>> malaysian inspectors today headed to the crash site and a rebel-held area of eastern ukraine where flight 17 crashed to the ground thursday killing all 298 people on board. to havee is believed been shot down. the planes lack of boxes are in possession of dutch and malaysian authorities -- the plane possible black -- the boxes are in possession of dutch and malaysian authorities. >> this train carries the

remains of some 280 victims. it is here that ukrainian authorities have set up air crash investigation center, but the bodies will continue on to the netherlands to be identified on agreement between the malaysian prime minister and pro-russian separatists in ukraine. >> a citizen victim is identified, the family will be immediately informed. our next priority is the investigation of the cause of the disaster, to turn every stone, and i can tell you that the netherlands, at the request of ukraine, is leading that investigation. >> negotiations also saw the rebels give to malaysia the blacks sought-after boxes. investigators hope it might provide further clues as to what caused the crash. separatistsnts to the plane.wn

rebels obstructed access to the crash site or days. >> after the crime comes the cover-up. have seen as evidence tampering on an industrial scale . obviously, that has to stop. >> dutch firm and sick experts were finally able to examine some of the bodies on monday. rebels have now declared a localized truce to allow international experts on to the yield where the planes went down -- where the plane went down. reluctant assistance comes after the united nations security council, including russia, passed a resolution in -- demanding all states cooperate only to establish accountability. >> for more new the crash site, .e are joined from donetsk tell us more of what you're hearing with regard to the search for answers in that disaster. >> after yesterday, dutch

were finally allowed by the separatist. aviation specialists from malaysian airlines were monitors from the osce. they did not speak directly to the press, but via the osce, we got some declarations. they noted in particular the way that the wings of the plane had melted, saying that there must have been a very, very high temperature explosion, further cooperating the idea that it was a missile that hit the plane. the osce monitors themselves have been extraordinarily .iplomatic throughout the whole time, they have been careful not to openly criticize the separatists giving them access in a limited way.

today, now that the bodies have been safely taken away and now that the black boxes have been they feelr, it seems they can speak more freely. some people have suggested that significant parts of the wreckage may have been removed from the site. >> you are in a city that only some deadlyw violence. can you tell us more about what the situation is like there today? >> today, there was not any fighting, but all over, there's fighting going on in different locations every day, particularly today. luhansk was again und heavy bombardment by artillery fire, particularly by missiles, according to people we spoke to

who were fleeing. it is not possible to go to luhansk. there are checkpoints blocking the way, and one of the big problems in covering this conflict is that both sides, in terms of military operations, do not tell the truth. the military spokespeople from the ukrainian side routinely exaggerate the number of people they have killed. they talk about things such as -- for example, they said there was a suicide attack at a check went this morning which nobody was able to verify and which ukrainian media did not really pick up on, so i do not know whether that really happened. it seems to me very unlikely that happened, so there seems to be a very big problem with the ukrainian side mutation strategy, but that pales in comparison to the levels of propaganda and untruth that have since the beginning of this conflict and coming out of .ussian media

>> thank you very much indeed. to speed on us up infants there. in malaysia, protesters gathered earlier on tuesday in the capital: an important -- in the capital: an important -- in the capital kuala lumpur. lostlaysian nationals their lives and the tragedy. meanwhile, in holland, a national day of mourning for the victims has been announced by the dutch prime minister. that will take place on wednesday. in other world news, israeli airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 13 women and children in gaza during the course of this tuesday according to local medical sources. more than 600 palestinians have now lost their lives since that conflict began on july 8. the israeli army says two more of its soldiers have been killed .

they also confirm that a soldier who hamas militants claimed to have kidnapped is dead, although his body remains unaccounted for. >> five mosques reduced to rubble in gaza city tuesday. the death toll continues to climb as the assault on gaza intensifies with israel pummeling tens of targets. among them, a petrol station, shops, residential buildings, and the alaska hospital hit monday -- all in ruins. israel claims they were being used by hamas, but locals who have turned out to pick up the pieces say it is not hamas but thatillions -- civilians are being hit. >> they killed innocent children, women who were using this building as shelter. to get away. >> paying the highest price,

1/3's children, who make up of the total civilian casualties, a toll that benjamin netanyahu blamed on hamas, saying despite israeli warnings, many did not leave because the islamist group asked them to stay. the united nations says palestinians in densely populated gaza have nowhere to go and nowhere to hide. journaliststional have found themselves in the firing line. the shell of a bullet, one of two shot into the al jazeera bureau. journalist scramble outside a building in the gaza strip which also houses the associated press. doha-based news channel believed it was a targeted attack, coming as israel attempts to block al jazeera, branding it an energy -- enemy broadcaster. or its part, israel denies deliberately targeting the buildings. >> israel is a democracy with a vibrantly free press. the accusation that israel

deliberately targets trillions -- targets children is ridiculous. operation protective edge injures its third week. >> we cross now to jerusalem where we speak to the head of the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian of heirs in the palestinian territory. thank you very much for speaking to "france 24." one of the main developments today -- we understand a united nations school which was sheltering displaced palestinians came under israeli fire earlier on today. can you bring us up to speed on what you're hearing about that? reports of a school being hit yesterday by shells. following which, several hundred injured the building and responded to reports of attacks

on the school. [inaudible] sense of what the humanitarian situation is like in the gaza strip right now. we are hearing a lot about a humanitarian crisis. what is the impact of the israeli offensive on the daily lives of people living there? >> has had a huge impact -- in fact, a devastating impact. were a six-year-old child, you have seen three different wars in your lifetime and may have been displaced from your home. psychologically, for children, it has had an enormous impact. we have had to date 479

fatalities attempted in gaza at least. civilians.re your previous report said half of the civilian deaths are children. there was one horrifying incident where 18 children from one extended family were killed. these are tragic figures we are seeing throughout gaza. also aid workers trying to assist civilians. we've had over 110,000 people displaced. their homes were destroyed or they were -- or they fled because they were afraid of being hit. even their capacities are overflowing now, so there are tens of thousands of others

looking for shelter elsewhere, whatever they can get. these are generally , but it's-run schools very difficult to reach them. some lack the capacity to assist them. civilians, you are killed, or you do not know where to go. there are not many places left to go. >> thank you so much for bringing us up to speed on what is happening there. we apologize to our viewers or the audio quality there. in the area, a rocket fired from the gaza strip landed close to israel's main and port, wounding one israeli, prompting a number of international airlines to cancel flights to the country. this comes at a time of heightened anxiety over air

travel blowing the malaysian airlines is asher. palestinian militants have fired more than 2000 rockets towards israel, and he of which have been aimed at bangor international airport. -- many of which have been aimed. today's rocket is thought to have gotten closer to that airport than any other since the fighting began. for more, we are joined in the studio by a criminologist and research fellow. thank you very much indeed for speaking to us. our airlines right, in your view, so many of them to cancel operations in and out of israel in light of what has been happening? to me it is obviously a precautionary approach, but i do not think it is very smart or very clever to cancel all the flights. we need one day to go to israel, and i am pretty confident that israel can protect israeli space

around the airport. >> it seems to have had a very active mechanism in place at intercepting rockets, and many of them have been intercepted by the iron dome, but there will always be some they get through, just as we saw today. >> this is -- the problem is -- what we just knew about , weflight, malaysian mh17 some hamasly that can use special missions, a thing we did not show before. i think all these airlines need to send a message to their customers saying that they will take all precautions before they

fly anywhere in the world. ofthere is a huge amount nervousness amongst air travelers today given what happened on thursday. and given this event -- it is difficult to see all those event in isolation. >> yes. -- these new measures , we didto take in part not think before that flying over israel or to israel was something dangerous, and i don't think it is, but as i said at the beginning, it is a precautionary approach, and we it as an important message for the customer. >> of course, israeli authorities have said that it is not necessary at all to take this measure. amongst the airlines who have canceled light in and out of tel

aviv are air france and american carriers. is it irresponsible of israel to say that it was not necessary to cancel those operations? >> i think yes. i agree with that declaration i think that the best way to struggle against terrorists is to continue to live normally and continue to to wherever it is, and israel or over israel. to me, the message is quite a good one. >> briefly, we had some security scares in the last couple of that, announcements flights going in and out of the united states, for example, were going to face much longer queues, much more vigilant security checks. that was in light of specific

intelligence. do you know anything about what it is that airlines are particularly worried about at this particular moment? >> airlines are worried about terrorists, of course, but the problem of terrorists is not , andto check passenger checking passenger is something like agitation. if you want to struggle against terrorists, you need intelligence and information. from the gaza strip or from all fighters that are in the world because we do not fight by checking passenger and knowing what they have in their pocket or whatever. the proof is that today, people try to attack lanes with missiles or rockets, and that is haveest proof that we can that checking is not the only way to assure airlines security.

>> thank you very much for that. thank you very much indeed for speaking to "france 24." in other news, the french government says it remains deeply concerned about hundreds of french nationals known to have joined the ranks of friends jihadist in syria. this morning, two men and a woman were arrested in a police raid. they are reported recently returned from syria, and one is suspected of recruiting jihadist fighters. authorities say the three are suspected of planning what they .all violent acts 100 days have passed since dozens of nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by boko haram .ilitants the militants held a meeting today with president goodluck jonathan, who has been criticized for failing to meet them until now. charlotte hawkins reports now on invents during the course of these last three months. >> 100 days have passed, and these girls still are not home,

held captive by boko haram militants. 270 six teenage girls were kidnapped from their school dormitories and a nighttime raid on april 14. some managed to escape, but 219 are still missing. video, the boko haram leader threatens to sell the girls into slavery or as child rides and says they have converted from christianity to islam. finally meeting with their parents on tuesday, president goodluck jonathan says the government is doing everything to get the girls back, but may have denounced its handling of the crisis. >> [inaudible] his perceived disinterest sparked a worldwide media campaign.

western powers have offered intelligence and military support to the rescue efforts, but there has been little progress. nigeria's defense ministry says military action could get the children killed. most of the girls are believed to be in a thick jungle bordering the sahara desert. boko haram claims it will set them free if the government releases detained extremists, and offer so far refused by the president. than 15,000 people are reported to have fled from an of a town inst northeastern nigeria following a wave of deadly attacks carried out by militants over the course of the weekend. raids in 25ernight provinces of turkey, police detained as news of their own colleagues on tuesday for their suspected involvement in the illegal wiretapping of government officials. amongst them were the prime country's spyhe

chief. according to local media, some of the officers are suspected of being involved in a corruption probe, which cost for government ministers their jobs. the spanish football team real madrid announced today it has a colombian midfielder who joins the squad on a six-year contract. according to media reports, they paid somewhere in the region of 80 million euros for the 23-year-old. he is also, of course, the winner of the world cup golden boot, and he is the second major signing of the transfer season. bridge was inaugurated in france earlier on today, it to the french mainland. the 760 meter long structure will allow visitors to walk to the abbey, which is ranked as france's most visited national monument outside of paris drawing upwards of 2 million visitors every single year.

for a check of the top business news stories. yesterday, we spoke about u.k. and u.s. pressure on russia in the form of sanctions. bring us up to speed on the latest. >> that's right. yesterday, the u.k. pressed eu foreign ministers who were meeting in brussels today to discuss the situation in ukraine. the foreign ministers have said that new possible sanctions could be imposed on russia's defense sector. have sanctions from europe not been upped, france finds itself in a difficult position. >> eu foreign ministers attempted to show a united front on tuesday. more sanctions could be imposed on moscow. the commissiond and external action service to

action,proposals for including our access to capital markets, defense, dual use goods, and sensitive technologies including in the energy sector. >> but behind closed doors, european countries are divided. written and baltic countries are leading the way for tougher sanctions, including an arms embargo on russia. others like germany and france, however, are more reluctant to do so. on monday, francois hollande said paris would push ahead with the delivery of at least one helicopter carrier to russia, despite pressure from the u.s. and u.k. to cancel the deal. >> will the second vessel be delivered? i'm going to be honest. it depends on russia's attitude, but at this point, there have not been any sanctions imposed yet, and nothing is forcing us to stop this deal. regarding the first vessel, the delivery will happen. the russians have paid. backt, we have to pay them 1.1 billion euros. >> the contract for the two

warships created more than 1000 jobs in france. in the wake of russia's military support to ukrainian separatist, however, many eu countries are opposing the types of deals. >> it is weak logic. we all agree this is an aggression that has been illogical to trade weapons with the aggressors. >> feelings supplemented of football fields, the ship is designed to deploy more than a dozen tanks and attack helicopters. >> let's take a look at how markets have fared today. stocks in europe ounce back from yesterday's losses. theftse ended the day in grain, a breakthrough in development at the them h 17 crash site help lift that. germany's dax closed the day up over 1%. analysts say the effect of further sanctions on russia is further to have any long-term impact. >> sanctions would have an impact but only in the medium

and long-term as germany does a lot of trade with russia. i do not expect the dax to react immediately, but sanctions are definitely a strain on the economy. from those hit by the sanctions as well as those imposing them. >> let's take a look at trading in the u.s. now. stocks this tuesday were boosted by better-than-expected results from comcast, verizon, and dupont. let's look at the other business news we are tracking for you now. the latest sports scandal to hit china is spreading fast. the supplier of expired chicken and beef to mcdonald's and kfc was also supplying to u.s. coffee chain starbucks and fast food giant burger king. it appears they reach was not limited to china. about 1/5 of all mcnuggets sold in japan were sourced to the company. ikea was also among the international companies serving tainted meat.

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07/22/14 07/22/14 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! we have serious concerns about the rising number of palestinian civilian deaths and the loss of israeli lives. and that is why it now has to be our focus in the focus of the international community to bring about a cease-fire that ends the fighting and can stop the deaths of innocent civilians, both in gaza and israel. >>