european. she's taking legacy on a massive economic recovery plan for the e.u. and she talked about it. there will be a. european council discussed an e.u. wide recovery plan for the 1st time 2 weeks ago we agreed that this extraordinary situation requires extraordinary solutions to ensure that europe can emerge strongly from this extraordinary crisis there are still major differences in the positions of the member states and that even if your that's a good thing i would like to achieve union as quickly as possible so the economic recovery can take place as quickly and sustainably as possible. movie is bizarre not what's particularly important to me is that the economic recovery benefits everyone and that it's not just about securing jobs wages and companies but that we also strengthen social cohesion in europe that include securing the opportunities for young people in europe and that is why in our presidency we will be pushing for an e.u. youth guarantee so that every young person has the opportunity to find a job we can speak now to our brussels correspondent barbara visible from all barbara. has laid out hope plans

leaders are meeting in brussels for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a contentious coronavirus recovery plan european council president charles michel offered a revised proposal for the package aimed at helping countries worst affected by the pandemic tensions are running high between leaders and many expect the talks to continue until well into the night friday's negotiations and earlier than expected when an agreement looked unlikely the talks are hung up over the packages mix of loans and grants and who controls how countries spend the money. our correspondent bob i have is was monitoring the developments and brussels for us baba a new proposal from european council presidential michelle is now on the table making important concessions to the so-called frugal for any chance this will be more acceptable to the reluctant member states it's more except through to the through for of course and so we heard the austrian chancellor sebastian chord saying hope things are going quite well in his direction he meant of course but we heard also in the meantime the italian prime minister just at a con to said the talk

leaders are meeting for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a contentious economic recovery plan european council president show me show offered a revised proposal for the package aimed at helping countries worst affected by the coronavirus and deming german chancellor angela merkel is chairing the summit tensions are running high between leaders whose home countries have been hit hard by the virus friday's negotiations ended earlier than expected when agreement looked unlikely the talks are hung up over the packages mix of loans and grants and who controls how countries spent the money. i'm joined now by our correspondent barbara valle who's in brussels monitoring the situation barbara there's a new proposal from the european council president it's on the table will this be any more acceptable to the more frugal members there. at this it's getting there because we've heard positive noises from several members the austrian chancellor for instance just said that it's going in the right directions the talks were intense which is a diplomatic speak for there is quite a battle raging ongoing and that

protections that are almost what they are but there is a national level if they could only turn at the un security council and a veto at the european union so any of the members of the foreign here in spirit council members or any of the 28 member place other members of the need you choose to be a statement or a sign generally 'd or our intent as i mentioned one of those actors will get a little falls apart and it seems like france and russia have interchangeably 'd be offering these kind of vetoes and it's almost kind of diplomatic immunity for the last several years not something that we can think of when it comes to the i.c.c. who can make a statement but really again it requires the will of a need for states that have the capacity to bring them to so i can't articulate in france in fact there are crimes of being investigated by the french course domestically about the role of the u.a.e. in yemen and that could be something that happens with the u.n. role for example have support in france or italy in $91.00 it's certainly happening in the united states what kind of doctor is there investigated for war crimes that there is going

a very difficult decision for me. germany's taking on the european council presidency at a time we will show great respect and invest great passion into this challenge i believe in europe i am a fervent advocate to europe not just as a legacy from the past but as a harbinger of hope for the future europe is not something to pass down to us some sort of fate that too is incumbent upon us europe is a living project that we can shape and change. europe does not restrict our room for maneuver in a globalized world europe gives us more room for maneuver it is only with europe that we can maintain our freedoms. and so more than ever before we need to focus on fundamental rights we need to mutual assistance and support solidarity a community spirit of europe will only be safeguarded if we offer innovative responses to the challenges of climate change digitalize asian and our responsibility in the world those are the huge challenges facing us but i am confident look back at the various tests and trials that europe has already overcome the failed to treaty the constitutional treaty 15 years ago the economic and financial crisis an

we're doing stretching that the opposite is the case at the end of april the european council gave us the mandate of designing a recovery package and today to get only 2 months later next generation europe is. up and running and it has the agreement of the european council and in the history of the european union that is an absolute record for a new budgetary instrument. now oxford university has made a breakthrough in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine early results appear to show it is safe and triggers an immune response the vaccine was adapted from a common cold virus found in chimpanzees the world health organization has welcomed the breakthrough but says that any viable vaccine must be available to everyone. u.s. president on trump has met congressional leaders from his republican party to discuss another coronavirus economic relief bill there that as cases continue to rise with florida california and texas all seeing a huge increase in infections egypt's parliament has voted to allow the president. to deploy troops abroad it allows for a possible intervention in neighboring libya as he has previou

a poor for the whole population. hassan rouhani says another 35000000 who are risk of contracting the virus. european council president charles michelle's offered a compromise to break a deadlock over an e.u. coronavirus economic recovery plan the new proposal offers more money in loans rather than grants for countries that need those loans the chancellor of austria said talks in brussels are difficult but they going in the right direction there's a protest march underway in a northern french town in memory of them a troll ray a young black man who died in police custody 4 years ago driver who was arrested on his birthday after running away from offices who approached him for an id check but hours later he was declared dead nobody's ever been convicted over his death in the u.s. congressman john lewis has died at the age of $83.00 it was a pioneer of the civil rights movement and an organizer of the 1963 march on the show too. up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera people in the next. 6 years ago an island secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women an institutio

the summit ended but what we know is that by laterals continued through the night it was a team of european council president continued working on adjustment through the night they probably didn't get much sleep or baca what we heard from a german diplomatic source is that negotiations are at an important stays and that is actually worth continuing working because apparently there's a strong will to really find a solution here is what your leaders had to say yesterday after the meeting someone gets lost in summary one can say it is going quite well things are going in the right direction of course as you'd expect it's a tough struggle a tough negotiation with the movement in the right direction and that's the most important thing the speech text 7 of us if we're going through a series of stalemate there are many issues we are discussing. i'm inviting all leaders to converge towards a common aim 'd to approve the next generation you which is a plan for european recovery not just for the country's most affected by coronavirus but for all of europe. so the rain i guess they'd rather opposing views pre

we're demonstration that the opposite is the case at the end of april the european council gave us as the mandate of designing a recovery package and today today only 2 months later next generation europe is. up and running and it has the agreement of the european council and in the history of the european union that is an absolute record for a new budgetary instrument. and next generation europe is very extensive more than 1.8 trillion euros and that's more than 5 percent of the g.d.p. of the e.u. 27. and europe still has the courage and the imagination to think the u.k. . and it was so doing we. are fully aware that this is a historic moment in europe. we are currently in one of the most difficult economic and health crises but nonetheless europe it. is managing. having worked really hard to tackle this crisis in a really effective way and this will benefit the e.u. budget and it will link solidarity with responsibility solidarity here because all 27 countries together her. parents support next generation is your responsibility because next generation the e.u. it doesn't just point the way out of the crisis b

translation: there is a proposal from the president of the european council now which i believe representsis doesn't mean that everyone accepted it, so we don't have a deal yet. it was elbow bumps in the first face—to—face eu summit since spring lockdowns across the continent. pleasantries that masked a deep divide among eu countries over whether the package should be given as grants or loans. france and germany want grants to mostly finance the fund, but four wealthy northern member states, the netherlands, sweden, denmark and austria, insist on loans. still, there is some optimism. translation: in summary, one can say it is going quite well. things are going in the right direction. of course, as you'd expect, it is a tough struggle, a tough negotiation, but there is movement in the right direction and that is the most important thing. with the pandemic dealing europe its worst economic shock since world war ii, leaders here are hoping they will be able to iron out their differences when they meet this morning. james ransley, bbc news. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee is in brussels, a

leaders are gathered and brussels for a 2nd day to thrash out the terms of a contentious economic recovery plan european council presidential michelle offered a revised proposal for the package aimed at helping countries worst affected by the coronavirus and demick german chancellor angela merkel is chairing a summit. pessimism runs high among those most in need italian prime minister just epic contest says the talks are at a stalemate as wealthy northern european countries insist on a package consisting mainly of loans rather than grants tensions are also running high over who controls how countries spend the money. let's bring in our correspondent bob bizzle who's closely following the developments in brussels for us barbara even on day 2 of the summit member states remain at odds over the corona rescue package why are these negotiations so complicated the slovenian prime minister young so young and so he just put it really nicely yes' said this summit soften the shows the the whole complexity of the differences within the european union the smallness and the greatness and the selfishness and the solidarity '

welcome to the program leaders are meeting for a 2nd day to break a deadlock on a contentious economic recovery plan european council president the show offered a revised proposal for the package which would help countries worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic german chancellor angela merkel is chairing the summit as germany currently holds the e.u.'s rotating presidency and supports a generous financial response member states disagree over how much of the proposed 750000000000 euro recovery fund should be given out as grants and how much as loans to be paid back. i'm joined now by our correspondent in a strong she's in brussels a new proposal put forward this morning what we know about it. shelf plan is ready to break the deadlock been experiencing yesterday on the 1st day of the summit so as it looks like at the moment the overall sound of the recovery package won't change but the proposal is to reduce the amount of grants to convince the so-called frugal countries led by the know the lens market route michelle also wants to cut them some other goodies to win them over for example rebates on the overall budge

i'm a banker it is welcome to the program european council president schama shell has presented a new proposal for a contentious a year recovery fund a year later is holding a 2nd day of talks to try to bridge their differences over the fund aimed at helping economies recover from the impact of coronavirus german chancellor angela merkel has been chairing the talks since yesterday as germany currently holds the 80 years rotating presidency be you is divided on how to assist those hardest hit by the pandemic a major sticking point continues to be a want to grey member states should share the debt. and before we talk to our correspondent in brussels let's take a look at what's at stake. mosque's on gloves off european leaders a back in brussels for the 1st time since the beginning of the corona crisis with approx finances at the top of the agenda cancel presidential in the shadow expects negotiations to be exceptionally tough a lot is at stake situ nutrisystem could if you see that i know it will be very difficult because it's not only about money it's a question of the future of europe

presidency is now assumed by german aid in a difficult time germany has assumed the presidency of the council of the european union and not surely a presidency will be overshot of a shadowed by the corona pandemic our efforts to contain it and to return to a new normal if you like of 2 weeks ago i asked for your support for the unprecedented recover i plan that we have in order to achieve the economic and social recovery in europe of autopsy or playing accounts on the 52 weeks ago i just looked at this and we agreed that we find ourselves in an unusual situation and we need to have unusual solutions that you have or can emerge from this unprecedented crisis. i'm scared that. the oppositions are very different the president of the european council michel has got a an as invited everyone on the 17th of july to discuss this issue and there be many top's that would be necessary and i for example will also be involved in these now working closely together with others i would like to achieve a union as quickly as possible so that the economic recovery can take place as quickly as possible and sustainable is why wh

the president of the european council has offered a compromise to break a deadlock over a coronavirus economic recovery fund shell michel revised the amount paid out in grants to countries in need of stimulus funds european leaders are holding a 2nd day of negotiations in brussels friday's talks ended without an agreement these are divided over an overall proposed $858000000000.00 coronavirus recovery fund the main question is whether and how much should be distributed is grants or is loans the e used for biggest economies france germany italy and spain one most of the money to be paid as grants the leaders of the netherlands austria denmark and sweden have urged a more frugal approach pressing for more money in loans meanwhile hungry in poland objects to the proposal being tied to democratic rights or rick brooks is a political analyst and a professor at stanford university in berlin he explains why the negotiations have been so difficult. i think what we observe is a state that we got used to since the founding of the european union and given the fact that it's not a state or a fede

april the european union gave us the mandate of designing a recovery package and today only 2 months later next generation europe is up and running and it has the agreement of the european council and in the history of the european union that is an absolute record for a new budgetary instrument bason has been watching all of this for us from amsterdam step after more than 90 hours of negotiation as bonds land was saying that we now finally have a deal there are a number of fests in this package can you talk us through what's been a great. exactly it was a dramatic summit and it was the longest in the last 20 years and finally they came up with this quite complicated compromise before the summit started there was a huge part of grants 500000000000 euros of grants well that was something that the specially the northern smaller countries didn't agree to didn't want to agree to sort of compromise is now that it's nearly half of the money is going to be grants and half will be loans and also to these grants that are going to be strict conditions that's also something that the frugal for the so-called frugal for the countries in the north the nat'l and sweden denmark and austria real

paving the way to a deal, the european council's president on monday suggested cutting grants to 390 llion euros from 500 billion. the talks were originally due to end on saturday. >>> scientists have been working around the clock to develop a coronanavirus vaccine. now oxford university researchers say they've induced immumune responses in early sta human clinical trials. the team's development is being touted as a potential break through. but an expert in vaccine research at tokyo university is taking a cautiously optimistic approach warning speed may come with risk. nhk world's know she hara has more on this. >> the results that this may be workingg is because i it's indug an antibody responsnse which ma provide protection agagainst infection. it's about risk and benefit. we think it's s still beneficia to speed up the vaccine trials. however, we are skipping a lot of important steps including animal experiment for safety and efficacies. >> reporter: there are currently 23 vaccines in clinical trials across the world. in japan researchers launched the country's first clinical trial

certainly and that's something we've heard reiterated a few times just in the last couple of weeks since germany took on the presidency of the european council from angela merkel stay in no time come the wastage and if that is the case then only the weakest countries in the eurozone set to be set to a set to come off the worst and say we really have seen germany already making a shift in its policy the fact that is ready to make that concession and enable the e.u. to the eurozone to take on more borrowing to take on more debt in order to pull the e.u. through. this economic crisis and on precedented circumstances so broadly speaking germany is very much on the same page as it is as italy at this stage ok well the other 4 paymasters are not on the same page austria sweden the netherlands denmark they don't want to be part of this they don't want to borrow any more money can only machall get them on slug they are certainly going to be the biggest challenge going into these talks the frugal for the formal fiscally conservative states and that is going to be a big obstacle and merkel already said yesterday evening that a 2nd summit may indeed be

you council presidency which is to be dominated by economic recovery in light of the coronavirus had them and she welcomed the e.u. commission's plan for a massive relief fund for struggling european economies it is a 2nd time that germany's taking over the council presidency with mcmichael as german chancellor. and here's what the chancellor had to say if we are willing to overcome our differences and. identified the solution so if we are just on the view well on the. nights before europe will emerge you can find this is stronger than ever if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are always voted no. let's talk about that speech with our chief political correspondent with a crane with us here and richard walker has been reporting for us in brussels good to have you both in the let's start with you this was really a broad strokes speech from the german chancellor what did you make of it well i think the words that stand out she talked about the house to day of issues actually one of the things that you can certainly take away from this is what a very ambitious list of goals the german presidency has set for itself but the 2 words that r

define what our principles and priorities are that is simple convention is not a european union convention it's a council of europe convention it's is confusing because they even share the same flack but it's an independent organization with different members so it doesn't do directly harm with the membership of the european union but one would expect that potent is as committed as everybody else but the government has a slightly different interpretation of that is the son of a cleric imprisoned in saudi arabia is accusing the kingdom of human rights abuses against the family someone. is a prominent advocate of reform in saudi arabia and his son says the charges against him absurd the cleric was arrested 3 years ago and is facing the death penalty for stirring public discord at inciting saudis against king solomon and had the whole lot to be we're talking about violations like banning any interaction with the for . namely and even banning any legal framework to communicate with my father in an outside court a secret trial took place in suspicious circumstances security officers abused my father and searc

in the european council. a union. for in these kindf f a trade and it also makes these deals so delicate that the european parliament couldn't dare disrupt it so we can assume this will be approved and the money will be available. start by for. the story on the occur fun day. impossible thank you as ever very much state. next the report into russian interference in uk politics it's finally been published after a delay of fifteen months. critics have said the prime minister boris johnson's apparent reluctance to publish the report was because it would lay baton asians from w wealthy russians to is routing conservative party well this tuesday the- m. p. one of the mps on the house intelligence committee should jose. said that the uk government didn't know about russian interference because it didn't want to ask. russian interference in the united kingdom is the new normal that's the conclusion of a long awaited report into meddling by moscow in british politics. the most accusation that the uk government failed to prepar

the president of the european council has offered a compromise to break a deadlock over a coronavirus economic recovery fund shall michel's revise the amount paid out in grants to countries needing help to punch back from lockdowns e.u. leaders on the go seating now for a 2nd day after 14 hours of talks on friday failed to make a breakthrough well they divided over an overall proposed $850000000000.00 coronavirus recovery fund the main question is whether and how much should be handed out as grants or as loans be used for biggest economies france germany italy and spain what most of the money to be paid as a grant but the leaders of the netherlands austria denmark and sweden to. a more frugal approach pressing for smaller grants and loans hungary meanwhile and poland as well object to the proposal being tied to democratic rights from london his not in on the developments out of brussels. one of the main players is the dutch prime minister mark return he said late on friday that the talks have got increasingly grumpy but he did say that he wasn't completely pessimistic you were outlini

define what our principles and priorities are that is simple convention is not a european union convention it's a council of europe convention it's is confusing because they even share the same flack but it's an independent organization with different members so it doesn't do directly harm with the membership of the european union but one would expect that potent is as committed as everybody else but the government has a slightly different interpretation of that is the kind of pandemic has been devastating for tests and performance museums have shot there has said empty and constant so festivals have all been cancelled governments have stepped in with support but the form is in the us pushing congress from will when i was on the reports from neil. for better or worse the u.s. is slowly reopening its economy restaurants parks and even pools have been opening their doors but for some industries there is still no light at the end of the tunnel the health risks of the coated 1000 virus keeping the curtain firmly closed on theaters cinemas and music venues which means no work for millions in the arts and ente

a reasonable decision because the u.s. did the same. >> reporter: according to the european council, a country's new covid-19 cases must be stable or decreasing to get on their banned list. top disease experts warn the u.s. could see 100,000 new cases a day if we don't get a handle on the current surge. >> my heart completely sank. >> reporter: luxury travel firm travel darlings says its clients are opting for more secluded places like the caribbean. >> traveling with strangers and small groups and bus tours, i just can't see it. >> reporter: sfo's international flights are already down 85%. >> but with this announcement, airlines understandably are going to be reluctant to add a lot of flying back. >> reporter: it's important to note there are exceptions to the ban. including for health workers, students, and people traveling for urgent family reasons. at sfo, lili tan, nbc bay area news. >>> keeping schools safe doesn't necessarily mean having cops on campus. state schools chief tony thurmond met today to examine the impact of officers at schools. the big question, do police make campuses safer or just increase the like

close to an agreement over a coronavirus recovery fund this is despite a compromise offered by the president of the european council to try to break the deadlock shows michel's revise the amount which would be paid out in grants to countries needing help to bounce back from lockdowns european leaders are negotiating for a 2nd day already had 14 hours of talks on friday which failed to find a breakthrough this is the problem you've got a proposed $858000000000.00 coronavirus recovery fund and that should be the problem that the issue though is how much should be distributed as grants or as loans on one side you've got the a use for biggest economies france germany italy and spain they want the money most of it to be paid out as grants but the leaders of the netherlands austria denmark and sweden are all saying no we need to be more frugal here they need to be smaller grants and bigger loans meanwhile hungry in poland just object to the proposal being tied to democratic rights in the 1st place following this one from london this saturday is not a. dame take us through the compromise as much as you can find a compromi

that are making headlines around the world to germany has taken over the rotating a presidency of the european union council standing in front of berlin's brain to brigade today foreign minister heiko massingale received the baton from his career we should counterpart croatia held the presidency during the 1st 6 months of this year. the u.s. has balled almost the entire world supply of a drug proven to treat covert 19 rim disappear helps people recover more quickly from the disease it's manufactured by gilliam which has sold almost all of its output for the next 3 months to the u.s. government. in ethiopia at least 50 people have been killed in violence after the killing of a popular senior haka lu. was known for songs advocating the rights of the country's oromo ethnic group and was considered a voice against political and economic repression he was shot dead on monday night . a week longer a vote on constitutional changes in russia came to a close today an early results signal strong support for president putin's reforms with nearly a 3rd of the votes counted more than 70 percent of russians voted in favo

a trillion euro budget covering the next seven years. here's charles michel, president of the european council speaking a short time ago. believe this agreement will be seen as a pivotal moment in europe's journey, and it be seen as a pivotal moment in europe'sjourney, and it will also launch us into the future. in fact, it's the first time, the first time in european history, that our budget will be clearly linked to our climate objectives. the first time, the first time that the respectful rule of law is a decisive criteria for budget spending, and the first time, the first time that you are jointly reinforcing our economies against a crisis. our news reporter alanna petroff is here. alana, these talks went on and on and on, and they were difficult, because there was a lot of dissension in the ranks as to how to divvy up this huge economic fund to help countries cope with the pandemic. absolutely, so it entered a fifth day. this is one of the longest ever negotiations between all the member states, and ultimately they came out with this package where there was going to be more loans going out to countries in need inst

brussels for a 2nd day to thrash out the terms of a contentious corona recovery plan the summit was supposed to end tonight but even after european council president michel offered a revised proposal for the stimulus package no consensus could be reached while a deal still seems far off several leaders said negotiations were heading in the right direction the talks are hung up over the packages makes of. loans and grants and who controls how countries spend the money after a long day if negotiations and bilateral talks e.u. leaders have met for dinner but even after breaking bread does agreements remain which becomes clear when listening to some of the e.u. leaders comments on the state of the talks so someone gets lost in summary one can say it is going quite well things are going in the right direction of course as you'd expect it's a tough struggle a tough negotiation with the movement in the right direction and that's the most important thing is 56 to 7 of us if we're going through a series of stalemate there are many issues we are discussing. i'm inviting all leaders to converge towards a common aim 'd to approve the next generation

april the european union gave us the mandate of designing a recovery package and today only 2 months later the next generation europe is up and running and it has the agreement of the european council and in the history of the european union that is an absolute record for a new budgetary instrument our step fasten has more now on that land mondale. it was a dramatic summit and it was the longest in the last 20 years and finally they came up with this quite complicated compromise before the summit started there was a huge part of grants 500000000000 euros of grants well that was something that especially the northern smaller countries didn't agree to didn't want to agree to sort of compromise is now that it's nearly half of the money is going to be grants and half will be loans and also through these grants there are going to be strict conditions that's also something that the frugal for the so called frugal for the countries in the north the netherlands sweden denmark and austria really insisted on they didn't want to give what they said free money so there are conditions on economic reforms but even also some political reforms and there's also this called so-called emergency brake

april the european union gave us the mandate of designing a recovery package and today only 2 months later next generation europe is up and running and it has the agreement of the european councilnd in the history of the european union that is an absolute record for a new budgetary instrument you know as president donald trump has met congressional leaders from his republican party to discuss a coronavirus economic relief bill that says cases there continue to soar florida california and texas are seeing a big increase in infections china has accused britain of violating international law by suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong and the u.k. foreign secretary don't like rob described the measure as a reasonable and proportionate response to the city's new national security law. more protests by opponents of mali's president are expected later on tuesday that insisting abraham paid to steps down the opposition's rejected a proposal from original body ecowas calling for a unity government. but testers have returned to the streets of guinea's capital after 3 months of relative calm because of coronavirus restrictions they're angry about a potential reelection bid by 82

a climate neutral europe in september we will propose the european union's new 2030 climate target underpinned by a robust impact assessment and here cooperation with the european parliament and the european council will be vital we will also aim to click the digital transition into a higher gear mesdames emissivity putin. honorable members of cool decides don't. have the course of this presidency. we will do our utmost to ensure that an agreement can be reached with the united kingdom in order to ensure that we can perspective the core principles that bind us in europe and it's of course important for us to maintain strong transatlantic relations even if there are many problems and partnership with africa. is at the very heart of the council presidency as it is also at the very core of my own commission pro. it's of the front line of this virus but we must show very clearly that our partnership with africa is not a good time partnership but that solidarity prevails even when things get tough and we should continue to work with china to establish a partnership that is more balanced. at long last the time has come to open a conference on the future of europe we all want to get it started as soon a

and talks on a massive and then make we're covering package out in their 4th day in brussels with european council president showing michelle saying he's confident a deal will be struck agreement over the $2.00 trillion dollars budget has been beset by deep ideological differences focused on the roughly $850000000000.00 coronavirus recovery fund is highlighting divisions over how much would be repayable and i suppose was for 445000000000 dollars in essentially free grants that's more than countries including the netherlands want and less than the amount table by france and germany and joins us live now from paris so where do things stand now natasha. well what we have is this proposal by the e.u. council headshell michel and it comes after several days and nights of intense discussions between the e.u. use $27.00 leaders now when they went into these talks at the beginning of the summit on friday what was on the table was this roughly 860000000000 dollar recovery fund to help europe's economies recover from the current virus pandemic the discussions over the past few days of really focused on how

european parliament in brussels merkel laid out her vision for germany's council presidency which will be dominated by economic recovery from the pandemic she will come to the e.u. commission's plan for a massive relief fund for struggling european economies it is a 2nd time that germany has taken over the years council president presidency with america as chancellor 9 a democrat to survive and merkel said members. states would need to compromise to sign off on the joint recovery fund before next month's summer recess then she said this diffidence than it might in some of ruth if we are willing to overcome our differences and identify sched solutions if we are willing to view the world through the prism of others europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable. islands and for when. our chief political correspondent melinda crane is with us for more on the story hi melinda we saw the german chancellor laying out her country's priorities for the presidency and central message what is the next big step big move for chess america the next big move comes in about 9 days when the o

we're demonstrating that the opposite is the case at the end of april the european council gave us at the mandate of designing a recovery package and today today only 2 months later next generation europe is. up and running and it has the agreement of the european council and in the history of the european union that is an absolute record for a new budgetary instrument. and next generation europe is very extensive more than 1.8 trillion euros and that's more than 5 percent of the g.d.p. of the e.u. 27. europe still has the courage and the imagination to think big. and in so doing we. are fully aware that this is a historic moment in europe. we are currently in one of the most difficult economic and health crises but nonetheless europe is managing. having worked really hard to tackle this crisis in a really effective way and this will benefit the u. budget and it will link solidarity with responsibility solidarity here because all 27 countries together her. barin support next generation e.u. and responsibility because next generation the e.u. doesn't just point the way out of the crisis but also it serves the ve

, and this has now been translated in a legal text and will be subject to negotiations between the european parliament and the european councilre confident that by the end of the day we will have a result which is acceptable for everybody, and in particular protects european taxpayer interest and guarantees the respect of rule of law. law,ine: on the rule of does europe have the tools to hold the countries that break it into account, or is this very nice on paper and nothing will be done? how can you hold countries into account that breach the rule of law? have a line in our seven, which can be activated in case there is a breach of values. now we are talking about something else. ,f it is about european money here article two will be activated in case there are deficiencies. somethingthis is which will not be -- will not this is reality because a potential tool to guarantee is -- this is my experience after more than 10 years as an instrument to guarantee the rule of law. alix: one thing that does seem definite is the carbon border adjustment, the idea this will bring in a lot of revenue that will help fund the recovery fund

in a videoconference with the european council president president moon said he believes a meeting would help solve denuclearization efforts but secretary of state stephen bigin said another in person meeting was unlikely given the pandemic. jillian: benjamin netanyahu will miss the target date for the annexation of the occupied west bank as discussions with the trump administration officials are expected to continue. >> the plan to redraw the map comes under fierce criticism. >> reporter: it is july 1st meaning annexation of the west bank could get underway anytime. it could have started yesterday, the state has no regional significance but was proposed by benjamin netanyahu and as things are shaping up today it appears now annexation is going to take place right now. according to the foreign minister of israel he assumes it is not going to happen today. the jordan valley and west bank in the distance, that is the jordan valley. and certain plans this could be annexed by israel but that group of buildings you see is an israeli settlement. there is a group of buildings closer to where we

a very difficult decision for me. germany's taking on the european council presidency at an important time we will show great respect and invest great passion into this challenge i believe in europe i am a fervent advocate to europe not just as a legacy from the past but as a harbinger of hope for the future europe is not some things passed down to us some sort of fate that is incumbent upon us europe is a living project that we can shape and change. europe does not restrict our room for maneuver in a globalized world europe gives us.

debated in the council it needs to be adopted with a qualified majority and this we have need to continue to work on this legislative act we've also said that in the european council we will seize. we will be seas was a matter if there are still open questions. in our conclusions we are committed to on the one hand upholding the. accepting the principles of financing in the european union and safeguarding it and also upholding other principle of respect for rule of law. for. respecting rights basic rights and. we refer to this but i must say that i refused to single out one or 2 countries that may be of land fall under this legal act and then such as to act this is a general and what sort of stepson carrying government has to take in order to bring this article 7 procedure to such a level that it can be debated and agreed on in the council well the prime minister of and has said to me at that he wants to bring this a conclusion that he doesn't want this to be hang in the air and we will support hungry in doing that but obviously the crucial steps will have been taken by hungry . well on the rebate because one can regrets that the principle of rebates has n

a 1000000 additional aids be boldface this year because of the call that 19 prices german chancellor angela merkel is needing with european lawmakers today as the country assumes the presidency of the e.u. council methyl arrived a little while ago in brussels where she was welcomed by your problem and president . expected to make the case for a massive relief fund for european economies struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic this is the 2nd time that germany has had the important . let's go right to our correspondent in brussels richard walker standing by for us there hi richard what are germany's plans for the next 6 months what are we expecting uncle michael to present today. there was to me there's really just one massive subject that completely dominates over everything else and that is trying to get the e.u. economy moving again now like just about everywhere in the world the economy here has really fallen off a cliff as a result of the pandemic but also of the lockdowns which have also obviously had a huge effect on business here in europe and america has been at the forefront of efforts to plan what's being called a recovery fund running into the hundreds of bil