Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
MH17: bodies of 196 passengers recovered as pressure on Russia mounts live updates
Separatist leader says they will guarantee safety of crash site observers in return for a Kiev-backed truce, amid accusations rebels are tampering with evidence and removing bodies from the site 10.42am BSTRussia was continuing to send “heavy weaponry” and other arms to rebels fighting Ukrainian forces in the east of the country, a...
MH17: pro-Russia rebels will allow access to crash site if ceasefire agreed
Separatist leader will guarantee safety of international monitors as Vladimir Putin given ‘one last chance’ to help rescue effortA leader of the pro-Russia rebel fighters in Ukraine has said they will guarantee the safety of international monitors at the Malaysian plane’s crash site if Kiev agrees to a truce.”We declare...
MH17: UN draft resolution demands ‘guilty should be held to account’
As UN considers strongly worded proposal, Ukraine rebel leader says investigators can access site if Kiev agrees a ceasefire The UN security council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the “shooting down” of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site and call on states in the...
MH17: Tony Abbott says Russia cannot ‘wash its hands’ of airline tragedy
The prime minister fears Russia will allow continued interference at the site and of the 298 victimsTony Abbott has expressed fears that Russia would say the right thing while allowing interference in the crash site of MH17 and interference with the dignified treatment of the 298 victims, including 36 Australian citizens and residents.In his...
MH17: Anger mounts towards Russia as inspectors still denied access – live blog
Armed separatists deny full access to crash site for investigators and media amid accusations rebels are tampering with evidence and removing bodies from the sitePutin given ‘one last chance’ as world fury mounts Rebels fuel chaos as rotting corpses pile up on the roadsideMH17: Russian media pins blame on Ukraine...
MH17 flight attendant Angeline Premila Rajandran: ‘She loved her job’
Family in Malaysia says 30-year-old stewardess had had job for 10 years, and priority now is for her body to be brought homeMalaysia Airlines flight stewardess Angeline Premila Rajandran, 30, loved flying and travelling so much that she joined the company at 20 and never looked back.”It was her first and only job,” said Murphy Govind,...
Family and friends pay tribute as last of the British dead in MH17 are named
Ten British citizens died when the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine. They included a father of three who died along with his Dutch wife and their childrenA British lawyer, his wife and their three sons were among the 298 people killed in the MH17 crash, it has emerged.John Allen, who studied and lived in the Netherlands,...
MH17: the evidence against Russia
In the hours after the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine, evidence assembled from various sources appeared to point the blame at militants armed with Russian missilesSocial media A posting on an account linked to a pro-Russia separatist leader in Ukraine, on a Russian social network site, claims that militants shot down at least one Ukrainian...
David Cameron criticises Europe for lack of action on pro-Russia separatists
‘For too long there has been a reluctance to face up to the implications of what is happening,’ British PM saysDavid Cameron has said that if it were proven that Ukrainian separatists were behind the downing of a Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, Russia would be to blame for having destabilised the country.”If this is the...
Ukraine and the aftermath of the downing of flight MH17 | Dmitri Trenin
A ceasefire is only the first step in a process to reverse the trend towards mutual destruction in the regionPresident Barack Obama, in his televised address on Friday, called for a careful investigation into the downing of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane over eastern Ukraine. He left little doubt, however, as to whom he and the US government...
