the french00 p.m. in capital on france 24. a missing passenger plane, an air algérie has come down in tuareg. we bring you all of the latest on israel-gaza conflict. women, children and the u.n. from are among the dead israeli tanks. ban ki-moon says he's appalled.

the remains of more victims of the air disaster reason -- arrive today. many of them were dutch. good evening. we begin with the news of the air algérie passenger jet which vanished today. fromt ah5 was on flight ouagadougou and was over mali when conflict was lost. the french president says it is presumed the plane has crashed and that france will do everything to help. we also heard from the malian

prayingt who said the -- the plane has been in the northern part of his country. there were 51 french nationals aboard. nicholas tells us more. >> the government says the wreckage of the plane that left ouagadougou in burkina faso has been spotted in northern mali. 116 people were on board the aircraft. 51 of them french nationals. with the plane 50 minutes after it took off. >> the airplane took off from ouagadougou. it was meant to arrive at 5:11. 1: last radar contact was at

55. as the plane was flying, the aircraft received instructions to change course in order to avoid a possible collision with another aircraft. northern mali is an unstable region seized by jihadist groups in 2012. french troops remain present. two fighters have been used as part of search efforts. >> it will be a matter of urgency to establish what has happened. until then, all resources will be dedicated to locating the airplane and ensuring families are informed. we in the country expect our solidarity with them. board,g the french on some were due to transit at algiers and going to paris.

>> catherine noris is of the foreign ministry with the latest. >> the foreign minister laurent fabius has come back after meeting with president hollande. he is in the crisis center that has been set up to deal with this crisis. they havehe said received 1000 calls from members of the public who may be were -- worried about their families or looking for information. laurent fabius speaking out. his department is in charge of felony affairs -- foreign affairs. many expatriates living in west africa have been aboard this paris.coming back to one of the junior ministers in charge of residents living abroad has flown to west africa

to be with families there, people who may be impacted by this disaster. reporting from the french foreign ministry. we will return to that story later on in the bulletin. exactly a week has passed since the malaysia airline crash to eastern ukraine killing all 298 aboard. it is assumed the boeing triple seven was shot down. some the for more aunties arrive -- 74 more bodies today. 194 of the passengers were dutch. investigators in the united kingdom are examining the content of the airplane's lack boxes. the pro-russian rebels handed over the talks is to officials on tuesday. ukrainian foreign minister says the key is investigators have full access to the crash site.

authoritiesion signed an agreement a couple of hours ago. moment priority at the and our common priority is to ensure the full access to the a fullite, to ensure investigation and of course to recover all the possible remnants at the crash site. with the ukrainian people in shock, the prime minister announced he is resigning blamed parliament for his decision saying it had failed to pass legislation, leaving him with his hands tied. i spoke to go over craggy -- to

craggy as to what prompted this. people of the ukrainian thinke political class they need to be held sooner than later. sinceliamentary election he left office. it is not an easy to organize them in ukraine. governmenton and the has to follow part and then 30 days have to pass. afternoon, two parties left and it seemed as though that was part of the plan to call of august,n the 24th which is ukrainian independence day. himself.esigned

that was not necessary for that to happen. so that comes as something as a surprise. perhaps he wanted the opportunity to voice his frustration. some say that could change the way things operate. perhaps by resigning today, he might be able to get an extension of the 30 days and the an influence on when elections are called. the only thing i can tell you is that the complicated nature of ukrainian politics is probably back. omragge fr kiev. more than 80 people have been killed in gaza during the course of the thursday. one area has been some of the

most intense violence. the palestinian death toll is 770 people, most of them civilians. 32 israelis have been killed. ban ki-moon said he is appalled by an israeli tank shelling of a u.n. school in northern gaza. 15 women, children, and staff were killed. the school had been sheltering some of the palestinians who had been forced to flee their homes. i spoke to jesse rosenfeld who told us more. >> definitely sounds like a gruesome scene. it sounds like the red cross started to gather people in the courtyard of the school and they had to evacuate because of the shelling in the area. i shall landed in -- a shell landed in a courtyard killing

15. i was in the hospital in gaza not long after it hit. ambulances started streaming in with all sorts of wounded. it was real pandemonium. the u.n. girls school also housing people who had to flee , was shelled twice, once while people were there and once when investigators were in the refugee camp. in 2008, the situation in which a school was again bombed, there was white phosphorus in that attack. what we have seen is a consistence of that. in this war it is happening in

places where they are housing displaced people. >> dallas just rosenfeld. the historiano who joins us in switzerland. thank you for speaking to us. a lot of diplomatic effort going on behind the scenes. we are hearing that some aogress trying to broker cease-fire. as a historian, i am assuming you are more set -- skeptical than most of this can be solved with a wave of a magic wand. >> yes. i am not sure we can speak of diplomacy and whether we should be optimistic. it looks like just looking a they could not engage. say. did not really have a

can show it is important to remember we are not in a short term conflict. it is a decade long conflict and i am not sureons, we can have an active diplomacy. blockadefting of the was listed as a key condition for a humanitarian cease-fire implemented yesterday. internationalhe efforts behind the scenes are the write-once? missed --egypt are mistrustful of hamas and they feel the same way about egypt.

>> if we expect egypt to solve the problem, we have a problem. america and of other partners to engage. and diplomats and international remind theuld occupying force of certain obligations, like the blockade is a lawful against the palestinians. there are troubling issues going on. in the gaza strip, let's not overpopulatedn place with one million people living there. if you create a buffer, where do these people go? it is hardly surprising we have

the tragic massacres. it is important hamas and the international community: the science to respect -- call on the sides to respect. i'm struck by the fact israel [indiscernible] >> why do you think that is? it's united states not clear when negotiating with israeli members? of mentioned a number things. and we had the u n human rights commission saying israel may be responsible for war crimes. be is it israel seems not to held accountable and why is the united states lenient? one is that diplomacy has failed.

[inaudible] >> ok. it appears we have lost our guest, he historian benoit challand. we're just getting more news out of the authorities in burkina faso regarding the air algérie flight which was en route from the capital of burkina faso, ouagadougou, heading to algiers and we can cross to our correspondent. bring us up to speed on any new developments you are hearing regarding the circumstances of the latest disaster. you is that tell is refusing toare

speak about the crash. noways there is, right [inaudible] there is not anyone in the airport anymore. everyone has left. >> we apologize to our viewers for the audio quality. thank you very much indeed. inspectors in china have paid visits to 600 future distributors amid a safety scare after a report showed a supplier has beenumerous chains

providing beef and chicken which is past its expiry date. police say they have detained five people. the latest signs of a crackdown on dissent, a russian opposition leader has been convicted for organizing mass riots dating back to protest in 2012 ahead of vladimir putin's inauguration. supporters of those men gathered outside of the courthouse chanting slogans. prosecutors are seeking eight years, but we understand they have been sentenced to 4.5 years behind bars. ares not just in france we feeling the heat of the hot summer weather. a number of other places, the mercury is high. residents of copenhagen zoo are

feeling the heat more than most. to aolar bears are used more cooler climate. they have been given 500 kilos of ice and a special treat, fish frozen inside some of those blocks of ice for them to snack on. let's get a reminder of our top stories on france 24. the latest on the air algérie aircraft that has been found in mali according to the burkina faso army. authorities have said the jet was carrying 116 passengers and crew. 17, -- 17 people are dead i a u.n. school is shelled israeli tanks. repatriating the remains of more -- victims the mh 17

of the mh 17 air disaster. now for a check on the business news. marcus carlson is here. it's begin with talk of fresh sanctions for russia. officials are trying to punish russia over the crisis in ukraine and there are reports sanctions could be unveiled as soon as friday by the european union. state owned banks are in their crosshairs analysts say sanctioning those lenders would be a serious blow for the wider russian economy. more details on that what could be on the cards now. banks, inng russian

particular those owned 50% by the government. european diplomats said the being discussed would purchase new shares in the european union. in russia, state owned banks dominate the sector which means it could have serious effect on the russian economy. diplomats say half of the bonds issued by the russians last year were issued in the eu. some banks could struggle to get loans which could have a negative effect on russian businesses. banks would be affected by the sanctions being discussed by the 20 member states ambassadors. the sanctions would go further than the american sanctions last week which targeted only two

banks. after calls to speed up sanctions, the measures would be an escalation against russia. >> the imf has cut its outlook for russian growth expecting it to grow 0.2% as foreign investment has dropped. it is part of the reason the imf is cutting its forecast for the global economy this year predicting growth worldwide to come in at 3.4%. it attributes we could expect it growth in the united states. for the u.s. was cut to 1.7%. let's listen in. the downgrade from 3.7% to 3.4% for 2014. what is behind that is what

happened in the u.s. in the first quarter which was negative growth. is bright for the eurozone with business activity picking up. saw its biggest monthly jump in business activities since 2007. the eurozone is growing at its fastest pace in three years. french business activity is lagging behind. let's take a look at the figures. over 50 signals and expansion. contraction. france is falling behind. let's talk you through some of unilevert results from sales, falling short of expectations. reported of dove soap

a 3.8% increase from april to june but analysts were hoping for a higher figure. its lights a slowdown in emerging markets for the lower-than-expected growth. lvmh jobbed in dropped into -- comparison to last year. sales increased during the first half of the year by under 3%. currency fluctuations are being blamed for the lower profit figure. thehe other side of atlantic, general motors is suffering in the result of the recall scandal. profits jump to $190 million as a wiped one point $5 billion from their bottom line including the cost of repairing 30 million cars. the scandal started this year as gm admitted it had delay

an issue cars over linked to at least 13 deaths. we have time to take a look at the stock market. on the back of that better-than-expected business activity, we saw european markets ended higher with the cac 40 on top. we've also got a strong reading of manufacturing in china. let's show you where the u.s. markets are. we have seen the u.s. stock markets coming down from their previous high. that is the business news for now. >> thank you for that. next it is what it is. the world news,

making online headlines. show, the allhe metal to in israel and hamas -- in israel andtle hamas. and an online video mocking kim jong-un. as fighting continues in the gaza strip, the israel defense and hamas have taken the conflict to the web. they are employing all online means available to win over public opinion and convey vidic take on the situation. their take on the situation. it is using twitter to share updates on the operations in gaza. the messages are written in various languages including english and french and include debriefing reports, the names of soldiersgg99ññwçça7guc

>> from pacifica, this is democracy now! we are undeterred. we will continue the operation as long as it is required. 70 daysrael enters its of assault on gaza, prime minister benjamin netanyahu promises to fight on. and getgo to gaza city the latest from the sharif abdel kouddous. and then we speak to yael even or