the united nations security council has endorsed his investigation, and we will hold all its members, including russia, to their word. >> in new york, the united nations security council stood for a moment of silence to honor those who have died. russia and other world powers are backing calls for an independent probe into what happened. monitors from europe's security body, osce, visited the crash site, but the team said pro-russian separatists refused to grant them full access to the site. >> let's go straight to washington where leaders have been indicating russia's possible role needs to be under greater scrutiny right now. our correspondent richard walker joins us from the u.s. capitol. obama stopped short of directly blaming russia, but what else did he have to say? >> that's right, and i think it is important to stress that in his comments, obama was quite cautious. he said it was important not to get ahead of the facts and warned that there would be some scope for misinformation in the days and weeks ahead. we have one clip from his comments that indicates the way white house

live at the united nations, the security council is holding an emergency session right now. you can see it in the middle of the screen. they're just pulling in on this. they're going to debate the situation between israel and hamas. earlier today, the israeli military dramatically stepped up operations. a ground offensive involving troops and tanks fully engaged right now. comes a day after the israelis began pounding targets with air strikes strikes and naval bombardment. more ahead on the crisis in the middle east. >> we start with a fox urgent. ukrainian forces say they can prove russian-backed rebels shot down the jumbo jet, even as the separatists opinion the finger at ukraine. nearly 300 people tied when the malaysia airlines 777 fell from the sky over eastern ukraine. u.s. officials say a ground missile brought it down. now the ukrainian government claims to have recordings of taped phone calls which officials say prove the rebels are to blame. ukrainian officials say one call captures a militant saying, quote, we have shot down a plane, end quote. a second call captu

>> >>> united nations security council calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza as embattled people celebrate the end of ramadan. >>> welcome to the news center in doha. the other top stories. too dangerous to go in - dutch investigators postpone their visit to the site of the a downed malaysian airliner in eastern ukraine >>> torn apart from violence - on the road to lasting peace. >>> and nigeria's muss limbs mark the -- muslims mark the end of ramadan with prayers for peace in troubled times. >>> hello the u.n. security council called for an accuracy fire in the grip after 21 days of an israeli offensive leaving more than 1,000 palestinian dead. 33 israeli have been killed. the ceasefire call was announced by the president of the security council. >> the security council calls for full respect of international humanitarian law, including the application much civilian -- application -- protection of civilian population, and taking steps to ensure the safety and well being of civilians and their application. the security council expresses strong for for the call for an immed

. >>> the united nations security council just met as the death toll in gaza passes to 500. >>> hello, i'm at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. also ahead. rescue workers in ukraine gather flight recorders and nearly 200 bodies from the scene of the malaysia airlines disaster. and blurring the borders in iraq. a potential break up along with syria threatenses to further deeper divisions in kurdish communities. >>> israel is denying that one of its soddiers has been captured by the armed wing of hamas. israel's permanent representative to united nations says the alchasm's brigade is false. it identified the soldier and the military tag number. here we have more from gaza. >> reporter: scenes of celebrations in the occupied west bank, after the military wing announced it captured an israeli soldier. >> translation: the israeli enemy has been hesitant to reveal the in the of their losses. the magnitude of the lose has force the them to admit to their lose. what the n my did not admit to is the loss of their own soldier. how can they conceal the disappearance of tag 6092065. >> the group

. >> the united nations security council has appealed for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire in the gaza strip. the council held an emergency meeting in new york, issuing a statement calling for a truce to allow aid deliveries. israel and hamas are unable to agree on the terms of a ceasefire. more than 1034 are dat. most are civilians. 6,000 have been injured. 43 israeli soldiers died in the conflict. our diplomatic editor james bays is in west jerusalem. what kind of reaction do we see after this u.n. security council meeting? >> well, it was clear that neither the israelis nor the palestinians were particularly happy. there is subtle changes in the statement. from what we saw early on in the conflict. they are calling for full respect of international humanitarian law, including the application of civilian, and remember, of course, that the security council meeting followed a phone call between prime minister binyamin netanyahu, and president obama. and that, the statement after the phone call, expresses growing concern about the numbers of palestinian deaths. >>

. >>> developing right now, the united nations security council wants israel and hamas to agree to cease-fire. the council met in a emergency session late last night. but, as susan macinnis reports, both sides are fighting again. the united nations security council called forest ray he will and hamas to put down their weapons during emergency midnight meeting. >> the security council expresses firm support for immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire. >> overnight there was relative calm. the lull came after both sides resumed fighting sunday after a brief trues. on cbs "face the nation", israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's suspicious of any cease-fire proposed by hamas. >> israel is not obliged will not let a terrorist organization when and where it is convene injury for them to stop for a moment, re arm, and continue firing. >> charlie roads, leered of hamas said there can't be peace without -- >> you believe in the co-existence of people, there for, you believe in the co-excess tens of palestinians and israelis in the mideast. >> more than 1,000 palestinians have

security council called for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire. >> jon: boom! unconditional. not that such resolutions are in any way enforcable or meaningful, but still, when a resolution is issued... >> the united nationscouncil took action with a statement, not a resolution. >> jon: even a resolution was too much? guys, i don't know, a resolution seems pretty stern, pretty stern, guys. even a statement, i don't know. i don't... what's the death toll, 1,000 and growing? what about we just jump in with an... [laughter] hey, guys, you know, if that gets pushback, we can take it down a. no we're only a collection of the world's superpowers. turns out the security council is about as strict with the mideast as museums are with their admission price. anybody else, anybody else want to take a crack at this? >> during his weekly address, pope francis said, "i ask you with all my heart, stop, please." >> jon: your holiness, i could not agree more, but i have to say, sheriff, not sure this particular fight is your jurisdiction, you know what i'm saying? i don't know if they're going to listen. sort of like when the duke boys get over the county line, sorry, roscoe, it's their problem now. so the u.n. and the po

. >>> the united nations security council is backing the call for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire from the gaza strip. the council held an emergency meeting in new york three weeks after the israel assault began. israel and hamas are unable to agree on the terms of a truce. israel's offensive on gaza has left more than 1,034 palestinians dead, most of them civilians. at least another 6,000 have been injured. 43 israeli soldiers had died in the conflict. well, neither side were terribly happy with the outcome. this is what the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. had to say following that u.n. security council meeting. >> the business of the security council is maintaining international peace and security. and they should have adopted a resolution long time ago to condemn this aggression and to call for this aggression to be stopped immediately, to provide the palestinian people with protection, and to lift the siege against our people in the gaza strip. >>> and this from the israeli ambassador to the u.n. >> we did everything we could to avoid this conflict. but hamas refu

the united nations security council called for israel and hamas to put down their weapons during a during an emergency midnight meeting. >> the security council expresses strong support for immediate and unconditional interim cease-fire. >> overnight there was relative calm. the lull came after fighting sunday and a brief truce. on cbs ice "face the nation" israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu -- >> israel is not obliged and will not let a terrorist organization to decide when it's time for them to stop for a moment, rearm, and continue firing on our citizens and our people. >> reporter: in an interview with charlie rose -- >> you believe in the co-existence of people and therefore you believe in the co-existence of palestinians and israelis in the middle east. >> translator: i can't co-exist with occupation. >> reporter: more than 1,000 palestinians have died in the fighting. president obama called prime minister benjamin netanyahu sunday reiterating israel has the right to defend itself but, again, expressed concern about the rising death toll. now, israel did acknowledge on sunda

the united nations security council met tonight. two big items on the agenda. gaza and flight 17. joined by senior united nations correspondent richard roth. what happened at tonight's emergency security council meeting? >> the security council is finishing up discussions now on the malaysian plane case. they would like a resolution to push diplomatically to push for cooperation to get an independent international investigation. france's ambassador told me why it's important. >> well, first i think russia has objections to it still. but simply, you know, it was not decent. what's happening in ukraine isn't decent. the way the separatists are playing with corpses and are tampering with the evidence. it was necessary that we said stop it and put pressure on russia so that russia convinced its localized to give excess. >> russia had amendments. the british ambassador said that's typical russian stalling tactics. they may be inching toward agreement. there would be a vote at 3:00 on monday. we'll see what happens with that. the other subject was gaza. no formal agreement or statement r

the first people who are for the cease fire were the palestinians and we are the united nations security council to issue a cease fire. resolution it was israel that blocked the united states and the united nations security council twice then there's a very low wanted to impose its own conditions by. having a ceasefire every while keeping the siege on gaza while keeping their troops inside while demanding that palestinians have no right to desist occupation this is unacceptable what palestinian should be a cease fire but also that should be a lifting of the sea so in reality what you see here is a struggle of people who are fighting for their freedom from military occupation but has become the longest in modern history from a system of apartheid and discrimination and segregation that is much worse one what than what prevailed in south africa. while the israeli offensive on gaza has made the and you could stay even more resonant this year millions of muslims worldwide express their solidarity with the plight of the palestinian people protesters in toronto and. israeli flag with the iranian presi

tonight the united nations security council has demanded full access to the crash site. -- our nt is in correspondent is in eastern ukraine. >> the train of the dead began the long journey back to their grieving families. inside the cars, 280 individuals. they will travel into the night . sometime in the next few days they will be flown home to their countries. >> there was cooperation today from the rebels. earlier the train was opened for international investigators. forensic pollingists from the netherlands. 193 of their citizens were mong those lying here. the custodians here and the militia led the dutch team to the crash site. the netherlands wants a war crimes prosecution. but evidence is still under militia control. and handled by emergency workers untrained in forensic investigation. but the dutch visit is progress and could be the result of pressure on the rebels' backer, president putin, today urging cooperation. >> all people who answer to the situation in this region of ukraine should show more responsibility for the sake of their own people and the people from other cou

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the first people who are for the cease fire were the palestinians and we asked the united nations security council to issue a cease fire. resolution it was israel that blocked the united states and the united nations security council twice then israel wanted to impose its own conditions by in being by having a cease fire while keeping the siege on gaza while keeping their troops inside while demanding that palestinians have no right to desist occupation this is unacceptable. that should be a cease fire about. so in reality what you see here is a struggle of people who are fighting for their freedom from military occupation that has become the longest in modern history from a system of apartheid and discrimination and segregation that is much worse one what done what prevailed in south africa. the israeli offensive on gaza gave even more resonance to this year's al quds day which was on friday and was a day used to show solidarity with the palestinian people and so hundreds of thousands of people worldwide called to end the bloodshed banners were waved blaming israel for the thousands of deaths res

. >> the united nations security council have called for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. more than 1000 palestinians and 45 israelis have been killed in almost three weeks of fighting. elliott kotkin is live in tel aviv. are the you in's words -- the un's words continuing to be heated? >> we may be inching towards a cease-fire. the senior officer is quoted as idea is to stop firing at targets in gaza. it exploded in an open field, causing no damages or injuries. the israeli army says it retaliated at the specific point where the rocket was fired. beyond that it doesn't seem to be a lot happening in terms of strikes. gettingsible we may be a de facto truce or cease-fire on the ground now. that is what they want to allow humanitarian aid to go into gaza. they want all parties to engage in efforts to achieve a durable, fully respected cease-fire. we could be getting there. we have got no official confirmation on that, but other sources suggest the israeli army a kinds saying there is of truce in effect now. israel wants to continue to destroy these tunnels militants have bee

first people who are asked for the cease fire were the palestinians and we asked the united nations security council to issue a cease fire. resolution it was israel that blocked the united states and the united nations security council twice when israel wanted to impose its own conditions by. having a cease fire while keeping the seas on while keeping the troops inside while demanding that palestinians have mobilized to desist the pressure this is unacceptable what palestinians did should be a cease fire but also that would be a lifting of the sea so in reality what you see here is a struggle of people who are fighting for their freedom for the military occupation that has become the longest in modern history from a system will fall apart discrimination and segregation that is much worse one than what prevailed in south africa. israeli offensive in gaza gave more residents to this years a day which was on friday lives today used to show solidarity with the palestinian people and saw hundreds of thousands worldwide call to end the bloodshed but as we wade through the slogans the thousand plus deaths

first people who are asked for the cease fire with the palestinians and we asked the united nations security council to issue a cease fire. resolution it was israel the block the united states and the united nations security council twice then israel wanted to impose its own conditions by ending the by having a cease fire while keeping the procedural while keeping the troops inside while demanding that palestinians have mobilized to desist the patient this is unacceptable to me and that should be a cease fire but also that should be a lifting of the sea so in reality what you see here is a struggle of people who are fighting for their freedom from military occupation that has become the longest in modern history from a system will fall apart and discrimination and segregation that is much worse one what than what prevented south africa. just got an update for you that comes through the israeli cabinet and israeli cabinet minister now has confirmed the troops will be extended for another four hours it was due to end in about how often i was time but now it looks like will be another four hours grace

the security council to hold an emergency meeting, a call they heeded. >> i requested an urgent meeting of the security council. >> reporter: earlier arab and islamic ambassadors at the united nations also called for the security council to take action. >> we conveyed to the president of the security council in the strongest terms our condemn nation of this outrageous onslaught against the palestinian people, especially our people in the gaza strip. and we expressed the outrage of our people, that the security council is dragging its feet. >> minutes later, the israeli ambassador came to the same podium. >> the palestinian delegates stand here representing the palestinian government, which means representing hamas, and he has the autoaffidavity -- audacity to level accusations at israel. when does such an organization get a voice in the united nations. >> the u.n. security council will meet to discuss the situation. most observers tell you they don't expect access from that meeting, other than, perhaps, a carefully worded statement. >>> air strikes in the iraqi city of mosul killed seven people. eight others were injured. rebels fighting with the group, calling itself islamic state

the united nations security council met in the middle of the night.or both sides to put down their weapons. >> israel is not obliges and will not let a terrorist organization decide when it is convenient for them to stop for a moment, rearpu and continue firing on our citizen and our people. >> reporter: president obama called netanyahu yesterday to express concern about the rising death toll. more than 1000 palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians. >>> violent clashes preventing an international police team from creeping the crash site. 8 civilians have been killed by fighting in two cities hold by pro russian militants. the plane likely crashed because of an explosive loss of pressure. >>> also happening today, governor jerry brown is in mexico, where he plans to meet with that country's president. mr. brown is visiting for four days of talks on trade and the environment. brown also addressed the immigration problem last week, saying california is prepared to do its part to help. >>> kit is in san jose where officials hope to bring in h

hamas rejected or broke all of them, even the ones they requested by themselves. >>> the united nations security councilssued a presidential statement. >> the security council expresses strong support for immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire. >> reporter: hamas had asked for a more strongly worded resolution. >> to return before this aggression is not sustainable. we need to see fundamental changes of the life of our people in the gaza strip. >> reporter: israel suggested sustainable piece could only come through demilitarizing gaza. >> about it is going to be quiet in israel it is going to be quiet in gaza. >> reporter: but as it has so often been shown, achieving a lasting peace in the middle east is anything but simple. >>> officials in gaza say more than 1000 palestinians have died in the latest conflict and about 75% are believed to have been civilians. >>> the wreck of a cruise ship that sank off the coast of italy is now off the northern italian city of general what. the costa concordia ran aground two years ago. 32 people died in the disaster. the trip, completed yesterday, was one

. >>> with more than 1000 people killed in the israel hamas conflict the united nations security council held an emergency meeting earlier today and announced strong support for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. howard, back to you. >>> big storms yesterday evening. those have moved off toward areas in southern new england. however if you are in the mountains, a cold front is approaching. showers not far from seven springs. into garrett county and west into oakland. the heaviest stuff south of i 68 there, moving over toward kiser and romney in a while. temperatures comfortable north and west. it is very muggy from pax river over toward the eastern shore. even toward la plata with temperatures in the low 70s. a diesel accept afternoon, sunshine, tem in the mid-80s. spotty showers, storms possible. it does look like we are in for each nicer weather tomorrow and wednesday. more on that in just a few minute. right now though, over to monika samtani. she has timesaver traffic. >>> thank you howard, good morning everybody. we have our first accident of the morning and of course it i

. >> the security council stresses strong support. >> the united nations security council calls for anediate ceasefire in gaza as the palestinian death toll tops one thousand including at least 226 children. more than 180,000 people have been displaced. >> we want to buy close for our children. there are no shops. nothing. we have no money or buying because we left our homes with nothing. complete destruction. >> we'll speak to sharif abdel kouddous in gaza city, professor ilan pappe in the israeli city of haifa and to the palestinian graduate student amer shurrab. he just learned four of his cousins were killed in gaza. in 2009 he lost his two brothers in operation cast lead. all that and more, coming up. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> welcome to democracy now! the war and peace report. i am amy goodman. and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire has been called for in gaza. the weekend saw a series of cease-fire announcement by israel and thomas. -- thomas. -- hamas. on saturday more than 130 bodies were pulled from the rubble in gaza during a 12-hour truce. many disp

one late night show is taking issue with the united nations efforts to affect the situation. >> early morning, the united nations security councilgency meeting. >> an emergency midnight meeting. >> the u.n. is in town. you mess with the bunky, you get the moon. >> the united nations security council took action with the statement not a resolution. >> even a resolution? i don't know resolution seems pretty stern, guys even statement. >> i don't know. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. tomorrow the israeli ambassador to the u.s. right here on "special report." >>> this is a fox news alert. multiple capitol hill sources confirming that the vote tomorrow to allow john boehner to sue president obama. republicans accusing president obama of abusing his executive power with unilateral decision to delay the obamacare employer mandate. while the planned lawsuit is limited to the president's action on obama care. republican is outraged about the threats using pen and phone to bypass congress to take action on his own. on