welcome back to "newsline." i'm shery ahn. here are the headlines. israeli troops and hamas fighters resumed their attacks in gaza after an attempted extended cease fire fails. japanese prime minister abe is on a tour of america. he met with leaders of caribbean nations, including trinidad and tabago. >> and the sumo tourney goes

down to the wire. who came on top. israeli forces and hamas fighters in the gaza strip are starting up another and at war. fighter launched a barrage of rockets into israel and israeli forces responded with air strikes and artillery fire. the conflict has already killed more than a thousand palestinians and over 408 israelis -- 40 israelis. we report on what's behind the cycle of violence. >> people in gaza had a short window to breathe as the israeli military broke from shelling. fighting resume. israeli forces said the prime target is to attack hamas militants and destroy their military infrastructure, but so far they have killed more civilians in their offensive.

>>translator: why do they target innocent people? >> reporter: israeli troops have shelled densely populated area. a school run by the united nations was hit by the fighting. israeli leaders say hamas hides rockets inside the buildings. before these attacks, a chilling message was sent to people living in gaza under mobile phones saying you will experience fear nothing like before. >>translator: this was horrifying. a lot of people got killed. i thought i'll be next. >> reporter: the islamic group hamas are seen as terrorists by israel and united states. their armed wing is a brigade. they have a much bigger political wing that runs schools

and other social services. >>translator: i support hamas. they are sincere and they are devout. >> reporter: in june, the palestinian president announced to form a unity government with haums -- hamas. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he will never sit down for talks with them. >>translator: hamas is a terrorist organization that is committed to the destruction of israel. world leaders should not rush to recognize the new government. >> reporter: the israelis have erected electric fences around ga tight regulate the supplies there. the trip is -- the strip is called the world's biggest prison. this is an israeli village near the border with gaza.

rockets are repeatedly fired from gaza and land near. people living here are feeling that the threat of hamas's under ground tunnel is approaching their lives more and more. >>translator: i am very, very afraid. it's so dangerous. just imagine, terrorists come out from those tunnels. >> reporter: as the fights has resumed again, i hear sounds of explosion and see smoke rise in the direction of gaza which is just right there. the death toll is likely to increase more. japanese prime minister abe is on a five-country tour of

latin america. he attended his first summit of leaders with 14 caribbean nations. he's become the first japanese prime minister to visit the country. before attending the meeting, he met with leaders. abe told the prime ministers that the two share universal values such as the rule of. >> translator: thr visit, i'd like to open page in japan's hist trinidad and tobago an caribbean countries ties inspect various fields. >> abe called for support in dealing with internati challenges including the reform of the security council. it was aagreed and she expressed investment from japa companies. abe met leaders of bermu as well as jamaica.

they agreed to further expand economic relations and perso exchanges. fighting is intensifying in the area where a malaysian airline jet was downed earlier this month. they are stepping up offensive. to regain control of the region held by pro russian separatists and dutch primay reject the idea of sending armed troops to secure the crash site. the airliner was shot down over part of eastern ukraine controlled by pro russian separatists. all 298 passengers and crew members were killed. an international team of unarmed police officers were headed to the site on sunday to collect evidence and recover bodies but they postponed the plan because of poor security. the ukrainian military is intensifying attacks on russian separatists wh the area. they say they need to security the site to allow for a investigation. officials from the dutch

government planned to send in international armed troops to the site b prime minister sai achieving military sio in the region is not realistic and said the troops could be attacked and this would lead to further destabilization of the situation. his government is considering other options. >> musicians from throughout europe gathered in a swiss village for a festival. about 3,000 people were there. ♪ >> the hills were alive with the sound of music. shepherds in the alps are

thought to have used these instruments to herd sheep. >>translator: every competitor has a different way of handling the instrument. some of them have a certain way of gliding over certain notes which is particularly interesting. >> it's quite emotional, really. >> the event provides a tourism boost for the village which is tucked away in the swiss alps at an altitude of 2,200 meters. a u.s. documentary on efforts to recover from the disaster in northeastern japan has premiered in new york. stories were shown on sunday at a film festival by asian americans. >> you look good. >> the movie includes interviews with japanese american

volunteers and survivors still living in temporary housing more than three years after the disaster. it shows how they connect and struggle to revital iize japane communities. >> it's an incredibly moving film. it is so -- we we want through the whole film. >> it's beautiful to see how everybody is trying to cheer children up and i teach elementary school, so it's very nice to see how the children are really their priority. >> co-director and producer diane fukami is a third generation japanese american. >> we made the film for three reasons, we want to show that the japanese-americans are still feeling very connected to them. we wanted to raise money. we wanted to let the people know they hadn't been forgotten and

we wanted to show our viewers that japanese-americans play an important role in the relationships between japan and the united states. >> the city was severely affected by the disaster. >> and electronics maker sonny is working very hard to raise cash. >> we know they have been working hard. they decided to sell the land underneath their building in tokyo. they are expecting to post a loss in the second straight loss in 2014. they are downsizing the company's operations, eliminating 5,000 jobs worldwide. sewn any has already sole its headquarters in u.s. and new

york, as well as the former tokyo headquarters building. argentine's history may be repeating. itself. government officials have until wednesday to rch on the death. otherwise they could default again. the country failed in 2001 to pay debt worth $100 argentine officials have paying interest to c agreed to reduce payme last mot -- month, the supreme court ruled they have to pay a group of investment funds first. they proposed exchan held by investors to long term bonds but the americans refused. argentina has not been issuing bonds on international markets so analysts say the impact of a default would be limited. still some are concerned the uncertainty could drive down the value of the argentine peso and affect currencies in other emerging economies.

>> in fact, the sse composite jumped 2.4 today. investors feeling pretty optimistic about china's economic recovery. the latest data that we got showed a sharp improvement in profits earned by the country's industrial firms. the robust gain of shanghai, hong kong close the its highest level since 2010. hsi index rose rose .88%. and tokyo nick -- nism kkei rose

just $ . --.46%. >> japanese labor leaders are seeking an increase in the minimum wage, amid an improving job market. the members include officials from both labor and business. labor union leaders are bullish. the managers are cautious. they want to void an impact on small and medium sized firms. last year, it was agreed to a 2% hike. the nation's average is $7.50. they are trying to reach an agreement by the end of the day. the two sides have a pretty big gap to narrow. >> people people visiting japan ha common complaint it is often difficult to get cash from automatic teller machines. government officials are making plans to improve the situation. only a quarter of the atms in japan accept cards issued abroad. travellers can face a hard time withdrawing yen outside of major cities.

government leaders have made tourism a key part of the plan to revive the economy. they are looking ahead to the olympics in 2020ing and hope to attract 20 million visitors. executives at major banks say they are working to inst more machines that accept foreign cards and are leaning on smaller banks to do the same focusing on popular tourist destinations. >> our feature this hour, people who have troubl seeing colors see th different light. some innovators are using technology to make things a bit easier. a range of businesses are looking at what they have come up. >> not everyone sees color the same way. a japanese organization advises on the easiest to read combinations. this vice director of the organization he himself has color vision deficiency.

>> we use pie charts to convey colors of information, but to me they look the same. i see only three colors. >> the organization says graphic designs to see if they are friendly with people to reduced color vion color vision did he fishes are -- deficiencies are geneti . and occurs in various form two types make i recognize red or gre. researchers test c combinations. >> with my type of color-blindness, i see this as the same. >> printed materials tha the test, such as packaging, can use the color in the logo. >> i believe companies should recognize their obligation to make their products easier to

use by all consumers. >> the concept has made waves in the computer game industry. the principals appear in this game development tool. it's a simulators to display colors on screen as people with reduced color vision would see them. >> this is see this. if you use the simulator software, you can see how it will look to those with less color vision. the developers can gauge how it looks and then revive it. >> we tell other game makers, they should use development tools with these functions. we told them if they had our software they could produce better games. >> color vision awareness has

also reached publishing. he suggests ways that they can use colors better. this company makes all kind of printed materials. it produces more than 70 projects a year based on clofr color universal design. as the company discovered the work takes time an. so the staff spent two years finding the color combinations for all kinds of viewers. this is the result. a chart of 20 color matches. a designer need only select colors from a single row. the chart has cut production time by as much as half.

>> translator: we tell our client companies it will make a lot of difference if they use color universal design. we say they will get an edge on their competitors. >> reporter: from making better packaging to enhancing graphic design, helping people see mor colors clearly is proving to be good business. >> that's going do it for business hour. let's get you a check of the markets.

>> it's time now for sumo the july grand tournament ended its 15-day competition on sunday. tell us all about it. who came out on top. >> in the past, we've seen a number of championships sewn up before the final day but this

one went to the wire. mongolia grand champion had one to deal with, hakuho had one person to beat out. harum harumafugi. he gets off to a promising start, charging hard and driving hakuho to the edge. harumafugi drives a few times. but hakuho refuses to quit. he uses the left side hand grip. he slams harumafugi to the ground. hakuho is the champion and he

become only the third man in sumo history to win 30 or more championships. again his triumph was his 30th top division title. only two other men have won more with three more tilings, he can break the all time record held by taiho. beside besides hakuho, there was an impressive performance by goeido. he finished with a solid record of 12 wins, 3 losses. not only did he beat hakuho who was undefeated at the time but

it was goeido's second straight victo victory. he also improved his consistency to the sumo elders by competing it the third highest rank. that was his victory. >> that's the wrap up of the july tourney. i'll be back in september to let you everything you want to know about the autumn tourney, so see you then. >> raging fires in northern california are threatening wildlife. our meteorologist is here with the details. how serious is the situation?

>> the situation is quite critical, it forces thousands of people to evacuate. and another fire is occurring in yosemite national park. let's go to video. a wildfire is raging on the western edge of yosemite national park. more than 800 hectares have been burned so far. conditions are making it difficult to contain the fire because of dry vegetation. we need rainfall but we are not seeing any significant rainfall. as you can see this three-day forecast, lots of rain in the roeks, but no significant rain is in the cards for you for southern california. now, across the opposite side of

the continent, this is where we've seen severe weather. on sunday at least six tornadoes occurred in the eastern u.s. along with large hail up to 11 centimeters in diameter. the northeastern areas will see improving conditions but it's not the case for the southwestern areas from the gulf coast up into the carolina coast. there is a possibility of severe thunderstorms, isolated tornadoes along with large hail and damaging winds. nice conditions will return in the northeast and cooler temperatures will be moving in from eastern canada lowering temperatures. take a look. chicago only 21 degrees for a high on monday. the average this time year is 30 degrees. washington, d.c., sunny weather will continue and lower than average temperatures will also continue for the next couple of days. across asia, the rainy season has finally ended in northern japan. this summer is in full swing across the country.

no rainfall for the northern areas of china. into the south, we have a couple of tropical depressions and this one right here is likely to aim for the southwestern areas of japan as we go to the midpart of this week. it's enhancing the southwest, but also the west coast will see copious amounts of rain for the next couple of days. watching out for flooding and mudslides. with the chinese, the highs are going to be dangerously high. in europe, severe weather is in several years through the iberian peninsula and the balkan peninsula. and 110 millimeters has fallen in montenegro. conditions will remain the same for the next several days.

but across the opposite side, the western and eastern side of europe, looking gorgeous and temperatures are on the high side. take a look, moscow 30 degrees for the high with plenty of sunshine and 36 in mad drid on thursday. here's the extended forecast.

>> and that's all for this hour on "news line."

i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. 

from paris.o live let's look at what is making headlines this hour. fighting continues in gaza. the un security council is calling for an immediate cease-fire. more than 1030 palestinians and 46 israelis have been killed so far. chief saysman rights the downing of the malaysian airlines flight in eastern ukraine may constitute a war crime. nationals have been urged to leave libya where tens clashes between militia -- tens clashes between militia