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widely condemned both from brussels and also from strasburg with which is the head office of the council of europe the council the council of europe is the human rights organization that is behind the system both convention. the full name of the of this of the as the book a bunch of other ways the convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and poland ratified that in 2015 before the northern justice party came into it came into power now the secretary general of the council of europe she said that the sole objective off the treaty is to combat violence against women she's also said today that if there are any misconceptions or mis understandings about the convention we're ready to clarify them in a constructive dialogue so we have the situation now the polish justice minister over the weekend has said that he wanted today be to be the day that the exiting off the fiji star said earlier today just hours ago the head of the prime minister's office said that there is no official decision being made yet so either they're listening to the critics or they're stal

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there was no international observation so observers from the council of europe is not invited. they handpick their faithful allies among the far right politicians in the european union countries like a member of the german bundestag for the far-right for the germany party was an open nazi sympathizer who was sending out pictures of adolf hitler and justifying nazi asian policies. he was an international observer who was paraded daily saying how great and democratic this whole procedure is. -- i wantof this is to go back to what you said a few minutes ago -- she mentioned the word legitimacy. we know that vladimir putin has been illegitimate defective for regime ise when his not been based on any kind of election democracy since at least 2003. that was the first a collection -- first election observed by international observers. even as he violated the spirit of the law, putin has been careful to keep up the appearances and pretend to follow the letter of the law. he's been in power for 20 years now but he has implemented tricks like a prearranged job swap. president dmitry medve

mr ziobro said the government would start formal steps to withdraw from the council of europe's istanbulrevious centre—right government ratified the treaty in 2015. the current nationalist conservative government has pledged to defend "traditional family values". on friday thousands of people, mostly women, protested in cities across poland against the government's plans to withdraw from the convention. from warsaw, adam easton, reports. poland's justice minister says the government's opposition to the convention is ideological. it does not oppose its aim to combat violence against women. mr ziobro said the convention wants to force schoolchildren to learn about gender, it promotes lgbt issues, he said, and unfairly blames religion for causing domestic violence. translation: in this area of combating violence against women there is our agreement and full acceptance of the provisions of the convention, but there are also provisions of an ideological nature in this convention which we don't accept and we consider harmful. poland doesn't need this convention, he said, because polish law is

the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of khabarovsk in russia's far east region to challenge the leadership of president putin. it's the third saturday in a row that demonstrators have taken to the streets, chanting for freedom. the protests have taken place ever since the popular local governor, sergei furgal, was arrested on charges for at least two contract killings 15 years ago — charges he denies. 0ur correspondent steven rosenberg reports. in the russian far east, the protests go on. risking arrest, thousands marched through the centre of kha barovsk. they shouted support for the local official they had elected but who is now under arrest in the russian capital. that man is sergei furgal. earlier this month, the governor of kha barovsk was detained by officers who had flown in from moscow. they flew him back to the capital and charged him with involvement with the murder

good will that's why i support it russia coming back into the all eventually assembly of the council of europe i think there is a lot of work to be done there are many in. areas in which we disagree and let's keep it to disagree and dion or not some house an out the truth of each other and stirring up things which on russia east all europe forget it and as ram only 5 you mention there there to protect us from terrorism how do you think it'll go down because they're often in the shadows there's a fairly so how do you think it'll go down with them that the and intelligence and security committee have been saying that my 5 just hasn't been doing its job properly i think it's a pity that we haven't seen the full unredacted report i can understand why we haven't seen it but you know how much i have can only do a certain amount of things and i think keeping bruton street saif is a higher priority than looking around to see if a handful of russians try to influence a handful of votes you know referendum that will i regret the result i regard as being a fair referendum. introduce ition which is being

thejustice minister said the council of europe's istanbul convention "acts against the traditional familyolish law was more than sufficient to protect women. southern texas is bracing itself for the first atlantic hurricane of the year. hurricane hanna is expected to make landfall along the gulf of mexico, bringing heavy rain, a storm surge and flash flooding. libraries and museums in the coastal city of corpus christi have been closed. the state is already struggling to deal with a surge in the number of coronavirus cases. preparing the sandbags there. officials in catalonia in north—eastern spain have ordered the closure of all nightclubs amid fears that the country could be experiencing a second wave of coronavirus. yesterday, barely a month after spain ended a state of emergency, its health ministry reported more than 900 new infections. france has advised its citizens not to travel over the border to catalonia because of the spike. our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe told me more about the frustrations being felt by spanish people over the prospect of a second wave of covid—19.

the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and tives. it does not seek to impose a certain lifestyle on people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the first hurricane of this year's atlantic storm season has hit the coast of southern texas. hurricane hanna, with heavy rainfall and winds of iao kilometres an hour, struck coastal areas south of the city of corpus christi, which is a coronavirus hotspot. with the risk of storm surges and coastal flooding, some people have been told to leave their homes. we are going to stay in the united states now. let's bring you some live pictures from selma, alabama, where a memorial service is taking place for representativejohn lewis, a civil rights pioneer and long—time member of congress who died last week. let's ta ke let's take a listen. one year ago today, john took a programme and with the congressional black caucus to africa. it was the year of the return, a00 years since enslaved africans came to the shores. i have some great memories o

the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and style on people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the veteran american television presenter, regis philbin, has died at the age of 88. mr philbin was the most prolific presenter in the history of american tv, spending more hours in front of the camera than any other television personality. he's best known for hosting the us version of "who wants to be a millionaire" and the long—running morning show "live with regis and kathie lee", which later became "live with regis and kelly". the singer deana martin was a long time friend of regis philbin. she paid her tribute. regis was the most amazing guy in the world. he was funny, he was kind, he was the hardest worker i've ever known, aside from my dad, who was just always, it seems like he was always working. but regis philbin was down to earth. he, gosh, he was a dear friend of mine because he would come to my concerts, he would get up and sing with me, and in fact on my show, on friday

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 searched our ho

the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and seek to impose a certain lifestyle on people," they say, "nor does it include a definition of a family." adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the veteran american television presenter regis philbin has died at the age of 88. mr philbin was the most prolific presenter in the history of american tv, spending more hours in front of the camera than any other television personality. he's best known for hosting the us version of ‘who wants to be a millionaire?‘ and the long—running morning show ‘live with regis and kathie lee', which later became ‘live with regis and kelly‘. tanya hart is host of hollywood live with tanya hart on american urban radio network and shejoins me from los angeles. thank you for your time, thank you forjoining us. such a long and a comp list career. how did he stay relevant to different generations over the years? first of all, i have do my condolences go out to joy and the family. but wow, what a quy- the family. but wow, what a guy. he had that smile and personality th

the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and a certain lifestyle on people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the veteran american television presenter, regis philbin, has died at the age of 88. mr philbin was the most prolific presenter in the history of american tv, spending more hours in front of the camera than any other television personality. he's best known for hosting the us version of who wants to be a millionaire and the long—running morning show live with regis and kathie lee, which later became live with regis and kelly. tany hart, host of hollywood live with tanya hart on american urban radio network, paid tribute to the broadcaster. first of all, i have do my condolences go out tojoy and the family. but wow, what a guy. he had that smile and personality that just eclipsed everything. you know, he actually started his career parking cars for the local tv station here in los angeles, this is where he started. 1955, i believe, and he went on again, as you said, to lo

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 entertainment

the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and seek to impose a certain lifestyle on people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the veteran american television presenter, regis philbin, has died at the age of 88. mr philbin was the most prolific presenter in the history of american tv, spending more hours in front of the camera than any other television personality. he's best known for hosting the us version of who wants to be a millionaire and the long—running morning show live with regis and kathie lee, which later became live with regis and kelly. we'rejoined now from the us by singer deana martin, who was a long—time friend of regis philbin. thank you so much for your time, thanks forjoining us, and our condolences to you for the loss of a friend. just tell us the loss of a friend. just tell us about what he was like? oh, my gosh, and thank you for inviting me on, but it is dina, like dino, my name. sorry. that's all right. so, regis was the most amazing guy in the world. he

more important is the council of europe meeting where we will have fiscal stimulus, or at least they will be talking about it on friday. megan: the ecb's meeting and i do not think anything will be announced. i think there will be a debate about the recovery in europe. it has done better than they expected in june when they last provided the gdp forecast. inflation seems to be ticking lower. there will be a debate and you might hear language about whether the bond buying program that tech is feeling or you can expect them to reup. that nuance is where investors will be looking for hints. i do not think they will announce any policy changes. i think for the ecb and the fed, the message will continue to be over to you, fiscal authorities. we have done everything we can do. borrowing costs are low. now it is over two fiscal authorities. you mentioned there is a summit later this week. they will be discussing the recovery fund. the recovery fund is politically a big deal. economically not so much. it involves some kind of transfers between eu countries and that is why it is politically i

polish government says there is no one needs to comply and with the stuff we can venture off the council of europe because. already highlights that it is a no go to be family members so declaration of independence from foreign commitments or what they think is agenda ideology that interferes too much with the domestic right of poland and the right off the tree arson families to decide what to do why is the government in your opinion decided to do it in this way why pull out of an e.u. treaty instead of introducing new legislation on the one hand that's a key question but on the other hand as well i always thought that if you were signing up to all those treaties you know maastricht lisbon rome that built the european union if you signed up to those you're all in or you're all out you can't just willy nilly throw your toys out the pram when it comes to legislation that you apparently believe in. this is what we thought in the west it's the liberal agenda of the european union but now we see that governments and hungary and in poland self confidentially state that they are understanding the whole fu

i saw something about over in europe they have dealt with this in a much more strident way they have an actual independent human rights monitoring body of the council of europe. 47 members each member, all the e.u. member states, they each give dealing with racism, xenophobia, anti-semitism, intolerance and they get together and they do dictate what's okay and what's not okay i just wonder how does facebook walk the line? what happened to the old aclu? they used to just -- i mean, i used to see things from the aclu where i said, that's too much! you cannot possibly think it's okay to say that now it seems like it's all switched where it's just hard for me to understand who you put in charge of deciding what other people are allowed to see. >> well, that's the great conundrum with facebook. you really do have one person. >> right >> facebook would rather see somebody else in charge with this he would like to see regulation and somebody else deciding. >> it would help to get it out -- but what do we want do we want companies to regulate themselves or do we really want a more heavy handed approach from regulators. >> obviously, we is a lot of differen

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 but also it serves the very foundation of a modern and sustainable europe one of the tool more points we have now on the new own resources tightl

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of live sports. ♪ nejra: good morning from london. this is bloomberg "daybreak: europe" a 750 billionee euro coronavirus recovery package after more than four days of tense negotiations. the eu councileays the decision sent a concrete .ignal on europe >> we sent a strong signal to europeans and the rest of the world that we share values and the union is a union where we share values and that it can answer with strength and in a robust manner when needed. futuresuropean stock pushed higher on the news but the euro dipped. an oxford university vaccine trial shows promising results. onartis trimmed the forecast pandemic disruption. from sergio hear said they mayubs consider buybacks next quarter. asian equities firmly in the green. we were seeing a little bit of fluctuation in u.s. futures before the recovery fund news came through. european stock futures expanding gains. nasdaq hitting another record yesterday. high, thee, a 20 year highest since the.com boom. is absolutelyeld steady. we were seeing some dollar weakness overnight. what is interesting is, while we are seeing european stock futures gain, the euro is dipping ever so slightly. we are starting to question how much of a lift

people often accused europe as being too little too late whereas here 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

a brief look now at some of the other business stories making news. councils in europe are expected to drop 25 percent this year compared to last the projection comes from germany c.d.a. and automobile sector lobby group production cuts and supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus have dealt a heavy blow to an industry that had already been struggling with weakening demand . germany's largest bank is ready to support wire cards after a major accounting scandal left the fin tech giant insolvent deutsche bank says it's open to propping up the company's banking unit why a constant lies came after an order to revealed a nearly 2000000000 euro hole in its accounts. the spanish government unions and business leaders have signed a deal to reactivate the country's economy and create new jobs in the wake of the coronavirus they called includes financing for spain's digital transformation and assistance to the struggling tourism sector spain is said to invest 150000000000 euros in a plan financed by e.u. funds. not before the financial crisis spain was busy building sev

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

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

just in one sentence if you were to meet a what would you want to see from europe from germany as head of the u.s. rotating council president say it's really one germany in europe to get it twice. i mean what we have seen over the last some years is the weakening of europe and the weak me off there for the global compact and i think we need to use some of what he needs to build the cat i don't know who but somebody needs to start talking about the need for much more decisive action i mean if you look at these i mean i am not the end of undermining the thieves i mean i've been in this but 2 loss of the give me but the top shop something you and helped as you talked about on action and after all you guys were governments but not once must know that they've used a leadership up there that they're on the up and they're there as a community of nations and not as efficient solution and you just target them in this ng so purely about the prices of finance and debt and that was the ability to look for answers in alan says that but they're tough ones so let's also understand the time for those gentiva top of nice little co

of the un security council. those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next this is europe and undertaking . july 19th 94 some of the witnessed one of the worst crimes of the 20th century. the massacre of thousands of post. special coverage of the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica genocide. are and. what about the gentleman who died in north fundable this week is with us she sent us the practices that he gets when we do not be able to know these so you listen when you stretch we bury him 2 more for right. now because of the still working here is a 24 hour a day 7 days a week job to do with the amount of stress that we experience sometimes is immense i could still hope to maybe go on this was. a whole different kind of but. i'm glad i'm a muslim funeral director here in london. i've now part time and i'm letting the young people take over. so what will happen now is we have to take and miss valentino in front of the month praise this silence in his coffin and we have another funeral happening today so after the prayers finish move will take the deceased down to the money i'm sometimes 20 perc

but from berlin tonight uncle of miracles europe the german chancellor sets out her aims for the european union as germany takes over the presidency of the european council her main goal is to contain the pandemic and to overcome the consequences also coming up tonight serving as president calls for calm following violent clashes over plans for a return to the walk down the critics of the jump in new coronavirus infections on the president's political ambitions and the united nations warning of a possible half a 1000000 extra deaths from aids because of code 19 as the pandemic disrupts the pharmaceutical supply chain. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with breaking news the prime minister of the ivory coast do gone. has died at the age of $61.00. was also the ruling party's candidate for the presidential election coming up in october and his death throws that race into disarray the cause of death has not yet been released but he had just returned from 2 months of medical treatment in france we'll bring you more details as they come in. here in europe german chancellor angela merkel has called on the european union. to emerge s

of designing a recovery package. next generation europe is up and running and it has the agreement of the european council. pean union, that is a record for a new budgetary instrument. europe is very extensive. 1.8 trillion euros. they have the courage and imagination to think big. we are fully aware that this is an historic moment. we are currently in one of the most difficult economic health crises. managing,s, europe is having worked really hard to tackle this crisis in a really effective way and this will benefit the eu budget and link solidarity with responsibility. all 27 countries bear and support because next-generation eu doesn't just point the way out of the crisis, but it serves as the foundation of a modern and sustainable europe. >> two more points. you have been listening to the president of the european commission. agreeinghe eu leaders $860 billion to help member states mitigate the economic downturn. this is significant. it had four days of acrimonious discussions. ♪ 49... 50! i found you! good job. now i'm gonna stay here and you go hide. watch your favorites from anywhere in the house wit

because they're reporting well here in europe germany has taken over the rotating presidency of the european union council standing in front of berlin's brandenburg gate germany's foreign minister symbolically received the baton from his counterpart today for the presidency in the 1st 6 months of this year germany's time at the helm is said to be dominated by the pandemic and its economic fallout one of the 1st challenges will be to make sure that the european union's 7 year financial framework is approved by all member states it's division 6 we want to solve the most important problems that are the basis for quickly getting out of the economic downturn into which we got as a result of the corona pandemic this has to happen in solitary to no one should be left behind steve even in europe everyone needs to do well because a need then we would be able to profit from each other i want to ensure a europe becomes united as a united front against the background of competition between the major powers the united states russia and china we will only be able to defend our values and interests in future if we do so

of government have a huge responsibility we cannot allow ourselves to feel to reach an agreement and the council any sort of postponement could certainly provoke new storms and put the whole of europe in a difficult situation the summit can continue over the weekend i have a feeling though and so do many watching this may continue for a while yet before they find an agreement. a u.s. surveillance drone program for the afghan army to the tune of almost $200000000.00 has been ineffective and fallen far short of expectations so says an american watchdogs report the u.s. department of defense lacks information necessary to track understand and improve the return on its 174000000 investment in the program and is poorly positioned to transfer responsibilities to the afghanistan national army well the program was launched 5 years ago to provide the afghan army with surveillance drones and trained personnel to make it more self-sufficient but the report points to several shortcomings including a lack of oversight and concern that some of the equipment may go missing on top of that it says afghan soldiers aren't getting adequate training hampering their for their ability to use the informat

of government have a huge responsibility we cannot allow ourselves to feel to reach an agreement and the council any sort of postponement could certainly provoke new storms and put the whole of europe in a difficult situation the summit can continue over the weekend i have a feeling though and so to many watching this may continue for a while yet before they find an agreement. international travel is slowly picking up but the world's proving to be a headache for ireland which sees itself in trouble with one particular set of tourists guests arriving from the united states or heading straight to enjoy bars restaurants. hotels by current rules stating they're required to self quarantine for 14 days it's causing some anxiety in the hospitality industry and among locals one restaurant manager told us he's been turning american guests. the last. 2 tables to different tables an american tourist trying to book into the restaurant when they were asked about when they arrived in the country daisy earlier which means that the. source table just shrugged and walked away and the 2nd table the gentleman on it said he didn't have drawn a virus and it was all over hyped in a way which point i jus

of government have a huge responsibility we cannot allow ourselves to feel to reach an agreement and the council any sort of postponement could certainly provoke new storms and put the whole of europe in a difficult situation. the summit can continue over the weekend i have a feeling though and so to many watching this may continue for a while yet before they find an agreement. the united nations special envoy to yemen is calling for an urgent probe into the latest saudi led air strikes the un earlier said at least 11 civilians were killed in whedon's these bombing raid in northern yemen although hutu rebels which control the area say 24 lives were lost or about to show you some video from a hospital please be aware it shows young children with injuries this is where survivors of that attack are being treated many of them as. youngsters hooty official say the warplanes bombed a residential area the saudi coalition has promised to investigate the attack has drawn international condemnation including from the u.n. children's fund unicef. well since the beginning of the yemeni war in 2015 the country has become one of the world's worst humanitarian catastrophes with over 100000 killed

nonpermanent members of the council the rule of law is a sensitive issue between warsaw and brussels many polish people worry that they no longer live in a constitutional state they want europe to keep a closer eye on the polish government during the german presidency germany had planned for a big china summit in september where both sides were to announce an investment agreement the summit has been cancelled due to covert 19 and the negotiations on this agreement are stuck more over western partners are very worried about china's decision to impose a national security law on hong kong germany has joint declaration is voicing concern but has also been careful not to be too vocal about its criticisms and china's government will certainly hope that germany will continue to tone down its criticism for the sake of economic relations i left the united states just after the inauguration of president ronald trump a little bit more than 3 years ago and just came back to cover these elections and to understand what is going on in this country many things have changed dramatically but one thing. immense the same it's a respect for the german chancellor and the popularity of. what is t

of government have a huge responsibility we cannot allow ourselves to feel to reach an agreement and the council any sort of postponement could certainly provoke new storms and put the whole of europe in a difficult situation the summit can continue over the weekend i have a feeling though and so to many watching this may continue for a while yet before they find an agreement. unemployment in australia is running at a 22 year high businesses government workers can't quite agree about why it's not start of the come down as the country reopens one theory is that the doubling of welfare payments during the covert pandemic means that lower paid workers are better off on benefits this motel owner for instance has been explaining the die limit to us. a stroke is been pretty difficult because it's. at a point where we are following it very hard to get employees and the employees more like staying at home to getting paid not to a person that just washing dishes for 2 hours a week has gone up to $750.00 a week automatically but if you comments different ople sewing it's not worth their while working. speaking to recruit millais to see this signing that they hope people on the books but they

and angela merkel's europe, germany takes over the presidency of the european council. her main goals to contain and recover from the pandemic. and a grim warning from the united n nations. half a million people could die from aids because of covid-19. the pandemic means many hiv patients are not getting the medicines they need to stay alive. i'm brent goff -- to our viewers, welcome. we start today with breaking news through the prime minister of the ivory coast has died at the age of 61 years old. he was also the ruling party's candidate for the presidential election coming up in october. his death throes the race into disarray. -- throws the race into disarray. he had just received medical treatment for a heart condition in france. for more now, i am joined by my colleague and dw reported. what does the prime minister's death mean for the ivory coast tonight? >> it is a big shock for the ivory coast, because it was only in march and he was declared a potential candidate for the ruling party. the election coming up this year in october. october is nearly tomorrow. him