Higher pay, paul solman looks at life on minimum wage. Last week i had bronchitis, and i went to the emergency room. Now thats going to be a shorter paycheck because i was sick. We dont get sick paid days. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Thats inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill thailands military seized power, dissolved the government and suspended the constitution today. The coup followed months of Political Violence and deadlock. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports. Reporter thailand,
Orleans is sentenced to 10 years in gaol for corruption. And all the latest from the world cup in brazil. Argentina faces germany in the final on sunday after a penalty shootout against the netherlands. All the action and reaction later in the programme. A third night of israeli air strikes pounded gaza. At least 78 people, including women and children have been killed during the offensive. During the last three days almost 600 sites have been hit by israeli jets. Israeli air strikes killed seven at a coffee shop on the beach. And a 2yearold girl has been kill. 350 rockets have been fired. Some got as far as tel aviv. The iron dome intercepted most of them. We have this report from john hendren inside gaza. Reporter an ambulance here is never idle for long. Sometimes in gaza city there just arent enough. Translation where are the ambulances, we need ambulances. By air, land and sea the israeli onslaught rains down, striking hamas buildings and homes. Often first comes a telephone warpi
48 people died in a plane crash in iran. Well have the latest from tehran. Three palestinians have been killed on sunday as israels bombing continues. Israel ended the indirect talks after a 3day truce expires on friday. The palestinians are threatening to leave the talks unless the israeli delegation returns. More on that in a moment. First lets take a look at the human toll since israel began its military assault on gaza a month ago. 64 Israeli Soldiers and three civilians, including a Thai National has been killed. Gazas military says 1,916 palestinians have been killed. The United Nations says 73 of those are civilians. 449 of them are children. Added to that, almost 10,000 palestinians that have been injured, and more than 220,000 who are living in u. N. Shelters. Well, some civilians in the besieged territory are desperate to leave the shelters and other places of refuge, and return om. This is not my house. Its my familys house. There are more than 30 people in the same place. I
Three al jazeera journalists is put back three weeks after hearing from prosecution witnesses lacking diplomacy. I stand corrected. President obamas new ambassador nominees are lambasted with being unqualified. Ukraines interim leader says hes open to talks with russia. Thats despite russian war ships blocking ukrainian vessels in a black sea port. There are also Russian Troops in other military bases in crimea. Speaking ahead of a summit in brussels, the european parliamentary summit reiterates that the e. U. Stands behind ukraine. We need to urgently tackle this problem. And we are ready to find a solution in the Contact Group and an offramp, together with the u. S. , e. U. Russia, and clearly with ukrainian participation. And we ask russia to respond. Whether they are ready to preserve peace and stability in europe or they are ready to instigate another provocations and another tensions in our bilateral and multilateral relations. I give you a guarantee, and you know it. This parlia
Crash in iran. Four more palestinians have been killed on sundays. Israels bombing of gaza continues. Israel left indirect talks in cairo after a 3day truce expired. Israel will not go back to the negotiating table as long as rocket attacks continue. Translation is the no stage did we declare the Israel Offensive was over. I said at the beginning and throughout the operation that this will take time, and stam jipa is required. Andrew simmonds is live in gaza city. It wasnt looking good for the talks in cairo. There are some reports and there could be another ceasefire on the table. Thats right. We are hearing that theres another plan, an egyptian plan for a 72 hour ceasefire. Now, how exactly that will work in mechanics terms with the israelis not there at this stage, whether or not therell be rumours that they may be flying to talk with the israelis, and they may join in and come to a deal. There seems to be a change. Theres a positive word coming out, that there is the hop of a new p