ah, the news the news live from berlin, a contentious e u. summit leaders reject a plan by germany and france to meet with russia. a lot of me put him under the microsoft discussions were not easy. members, they also say soft hungary, over a controversial new l. g b t q law that most you leaders say is homophobic. also coming up, fighting for breath, kenyon hospitals are battling a bright and coated cases due to the delta variance. we report on oxygen supply problems that are making a tough to tackle the ah,

i'm see me. so misconduct was, you could join us. you leaders have rejected a plan to hold talks with russia. vladimir putin, france, and germany made the proposal, but he got plenty of backlash from baltic countries that summit and 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 condemn the legislation calling it discrimination that goes against your values. hungary prime minister, victor, or bon, says he has no intention of changing the law. rainbow colored read what 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,

hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon faced calls for his country's expulsion from the e. u. for a new law that bends any portrayal of homosexuality to miners. many leaders confronted or bond directly in the meeting, some of them quite emotionally. belgian 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 in the sent you and you've gone too far. this low is unacceptable. have more than half of leaders signed a letter underscore in the e u principal 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

because he heard me stop and we couldn't agree today to immediately meet at the high level at the leaders level, obviously. 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 step, but it's good as it was awkward lithuanian president, hugh thomas now said it is also pleased with the outcome because the proposal failed. i think it's due early because the so far we don't see any radical changes for the behavior of that behavior of what the mirror put in and try to engage is of course, that a good idea is to engage with valid any deadlines without any pick conditions. of course, it would be very wrong signal i would say leader 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 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 that dividing member states at the summit. so 1st and foremost, there was no agreement on holding talks with russia. the president couldn't. why it felt blindsided by this german french proposal put forward shortly before the summit started. some leaders, especially those from eastern europe, said that it was too early to talk about a potential summit with loving the putting the such high level talks were suspended after the annexation of crimea in 2014. and since then, their relations didn't get better. they got worse, so that is why for presidential police, when you know or lot feel for example,

it was a nonstarter to talk about a potential some it would be nice 14 before as they put it, there are going to see some concessions from the crime from the current kremlin, or it change of russia is increasingly aggressive behavior. okay, so no agreement on that topic. there was also the big risk over this controversial l g b teach you law in hungary. we know that victor, oregon. a study is not backing down. many you leaders are saying this law is homophobic and i want to play a clip now of what the dutch prime minister had to say. for me last me hungry no longer has to please me you. but unfortunately with the system we have, i can't, or the other 26 member states can't just tell them to leave. that needs to be done, step by step. and in the meantime, we hope dillard apt. i will send her some very strong words from the dutch prime minister there. how is this likely to play out? well, 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 i'm too 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 p and commission has announced there are going to court and that can take a while and hungry in the past showed that they're not afraid of ignoring court rulings. however, there is a new mechanism 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 of, of the risk due to

a lack of democratic values in hungary. 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 seeing out of the area on 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. ultimately, they, with us, we're going to talk about a story that i want to ask you about. it's likely to be discussed among you leaders today, bella risk and blogger, rum on protocol that 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 reception of a ryan airplane 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 and post sanctions on beller ruth over the incident. so alexander, 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 to immediately release roman practice 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 the leaders will discuss that, but i don't think that we can expect them to ease restrictions or sanctions just imposed. again, stella rows are brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena. it's always good to talk to you to kenya. now where an alarming surgeon cove, at 1900 cases is pushing health providers to the brink, health officials, there are warning that the highly contagious delta variant 1st identified in india, is responsible for the rise and infections. dw visited a hospital and key sumo where oxygen is in short, supply screams for more oxygen, the intensive care unit, and consumer hospital, one of the biggest in kenya. nurse nicholas the piano, have you 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 intensive care. and that's in there about 15 people who are struggling for their lives. and we just had to witness how the body has been removed out of a room full of patients. and as it 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 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 the transferred to a hospital. you come on, come on and move to where we jennifer we

d bird. her younger sister 2 days ago. it went very fast. just as a bird headache, fever, shortness of breath would be greatly it all started on sunday. when 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. residents say there's been 50 barrels here in recent weeks. the only oxygen plant 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 are then the next few minutes. yes, that's

a little be gone back at the sue more hospital. there's some good news. a patient who's been dependent and oxygen for weeks will be released soon. somebody should not cut out. and that is not, this 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 feel it luck was on his side in the house system. so overstretched. luck is what these patients will need. d, w 's, mario miller reporting there. let's take a look at some other stories now from around the world. australian authorities have ordered residents for neighborhoods and central sydney to stay home for a week. it is part of measures to contain a growing outbreak of the highly contagious delta variant. there are several dozen cases have been recorded this week. a tornado in the czech republic has left dozens

injured. regional health authorities are currently estimating up to a 150 people may be effected in towns around the country. southern border, austrian and full block in rescue units are rushing to assist. check authorities in the emergency response and your browser has voted in favor of eating its strict abortion log. 62 percent of the residents voted to relax the loss. the government proposed legal changes to allow termination when a woman's mental or physical health is at risk, or when fetuses have fatal physical abnormalities. now sports formula, one world champion lewis hamilton says he is worried for the safety of the british public following the decision to allow 140000 fans to watch next month grand pre at silver stone circuit. organizers have been given the green light to sell out the entire july 16th or 18th weekend paving. the way for the biggest u. k. crowds has the start of the curve at $900.00 pandemic risk crowds because it

is the best crowd as a whole year. so, you know, so last year we didn't have them, so to be to be able to see them and, and feel the energy that they bring into a weekend. on the 2nd of course i was a new so i hear about the case is going ups massively new k and so on that side i work for people. ok time for a recap of our top story. so some of the you leaders has exposed clear divisions on how to deal with russia. a franco german plan for talks with letterman putting was rejected. and many leaders strongly criticized on gary and prime minister victor on for a new law. they said a comma folding and health officials in can yeah, i warning the highly contagious delta very is responsible for a rise in infection their staff that some hospitals are struggling to get enough oxygen for their patients. the coming up next on d w, we have our documentary on the forgotten victims of the atlantic state and you stay

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