The spotlight on racial discrimination. And people flock to chile from near and far to feast their eyes on a total Solar Eclipse will be there. Is good to have your company 1st we begin this news hour with breaking news coming out of the capital of tunisia we have heard that theres been a suicide bombing in tunis witnesses are reporting that the man detonated his explosives after he was surrounded by police we will get you more details as we get them but we see we have a reporter on location in tunis to joins us now sara give us the latest. Yes through our restraints around this person who tried to detonate himself not far from here is about 20 minutes in an area this quite central to the capital now hes partly surrounded hes in his early twentys people have actually been named 5 years in ministry of interior on a local Radio Station is named a man the media here i said in his twentys finds its just a week after twin attacks that happened not far from me also next to the French Embassy apparently the police are proud of on local media yesterday looking for him since those attacks last week. Can you tell us how unusual this is. Particularly at this point in time its the summer and. Just basically give us a some context to the situation so its. Well i mean of course its the beginning of the Summer Holidays on this season and we seem to surround and its actually peak season for them now also not far from elections but when the twin explosions happened that was a week ago on thursday the president also was admitted to hospital he was critically ill thats right now because its meant that people on the street people weve been talking to are not quite sure where the country is heading especially free elections here is not supposed to be president. People are concerned worried for their safety and also just the fact that whats been happening and whats going on at the moment in terms of the country and in terms of politics as well so good to get the glazers from you weve been reporting on the suicide bombing incidents and all scores get you all the latest developments in the coming hours thank you. Right other news now and for the 1st time a woman has been nominated to lead the body that oversees the affairs of the European Union this decision comes after days of wrangling over who should get the most jobs at the es main institutions German Defense minister wonder lane has been nominated to replace john claude younger as the president of the European Commission and Prime MinisterCharles Michel is related to be the European Council president hell be taking over from donald tusk spains foreign minister yasser borel has been nominated to be the top diplomat he would replace Federico Marini and i. M. F. Chief Christine Legarde has now been put forward as the president of the European Central bank she will be taking over from mario draghi they now all need to be endorsed by the European Parliament our correspondent has this report from brussels. After days of wrangling its a close ally of german chancellor Angela Merkel whos got the nod for what many see as the most important job of all the lawyer germanys defense minister and a selfproclaimed federalist is the leaders nomination for the post of European Commission president even if germany are staying on the Commission President due to issues in the Government Coalition personal knowledge of the local support holbrooke 1st and foremost we have chosen to women. For the 4 peoples issues a perfect gender. Really happy about it after all europe is a woman child michelle the belgian Prime Minister is nominated to be the next head of the European Council with spains foreign minister josep barrel as the e. U. s Foreign Policy chief while the International Monetary fund boss Christine Lagarde is nominated to head the European Central bank you know had 6 in the tide of course we all had to give a bit we all had to move but once again the European Council has approved the fact that its capable of doing so and given the disparate conceptions in europe and amongst the various party groups and families and the various Prime Ministers i believe it to be an athlete. The dutch labor leader from his to movements had been seen as the front runner for a Commission President as the talks started on sunday but there was a big push back from countries including poland hungary the Czech Republic and slovakia the socalled visit for the hungary incident poles have been strongly criticised by symonds over their record on the rule of law throughout these negotiations donald toast the president of the European Council has been wary of putting things to a vote prefer him to reach consensus however slowly the process is highlighted not Just National divisions but the struggle for influence between europes political families the top appointments are meant to take into account the results of the recent european elections the group that did best the center right p. P. P. Insisted one of its candidates should head the commission but the lead candidate of the greens has denounced the package as a backdoor deal and old europe at its worst is not a certainty that the parliament will approve the names im going to merkel says the e. U. Could explore new rules to avoid repeating the squabbles weve just seen for example direct elections and Trans National lists whatever happens the calls for Greater Transparency are likely to get louder nadeem barber al jazeera brussels. Meanwhile there is high drama as the newly elected members of the European Parliament are sworn in on tuesday. Among them were any piece from the case brags that party had turned their backs as the european and the rest played during the Opening Ceremony arent saying has more on that from strasburg. Here comes trouble and its name is the brics it party it is now the Biggest Single Party in the European Parliament and as such is the best representation of how this institution is in flux as just one example has already threatened to help vote down the e. U. Budget and it doesnt like the way that europe does deals the whole way the Group Systems work again very undemocratic you know you have to tie up with people in 7 other countries and you know if you were leaving and everybody else wants to stay then theres no sense in that sort of criticism. They certainly started as they mean to go on turning their backs in the chamber during the inauguration ceremony as the european anthem was played. So there are new fault lines everywhere outside a big castle and demonstration in protest against spain for blocking their leader. From taking his seat inside. And across the floor of the chamber new rights wing populists viewed with fear and suspicion by the establishment sent to rights while over on the left surging greens and liberals many wearing yellow stop bricks it t. Shirts are just as keel the flights this is not politics as usual were all out there doing our social media and its getting a lot more attention than it did before and weve got more journalists coming here as well and everything that raises the profile of european politics and helps people to understand how crucial it is to be part of the legal changes that are made here which is really were leading the world in terms of legislation that protects people on the planet everything that can help that is a good thing so by the traditionally been the standards of strasburg this promises to be an argumentative European Parliament with little sign the politicians are prepared simply to rubber stamp decisions that have been made by the european. Mission in brussels proponents of political stability in europe will say that thats messy you could just as well argue that its democracy in action. Ask most europeans who the n. E. P. Is and usually you get a shrug of the shoulders many of them are accused of using this place as a get rich quick vehicle making alliances for political expediency as much as for progress maybe the angry mood among europeans will add a level of transparency and relevance to this place Lawrence Lee Al Jazeera in strasbourg all alex their oyster is the director of the center for bags of studies at Birmingham City university in dresses now from by skype from birmingham good to have you on the program thank you very much youre so one must ask. Weve seen how the bread bags that process has been coming along with these new leaders is there going to be any change and would you say its better or worse for the u. K. To have these new leaders i think the simple answer to this is that it will be no change to the brics approach or European Union leaders its pretty clear. As president is made commission she said very strong views on projects that shes in quote something that nobody wins for except that essentially the u. K. People so impossible promises are and should popular schemes you know as i understand it so dont expect any change of negotiating position of. Ok so lets flip this around so new tory leaders could either be Boris Johnson are jeremy hunt theyre the frontrunners would either of them be seen as better with this new e. U. Leadership or. Would either of them be seen as more effective who would who would you have your money on to be able to lobby this new leadership. But i think youre a hunter is widely regarded more as the sort of seasoned mainstream politician that calls front will remain before the referendum and convert it to late where is are some cynical says that 30 years of a colorful history of having very interesting interpretations of what he thought went on in brussels is practical so its spreading misinformation something so anyone jumps in theres a real deep basic trust issue is is there still a run for the u. K. To be part of this to add new European Union or this new way forward with the European Union but im very simply put the u. K. As until october 31st to change its mind to revive the 50 that process rights of the many up until that point it could do so you know actually i think that was certainly established by the European Court of justice. So yes it could change its mind would it do so you know actually i think the consensus of politicians has been that any attempt to do that would be the try to democracy as this passed in the 26th referendum that said theres ready not a majority in parliament for the even a. Majority in the country or even europe and whoever becomes Prime Minister johnson will hunt will have to get a basic reality check in terms of his possible simply repeating that they think they can renegotiate the Northern Ireland backstop provision designed to prevent a daughter written with an island. Just simply plus a fancy which amazingly is still repeating themselves 3 years after that 2016 vote alex their winter great to get your thoughts thank you. We have plenty more still ahead this news hour including. China gives its perspective on the strawman of hong kongs parliament. But as president has a suggestion for iran in order to save the 2050 nuclear deal. And support the world number 2 searches for a 3rd wimbledon title bar will have all those details in sports. Now a u. S. Navy seal has been charged with committing war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in california special operations chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty of murder and all other counts except for on lawfully posing for photographs with the dead war casualty gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike airstrike in iraq and 17. We cannot get to castro who joins us now live from washington d. C. So heidi given the severity of the charges against him whats the verdict a surprise. Well divya there was so many twists and turns throughout this trial that really no one could sully say what the expectations were for the result but we do know that the allegations were extremely disturbing that it was gallaghers own memo members of his own platoon who turned in their chief claiming that he had killed a 17 year old eisel fighter who had been wounded in battle and captured by u. S. Forces they also said that gallagher had shot at unarmed civilians in iraq and that he had threatened to kill his military subordinates for turning him in but the problem with the case this whole time has been the lack of forensic evidence there was no body because this happened in the theater of combat and there was no determined cause of death for this eisel prisoner and so everything depended on the word of the witnesses and both sides played that by saying that the car was lying in the prosecution took an especially hard hit early on when one of their own witnesses a navy medic claimed that it was he who had killed this eisel prisoner he testified that this was a mercy killing after he saw gallagher stab the 17 year old boy in the neck now this was a military Court Martial so its different from a civilian trial that you may be familiar with and the jury was made up of fellow military members it took them just about 24 hours to deliver these verdicts acquitting gallagher of all war crimes except for the one sole charge of posing with the prisoners body afterwards in fact the jurors saw a photo of gallagher next to the body texted to some friends with the caption good story behind this got him with my hunting knife obviously the defense unable to explain away that. Evidence that gallagher indeed took the photo however those words apparently not convincing enough to the jury to convince them that he was guilty of murder how do you know castro with the latest from washington on this trial thank you very much. Ok were hearing of an airstrike on the migrant camp in the libyan capital tripoli for this breaking news lets speak to mahmoud the head who is there mahmoud what more can you tell us. Well it just so right here in this Detention Center here this is sentient center and that you are a neighborhood and be capital of tripoli and i can see you now in front of me but its of innocence migrant Detention Center that supervisory say that has been just targeted by terrorists like and theyre accusing the will of the creature has details of getting this Tension Center i can see that but it in front of me right now and there is a state of panic among everybody including those who made the migrants from different nationalities including african migrants neighbors are in this take advantage to tell you that freight that would 3 work they might not get this area again now emblems i can see and this is the front of we are rushing to the place but it still counting the number of casualties we have evacuated those who are alive there is a state of panic here everywhere and there are still dead bodies. On the rubble medical sources here said a all the medical centers in the nearby areas have been put on high alert and theyre expecting really a big number of casualties. As a result of this airstrike we understand that have to have an answer that theyre going to intensify airstrikes in tripoli that is following the defeat. 1 for the Government Forces recaptured pretty chick town. 2 days ago have that is where planes hit a civilian area and killed a number of innocent civilians and yesterday our claims lawyers to have sort of targeted a civilian house 2 and killed 2 any conservatives including a child a girl and a man mom or dad how does this incident play into the wider conflict of the civil conflict that you have just spoken about is there a sense that there are now more civilian targets. Well i think they have to want to prove that they are able to get into a tripoli but unfortunately the victims over most of the victims are civilians could be some of those locations drugs location could be nearby a military camps or medical units but again there is still civilian areas being targeted by war planes and also as you know that confrontation areas close to a residential area so many civilians including women and children were killed by either run the rockets or ever strikes we expect the airstrikes to be intensified in the coming days because have those forces specially the air force commandos then outfit that are threatened that theyre going to intensify as strike in tripoli in an attempt to prove that they can. Have lost to this rich egypt out of libya and then they can they can kill targets inside tripoli and after for viewers who are just coming into this story can you give us as some background in context into that civilian conflict and how much headway have turned forces have made. Well since. A 5 his military campaign to seize the capital tripoli on a program or. The confrontation areas close to residential areas specially in the suburbs and southern tripoli and as you know over the over 700. 00 people were killed since the beginn