up for press freedom which many fear is disappearing under the rule of right wing prime minister viktor orban the latest victim hungary's most retinue sight in next you seen as one of the country's last independent media that's made it a frequent target of the prime minister who once called for the fake news factory but its independence has come under threat after an ally bought control of the site at sales. the final straw came a few days ago when the site's editor and she was fired prompting more than 80 staff to resign on friday. that the 1st said. our editor in chief was fired this week and while i don't want to speak on behalf of all of us for me this was the red lines i cannot work there anymore. from the point that the phone. shortly after south of protesters flooded the streets where they want to frame a showed real news and it's getting more and more difficult almost impossible to get that in hungry now we don't know what's happening around us because the state media isn't telling the truth. now. and honestly regardless of the website the reason why it came to demonstrate is th

cost of the european ambitions so this might have been a hint towards hungary and prime minister viktor orban who can be considered an opponent of macross and ways let's listen to what he said earlier we are all aware holes really of the situation which. are dramatic anyway economically because one thing but we are we can go about the consequences of that all record only. because there is don't you think so. so the mood is rather a rather pessimistic but but the mystic is not a strong enough word to express how we see the future so we see the big dangers are just approaching to the european economy. because the consequence of the 1st wave of the pandemic and secondly because of the 2nd day of vitriol expect to come whole are we are aware 'd that we have to make a deal so we are negotiating under the pressure that a deal is a must angries viktor orban painting a certainly dramatic picture there he says we have to make a deal but he's actually one of the leaders making an agreement harder to reach isn't. the other so one thing the call he didn't mention one of the major sticking points to

and he told us the hostility to those people in hungary goes all the way up to the prime minister viktor orban very high level politicians from from the governing party and actually the house speaker as you pointed out are making homophobic interests whole big comments basically in the media and what drives it is that you know you have to ask the government but my suspicion is that it's about creating a new enemy creating a scapegoat in hungary at which also the tories the attention. from other issues which are highly problematic for for this government but the current hunger in government. is very well known as a government which creates enemies migrants civil society and now if you get if you people are transferred coal in hungary just to blame them and direct the national way for all my actual government measures are undamaged program direct so for amnesty international in budapest. let's bring you up to date now with some of the developments in the corona virus pandemic. the united states has now well surpassed the mark of 3000000 confirmed cases the u.s. has set 5 new daily case rec

years accused of rolling back reforms of introducing undemocratic legislation in the country viktor orban has basically said we're well if you include this mechanism in any agreement we'll we'll we'll lower veto it so we may well find the dispute the dispute between router and victor or deregulating as a separate side problem the entire agreement but as the austrian chancellor suggested he is at least hopeful way to see that if vicky pryce now chief economic advisor at the center for economic business and research she says these negotiations cover a huge sum of money. overall we're talking about a figure of 1.85 trillion which will need to be raise some of it quite soon the recovery fund itself within that will be raised over the next 4 years in the capital markets the rest which is the budget is being paid for by a mix of being 80 payments that individual countries have to then transfer to the center and also import you to use and which are quite importance and there's those also go back to them so so there's a mix of funding mechanisms that exist solely you state each of course i

years accused of rolling back reforms of introducing undemocratic legislation in the country viktororban has basically said we're well if you include this mechanism in any agreement we'll we'll we'll lower veto it so we may well find the dispute the dispute between router and victor or the railing as a separate side problem the entire agreement but as the austrian chancellor suggested he is at least hopeful we'll wait to see neve thank you very much neal barker our correspondent there in london china's xinjiang region has declared quote a wartime state after a small increase in cases there $28.00 new infections have been reported since friday the city of a routine suspended large gatherings of people mass mass weenies are being carried out china is facing international scrutiny over its treatment of ethnic minorities in jan including ethnic we. muslims. on kong has reported a record daily high of more than 100 new virus infections the territories leader carry lambs as the bios is now spreading out of control from monday all non-essential public employees will work from home masks wi

viktor orban the prime minister of hungary ruto wanting a mechanism ink. clued it in any agreement that would force countries to prove exactly whether or not they were upholding e.u. standards when it comes to the rule of law viktor or ban has been under an awful lot of scrutiny in recent years accused of rolling back reforms of introducing undemocratic legislation in the country victor or banners basically said well if you include this mechanism in any agreement we'll will willow veto it so we may well find the dispute the dispute between russia and victor all about the railing as a separate side problem the entire agreement but as the austrian chancellor suggested he is at least hopeful way to see. on to other news in west african mediators in mali have outlined recommendations to ease the tensions between opposing parties the delegation from eco us the regional bloc issued a statement after days of discussions with the governing party and the opposition did have a proposed plan but that was rejected by the opposition alliance led by the cleric would bec

viktor orban said he did not want this hanging over his head, so this recovery fund is not linked toes. and there is a concern that in the long run this is going to allow some of the members of the bloc who've been drifting away from some of the principles, drifting toward autocratic rule, prime minister orban would say we are doing what hungarians want. number two is the question of monitoring. one of the compromises that was made for the frugal states led by the netherlands was there should be tougher monitoring notjust by the european commission but by the member states. but what about italy? it is one of the most needy states and regarded as needing the most reform and root—and—branch, comprehensive reform. is that going be possible? or is it for years to come or be like the greek crisis? journalists who covered that know it never stopped being in the headlines. and then finally, and the european commission president recognised this, there is a smaller european budget post—brexit, and what about the projects which matter? projects which, again, in the climate crisis, health fund,

hostility towards the q plus people in hungary it seems to go all the way up to the prime minister viktor orban. indeed very high level politicians from from the governing party and actually the house speaker is you frankly that are making homophobic interest phobic comments basically in the in the media and what drives it is that you know you have to ask the government but my suspicion is that it's about creating a new enemy creating a scapegoat in hungary at which also the tories the attention from from other issues which are highly problematic far for this government but the current hunger in government is is very well known as a government which creates enemies migrants civil society and now it should be to be a t.q. people are transferred coal in hungary just to blame them and direct the national way from actual government measures and this is a popular government so should we presume the very anti-gay rhetoric of you reflects uncaring public opinion actually now older surveys show us that there is a slight increase in india acceptance off the queue people in hungary so it's definite

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leader curry leg al-jazeera gunmen have killed 15 farmers in the south stuff for region and sudan the rapid support forces paramilitary group is being blamed for the attack in the village of greater armed groups killed 13 people at a camp in north star 4 last week in zimbabwe a protest against the state of the economy and corruption a planned an opposition leader as well as a journalist charged with inciting violence but denied bail the government is denying persecuting its critics are serious how to turn reports from. a day after the united nations urges the barbi government not to use the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to clamp down on freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly officials here responded for the op whedon's of doubt what we're seeing more noise not of doctored he was lawfully obvious and by this in baba of the public polic

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leda car leg al-jazeera the 1st hurrican of the season is bearing down on the southern coast of texas has strengthened to a category one hurricane and is expected to make landfall in a few hours there corpus christi and hearkened douglas is heading for hawaii the category 4 storm is expected to reach the u.s. islands in the pacific on sunday and if you want to just expected to weaken by then social distancing rules will be enforced install shelters. i would like to remind everyone who is in quarantine that you should remain in quarantine to the extent possible if you need supplies please ask friend and others to provide and help you acquire them as a last resort if you need to you can break quarantine to get the needed supplies. could tell you with us hello adrian fitting in here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera signs of the increasingly full relationsh

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leader curry leg al-jazeera. countries across asia are enjoying some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall in years in bangladesh flood waters breach sandbag walls built to protect villages one 3rd of the country is under water weeks of torrential rain of also led to flooding and landslides in india and the power of . a court in zimbabwe has denied bail to a prominent journalist and an opposition leader who's been speaking out against government corruption they're accused of inciting violence is horrible tasa reports now from harare. state prosecutors opposed to bail they say that if poor fortune one of the feelers journalist was allowed to go home he could use the opportunity to go back on a social media pages and encourage people to demonstrate in next week's planned anti government demonstrations they also fear that he could also use your opportunity to leav

take you to care of to meet an outstanding older gentleman with a flair for the dramatic 72 year old viktor cousin sieve for him the world is a stage and the streets of cuba are his runaway best friend his sewing machine our reporter visited his little house of wonder. writing about ali keep seething and young. victim to have news from experience. he's retired to living on the edge of an old russian city called kiva. he's been here for 72 years every morning he cycles to the center of town and back. living is happiness. 72 years i've lived so far have been wonderful. of course youth means boundless joy. now i'm old but my age doesn't get me down yet. status and then you. claim to see in among other things the claim to speak to make safer and decorates with love for. the fashion. world. thank you i've been dressing this way for at least 20 years and even before that because i used to work as artistic director at arts centers. that's my profession bluefish. victor describes himself as robust and contented both with himself the world and that is. what is it this is who. this is this is how i c

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leda car leg al-jazeera. the top u.s. health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control insists it is safe for children to return to class as it's unlikely they will contract will transmit the virus reynolds has more. as covert 19 continues to surge in parts of the u.s. the debate over how and when to send children and teachers back to school has taken center stage. president donald trump wants schools to reopen for in person lessons in the coming weeks even if various transmission inflator studies come out so let's say we believe that students should be going back to school because the effect on a child we know scientifically they are not affected in the same way as an adult drug not true says dr anthony thought she of the national i

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leader curry leg al-jazeera zimbabwe's government has denied accusations of persecuting its critics ahead of planned protests over the economy and corruption a court has denied bail for journalist hope poaching and opposition leader jacob may they were arrested and charged with inciting public violence probably tasa has more from her either. a day after the united nations urges the barbi government not to use the current of last pandemic as an excuse to clamp down and freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly officials here responded with the op wigan's of doubt what will she want to once not have doctored he was lawfully are arrested by this invalid republic full leaf and he was not arrested for exposing corruption he was arrested for using his social media accounts to in fights and bargains to violently overthrow the government. given law

as key independent media outlet but it has also been a target of this man hungary's prime minister viktor orban who once branded a fake news factory one of his allies recently took charge of its sales are perhaps a sign of things to come. critics say the government is trying to bring as many independent media outlets under its control. we are of the editorial staff which today probably made one of the biggest sacrifices and risks to shine a spotlight on what's happening and how a newsroom can be destroyed even the strongest and most read news portals can be ruined in hungary. one popular columnist reminded the crowd of the 2018 quote in defense of free speech from mr alben himself real good is that we would never have the adults are to silence those who don't agree with us. across central europe it's not only hungary that seen the steady decline of independent news outlets and to steer toward autocratic rule a major sticking point in the debate over the use pandemic recovery fund last week was whether poland and hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the

argument also erupted between the dutch prime minister mark reiter and his hung garion counterpart viktor orban over whether money should be withheld from countries that fail to live up to the e.u.'s core values in recent years victor or bans governments been accused of attacks on the media minorities and the rule of law. charges which he denies i don't know what is the person lol reason for the dutch prime minister to meet me or hungary but he's attacking saul harshly and making very clear that because hungary is opinion does not respect the rule of law must be punished financially death his position which is not acceptable you have places its deepest recession since the 2nd world war the road to recovery hangs on solidarity. so let's bring in david hershon horney he's chief brussels correspondent of politico magazine and joins us live now from brussels david this is the 3rd day of wrangling the e.u. leaders over this huge recovery plan why do you think there's such difficulty in finding common ground over this deal. well there are a lot of very fundamental disagreements about how to han

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leda car a leg al-jazeera countries across asia are enduring some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall in years in bangladesh flood waters breach sandburg walls built to protect local villages one 3rd of the country is now under water weeks of torrential rain have also led to flooding and landslides in india and nepal. now to a lake in africa which is a lifeline for tens of thousands of fisherman farmers and their families in sudan it's known as lake newby up in neighboring egypt like forms the manmade reservoir for the as one but water levels for that and another even bigger one in ethiopia but many worried for their livelihoods ever morgan has their story. just after sunrise every day hussein jaffer and his crew start their boats engine and their day's work fishing has been his livelihood for nearly 20 years catching tiger fish and wiring to be from lake new

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leader curry leg al-jazeera countries across south asia are experiencing some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall in years leaving millions of people homeless in bangladesh floodwaters brief sandburg is built to protect villages one 3rd of the country is under water weeks of torrential rain of also led to flooding and landslides in india and the poll numbers of dead and missing are rising. the white house is easing curbs on the sale of drones that follows a decision to reinterpret a cold war era arms treaty drones that fly slower than 800 kilometers an hour can now be sold to governments the u.s. considers allies such as were previously classified as cruise missiles and subjected to strict export restrictions in the u.s. aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections for boeing aircraft there warning of possible corrosion on parks' aircraft that coul

sacking of his editor in chief earlier this week his dismissal has raised concerns the prime minister viktor or bands nationalist government is intensifying its efforts to muzzle critical voices. the new site trusted by millions of hungary and is no more so thousands marched to the prime minister's office with this message what would you rather we are together we believe in free press. we've reached a point now where getting access to real information is in real danger as well as its very existence. in court about the overall you passion of all of. them honestly regardless of the website the reason why i came to demonstrate is that another independent news portal has fallen victim to the government but i really don't like that and that's why i came i don't think there's any free press left. the protests followed an early a walkout on friday when more than 80 journalists the vast majority of the newsroom quit index. to take the 1st step this to. our editor in chief was fired this week and while i don't want to speak on behalf of all of us for me this was the red line i cannot work there anymo

law we are seeing the rule of law deteriorating in a lot of member states and we have to stop that viktor orban for example the hungary in prime minister you've been criticizing him a lot so that there's no conscious analyse did he understand something wrong that's exactly the question have there been some kind of deals behind closed doors we don't know this is why we want much clearer formula i mean what we have now is not a legal text yet we have still to see the legal text that comes out of the council and we will really focus on the rule of law there this year was very hard for us and we're in an emergency situation here time is running we all know that so what power does that european parliament have now to yourself to do your basic. i have to say yes now. that's the pressure that everyone the member states in the 1st place like to put on of course but also some parts of the media sometimes the population says well it has taken so long now and it has been so difficult you have to say yes but that woods would waste a chance because it's not only that we have to be fast we also have to

introducing it during the pandemic was undemocratic but it's a politically popular move for prime minister viktor orban. first found a topic that fits both his opinion and the view of most trying gary and that's how he can keep his voter base together even when we're going through an economic crisis right wing premia isn't commenting nor is the minister responsible for the law but a year ago a speaker of the hungary and parliament defendant the ruling party or. not there appears to being populists empty european islamic and homophobic just because we're here to our culture and traditions. the young actress adele was the 1st trans woman on the conferee of the hungary in addition of elle magazine she no longer feels saif in hungary when she was picked on threatened and assaulted she fled to believe. i think it's horrible because. it's not legal already if you want to change your your name and. and identity because i don't have rights there. transition use and homosexuality are not widely discussed in hungary many think they should stay private transgender people find the policies all fit desh espec

negotiations have visibly taken their toll and he your leaders including hungary's prime minister viktor orban he's resisting moves to tie the fund to standards of freedom of expression in recipient countries but has faced a stiff opposition from the e.u. states who are fully intent on linking the 2. we will not put values up for negotiation there is no version of cut price european standards including the rule of law among all the division and squabbling over values and vast sums of money italy's prime minister made a call for clarity and unity. not to overdo the we may not lose track of our goals we have to rebuild europe make it more competitive and more resistant to crises and we have to be. a lot of the netherlands one southern european countries to make structural reforms before agreeing to the recovery fund. actually last month i see myself as fighting for the needs of citizens and taxpayers it's vital that you are stronger out of this crisis i'm not going to let myself be diverted by all the conflict going on here off the. details have emerged of how the deadlock could be broken

ambitions of european values so maybe this was a little him $2.00 words hung garion prime minister viktor orban who can be considered an opponent of micros in many ways and let's listen to what he said earlier today we are all aware whole scene of the situation it's. it's dramatic anyway economically to ponder because one thing but we are we can go about the consequences of that. it's there is don't you think so so the moral is rather are rather our best to stick but the mystic is not a strong enough word to express how we see the future so obviously the big dangers are just approaching the european economy our 1st because the consequence of the 1st wave of the pandemic and secondly because of the 2nd wave which we all expect to come. are we are aware 'd that we have to make a deal so we are negotiating under the pressure that a deal is a must hungary's victor all band there outlining the high stakes of this summit but also for merkel and the e.u. german presidency. there well there's one thing we're back i didn't manson and that is one of the major sticking points today the question if t

budge and sort of made it all the matter of principle and just hear what the hunger in prime minister viktor orban had to say on that beef. not because of me but because of the dog gone because he initiated from i think you took. which is not good quality you know off you know understanding what you've done is a brick it's because of them not because of the i don't like balloon game but the doctor is the real responsible man for whom i speak. insults are flying as we see president the french president he is so fed up with all this he already was leaving several times and so we seem to have finally ended kindergarten level at the summit and it's all like a big dysfunctional and very unhappy family at their worst we're talking a lot about money of course here but there's an underlying discussion about european values going on solidarity of rule of law are we seeing the union losing common ground here it looks like it at the moment i mean normally if things are normal in better times then the indian they've always been able to pull together but at the moment the signs see the signs seen seem a

teeth on edge and she's usually very patient and just listen what hungary and prime minister viktor orban had to say about that beef. not because of me but because of the daughter gone because he initiated something. i think it's ok to read something. which is not good quality and off you know understanding what you've done is a brick it's because of them not because of the i don't like blame game but the doc is the real responsible man for a whole mess we have. the french president. seems to be rather tired of this whole thing also and several times already threatened to leave the summit so we are firmly into kindergarten games here at this point and the auspices for the rest of the evening on not overly positive a lot of these negotiations are talking about has to do with money but there's also an underlying discussion about european values going on here so solidarity rule of law is the european union losing common ground in these discussions it rather looks like it and some of their a g i mean this just remember during the last weeks of the koran the crisis everybody says yeah europe h

but this is likely to be sacrificed with polish president andre duda and hungary and prime minister viktor orban likely to mount resistance. all eyes are now on the head of the e.u.'s largest economy german chancellor uncle america she's pushing for a quick deal but hasn't gone further than expressing cautious optimism given the today show germany will go to brussels with a certain readiness to compromise a quick result would be preferable but it is not certain as the least one thing is clear no one country can afford to just walk away when the a canonic future of the u.k. rests on striking this steel. did of years barbara vessel joins us now live for more from brussels a very crucial summit barbara can you outline for us the competing views on this massive fund that's dividing the. all the fault lines front have now become relieved visible on leaders arriving here in brussels what we have is countries that say we need more money for agriculture others like poland don't want to fulfill the climate goals hungary doesn't want to have any ties between money and rule of law and so on and so fo

funds the increasing the autocratic regimes in hungary with off viktor orban and the government in poland that goes the same way they don't stick to democratic principles anymore that is the free judiciary the free press free opinion and so on it's a force and they want to sort of tie that together a country that doesn't stick to democratic rules can be punished in the way that money is withdrawn now of course or biden and the polish prime minister they're up in arms against that and says no way will veto this and there has not been a chance yet in the form of fun to sort of consoles to console the 2 sides and to bring this together so we're talking about values you were talking about lots of money what you tell us about the mood at the bargaining table right there. the mood has been fractious throughout the days and when what we've seen all day was just people going around and around in circles to getting together in small groups that's the so-called confessionals that can be like 2 people can be 6 or 8 people and we've seen like the southerners together was the chairpersons was on the a

i mean contrary i mean that you know that's just the rhetoric he gives and what viktor orban the prime minister of hungary is done is used this coronavirus to create the european union's 1st dictatorship i'm he is the power now to go by decree to sideline parliament and there is no need for another election ever until parliament approves that and his party controls parliament this is a dictatorship pure and simple and so you know let's look how that dictatorship is doing i'm a human rights watch has been in the process of studying how gerry and hospitals and what we found is that while orbán takes the very generous stabilisation funds provided by the european union and uses them to build football stadiums to pay off his cronies i mean quite literally. the hospitals are disaster people need to bring their own toilet paper people are being it was thrown out on the street because they're not currently the coronavirus patient they are you know this illustrates what happens when you have an unaccountable government and that's what the door about is so if you're ok and. if you're right can w

doesn't he have a point i mean contrary i mean that you know that's just the rhetoric he gives and what viktor orban the prime minister of hungary is done is used this coronavirus to create the european union's 1st dictatorship i'm he is the power now to go by the creek to sideline parliament and there is no need for another election ever until parliament approves that and his party controls parliament this is a dictatorship pure and simple and so you know let's look how that dictatorship is doing i'm a human rights watch has been in the process of studying how gary in hospitals and what we found is that while orbán takes a very generous stabilisation funds provided by the european union and uses them to build football stadiums to pay off his cronies i mean quite literally. the hospitals are disaster people need to bring their own toilet paper people are being is thrown out on the street because they're not currently the coronavirus patient they are you know this illustrates what happens when you have an unaccountable government and that's what that door about is so if you're ok and. if you're

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leda car leg al-jazeera. nearly 40 countries have reported record daily numbers of corona virus infections in the past week australia belgium and israel are months nation seeing a 2nd wave record daily increases were recorded in 37 countries from 20 last week and 13 the week before the us has confirmed the highest number of cases more than 4000000 infections and 145000 deaths now spain is trying to prevent a possible 2nd wave of corona virus spreading around the country it's implementing lockdowns in the worst affected areas but the number of cases of people being sent to hospital is rising nightclubs and entertainment venues in barcelona have been closed and people are urged to stay at home the world health organization is calling for a more targeted approach across europe. who we're really trying to get here is a move from as i said before using a very b

economies want the opposite there are also personal disputes to overcome the hungarian prime minister viktor orban blames the dutch leader for the deadlock he says mark grew to hate him and is attacking hush lee made in a european new center in london following developments there 3 days of talks and i guess we have to start thinking and you mention that they can be a late flurry of activity but the possibility of no deal. yeah it is possible and we've just heard have a better all the prime minister of luxemburg is actually decided to leave the meeting to go back to luxembourg to hold a covert 90 meeting of his own and he plans to return to proselyte a little bit later on so we may well see a situation the talks go throughout the night and we hear something 1st thing the morning it's very difficult to say right now but things are most certainly dragging on because there are deep divisions between different parts of europe on how best to distribute this huge tranche of bonnie the differences of opinion between those countries that are the biggest net contributors to the e.u.'s financial reserv

hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leda car leg 0. is an analyst of the hungarian think tank the center for political analysis he says the victory or bans battles with the media a typical of his brand of competence politics. he likes clashes he likes battles he all he uses combat rhetoric very very often he likes to present himself as the savior hungary from other organized organizations that write to undermine not just his rule but hungary and well being in general and the hungary and way of life so that's why he's clashing with brothels and n.g.o.s and a lot of other organizations that try to and this is a basic principle of his message that he's doing these clashes and he needs victory after victory so he can claim victory a 30 brussels. brussels meetings last week and now he's not going to claim victory because of the show is this is not something that the government obviously. in an ec