With iraq on his 1st visit since the u. S. Killed a top iranian general earlier this year. And a warning from activists in chile the pandemic and the lock downs are putting women at risk. So the e use marathon talks in brussels are still going on this hour the 27. 00 Member States meeting for a 3rd day as they discuss the 857000000000. 00 package to help e. U. Countries cope with the pandemic but theres still division over how much money can be given out by governments as a grant or as a loan of the start of the day the german chancellor Angela Merkel said she wasnt even sure if a solution would be found in her to indian today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the fund the way it is managed and also the issues of the rule of law have now been well dealt with whether theyll be a solution i still cant say theres a lot of goodwill but there are also a lot of positions so i will join in working for it but there may also be no result today more from barker who is following these developments from london he tells us about these divisions within the e. U. The austrian chancellor suggested that he did feel that some progress was being made and the possibly by the end of the day this the 3rd day of talks they might well be in agreement but all of that is very much to be seen visit because of course the e. U. Countries are divided between some of the biggest net contributors to the e. U. Budget that include the likes of austria the netherlands sweden and denmark but it is the frugal 4 who are wary about this money being distributed in the form of grants that dont need to be repaid theyre also deeply worried about huge borrowing from Financial Institutions in the e. U. Some attempt to be made to reach a compromise with the frugal for as theyre known to reduce the amount of money available in the form of these grams but swedens hit back and said no it wont even greater cuts to the grant levels meanwhile some of the countries that are likely to benefit from this Financial Support like to spain and italy their economies hit hard by the pandemic have accused the frugal 4 of blackmailing of the e. U. So here we are in a stalemate and when angle of merkel the german chancellor arrived at e. U. Headquarters 1st thing in the morning she was a little bit wary about the possibility of any lasting progress to indian today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the fund the way it is managed and also the issues of the rule of law have now been well dealt with whether theyll be a solution i still cant say theres a lot of goodwill but there are also a lot of positions so i will join in working for it but there may also be no result today well as well as the ins and outs of the financial distribution of all of these this huge tranche of money there are a growing tensions between the dutch Prime Minister viktor orban the Prime Minister of hungary ruto wanting a mechanism ink. Lou did 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 orban has been under an awful lot of scrutiny in recent years accused of rolling back reforms of introducing undemocratic legislation in the country viktor orban has basically said were well if you include this mechanism in any agreement well well well 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 were 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 theres those also go back to them so so theres a mix of funding mechanisms that exist solely you state each of course i could she be very significantly in terms of allocating a certain amount of revenue according to their size so that at least is agreed in terms of the general principle the Recovery Fund itself will be raised in the markets and the question is how do you pay back into the ones period the repayments are going to start in 2028 but of course in your party the budget itself maybe youd be in countries individually will have to pay a little bit more in the next round of negotiations after 2020 and otherwise its very interesting what has been suggested green taxes so that you know one pays a lot move the emissions that one creates across the u. K. Theyre also suggestions that big firms ship a certain levy for actually being involved at all in the Single Market or having the benefits from it discussions about the financial tax transactions that actually has been going on for quite some time taxying goods that come in as a boarder just in carbon tax is because of course we all sure so much of our production elsewhere so that could come back in a digital tax so that you know otherwise there is a rethink about the rules strategy or what types of taxes there should be across the view nieman towards green i would also suggestion that perhaps this all can be paid by just raising taxes across rather than by individual countries just spending no sending more money to the center if you like to repay this. On to other news an International Mediators in mali have called for a power sharing government and a new Constitutional Court to calm the tensions between opposing parties a delegation from the west African Regional bloc is proposing the current Ruling Coalition make up 50 percent of a new unity government and 30 percent should be members of the opposition the remaining 20 would come from Civil Society groups its early a proposed plan been rejected by the Opposition Alliance led by the cleric mama dicko. You didnt mention that because you made it very clear and indeed where you live is very. Very limited. As to lose. His following developments from neighboring senegal he tells us the recommendations the original ones at least ignored key opposition demands. Recommends a new Constitutional Courts with judges appointed by the president half of the other judges appointed by what they describe as a neutral independent body to set up a core of 5 judges that would decide on the 31 contested parliamentary seats after the much contested parliamentary elections that took place in april many of those seats went to close members of the family the president. Or allies of him and so for the for the echo us body it seems that this political crisis is a constitutional crisis he did mention that there will be no dissolution of the National Assembly nor will we work our kate resigned hes been democratically elected and therefore he is illegitimate ruler of mali so none of that that those were the demands made by the protesters during the protest movement that weve seen the last couple of months the opposition want seats in government the cleric. Wants to see a different type of government that address the security concerns in the north in the center of the country so itll be difficult for for these recommendation to satisfy all of the members of the opposition now echo oss has said that it will have a delegation that will stay in mali it gives a deadline until the end of the month for this Constitutional Court to to nominate a new judges so that they can the so that mali can find an end to this political crisis this crisis in mali actually goes back quite a few years that began in 2012 when armed groups took control of the north and declared islamic law before they were then defeated by french and african troops. The violence continued mali and Security Forces have been leading the offensive but theyve also been accused of rampant abuse the situation has only worsened the plight of civilians most of whom live in poverty already with an income of less than 2. 00 a day according to the world Bank Opposition leaders say the government hasnt done enough to improve the economy and then the last straw poll that was in april when the Constitutional Court overturned the provisional results of a long delayed and disputed parliamentary election that had been held in much i spoke to a little bit earlier he lectured in politics at the university of aberdeen wrote a book as well called inherent and contemporary challenges to African Security he says president carter inherited a fragile state the president actually understand the historical issues the question is what then do you do its very complicated one you know you have the issues with islamic groups you have tribes you have issues of poor you have a government who simply doesnt have the means to be able to control the entire country and you also have a type of state which the people are now seeing we dont want. The protests there were a more Islamic Party jeeps which is not quite soon with one teacher stands for one doesnt interesting uses there because this is the kind of that is accepted by the International Community and is more or less there to enforce it whether the people want it or not. He doesnt have. Irans foreign minister john had been visiting the iraqi capital baghdad hell talks with the Iraqi Foreign minister as they discussed by natural relations zarif says neighboring nations have to cooperate for the good of the region but do so without interfering in each others affairs he also denounced the killing of the Iranian Revolutionary guard come on the qassam so many after visiting the site of his death i regret to say that these s. A nation of custom so the money was a criminal act its a loss to our country and to the entire region and it undermines the international if its for combating eisel and terrorism in the region again we reiterate we canin maintaining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of iraq. To let you up we look forward to continuing our balanced relations with all of the regional countries and neighbors based on 1st our National Interest and then based on our mutual interest without any interfering in our own domestic affairs. More from some other folks in on the importance of. Well it very much is a diplomatic balancing act because iran and iraq are mutually codependent iraq is heavily reliant on gas importance on on imports of consumer goods in general so iraq very much must maintain good ties with iran on the one hand but iraq also needs relations with for example the gulf countries as well as the United States so this is a 1st visit by in iraq is very much an effort to try to reestablish and perhaps heal a little bit their relations with iran and have gone through a rotter turbulent period over the past few months. The new Prime Minister is somebody who was 6 very close ties to the United States and hes somebody who is seen as being closer to the United States compared to his predecessor. The hes somebody who has vowed that he will restrain the weapons in the hands of the states and very recently he has made a move to try to curtail the influence of iranian backed armed groups in iran so certainly on the part of the iranian government there may be a feeling that their influence in iraq is per perhaps not as strong as it was during the Previous Administration and this visit is very much aimed at restabilizing those relations and ensuring that the mutual interests of both countries are secured not just in the Security Side but also on the economy side. In the news ahead syria holds its 3rd parliamentary election since 2011 but all the candidates are government approved. And reviving hollywood out of 19 will mean higher costs of production times in the movie making business. Hello spin off from the edge of the southwest monsoon this massive cloud here is an interesting thing doesnt happen very often its not a tropical depression or at least a massive thunderstorm on the way through our mom then into yemen just catching the entocort off towards the southwest saudi over the next 12. 00 or 3 days thats significant rain price to dont normally get significant rain so flash flooding is inevitable elsewhere its pretty much you might expect the breezes coming out of a very hot iraq 50 in baghdad bring in a bit dust dancer the southeast of saudi arabia missing bahrain and qatar so temperatures drop down drop down to about 40 below indicates fairly humid weather which is typical for this time of year thats going to be the case for the next couple of days probably couple of weeks to be honest there further west is the us is hot and dry of course the time of the year when the rain comes as far north as it is going to has seen showers right up into mauritania they are still there we seen some heavy rain in the gambia there in the forecast as well those showers they are passing thunderstorms generally speaking thats a big orange color there and the thunderstorms weve got for the gambia also that remains dry to say for Western Sahara a more tenuous usually dry and dusty theres no exception at the moment. 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In the Foreign Ministers of iran and iraq of held talks in baghdad discussing relations which they say have been strained by foreign powers in recent months. News from syria a car bomb there has killed at least 5 people an explosion near the syrian Turkish Border town of open 25 people were also injured this area suffered a number of similar incidents in recent weeks. At the same time those serious holding its 3rd parliamentary elections since the uprising against president assad began 9 years ago the thing is candidates are either in assads baath party or are loyal to his government so in a photo looks at that. Syrians will elect a new parliament its the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president Bashar Al Assads forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they had lost to the opposition as in previous elections candidates need to be bettered by security and the credibility of the election has been further questioned by the exclusion of millions of syrians who left their country or have been displaced by the conflict. In 1000000 people in the north of the country for example wont have any representation in the next parliament and the deputies who are supposed to represent regime held areas are not real representatives they wont stand by the people they are beholden to the regime which has absolute power and control. But president bashar is facing challenges results of previous elections were not recognized by the International Community the syrian leader will need to agree to political reforms in order to receive western aid to rescue the economy devastated by hears of war and corruption. And the election. Process. After much delay the un announced the creation of a committee to rewrite the constitution ahead of internationally monitored elections there hasnt been any progress elections contradict the political transition agreed on by the International Community but assad seems to have different objectives many say syrias president is ensuring the Incoming Parliament whose job is to ratify a new constitution will reject any changes to the president s powers and tenure in office. Old war lords. All my we learned people who fought his horses on the ground so he knows. This people who will be voting soon for their constitutional amendments they know they will be accountable changing the constitution when you talk about. Transitional justice the syrian president showed little willingness to agree to political concessions even when he was losing the war he now believes hes won largely thanks to the help of his russian and iranian allies for many this latest election shows how little has changed in syria. Beirut and in libya tribal leaders have gath