chancellor angela merkel has been discussing her plans for the 6 months to with no make as in the federal parliament the bundestag overnight germany kicked off its custody and shipped by projecting the words together for europe's recovery and to billions iconic brandenburg gate the slogan refers to the damage caused by the current rise and damage which merkel has described as the greatest challenge the e.u. has ever face the presidency is merkel's last major role on the european stage before she retires later next year she's taking her legacy on the massive economic recovery plan for the e.u. and she's talked about it in her address to the bundestag there will be a chicago hot seat for the 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 i'm there you see you know i'd like to achieve union as quickly as possible so the economic recovery can tak

is about to discuss how plans for the 6 months with lawmakers in the federal parliament the bundestag guide the course of the block at a time of huge social and economic upheaval triggered by the global coronavirus and make germany kicked off. by projecting the words together for your. iconic brandenburg gate the slogan is a reference to the damage caused by the virus pandemic which just plans to european economies into recession johnson. has described it as the greatest challenge the e.u. has ever faced. we're reaching and i'm going to michael to begin how to dress for the job but in the meantime i'm joined by political correspondent nina. you know the motto for the e.u. presidency is together for your recovery what is angle of michael's plan. the german government will throw all its weight behind efforts to get the european union out if there's very existential corona crisis of course the german government had completely different plans for its e.u. presidency that always takes a half a year but then came corona and now the chancellor has understood that she does need to take drasti

no such restrictions if there are a new politician to come and they will surely come to the federal parliament to the government and eventually to the presidency those politicians must share basic principles and so from this perspective this amendment is a guarantee that all of the achievements of the last 20 years won't be cancelled and the perception of the people is that this amendment is an additional guarantee for summits even the most important one that when a new president will come and history won't be rewritten crimea won't be returned and no other decisions will be. that won't comply with people's expectations this is really very important and would be you aspect to today's goings on russian citizens abroad all across the world have been joining long queues in front of embassies to cast their ballots as well people in par as berlin of the european cities turned out to have their say on the possible changes to russia's constitution some of told us that they believe even if they don't live in russia currently they still have a duty to vote. so as we have been going through there's a lo

no such restrictions if there are new politicians to come and they will surely come to the federal parliament to the government and eventually to the presidency those politicians must share basic principles and so from this perspective this amendment is a guarantee that all of the achievements of the last 20 years weren't to be cancelled and the perception of the people is that this amendment is an additional guarantee for some it's even the most important one that when a new president will come history won't be rewritten crimea won't be returned and no other decisions will be made that won't comply with people's expectations this is really very important or would you know so as we heard there's a long list of proposed changes in the package being voted on but it just one element this got much of the foreign media fired up. russia's parliament basically paving the way for putin to potentially stay on as russian president he's the longest serving russian leader since joseph stalin but whatever putin wants to stay in power even longer addressing lawmakers abdu words putin said he backed the ame

yet in berlin johnson has been discussing how plans for the 6 months with lawmakers in the federal parliament the bundestag overnight in germany kicked off. by projecting the words together for ya. iconic brandenburg gate the slogan to 1st of the damage caused by the coronavirus by direct which makan has described as the greatest challenge the e.u. has ever faced. the president says americans last major role on the go up in stage before she retires later next year she's taking her legacy on a massive economic recovery plan for the e.u. and she talked about it in how to address to the bundestag what's important is that economic recovery benefits everyone and that it's not just about companies and employees but that we also retain and strengthen social cohesion and that means that the opportunities for young people in europe must be preserved and this is why in our presidency will be pushing for and use guarantee the possibility for every young person to get a job i'm joined now from the german parliament by political correspondent and by a brussels correspondent rob basler enough to you 1st ho

amendments have been approved by the constitutional court our regional parliaments as well as the federal parliament of russia have approved them for all practical purposes legally this is enough hooten wanted this vote this this was his desire and i guess what lies and it is put in a once the vote once the amendment. approved by an expression of popular will so that he can see in the future that this was not his own the will a whim but people's desire and if it is he'll probably get that one day he will get that effective mandate from the people no question about that actually in the absence of independent observation with the rules of the vote being modified as the vote goes on with all kinds of small and large of violations and with the government going after people who try to criticize and to call for people to vote against the boycott persecution fresh air of journalists and others there is no question as they are the government will report the amendments are held in overwhelmingly supported by the people so 2036 potentially he could be in power so that's another 16 years away he would be or pr

anyway he can ok thanks kimberly we'll talk to you again soon egypt's parliament has just voted to allow president out the federal sisi to deploy troops outside the country this is a move which paves the way for sisi for possible intervention in neighboring libya the president had earlier threatened his country would support have to forces if tripoli's government and its turkish allies renewed their assault on the city of sirte the move comes hours after sisi made a phone call to u.s. president don't trump according to the egyptian presidency the 2 leaders agreed on the need to maintain a ceasefire in libya and to avoid and yes collation. and you haven't protesters in mali have descended on the capital bamako demanding the president's resignation they're blocking roads and burning tires a day after an opposition coalition rejected a plan from regional media it's that west african bloc eco was that recommended president ibrahim. form a unity government with the opposition but that opposition movement june 5 movement wants cater to step down from his poor handling of the economy and a lack of security because talk

president trump says he will send more federal law enforcement officers to deal with anti—racism protests. the egyptian parliamentnt of its military abroad to defend national security and, in its words, fight criminals and foreign terrorists "on a western front". it's an apparent reference to neighbouring libya, where egypt has been supporting the militia leader khalifa haftar against the un—recognised libyan governement, which is backed by turkey. the bbc‘s sally nabil explains what the decision means. this does not necessarily mean that egypt will be sending troops to libya. the outcome of the vote today was highly expected, that it will give the mandate to president sisi to send troops overseas to libya but, according to a lot of experts we've been talking to, that egypt is trying to use this as some sort of leverage, this potential scenario of getting involved in libya as some sort of pressure on warring parties and on allies to come back to the negotiating table and try to find out a solution via diplomacy. according to experts as well, egypt does not want to get caught up in some sort of a guerrilla war in

federal agents sent to poland by president donald trump of a gun fired tear gas of protesters and made arrests demonstrators have rallied every night for 8 weeks demanding rigid equality and police reforms. somalia's parliament has approved prime minister has an elephant in a vote of no confidence the speaker of the house says it's because he failed to establish national forces to tighten security for the federal and state governments it's also follows a dispute with regional leaders about when to hold a national election the president now has 30 days to appoint a new prime minister. authorities in malaysia say they're planning to deport a man who was critical of the government in an al-jazeera documentary the bangladeshi migrant worker was detained on saturday night he spoke about malaysia's treatment of undocumented immigrants during the coronavirus crisis in a 101 east documentary entitled locked up in malaysia's lockdown al-jazeera says muhammad i and the rest is disturbing and reaffirms its support of freedom of expression as a fundamental human right without the fear of being criminalized. the psyching of an editor of a leading news website and hungry has provoked a mass march by and to government prot

federal agents in cities like portland oregon are stoking complex. also coming up and you're up a 750000000000 euro question the e.u. parliament approved the toronto crisis rescue deal national leaders hailed their hard won agreement as a breakthrough but parliamentarians have the final say and they're not happy. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is to send federal agents to several more a u.s. city is he says that the staff is to combat rising crime this after he sent a federal officers to the city of portland oregon where they have been targeting protesters demanding racial justice officials say that the deployment has only increased local anger. for the 55th night in a row protesters flooded the streets of portland but there's a new chant being sung. oh. oh. let's go home a clear message to the federal agents deployed by the trump administration to crackdown on demonstrators. what are you doing there pressley support controversy dressed in military gear the unidentified officers have been accused of arbitrarily arresting more than 40 protesters some like this demonstrator hauled away in unma

egypt's parliament voted to allow president up the federal c.c. to deploy troops outside the country that paves the way for any potential intervention in neighboring libya. and the british government is suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong and is blocking. the measures are in response to beijing's new national security goal of a host on hong kong last. let's look at the u.s. now where president donald trump's insisted good things are underway after meeting republican party leaders to discuss a trillion dollar economic bailout the united states is still struggling to contain what is the world's biggest corona virus outbreak nearly 3800000 cases nationwide and more than 140000 deaths well we are up and down these coasts to on this news hour we've got andy gallagher in miami florida which is the current epicenter of the u.s. outbreak will come to you in a 2nd and i want to start with kimberly how could at the white house what's coming out of this latest bailout plan kimberly. yeah but what we're hearing is that the focus according to the

one needs to give more say to the national parliaments and the european parliament so we move more towards something like a federalized station of the european union this is not open to discussed in the summit but it will clearly be a side effect of all the agreement that we see either today or in the follow up summit to make it even more dramatic ok we have to leave it there many thanks school with brooke in a bit in athens thank you. in the streets of barcelona are all but deserted after cinemas theaters nightclubs were closed to slow the spread of covert 19 hundreds of new cases have been detected meaning catalonia and arrogant the government's urging everyone to stay at home for at least the next 2 weeks with gatherings restricted to 10 people the virus is linked to more than 28000 deaths in spain. in bangladesh corruption and a lack of resources are hurting efforts to fight the break of coronavirus and cope with 19 families of patients a treatment in some hospitals well the treatments are expensive and beyond their reach and people who are raising those concerns of being stifled let's turn now reports from dhaka.

you know it's a sign of failure of leadership in the federal level that this is turned out when it has angry crowds of trying to storm services parliament after the announcement of return to tough coronavirus restrictions on the right police force upon thousands of protesters many calling for president alexander view change to resign and he's put a weekend curfew back in place after serving as worst day of the pandemic with 13 deaths rechange lifted restrictions in the weeks before his win in last month's elections including allowing crowds back to sporting events elaine and do such as following the clashes around parliament which went all into the early morning. the president alexander who teach announced some new measures because of the quote on a virus he said that during the weekend belgrade will be locked down and maybe not only belgrade but the entire serbia because the situation would put on a virus is a very bad and the worst is here in belgrade there we have more than 4000 people in the hospitals just today 13 people died over the coronavirus this is the highest number in one day so what happened today is that people were very

use of the multiplication the party federation the development and the export of views and of drones and the use of force i. have called on domestic institution parliament and judicial. ector to respond to that challenge thus far they are really out of the picture largely and i'm also calling on the international community to act towards the development and that a robust standard for the control on our own traumas i believe there are a number of opportunities internationally at the moment this includes the secretary general protection of civilians strategy crudes the development of a political statement on the use of explosive weapons in c.v. and territory and i think there is an increasing awareness particularly after the strike against jinnah were certainly many that week we've got to stop we cannot put seed we cannot posts you this line of be a viewer so i'm hoping that states will hear my call and take their responsibilities and point used and implement the standards that are required for the protection of human rights as well as more generally peace and security thank you very much. thank you and yours very much and no return to questions or will s

people they're free to write into the federal communications regulator over there in the usa they're free they're writing in to the regulator ofcom here but in parliament to somehow. try to put together the ability of a party to broadcast together with an intelligence and security committee report here which found no evidence that he was involved in the brics referendum and the scottish referendum why would they be doing that and i think that is why one what leads one to believe is that the british labor party led by sick yes tom of the former prosecutor for writing that in wales that's that's where one gets suspicious they have trying to interfere with an independent regulator which case they are trying to break the human rights act here and the international law to go 19 un regulation about the need to have a free press. well and accident if we have to because i think as you point out you have to deal with it off come we have it here in the united states in dealing with our credential of being polled and having to register as foreign agents once again are to continue to be kind of beefcake out when these politicians make these accusations that turn o

trump announced plans to resume federal executions now former police chief and opposition leader chun some talkie has been elected as president by syrian arms parliament some talk his party ended the 10 year long tenure of crew leader turned elected president dessie protests and elections in may earlier this year protests he was convicted on murder charges from his time in office as military leader in the 1980 s. some talkie is due to be sworn into office on thursday to serve a 5 year term. a red rember has been spotted in finland a fisherman recorded the rare sighting last out on the lake about 160 kilometers away from the capital health now read raymer is a form when the sun is low and the blue and green lights of regular rainbows are scattered leaving only the reds and yellows. so that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines china has called the us a trouble maker undermining peace and stability in the south china sea region that's after secretary of state said beijing's claims to the area were completely under lawful from beijing katrina you has more on a briefing from china's foreign ministry he then went on to say that china had no intent

federal level this that this is turned out the way that. to serbia where thousands of protesters are tried to storm parliament angry about tough coronavirus restrictions the president alexandrovitch put a weekend curfew back in place after the country's worst day yet all the pun demick with 13 deaths and brian has this report. protesters and police battle on the streets around serbia's parliament was hounds try to storm the building some briefly managing to get inside before being pushed back was they're angry at president aleksander of the church and his decision to reimpose coronavirus restrictions. were some chanted calling him a thing. was for others demanded his resignation their government is trying for the 2nd time. put the cyclone. to impose current theory that far reaching it is only a serious possibility because they made all the mistakes i was. the mistake they say was lifting what was one of europe's strictest lockdowns. we gathered here to protest because our president lifted the state of emergency because of the election and now he wants to impose it again. critics say the president lifted restrictions so he could hold parliamentary elec

federal agents in cities like portland oregon are stoking complex. also coming up and you're up a 750000000000 euro question the e.u. parliament approved the crisis breast.

of failure of leadership in the federal level it's that this is turned out we're in the house thousands of protesters have been out on the streets around said yes parliament after the announcement of a return to tough coronavirus restorations. they have called for the resignation of president alexander vote church his chest but a weekend cafe back in place after said yes place de yet on the pandemic with 13 deaths . to address tractions in the weeks before his win in june 21st including allowing crowds back to sporting events the. in the u.s. hospitals in several states say their intensive care units are reaching maximum capacity as coronavirus cases continue to jump the number of people who have died have now passed has now passed 130000 infections have been surging in states which push to reopen early including texas and florida but president trump want schools to reopen after the summer break. well we want to do is we want to get our schools open we want to get them open quickly beautifully in the fall and the you know this is a disease it's a horrible disease but young people do extraordinarily well in the next 2 weeks we're probably going to end up b

the way the parliament someone once and that one was a selection based on elders. which in accordance for from the electoral. commission and the federal member states and the prime minister i say ones to go for so that was the 2 ways that they went and would fall for the following and how the dynamics lead to some of the politics the youth olympic games for should take place in senegal in 2022 but have been moved to 2026 because of the coronavirus pandemic postponement of the 1st olympic event to be held in africa is a big setback for many young athletes as the reports now from dhaka. for swimming coach to do gate there is no easy way to break the news the youth olympics meant to take place in 2022 will be delayed by 4 years he explains because of the coronavirus pandemic 13 year old swimmer sally about to somebody who has pre-selected to take part in the 5100 metres backstroke will be told to take part in the games in 2026 i'm so disappointed i've been training day and night for this moment and this opportunity to represent my country right here in dakar more than 4000 athletes aged between 14 and 800 from around 180 nations were exp

federal level this that this is turned out when the. police in belgrade have you gas to disperse thousands of protesters are gathered outside said yes parliament they're angry about plans to return to tough kona virus restrictions. the demonstrators were calling for the resignation of president alexander vote church has just put up a weekend cash back in place after serbia's worst day yet of the pandemic with 13 deaths. had restrictions in the weeks before his win in the june 21st elections including allowing crowds back to sporting events al-jazeera as yelena chess has more from outside the parliament. the president alexander who teach announced some new measures because of the coronavirus he said that during the weekend belgrade will be locked down and maybe not only belgrade but the entire serbia because the situation would put on a virus is a very bad and the worst is here in belgrade that we have more than 4000 people in the hospitals just today 13 people died over the coronavirus this is the highest number in one day so what happened today is that people were very angry of this situation and we did this kind of measures why because serbi

parliament. once. was a selection based on elders. which in accordance for from the electoral. commission the federal member states and the prime minister i say one has to go for sort that was a 2 way state they went. forward for the following. how the dynamics lead to politics. and initial thoughts so what happens next the president what has 30 days to choose a new prime minister who's likely to be. it's hard to say but more likely there is one function the parties saying that they want. national unity government prime minister coming from the opposition parties and who so that they will have a say in in the upcoming formulation or of the election another one. which gives the president the mandate and the power to to to select a prime minister so whatever way it goes i don't think it will be for 30 days or so if it were not that is how the constitution is i think it's in need of a. really good structure so many thanks to the. sacking of the editor of the leading news website in hungary has provoked a mass march by anti-government protestors it follows the mass walkout of journalists in support of th

mali's parliament has removed the prime minister has said in a vote of no confidence the speaker of the house says it's because he failed to establish national forces to tighten security for the federal and state governments the president now has 30 days to appoint a new prime minister the 1st hurricane of the atlantic season is bearing down on texas storm hanna has now strengthened to a category one hurricane is expected to make landfall later along the southern texas coast near corpus christi the national hurricane center says it could strengthen before it hits those were the headlines. next program is the bottom line do stay with us. for the 1st time in recent history in saudi arabia prohibit overseas visitors from performing the hajj pilgrimage. as curve at 19 continues to disrupt people's lives we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy hides 2020 on al-jazeera. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question what will it take to get the united states back on line and back to normal let's get to the bottom line. americans just like everyone else around the world are wondering about the months ahead should we let our kids go back to school face to face what are the r

using federal forces to .uppress protesters david: to support a european economy that already may be showing signs of recovery. we welcome economist irene tinagli, a member of the european parliamente she is chairwoman for the economic and monetary affairs committee. let's start with your appraisal of the european economy. there are things being written that perhaps europe is ahead of the united states. are ahead innly we terms of having the virus under control. we are not in an emergency anymore and can start planning recovery for investment, new projects, recovery plans. we are investing a lot of money at the european level. inre are a few hot spots germany, spain, but we have learned our lesson, we are taking care of them, and we can continue planning for the recovery. in that way, i would say we are ahead. david: in what ways is the public health emergency controlling outbreaks? how does that stand in europe right now? we look at things like mobility numbers, are people going out to restaurants, shops. what is that showing in europe? there is a recovery but mostly within countries. it is still difficult to have the confidence to cross borders. for example, in spain, which is v

dissolution of parliament looks on likely for now bill is party still firmly in control malcolm webb al-jazeera. u.s. house democrats are demanding an internal investigation into the use of federalpolice to crackdown on protesters it follows the violent arrest of several activists in the city of portland on saturday and identified officers were failing to using force to arrest protesters without explanation dozens of people had gathered to rally against police brutality democrats say the trumpet ministration is abusing the use of emergency authorities and the suppressing the right to peaceful protests. meanwhile the us president donald trump has blamed the democrats for a recent surge in violent crime across many american cities trying to made the comments on the fox news sunday program it was the 1st sunday show interview since june of last year. you've seen doubts up and new york doubts up in chicago shooting. how do you explain it and what are you going to do about it i explained it very simply by saying it did democrat run cities they're liberally run they're stupidly run liberal democrats have been running cities in this country for decades surely why is it so bad right now