this is g w news live from berlin tonight the united nations condemning a deadly airstrike in libya calling it a war crime at least 40 migrants were killed when air strikes hit the building that they were living in calls for an independent inquiry are growing and the carnage is being blamed on a rebel warlord also coming up tonight hello europe the european union's boss in waiting sweeps in german defense minister ursula find a lion appears before the european parliament and she announces her twitter debut

also tonight hopes rise for a breakthrough in the treatment of h.i.v. researchers in the united states to see they have to eradicated the virus in infected mice. i'm bring coffee it's good to have you with us tonight the united nations has warned that a libyan air strike that killed at least 44 people in a migrant center amounts to a war crime the attack in the capital tripoli wounded more than $130.00 people it is being blamed on the warlord khalifa haftar whose forces are advancing on the city picking up the pieces. this woman dreamed of a better life she could have imagined she'd end up here in a shattered migrant detention center surrounded by the dead.

and these people are the lucky ones the survivors of last night's bombing although they've little left to speak of and even now they're caught between warring armies far from their homes whether they be in sudan or somalia paul was. once. taught well last night a fighter plane dropped a bomb on a center filled with hundreds of people. and amid the chaos survivors began recovering bodies the heavy death toll as grim as it was predictable. on groups. and on the on some. bloke. even before last night the center at tar jura in a suburb of tripoli had been a disaster in the making another bomb landed nearby in may rights group amnesty

international said. forces carried out the attack as they moved on tripoli. the migrants in touch were are among 3 and a half 1000 the un has warned are in detention centers located near libya's battle front weeks ago migron said a different center protested an increasingly dangerous situation. c and 2 out of now we don't want to see commission clash and the fronts again so we need evacuation no. identity we need an investigation since then the fighting in libya has only escalated. meanwhile migrants continue to wait and hope not knowing what will happen next. and for more i'm joined now by sun's srikanth on he is vice president of the international rescue committee europe

he is based in london where he joins us tonight it's good to have you on the show we just want to clarify for the people who were killed at this detention center outside of tripoli they were people who had migrants who had tried to make it to europe by crossing the mediterranean they had been rescued by the libyan coast guard which is funded by the european union and been brought back to these detention centers is that correct well some of them certainly would have tried some of them may have not even got that far and were detained in libya but what we know is that they are rules of millions caught up in the fighting and talkative in this attack and we know that the united nations have said now that all of these detention centers should be closed so the question is this evening what is going to happen to all of these migrants who have been housed in these buildings. well the problem is that we have been responding in the wrong re europe in terms of stopping

people crossing but not working on a better solution than migrant detention centers like this that are close to the front line and of being targeted by armed groups so we need a better way of managing the migration flow through libya recognising that that is the point through which many are crossing the current migrant detention centers are appalling people are dying in beds of too because people are not getting enough food we are treating children from malnutrition and then sending them back into these detention centers to get malnourished again and in some cases worse so these are not adequate we need a better response and the un is right to call for these to be closed and a better response to be designed well we can understand when the call comes for these centers to be closed because of the conditions there but what's the alternative i mean where are you going to send these people if you shut these centers down there needs to be better investment in libya's ability to

process claims of asylum as well as to safely return people who choose to voluntarily return to their countries of origin at the moment the un system has returned less than 1200 people part of the problem is there's fighting and there's lack of access to many migrants who have changed their mind and don't want to remain in libya in any case there needs to be humanitarian access by n.g.o.s like the international rescue committee to all migrants in all locations and they need to be run according to international standards which they currently not when the united nations says that this looks like a war crime that certainly attracts international attention but for people like yourself or people who are trying to help the people on the ground does that make a difference. let him walk crime has a legal connotation and we're not equipped to answer whether it is officially a war crime but it is an atrocity and we are angry is he not there and community that civilians are being targeted but unfortunately this happens all too often so

the deaths in this camp off one of many over $150.00 have died since april and thousands who died since the fighting started and the impunity with which armed activists are able to get away with days he's calling to see is a humanitarian agency trying to save lives on the ground. shot sons vice president of the international rescue committee joining us tonight from london since we appreciate your time and your insides tonight thank you. well the woman who would like to become the new head of the european commission has appeared before lawmakers in strasbourg of the european parliament for the 1st time today europe's heads of government have nominated german defense minister ursula from the lion for the top job now and she has to win over the european parliament so there's a fun day lion at the start of our european charm offensive the european parliament

will ultimately decide whether she gets the use top political post so she needs to win the support of a majority of any peace before they vote 2 weeks from now. yes wish this dish it is important to me to listen a lot to learn a lot so that and 14 days i can bring my vision to parliament for the european union over the next 5 years in east infantry album dollie king khan after days of intense wrangling cancelled president donald toast managed to get the use national leaders to unite behind found dead lion but he knows the parliament presents a major hurdle for the chosen candidates so i am not to trust that it's not for me to to to assess what is the real chance to achieve. success in the parliament that it's always the question mark if this is right we have fundamentally 2 to debate to discuss to argue. and then to the sights of parliament has already

flexed its muscles and ignored the national leaders choice for another key job president of parliament. on funding lion face a serious resistance because she is now also spits and counted down to one of the candidates put forward by parliament to be commission chief. the council. obviously you know it was once the parliament as it's clearly from day one from. big long before. the election that we're only going to vote for one of the states that is what haldeman and all the other parliamentary groups have to say that all of the signs critics say funded lion emerged from a backroom deal made to please national leaders instead of keeping promises made to european voters advocates the deal say she's a good compromise. from the ryan lizza school the vanda lion solution is good

because she can handle foreign and defense policy. so she has a social sensitivity that the other candidates lack so i think the parliament should back the recommendation made by the european council. old europe out at its worst or reasonable outcome after lengthy negotiations parliament now has the final say. that's right looking for the fun go lie and solution to this go to our correspondent who joins us from brussels good evening to you. on the line she made her pitch to the european parliament today how was she received. but you got a friend or deception but also a little skeptical reception even from their own party the christian democrats because these deputies complained from munfordville about that chairman and all of a sudden they now have to deal with it on the line and this wasn't all that

situation even those of 100 on that committee that chivas surprise on monday night by a caller asking how would you do it would you take this job so. not many people even own pod know what she stands for because she didn't never complain for the european parliament what is his stance on migration for example nobody knows what is his stance on the european currency the euro nobody knows and of cause she knows that people know that and promise to roll out a vision in the next 14 days and to speak to all put them in terri and today she only saw her own party and the real opposition is of course with the social democrats and among the real politics so there's a lot of convincing to do yeah a lot of convincing to do and as you know she began today trying to win over people on by you know saying hello over twitter but tell me who does she have to convince most. well i think rid of it not be is sufficient because this fee is

a position from the social democrats she need really needs the votes from the 2nd largest group in parliament many social democrats already said they would not vote for her because they want to keep the principle alive and they say the procedure was undemocratic the european council the heads of states and government tried to over run to over do parliament and they are not set aside with that so there's a lot of resistance to overcome. but in the end maybe these deputies was for the pride just to keep the e.u. of her ration is if underline does not be good in this vote then there will be a deep institutional crisis in the european union that is indeed the case bantry could tell the story for us tonight in brussels brant thank you well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u.s.

airways flight aerospace giant boeing says it's providing $100000000.00 to help families and communities affected by 2 crashes of its $737.00 max aircraft the company described the money as an initial investment for local governments and nonprofit organizations to help families with living expenses boeing faces dozens of all students over the crashes which killed nearly 350 people 737 match has been grounded around the world since march. a court in bangladesh has sentenced 9 opposition activists to death for their attack on a train that was carrying current prime minister sheikh hasina 25 years ago when she was an opposition leader now the train was hit with bullets and molotov cocktails back in september 994 other bangladesh nationalist party activists have been in prison for life. japanese authorities have advised more than 1000000 people to evacuate their homes in the southwest of the country as heavy rain and floods

battered the region officials fear landslides could fall that forecasters say the downpour is likely to continue for the next few days. now scientists have confirmed that last month was the hottest june ever recorded temperatures here in europe were about 2 degrees celsius higher than normal while the worldwide average was just above the previous june record climate experts say the scorching weather is a likely to continue and they attribute that to the climate crisis. june saw the french temperature record smashed in paris people cooled off wherever they could but in the country so where the met you resort to an all time high of 45.9 degrees celcius streets were empty and to just attractions deserted. in the u.k. the glastonbury music festival baked under the hottest day of the year. parched

pulp funds to cold water. and sheltered from the heat as best they could. in spain the consequences were more serious wildfires raised in tarragona scorching over 6 those and hec tears. in india delhi sweltered under a record $48.00 degree heat. people queued anxiously for drinking water that scarcity in northern india contributed to 78 he to lead to death state in june. danish climatologist stephan olson's picture of huskies apparently walking on water at the angle field fjord in greenland went viral showing normally intact ice fields melting in the unusual june heat. but according to experts this extreme heat is the new normal and claim it changes driving it. the world meteorological organization says the european heat wave was absolutely consistent with extremes linked to greenhouse gas emissions. and that could see not just increased temperatures but

more extreme phenomena like the recent unseasonal storms in mexico that left cars and trucks buried under momentums of hail. or residence in the several northern german villages have started returning home they were evacuated where no large forest fire broke out the blaze on a former military training ground was the biggest that the region has ever seen or struggled to contain the flames because of unexploded munitions dating back to the 2nd war. it took a joint effort by firefighters the police and the army plus a little help from the when to finally get this forest fire in northern germany under control the situation is now calmer in the community of libertine thanks in large part to the firefighting helicopters battling this blaze has been particularly difficult because the fire broke out in the middle of

a military training ground we know that there could be about 45 tons of munitions here on the ground for every square kilometer of forest and that of course gives us a pretty squeamish feeling. tanks have been clearing wide paths through this forest they are heavily armored vehicles so the crews don't have to worry about unexploded munitions the tanks allowed fire engines to access the center of the forest so they have been put out the blaze. the emergency crews have now stops the fire from spreading. to guys enjoy their work and it's clear when you see them in action they very aware of how dangerous this work can be but they're very experienced. people are now returning to the area after several villages were of. in the last few days more than 1000 residents were forced to leave their homes this is the biggest

forest fire this pos of northeastern germany has ever seen. or the w.c. test of alter has the latest on the situation in the town of lutein where the fire broke out we are now in the middle of the forest where the military has put out these passages these fire breaks separating the villages from the flames still several 100 hectares of a burning here in the scene but the situation seems to be under control however that is not the only place that is contaminated with ammunition a total of $30000.00 hectares of forest and a set to have explosives in the ground the call for action is getting louder the politicians have yet to react and there was just a poll to their reporting earlier today h.i.b. was once viewed as a death sentence decades of research into the virus still have not thought found a cure anti-retroviral drugs do keep the virus in check but people have to take the

medication for the rest of their lives or else scientists in the united states say they could be on the brink of a breakthrough they have managed to eradicate the virus in infected mice. until now it was impossible to remove h i v completely from someone infected with the virus but to us scientists and how again dillman are pursuing a new approach that combines 2 methods 1st they treat mice with antiviral drugs over a sustained period of time although these drugs repress the virus they don't reach what's already settled in the animal cells so the research is used the so-called crisper cats method also known as gene says which enables the removal of genes from the genome this spelled success for the scientists attempts to destroy the inactive viruses as well the results are promising

a 3rd of the mice treated stop showing signs of h. i.v. but if the research is used only one of the 2 methods the hiv indicators remained in the body how it again dillman says the study is an important step to advance treatment of h.i.v. . for this observation the science is that we generate the ability to eliminate. infected human. gives us that 1st step that the potential for an h hiv cure is within our grasp. the new method will next be tested on monkeys if those experiments show signs of success the 1st human clinical studies could be carried out as early as next summer . and for more on this now i'm joined here at the big table by detlev gunton he's a specialist in pharmacology he's a regular editor at the journal of molecular medicine mr gotten it's good to have

you on the show what do you make of this new method now we're talking about you know affective and effective sure in mice but we're still not talking about an effect if you're in humans so that's right it's in mice it's not in men. but it's a real progress i mean the main thing greedy is that with the present therapy which is effective but still it's not a cure because the virus is still in the body and this is a new method to really give nominates the body the virus from the body so it taught me a little bit about this this new method and what's new about this approach how are we getting the virus out of the body or it's this one. agent christopher cast which i'm sure many people have thought of alton which is used for genome editing but actually originally it was used by bacteria and that was was the toughest cavite to eliminate viruses from bacteria when they attack viruses attack material so this is

no being used to eliminate the hiv virus from the body from the tedium for sites which carry the infection so it's sounds like a type of genetic engineering that we're doing it's a type of engineering it's this genome says what shreds should women nates which can cut precisely at a specific place and it cuts at the place where the virus is integrated in the genome of the patient and then it can be thrown out ok so the place where the virus connects especially to the t. cells that place will be blocked by this method is there any risk to human being if this process is carried out where these experiments have been successful in the mice 7 so it's a 3040 percent. excess rape but in my eyes this has never been tried in men and to retain some time before it can be introduced in men and can interfere try it's so i

mean there's hope and we know where to go and this is obviously a very promising way off and you would have a piece of the therapy is not good that and it may be years before it's read effective and i just want to ask you what is the calendar look like then from where we are right now to clinical trials to maybe even having this as a treatment or cure it's very hard to predict. stan that's a very high end men and at the could barely has a very high before we move from and immerse and experimental data to man so it may take months and years before we have had to go to man we would probably go for us to a primates in the monkeys are of animal rights to show that it's really sure it has to be modest 100 percent sure because we move to men so it may take time and may certainly be yes to the guns and we preach that you coming in and sharing your insights tonight and with insight into promising news thank you thank you

will hundreds of thousands of what you star gazers in chile in argentina have seen a total eclipse of the sun and even through tourism around the world many of whom flock to the deserts of northern chile the region's crystal clear skies ensured some of the best viewing of what proved to be a stunning spectacle. for some budding astronomers chillies andes mountains promised the best seat in the house for one of nature's most spectacular shows it is the i think it's incredible as it's my 1st time i'm going to be very excited i love eclipses especially when there are total eclipses if you like. young stargazers and old amateurs and professionals at last see the observatory they were all looking skyward as the light began to fade the moon on the move in front of the sun swallowing it up in pitch black then the moment everyone had been

waiting for. the total eclipse day turned to night the sun transformed into a ring of fire but. some were overcome with emotion at the sight. angry it was incredible to him and it brought tears to my eyes just overwhelmed you know it's i've never experienced something that this this this incredible. that's been most beautiful moment of this journey and rated so i to be here. thousands of years ago scenes like these filled our ancestors with dread eclipses they thought the work of giant beasts devouring the sun and moon. there was no fear to be found with the sky gazers though just joy and perhaps a new appreciation for our place among the stars. our sports tennis

now an update from the 3rd day of wimbledon where women's contenders carlina this covert and simona halep are through to the 3rd round up the dropped a set in her big 3 meanwhile in the men's singles world number one novak djokovic easily beat american denis could in straight sets the defending champion is looking in minutes form one potential threat to joke of it is already out 3 times grand slam winner in stand it was beaten in a 5 set thriller by. the united states. all right here is a reminder of the top story that we're following for you the united nations has condemned a deadly airstrike in libya as a war crime at least 40 margarets were killed the carnage is being blamed on a rebel warlord trying to gain control of tripoli. you're watching news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day

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