>> it's 9:00 p.m. here in the french capital. you are watching live from paris. this is "france 24." day 23 of the bloodshed. at least 20 palestinians are killed as a u.n. school in gaza comes under israeli tank fire. the u.n. and the u.s. condemn that attack. destructive and short sighted talks acau -- moscow about that. face justice, two commormer commir rouge leaders have more charges.

among the charges, genocide. >> good evening. we begin with the latest on what has been day 23 of bloodshed. israeli air strikes and shelling have killed at least 108 palestinians during the course of this wednesday, ringing to 1,347 the number of palestinians known to have lost their lives since july 8. an israeli shell hit a shopping center. that attack came hours after israeli tank shells slammed into a u.n. school sheltering displaced palestinians killing another 50 people. >> thick black smoke bellows

from the neighborhood near gaza city. an israeli strike hits that packed market with devastating and deadly consequences. the attack came as much of gaza was under a four-hour israeli cease-fire after weeks of fighting. hamas called the truce mengless. what is the value of this ceasefire even if it was only four hours. even the areas have been exposed to tank shelling. >> the israeli military says it warned the ceasefire would only apply to areas where its soldiers were not operating. residents were warned not to return to any area they had previously be advised to vacuate. there was warning of incoming militant shells.

earlier the u.n. condemned israel for an attack on a school it was using to house some of the displaced. they called the incident tragic. >> in the morning there was mortar fire. we are looking into the results of that and other options as well. >> the strike came after a ght of israel's heaviest air since the conflict began. >> the latest on today's major developments there in gaza. the -- despair and stu: if i cation are the words that qualify the look on people's faces. the strikes, several of them occurred between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. from

tuesday and wednesday. one thing that kept coming back was a question. there were more than 3,000 people in this school turned into an emergency shelter. they kept asking us where are we supposed to go. according to the united nations, there are some 200,000 palestinian who have been forcefully displaced after receiving orders. that is more than 10% of the population of the minute enclave. they are now being housed in these refuge places. these are one of the last places where they felt somewhat safe. at this point, they say they no longer feel safe in these u.n. shelters and they no longer have homes to go to either pause they have been destroyed by the israeli forces or they are part of what is called a

no-go zone. a lot of despair and a lot of accusations three-point at israeli, calling this a war as , what they perceive indiscriminate shelling of palestinian populations really amount for them to a war crime and israel should be held accountable for it. >> chris moore is following events from tel aviv in israel. he tells us more about the criticism that the united states has leveled at israel for today's killing of those people at the u.n. school. >> in terms of two of those incidence you were talking about, the strike on the market and thele scoo, the more recent of -- and the school, the more recent of which is the market.

far be it from me to talk about the official response. but the incident occurred ring what the israelis had billed as a humanitarian lull. they would not attack areas already evacuated. a applies to a lot of areas of gaza. we will have to see what the israeli military has to say on that. in terms of the school, enormous amounts of international condemnation coming in. the united nations calling it a source of universal shame. they are communicating on that, saying they came under shell fire in the vicinity of that school and responded accordingly, and they would never actively target a u.n. facility. it is not the first time during this conflict that such situations have arisen. >> let's speak now about what

has been happening on the border. you have been out and about during the course of the day on the israeli and gaza border. can you tell us what the developments there have been today? >> first of all, the rocket fire into southern israel has continued. there have been warning syrians in major cities and towns in southern israel. three israeli soldiers dying within the gaza strip. the israeli military have been keen to show the foreign media the tunnels they discovered out of the gaza strip into israeli territory. we saw one of these this afternoon, the entry point about 700 kilometers from the gaza -- 700 meters from the gaza border. it ilitary there saying let over here to israel.

they say they have discovered around 30 of these tunnels. they are working on destroying them. it may take a couple of weeks to do so, and those tunnels have put the fear of death into israelis. only a few days ago, five israeli soldiers lost their lives when hamas gunmen emerged from a tunnel, along with rockets. >> chris moore reporting from tel aviv. now, destructive and short-sighted. that is how the foreign had ministry is describing the latest e.u. and american sanctions sergeanting russian. they are because of moskow's esumed support of the rebels in ukraine. despite moscow's defiant tone, they say the sanctions will hit

hard. we are joined by a correspondent from london. just how hard do you think these sanctions are actually going to hit russia? >> well, in themselves, they are not going to hit russia very hard at all. the question is what signals do they send to western companies and investors in russia? i think they are the lower end of what the e.u. could have done under the heading of the so-called tier three sanctions, the type contemplated. >> and obviously russia is going to do something to respond. they have already talked about hiking up energy prices. do you think that is something likely to affect europe adversely. >> in the short term. europe depends for about 30% of its energy on russia. but russia depends to a greater

extent to the sale of hydrocarbons to europe. if europe is smart, they will diversify its sources of supply to reduce its demand to russia and look at interconnectors which would enable a single european energy market, which would reduce the monopoly that russia has in europe. >> so indeed a message to europe to think in any case about diversifying even more. let's go back to what you said at the beginning, a message, what sort of a message that is. ever since the 1980's, we have seen a thaw in relations between russia and the west. is this a real set-back, do you think in that process? do you think we have now started to go backwards in terms of heading back to the days of the 80's, 70's and 60's

when there was so much mistrust between russia and the west? >> it is absolutely inevitable. we are going back further than that. no country in europe has and ex-ed the territory of another country since the end of the second world war. o when president putin annexed rime ya, -- crimea, he was crossing a line not even stall inn crossed. that is serious. >> is this some sort of miscalculation on his part in your opinion? i know this is a very difficult question to answer, or do you think this is part of a broader more aggressive approach by russia? >> it is a miscalculation if the west imposes costs on russia which are high enough to force him to recalculate. otherwise he gets away with it,

and from his point of view, that would not be a miscalculation. >> thank you. that is ian bond from the center for european reform. thank you for joining us. now a trial at a u.n.-backed tribunal in the cambodian capital started wednesday. this is the second trial for two former leaders, both in theirle 0's. they face charges of genocide. they face more charges such as forced marriages and rain. >> he may be in his 80's, but his final years will be spent defending himself against charges of genocide. he denies his roll in the deaths of almost two million cambodians. his reign walking 1975-1979. he was too frail to appear in

person. crimes ing charges of against humanity. it will likely have a greater significance for survivors of the regime. >> there are a broad range of harges, ranging from war crimes, to crimes against humanity. >> it has been described as enormously important to families and their survivors. they are eager to see justice delivered. >> they tortured me. they forced me to dig my own grave. so i want to see them being prosecuted in court. >> i want the court to speed up he trial and punish them because of the way they killed people in that regime. >> the trial may last two years, but it is a race against time. due to the advanced stage of

the defendants, many victims and observers worry they may not survive to see a verdict. >> for all and all the other stories we are following, check out our website, france249.com where you will find the news in french, english and arabic. strikes tory, deadly on a gaza markets. for those of you who remember night rider from the 80's this may have an appeal. ficials in some areas have given ok for the driverless cars. it set to begin in january. two types of technology will be tested. one will allow a driver to take volleys if needed, and the other will have no control what receiver. these new cars could improve traffic, safety and cut down on

carbon emissions. >> i rather like the idea of a driverless car driving me to work every day. let's get a reminder of top stories. on day 23 of the bloodshed, at least 15 palestinians are called as a school in gaza comes under israeli tank fire. the attack is condemned. destructive and short-sighted. that is moscow's take on the latest e.u. and u.n. sanctionses in russia for supportsing separatist in ukraine. lookeders facing more charges, among those charges, genocide. time now for a check of the top business news stories. marcus is here. we are going to start by looking at new york, and argentina's attempt to avoid a default. bated e waiting with breath to see whether or not

argentina will be able to avoid another default on its debt. it would be for a second time that argentina does enter into a default in a run of about a dozen years if it happens. argentina's economy minister is in new york trying to negotiate his way out of defaults, and he is trying to strike a deal before a deadline at midnight on the u.s. east coast. the hold-out investors are demanding argentina pay around $1.5 billion. this stems back to the country's last default back in 2001. some agreed to write down debt, but the hold-outs have refused. reports are a possible way out of the stand out, argentinean banks have offered to pay investors, which would cost the economy dearly. the minister was tight-lip

after a negotiating round in new york earlier. we are keeping our eyes on that story for you. let's move on now. russia is taking steps to protect ilt receive from the bite of fresh western sanctions. the central has said it will support the russian lenders that suffer from western penalties. this as the u.n. and e.u. are rolling out sanctions that target russian finance as well as arms and energy u.s.c. tors. european politicians warn the measures may hurt e.u. economies and countries. here is more. >> from major stock markets to small businesses, various economic players may have to pay a price for the e.u. sanctions against russia. some factories have already seen their orders drop with the first limited measures. the latest sanctions could have deeper effect. the e.u.'s trade with russia represents only 5% of its over-all exports. but since the economy is barely

moving ahead, even limited losses are a source of concern. >> it will affect our economy as they have been designed to maximize the impact on russia and maximize -- and minimize impact on e.u. economies. >> it targets russia's finance, defense and energy second torgs. companies such as bp and total have said sanctions could hurt their profit. b.p. has stakes in at least one of the targeted companies, russian oil giant ro stanford neft. they have invested massively. the block is worried about possible retaliation measures from russian. >> russian could create countersanctions so gas deliveries could be affect the. russia is for now refraining from that, and as they need

money, they most likely will not take that step. >> they could banning european product for what it calls sanitary reasons. on wednesday it announced a ban on polish fruit and vegetables and said it could extend it to all european producers. >> meanwhile, the u.s. economy staged a comeback in the second quarter when it comes to growth. data shows that the u.s. economy expanded by an annual rate of 4% between april and june. that figure is much stronger than expected and a clear turnaround from the previous three-month period. the economy shrank by 2.1% in the first quarter on an analyzed basis as it suffered from a harsh winter. the federal reserve remains tight lip on when and how it may raise interest rates. the fed didn't offer any clear hints when it wrapped up a policy meeting in washington this wednesday. we saw a jump in stocks on wall

street in the aftermath of that as investors may be hoping for low interest rates for longer. as you can see, those gains quickly fizzled out when it comes to the dow jones and the s&p 500 s&p 500. they are in negative territory this hour. in europe, earlier, investors reacted to tougher russian sanctionings. they seemed to be weighing on estern european markets. the paris mark was down almost 19.25%. that is it for business news. back in an hour. >> thank you, us. time now for a check of what is happening online. web news is up next. >> welcome to web news with our pick of the stories making the online headlines. coming up on today's show. celebrities commenting on the

conflict in gaza. u.s. officials campaigning for a man in prison. and a mountain biker speeding own a volcano. >> british boy band one direction member tweeted free palestinian. tweet his support but has set off a storm in sourble media. they have been posting under he saying you have fans in israel, sharing their disappointment at his stance. ast week israeli actress denounced crimes committed by hamas. some have backed her post, it has been met with widespread

criticism online. some networkers are calling for a boycott of her upcoming film, batman versus superman in which she takes on the role of wonder woman. whether celebrities that have the courage of their convictions remains to be seen. rihanna, dwight howard and a model. they posted messages of support for the people of palestinian but deleted the postings afterwards without ever xplaining why. > 61-year-old american man jess has spent the has two decades in prison. he was found in possession with

intent to distribute cannabis and under the three strikes mandatory sentencing policy, he was sentenced to life in prison. an online webcam pain is under way. hundreds of taken to social networks posting under the free jess hashtag calling for his release. web users say the sentence is unfair, particularly since some states have legalized marijuana. they say he is serving a harsher sentence than some dangerous criminals. is testifies to the level of sfwress. it has 380 signatures and sking him to grant jess commem si an account has been set up to help cover leaving experiences. at the site, life for pot.org, as it points out.

the story is not an isolated case. there are 21 prisoners in the united states, eight of them over 60 years old, serving life sentence for marijuana ffenses. 7.75 euros is h, how much you will have to pay to subscribe for the online use channel set up by sarah palin. she wants to provide an alternative for mainstream news media. it is a pay for the tea party to puts forth her views and ideas. she said america needs to develop its own energy resources. >> craig mccartney and lindsay have been documenting their trip around the world on an

instagram page. they have been using lego figures to illustrate their journey. they take holiday photos and share them on line. the pics are proving popular. their account already has over 10,000 followers. >> when lilly allen asked police officers to stage a fake arrest when she landed in australia last week, she got more than she bargained for. a was put in handcuffs for photo. they are not best pleased. there is an inyear kiwi. she hasn't taken down the picture, but it continues to do the rounds online.

>> mountain bike champ got a helicopter to drop him off at a volcano in mexico and then rode down it. you can get a view of hisgg99c

07/30/14 07/30/14 >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> people were murdered before our eyes, they were dismembered. five people including a woman were killed in the classroom. we came from the targeted areas because it is not safe. there are no safe rooms in gaza. >> united nations is accusing israel of bombing another one of its shelters in gaza killing 20