Section: The United Kingdom
BBC: Sunday Express wrong to say film claims MH17 was downed by Ukraine
Corporation accuses paper of ‘misrepresenting’ forthcoming documentaryThe BBC has criticised the Sunday Express for its claiming a forthcoming BBC2 documentary will say that Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian jet.The Sunday Express ran an article headlined “Shock claim: Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia...
Obama says Russia sanctions must stay in place until Minsk implemented
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that the West needed to uphold the sanctions it has imposed against Russia over the Ukraine crisis until Moscow fully implements the so-called Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source:...
Was MH17 shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet?
New evidence suggests that the downing of the Malaysian Airlines plane MH17 in July 2014 was caused by a shot from a Ukrainian fighter jet rather than a ground-to-air missile. …read more Source: Daily...
Obama’s Hanover talks unlikely to yield new line on vexed issues
US president expected to discuss Syria, Isis, the refugee crisis and Libya with French, German, Italian and British leadersAfter two days spent wandering the Alice Through the Looking Glass land of Brexit, Shakespearean make-believe and magical Windsor Castle mystery tours, Barack Obama gets back to the real world on Monday at a summit in Hanover...
Germany’s Merkel says truce in eastern Ukraine not being respected
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was not stable, adding that she and U.S. President Barack Obama had discussed ways to ensure the Minsk peace deal is implemented. …read more Source:...
3 people killed in eastern Ukraine amid renewed fighting
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Haunting photographs show the abandoned hospital beds and rotting gas marks in the town devastated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years ago
Pripyat in Ukraine was once a thriving bustling city home to 50,000 workers and their families. But the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 26 April, 1986 changed all that forever. …read more Source: Daily...
There’s no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. …read more Source:...
Economy, crises in focus as Obama heads to Germany
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is set to visit Hanover, Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine cat ‘adopts’ baby squirrels
Cat owner Karina Vengrovska describes how a cat with her own litter of kittens took on an additional labour of love – being a “mother” to two rescued baby squirrels. …read more Source:...
