the news this is the w news, lived from berlin and a contentious use stomach leaders reject the plan by germany and france to meet with russians. vladimir putin, gal americal, says discussions were not easy. member states also faced off with hungary over its controversial new l. g. b t q law. most you leaders say is homophobic of the coming up fighting for breast kenyon hospitals are battling a rise in probate cases due to the delta variance. we report on oxygen 5 problems

that are making it tough to tackle the 10. plus at least 3 people are killed and thousands more are left without power after a rare tornado hit the czech republic. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. few leaders have rejected a plan to hold tossed with rushes. vladimir putin, france, and germany made the proposal, but it got plenty backlash from both countries at summit in brussels. and there was another topic dividing member states. what to do about a new law in hungary that criticizes, that criticize critics say, is homophobic. more than half of the leaders condemned to 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 miners. 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 can. we have clearly pointed out to oregon. this is a line in the sense that you've gone to far as this low is unacceptable. more than half of leaders signed a letter underscore in b. 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 mac under the hood, which the off and we couldn't agree today to immediately meet at the high levels 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, 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 behavior of bad behavior, for the murder put in and to try to engage use of course, very good idea, but to engage with valid, any deadlines without any 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 the pandemic. and to reopen travel next up prospects and programs for economic recovery. and for more on that, let's bring in brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena allison. i'd like to begin by asking you about this failure to reach an agreement on the summit with russia. walk us through the main sticking points. so german in friends came forward with this proposal to hold a summit with landing the port in shortly before the use summit started saying that it's important to have this dialogue with rush out for the blog stability that it's not enough for the you ask president joe biden, to talk with, let me put in the european leaders to do it too. however,

this proposal was rejected by the majority of the leaders who said it's too early to talk about that. and who said that 1st russia has to change its aggressive behavior. and we have to stress that those high level talks were suspended after the annexation of crimea in 2014 and since 14. and since then their relation on the relations only got worse. and suddenly there was also told us they, they didn't want to elevate. why didn't you put in and this is actually a very interesting point because the kremlin had signaled there were very eager to have such a summit with the leaders. and now they are saying after this proposal was rejected to that the who was hosted to aggressive minority. so a clear attempt to drive a wedge and the use unity here. and speaking of wedges in unity, there's also a big controversial rift over this l. g

b. t q law in hungary or bond is not backing down, but many leaders are saying it's homophobic. let's listen to what the dutch prime minister said for maybe last me hungry no longer has to place me you. but unfortunately with the system we have, i can't do it. 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 they'll adapt. this is just the latest controversy that's coming out of hungary, alexander house is likely to play out well, it was a very bold statement here, but i think it's fair to assume that our leaders felt in the same way. and we have this very heated and emotional discussion over the new law and a hungry what's going to happen next? it seems indeed that victor o'brien is not thinking about backing down. and in this case, the european commission has announced there are going to court. however,

we know that that could take awhile and hungry in the past has shown that they are not afraid of ignoring court rulings. however, there is a new mechanism that has been established by the european union and mechanisms linking you funds to the rule of law. so we could expect that the european commission later this year could propose if we the freezing of payments from the budget to hungry. if the situation is not going to change. what do all of these disagreements tell us? just about the, the general state of unity, right? now in the you i think there are showing us that the european union is facing new challenges. your opinion was established as a clump of democracies, a counter model to dictatorships and also material regimes elsewhere. and now this block is facing also with terry and undemocratic tendencies within their club. so

what you're seeing right now it's showing us, it's telling us that the you is not well equipped to to meet the new challenges. alexandra phone number in brussels. thank you. in kenya, there is an alarming surgeon covered 19 cases. putting health providers to the brink. health officials warn the highly contagious delta variant. first identified in india is responsible for the rise and infections. the w visited a hospital in consumer where oxygen isn't so short, supply screams for more oxygen. the intensive care unit in keys sooner. hospital one of the biggest in kenya. yes. nurse nicholas 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 the i see you

is for a piano and his colleagues overwhelmed. they just lost another patient. we keep hearing patients calling from oxygen here in this intensive care, and that's 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 a can see the same as quickly been filled again, the hospital director is worried. they need 5 times more oxygen and far more high flow oxygen machine than they have from growth. 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 this 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 know, come on, come on and move to. well, jennifer, we

d 3rd. her younger sister, 2 days ago, it went very fast just as a bad headache, fever, shortness of breath would be when it all started on a sunday when 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 resident 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 need to do will need to be done home. people of the regular us don't, our system was possible. then the next few minutes. that's going to be

going back at kids who was little. there are some good news. a patient who's been dependent on oxygen for weeks will be released soon. somebody should not, jo, cut out, and that is not, this thing is really when you want to take life, just to remove whatever they're giving you where you are in see them and then you feel it's luck was on his side in the house system, so overstretched. luck is what these patients will need. and here's a look at some other stories making headlines. australian authorities have ordered the residence for neighborhoods in the central sydney to stay at home for a week. if part of measures to contain a growing outbreak of being highly contagious, dealt with area code 19 several dozen cases have been recorded. the gibraltar has voted in favor of using its strict abortion laws. 62 percent of residents voted to relax, allows the government proposed legal changes to allow termination when a woman,

mental, or physical health is at risk. or when fetuses have fetal physical abnormalities. the death toll from the philosophy miami apartment block has risen to 3 people. one, nearly 100 people were accounted for. rescue workers are trying to search the rebel for survivors. reason behind the collapse is not yet known. a tornado has torn through the southeastern part of the czech republic and killed at least 3 people. the tornado inter dozens of people and damaged homes and several towns along the czech republic. southern border, thousands of households are without power. austrian and so vakio rescue units have rushed to assist. check authorities in the emergency response. tornadoes are a very rare occurrence in the region. let's get more now. we are joined by in willoughby. he is

a journalist with radio prague international in eye. witness accounts of the moment that the storm struck. can you describe them to us? what we saw here last night was something like out of a hollywood disaster movie. people were saying that they saw cars flying through the air, the re, many images today, damaged cars. lots of buildings were also damage to, with the roof, blown off windows blown as the image is coming out today from the unity they're really quite shocking. the whole place looks like nothing a war zone. even the check prime minister under banish describe the situation by close a real what is the status of the rescue operation? well, present, they've told us that for life to be lost. that's the latest news, at least for life. this morning, over 100 rescue teams look through the damage building. but a short while ago,

which i for a service, came out and said nobody and they were not moving on to the preparation. that's going to be a massive job. army will also be involved and they, they clearer focus. it's getting very much toward material damage. the check red cross, something like hundreds of families lost their home. the prime minister said about 2000 buildings were damaged. the jack ministry of interior has relieved over 60000000 euros to help in communities. ministry finance is giving tax break to these areas. there also be charging collection that's brought up overnight and people have been sending, sending a lot of money towards those. and also major online crude suppliers in the czech republic. i've been delivering food as a to these areas where we're thing they enter public as a strong sense of darcy. i mean, tornadoes in this area are rare. tell us a little bit more about that. why did this happen?

whether stream, the rare, what we saw yesterday evening was the kind of twist your, as you might like to see somewhere like in the midwest of the united states, only in central europe. such tornadoes are where they are rare in the home of europe. apparently the only been about 2 dozen tornadoes on the same 4th is the one that we saw last night in europe in the last 2 decades. the last major tornado here in the public was in 2004. but they're saying that the one that we saw last night was the strongest tornado ever seen in modern history. wow. and will it be joining us journalists with radio prague international with the latest on the ground there after this tornado has hit the area. thank you. so much in bella, ruth blogger, rama. present savage has been moved from detention into house arrest. he and his girlfriend are now in an apartment in men because they were arrested in may after the dramatic interception of

a ryan airplane on its way to billions from athens authorities and bella. ruth forced the plane to land and meant where the couple was taken into custody with the rest prompted. international outrage, the european union and post sanctions on delivery over this incident. when you and how to go about cova is a belly, mercy and journalist. she's joining us now from an undisclosed location. tell us a little bit more about this move. what are we to make of it? and especially of the timing, i mean, it's taking place against the backdrop of an e u summit, for example. well, absolutely, the timing here is crucial because of all yesterday, new sexual sanctions. we're now targeted economic functions on last important experts of the was to the you, which is petroleum products, potash, some products of tobacco industry, some banks. so these information about function that kind of those experts of the

you chip to significant significantly might have caused the regime in minsk to reconsider. i would say they approach in distance signals to the new to the west that some political prisoners could be released. so could be moved in exchange over lifting the sanctions. so we heard today about one of the savage and so he has to be at the p. s who moved to house arrest and we don't know much information but still what we also for is that romani, being held as an apartment, we have the k g b agent. so it doesn't mean that he's free. he's still under arrest. i was just going to, he's conditions change a little, but those people are held as hostages. it's important not the trade in political prisoners because now the regime in music with the everything possible to avoid sanctions, to ease the regime, the function regime or going to lift less some of those functions because what was

what is really painful for, for, for those human and tell us, i mean, if you could, if you could just give us a sense of the bigger picture, because, i mean, this is not just about part of savage and his, his girlfriend. of course, i mean, you've been following the opposition movement quite closely. you know, many of its members, well, either give us a sense of, of what is happening more broadly, because there are others, of course, who are in detention in the country. there are hundreds of people who are currently being dealed, this official information. well, the number of political prisoners, the raw, at least $500.00 of them being held in jail in both rooms, but more thousands of them are being currently under criminal investigation or in jail. so that's going to be important to have in mind since all of us that have been more than 35000 of people who have been to teens and their number is

increasing, their number is constantly growing the level of repression. eas, incredible is unprecedented in history. and that's what the regime is doing. the human, the destroying media, almost nearly every independent media outlet has been demolished, has been banned in dozens of websites have, have been banned. journalist, the beans attend on the really high scale high level so, so this impression is continue at the same time. i think the regime of the content of the distance, which is still here, despite people cannot go out to the streets because of repression. they're scared. but these kind of their opposition towards local shanker has not changed their still against him because of fortune because of killing and shooting that take took place last year about cova l. c and journalist filling us in on the situation there

on the ground. thank you so much for your reporting. thank you. you as president joe biden said to host his afghan counterpart, osh off ghani at the white house later today. the to our meeting, as us troops withdraw from afghanistan, leaving a power vacuum which the taliban is preparing to fill. bite in has previously promised billions of dollars and security assistance for afghanistan. but as taliban forces gain ground, it's not clear if that will be enough to hold them back. searching for anything they can salvage. scott merchants pick 3, what's left of a former us base back room once, but net center for operations in afghanistan. this is what remains here. after america the longest overseas war, the north for taliban is on viewed france steadily gaining territory, taking districts after districts un sounding the alarm. most districts have been

that have been taken. surround provincial capitals suggesting that the taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals. once foreign forces are fully withdrawn. the calm before the storm here in the provincial capital of condos . residents can only wait at the front line for the closer african secuity for the seam powerless. just stop the advance in cobbled for militiamen, men who fought against the taliban decades ago. and now returning to arm to boast of a defense more juncture. then we've gathered here to defend the republic, freedom of speech, and the independence of a canister. if a taliban one piece, we will make peace with them. i got all of them. what if they want to fight? we are ready for that. and we will defend our last, i mean,

the former been involved in the us withdrawal this 20 by commander confidence, victory, aged, the american. the african government is a slave administration on the when the americans leave, it won't last 5 days. the can go out on the co willing more than half of all us troops. i've already left the country. the rest will follow by september. the 11th . more work i've done is done scrap merchants. let's bring in journalist ali la tv, who has a view from cobble ali, you know, as we've been seeing there the taliban making quick games in the past days. how high is the fear right now that they could return to power? and the government could potentially collapse as foreign troops withdraw. there's definitely a fear we have been seeing them, you know, take different district center, different districts. but you know, what we have to keep in mind is that it's sort of like a hyper version of what's been going on over the last several years where the tall

bond will take a district and then fairly soon after lose it. you know, keeping a district has proven very difficult for them. and this is exactly what's happening . you know, over the last week we keep getting reports of, you know, this district has fallen and then a few days later, you get a report that the government has retaken that district. but what that really shows is that it's sort of like the tall bond way of trying to tire out the government. right. they constantly taking everything into overdrive say, you know, trying to create little fires everywhere and have them try and put them out all at once. for the taliban it's not so difficult because they can always get assistance from utah from on, from other places. and they can always get new people to join in their fight. but for the government, it's very difficult to train and recruit and bring in new soldiers all the time. so this really seems to be the taliban tactic at this point. and to your point, you know about how difficult that recruitment and as for the government, the government launched this week, what it calls the national mobilization,

which is arming local volunteers. i'd like to ask you, is that really the best hope now going forward? what does it say about the state of security forces in afghanistan right now? so it's really interesting because, you know, yesterday i was with a bunch of, you know, young people, 56 of us, all of us in our twenties in our thirties and whatnot. and we were specifically talking about this and you know, some people were saying it's great, it's localized and security. it's giving people what felt left out by the cobble government in the past. i chance to take up arms and to take matters into their own hand. and then there are others that, you know, really fear that, okay, that's fine. you know, this has been done before. it's been, again, it's something that's been happening over the years in different parts of the country. it's just being promoted now. but the question is, once the war ends right? one, let's say you get rid of the taller bond or you minimize them. how do you make sure that we don't end up back in 1992 where there is a civil war right? where the different groups and different ethnicity start fighting against each other and you know, cobble or possibly any other city you start getting get

a why then you know, just rocket, you know, flying and bullets flying everywhere from, from these different forces. that's really the fear. and then the other comment that people kept making, which is actually really prescient, is that, you know, where all these weapons all of a sudden, coming from. because for years the avalon national security forces have been begging for more weapon. i've been in province as i've talked to soldiers, i talked to police who, who said they didn't even have walkie talkies. more who, when they said when they were asking for weapons, only half or a certain percentage of them worked properly. so where were all these weapons before and why weren't they being sent to the security forces before? you know so, so there's a lot of questions around this alley, the tv, a few from couple. thank you. your researchers in israel say that they have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human that lived alongside our species more than 100000 years ago. the finding shed new light into the course of human

evolution. remnants of an ancient human form near the city of ram la research is discovered remains of this previously unknown link and evolution. a partial skull and jaw from an individual who lived between 140120000 years ago, belongs to a very old roof that lived in the lavonne. we can rewrite in a, in a way the history of the development of now under 12. now we can say that it's probably that they originate in, in the levant, in our region, rather than in europe and many researchers. so it's until now, the dig also uncovered large quantities of animal bones as well as stone tools. scientists believe this species most likely interacted with the local homo sapiens, meaning modern day israel may have served as a melting pot where different human populations mixed with one another before

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