Section: The United Kingdom
Downing of MH17: The evidence so far
Information war between Ukraine and Russia over who is responsible for downing MH17 is in full swing, but balance of evidence points to pro-Russia rebels …read more Source: Financial...
Photo highlights of the day
The Guardian’s photo team brings you a daily round up from the world of photography including the Malaysian plane crash, Gaza and the UK heatwave … …read more Source: The...
AIDS community mourns as top experts feared killed in downed plane
MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) – The world of AIDS research was in a state of shock on Friday after dozens of leading experts in the field were feared killed when a Malaysian plane was shot down over Ukraine, dealing a blow to hopes of curing the disease. …read more Source:...
MH17 dominates newspaper front pages around world, but not in Russia
State-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta leads with story about Russians’ eating habits, relegating plane crash to bottom of pageThe downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine was the main story on the front pages of most of most newspapers around the world on Friday. Not so in Russia, where the state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta led with a story about the eating...
300 planes scheduled to fly over Ukraine day MH17 was shot down
Airlines had been warned back in April about the safety of flying over Ukraine, with US carriers re-routing all flights, but other airlines continued to use the route. …read more Source: Daily...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17: World leaders demand international investigation amid fears crash site could be tampered with
World leaders are demanding an international investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, which killed all 298 people on board. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: Rebels who downed jet ‘lacked key radar’
Pro-Russian separatists are thought to have shot down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine yesterday by mistake because they were… …read more Source: The...
The tragedy of flight MH17 must mark final point in Ukraine conflict
After the loss of so many innocent lives, the international community has to find a way to prevent the stand-off from reaching an even more dangerous level, says Dmitri TreninThe downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on Thursday catapults the crisis there onto the global agenda. More than half of the 298 victims were...
Ukraine responsible for Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster, says Vladimir Putin video
Russian president Vladimir Putin reacts on Thursday to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine. Putin says Russia asks his advisers to observe a minute of silence for the victims. Ukraine has accused pro-Moscow militants, aided by Russia, of firing a long-range, Soviet-era SA-11 ground-to-air missile. But Putin levels the...
Ukraine-Russia Row Over Who ‘Shot Down’ Plane
Nine Britons are among the 298 victims on board a passenger plane reportedly brought down by a surface-to-air missile. …read more Source: Sky...
