the moment of impact an airstrike hitting a building housing hundreds of migrants in libya more than 50 people were killed tonight the u.n. says there are reports that libyan guards shot at the migrants as they tried to flee the attack and here in europe the bickering continues over the fate of migrants rescued from the misery in the mediterranean take them in or send them back i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. on the supply of the country's. image on the move you know there were 80 of us in the water. the only full was say with them is that all the rest were lost in the water goes to the fed the libyans were coming to pick them up simply took them on board. fortunately we managed to get away and they left.

to move to the only ones who were saved only 4 of us were safe but. also coming up tonight an exclusive one on one interview with the new president of ukraine voted me as a lidsky he's bound to stand up to russia do western leaders have his back. all of them told me that we have their full support still look at this much money and give it a outs and use the system i really hope that going forward will see real deeds and not as words of support for ukraine addition. to what else could we do. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the migrants and the missiles aimed at them and the boats that may or may not rest. you

them more than 50 people are confirmed dead following wednesday's airstrike on a migrant detention center outside the libyan capital tripoli the libyan government today accused the united arab emirates of using a u.s. made fighter jet to attack the migrant center there has been no response from the u.a.e. and a disturbing report about what happened on the ground immediately following that attack the u.n. says it has information that libyan guards shot at the migrants as they tried to flee the bombing and for the migrants who do manage to leave libya it is a life or death gamble trying to cross the mediterranean and the question will europe take them in today mole to agreed to take in 55 migrants who were rescued off the libyan coast in return italy will take 55 other migrants who are currently sheltering in malta the swap defuses a standoff between the charity michel rania and italy's interior minister made its

rania's boat picked up migrants at sea and wanted to dock in italy but the government in rome said no. well the italian government wants other european countries to take more migrants and it has closed its ports to some ships the italian island of lampedusa due to its geography is the poor where many migrants are brought ashore our correspondent as if is there. another week another standoff near the lampedusa port last week the german n.g.o.s sea watch entered this port by force in order to deliver rescued migrants to safe harbor the italian government refused saying that they should turn around and head back to africa today that story played out again this time with an italian and you called meditate on a their sailboat spent the entire blistering hot day rocking in the waves 12 miles out to sea italy has blocked them from entering the port here sending out its coast guard and afternoon to pick up only the women children and passengers who had

become sick luckily the maltese government offered to take the migrants in but malta is 500 kilometers here and they don't know how they're going to make the trip the rescue ships say that european politics is responsible for many deaths out here as the standard procedure for rescuing people at sea has become a struggle between italy and the rest of the e.u. italy on the other hand says the ngos are also playing politics going down to libyan waters where many migrants start the journey and bring them to italy's shores lampedusa as mayor told me it has been this way for years and without a european solution it will continue on there was our correspondent in essence they're reporting from the island of lampedusa well even if migrants are rescued in the mediterranean there is no guarantee that they will be brought to europe in a deal with financed by the european union the libyan coast guard has agreed to pick up migrants and to bring them to detention centers in libya or one of those detention centers was hit in an airstrike this week 53 people died the government

of libya is now considering shutting down all migrant detention centers. this was from the support the bombing was carried out by an f. 16 aircraft our government does not have the capacity to stop the f. 16 this prevent them from bombing the libyan aspace. so we are sending a message because we are obliged to protect illegal immigrants it is our duty to release them so they will not be in camps so they cannot be bombed again. or that's what the libyan government says let's take this now to. she is the head of the u.n. agency libya unit she joins us from the tunisian capital tunis tonight it's good to have you back on the show can you confirm reports for us tonight that the libyan government is planning to shut down the country's centers. a. well we have seen that they're considering it which we welcome where we're very very grateful

about the fact that this is being considered this is something that you any has been advocating for for years as you want to see our position is that no refugees should be detained refugees are coming from countries and pump there are you doing a very long journey under the desert under the sun and hands of smugglers they tortured they've been amused they're looking for safety and once they try to cross the sea they've been systematically detained so we do open we're ready here to work together to actually make this detention policy and and actually ensure that they have international flights oh i want to ask you about a report that came out today the united nations says that it has information about libyan guards shooting margarets who were trying to flee that airstrike this week in libya what have you been told. we were at that shoot at the cent the tension center the day after the attack happened we spoke to the refugees and to the

migrants who were there they were shocked they were they were in the state of shock they were saddened they had seen their their friends who had sharing with them the sense for months if not years they had seen them die in front of their eyes they never told us such a council this is something that i cannot confirm are the guards they are the libyan guards at the detention centers are they a threat or they a danger to the mine. well the real danger is that actually touch a lot of attention center as many other detention centers are in an area in fact conflict so that is our main concern at the moment 3800 refugees and migrants still remain as of now in areas of active conflict so we do have to close attention centers or relocate them to see. for places and find solutions this is why i was made a very active and continuous call to the international community asking them to please

help us help the refugees and find a safer place and where you know that the european union in libya they've agreed to rescue migrants from the mediterranean and to return them to these migrant centers in libya of course that assumes that libya is a safe place to return migrants to is libya a safe place. he has not a safe place for refugees it has it hasn't been for a long time it's a country that has more in them 600000 internally displaced living in themselves are suffering extreme heat from the current crisis from the conflict. definitely not a phase where reduced confined international protection so they should not be returned back to me yet they should find safety of where and where would that be from you from your perspective from your vantage point where would you want to see these

migrants be howls. insite leave yeah we have more than 56000 refugees who are now taking who are living in the urban context who are suffering immensely as well from the current conflict without access to education to health care being at houses that are unsafe and but it's possible to have them living in the community we do have a risk that the new program for the most about iraq and other ways they should be fine and i can see that actually provides them international protection where they can be safe they have suffered enough and they should find a place where they can rebuild their lives and they can have a future. how about you know esteban with the u.n. agency or is that libya you know it's probably as always we appreciate you talking with us thank you very much. thank you so much thank you. it appears that britain is now locked inside that geo political pressure cooker

known as iranian u.s. relations today iran threatened to seize a british oil tanker in retaliation for the seizure of an iranian tanker yesterday british royal marines aboard the vessel yesterday reportedly carrying out a request from the united states it's believed the tanker was carrying fuel instead of crude oil and it's believed that the load was headed for syria all of that of violation of european union saying it's on. for more now i'm joined by ali as he is director of the iran project at crisis group he was one of the consultants to governments when the iran nuclear deal was being negotiated he is a scientist and has written extensively on iran and the middle east it's good to have you on the show tonight here in washington d.c. our studio i should say i want to ask you about this tanker story that was seized by british forces for allegedly violating e.u. sanctions against syria what do you think is really going on here is this about

syria or does this have more to do with iran doing what it has to do to get around u.s. sanctions. look the reality is at least from the iranian perspective this is a distinction without difference meaning 40 iranians it really doesn't matter if the tanker was seized because of. syria sanctions they actually see it as facilitating u.s. sanctions on iranian oil which has driven down iran or the exports from $3000000.00 bottles a day about a year ago to around 110th of that which is 300000 barrels today and they run eons expect that the remaining parties through the 2015 nuclear deal which includes britain to actually help iran survive u.s. sanctions and not to facilitate them and then forcing them by seizing this tankers and this is definitely going to add to tensions between iran and europe. the

iranian president rouhani has warned that iran will increase your aenima richmond levels and restore the country's heavy water reactor by this coming sunday july the 7th do you think that it will follow through on that promise that threat. it looks increasingly likely that it will follow to true but with those threats because in some ways you know this has become a one day one way deal for day iranians meaning that they have restricted their nuclear program and subject to international monitoring the most rigorous ever implemented anywhere but they're really not getting the benefits of the deal and so by you know incrementally rolling back their commitments. under the nuclear deal their objective is to put more pressure on the remaining parties to the deal to throw them an economic lifeline and also to deter to us from 3rd rationing of pressure of sanctions and iran has done that it's pressured europe to find a way to help it withstand these new u.s.

sanctions europe announced this week it's got this trade mechanism known as instax that is up and running and it's working but iran doesn't seem impressed and iran knows that europe cannot shield it completely from u.s. sanctions so do you know why it is pressuring europe to do something that europe cannot. well you know the problem is that the europeans over promised and under delivered if you look at the statement that came out of the european union immediately after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal last year it's repeats with promises of the europeans without the iranian economy and out of all of those promises the only thing that has materialized that the special purpose vehicle is banking channel that is supposed to post to help iran with humanitarian trade with europe but even that has not become fully functional yet and so they run as they are extremely a prostrated and this either a seizure of the tanker i think is probably the last straw and it's most likely

going to incentivize them to continue ratcheting up the pressure by by further rolling back their commitments under the nuclear deal before we run out of time i want to ask you what do you think happens next i mean do you agree that we're in a place now where even a small incident or a small accident could trigger a military conflict. look with this kind of brinksmanship on both sides and this level of tensions and friction and no chance of communication between the main actors meaning the united states and one on the one hand that iran on the other there's plenty of space for miscalculation and the reality is that the trunk administration has created a climate that is right for inadvertent conflict ok and the violence the iran program director at crisis group joining us tonight from washington ali we appreciate your time and your insights have a good weekend thank you. well

he promised a show of a lifetime but smother nature left us president donald trump's independence day celebration rather with the 4th of july marks america's independence from british rule and it's usually a day focused on national unity not partisan politics sidestepped that tradition by using the parade in his speech at the lincoln memorial to praise the u.s. military however trump stayed on script he did not use his speech to rally his base or to highlight the country's deep and wide political divide. and there are going to be here the big table is a familiar face to our viewers aspen institute germany times it's good to see you what did do the 4th of july did he call his critics bluff vice staying on script and i think the feeling is what they did not do and he never ceases to

surprise people in this case he surprised everybody by holding a speech where he stuck to script and his message was overall though looking backward looking into the past and although a little bit militarized a message of unity you know he was always talking about americans and that the this this great history of that the united states has and if there was a political message in the speech it was that we are better now than ever before in our greatest days are to come he was trying to chart an arc moving forward that an arc of octave isn't but that's unique for him because this is a president who has governed by division and it was a speech and with a message of unity so that was was surprising there weren't a lot of people there i mean the weather was not good the crowds were not that great do you think that. this entire event salute to america was overhyped in the run up to it and you know a year from now we're not even going to remember the speech well i'm. i don't think

it was a memorable speech you know there has been a lot of critique of the quality of the writing and of course the facts in the speech itself you know there was a mention of airport attacks in 776 which clearly we didn't have we didn't have airports we didn't have air forces cetera no one told the wright brothers about the raids actually that is what happened you know 120 years later but. he was not a memorable speech and that in of itself for this president is somewhat of a remarkable event and i think that because trump is so unpredictable the there was no it was a fear that this was going to be used for partisan political purposes and so those who did come tended to be members of his base and given the weather and given the situation people preferred to spend it in their hometowns with tractor poles and fireworks and barbecues rather than coming to a political rally that's a good good point it is july and in the middle of this month we're going to hear from robert mueller he's supposed to testify to 2 congressional committees so it's

going to be a hot summer for the u.s. president and there is there are some signs of fracturing even among his republicans want you to listen to the one republican who exit in the republican party this week thinking this. was helping to set an example for people i've been involved in party politics for a while and i believe very strongly that it's hurting hurting our country at this point and i think people need to stand up for what's right stand up for what they believe in and. be independent of these party loyalties that really. ok and then the president reacted to that by tweeting this great news for the republican party as one of the dumbest and most disloyal men in congress is quitting the party no collusion no obstruction knew he couldn't get the nomination to run again in the great state of michigan already the challenge for his seat a total loser. all right that's typical trump but. you know this is a republican abandoning ship yeah but we have to say he's not

a typical republican he was just in a mosque is really a libertarian he's kind of a millennial rand paul if you will there is speculation that he's going to seek the libertarian presidential nomination and let's be honest he has been consistent for the past 8 years that he's been in congress challenging the republicans challenging people like john boehner basically getting stripped of all this committee assignments because he was always a thorn on the side of the party because he does keep to that consistent limited government government why he is one republican or former republican now who who said that the most report presents evidence that would justify starting impeachment proceedings right and he was essentially let's call a spade a spade drummed out of the party i mean it's not necessarily that he left of his own accord he was frozen out of the party which demonstrates a couple things there's no place for a republican like justin amash in the party and the rest of the party is really circling the wagons around trump we see the transformation which we've seen for the past couple of years of the republican party into the party of trump you know

that's a very good point to make because i think it's july 15th is when robert muller is going to testify we will see them but the republican reaction is to that tyson barker's always good to have your insights have a good weekend thank you. in one corner of eastern ukraine hopes are rising that the conflict between russian backed separatists and government forces that it could be easing the fighting has claimed more than 10000 lives and millions have been forced to leave their homes was shooting continues in the region but events in one small town are raising hopes that peace could be within reach in study the ukrainian and separatist forces have withdrawn from their front line positions now the step could ease tensions at a vital crossing point between government and separatist held territory more than 10000 civilians crossed this point every day.

correspondent nick connelly he was in the town for the visit by the ukrainian president and he spoke with president. taking down the front line defenses block by block. where previously the soldiers on both sides could practically look each other in the eye now they'll be several kilometers apart the symbolism couldn't be any clearer and it's being met with great enthusiasm by many of the 1000 civilians who cross the front line it's the need to look every day in his inauguration speech present selenski said that ending the killing don't bus would be his priority as president but he needs results and he needs them fast at a parliamentary elections later this month but for all the obvious successes on the ground it's needs and this remains an isolated piece of good news even today residents of the town woke up to heavy artillery fire in the distance i began by asking president selenski what is next steps towards bring peace to don't bust we can go to sleep this is. the next step will be further talks in man schools teach

us as part of the trilateral contact group to agree on dismantling the concrete defenses in place on both sides. at the last meeting our side was ready to take everything down in a space of a day it will settle we need everything we could to make that happen. the other side told us they need 8 or 10 days to do the same. we are waiting for a signal from their side system that will see so it can happen simultaneously devices will see in the next question and we will address i hope will be an exchange of prisoners of war i mean you. could you have. you say you want to engage with the ukrainians living in separatist how territories should we be. sure going to try to. talk to them all the time and we are already doing that until we are sending signals to them just we're telling them

that we are all ukrainians we are all the same people we are prepared to do everything required by the men's agreement you know very well that neither i nor my team signed the men's game greenspan but we are prepared to follow all the step. needed to implement the agreements in order to finally achieve peace and yes most believe that you should but can you really reach the people that when you. it's a difficult question i think many of them are listening to. i believe in that or at least i really want to believe in that in that we will do as much as we can to reach them as long as it takes. no prisoners on the streets does europe still support ukraine over the. i've spoken to germany's chancellor and the american and the manual called france and just recently with the canadian prime minister just introduced me to me all of them told me that we have

their full support. which. i really hope that going forward will see real deeds and not just words of support for ukraine but. what else can we do. if we want to end this war by diplomatic means which which we really want to do or we have no other options. i hope that the other side will not undermine the measures that we've already agreed to. we have agreed that the 1st meeting after a long period of silence. will be in the normandy format fun to lie the 12th. and that was callie there with an exclusive one on one with the new ukrainian president vladimir selenski or the day is almost done the conversation as always continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or you can follow me and tell me what you think about the show it brant golf

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