>> a comeback. we begin in gaza, where the hamas military leadership have rejected suggestions of a cease-fire. the commander of hamas' military wing says his soldiers were eager for death. fighting continued with israeli shells hitting a crowd at the un's kewell -- at a you in school -- at a u.n. school.

irris, while it is clear that fighting is intensifying on the ground, are we seeing any movement when it comes to negotiating a cease-fire? >> we are seeing intense diplomatic pressure, in fact. not get great results. we heard from him last night. it is the first time he has spoken. the fact that he release -- called it a hamas victory. the timing is being pointed to by some israeli military analysts as suggesting this is part of the endgame, but that endgame could go on for days or possibly weeks. he also said he is patient and he has time. security cabinet is meeting as we speak. there are some hardliners in the cabinet who we know do argue for that position.

i think if they were going to do that, military analysts say they should have called up more reserve soldiers in the past seven days and that hasn't been done. i think what we are looking at is treading water until someone can bring these two sides together, most likely in cairo, to get some negotiations underway. been reaction or response from israel he military? >> there has been no official reaction from the israeli government and the military says it is investigating. in past incidents, it has been known that the israeli military says that hamas hides -- it places itself in schools and mosques and other places where civilians gather. the organization for refugees in the gaza strip yesterday said they found a third weapons cache in one of those schools. this is an ongoing issue. i think the high palestinian

death toll, the civilian casualties, is something that israel will have to take on after this -- conflict ends. >> irris makler, thank you. gaza has been left without electricity after israeli forces bombarded its main power plant on tuesday. power had been in short supply since fighting broke out. explains, the latest strike will also disrupt food and water supplies for the 1.7 million beleaguered residents. >> plunged into darkness. of thousandss one left without electricity after israeli strikes targeted gaza's only power plant. >> the lack of electricity in gaza is a tragedy. look at my fridge. 3 hours within the last 48. >> even before the plant was

hit, many gaza residents had only a few hours of power per day. shortages have been a daily struggle since the israeli blockade began in 2007. >> we've suffered from electricity shortages for years. during the day, it comes on for maybe one or two hours. it is really difficult when 50% to 90% of everything we sell gets spoiled. >> the lack of electricity also affects water supply since water -- power is needed to supply hospitals, and also where blackouts could put hundreds of patients' lives at risk. meanwhile, this bakery struggles to make as much bread as possible to provide for the dozens queuing up who can no longer cook at home. >> i've been waiting here for over three hours because there is no more bread in the house. there is no more gas. no more electricity. no more water. there is nothing. the situation is very bad. >> gaza's electricity problems

are far from over. officials say a good take more than a year to repair the damage at the power plant -- say it could take more than a year to repair the damage at the power plant. >> europe and the united states are to impose the most extensive sanctions seen since the cold war against russia. the new restrictions will target the country's finance, military, and technology sectors. they are in response to moscow's continued backing for separatists in eastern ukraine. also, they come as russia has failed to cooperate fully with the investigation into the shooting down of malaysia airline -- of that malaysia airline flight. >> after three weeks of negotiations, the 28 members of up eu agreed to step sanctions against russia. the new penalties were fast tracked after the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17, which has seen european leaders under increasing pressure to take action against moscow. >> obviously, the sanctions

really relate to vladimir putin and russia's behavior. we want to make it absolutely inar that russia's behavior destabilizing another country, ukraine, is unacceptable. penalties european will target russia's defense sector by limiting the import and export of arms along with sensitive technologies designed to further oil and gas exploration. europe will also close its financial markets to more russian banks and companies. the eu assets of eight businessmen close to vladimir putin will be frozen. the eu had been resisting pressure to bring it sanctions in line with the u.s., which also announced new, coordinated measures on russian him and -- russian energy, military, and finance. >> it does not have to be this way. this is a choice that russia and president putin, in particular, has made. there continues to be a better choice -- the choice of de-escalation, the choice of joining the world in a diplomatic solution to this situation. >> though biting, the new eu

sanctions are designed to protect european interests. the restrictions don't apply to russia's natural gas supplies, upon which europe is heavily dependent. france will still deliver two warships to moscow at the -- as the arms embargo only applies to future sales. islamister news, an group have seized the headquarters of the libyan army in benghazi. the terrorist organization, blacklisted by washington, d.c., among the groups that capture the military base. aey are struggling to contain massive blaze at a fuel depot that came under attack. intense pressures have -- clashes have claimed some 60 since saturday. the fighting rages on between rival militia groups. the french government says it is ready to offer asylum to iraq's from ians, forced to flee

mosul. many left the town after isis seized much of northern iraq. the country is home to one of the world's most ancient christian communities. i'm joined in the studio by a guest from the episcopalian church in paris. thank you for joining us. how many christians are still left in iraq? >> about 200,000. 1.2 million before the war in 2003. >> there been a growing number who have fled the country, but this is the absolute crunch, it isn't it? >> it is really astonishing. this islamist state, so-called, tok over mosul and decided reimpose what was done in the seventh century, choose death, pay the tax, or leave. most people are not able to afford $400 per month, so they

left. as they left, they were stripped of all their goods, including their automobiles, and walked to the nearest small villages that are still open to christians. >> there are some here in france on the far right who have questioned and voiced their concerns over the offer to give asylum to these questions. >-- christians. >> france has a great tradition of being the land of asylum. i don't see any reason why france needs to change that. >> but as somebody who is a member of the christian community and obviously a religious person yourself, do you find it disturbing that such comments are being made? >> i think it goes with the whole anti-immigration camp that you hear in a lot of countries these days. but there is no reason in the world that we cannot offer asylum, as we have been doing, otherqi christians and minorities who are threatened personally with death because of their religious belief. >> it is not just a rack. there ar -- just iraq.

there are other countries as well where christians are facing persecution. >> iran, syria, palestine, of course iraq. lebanon. turkey. we are very concerned for the egyptian copts. it's the entire middle east. >> thank you very much. argentina stands on the brink of default for the second time in 13 years. they have until midnight wednesday to pay hedge funds a new1.5 billion, make deal, or win a stay of court. talks continue this wednesday. an unexpected visit to new york for the argentine economy minister as he adds his voice to last-ditch talks with holdout investors. his absence from discussions in recent weeks had raised eyebrows over the country's commitment to

finding an agreement. the argentine president insisted a default is not on the cards, topng the country's kept repayments to bondholders who agreed to take a 70% haircut on their debts. >> default means when someone doesn't pay, and argentina has paid. they tried from outside and inside the country to scare us into believing that if we don't do as we're told, we will bring upon our nation the 10 plagues of egypt. well, we have already lived through the 10 plagues of egypt in 2001. >> argentina is looking to buy time and, above all, avoid a situation where they have to repay the full amount to all creditors. some hope has come from a group of bondholders who had accepted the last dead deal -- the la st debt deal.

buenos aires says paying the holdouts could bring claims for up to $100 billion from other creditors due to a clause that -- that entitles them to equal treatment. the judge would have to suspend his ruling long enough for this this arranged -- suspend ruling long enough for this to be arranged. the home ofi china's minority -- dozens killed or injured in the attack on monday by an armed gang. the violence erupted as the local muslim community had protested against the crackdown. we have more. >> more than 100 people have died in western change on -- in china's westernmost province,

according to a west -- to the uygur conference. they say a group of people protesting china's extreme policies were met with armed aggression. chinese state media offer a very different account. they say it if -- say an angry mob attacked government and police. these differing accounts are common in china. there have been a spate of mysterious attacks in china over the last year, including several knife attacks at train stations across the country which have left many dead and also a car crash in tiananmen square last fall, which left several dead. china blames the attacks on separatists and muslim extremists. people in the province say they are protesting against repressive policies by the chinese government, policies which repress read them of

religion and freedom of speech. freedom of-- repress religion and freedom of speech. once again, another spate of violence in a province where there has been violence over the past several years. >> a reminder of headlines this hour. hamaslitary leadership of is ruling out a cease-fire with israel to end the violence in gaza. 16 palestinians reported dead after israeli shells hit a u.n. school sheltering refugees. europe and the u.s. are to impose the most severe sanctions seen since the cold war against russia. and argentina is teetering on the brink of its second financial default in years. another round of talks are scheduled for later this week. back.e time for the daily press review.

you are going to talk to us about how one french newspaper is saying sorry for a scoop it published yesterday. we talked about yesterday, too. we didn't come up with it. said thatsaid -- had former president nicolas sarkozy was being investigated for fraudulent campaign funding in his 2007 election campaign. the pair is probably prosecutor has denied there is any such -- the paris public prosecutor has denied there is any such investigation. they are looking into sarkozy's 2012 election campaign. nine -- this must be -- this might be grist to the mill for sarkozy supporters. >> it's a common theme we hear, that there is some sort of conspiracy in the media again sarkozy. >> he is a victim of the media

-- conspiracy from the media, the government, magistrates, etc. the plot is thickening yesterday. it started to maintain a little bit with this news. toy offered apologies readers and everyone concerned, including the former president. >> we have been hearing about the terrible fate of a rack's christians -- of iraq's christians, many of whom have been expelled from the northern city of mosul. france is now planning to welcome them. >> that's right. france is going to relax the usual asylum for iraqi in support of this persecuted minority. the catholic church is sending three high-ranking emissaries to iraq, one of whom is the bishop of lyon. they praise the government for being faithful to the french tradition of affording protection to eastern christian churches, which goes back to

king francois i. he was the most famous for -- he was most famous for his alliance with the ottoman empire, which was a controversial thing then in the aftermath of the destruction of the byzantine empire and the crusades. says it honors the country to maintain the allianc e. the samee not of opinion and say the move is ill advised. world'sake in all the destitute, we will have a lot of people coming our way he does there is a lot of destitution in the world -- coming our way because there is a lot of destitution in the world." israel bombs gaza's only power plant, which has crippled the territory's electricity supplies. "the guardian" says it will put

serious strain on gaza's hospitals, sewage treatment plants, and water supplies. says it willhe ash take up to a year to rebuild the plant -- the head of the -- says it will take up to a year to rebuild the plant. there is a third cash of missiles hitting in -- hidden in a school in gaza. it has deplored those responsible for putting the schools and the agency starff -- staff in harm's way. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in constant communication with benjamin netanyahu, which you have to be thankful for given the rather strained relations between washington and israel last week. china yesterday, there was a high-profile casualty in that anticorruption draft. >> the former security chief is

under investigation by the communist already for serious disciplinary violations. that is communist party code for corruption. he is the most high-profile communist official in recent to be in recent decades prosecuted for corruption. it has made quite a bolt on the chinese internet. the top hashtag on the chinese version of twitter, zhou yongkang under investigation. they used international tiger day yesterday to talk about how president xi jinping has vowed to track down both tigers and the greatest and the smallest in the fight against corruption. to pick today to whack a tiger is very meaningful indeed. >> this prosecution will leave

the chinese president with unconditional powers, isn't it? >> that's right. a lot of people are saying that zhou's fall, which follows that of bo xilai, will leave president xi jinping as the most powerful leader since -- a chinese american says the president sees it as a risky move in deposing what he calls tiger zhou. well anticorruption moves might prove popular amid the chinese anticorruption moves might prove popular amid the chinese people, it might also -- a climate of fear could prevail within the communist already -- the communist party. be a challenge to seizing power in the end.

we may not have heard the end of zhou. "properlyys, disposing of a captured tiger is no easy task." >> thank you very much for the press review. time for the sports news. >> paracentral man -- paris st. player scored over the club from hong kong in the preseason friendly. hamovic of it -- abra -- >> i think it will be monaco. lyon for sure. many think that they we -- that we are fighting for the top place. [indiscernible] forward is back

with the french champions, but not quite match fit. sidelined for the time being, which is giving the coach a bit of a headache. they did individual training sessions because they can't work with the whole group. it is a shame for them and for us. it gives us fewer opportunities in the midfield and attack. it analyzes them because they are not competitive enough to them-- it penalizes because they are not competitive enough to play. be lookingvic will for more goals when they take on beijing. he hopes to boost his career hopes that atletico madrid -- career -- he hopes to boost his career at atletico

madrid. >> i'm looking forward to starting with the group, to train, to be in shape. i haven't reached my goals yet. i need to learn from the coach, from my teammates, put some work into the club. i need to learn and play. i hope to get minutes to get my best. i will try to play my game. i will look for spaces. get speed to the game. i'm also a player and a person who likes to make jokes and have a laugh with people. 23-year-old will play a key part in the plans to rebuild the title-defending squad following the departure of others.

liverpool have signed a belgian striker for 12 million euros. the 19-year-old has already been loaned back to his team for the future season. he scored a winner in the 1-0 win against russia. french sprinter is looking to make his mark at next month's european athletic championships in zurich. he won silver two seasons ago in zürich. 9.95 seconds in may. >> i have the pleasure in being france,nts -- in paris, meeting up with this young sensation. last year was your first time going under 10 seconds. how did it feel for you?

>> how did it feel? it is a goal achieved. for a long time, i tried to run under 10 seconds and i couldn't. to do it in france, that's a relief. >> what are the rest of your goals for this year -- you have the european championships, probably the biggest championships for all the european athletes this year. what are your goals in mind for that? >> my goal is to reach the european final in 200 and 100 meters. after that to be the european champion. but i will only think about that when i'm in the final. you aree believe that reaching european national records. what do you think? >> for the moment, it is true. i've got it in mind. before that, i need to beat my personal best of 9.95. after that, i want to go under 9.90. for the moment, it is a long way away. >> how fast do you think you can

be echo what do you want to accomplish -- can you be -- how fast do you think you can be? when you walk away from the sport, what do you want people to think about you? >> my final goal is to be olympic champion. what i want most is to have an incredible time -- a record that no one can beat. >> anytime. >> thank you. it was a pleasure talking to you. >> he will definitely want to keepgg99ññwçça7guc

>> jock brandis, a movie gaffer and radio engineer in wilmington, north carolina, climbs a transmission tower for routine maintenance. this is just a day job, but his thoughts are an ocean away. he first went to africa with oxfam during the horrific nigerian civil war. >> we left under a hail of gunfire, basically, and by the time we were gone, a million people were dead and there was nothing to show for it. and it kind of scared me away from doing something with that big a possibility of major failure. >> haunted by those memories, jock did not return to africa until july 2000. this time, he went to fix a solar-powered