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Trial of men accused of downing flight MH17 over Ukraine and killing all 298 on board set to begin
Four men with links to the Russian military are to go on trial over the murder of 298 people on board downed flight MH17. …read more Source::...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 9 Mar 2020
Johnson convenes Cobra meeting on coronavirus outbreak Prime Minister Boris Johnson is chairing a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee today to discuss bringing in “social distancing” measures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The move follows the UK’s third death linked to the virus, as the number of confirmed cases rises to...
Flight MH17: Four men go on trial for murder
Credits Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images The accused are not expected to appear in Schiphol court One-Minute Read Monday, March 9, 2020 – 6:59am Four men will go on trial today in the Netherlands in the first criminal case resulting from the murder …read more Source:: The...
Flight MH17: Trial to start of four men accused of murdering 298 over Ukraine
Four men are accused of downing the jet over Ukraine but are unlikely to appear in the Dutch court. …read more Source::...
MH17 families fear they still face a long road to justice as trial begins
Family of Richard Mayne say it could be years before they know why 298 people diedOn Sunday Liz Mayne will make a familiar “pilgrimage” to the Netherlands. In 2015, she flew in to inspect the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine the previous summer. “You could still smell the burning,” she says. “It was an...
Ukraine shake-up throws future of reforms into doubt
Bond yields rise and investors express concern after Zelensky sheds key reformers …read more Source:: Financial...
Volodymyr Zelenskiy: ‘My White House invitation? I was told it’s being prepared’
The TV comic turned maverick Ukrainian leader on Putin, power and Trump’s impeachmentWhat’s the difference between playing a president on screen and being one in real life? Not much, according to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the man who’s done both.“It’s very similar,” he says, his compact frame engulfed by a green...
Dutch trial over downing of flight MH17 to start without suspects
Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, shot down with a Russian-made missile over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source::...
Factbox: Four on trial over shooting down of flight MH17 in Ukraine
The first hearing in the criminal trial of four men accused of murder for their roles in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine is due to start in the Netherlands on Monday: …read more Source::...
Ukraine president gives Putin one year to strike deal to end war
In an exclusive interview, Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is ready to walk away from Russia talks unless there is progressUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, believes he can negotiate a deal with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, but has threatened to walk away from talks after a year if there is no progress with his Russian...
