[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is g w. news lie from berlin, a contentious e u. summit leaders project a plan by germany and friend to meet with russia. vladimir putin, under an article says discussion were not easy. member states also based off with hungary over its controversial new algebra, q law said most you leader say is homophobic. also coming up, fighting for breath canyon hospital for battling a rise in kobe cases, due to the delta of variance, we report on oxygen supply problems that are making

a tough to tackle the pandemic. the u. f is pulling its troops out of ghana, stan, but thousands of african contractors to support the soldiers and were promised safe haven. now, here reprisals from the taliban. b. w need one interpreter who made it to the us. and at least 3 people are killed and thousands more are left without power after a rare tornado. it's the czech republic. ah, ah, i see me so much gander. welcome to the show. you leaders have rejected a plan to hold talks with russia. vladimir putin, france, and germany made the proposal, but it got plenty of backlash from baltic countries at a summit in brussels. and there was another topic dividing member states. what to do about a new law in hungary that critics say is homophobic. more than half of you leaders

condemned the legislation calling it discrimination that goes against you. values, hungary prime minister, victor, or bon says he has no intention of changing the law. rainbow colored rage at what's seen as a hungarian attack on fundamental rights stole the spotlight at a european union summit that was to be dominated by efforts to deal with the corona, virus crisis and its economic consequences. as he arrived in brussels, gary and prime minister victor or bon faced calls for his country's expulsion from the e. u, for a new law that bans any portrayal of homosexuality to minors, many leaders confronted or bond directly in the meeting, some of them quite emotionally. beltran prime minister alexander to cro says he was surprised by what he called the quasi unanimous opposition. and the kid we have clearly pointed out to oregon, this is a line and a sent you and you've gone to for this low is unacceptable. you have more than half

of leaders signed a letter, underscoring the e u principle of non discrimination over sexual orientation and gender identity. the european commission has already begun a legal procedure against budapest over the legislation. another departure from the planned agenda on russian relations. a last minute franco german proposal to invite vladimir putin to a summit. that suggestion failed to gain support to the german chancellor, chagrin mac under the hood and stuff. and we couldn't agree today to immediately meet at the high level at the leaders level. but for me, it's important that the format of a dialogue will be further investigated. i personally would have wished for a more courageous, but it's great as it is awkward lithuanian president. you can us no said it is also pleased with the outcome because the proposal failed. i think it's too early because we are so far, we don't see any radical changes or behavior of bad behavior for the murder put in

and to try to engage use, of course, that a good idea is to engage without any deadlines, without any conditions. of course, it would be very wrong signal, i would say leaders did cover other subjects on migration. they focused on how to stop it at its source. and on the corona virus, they called for more solidarity and coordination on efforts to fight dependent to make, and to reopen, travel next up prospects and programs for economic recovery. let's go right to brussels, our bureau chief, alexander phenomena standing by for us. hi, alex sandra. i want to talk about the 2 big topics, dividing member states at the summit. so 1st and foremost, there was no agreement on holding talks with russia. president putin, why it felt blindsided by this

german french proposal put forwards shortly before the summit started. some leaders, especially those from eastern europe, said that it was too early to talk about a potential summit would loving the putting such high level talks were suspended after the annexation of quite me in 2014. and since then their relations didn't get better. they got worse, so that is why for presidential fleet to annual or lot feel, for example, it was a non stop to talk about a potential summit would love to meet 14 before as they put it. there are going to see some concessions from the claim from the clerk kremlin, or a change of russia is increasingly aggressive behavior. ok, so no agreement on that topic. there was also the big risk over this controversial algebra 2 law in hungary. we know the victor, oregon is that he is not backing down. many you leaders are saying this law is homophobic and i want to play

a clip know of what the dutch prime minister had to say for maybe last me hungry no longer has to place me you. but unfortunately with the system we have, i cant or the other 26 member states can just tell them to leave. that needs to be done step by step. in the meantime, we hope dillard up to our fender. some very strong words from the dutch prime minister there. how is this likely to play out? while this was definitely a very bold statement, and i think it's fair to assume that our leaders and we're thinking the same. however, it's not up to them, but up to hungry to decide whether they're still saying they belong to the european union. that is how the european union works. however, it's important to stress that the leaders really had a very heated, a very emotional discussion. but what is coming next is victor open as it appears is not going to back down then. you are a peon commission, has announced there are going to court and that can take

a while and hungry in the past showed that you're not afraid of ignoring court rulings. however, there is a new mechanism and mechanism that the european union as tablets. and that is linking you funds to the rule of law. it will be in place later this year. and i think we can expect that the european commission could propose the freezing of payments from the youth budget to hungry, citing the risk off of the risk due to a lack of democratic values in hungry. that would be a serious steph, alexander. so what these disagreements tell us about the state of unity in the u while i think they are showing us about the european union is once again facing new challenges. it was stablished, it was meant as a club of democracies as a counter model to dictatorships and also with terry and regimes else were. but now

they were, p and union is facing also a terry and, and democratic tendencies within the club. and we just have to acknowledge that the european union seems not to be well equipped to need those new challenges. right. also to stay with us, we're going to talk about a story that i want to ask you, but it's likely to be discussed among you leaders today, bella risk and blogger, rum on fantasy, which has been moved from detention into house arrest. david and his girlfriend are, are now in an apartment in mens. they were arrested may after the dramatic interception of ryan are playing on its way to vilnius from athens authorities. and bella was forced the plane to land and men with a couple was taken into custody. and that arrest prompted international condemnation of the european union imposed sanctions on valor ruth over the incident. so i looked at or how do you think that news is going to be received by leaders at the summit? well,

i think it's definitely good news that he is apparently no longer in jail. but we also have to stress that the european union has been calling on the regime in b r o z to immediately release romana apprentice savage. and he's a partner and not to keep them under house arrest. additionally, we have to say that according to human rights groups, there are more than 500 political prisoners in detention in belie ruth and the european union is calling on the regime to release them as well. and that is why i think that their leaders will discuss that, but i don't think that we can expect them to ease restrictions or sanctions just in post. again, spillers are brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena. it's always good to talk to you to kenya. now we're an alarming surgeon covered 19 cases. if pushing health providers to the brink, health officials,

there are warning the highly contagious delta variant. first identified in india is responsible for the rise and infections. d. w visited a hospital in ki sumo where oxygen is in short, supply screams for more oxygen. the intensive care unit in keys sooner. hospital, one of the biggest, in kenya, nurse nicholas the piano has seen a 3rd of his covert patients die. you might think of if you might think the patient is improving, they might talk to you in one second and then that just collapse and die. the i see you is for a piano and his colleagues overwhelmed. they just lost another patient with the hearing patients calling from oxygen here in this intensive care. and that's in there about 15 people who are struggling for their lives. and we just had to witness how the 40 has removed out of a room full of patients. and as you can see,

the same as quickly being filled again. the hospital director is worried. they need 5 times more oxygen and far more high flow oxygen machine than they have. and we in africa need those high flow devices. they're very expensive. so we kind of for them, we lose lives that could be saved because these devices are not available. health officials believe the number of corona virus cases is much higher than recorded, especially in villages where people can't afford to transport to a hospital. you know, come on, come on and move to. well he jennifer a we t bird. her younger sister 2 days ago it went very fast. says a bad headache, fever, shortness of breath. you would be when it all started on a sunday. when you learned church, she felt unwell by the time saturday came, it was too much for her to bear. she was taken towards the door and the same day

she died. death has come to this village residency. there's been 50 barrels here in recent weeks. the only oxygen planned in the region has reached breaking point and won't be able to meet an increasing demand. i'm getting so many calls from the person who need to do will need to be done home. people of the regular us don't. there was a sort of then the next few minutes. that's a little bit back at the su more hospital. there's some good news. a patient who has been dependent on oxygen for weeks will be released soon. somebody should not. you'll cut out and that is not the thing is really when you want to take life, just say to remove whatever they're giving you where you are in season and then you're really luck was on his side and the health system. so overstretched. luck is

what these patients will need. dw mario miller reporting there. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. australian authorities, i've ordered residents to for neighbourhood and central sydney to stay home for a week. it is part of measures to contain a growing outbreak of the highly contagious delta various of covert. 19 several dozen cases have been recorded this week. you brought or has voted in favor of easing is strict abortion laws. 62 percent of residents voted to relax the laws. the government proposed legal changes to allow termination when a woman, mental or physical health is at risk, or when fetus is have fatal, physical abnormal melodies. and hundreds of protesters of cold for a palestinian president mahmoud abbas to quit owing the death of the human rights activists. neither by not died shortly after his arrest by palestinian authority. security forces in the west bank,

but not was an outspoken critic of the body. his family says he was beaten to death . us president joe biden is due to host afghanistan, president gunny at the white house later today. the meeting comes as the united states withdraws. its remaining troops from the country biden has vowed that afghans who worked with us soldiers and risk their lives to do so will not be left behind. but time is running out to relocate them. dw oliver sell it at one man who escaped to the us. we meet tomorrow somewhere near new york city, a former, a contractor, an interpreter of the u. s. army. he found safety in america, fearing reprisals of mom does not want to be identified. his brother who has still enough ghana stone is facing an uncertain future, goes into where he was. are now in a lot of risk. there. they worked for the military. now,

if, if they are left behind, the taller one will call them, it's a stress to, to check and see if your loved ones are alive or they are that you, when you, when the phone rang, the no one answers it's, it's a big pain. america has longest war began in 2001 when it invaded afghanistan, following the attacks of 911. as the troops now leaf, 18000 former contractors are being left without protection from the taliban. u. s. promised them special immigrant visas and to relocate them while they're applications are being processed. but time is running out, children goes on other. it doesn't makes me happy to see that. we like i spent 11 years of hard work for the us army. and then i had to wait for 4 years to get my visa back to the us government,

just fulfill your promise and gone, let the people die. volunteer jeff sworn, helped off mart and other african families settle in the united states. he says the u. s. has a moral obligation to protect those who helped its troops. this is a country that is why there's a rover on mars. and we're sitting here telling that it was a process that has to be false. and we can't get 800000 human beings that whose lives are at risk of mot is lucky. he applied for his visa early up the current rate. his brother might get his approved within 3 years long after the u. s. army has left off gas town as part of the international withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, germany to is bringing its forces home around $1000.00 and buddhist. their soldiers are still in the country. they're due to leave by september. over the last 20 years

. the german military presence was stationed, mainly in the north, afghanistan, and germany was the 2nd largest contingent within the resolute support training mission which ran from 2014 and is now ending. in all 59 buddhist guest service personnel lost their life and then the government in berlin recently said it will take him more locally hired support staff than originally planned out of concern that they could face for privacy when the troops leaf and we could talk about the story with our chief political correspondent, melinda crane. hi, melinda. a julie. germany had initially only planned to grant refuge to staff who would help the drum and military in the past 2 years. but it does now seem that the interior ministry is prepared to go further. so why and how far that's correct. the interior ministry said a week ago that it would extend the right to asylum for afghan civilians who assisted one to span deployment back to 2013. and the interior minister conceded

that it's not only the most recent local hires who are in danger. and the fact that taliban have called these helpers, mercenaries, and slaves of the invaders. so there is no question about the danger that's been known for a while. but the fact is that the government has been reluctant to concede the extent of the risk because in a way it partially contradicts its overall immigration policy. germany is still deporting, rejected asylum seekers, not these local hires, but, but people from afghanistan in general whose applications have been rejected back to the country saying that they're not in danger. so this decision was a bit sensitive. now, why was it taken now? the government was under pressure not so much directly from local staff in afghan extent. they have been demonstrating recently in cobble but i think more important was a very urgent appeal and open letter from high ranking representatives from the german

military politics, development aid and the diplomatic corps. who said that this? absolutely, this extension absolutely is the right thing to do. melinda, has there been criticism of the decision? not so much from the general public, for whom the afghanistan mission, to be honest is scarcely on the radar. but refugee issues are always a sensitive topic here in germany as they are in the us as well. we saw that in the report and never more so than in an election year which we have here. so before moving to extend this deadline, the interior minister did meet with his counterparts from 16 regional states to get their approval. interestingly enough, where we are seeing is criticism of the afghan mission in general. in a recent going to talk to base some members of the opposition said that the fact that the local hires are in danger is testimony to the futility of this mission as a whole. and there are very strong calls for the government now to reflect on the

history of the involvement in afghanistan and on the lessons learned. and finally, there are a few criticisms from those who signed that open letter, saying that the government should go further and guarantee to, to cover the cost of travel for all afghan local hires who are given refuge. and also not require that they provide proof that they are in any kind of danger. our chief political correspondent, linda crane. thank you. rescue teams are searching for close to a 100 people who are still missing. after a 12 story apartment building near miami, florida collapsed into rubble. a large section of the building crumbled in the middle of the night, killing at least one resident and injuring several others. us president joe biden has declared a state of emergency in florida and authorized federal assistance for the relief effort. in this law allows us to say morning, a roaring sound work residence at apartments near miami beach

building. and i looked out the window and you can see, i thought it was like a store company. what happened was that when the dust cleared, there was the back half the building or back. 2 thirds of the building was gone down to the ground. firefighters evacuated shocked and frightened residence from the parts of the building. still standing. rescuers moved fast and pulled out dozens of survivors in the initial hours after the collapse. many others aren't expected to be so lucky. as dawn broke, the massive damage was all the more shocking. 12 stories collapsed on top of each other pancake in on the way down this woman's and was in one of the collapse departments. she's one of those still and accounted for . feels like

a nice life for real. all of this that i'm living right now. you and it's not real. but the search for survivors continues with dogs and sound detecting equipment. our fire rescue team leaving no stone unturned and were working with the families on reunification as well as those that were just located in the neighboring building. as the clock ticks over 24 hours since the collapse crews continued to search, the shifting rubble piled an investigation into the cause can only begin when the rescue is sure. there are no more survivors. a tornado has torn through the southeastern part of the czech republic and killed at least 3 people. the tornado injured doesn't the damage homes in several towns along the czech republic. southern border, thousands of households are without power. austrian and the slow voc in rescue

units have rushed to a check authorities in this emergency response. now tornadoes are a very rare occurrence in the region. let's get an update on the story with in willoughby. he's a journalist with radio prague international and thanks for joining us. we were just looking at some really dramatic pictures there and their eye witness accounts at the moment that the storm struck the can you describe those to us? but it's really like some things from a hollywood disaster movie. what they see in that area off moravia people are going to buy cars flying through the air in the tornado. today, there are many images, some of them sticking in the air and possible angles. also, many buildings were about being damaged with windows blown roof. flo, no trees were up and also power line. this trader was being described the worst ever in modern check history. but also i should say, was just the tornado. there were also huge hailstones,

some of them the size and terrible. and they also did a lot of damage in the rescue operation still ongoing. oh yes it is to me present more the 100 teams and rescue workers are searching through the rubble of buildings on through damage. so they are looking for survivor. if they're using special equipment. the latest figure out the 3 people are, those are being killed in the disaster, but looking up the extent of the destruction, it's hard to imagine wouldn't rise. during the day the authorities are saying, hundreds of people have been damaged. hundreds of people have been injured. and this is aster, present, tens of thousands of homes are without power. you know, we've just been looking at some images of that destruction and we mentioned a tornado. are a rare sight in these parts. tell us more about that. whether it's really a traitor we saw here yesterday, i'm sure that the kind of thing the kind of wester people might like to see

somewhere like or in the united states. but it's renee, those are the kind aren't only unusual in this region in central europe. there unusual in the whole of europe apparently. and the last 2 decades, there are only been a couple of dozen tornadoes this 4th in europe. the last major tornado here in the czech republic occurs in 2004, so a full 17 years ago. and, and just are they gonna have to appeal for aid for this clean up operation while the government is ready to it's missing a to help the, the reasons that are affected. also there has been a from other countries based backs and austrian balances and rest your helicopters and it's a really big operation. what we think today is that there have been several public charges collections to help those who have been impacted by this natural disaster

journalist in willoughby speaking to us. so thank you so much for that update. and one sports item before you formula one world champion, louis hamilton says he is worried for the safety of the british public following the decision to allow 140000 fans to watch. next month's grand prix at silver stone circuit organizers have been given the green light to sell out the entire july weekend paving the way for the biggest u. k. crowd. since the start of the cobra, 1900 pandemic, british crowds because it is the best crowd of the whole year. so you know, last year we didn't have them. so to be to be able to see them and feel the energy that they bring into weekend. on the 2nd, of course, i watch the news. so i hear about the cases going massively new k. and so on that side i work for people. let's get a quick recap of our top story. so much of you leaders as exposed clear divisions on how to deal with russia. a franco german plan for talks with the latter

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