this is g w news live from berlin tonight the united nations condemns a deadly airstrike in libya calling it a war crime at least 40 migrants were killed when air strikes hit the buildings that they were living in and calls for an independent inquiry are growing and the carnage is being blamed on a rebel warlord also coming up tonight euro the european union's boss in waiting

sweeps in german defense minister ursula from the lion appears before the european parliament she announces her twitter debut as well. i bring it off it's good to have you with us the united nations has warned that a libyan air strike which 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 and it is being blamed on the warlord khalifa haftar whose forces are advancing on the capital tripoli 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 poets we. were one. who are plugged. into us. last night a fighter plane dropped a bomb on a center filled with hundreds of people. amid the chaos survivors began recovering bodies the heavy death toll as grim as it was predictable. we were on the. blow. even before last night the center of 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 khalifa forces carried out the attack as they moved on tripoli. the migrants in touch were are among 3 and a half 1000 the u.n. has warned are in detention centers located near libya's battle front weeks ago migrants at a different center protested an increasingly dangerous situation c . and 2 out of now we don't want to see commission clash and the front today so we need to evacuation now. i guarantee we need to shoot 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 sundry 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 trying 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 what detained in libya but what we know is that they are rules of millions caught up in the fighting and talk it in this attack and we know that the united nations have said now that all of these detention centers should be closed so busy 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 they are 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 investments 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 and 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 are going off 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. it's a war crime has a legal connotation and we're not equipped to answer whether it is officially a will crime but it is an atrocity and we are angry and i'm sure community that civilians are being targeted but unfortunately this happens all too often so the

deaths in this county. one of many over 150 died since april and thousands who died since the fighting started and the impunity with which it is are able to get away with days he's calling to see is a humanitarian agency trying to save lives on the ground. sons vice president of the international rescue committee joining us tonight from london since we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you here's some of the other stories now the making headlines around the world sudan's protest leaders have agreed to reopen negotiations with the ruling generals on the condition that a 72 hour deadline for reaching a deal is set talks collapsed in may when the 2 sides could not agree on the leader of a new governing body and when security forces violently broke up a protest camp in israel protestors have blocked roads in class with police for a 3rd day after an off duty police officer killed

a young man the ethiopian origin leaders have urged call made accusations of racism against ethiopian israelis police say over 130 people have been arrested and more than 100 officers mooned. these social media giants facebook instagram and what's app are experiencing outages among users around the globe who say that they're unable to upload photos and videos facebook which owns all 3 networks says it is working to restore service as quickly as possible. the woman who would like to become the new head of the european commission has appeared before lawmakers in strasbourg france for the 1st time today europe's heads of government nominated a german defense minister or so often the lawyer for the top job now she has to win over the european parliament. funday lion at the start of our european charm offensive the european parliament will ultimately decide whether she gets the

e.u.'s top political post so she needs to win the support of a majority of m e p's before they vote 2 weeks from now. yes wish this fish feel it is important to me to listen a lot to learn a lot so that i mean 14 days i can bring my vision to parliament for the european union over the next 5 years least infineon dolly. after days of intense wrangling cancelled president donald toast managed to get the use national leaders to unite behind funday lyon but he knows the parliament presents a major hurdle for their chosen candidates so i am not a trophy that it's not for me to to to assess what is the real chance through a chief. of success in the parliament that it's always the question mark as this is right we have parliament only 2 to debate to discuss to argue. and then to

the site parliament has already flexed its muscles and ignored the national leaders choice for another key job president of parliament. unfunded lyon faces serious resistance because she is not as it spits in counted down as one of the candidates put forward by parliament to be commission chief. the council. obviously you know there was once the parliament as it's clearly from day one from. big long before the election that we're only going. vote for one of the skits that is what haldeman and all the other part of mature groups have organised. 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. on the one loser school the vanda lion solution is good

because she can handle foreign and defense policy. she has the 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 and solutions that are those go to our correspondent he 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 he a section but also a little skeptical reception even from her 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 fund on line and this was and it was all put

situation even those of the 100 on admitted that chivas surprise on monday night by a call and asking how would you do would you take this job so. not many people even own party and 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 kind of been terri and today she only saw her own party and the real opposition is of course with the social democrats and among the read this 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. but i think rid of it not be 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 state and government tried to over run to over do parliament and they had not set aside 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 if underline does not be good in this vote then there would be a deep institutional crisis in the european union that is indeed the case bantry could tell the story for us tonight in brussels ben thank you tens of thousands of people in chile in argentina have watched the sun vanish behind the moon in

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