A vaccine. And what does it take to recover from overnight we hear from a survivor on her experience coping physically and mentally after being on a ventilator. And we look at how president assad of syria has remained in power for 20 years 5 presiding over a nation shattered by civil war it is likely to remain at the helm for years to come. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today the e. U. Is at a crossroads with Member States looking for leadership and cash to bolster economies that have been hard hit by the coded condemning and lockdowns chancellor merkel chair talks of brussels today that will bring leaders face to face for the 1st time in months macca will be. To persuade the blocs richer nations to issue or issue direct grants to countries like italy spain and portugal to help them overcome the worst of the pandemic but some Member States including austria and the netherlands are dead set against any grants and want to see tightly controlled loans instead. While they use rescue package up for discussion is both highly controversial as well as expensive heres why. The European Commission has proposed a 750000000000 euro Recovery Plan to help the economy is hit by the pandemic it would boost the e. U. Budget from 2021 to 24 in the form of grants worth 500000000000 euros and loans to the tune of 250000000000 euros. But there are differences over how the recovery money would be distributed the Commission Wants a 300000000000 euro chunk of it to go to italy and spain over all the cash strapped southern European Countries are calling for solidarity in the form of grants that do not need repayment while the wealthier and more frugal northern countries favor loans. Did every is bar of a zolas following this for us from brussels good morning to you barbara can you outline for us the competing views on this massive fund thats dividing the you. The worst problem at this point in time is indeed as you said is there going to be free money without strings thats what the southern countries want italy portugal spain above all and if you look to the netherlands which might at this point constitute the biggest stumbling block this say no as far as were concerned there is no such thing as free money now the dutch have a reputation as being frugal and the question at this point is of course how can you split the bill on a pandemic so how. Can this work out it should be rather like in a family but it is not so well go in dutch finally implode the European Union. In the last days they have all been beating a path to michael 1st came the italian Prime Minister. Then his spanish counterpart. And finally the portuguese it was a concerted lobbying effort to convince the dutchman to loosen his Purse Strings but so far no luck. Getting it all begins to move in our direction and its already looking better. The netherlands are the 5th largest economy in the European Union big in trade and exports the wealthy country where people are mostly happy but sharing this wealth is not their cup of tea when going out with friends they often prefer to go dutch split the bill and thats what they expect from their government to some kind of regulations because its a lot of money and im not saying for my money but. Yet its its not i think its necessary to have something that you just cant if you just give out money people are just going to spend it like oh yeah well we just got the money so lets just do whatever to question with the europe should throw free money at the economic fire is it really really moves that people even the popular comedian are you luba picked up on this. So i want to extinguish your fire but i dont want to take over your mortgage. I think partly some some of it has to do with also with being greedy i was sorry to say that about that but we have that tendency to like. The more you have the more it makes you want to keep it all to yourself socialists politician lumen however things the dutch government is being embarrassingly tight Everyone Wants to work in their own best interest and they stand for whats important to the netherlands however the message is not. You are not doing what you should do the message should be we are all in solidarity we need to come out of this crisis together. Thats also what stefano from italy hopes for he enjoys living partying and working with dutch people bought for the little difference the relationship the reason between people and their money. Yeah he said. Own way of dealing with money and i mean of course ive been dealing with practical. Conceded a very. Sharp. For the future of. The euro is going to be a friend so the big question is whether the doc should prepare to share the european bill after the corona crisis. That is the big question is it is it a barber in the differences over money goes so deep that the italian Prime Minister thinks this summit could decide the future of the e. U. Are the stakes really that high stakes are incredibly high because what the country is referring to is that the countries are just drifting apart if Southern Europe really sort of falls off the cliff cliff economically after this everybody builds the in trouble and that holds true for the netherlands and they should know that thats what the message qantas trying to give and he is still trying to talk to everybody who he visited paris last night is just trying to gain friends get people on this side and implore the frugal countries and some of the eastern europeans we really need to do this together otherwise everything is going to blow up in our faces barbara thanks so much for that for now well have much more from barbara from brussels as this summit proceeds. The u. K. The u. S. And canada are all accusing russian agents of carrying out Cyber Attacks to steal information on potential covert vaccines the 3 nations have issued a joint advisory warning scientists pharmaceutical companies to be on the alert they say the Cyber Attacks use custom malware to target Coronavirus ResearchCenters Russia denies the accusations. As the pandemic surges across the globe the search for covert 1000 vaccine has been an International Effort to protect Global Health this common goal has been undercut by allegations accusing russia of trying to steal information from Vaccine Research as in the u. K. The u. S. And canada believe this is economic espionage or theyre trying to promote it to Games Private information intellectual property from news from these organised lucians that are engaged in Coronavirus Research and presumably use it to advance their own Research Efforts the alleged culprit is a familiar photo a. T. P. 29 or a cozy pair a group associated with russian intelligence also blamed for interference in the us election 4 years ago the Intelligence Community believes that cozy there is is an agency of the russian and theyve been around for a long time there are talks to 2014 they were the group thats believed to be behind the 2016 attacks against the Democratic National committee as well as other attacks against countries around the world the coordinated warning across continents seems designed to add weight to the announcement and prompt other potential targets to protect themselves a global bid to combat not only across continental Security Breach but a virus that poses a major threat to humanity across the globe. Now for many people whove suffered serious kovan symptoms and survive theres still a long road to recovery along with the physical or deal patients also have to cope with the psychological impact did obviously hasa met one survivor here in berlin this. This is the 1st the faster i got green. The lung test at the rehabilitation clinic is still exhausting for director neill of each. The berliner is a covert 900. 00. Yeah hes a very positive results. Oh im glad you know who. Here at the vibe clinic name back to back shes making great progress in late may she was admitted to hospital with bronchitis under severe fever an initial coronavirus test was negative but after another test from the lungs she was diagnosed with covert 19 listserv in pneumonia an inexperienced doctor put her on a respirator you must moment as advice that you no longer feels at 1st like water running into your lungs i was terrified and feared for my life i almost had a heart attack my heart hurt for hours afterwards i screamed and cried i was in real trauma for several days afterwards. Shes lived with the diagnosis for 6 weeks now and has spent the last 2 here there are strict protective measures in place at the clinic director daniel of it is one of a handful of ex covert 1000 patients the others here are recovering from cancer surgery. Therapy here consists of physical exercise breathing sessions and methods of relaxation directed and elevate spends a lot of time here on the cross trainer. Said the right targets only been 3 days now that i havent had to sleep so much and lie down during the day there is this strange extreme tiredness after covert called beaut. Tightness on the long lasting loss of taste are typical symptoms of the cove at 19 and. Whats surprising for us is that the damage done to the nerves during covert 19 massively limits our patients mobility the psychological strain is also severe theyve survived a life threatening disease and they keep thinking about what could have happened it. Director danielle of it spends a lot of time thinking about her father he was in hospital with cancer and the coronavirus in the spring she was only allowed to visit when he was dying 2 days after his death she had the 1st symptoms a self and couldnt attend his funeral something she discusses with her doctors here. More and more covert 1000 patients are being admitted to rehabilitation in Germany HealthInsurance Companies have started covering the costs to ease the pressure on hospitals durata danielle of it is now immune and feels liberated. I want to talk just a few days ago i laughed out loud for the 1st time thats when i thought oh here i am again i can laugh out loud and from the bottom of my heart that wasnt possible for weeks. She plans to get her immune to see tested regularly but for now shes looking forward to life after 1000. Lets get your brief down some of the stories making the news today the World Health Organization says it is concerned about in a bowl outbreak in the democratic republic of congo more than 50 cases have been recorded in a tour province the number of confirmed infections has now surpassed the total number accorded during the problems as last outbreak in 2018. Brazils Health Ministry has recorded more than 2000000 coronavirus cases it is another grim milestone for the country which has averaged 1000 daily deaths from coban since may president paulson r. O. Has played down the dangers of the virus and as avoided measures he says stalled the economy. In Certain United States top Infectious Disease expert expert Anthony Fauci says the countrys drona virus crisis is escalating because people are meeting without masks and not keeping their distance actually said Public Health measures should be seen as a gateway to opening the country again he made the comments in an interview with facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg quickly and officially jump. Now to syria where president Bashar Al Assad is marking 20 years in power or the montreal elections are taking place on sunday but like all previous elections no real opposition is permitted so despite a civil war thats lasted 9 years assad looks set to stay on in power for the foreseeable future. Well well if you got you. Into july the 17th 2008 just 34 years old to bash our scientists sworn in as president following the sudden death of his father. He quickly finds his feet meeting the great and the good earth to syria this is. Often accompanied by his british born wife asma. From the start of his presidency asset bill close ties with both russia and iran strategic relations that will prove crucial to retaining power. In march 20th 11 antigovernment protests across much of the arab world known as the arab spring spread to syria. In the Southern City of dera demonstrators began taking to the streets after the arrest and torture of a group of teenagers protest grew while as sands military responded with greater force. As finance escalated the country descended into a brutal civil war. We will win without a doubt against this conspiracy and theyve now reached the final stages of their conspiracy. Attempts by the International Community to force asaad to step down failed. And so 2 moves to broker a peace deal. By 2030 in the un said the number of refugees fleeing syria had reached a 1000000 this was a humanitarian crisis then the regime was accused of carrying out a chemical attack near the capital damascus it took another such attack in 2017 for the u. S. To take action claiming a sense military. Tonight i ordered a targeted new jersey. Or if you were in syria where the chemical. Was war. But despite the reprisal asset has continued his war with the help of russian airpower and Iranian Forces the Syrian Government controls most of the country. A country that lies in tatters is led by a man who looks like he will Never Surrender power. Lets bring in christine helberg for more on this story shes an expert on syria and us politics good morning to you kristen a 2 decades on how stable today is the Political Coalition that guarantees assads hold on power. Well actually quite right at the beginning of his power everybody was hoping for reforms and i think this was the 1st misunderstanding that Bashar Al Assad never came to power to reform the country to make it a democracy but to modernize the country so why is he still there i mean this question very important because you have to look at the inner structure of this regime this regime has replaced the state which means that all the institutions the parliament the judiciary the administration the military all of these state institutions serve the preservation of power of us and there is not a ton of power center in the country with for example the military like in egypt so this is nothing can get dangerous for us how to myself and until now as has power is built on loyalty so he in forces loyalty by means of fear so this is why he needs the intelligence operators which is very important to us power and he creates loyalty by means of client a list which is why he needs these wealthy businessmen the capitalists cronies that are close to him so these are the 2 pillars inside the country the businessman the private company is that loyal to him and the intelligence apparatus that makes it very stable class of these li he had the foreign support to win the war militarily with the help of russia and iran realistic up on that syria has made huge gains against Islamic State with russian backing of course over the past few years how strong is Central Government control over most of the country now there are pockets that that arent controlled by syria. Thats true i mean its especially the North Western province of it live that is still held by the opponents of us or which are controlled or dominated by an islamist faction a jihad effect and hide out in the sand and its the northeastern part that is controlled by Kurdish Forces and is governed in a quite autonomous way but assad is very decided to regain control there and he has the support of his lee of iran and russia to do so he will do this in the north east by negotiations who do this in the northwest and that by military force weve seen this before but i think what is very important that hes really not facing a sensitive moment because the country is facing a Major Economic crisis the syrian pound is in in freefall so and what is important here is that he won the war militarily you can say this that the work of the war is decided you know he won the war militarily but as had cannot win the peace because he doesnt have the money to do so he cannot rely on russia and iran because they dont have the financial means to rebuild syria and she has to serve the people that keep him in power which are local militias which are businessmen and which other foreign powers they consider syria a place to exploit for their own interests so this is not a recipe for peace this is not a recipe for reconciliation reconstruction and the corruption has reached a level of maffia like math yes dial that is even annoying the russia for the russians as his main backers chris and thanks so much for your insights this morning kristen helper of force. Thank you well relations between turkey and germany look set to worsen after a verdict by a court is dog old sentenced a german turkish journalist and his your show to almost 3 years in prison for articles he wrote for a german newspaper he now lives here in germany and was not at the trial. Were hoping for the best preparing for the worst. Because long represented dennis you jel outside court he had to break bad news to his client you joe was convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda in absentia. This is just we will appeal todays verdict and he did you do this you justice todays ruling shows that turkish law is not about justice. And peace temple local court found that you joe breached turkish law by interviewing the outlawed kurdish leader in one of his ati kudos but you joel and his defense argue its an unfair ruling because a high court had already found all these articles and the turkeys constitution which guarantees press freedom thats good reached court ruling is in breach of the constitution because it ignores the earlier ruling. You jill has already served a year in a turkish prison he says he was tortured there though ankara denies that. Trees release one of germanys best known turkey correspondents who left the country he says he couldnt expect just to stand because the president had already condemned him. To the. President tied and one had already publicly declared me a terrorist innocent by and so if i had found me in that sense that would have meant that he himself breaks the law by condemning me. To market which is a friendship. Triggered a crisis in germanys relations with turkey when he was jailed in his already criticize the slightest court ruling saying it sends a false signal for rights in turkey. In other news today cuba has announced it is relaxing the rules about the use of the u. S. Dollar and scrapping a 10 percent tax on the currency the new rules will widen the categories of products for which the dollar can be used to pay its in response to the countrys economic crisis caused by the pandemic and the ongoing u. S. Embargo. British airways is retiring its entire boeing 747 fleet as it struggles to deal with the sharp downturn in travel v. A. Had wanted to phase out its 31 jumbos by 2024 its the latest in a string of airlines that have said goodbye to a plane that has dominated air travel where 50 years. A joint Space Mission by european and u. S. Scientists has taken the closest photos ever of the sun Scientists Say the new images reveal countless small solar flares thought of across the suns surface the solar orbiter was about 77000000 kilometers from the sun when it took these images. Well back here on earth in germany hundreds of police have been combing a dense mountainous region in southern germany for an armed fugitive who has evaded capture for 5 days now the story began when Police Received an alert about a suspicious man living in someone elses forest. The suspect then disarmed the 4 Police Officers went to that hut and took their weapons before running off into the woods. Open germanys black forest population 4800 known for its picturesque streets battling brooks and mountain views and now this behind me are dozens of police vans with scores of heavily armed officers theres also sniffer dogs and helicopters there hunting a local man they say disarmed for Police Officers then made off with their weapons and disappeared into the woods around here police are calling eve roush dangerous and the weapons fanatic authorities here close schools the day after he fled and asked people to stay indoors open now as the mayor says the Police Presence is appropriate even if some residents think rausch is harmless. The fact is his prior convictions are relevant its also a fact that he now committed a serious crime. That makes him a threat to people here. We have quite a few scared residents Public Officials and the police have to make them the priority. To put it so we cant leave them on their own with their fears it could. For many here even though she isnt only a fugitive on the run hes also a neighbor who slipped through societys cracks put his carpentry skills to use at this popular restaurant helping the owners with repairing renovation. Who runs the business with his wife maggie on song 2 days before he fled he describes a complicated man whos had difficulty fitting in a nice friendly courteous helpful. But always a little bit strange when it came to weapons and those sorts of things but i never got the sense that he would use a weapon against someone in the context. In another context you see a man in Army Fatigues and an axe on his belt that might be scary but not in the context i know him. I think snitched. Around town and online theres sympathy for gosh and an ease with the prolonged Police Presence theres also recognition that he needs to answer for his alleged wrongdoing as police keep searching for him some told us they fear things can only end badly police and those who know him say even though she is most at home here in the thick wilderness of the black forest Authorities Say they have the resources and the patience to keep on searching for him but so far they havent turned up anything yet. This is deja vu news live from berlin im brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for being with us. The point a strong opinion a clear position of International Perspectives of. The coronavirus threatens our health salsa science a sound our economists so when it comes out of a huge challenge Climate Change also if we look from the corona fun to make joining me in my guests some point shortly. To point. Up next on t. W. In 2015 the refugee crisis was given a face elaan cordie a 3 year old syrian boy drowned while fleeing to greece. His father survived the tragedy. Years later hes trying to make a new start in iraq. How is he coming. 3000. And 60 minutes on d w. Hes quite as soon as it sinks. To understand the world better we need to take a closer look. At the experience knowledge tomorrow today. On. The coronavirus remains a Global Challenge after months of lockdown most countries are still a very long way away from anything like a return to normal and theres no doubt about it corona has changed our lives economies around the world are in recession those that can afford it a spending billions to try and regenerate growth but is it perhaps time for a massive rethink our federal Climate Change might pose an even greater threats to humanity until the point we are chuckling Climate Change is corona a blueprint