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      First victims of MH17 disaster to be repatriated
      Jul23

      First victims of MH17 disaster to be repatriated

      The Netherlands is observing a day of national mourning as the country prepares for the return of some of the 193 Dutch victims from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 who died in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...

      MH17: governor general Peter Cosgrove to receive bodies in Netherlands
      Jul23

      MH17: governor general Peter Cosgrove to receive bodies in Netherlands

      He will join special envoy Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston to take change of remains as part of Operation Bring Them HomeThe governor general, Peter Cosgrove, has been sent to the Netherlands to receive the aircraft carrying the remains of the victims of the flight MH17 crash as reports emerged there may not be as many of the bodies recovered as...

      US intelligence: MH17 likely shot down by pro-Russian rebels on accident
      Jul23

      US intelligence: MH17 likely shot down by pro-Russian rebels on accident

      US intelligence officials believe that pro-Russian rebels accidently shot down flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. They have no evidence that directly links Moscow to the tragedy. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Train carrying MH17 bodies on final journey reaches Ukraine city
      Jul23

      Train carrying MH17 bodies on final journey reaches Ukraine city

      DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – A train carrying the remains of many of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in a Ukrainian government-held city on Tuesday on the first leg of their final journey home to be reclaimed by their families. …read more Source:...

      MH17: Rebels likely shot down plane ‘by mistake’  live updates
      Jul23

      MH17: Rebels likely shot down plane ‘by mistake’ live updates

      US says no evidence of Russias direct involvementEyewitnesses tell the Guardian of likely Buk system in TorezEU foreign ministers line up new sanctions on RussiansInternational teams receive trains carrying bodies in KharkivHeavy fighting roils on near Donetsk and Luhansk 9.27am AESTRussian must face increasing costs if it continues to support...

      MH17: US intelligence says Russia ‘created conditions’ for plane disaster
      Jul23

      MH17: US intelligence says Russia ‘created conditions’ for plane disaster

      US officials stop short of blaming crash directly on Moscow and say separatists likely shot down plane by accidentUS intelligence officials accused Moscow of “creating the conditions” that resulted in the death of 298 people aboard the Malaysian Airlines jet shot down last week over a part of Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed...

      Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: US claims Russia ‘created the conditions’ that led to the disaster in Ukraine
      Jul23

      Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: US claims Russia ‘created the conditions’ that led to the disaster in Ukraine

      Senior US intelligence officials said today that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 – but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. …read more Source: The...

      MH17: the clues which may lead to missile launch site
      Jul23

      MH17: the clues which may lead to missile launch site

      Telegraph pursues clues on the ground in Eastern Ukraine to try and track down where rocket launcher was based …read more Source: The...

      Flight MH17: identification begins after bodies from crash site arrive in Kharkiv
      Jul23

      Flight MH17: identification begins after bodies from crash site arrive in Kharkiv

      Interpol says it has begun preliminary work on remains, which are to be flown to the Netherlands this weekInternational experts have begun the process of identifying the bodies of those who died in last Thursday’s Malaysian Airlines plane crash, after a train carrying their remains arrived in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on...

      EU announces further sanctions on Russia after downing of MH17
      Jul23

      EU announces further sanctions on Russia after downing of MH17

      Proposals will not be applied immediately as Putin urges rebels to cooperate with investigators for the first timeThe European Union will expand its sanctions blacklist to target Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and draw up further broad measures including an arms embargo and financial restrictions on Russian businesses, EU foreign ministers...