Section: The United Kingdom
The 20 photographs of the week
The aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the conflict in Gaza and Israel, the Commonwealth Games and a flying carpet the best photography in news, culture, nature and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: Parents of victim Fatima Dyczynski arrive at Ukraine site to search for their daughter
The parents of a victim of the MH17 crash have arrived at the scene of the disaster to look for their daughter. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia PM to discuss access to MH-17 crash site with Dutch PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday he would meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte next week to discuss how to secure full access for investigators to the site in Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed. …read more Source:...
Mayor of central Ukrainian city shot dead
KIEV (Reuters) – The mayor of the central Ukrainian town of Kremenchuk was shot dead on Saturday and the house of another mayor in Lviv to the West was hit by fire from a grenade launcher, the Interior Ministry said. …read more Source:...
Eight hundred dead Palestinians. But Israel has impunity
Impunity is the word that comes to mind. Eight hundred dead Palestinians. Eight hundred. That’s infinitely more than twice the total dead of flight MH17 over Ukraine. And if you refer only to the “innocent” dead – ie no Hamas fighters, young sympathisers or corrupt Hamas officials, with whom the Israelis will, in due...
Failure to recover MH17 victims laid bare as Ukrainians trample through wreckage
Several bodies of the 298 people who were killed when MH17 came down in eastern Ukraine remain among the wreckage, despite it being nine days since the disaster. …read more Source: Daily...
Dutch and Australians ready MH17 troops
Forty Dutch officers arrived in Ukraine yesterday with the aim of securing the remaining bodies from the downed Malaysian Airways… …read more Source: The...
MH17: Ukraine plans special sitting to approve deal for Australian forces
Ukraine says political turmoil will not keep it from agreeing to Australian police and defence personnel securing the crash siteUkraine’s acting prime minister hopes parliament can ratify a deal next week allowing Australian police and soldiers to take a lead role in securing the MH17 crash site.The air crash investigation has been...
EU edges to economic sanctions on Russia but narrows scope
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union reached outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behaviour in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector. …read more Source:...
Grieving Dutch minister made Europe re-think Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans spoke to his European Union peers of his grief and anger over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines airliner over eastern Ukraine, it was a turning point in Europe’s approach to Russia. …read more Source:...
