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Phone taps link Russia to rebels blamed for downing jet
Warlords ‘maintained contact with Moscow officials’ during Ukraine conflict …read more Source:: Financial...
MH17 disaster: Phone-taps ‘show Russia directed Ukraine rebels’
Investigators say phone-taps suggest top Moscow officials had broad influence over separatists. …read more Source::...
MH17 investigators reveal intercepted calls wit Russian officials
Dutch-led investigators revealed the separatists were speaking to Russian contacts ‘almost daily’ in the summer of 2014, when MH17 was shot down over Ukraine killing 298 people. …read more Source:: Daily...
Trump impeachment inquiry: parties divided as more hearings loom – live
Democrats say Bill Taylor and George Kent’s testimonies tied Trump to efforts to pressure Ukraine while Republicans say they proved nothingIn this defining moment for America, support The Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 1.55pm GMTGood morning, live blog readers!We are right in between the first and second public...
MH17 investigators say phone calls show Ukraine rebels’ ties to Russia
Intercepts suggest separatists sought guidance from Russia before jet was shot down Dutch-led investigators have released new recordings of intercepted telephone calls that show separatist leaders in Ukraine requesting military support and political guidance from Russian political figures in the period before the shooting down of a Malaysian...
MH17 investigators release calls between ‘top Russian officials and Ukraine rebels’
Investigators looking into the downing of MH17 have released recordings of phone calls they say are between Ukrainian separatists and top Russian officials. …read more Source:: Sky...
Instant Opinion: Corbyn, not Johnson is ‘Britain’s Donald Trump’
Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Thursday 14 November Analysis Thursday, November 14, 2019 – 10:57am The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each. 1. Tom McTague in The Atlantic on unlikely parallels in transatlantic politics...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 14 Nov 2019
Flooded areas braced for ‘danger to life’ rainfall The Met Office is warning of rainfall that may present a “danger to life” in South Yorkshire and the East Midlands, where residents are already suffering the worst floods that the UK has seen in more than a decade. Weather warnings are in place for areas around Nottingham, Sheffield and...
Trump’s public impeachment hearings: what happened on day one?
Description George Kent (left), deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs, and top US diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor are sworn-in before testifying yesterday Credits Joshua Roberts/Pool/Getty Images Alt Text George Kent and William Taylor Witnesses called to give evidence in front …read more Source:: The...
Christopher Nunn’s best photograph: a picnic in the shadow of war
‘I spotted them from a bus, two girls having a picnic in Ukraine. This was before the war turned bad. Back then, no one would have believed how bad things would get’I took this in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2014, just as the war with Russia started. It was immediately after the first battle for Donetsk airport, the first time war came to the...
