Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Malaysia Airlines crash: world leaders condemn attack – video
World leaders, including David Cameron, Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, condemn the shooting down of Malaysia Airline flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine on Thursday killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew. Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak, calls for those responsible to be brought to justice. Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, says...
Photo highlights of the day
The Guardian’s photo team brings you a daily round up from the world of photography including the Malaysian plane crash, Gaza and the UK heatwave … …read more Source: The...
MH17 dominates newspaper front pages around world, but not in Russia
State-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta leads with story about Russians’ eating habits, relegating plane crash to bottom of pageThe downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine was the main story on the front pages of most of most newspapers around the world on Friday. Not so in Russia, where the state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta led with a story about the eating...
MH17 victims include former president of International Aids Society
Joep Lange and partner among number of scientists and activists flying to international Aids conference in MelbourneAmong more than 100 scientists and campaigners flying to the international Aids conference in Melbourne on board flight MH17 was a former leader in the field, Joep Lange from the Netherlands, who was travelling with his partner,...
The tragedy of flight MH17 must mark final point in Ukraine conflict
After the loss of so many innocent lives, the international community has to find a way to prevent the stand-off from reaching an even more dangerous level, says Dmitri TreninThe downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on Thursday catapults the crisis there onto the global agenda. More than half of the 298 victims were...
Ukraine responsible for Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster, says Vladimir Putin video
Russian president Vladimir Putin reacts on Thursday to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine. Putin says Russia asks his advisers to observe a minute of silence for the victims. Ukraine has accused pro-Moscow militants, aided by Russia, of firing a long-range, Soviet-era SA-11 ground-to-air missile. But Putin levels the...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in pictures
The world is demanding answers from Russia after a Malaysia Airlines jet’s destruction over Donetsk, Ukraine, near the Russian border. The area has seen violent clashes between Ukrainian and pro-Russia separatists since the annexation of Crimea in February … …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine video report
Firefighters and journalists discuss Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday by a ground-to-air missile, killing 283 passengers and 15 crew. Nine Britons are among the dead. Ukrainian rebels are being blamed for shooting down the plane with a Russian-made missile … …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: what we know so far
Following new developments and global reaction overnight, here is a roundup of the current state of play around Thursday’s crash in the UkraineFollow today’s live blog on the MH17 crashAuthorities have updated the death toll to 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, near the Russian border, to...
Tony Abbott calls for justice after Malaysia Airlines disaster video
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has told parliament those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 ‘must be brought to justice’. He said Australia would seek a binding resolution through the UN security council for a full investigation. The bodies of the Australians killed would be repatriated as quickly as...
