europe chancellor machall outline to the bundestag today her plans for the presidency of the european council her biggest aims are coronavirus recovery package and a bigger budget to secure the future of the blog also on the show. covered 19 outbreak at a massive german meat processing plant more than 600 workers are affected 7000 are in quarantine right now schools and daycare centers in the area all shut down. and a charge of murder against white police officers in atlanta who shot the black man in the back prosecutors say a key witness will be another officer a very rare breach of police over there. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us today on a macro will be outlining germany's goals for the presidency of the european council later this morning a pressing issue is how the blocks going to respond to the economic fallout of the pandemic together with france is pushing for a major edu coronavirus rescue package which calls for direct subsidies to countries in need rather than loans but there's been resistance from europe's wealthier countries austria sweden denmark and the netherl

the german parliament chancellor merkel outlined her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council the biggest thing is a coronavirus recovery package and an expanded e.u. budget to get the union through what she's calling the biggest crisis in history also on the show. a new drug a virus outbreak here in the german capital an entire apartment block is quarantined stories of putting it down to craft living conditions and a growing complacent complacency about the pandemic. and as the bonus league is 2nd place club dortmund squares off against lowly minds one team appears to want the victory more than anyone else to tell you it wasn't dortmund. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for joining us germany's chancellor says the trauma virus pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of the european union and the germany will use its 6 month presidency of the block to promote solidarity and economic prosperity. made the call she laid out for the bundestag the german parliament her vision for the country's e.u. council presidency which begins july the 1st she said europe's recovery plan will be limited

and chancellor of moscow outlines ambitious goals calming german presidency on the european council they cleared a coronavirus recovery package and just to get you through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history. welcome to the sorry german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a form of chechen rebels fighting in berlin last year they say moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between both in moscow prompting germany to expel 2 russian diplomats now russia's ambassador to germany says the murder charges are groundless. it's an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august a former chechen rebel salim khan congress feeley was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved congress feeley was a commander in the 2nd chechen war against rus

many leaders stress that we must do everything in our power to reach an agreement soon in the european council before the summer break so let's get more from d.w. is our chief international editor richard walker who joins us from brussels welcome richard a sort of on the line there sounding very optimistic is the consensus really that solid. well i think there is confidence that an agreement will eventually be reached but not really because of anything that came out of this video conference that has just taken place by all accounts there was very little progress made there it was really just a bit of an exchange of views and exchange of perspectives and those perspectives in many areas remain very very far apart but i think it's really because there's a there is a broad recognition of the political pressure to come up with a solution here to come up with an agreement we've had a leader after leader from also love underline who we saw in the clip there through angela merkel many times in recent days but also in recent weeks saying that this is the most serious economic crisis that europe has fa

suzy denis and suzy is one of the authors of that survey report which was conducted for the european council on foreign relations who joins me from france tonight. susie it's good to have you on the day as i was reading through the report today there was one passage that caught my eye i want to share that with our viewers in it you write in a frightening world one looks around for friends but europeans may begin to see that there we go one looks around for friends but europeans are uncertain who they can rely on the code 19 crisis has shown the european public a reality that european leaders have glimpsed for years europe is ultimately alone and vulnerable. a city this is a disaster is condition i would say both for the us and for your what do you say. i'm very sorry but it's very bad connection and i'm going to head a question but i think if i may correct me end because being alone in the weldon and vulnerability it was very much their own 3 level fathi and sense that. that was the disappointment in many member states we've got bad government handling of the crisis but nevertheless a sense

coming up german chancellor angela merkel outlines her goals for the german presidency of the european council they include a coronavirus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she's calling the biggest crisis in history at a new car on a virus outbreak in berlin a whole apartment block is tore into the authorities put it down to preempt living conditions and a growing complacency about the pent up and. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german prosecutors say that the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was ordered by the russian state the german government saying that it is taking the prosecutor's statement very seriously saying that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions now the victim was a georgian citizen of chechen ethnicity who fought against russian troops in chechnya he was killed in broad daylight into the german capital last august following the prosecutor statement the russian ambassador to german. he has been summoned to the foreign ministry in berlin. and for more on this i'm joined now by

german parliament chancellor on the machall outlining her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council her biggest aim spoke around of virus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history also on the show. a new coronavirus outbreak in berlin and a whole compartment blocked quarantine stories are putting it down to crap living conditions of a growing complacency about the panda. and a charge of murder against a white police officer in atlanta who shot a black man in the back and prosecutors say the key witness will be another police officer a rare breach of police all of that. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today germany sasser on a macro has urged the e.u. to agree on a pandemic recovery package for the block before the end of july she made the call there she told the german bundestag about her vision for germany's e.u. council presidency that begins on the. ly the 1st he said europe's recovery plan will be limited in time and will involve borrowing on international money markets a lot of the pandemic and th

vicious goals for the upcoming german presidency of the european council. the coronavirus recovery package and of bigger budgets to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history. come to the program german prosecutors say the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was ordered by the russian states the german government says it's taking the prosecutor statement seriously and that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions the victim was a jaw georgian citizen of chechen ethnicity who fought against russian troops in chechnya he was shot dead in broad daylight in the german capital last august following the prosecutor's statement the russian ambassador to germany was summoned to the foreign ministry here in berlin. so what effect will the matter of on relations between berlin and moscow did i. put that question to constantine for nazis' a member of the german parliament for the opposition green party. mr fernald attorney general has brought charges in the case of the murder of the ex ch

european leaders are any closer to getting what they want from china the presidents of both european council and the european commission to part in a press conference after those talks and they were pretty clear that the 2 sides remain very very far apart on a large number of issues and it's really is exposing the tough time that europe is having in really trying to calibrate a coherent stance towards china as china gets more and more powerful more and more assertive on the world stage now the thing is that europe wants better relations with china particularly on the area of trade and it really wants to find progress on this investment deal that they were talking about today but that investment deal has been years in the making already the negotiations on that go back fully 7 years and the 2 sides had said that this would be the year where they make a breakthrough but the implication from the 2 presence today was that they remain very. far apart that china still needs to make a lot of concessions and the picture on human rights is getting bleaker by the year from the shin jang in china's nor

on this short trip on the other hand germany will take over the presidency of the council the european council as well as the presidency of the u.n. security council from the 1st of july and that's the key date after which israel could start acting legislation to annex parts of the occupied west bank so they will definitely have to deal with that but having said that we heard also today the foreign israeli foreign minister gabi ashkenazi saying that this will be all done of course in coordination with the u.s. and the u.s. administration in this case so there is of course the big question how much political leverage the e.u. actually has other than that they probably will not most countries are not recognize such a move by israel all right. thank you. now a look at some of the stories making headlines the u.s. secretary of state might. investigate complaints of a police abuse of foreign news crews in american cities several countries say police attacked a journalist during black last measure pushes offices fired rubber bullets at a deal. in minneapolis. swedish prosecutors have named the man t

german chancellor outlining her goals as her country prepares to take over the presidency of the european council to include a coronavirus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in history plus sending rice by sea and leaflets by air the anti north korean propaganda campaign that's got pyongyang to take drastic action we'll hear from an expert on korean relations on why it's happening now. i'm sara kelley welcome to the program german prosecutors say that the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was ordered by the russian state the german government says it is taking the prosecutor statement very seriously saying that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions the victim was a georgian citizen of chechen ethnicity who fought against russian troops in chechnya he was killed in broad daylight in the german capital last august following the prosecutor statement the russian ambassador to germany has been summoned to the foreign ministry and burlap. and for more on this i'm joined now by roma

new members to back a 750000000000 euro coronavirus rescue fund germany assumes the rotating european council presidency in just 2 days and they did as had to hold a crucial summit in 2 and a half weeks time. you're watching state of the news we'll have more news headlines at the top of the alan moore medical news conference at the top of the hour don't forget you can get the latest news and information on our website at state of the dot com i'm rebecca rooted in the 10th season. in a globalized world. where everything is connected. only takes discoursed to set things in motion. local hero show called their ideas can change the world. global 3000. next on d w. to lead it in the blood. in love in america missing children and lead our dog over the ground every. day it's mining operations are taking a heavy toll on the president some even pay with their lives. but as long as the international demand for the resources future rises south america's mining will continue. conflicts long d.w. . oh. my god just some of our. food for the russian soul. steve. so many different walks of life. some are. od

germany because germany within the next couple of weeks takes over the rotating presidency of the european council and so this issue moves right the top of angela merkel's to do list for 2020. richard walker speaking to us but we have some football now and leroy sana has indicated he wants to leave manchester city after rejecting a contract extension the german international looks set to return to germany with bae and munich last summer bought a bad injury ended his transfer hopes the 24 year old has a year left on his current deal but city coach gladio has confirmed that he can leave if a buyer can be found. naima has just waved goodbye to a small fortune after losing a court case against his former club boss alona the brazilian star claims that barcelona owed him nearly 44000000 euros as a bonus for signing a new contract in 2016 most of the faith wasn't paid to him after barcelona said he breached his terms by joining paris st germain just a year later and a spanish court ordered name out to pay back nearly 7000000 euros of the initial bonus payments. you know what data news will be back with m

telephone and appeal to pool global brain power and resources to end the coronavirus pandemic from european council president also a phone the lion. the task of this size can only happen if the world unites this was the 2nd pledging marathon spearheaded by the european union and it has been champion and global cooperation in the face of this pandemic in contrast to the world's 2 biggest superpowers china and the us. the heads of the united nations the world health organization and south africa made appeals for solidarity. no one is safe until everyone is safe. 19 threatens not just people who held but our common humanity. sunday were covered 19 years behind us. we would like it to be said that we the nations of the world are the peoples of the world. stood together and acted as one germany's chancellor made another point clear that it mentioned we must help people in developing countries to cope with the impacts you can hear that means richer countries should help less privileged countries to ensure equal access to test treatments and above all vaccines the summit also focused on the need to reduce

countries about the most viable approach when germany takes over the rotating presidency of the european council this week it will try to pull the union together to support a budget and recovery front is what merkel had to say in the coming months we are going to work together and to make sure a fit for tackling this crisis this crisis that's going to last. only germany. to take over the rotating presidency on july 1st and i am very happy that we agree. on the challenges that we want to master them together and help each other. the expectations are high and of course we know very well when france and germany agree that does not mean that the whole of europe agreements but when france and germany don't agree then there is no agreement in europe so maybe when we agree on several questions we can also contribute to more positive in the right direction for the european future. political correspondent hans pont is in them as a big palace north of berlin or at that palace rather out the front there we had michael there asking for solidarity and support for the recovery fund what more was said about th

and chancellor merkel outlines ambitious goals for the coming german presidency of the european council they include of coronavirus recovery package and a big hit to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history. welcome to the show a book by donald trump's former national security advisor is rattling washington and the white house among several explosive claims made by john bolton is not the president asked china to help him win reelection in november the trumpet administration has been trying to prevent publication of the book and that alone has made it a best seller excerpts of it have been appearing in u.s. newspapers. these pages contain kinds which could rock u.s. foreign relations and significantly affect the u.s. presidential election in november the. it was written by john bolton who said he saw donald trump in gage in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the presidency. top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to insure his win the election suggesting china by more american

commission president and the chief of the european council sean michel and they will sort of try to figure out whether there is any political given the situation with the he would be willing to budge a bit or whether you side would be willing to budge a bit so that they can at least show you a pass that the negotiators could then try to walked out because michele bowed and he said we would just carry on i mean the e.u. obviously does everything to avoid the blame game you know it's the europeans fault because they were so obstinate so they said we will continue to negotiate to the very last minute and so we have a new deadline that's the end of october the for 30. 1st of october that's the very last moment where then the deal could still be ratified till the end of the year otherwise it would be no deal so that leaves us another 4 months to talk and we will be back here and we will sort of talk about this again and will remain an issue for over the summer and throughout the fall and then we will see whether we get to jump over the hurdle or whether we will part in our acrimonious way the 2

headlines this hour german chancellor angela merkel has outlined her goals for germany's stint as european council president merkel says the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the e.u.'s fragility and that a stimulus package is a top priority to ensure the block's future security. interest and daiichi near has been inaugurated as burundi's new president is taking office 2 months earlier than planned after the sudden death of former president xi. constitutional court announced last friday that the new president would take charge immediately. united nations says that refugee numbers hit a record high last year with nearly $80000000.00 people displaced worldwide 70 percent of those forced to flee their homes come from only 5 countries we are going to stand syria south sudan and venezuela. the us supreme court has ruled the president on the trump cannot reverse a program that offers protections for undocumented migrants who came to the united states as children commonly known as dreamers. program and acted in 2012 on the former president barack obama was a target of the trump administration. companies

germany itself because in just about 10 days time it takes over the rotating presidency of the european council so this is going to be absolutely top of uncle americans to do list for the next few months and she's sure to put all of her energies into finding agreement but there's a lot of work certainly to do so just walk us through the biggest obstacle obstacles to achieving a deal. that's right i mean almost the only thing that they do agree on is that they want some kind of recovery fun but almost everything else is still really to be worked out as merkel we just saw in that clip saying that an awful lot of bridges remain to be built for instance the size of the fund this you mentioned you know the number that the european commission has come up with the 750000000000 euros well there's a small group of countries that of the nicknamed the frugal 4 they want to spend less they haven't said how much less but they definitely want it that number to be lower also there's a big debate about what is the balance between the amount of money that's actually given out to countries as grants or that's ha

parliament chancellor angela merkel and announced her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council for biggest games they coronavirus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she called the biggest crisis in its history also coming up a new corona virus outbreak in berlin 8 entire apartment blocks is florentine authorities put it down to plan to living conditions and a growing complacency about the pandemic and to blow to the government of viktor orbán the top e.u. court rules that congress restrictions on non-governmental organizations are a violation of european law. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany's chancellor angela merkel has urged the e.u. to agree on a pandemic recovery package for the block before the end of july merkel made the call as she laid out for the bundestag her vision for germany's e.u. council presidency which begins july the 1st she said that europe's recovery plan will be limited in time and will involve borrowing on international money markets she added that the economic fallout from the pandemic lockdown is the bigge

richard: the presidents of the european council and european commission took part in a press conferenceer those talks, and they were pretty clear that the two sides remain very, very far apart. on a large number of issues. this really is exposing the tough time that europe is having in really trying to calibrate a coherent stance towards china as china gets more and more powerful, more and more assertive on the world stage. the thing is that europe wants better relations with china, particularly on the area of trade. it really wants to find progress on this investment deal that they were talking about today. but that investment deal has been years in the making already. the negotiations on that go back fully seven years. the two sides have said this will be the year where they make a breakththrough, but the implication from the two presidents today is that they remain far apart and china needs to make a lot of concessions. the picture on human rights is getting bleaker from china's northwest down to hong kong in the south. the imposition of this national security law seen by human right

much for joining us today on the 1st of july germany will be assuming the presidency of the council of the european union now this means that until the end of this year germany will chair the meetings of the council and will be tabling e.u. legislation this morning on a macro will set out to the german parliament her vision for europe and where it should be heading we're seeing some live images right now for from that session that's just getting underway at the bundestag at this hour. the president of the german bund a cycle of gong show you blow will be addressing parliament 1st medical's statement is expected to include details of a massive stimulus package to all economies recover from the impact of the coded pandemic and plans for the distribution of a 1 point one trillion euro budget you have used chief political editor michelle acuff they're standing by for us at this hour at the parliament good day to you michelle can you tell us about the priorities berlin will be setting out for europe during its 6 month presidency. well the overarching party is getting through the corona crisis angela mer

chancellor angela merkel outlining ambitious goals for the upcoming german force and see of the european council be included coronavirus recovery package and a bigger budget to get the european union through what she.

takes over the rotating presidency of the rpn council in the next couple of weeks, so -- of the european councilin the next couple of weeks. so this move to the top of angela merkel's to do list for 2020. all they have really agreed on is the need for there to be a recovery fund. and what important think that, a rubicon that has been crossed, is the idea that the european commission w will b borrow thehy centrally on the finesse markets and then distribute it. so there is -- on the financial markets and then disturb it. -- and then distribute at. the commission wantsts 750 alien euros -- 750b euros. should the money be loans or grants? there is debate about that. according to what criteria should money be construed at -- shouould be disistributed? this'll be the source of haggling and weeks to come. >> is there a deadline? >> there are all sorts of deadlines. people want to be able to take a summer break so they want to get this sorted out before that. there are many deadlines. national parliaments, 27 of them, will likely have to ratify whatever comes out of that and that process takes time. co

coming up, angela merkel outlining ambitious goals for the upcoming german presidency of the european council, including a corona's coronavirus -- coronavirus recovery package. plus, explosive allegations against donald trump. a new book by john bolton claims the u.s. president asked china to help him win reelection in november. and the coronavirus pandemic, crippling kenya's tourism industry. it is forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet. i'm brent goff. to our viewers, welcome. german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former rebel fighter here in berlin last year. they say moscow ordered the killing. the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year, prompting germany to expel two russian diplomats. russia's ambassador to germany says the murder charges are groundless and the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes new actions against russia over the murder. reporter: it is an asssssination that has s shaken russian german relalations to the core. last year and late august, the former rebel was g

parliament this morning where she set to outline her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council which begins july the 1st her biggest aims for a coronavirus recovery package and a bigger budget to secure the future of the.

do the needed studies to do the randomized clinical trials births even the president of the european council has said the decision how does much to do with the economy as they ever have to do with health everything should be done to reach an agreement before the summer break our citizens and businesses have been heavily impacted by the pandemic bumi targeted relief. the european union has taken a pounding from the corona virus and tens of thousands of families of hearts of bury loved ones ultimately this comes down to finding that point where by saving the economy from an irreversible decline always concerns over public health. in my opinion there is no so. thing is what the european community says is the medium level threat of the virus nobody can say so we don't know this wireless it's been 6 months we don't know the behavior of this wireless it's contagion how develops and we don't have a treatment for it either as such this is a political and financial measure more than anything the you commission has labeled it a 3rd category managed which is to say low danger i have doubts about it tim

prime minister borisjohnson himself and approved by the leaders of the 27 member states at the european councilng of the european parliament also. it is for us and will remain for us the only valid reference, the only relevant precedent in these negotiations. it was agreed by both sides. yet around after round our british counterparts seek to distance themselves from this common basis. let me give you four concrete examples. referring precisely to the text of the political declaration. first the premise that agreed in paragraph 77 that i quote given our geographical proximity and economic interdependence, ourfuture agreement must encompass robust commitments to prevent distortions of trade and unfair competitive advantages. this is what together we chose to call the level playing field. in this paragraph the prime minister borisjohnson agreed to uphold the common high standards applicable and the union and the uk and at the end of the transition period these areas stated competition social and employment standards, environment climate change and relevant tax methods. we are today very far from

chancellor angela merkel outlining ambitious goals for the upcoming german presidency of the european council including a coronavirus recovery package and a bigger budget to get the european union through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history plus explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by former national security advisor john bolton claims the us president asked china to help him win reelection in november. and the coronavirus pandemic crippling kenya's tourism industry is forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former chechen rebel fighter here in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year it prompted germany to expel 2 russian diplomats russia's ambassador to germany says today's murder charges are groundless and he says the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes new action

let's bring in our guests in london ryan when a research fellow on yemen at the european council for relations in washington d.c. in the united states now bill horry senior researcher at the atlantic council for studies he's also a former u.s. deputy chief of mission in yemen and also in london elizabeth kandel senior research fellow in arabic and islamic studies at the university of oxford a warm welcome to you all i want to start in london where the ryman. not only by any terms of international law is this a effectively a coup but it's an occupation who's behind this and why did it happen now. it's a very good question and it's very difficult also called the next station or a coup because the acts have been committed on the ground by a proxy so the southern transitional council which is a u.a.e. backed group or non group 2 or non-state actor whichever you'd like to call them has basically announce their takeover of the island of sokoto and this has been done almost not violently but through an agreement that the governor of sokoto would leave the island and with the auspices of saud

recommend that the sanctions against russia be lifted which we therefore decided today in the european council that the sanctions should be extended for another 6 months. so let's take a closer look at the measures against moscow the e.u. 1st imposed sanctions in 2014 after russia annexed ukraine's region of crimea since then they've been extended every 6 months in retaliation moscow banned the export of oil and oil products are ukraine it also stopped all food imports from the e.u. united states norway canada and australia in december pro russian separatists in ukraine's government exchanged $200.00 prisoners that exchanged came after the russian and ukrainian leaders held the 1st talks in paris and agreed on measures to deescalate the war the sanction extension follows worsening relations between russia and germany on thursday german prosecutors accused moscow of ordering the murder of a georgian man in berlin last august the victim was a former commander in chechnya russia called the accusation groundless both countries expelled each other's diplomats in response chancellor merkel has also