Something yeah its same for going golfing cathedral in the us. Im a banker it is welcome to the Program EuropeanCouncil President schama shell has presented a new proposal for a contentious a year Recovery Fund a year later is holding a 2nd day of talks to try to bridge their differences over the fund aimed at helping economies recover from the impact of coronavirus german chancellor Angela Merkel has been chairing the talks since yesterday as germany currently holds the 80 years rotating presidency be you is divided on how to assist those hardest hit by the pandemic a major Sticking Point continues to be a want to grey Member States should share the debt. And before we talk to our correspondent in brussels lets take a look at whats at stake. Mosques on gloves off european leaders a back in brussels for the 1st time since the beginning of the corona crisis with approx finances at the top of the agenda cancel president ial in the shadow expects negotiations to be exceptionally tough a lot is at stake situ nutrisystem could if you see that i know it will be very difficult because its not only about money its a question of the future of europe if you want a stronger more stable your hope for certainly british to michelle has put a financial package on the table to help the e. U. Economy get back on its feet in addition to the 7 year e. U. Budget of more than a trillion euros michelle has proposed a Recovery Fund of 750000000000. 00 euros in loans and grants money for this fund would be barred by the e. U. On Financial Markets and directed towards countries hit hardest by the crisis such as spain italy and greece whats driving a wedge between leaders is whether the money should be handed out as grants the socalled frugal for austria the netherlands denmark and sweden insist it should be mostly loans and paid back he is considered one of the biggest obstacles to a deal austrian chanceless a bust in could could thinks an agreement can be reached but not necessarily this weekend. Is used. There is still a lot of questions to be answered 1st of all to where should the Foreign School who will be the main recipients what is the suitable critical year for this year. Though clearly delighted to be meeting up again in person the jovial atmosphere is not expected to last long german chancellor im going to medicals cautious optimism in the days leading up to the summit seems to have subsided. This put off we will take a lot of willingness to compromise from all in order to agree on something that is good for europe that will be good for the people of europe with regard to the pandemic that would be a suitable response to the economic difficulties were experiencing so therefore i expect a very tough negotiation about the dish be able. To nab positions like their seats are still far apart as close to brussels now and speak to debut correspondent Marina Strauss we know this is a crucial moment for the e. U. As a whole now there are reports this morning of a new proposals being table today what more can you tell us or back out what we know so far is that the leaders of germany or france so im going to America Emmanuel back rob but also of the netherlands of spain and italy arrived early here at the european summits building before a summit even started and theyre talking with the Commission President with the president of the European Council and what we can say for sure is that these are the key players at this summit but the thing is that when they arrive they remain tight lipped they didnt say anything about new proposals but what weve been hearing from you diplomats is that there might be a new proposal on the table that might shift to grants and loans to the persians but we dont have any clear details yet right so there have been Sticking Points could this signal possibly good news. Well there still those basic divisions so we have the countries from the self like is really in spain that have been worst hit by the by the virus crisis and that have been facing economical difficulties even before the crisis started and they say we need your solidarity we need grants supported by germany and france who are taking the lead there are 2 most powerful countries in the e. U. And on the other hand there is a socalled frugal countries including the netherlands and austria for example or other wealthy countries and they want to hand out money they say yes ok where we are pro sellers gerrity but we want to have that money as loans it has to be paid back and we also want to attach reforms to that money how likely is it then do you think that these leaders from various countries on opposing sides of the table will be able to reach an agreement at this summit. What is interesting is that the bulgarian Prime Minister bars off was a 1st year leader arriving here in brussels this morning saying actually something and he said were close to a compromise so hes quite optimistic there because you leaders of most of that you leaders yesterday after the summit said that their course still quite far away from a compromise so we have to see what the next couple of hours will bring here shall be speaking about it shortly thank you marina strength in brussels. Well now to an update on developments in the corona virus pandemic around the globe more than 14000000 people have been infected worldwide and nearly 600000 have died from covert dante in those figures from Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. And the United States has seen another Record Number of new infections in one day with over 77000 people testing positive on friday texas and florida currently the worst affected states and abbas alone people have been told to stay at home i made a new spike in cases spanish authorities are warned of a possible return to lock down if the number of new infections keeps rising. Now to some other stories making news this hour after a 5 day manhunt German Police have arrested a heavily armed fugitive in the countrys black forest authorities launched a search for the 31 year old after he disarmed 4 offices and gunpoint and fled into the woods near the town of open last sunday. Chinese authorities have issued more flood warnings as heavy rains a forecast in provinces in the country south since june massive downpours have left more than 100 people dead or missing forced nearly 15000000 people to be evacuated from their homes and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. Queen elizabeth has 900 captain john wall britains 100 year old war veteran and fundraising hero search home became a National Icon when he raised more than 33000000 pounds for Health Workers by walking 100 laps of his gotten it was one of the queens 1st official duties since the coronavirus lockdown. Now to the developing story were following for you a major fire has broken out at the cathedral in the western french city of nome dozens of firefighters have been deployed to tackle the blaze at the sound as some pull off a drill footage shows flames leaping in science to go. Think monument and a modest cloud of black smoke escaping from the building the fire has now been contained an authority is in treating the incident as a criminal act which comes a year after the devastating fire at the cathedral of not in paris one of frances greatest architectural treasures. Lets go to france now and bring in d. W. Correspondent lisa lewis whos standing by monitoring the situation for us in paris lisa how bad is this place well it looks quite bad the area is still cordoned off and as you said lots of firefighters were there were sent there at this morning however they are now saying that they have come tying the fire they will stay all day there to make sure no new fires break out it looks like the big organ is completely destroyed and at the beginning they were thinking that might have caused the fire and that were going to might actually go for down and collapse and cause more damage so the firefighters are not trying to bring out all valuables statues and and artworks that are inside the cathedral to make sure theyre safe so you mentioned the organ may have been a cause is there any indication of other possible causes of this place well absolutely as i said 1st of all they thought it was a fire that just broke up because the organ is an Electrical Load and organ and made out of wood and that might have been a short circuit but now its clear that there are 3 spots where the fire started more or less at the same time so there isnt any gauge investigation that has been opened for arson everybody is looking into who actually might have caused that fire. Well it certainly sounds as though something positive that they may have got this far under control but for many this fire will big bring back memories of the shocking fire in not turned on last year. Absolutely everybody is thinking of not don at the firefighters today said its not really comparable to that fire also because there was another fire at the north cathedral in 1972 and after that they fortified the roof with concrete now when you look at the not done fire lots of the roof was actually destroyed and the upper parts of the wall in the spire collapse so the damage there with was much larger but obviously everybody is thinking of that fire not a dam and people are now saying you know maybe we need to protect our cathedrals and our historical estate more and the much the government needs to put more money into maintaining into taking care of these buildings here in france im sure be following this story all day later those thanks very much for getting us up to speed. Syria is preparing to hold parliamentary vote this sunday as president Bashar Al Assad 20 years in power but many syrians outside the country including millions of refugees will not be able to take part in the polls we caught up with 2 Syrian Refugees in berlin to reflect on what assads grip on power has meant for them. Mahmud has been living in germany for 5 years after fleeing from syria and the regime that detained and tortured her. She believes president bashar assad should not have been allowed to take over from his father following a controversial constitutional change has she. Shops of people of syria made a mistake we should never of let it happen the presidency is not something that should be inherited. The 1st one assad seemed at 1st like a breath of fresh air she looks back on it as a brief period of optimism and. They asked and. Suddenly it was possible to debate issues. That you could go on the internet for the 1st time. You got the feeling this man could do something positive for syria. White unlike his father hafez. Half of. The more relaxed political atmosphere only lasted a few months but the internet opened up a different world for young people like Karim Sulaiman he was 18 when the arab spring reached syria and people started demanding democracy assad responded with force 6 years ago karim was blown up by a bomb while recording the civil war your are still is wrong the. Only bears witness to assads crimes. I was not a militant i just use my voice and my camera that i had to watch as the cameraman was killed right beside me while i was reporting. I almost lost my leg on a surprisingly. Carry md fled from his homeland in syria to the german capital. With me for him the elections that take place in syria have no credibility. Its all just a circus a made up drama. Drama. That was husband and son have been missing in syria for the last 8 years she blames the regime. At the last one who are doing amateur when assad is celebrating 20 years in power i can only hope that one day he will answer for his crimes in courts and in syria not in europe. I may be sued. For what is not giving up hope. For the sake of her family and for other victims of the assad regime. This is day to day news he is a reminder of our top story at this hour a major fire has broken out at the gulf a cathedral in the french city of new and dozens of firefighters have been deployed to tackle the blaze episode as same poll cathedral. At a for many in include coffee will have the headlines for you at the top of next hour until then you can always get the latest news on our web site at state everything dot com im rebecca reaches for me and the entire chain thanks very much for watching. 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