the instability in the region. i'm wondering why this is happening now and wondering if you could maybe shed some, some light on this. does the pandemic, for example, have anything to do with the, the rise and drug use around the world. when the phonetic effect of drug use to waste one directly. so you even from danica, we have seen and now in all regions on the world, an increase on certain drugs, particularly the use of kind of these. and the no medical use all that much.

because while the decrees of drugs, particularly those have been use socially like as far as the aura also cocaine and others. but we also condemn acre will likely affect the drug. he was more than belong to them, as we all know the condemned because brought poverty more people have entered public into the condemned acre. globally, more people have lost jobs and, and many to them from been left out from school for almost 2 years. and we know that we do cation that poverty and unemployment risk factors to call dr uses. so this is likely to increase in the future and probably also have a feeling of hopelessness among many you mentioned candidates use for example, and i like to ask you little bit more about that. the un report, also finding that kind of its products are stronger than ever. while many young

people underestimate the harm that they do. how dangerous is that? dangerous? because the use of drugs in general is particularly risky for young people because we know now is medical research that shows how the brain developed until 2425 years. and until the person is 2425 years. and so until this development drug can really affect the, even the in a more negative way within the adult. and they deal that the young people don't have the perception of the real harm that kind of use use that would be affecting their hands. and we know, again, research is clear that the, the regular use of kind of these producing causes for mental health disorder last from memory. so something that clearly has

a negative effect on the youth. and really interesting because we see, you know, in some parts of the world, canada, it's increasingly being legalized as well. so something for everyone really to keep in mind is, is that warning that, that you're coming out with today, angela, me, chief of research at the united nations office on drugs and crime. as we've mentioned to you just released the un drug report for 2021 and we thank you so much for joining us here and w to tell us more about it. thank you. thank you. socrates now and the euro. 2020 where germany is through to the last 16 but just barely after surviving what was billed as the group of death. the rollercoaster game had fans very much on the edge of their seats with germany on the verge of elimination . but leon greske barked wild celebrations and the waning minutes of the match when he scored to secure a 2 to draw just good enough to advance to the knockout round against england. the historic rivals will face off in london on tuesday. and the other

game between title holders, portugal and world champions, france there was similar drama in the same result. 22, at the end. the hero here was none other than christiana rinaldo who scored twice despair. in portugal, the fate of going home early ronaldo has now equaled the men's international score and record with 109 goals. he also extended his overall euros record to 14 goals. now it all means that france finished top of the group. they are followed by germany in 2nd and portugal and 3rd, all 3 teams advance to the last 16 of the tournament, while hungry, or heading home. the drama on the pitch between germany and hungry was preceded by a rift with the tournament organizer. you wave. it had blocked a request to illuminate the munich stadium in rainbow colors in support of hungry l g b t q. community, after

a law was passed that the you condemned as discriminatory. you have said the request would violate its political neutrality. but that didn't stop soccer fans and other stadiums across germany from showing their solid charity here some of what they did the the, the the the,

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