for their part factory owners, complain that their international customers have talked about improving conditions but haven t been willing to pay for it woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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: another school was engulfed by sudden violence today, when a teenager stabbed and slashed 19 students and a security guard in pennsylvania. it happened just minutes before classes began at franklin regional high, in murrysville, about 20 miles east of pittsburgh. the 16-year-old suspect was finally
two years after it capsized off the coast of italy, the costa concordia heads home. tonight, the compiled leader of hamas list the ex island leader of hamas listed terms he would consider for a humanitarian truce. secretary of state john kerry spent the day with israeli and palestinian leaders. phil ittner has the story. phil. reporter: john, a very busy day for secretary of state john kerry. he moved over to tel aviv where he had a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and then the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. there are a number of very major issues to be discussed but right now the most pressing and urgent matter to be dealt with is to find a way to stop the fighting. we had a good conversation today about how we can take further steps and we re doing this for one simple reason: the people in the palestinian territories, the people in israel are all living under the threat or reality of immediate violence. and this needs to end for everybod
europe. heavy shelling in eastern ukraine has the prime minister tenders had i see resignation. security is boosted after details emerge of an imminent attack. first to the israeli offensive in gaza. the death toll is now more than 780. in gaza there s another attack on a u.n. school where palestinians have taken refuge from the fighting. john kerry has been on a diplomatic push in the region is now in egypt, and he s discussing a possibility of a cease-fire. at least 15 have died and dozens have been injured after a rocket landed on a u.n.-run school. it was being used as a she wilt by hundreds internally displaced gazians. palestinians are blaming israel, but the israelis say it was a hamas rocket. stephanie dekker joins us from gaza from the latest. a place they felt they could be safe, the u.n. school. tell us the circumstances from that attack. reporter: the story we hear from everyone that came out of that school said they weren t told that they needed to leave beca
air force and flew a rescue helicopter. after a long process, after becoming aware of the world i live in, mostly the occupation and war crimes that my government and my army was a part of, i decided to refuse to be a part of this circle of revenge. flight 17 should trigger talks, not violence. that is a column from katrina vanden heuvel. we will speak with her about ukraine crisis. execution,r botched this one in arizona. it tookood is dead but him two hours to die. to watch a man why they re gulping air for one hour 40 minutes, i can liken it to a fish hitting thrown ashore and gasping for air. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. israel continues to bombard the gaza strip where the palestinian death toll has reached at least 732. israeli forces killed an estimated 73 people on wednesday including at least 31 in the town of khan younis. another 25 people including three people were killed earlie
refuses to serve. and then we also speak to yonatan shapira. i was captain in the israeli air force and flew a rescue helicopter. after a long process, after becoming aware of the world i live in, mostly the occupation and war crimes that my government and my army was a part of, i decided to refuse to be a part of this circle of revenge. flight 17 should trigger talks, not violence. that is a column from katrina vanden heuvel. we will speak with her about ukraine crisis. execution,r botched this one in arizona. it tookood is dead but him two hours to die. to watch a man why they re gulping air for one hour 40 minutes, i can liken it to a fish hitting thrown ashore and gasping for air. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. israel continues to bombard the gaza strip where the palestinian death toll has reached at least 732. israeli forces killed an estimated 73 people on wednesday including at leas