meanwhile major air carriers have announced that they are diverting their planes around eastern ukrainian airspace among them france scale and lift answer europe's transport agency euro control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid the area following the tragedy e.u. leaders have been expressing their condolences to those affected artie's peter oliver reports now from berlin. heard from german chancellor angela merkel she was given a press conference in which she said there needs to be a full investigation into exactly what caused this disaster she said that germany was willing to send a team to ukraine to help with that investigation to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and she said that those that are responsible must be brought to justice should also express her extreme crieff and condolences for the families of the those that have been killed for germans were among those that have

been on board this plane and she expressed particular condo interest to the people of the netherlands who of course will worst affected by this disaster but she's not the only. european leader that's been speaking about this david cameron the british prime minister of course nine britons on that flight as well he also said that he'd spoken to the dutch prime minister. expressed his condolences and saying that europe and britain all grieve together with with the people of the netherlands as europe deals with what is a real tragedy not just for europe but for people around the world when we see the nations that all those people came from that have been killed. and some of the accusations against antigovernment fighters are based on a twitter post in which they allegedly boasted of having advanced missile systems capable of bringing down the plane is claimed of the tweet was posted and then deleted from the account of the self-proclaimed people's republic however kiev's

prosecutor general denied the weapons had fallen into the hands of militants reimport life takes is through some of the speculation being circulated in the media a shocking tragedy claiming the lives of nearly three hundred victims before any investigation even begins the lack of credible facts has it prevented many in the west. from jumping to conclusions according to the sun newspaper the russian president is personally responsible for downing the malaysia airlines plane in ukraine and accusation some u.s. officials are doing their best to feel if it is a result of either separatist or russian actions mistakingly believe me this was a ukrainian warplane i think there's going to be able to pay and there should be there does seem to be growing awareness that it probably had to be russian insurgence now how we determine that will require some forensics but then there is

evidence pointing in that direction the equipment had to come from russia either the missile came from it's a missile that came from russia or it was from the separatists and it's a buke style bissell i mean this came from russia russia has their fingerprints all over it either way why stop it fingers according to the daily mail russia's hands are soaked in blood some journalists conveniently camouflaged their blame with a question mark headline after headline asking if russia is to blame very few bothering to enquire about ukraine's possible role in the plane crash the new york times on the other hand reported ukraine's accusations leaving no room in this article for russia's position the us nato and russia have all called for an investigation to be launched to establish the facts many media outlets have already created their narrative even if it means bypassing the truth marina port ny r.t.

new york meanwhile new information has come to light in the tragedy involving the malaysian airlines plane that went down killing all two hundred ninety eight people on board the carrier so says that before the disaster the plane had dropped to a lower than planned following a request from ukrainian flight control the teams are still combing the way through the wreckage searching for bodies and clues as to the cause of the crash and we should warn you that there are some graphic images coming up. so far around half of the bodies have been retrieved from the widely scattered debris and government forces who control the area have denied early reports that they had found the flight recorders they insist though that when they do they will hand them over to international investigators and we managed to speak to a local woman who lives right next to the crash site you solution a little i heard terrible noise i went out first and then my has been well the

woman fell to the ground right after i ran out i first my husband's front it was me . i was in shock because i couldn't go further than my you aren't. ok now let's take a closer look at the route that flight seventeen was taking at the time it took off in amsterdam on a long haul journey to kuala lumpur the boeing seven seven seven was flying over eastern ukraine the sewing of an ongoing conflict between ukrainian army and local militia groups the plane then disappeared from radar shortly before it was due to and to russian air space and here's a list of the nationalities of those on board the ill fated aircraft the majority of the passengers one hundred eighty nine were dutch forty four victims including all of the crew members were malaysian and there were twenty seven australians travelling on the airliner also among the victims citizens of britain germany the

philippines and canada. there. these are pictures from kuala lumpur international airport the flights intended destination families of the passengers and crew gathered there to find out what happened to their loved ones some lashed out at the air carrier demanding it release the passenger manifest. it is a time of grieving in the netherlands with almost two thirds of the victims being citizens let's go live now to our tease poor boy sees that the ship will airport and i'm stumped thanks for joining us polly it is a tragedy for all of course but particularly the netherlands. now will holland is now mourning the loss of what is said to be one hundred and eighty nine of its citizens flags everywhere you look flying at half mast and even though it's looks like business as usual back to normal at amsterdam airport there

is a very somber mood in the air now malaysian airlines have said that they are providing financial support and psychological assistance to the victims' families they've said that they are willing to fly any victims' relatives over to ukraine to be closer to the scene of the crash and to the investigation now the european bourses of the airline has defended m.h. seventeen's flight path over eastern ukraine saying that the flight to the flight path was declared safe and that other international airlines were using it until this tragic tragic incident but other details a slowly emerging we know that dutch politician a dutch member of parliament was on board the flight with his family as well as a number of australians and delicates headed towards an international aid summit in melbourne but of course the majority of the victims' families are they are

based here in the airport where the ill fated flight took off from there being kept well away from the press you can imagine how difficult a time it is for them now but we know that they are waiting for news about what happened to their loved ones and more importantly why. bring this reaction to the tragedy from the netherlands our correspondent ali boy thank you. prominent h.i.v. research who was on the plane with his wife heading to as we just heard a global aids conference and he was one of dozens of delegates to been traveling that line as friends the president of the aids foundation shared his feelings of the loss. i feel standards very unreal i think at the moment i will see something more tangible it will hit but it's you know i talk to them yesterday morning before they boarded the plane jacqueline was saying that she was very much

looking forward to going to the aids conference in melbourne and then she even sent me a text message on the plane invasion airlines saying that they had just given hand down the menu card even before takeoff and that she was already looking forward to eating the nice asian food. now u.s. intelligence officials claim the plane was downed by a surface to air missile but have no not specifically blamed the scientists yet vice president joe biden said a team of specialists will be sent to assist ukrainian authorities with the investigation going to church account is in washington following the american reaction u.s. officials believe it was a surface to air missile that shut down the malaysian plane over ukraine the u.s. is not pointing the blame finger just yet president obama spoke with the ukrainian leader shameka we can be sure that the blame game in the coming days and weeks is going to be vicious there are questions as to who had the capability to do this the ukrainian military certainly has the capability to launch like that would require

a team of specialists as we hear from many experts and there is another question why was this malaysian airliner flying over the conflict zone we know that u.s. airlines had been avoiding the area for some time to size me because it was deemed unsafe what kind of instructions that this plane would see from the ukrainian air traffic control or what exactly was happening inside the cockpit just moments before the tragedy hopefully we'll get more answers when investigators get hold of the black box of course one of the main questions at this point is who is going to investigate this the u.n. secretary general spoke out calling for an international investigation one of the concerns moving forward is that the investigation could eventually be politicized the blame game is full on in the media even before any facts have been established . meanwhile the plane tracking service flights radar twenty four suggests that the aca deviated from its usual route it went much further north than the other airliners passing over ukraine flying directly over the combat zone it's unclear

why it took that path and this isn't the only unusual circumstance surrounding the disaster a former pilot an air traffic controller desmond ross told us there are still some gray areas being presented about the story. first one was the cockpit voice recorder which records the last two hours of all communications and all conversations in the cockpit so that that two hours leading up to the final moments should give us a fairly good indication of what was going on and it may even tell us that knew nothing about it whatsoever that it just happened crack it was a couple of things that are accountable but curious about the images that i've been seeing on television when the aircraft was hit and it would have to be pressurized more or less and mediately if there was a large hole blown a fuse a large or a compact if you slow scope and a sudden decompression of that nature it would have been quite glamorous for people who had very few seconds of consciousness and be sure that passed out and it would hold. great distance to the ground and so interesting

a believe might be quite intact one would expect that might be showing some signs of damage you know the other thing that are really interesting it is the collection of our sports that are being shown on television which will appear to be very trina and almost brand new. been collected obviously very quickly you know or from pockets of should cases perhaps so there are some interesting aspects to the whole thing we will i'm going to come out of the investigation is conducted professionally and probably. a major air carriers of announce that they are diverting their planes around eastern ukrainian airspace among them our air france k l n and lufthansa europe's transport agency europe control has advised all e.u. carriers to avoid the area and following the tragedy e.u. leaders have been expressing their condolences to those affected let's hear from marty's correspondent in berlin peter all ever. heard from german chancellor angela merkel she was given a press conference in which she said there needs to be

a full investigation into exactly what caused this disaster she said that germany was willing to to send a team to ukraine to help with that investigation to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and she said that those that are responsible must be brought to justice should also express her extreme crieff and condolences for the families of the those that have been killed for germans were among those that have been on board this plane and she expressed particular condo interest to the people of the netherlands who of course will worst affected by this disaster but she's not the only. european leader that's been speaking about this david cameron the british prime minister of course nine were on that flight as well he also said that he'd spoken to the dutch prime minister mr used to express his condolences and saying

that europe and britain all grieve together with with the people of the netherlands as europe deals with what is a real tragedy not just for europe but for people around the world when we see the nations that all those people came from that have been killed. and some of the accusations against antigovernment fighters all based on a twitter post in which they allegedly boasted of having an advance the missile system capable of bringing down the plane is claimed to the tweet was posted and then deleted from the account of the self-proclaimed people's republic of accuse prosecutor general denied the weapons had fallen into the hands of militants reimport nine takes us through some of the speculation being circulated in the media are shocking tragedy claiming the lives of nearly three hundred victims before any investigation even begins the lack of credible facts hasn't prevented many in the west from jumping to conclusions according to the sun newspaper the

russian president is personally responsible for downing the malaysia airlines plane in ukraine and accusation some u.s. officials are doing their best to feel if it is a result of either separatist or russian actions mistakingly believing there was a ukrainian war plane i think there's going to be able to pay and there should be there does seem to be growing awareness that it probably had to be russian insurgence now how we determine that will require some forensics but then there is evidence pointing in that direction the equipment had to come from russia either the missile came from it's a missile that came from russia or it was from the separatists and it's a buke style bissell i mean this came from russia russia has their fingerprints all over it either way why stop it fingers according to the daily mail russia's hands are soaked in blood some journalists conveniently camouflaged their blame with

a question mark headline after headline asking if russia is to blame very few bothering to enquire about ukraine's possible role in the plane crash the new york times on the other hand reported ukraine's accusations. leaving no room in this article for russia's position the u.s. mido and russia have all caught for an investigation to be launched to establish the facts many media outlets have already created their narrative even if it means bypassing the truth. r.t. new york. despite international calls for a ceasefire the ukrainian army is continuing with this heavy shelling of lugansk which is one of the focal points of the anti-government resistance in the southeast early reports suggest as many as twenty civilians have been killed as a result of ports from the russia ukraine border doesn't feel like there is any end

in sight so when it comes to violence in lugansk a military airplane belonging to a korean air forces has delivered to get another hit on the city earlier on friday now we know that they have damaged several of residential buildings at least twenty according to various reports they have damaged also the gas pipeline so at this point people are saying that they are left without water and they are being instructed not to leave their homes and this is something that has been happening over guns for quite a while according to the numerous statements that we have received from people who are coming literally fleeing from region into the neighboring rostov region which is located on the territory of russia. these recent deaths and the crash are just the latest developments in a months long conflict that's been plaguing southeast ukraine the tragic milestones include the massacre and. that's when forty two antigovernment protesters were slaughtered and we later seven people were killed when q.

have launched a ground offensive in the city of mariupol that was in the midst of victory day celebrations a military airstrike on the city center of lugansk in early june killed eight civilians and wounded many others and that was the day before a hospital in class knew a man in the. came under shelling by kia. forces claiming ten lives and just over two weeks ago the army shelled the small village of condor killing twelve civilians including a five year old child since the so-called antiterrorist operation was launched by kiev in april the civilian death toll has reached two hundred fifty seven that's according to the u.n. special commission in ukraine. a long sight so ukraine's army does it seem have some history of shooting down civilian planes in a coach and a look back at a fatal mistake that took place during military exercises back in two thousand and one. it has a bit of similarities to the incident indeed it happened thirteen years ago two

thousand and one in utah where a russian plane was carrying sixty six passengers as well as twelve crew members and was flying from tel of based in israel to novosibirsk now somewhere at about the black sea it happened that the russian ground control center reported that its last contact with the chance to ask the plane disappeared from the reader and very shortly after it was revealed that the plane went down into the sea of course of the investigation was launched and there were conflicting reports and i do remember there was one when the pilots. are meeting in a plane that was flying above pretty much the same area said that he actually saw the russian jad before crashing into the sea and his so how the jet exploded it's the number one reason behind the incident was a possible terrorist attack that's what the investigators first thought but then it

turned out that the crash happened due to ukrainian a missile that broad down the plane and that happened accidentally during military exercises military drills happening at the same time in a while basically this seems area now i have to mention that the ukrainian military forces really deny it quite heated to the that they were at fault however international. investigation was carried out in international society acknowledged that was the fact that there was a ukrainian ukrainian missed that brought down that russian plane and that happened back in two thousand and one. well website has gathered information on all the previous cases where civilians put down by weapons had to go home to see where and when they. were. right on the scene. of the first rush limbaugh and i think the church.

live on our reporters live their lives to live. live and live live on. let's head now to the other top story we have here today on r.t. which is that israel is widening its ground offensive in gaza one of its soldiers has been killed the first israeli military fatality in this latest campaign which kicked off late on thursday the operation has also led to palestinian casualties. it was a very well that the. that

. these particular images here show the bodies of three children who were reportedly hit by a hillary far there are many more than twenty palestinians who have died since this ground operation started to take its toll. early friday of heavy bombardments rained down across garza with locals reporting tanks crossing the border israeli warplanes have also reportedly struck a building that houses several media offices rockets are still being fired into israel by militants meanwhile israel says its ground troops are trying to destroy its initial target the tunnels being used by hamas to infiltrate the country ari fear as. well the streets of gaza remain empty this morning after the sun rose people here fear that this ground incursions will continue in the coming

days people here do fear that the night the israeli ground invasion could step up its. operations into a new level which could be much more costly for the population of gaza including the civilian population but we decided to go to a sheet the hospital where we spoke to a hamas spokesperson and questioned him on this recent past. but your reaction to the israeli ground invasion of the gaza strip would differ in that people by all people depending on or doctor for all of these are good ideas masako good by the greater good we've got a few of their own could look into this to give our own war because finally i was allowed to be aboard by author able to do the groups here have the capacity to actually deal with an israeli ground invasion we already. know are right between but be a bit like throughout the world walk them through the room the print that we're going to buy off it will be ok thank you very much for time thank you ok thanks so

that was. here to rated the position that israel's ground invasion. is going to civilian casualties in large numbers to use that does have the capacity to defend the palestinian population here from an israeli ground invasion of. the south latest israeli operation followed days of garza shellings with a mass flinching rockets and. overall nearly two hundred sixty palestinians have been killed most of them civilians including dozens of children there's a sure she monetary interest on thursday but the exchange of fire resumed as soon as that did and now the israeli prime minister has been talking about the operation in gaza vowing to deliver a serious blow against hamas our correspondent paula slayer has more what we're hearing from military sources is that at this stage they are limiting their operation to some two to three kilometers inside gaza we are being told that some one hundred targets have been hit that twenty of them are launching pads nine of

them are tunnels but that the operation will be expanded we are also being told that this could take around two weeks this is the time the israeli army estimates it needs to completely destroy the tunnels in gaza each tunnel for instance takes some three years to build now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that he was left with no option after diplomacy failed. back to launch a ground offensive he has said that it is impossible to destroy these tunnels that israel blames that up for being used to smuggle weapons into gaza from the air at the same time he did say the israelis were trying hard not to hit civilians but they blamed him asked for using civilians as human shields now we're also hearing from the minister of defense as well as the chief of staff and they say to quote them that the operation will last for as long as it needs to they also say that this will be a limited operation and that gaza will be attacked from all sides at this stage no one is talking about conquering gaza although we have heard that sentiment

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the. breaking news this hour malaysia airlines says that ukrainian air traffic controllers told that ill. plane to fly lower than the planned altitude before the jet crashed killing all its passengers and crew. now these here are a live pictures for you from new york this is where the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting over the deadly malaysian plane crash russia is coming under fire despite denying any involvement. and grief stricken relatives are struggling to come to terms with the tragedy in which the majority of the victims in that plane crash were dutch now.