Section: The United Kingdom
MH17: BBC veteran supports Sky News reporter over his ‘error of judgment’
Colin Brazier has apologised for his “serious error of judgment” in rifling through a child’s suitcase during a live Sky News broadcast from the MH17 disaster area in Ukraine. Although he has been widely condemned, a former BBC reporter, Andy Johnson, has written a supportive blog pleading: “Let’s not hang Colin...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: Russia ‘created the conditions’ that led to the disaster in Ukraine, US claims
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 dead to be flown to Netherlands
The first bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine are due to be flown to the Netherlands for identification. …read more Source:...
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: 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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
