Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Swedish reporters detained while reporting on MH17 tragedy
Two journalists from a leading Swedish newspaper were detained yesterday by pro-Russian separatists while they were attempting to report on the MH17 atrocity in eastern Ukraine.Paul Hansen and Jan Lewenhagen, of Dagens Nyheter, were at the morgue in Donetsk when the separatists detained them and then confined them to a building with another seven...
MH17: purported black box recorder being removed from crash site video
Video taken on Friday purports to show the black box recorder of flight MH17 being removed from its crash site in Ukraine, as cranes were used to remove part of the plane over the weekend. Rebel fighters say they have the black box and are prepared to hand it to international experts when they arrive in the town of Donetsk … …read...
Malaysia Airlines crash site ‘absolutely shambolic’, says Australian PM video
Tony Abbott has branded the scene at the site of the MH17 disaster ‘absolutely shambolic’ and pushed for the repatriation of the 37 Australians killed. Abbott also said that in his most recent conversations with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president had ‘said all the right things’, ‘but the challenge now is to hold...
MH17: Abbott says Australia would take Russian veto of resolution ‘very badly’
Australian PM Tony Abbott says world leaders are strengthening their resolve over the downing of the Malaysia Airlines planeTony Abbott has warned Australia would take it very badly if Russia vetoed its UN security council resolution for full unfettered access by international investigators to the MH17 crash site as he described the mood of...
MH17: UN resolution on ensuring crash site access set for Monday
Russia will support final version in security council vote if no one is blamed, according to reports in Australian newspaper The UN security council is due to vote Monday on a resolution that would condemn the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine and demands that those responsible be held accountable and that armed groups do not...
MH17: Vladimir Putin will be held to his word on open inquiry, says Tony Abbott
Australian PM says crash site appeared ‘more like a garden clean-up than a forensic investigation’Tony Abbott has insisted he will not just accept Vladimir Putins assurances of support for Australias call for a full and open investigation but will hold him to his word. … …read more Source: The...
MH17: Australia pushes for international access to crash site – live updates
International pressure builds on Russian-backed rebels to allow free access to crash site and train containing bodies of the passengers. 10.14am AESTJust in from the Russian government’s press office, this statement from president Vladimir Putin:In connection with the terrible tragic events that occurred in the skies over the Donets, I...
Martin Rowson on the world’s current conflicts cartoon
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Cameron tells Putin shooting down of MH17 was ‘unacceptable’
Anger grows in EU and leaders prepare fresh sanctions against Moscow as separatists obstruct access to crash siteDavid Cameron expressed anger about the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin on Sunday as EU leaders started preparing fresh sanctions against Moscow for its alleged role in the...
Malaysia Airlines crash: across globe, prayers said as grief turns to despair
Thousands of miles apart, family and friends united in mourning for those killed when missile downed flight MH17 in east UkraineThe crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has cast a web of grief around the globe, as communities from the Netherlands to Australia struggle to come to terms with the losses in their midsts.Many of the victims’...
