>> good evening. seven days have now passed since israel began its offensive in the gaza strip. israeli authorities say the operation is in response to heavy rocket fire from the densely populated territory and over the course of the past week, more than 1300 air strikes have been carried out, claiming the lives of at least 177 palestinians, amongst them dozens of civilians. palestinian militants meanwhile raunched 1,000 rockets. so far there's no israeli fatalities. for the first time monday they launched an unmanned aerial

drone at israel though it was quickly shot down. here's the latest. >> among tens of thousands of palestinians who fled their homes, many found rev youth in schools run by the u.n. organization for refugees. these institution are among the safest locations in the gaza strip. >> we didn't come here to save our on lives but those of our children who will grow up terrified and came here barefoot. we came here walking. >> for a week now the israeli air force pounded the gaza strip, trying to weaken significantly hamas and put an end to rocket launches in the territory into israel. they targeted about 1,500 sites. rocket launchers allege hamas and islamic jihad militants in warehouses like in this video eleased by the army. most of those killed in the bombings were civilians.

at the same time hamas fired about 1,000 rockets into israel. here on its tv station video, the group said it launched m-75 rockets on tel aviv and for the first time j-80 rockets as well. moss also reported it sent several drones into israel, confirming its arsenal is increasingly sophisticated. massing tanks and troops along the border with gaza, israel has been readying itself for a ground operation. meanwhile, foreign envoys are beginning efforts to immediate a cease-fire, even though neither side seems ready to lay down weapons yet. >> for more, we will speak to ric -- air is macklar in jerusalem. they appear to be coming into their own now, especially given the rather surprising hardware in the hands of the hamas militants. >> yes, the drone was shot down. hamas said it launched it and on

hamas television tonight there was footage of it in case we doubted it showing this is a psychological war as much as it's a real shooting and physical war. it was launched in the early hours of the morning. israel recognized it, intercepted it and shot it down. after that, that whole area from gaza up to the southern israeli city of ashdod was declared a closed military zone. there has been rocket fire now for the third day in a row from the north into the north of israel. that means from lebanon there was also some shooting from syria yesterday but this is the third day that we have seen rocket fire from lebanon. it's believed to be palestinian rocket fire, that is palestinian groups inside lebanon and not the lebanese group hezbollah. and that actually does make a difference to the way it's considered from israel. but still it zp mean that today, for example, all of israel was within rocket range and that is a very different experience for the state of israel when it's

fighting with the palestinians in gaza certainly. >> and diplomatic pressure on all sides to end that bloodshed. where in particular is the pressure coming from? >> i would say at the beginning and most strongly from europe. we have seen varying foreign ministers speaking out, calling, making the point that a cease-fire really is time for a cease-fire. there is also a pressure and involvement of the united states with u.s. secretary of state john kerry about to go to cairo. although there now seems to be a bit of doubt about that trip. but there's the intervention of the united states as well. now, the problem is usually the traditional media is egypt and egypt is not as involved as it has been. partly because of the change of government. hamas is regarded as muslim brotherhood's little brother, gaza branch office of the brotherhood. and current egyptian leadership is at war with the muslim brotherhood. so there's a reluctance both from hamas and egypt to step

into that role. but it is now egypt, cairo is now stepping in and i think we will see more involvement and more action on this diplomatic front now. >> thank you very much there in jerusalem. and let's cross now to cairo and get more on egypt's attempts to broker peace between the two sides. we can speak to ashlaf, who is in cairo. what do we know about egypt's efforts behind the scenes? >> very little beyond some very shallow rhetoric at this point, has said e government egypt will be involved, egypt's internal issues will not get in the way of it until playing traditional role of broker because now the governor is internal floikoused and has their own pile of domestic issues to worry about. but as aris just said, this is

not the same hamas/cairo relationship that had been in the past. under previous president mohammed morrissey and even going back to mubarak, there was a strong link between cairo and hamas that was activated in times of crisis like this. nout out of loyal -- now out of loyalty to the muslim brotherhood, hamas stated they don't trust cairo as much as they used to. however, they don't have that many options. if they want to talk to the international community and talk to israel, that road almost has to go through cairo. >> indeed very difficult to identify at this stage. a credible and effective mediator amongst all of that. happening right now there in the egyptian capital, getting started at any rate, is the arab league meeting. can you tell us what you think they're hoping to achieve? >> yes, that meeting should be started right now according to the schedule and they're having

late-night meeting because it's ramadan and many delegates are fasting going out water, much less food or coffee. so it's supposed to start now. however, i think the expectations are somewhat limited given the industry of the arab league. the arab league has never proven an effective mediator particularly of the israeli-palestinian conflict. really much of what they have come out have been statement of solidarity and appeals for international pressure. i expect we're going to see more of the same. really the arab league has never had a track record of being able to effectively mediate this conflict. cairo has much stronger track record and now even cairo's credibility is being called into question as you said. >> thank you very much for that update. thank you again. against the backdrop of that situation in gaza, sunday evening saw angry scenes here in the french capital where police and pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed close to the central ba stich.

according to some sources, it ended violently. trying to enter two synagogues, bastille. rating president francois hollande spoke out against what happened yesterday. translator: we can't bring the conflict between israel and palestinian home. everyone is free to stage demonstrations. people have that right. but you cannot have outbreaks of violence. you cannot have attacks or attempts to attack places of worship, whether they're synagogues, like what happened yesterday. i say the same thing for mosques, for churches or temples. we live in a secular country. all religions have the right to peaceful places of worship. i would like to say frmly attacks of this sort will not be ell rated.

>> the french president francois hollande speaking there in paris. bastille day marked the anniversary of the bastille prison, which spawned the french revolution. tonight the skies will be lit up with fireworks across for example and early on, soldiers carry flags of the countries who fought on the battlefields marked down the champs elysees to mark 100 years that passed ince that war began. >> watched by deep crowds lining the streets and under the eyes of president fran roy hollande, representatives of 80 nations that took part in the war marched together on paris' great boulevard. at the concorde, the french army choir sang the songs -- ♪

then came the annual show of french military, extravagant spectacle of 4,000 men and women, 300 vehicles, 53 aircraft and mounted regimen on the 100th anniversary of the beginning of world war i, the parade ended on a hopeful note when 250 young people from 80 countries carrying white doves performed a ballet of peace. >> our very own chris moore had a bird's-eye view of the proceedings for bastille day in the har of paris. he spent his morning with the 11th brigade who managed to persuade him to leap out of a helicopter of the altitude of 3,000 meters. here's how it went -- >> the bastille day present to englishman being thrown out of a

helicopter. i got a rare opportunity to sky dive over paris. the puma took us to 3,000 meters and the views on the way down were unforgettable. >> the jump was amazing, amazing way to see paris from air. much better than being in the metro. i was scared, yeah, but you get so scared there's nothing you can do about it. it just becomes surreal. you have the impression the

earth is moving towards you. it feels very strange. >> i'm glad that was an assignment they sent chris moore on and not me. 2 1/2 years after it capsized off the italian coast, the wreckage off the costa concordia cruise liner was refloated in preparation for the vessel to be towed away and scrapped. 32 people lost their lives when the 292-long meter ship run aground. >> 2 1/2 years after crashing into rocks at the italian island of gilo, it's now the kosta concordia's final chapter. on madonna salvagers began attempts to refill the vessel. it will be towed to northern italy to be scrapped. >> we should never forget this is an undertaking which never happened before in human history. so a ship like this of this size has never been salvaged. >> the concordia will be brought back up in several stages. first air will be pumped into

huge metal boxes attached to its hull. this will aim to bring the boat off an existing temporary platform on the sea bed. pumping out the water is expected to take about a week when salvagers hope the ship will be almost at level with the sea and stable enough to be towed away. translator: i want to express a wish for all of us. i hope that the coming days will be the most boring of our lives. if that's the case, it will mean that everything went well. >> 32 people died after the concordia crashed onto gilo in january 2012. its captain sket tino is currently on trial for manslaughter and other related charges. >> now sunday's football world cup final in rio was watched by millions of people right across the globe who witnessed germany beat argentina 1-0 at the iconic americana stadium. but it wasn't just planet earth people enjoyed the game. crew aboard international space station tuned in. and perhaps for the german astronaut, he was quite literally out of the world with

that result there. throngs of cheering fans were on hand to greet the argentine national team as they arrived back home earlier on this monday. that's after the 1-0 defeat to germany. the hopes of 40 million people rested on their shoulders, and despite not winning, there's been universal praise for their performance in brazil. but as victim ram singh reports, last night's celebrations in downtown ba wenties aires took a rather nasty turn. >> they were expecting the party of a lifetime. tens of thousands of people had gathered near buenos aires continent to support the country's best world cup run in 24 years. in the end, a narrow defeat meant argentina would not be added to its two world cup titles. most supporters were disappointed but proud of their eam's gutsy performance.

to the germans i would say this time you're lucky. next time i don't know how lucky they will be. i don't want to lie, zhev to be in the finals, just as we did. we had more chances and they ere lucky. >> orphans looked for positives -- other fans looked for positives in the defeat. >> the team played very well. really they give their all from the beginning. it was fantastic to see how they played. in truth they deserve to win. i'm very happy and excited, even if they lost. >> but that are cheer wasn't shared by all supporters. in sharp contrast to the general mood, some hard-core fans, known as the brouwers, began clashing with police a few hours after the defeat. the escalating violence meant police had to respond with tear gas and rubber bullets. local police reported police made 40 arrests while around 20 people were injured in the clashes.

>> now on a fashion note, ripped jeans are nothing new but a japanese zoo has taken the look using ole new level by some of its fiercest inhabitants to attach pieces of denim fabric, which are stitched together to make a so-called zoo jeans. if you want to get your hands on a pair styled by fangs and claws of lions, tigers and bears, it will set you back around $1,000 euros. perhaps you can argue it's all for a very good cause. much of the proceeds from each pair of jeans sold will go to worldnservation group the wild life fund. and there are two tussling over a piece of denim, which we assume is about to be stitched into a nice pair of expensive jeans. there you are, that's the process under way. yours for a thousand euros or so. a pair of zoo jeans. we're joined in the studio by our business editor kate moody.

let me just start by asking you if you would buy zoo beans at a thousand a pair? >> i'm already saving up for a pair but i want that one done by the bears. they look really intense about their work. >> they did. very serious those bears. let's start, shall we, we business impact of the football world cup on the brazilian economy. >> exactly. opinion polls were showing the majority of brazilians thought the world cup was a drag on their economy, the country spent about $14 billion on things like stadiums and other infrastructure to take the temperature, i spoke earlier to eve, an economist at the credit insurance company coface. i asked him whether the world cup hurt or hurt the brazilian economy. >> as you properly said, there will be a hangover effect. in fact brazil will be back to its reality, poor infrastructure, problems of inflation, problems of cost of labor, so in fact all of these problems have not been solved by

the world cup. >> now growth has become coming down in the past two years, especially when you look back and compare it to 2010. what is your take on the brazilian economy, how strong is it and what's your forecast for it? >> it's really extremely weak. we forecast 1.3 for this year, 1.5 next year. bearing niped brazil was growing at 4% 10 years ago so it lost a lot of steam. one of the problems investment has been going down very much and the other problem is consumption, especially the first quarter, we see brazilians not consuming so much, a big percentage is middle classes spending money and it's not there anymore. by the way, the fact brazilian lost very poorly -- performed very poorly at the world cup may hurt the moral of the brazilians. >> the american banking giant citigroup con will pay several millions to the sale of rick yiss mortgages in the run-up to

the financial crisises. the settlement will include $2.5 billion for consume relief, helping with mortgages an affordable housing. taken nookt charges related to the settlement, bank's second quarter earnings fell by whopping 69% compared to a year earlier to just $181 million. citiis following in the footsteps of jpmorgan/chase which last year paid $13 billion to settle similar charges. u.s. attorney general eric holder said banks across the country would be held accountable for their role in the housing crisis. >> the banks' misconduct was egregious. and under the terms of the settlement the bank has admitted to its misdeeds in great detail. the banks activity shattered lives and livelihoods throughout the country and also around the world. >> let's turn our attention to the markets now. nice, positive start to the week's trading. markets in europe closing up. germany up over a percentage point there. light hearted speculation it's a world cup victory bounce.

but in fact it's mostly due to a slew of new mergers and acquisitions. we are seeing the same story on wall street, trading in positive territory there. dow jones hitting new intra day highs, crossing past the 17,000 mark it first crossed a few weeks ago. moving on to some of the day's other business headlines now. u.s. and e.u. kicked off a sixth round negotiations for what could be the world's largest-ever free trade deal. proponents say the agreement would boost the e.u.'s economy by around 120 billion euros a year and the american economy by 90 billion. but it's facing increasing opposition on both sides from those who fear losing consumer and environmental protection. the wort trade organization has ruled against the u.s. in two separate trade disputes. the panel supported a chinese complaint against punitive tariffs imposed on a range of chinese product from paper and steel to kitchen fittings and wind turbine. w.t.o. also warned american

charges on steel products from india must be changed because they're inconsistent with u.s. treaty obligations. and swiss chocolate giant lint has bought russell stover, the popular american maker of boxed chocolate. the terms of the deal were not disclosed but it will make lind the third largest chocolate manufacturer in north america. that's all the business news for now. back to you, tom. >> thank you very much, indeed, kate moon yi for the business roundup. time for a check what's happening online. web news is next. >> hello, there, welcome to web news. our pick of the stories making online headlines. coming up on today's show israelis taking bombshell selfies. speaking up for an unwed mom and u.n. mum shows struggle with hair pulling.

here's the latest trend to hit social networks in israel. bomb shelter selfies, photos shared while palestinian rockets rain down across the country. israel defense forces step up air strikes on the gaza strip. on their own or with their families, israelis have been posing for these pics, smiles on their faces. and seen to the facebook page bomb shelled shelter selfies. here's one way to document experiences in the safe grounds where they have to sometimes stay for hours, even entire nights. talking to the newspaper sand they say it's a way of showing the world israelis will not let the attacks get to them. for more than a week rocket sirens have been sounding on a regular basis across israel. but given the seriousness of the context, not everyone approved

the selfies. twitter users have pointed out gaza residents don't have the luxury of posing for bomb shelter selfies during israeli air strikes as they don't have any bomb shelters and are unable to seek refuge during the attacks. this video shows a priest berating an unwed mother during her son's baptism last sunday. back from the philippines, the father is seen speaking out against society in his opinion encouraging sexual relations outside of marriage and scalding the 17-year-old publicly humiliating her. the video has been shared over 40,000 times on social networks over the past week with net users across the philippines slamming the behavior saying the catholic church needs reforms. some even referred to the bible when condemning the public humiliation. the priest was suspended from

his duties on wednesday. others have tried to play down the remarks made by the priest, who since post aid letter of apology to twitter on the page run by the main newspaper. this woman, however, thinks the priest only apologized because the video was seen by thousands of people. many web users hope they will take him to court, and denounce the society which condones underage sex. father aback has met with the young woman's mother to apologize in person. he's also sent a handwritten letter to the young mum asking for her forgiveness. she accepted his apology and would do her best to ensure the video is removed from sharing sites. photographer decker juxtaposed photos of the present against the past. highlighting changes that are yet to happen with stunning results.

as you can see here with the eiffel tower. and this now and then collection is available to view on the artist's website. badi winkle has a large following on twitter and instagram. web users love her youthful and free-spirited personality. her wacky pastime and fabulous collection of t-shirts. she now has hundreds of thousands of followers, some have even held her as the coolest grandma on the internet. walking through the streets of ann arbor in michigan it's

highly unlikely you will come across slugos, chalk down by artist david, this blends into the urban landscape and gets up to all sorts. you can check out the latestgg9c

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