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Wrangle over bodies puts investigation in jeopardy
Dutch investigators have expressed doubts that a proper investigation into the Malaysia Airlines disaster will be possible after Kiev and… …read more Source: The...
EU blacklists Vladimir Putin’s ‘cronies’ as David Cameron calls for arms ban
Prime minister says ties between east and west are at decisive moment as UN Security Council calls for full access to crash siteDavid Cameron said that the EU will on Tuesday blacklist the “cronies and oligarchs” around Vladimir Putin as part of “a new range of hard-hitting economic sanctions” in response to the downing of...
Osborne warns on hit from Russia sanctions
The chancellor believes a short-term commercial loss caused by tougher sanctions on Russia is a price worth paying to ensure security in Europe …read more Source: Financial...
Barack Obama to Ukraine separatists: What are they trying to hide?
Barack Obama calls on Vladimir Putin to compel the separatists to cooperate with the investigation into the MH17 crash …read more Source: The...
China stays quiet on MH17 disaster
Closer Sino-Russian relations mean Chinese leaders are loth to apportion blame for downing of Malaysia Airlines planeWhile western countries are pressing Russia over the MH17 disaster, China has so far steered clear of stating even that a missile downed the plane, let alone tying the event to rebels in Ukraine.That has been little surprise to...
MH17: Obama says Putin ‘directly responsible’ for investigators’ safety
Russian leader must ‘compel separatists to cooperate’ Secure recovery of bodies is ‘least that decency demands’ Dutch experts arrive at scene as violence resumesMH17: live coveragePresident Barack Obama says his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, should be held “directly responsible” for ensuring the site of...
MH17 death train carrying bodies of 298 crash victims FINALLY sets off to morgue as Russia agrees to hand black boxes to the Malaysians
Finally, after repeated calls from leaders to speed up the chaotic clean-up operation, officials at the site in eastern Ukraine have agreed to hand over the bodies to the Dutch at 7pm today. …read more Source: Daily...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: Ukrainian military jet was flying close to passenger plane before it was shot down, says Russian officer
A senior Russian officer has claimed that a Ukrainian military jet was flying just a few kilometres from the Malaysian Airlines plane minutes before it was downed, while also refuting allegations that it had provided separatists with BUK missile launchers. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Rebels ‘Tampered With’ Plane’s Black Box
Ukraine’s deputy PM says “the recorders were in the rebels’ hands all these days and they did certain things to them”. …read more Source: Sky...
Obama: ‘Burden is on Russia’ to ensure full access to MH17 site live updates
President says Russia must use its influence Four killed as clashes resume in Donetsk Dutch prosecutors open war crimes investigation Rebels allow experts limited acces to site and bodiesRead the Guardian’s earlier live coverage here 12.27pm ETClashes have intensified on the outskirts of Donetsk, killing at least five and forcing civilians...
