In the west bank as israel plans to annex fox to try to treat. German authorities trying to test. Isnt healthy in a community thats been put back under. Welcome to the Program Germany today takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union yet in berlin johnson has been discussing how plans for the 6 months with lawmakers in the federal parliament the bundestag overnight in germany kicked off. By projecting the words together for ya. Iconic Brandenburg Gate the slogan to 1st of the damage caused by the coronavirus by direct which makan has described as the greatest challenge the e. U. Has ever faced. The president says Americans Last major role on the go up in stage before she retires later next year shes taking her legacy on a massive economic Recovery Plan for the e. U. And she talked about it in how to address to the bundestag whats important is that economic recovery benefits everyone and that its not just about companies and employees but that we also retain and strengthen social cohesion and that means that the opportunities for young people in europe must be preserved and this is why in our presidency will be pushing for and use guarantee the possibility for every young person to get a job im joined now from the German Parliament by Political Correspondent and by a brussels correspondent rob basler enough to you 1st how does angle americal plan on convincing the skeptics in the e. U. To back the franc or german coronavirus Recovery Plan. By simply letting them know that there is no alternative if they want to avoid a complete collapse this is the most serious crisis the e. U. Has ever faced in its history that is the message that Anglo American has repeatedly said the coronavirus came upon the European Union completely unexpectedly and it is nobodys fault that europe now is in such a bad recession which is why uncle michael is willing to take drastic measures and some people are saying that this is revolutionary that the person who has always been so fiscally disciplined who didnt want the topic like debt and is now somebody whos saying we need to pool all our strength to help each other out of this crisis because we can only survive if we get out of this together which is why shes going to try and convince people to find a compromise to make them agree to this big e. U. Recovery fund that would be worth 750000000000 euros barbara very. Is crossing the red line of joint debt will there be a similar appetite for compromise in the e. U. That is the big problem the answer is no because there are the infamous froogle for the netherlands austria denmark and swedes more or less saying we dont want this we never want this we just dont want to give money for free to the Southern States that have been hit hardest by the krona virus because and thats the thinking behind this frugality is because theyre probably not going to put this money to good use because they should have gotten their house in order when the sun was shining and that was during the last 5 years when europe enjoyed good economic prospects and so that italy is doing so badly is not the fault of the dutch that is what you can hear in the hague the dutch capital and that is the big problem that Angela Merkel has to overcome she has to find a compromise that will hand something to everybody to every country and to every Prime Minister that he and she can take home and say listen we got something for us out of this and so we can be a bit more generous and give something to the others and that is the difficult task she she has to figure out in just a few months coming up ahead in the European Union barbara and these are stay with us weve been speaking to some of our other correspondents. Around the world about expectations for germanys presidency heres what they said. Since mantle took power in 2005 the u. K. Has seen 5 different Prime Ministers and that is what the brits appreciate about the german chancellor and durrance have political skill and her pragmatism her leadership was greatly admired during the 10 demick when journalists repeatedly asked downing street why Great Britain what just follow germanys example nicolas also seen as pulling the strings in the e. U. Now the u. K. Government is hoping that machall brings her pragmatism to the brics that negotiating table to secure a deal with the brits. Germany is considered a Reliable Development partner and when germany took over the g 20 presidency michel at a strong focus on africa one thing kenya will probably take a good look at is germanys role at the u. N. Security council because at the end of the year germany will be handing out the baton to kenya as one of the nonpermanent members of the council the rule of law is a sensitive issue between warsaw and brussels many polish people worry that they no longer live in a constitutional state they want europe to keep a closer eye on the polish government during the german presidency germany had planned for a big you china summit in september when both sides were to announce an Investment Agreement the summit has been cancelled due to covert 19 and the negotiations on this agreement are stuck more over western partners are very worried about chinas decision to impose a National Security law on hong kong germany has joined declarations voicing concern but has also been careful not to be too vocal about its criticisms and chinas government will certainly hope that germany will continue to tone down its criticism for the sake of economic relations i left the United States just after the inauguration of president ronald trump a little bit more than 3 years ago and just came back to cover these elections and to understand what is going on in this country many things have changed dramatically but one thing remains the same its a respect for the german chancellor and the popularity of Angela Merkel but as to the e. U. Council presidency and the presidency in the u. N. Security council only very few americans know the difference theyre far too occupied with their own problems here in their country if anything they want germany to pay more to nato but thats the only thing which matters here in washington the United States of america. Political correspondent nina hauser is in berlin and in brussels our europe correspondent barbara varies a robber up to you 1st just off the back of what you noticed was saying. Can be expect a reset of sorts of relations between the e. U. And the United States. That is not really on the currents because more or less what the European Union is doing they are looking at washington and hoping that the pain might pass while as the majority of european leaders hopes and looks forward to 2 the elections in november and things there might just be a change in the white house and everybody is sort of betting on that it seems relatively hopeless after all we have seen during the last months and years to further try to engage with was President Donald Trump if if we know now the way hes talking about angloamerican the way he is had tacking her personally over the telephone once to to get in contact the the recent details that have emerged in washington it makes your hair stand up and it more or less seems that nobody is really looking to washington that they say we have to sort of get find or strains with each other and within the European Union and sort of link arms flows lee and hope for a Better Future not coming to you or not to speak about what Mathias Berninger was talking about essentially the use relation with china and to courtroom he was saying that germany has been careful not to be too vocal in its criticism of china is that going to come in the we of a potential read negotiation of the relationship between the e. U. And the china and china story. Its exactly the kind of criticism that you hear from opposition parties here in the bundestag members of the bundestag voiced this concern that germany the German Government is too timid they say the foreign minister is making a grave mistake by being very silent on the issue of the security law of hong kong for example the opposition parties say that there needs to be a much stronger opposition coming from germany of course germany trades with china and china is an important player on the world scene but there are voices here in germany who are saying we need to send the message to china that there is a limits to what we can accept in terms of reaching International Treaties it cetera and so this is something where they are also saying we should cancel that planned a you china summit you know hazare in berlin and Barbara Vincent in brussels thank you both so much in other news Hong Kong Police have made the 1st arrests since a new and controversial to try to cheer law imposed by beijing came into force they used water cannon to Disperse Protesters who gathered in a city shopping district dozens were arrested under the new law the simple act of publicly displaying a Pro Independence banner or flag has become a criminal offense. Despite the new law and a ban on holding marches doing the corona pandemic hundreds of protesters showed up. After a short warning it just took minutes for the police to roll into action. One protester was arrested for holding the hong kong independence flag dozens more were arrested later at a News Conference prodemocracy lawmakers found themselves in a peace sad situation now not allowed to speak english or dress the media. I usually say a few words of english today its an Actual Community and the media but not quite hot. Because of that. If i say anything to you. Ill be arrested when i walk out 2. At aflac ceremony earlier in the day the territories leaders mock the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese control after british rule. Chief executive carol lam hailed a new law as the most Important Development since the handover. The purpose of this piece of legislation is not just to punish it is also to deter to deter people from committing such serious off fences as cessation some 30 in his state power terrorist a to the t. S. And so on and so on. At the same time chinese troops stationed in hong kong held a joint military exercise showing off their military might. And then i asked phoebe kong do doubles correspondent in hong kong what kind of action the police have been taking on the streets my god thank you god of the acid we have that was my god d thank you on the seat on no matter what i was thinking and trying to have they many of my house up now we have already had over 580 people today i am on 7 of them honest i suspect that i found a rational Security Officer we understand most of them like us all holding out hope of being given this no guns and provocateur not that people that im very proud of the omega my. Dream of the life of the body and theyre not only my fancy the mans my right thats my the president has me up my alley right now hes going to be crying right now. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world russias president Vladimir Putin as cast his ballot in the nationwide vote on constitutional changes that would allow him to stay in power on to 2036 its the last day of a week long process designed to reduce crowds and boost turnout amid the coronavirus pandemic. Heavy downpours a sweeping across southwestern eastern china causing flooding and mudslides almost 3 quarters of a 1000000 people have been evacuated in the east in the southwest at least 12 people have died and 10 im missing. The u. S. Has bought almost the entire worlds supply of the drug proven 2 feet over 19 then distribute it helps people recover more quickly its manufactured by give you which is sold almost all of its output for the next 3 months to the u. S. Government. These ready cabinet is poised to debate the annexation off several jewish settlements in the occupied west bank the move is likely to inflame tensions with the palestinians and hamper any future of peace negotiations over the status of the territory beit is a palestinian on klav on the west bank just outside jerusalem and completely surrounded by a village of Israeli Settlers soon this settler land could become part of israel the palestinians say that would be unacceptable digital correspondent tanya kramer reports from beit except this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exeunt next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was 3rd round a house belonging to one Palestinian Family that i its live in this almost unique enclave right next to each of the settlement the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored. Like other palestinians wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial u. S. Peace proposal put forth in january. But. I consider the annexation that were hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land. The israeli and american governments just want the land but without the People Killed its only a many and. So far israel hasnt presented any official maps to explain which areas it could and next cursed and where the lines would be drawn and i have is concerned that the move could lead to yet more isolation and further restrictions on movement is specially since the tram plan and visions only limited enclaves for the palestinians. That. Theres no future. Theres no hope of. My hopes are gone that so the support we see for the israeli nobody cares about us palestinians out off at work with all of the Union Movement between different parts of the occupied west bank is already very complicated for palestinians so now we also want to go to the settlement its just literally mido away from us but to get there we have to drive to the nearest checkpoint and it will take us some time. Its more than an hours drive to cross the kalandia checkpoint. Only palestinians with an israeli permit can cross from here. From there we return to the settlement of given her. Who is one of the settlements founders like most residents hes waiting for more details on the an exaggeration plans from the israeli government. Fall to shia holy although a significant things that could come out of this plan is that it can open up a very positive opportunity for us to expand our settlements for our children and its also good for the people on the other side of the fence if an exaggeration goes ahead its expected to be a long process on the palestinian side of the fence uncertainty is crowing as once again maps are be figured without the People Living there having much say about where the lines are drawn. That report but you know before responding tanya crema thought of jews in northwestern germany are preparing to ease the Strict Lockdown imposed in some districts off a covert 1000 outbreak flared at a Meat Processing factory there people have been ordered to stay in their homes and are banned from traveling anywhere for many of those whove seen quarantine return patience is wearing thin but destin who is held the who is not is a major challenge. These employees of the tenures Meat Processing plant and other residents want it out about 650 people have been restricted to this block on the outskirts of feral a city of 25000 in western germany theyve been placed under quarantine. But this is set to change the mayor is preparing to lift the quarantine gradually but he still faces one big obstacle trying to figure out who is who and who is healthy. There are different lists of people who are actually living there and people who should be there but probably left before the quarantine whove likely headed home the look of isolation crime that many in feral and in the neighboring larger city of also want out after all its Summer Vacation but numerous german holiday resorts will only accept travelers from high risk locations if they tested negative for the coronavirus this temporary testing facility is being run with the help of soldiers from the german army. Take about every day we test over 700 people here honestly and weve yet to see a positive test thats some good news for a change or good news but people here are still angry especially at the management of the tennis meat plant which was ground 0 for a fresh outbreak of the pandemic in this region. So its their fault and the meat plant acted incredibly irresponsibly that was to put police in the city need to come down hard on them. For now the city has its hands full. It has to decide who may and may not be released from quarantine the workers have to check people against lists of those whove been tested this is its still going to take quite some time weeks maybe months but until were done with everything by it will likely also take a long time until we finally have a vaccine or drugs to treat the illness. Come in time until then local residents will have to live with lockdown restrictions. The European Union has opened its external borders to leisure and Business Travel today but not to all countries dont know about us hotspots including the u. S. And russia were excluded from the socalled safe list of countries whose residents can enter the block Australia Japan and south korea did make the cut of about chinese travel to commit travelers can all sort enter but only after trying to opens its own borders its a difficult time of a tourism dependent businesses in europe with more e. U. Residents staying close to home. Just to delineate whos more. What does this reopening need for the you. Know its certainly an important step for europe as they do begin to loosen these travel restrictions many many businesses many economies here in europe are very dependent on on travel and tourism revenue especially if you think of a country like greece or or spain they they get a lot of their revenue from tourism every year and some businesses in that sector get almost all of their revenue and this really crucial Summer Travel season thats just beginning so this is obviously important but it also is likely a disappointment for for some of those businesses because the United States is a huge source of revenue for these for these businesses about 15000000 americans travel to europe every every year many in the summer so the fact that theyre still excluded is definitely a concern and we also arent really sure about whether china chinese residents will be able to come soon that that decision is still in limbo so definitely a bit of a disappointment point on that and just to europe Frankfurt Airport because shell just the airport. When i asked the airport earlier what they were doing now that they are opening external borders they told me that theyre really focused on a making sure people are Wearing Masks making sure that people are keeping distance they do have disinfection stations around and they have a lot of signage reminding people of these rules but we arent seeing really strict measures like mandatory coronavirus test temperature checks throughout the airport the airport did open a Coronavirus Testing Center earlier this week but it is voluntary and it does cost a bit of money between 59139. 00 euros for those tests and people have to wait between 2 and 8 hours for the results so that could certainly be a deterrent to to using that show to deliver these drugs for a cure. The coronavirus lockdown assured many of us in europe just how much we take has to free border crossings for granted walkers who were allowed to cross the borders during the mocked was subject to strict controls experience has shown a large on how much germany depends on its neighbors for that easy access. Sometimes its the seemingly mundane things that best illuminated what it means to be part of the European Union for frank a diamond its driving through the german belgian border at the crack of dawn. Europe really is important to me and i have to say i really profit from the open borders and the freedom of movement. I like travelling and ive been to several countries with my family. Im doing my apprenticeship in belgium and its super easy all i have to do is hop over the border and simply work as normal. But. Franco is 18 years old since the locked and restrictions were lifted shes been able to cross the border freely from her home city of atlanta hows that in belgium where shes training to be a pastry chef she no longer has to produce her work contract at the border. Every week the 25 bakers here mix a ton of flour 250 liters of cream and hundreds of the fruit to create tempting treats yet despite the huge quantities involved this is far from an Industrial Production line the focus here is on individual craft. Its precisely this kind of training that franco couldnt find in germany. For the young apprentice britains departure from the European Union and the increasingly anti european rhetoric coming from both right and left is a source of worry. This becomes now was when i can understand it because i mainly experience the advantages also this is truly the longest period of peace that europe has ever had. But it was like this might be over you have to during her break funk or has time to consider how Political Developments could threaten one of her personal dreams. A dream a bit of england of a small cafe in england rex it is a really stupid situation for me. Thanks to the front cover remains optimistic for her the everyday reality of the e. U. Devoid of flags anthems and pomp is what matters the most. This is the dublin users are mind off the top story at this germanys chancellor Angela Merkel has been outlining goals and expectations for our country as it as a 6 month stint heading the presidency she said any plan for the economic recovery from the impact of the. Needed to be sustainable and to benefit everyone. Dont forget you can keep up to date on our website thats when you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well as. Im british founded you know back in 15 minutes with. The the. Eco africa. Back to the future when cinci com has become wondering how. 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