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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. we begin in gaza where israel has been ratcheting up the military pressure with expanded ground operations. explosions were heard reverberating across the enclave through the night. the idf says it struck 150 underground targets overnight. this is said to be the most intense israeli bombardment since the war started. >> translator: in addition to offensive operations we carried out over the past few days, the idf ground forces are expanding their ground operation this eve...

Russians were syncing up these attacks with the negotiations, and he's accusing them of targeting civilians. >> translator: it was clearly a war crime. kharkiv is a peaceful city. there are peaceful residential areas, no military facilities. dozens of eyewitness accounts prove that this is not a single false volley but deliberate destruction of people. the russians knew where they were shooting. >> now, meantime, ukrainians stepping up to do everything they can to keep those russian troops out of kyiv. cnn's jim sciutto reports. [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: ukrainian forces have so far ma...

Deal another powerful blow to putin's war machine. >> now as this conflict grinds on and on, one thing seems increasingly clear. this war is not playing out the way the kremlin had initially hoped. a nato official telling cnn that russian troops aren't making much progress, and that nato's intelligence suggests that russia won't be making any major gains for the next few days. cnn's jim sciutto reports. >> reporter: nearly two weeks into the invasion, the war in ukraine has become a slow grinding conflict. not the blitzkrieg advance the russian military had planned and hoped for. >> russia's f...

Country to leave. >> since the attack the intelligence and threat picture developed considerably leading us to a view that a further terrorist attack is likely. we have now completed an ak a assess of the security measures in tourist areas and while we are working with the tunisian authorities to further strengthen those measures we judge that more work is needed to effectively protect tourists from the terrorist threat. >> that warning comes nearly weeks after that breach attack that killed 38 people. most were british tourists. tunisia's president has declared a 30-day state of emergency. th...

Morning. the white house says brim and vladimir putin had a frank and direct conversation on monday. >> yeah. the u.s. and russian leader spoke by phone about the crisis in ukraine. mr. obama urge police department putin to press pro--- urged putin m to help prevent the use of force. but as pro-russia unrest spread, the acting president called for u.n. peacekeepers in eastern ukraine. europe is blaming russia for the crisis and is threatening more sanctions against moscow. russia insists it is not interfering with events in ukraine. and as jim sciutto reports, the u.s. and others say that'...