Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. This is europes moment. That is how the president of the European Commission characterised the challenge facing the eu in emerging from the coronavirus crisis. Well today eu leaders will meet via videoconference in search of a deal over what theyre calling the next generation fund, worth 750 billion euros. The European Commission wants much of that money to be distributed to the worst affected countries in grants, but sweden, denmark, austria and the netherlands say it needs to be paid back. Simonjones reports. After months of lockdown, europe is tentatively opening up europe is tentatively opening up again. Locals on the beach in barcelona are set to be joined soon by international tourists, but the question now is whether the eu can come together to agree a coronavirus recovery plan. It is known as the next generation eu fund. And a sign
Ambassador, you had a very receptive team when it came to the russians. Anonymous sources leaking to try and smear the president. Nobody dies because they dont have access to health care. 13 men are deciding the future of American Health care. There is not one woman at the table to represent more than half the population of this country. This health bill would be devastating for women. Women would be denied coverage because of situations that are unique to them. Its an effort to kill off planned parenthood. If the bill passed today, thousands of americans would die. The senate is looking forward to getting it and i think were going to have some really great health care. I hope theres some sunshine wherever youre waking up this morning. Good morning. Im christi paul. Im Victor Blackwell and we begin with the major news out of france. The leading french president ial candidate says hes been hacked on the eve of their election, but we should say that russia is denying any involvement. The
Minutes later refused to conclude that russia meddled in the u. S. Election. New cnn reporting this morning says russia has even stepped up its spying efforts in the u. S. More in a moment. For the latest, lets turn to the White House Correspondent covering this for us, sara murray, live in hamburg. President trump meets putin face to face in just a few hours. It will be fascinating to see the optics of this meeting. Reporter yes, it is a very highly anticipated and will be closely scrutinized. This is expected to be a brief meeting between these two World Leaders. An intermat one, as well. Theyre expected to be joined by trumps secretary of state Rex Tillerson as well as foreign minister lavrov. In the runoff to the meeting, trump and putin have had sharp words for one another. Putin wrote an article in a german newspaper taking aim at the sanctions the u. S. Levied gaep against russians saying its protectionism. We heard trumps words for putin yesterday in poland. He chided russia fo