international investigators reached the wreckage of the malaysian airline. all. the reports from the site of the tragedy. against assigning blame before an investigation is held as the u.s. claims. shot at the plane from an area controlled by ukrainian government. grief stricken friends. seventeen plane crash victims seeking about why they lost their loved ones. just a few kilometers away from the crash site ordinary ukrainians continue to die as

the. city of. twelve o'clock noon on saturday here in moscow it's the international with me from everybody here welcome to the program investigators are combing through the wreckage of the malaysian airliner that crashed in eastern ukraine on thursday it killed all two hundred ninety eight people on board alongside the day of the plane like the remains of passengers on that belongings we can show you some pictures where they have put white ribbons marking the spots where bodies have been found but many however who were on board still remain unaccounted for the team of international the organization for security and cooperation in europe will continue their examination of the site later accompanied by representatives of the self-proclaimed people. it took pictures of the gruesome scene on friday and also

used the month that i was there for us. we are now way past that's when a four hour mark that the bodies of the people that said side of the crash malaysia airlines flight have been lying around here along with the burning debris you know the always see mission had already come here this spend about an hour people in scouring the area then they left so we couldn't get any information from them right away they were keeping the whole thing but certainly the shock was definitely on their faces now it's not just this area that's been affected the debris and along with the bodies had falling in an area around twelve kilometers here so this is going to be lengthy lengthy process for identification and for investigation as well and right now i had to ask you to take a look at what we have seen here so far and how this tragedy had affected the

people that live here in eastern ukraine. this woman was out working in her garden when her son sold her a body had fallen from the sky and broken through the roof of their house the badly mangled victim of the malaysian airlines flight has now been laying in in this kitchen for more than a day. at first i didn't notice that when she my son went out and said mom there is a body in the kitchen there was splashed everywhere i thought it was just a pile of rubbish but then i understood that it was a human body without a leg and was arms twisted and broken it was a man who fell out of the play and through the roof it's a murder a real murder. my wife and i were having dinner when we heard a strange noise that sounded like cracking as soon as we went out of the house we saw a body law and a boy it must have fallen from a very high altitude and the only thing left on the body was a t.

shirt it was a man and the legs were broken no silky practically no blood at all but now you can smell these two or be here there are no words to describe it well here's my house and it all happened right here it's like i was watching t.v. i heard a roar looking through explosions i would know the moon saw spinning played without a wink what's wrong with your falling out of it the area where the plane crashes near several mines that sustain people economically in the done as creature and so it comes as no surprise that coal miners were some of the first some hands to help but the scene of the tragedy. i believe was here with my family my whole life here where the crash happened i've been working in this coal mine for forty years and now i just want to help that's all there are thirty people in our ship just two of them went to work with the others came here to help with the new is thought rises of the victims are going to be arriving here shortly and no doubt they will be

seeking answers but it seems they could be in for quite a wait to find out just how their loved ones were taken for. them for a month costs are a c. it's an excuse crane. the majority of passengers on the flight dutch and people all across the netherlands have been laying flowers in tribute many of the victims were simple holiday makers heading to the beaches of malaysia. are now reporting from amsterdam. i was travelers rushed to catch their flights these floral tributes are the only visible reminder of the tragedy for victims' families the cool wait to find out who downed flight m.h. seventeen continues but away from the airport the heartbreaking stories a starting to emerge in the town of borden a school rocked by grief graduates of men kemah college robin hamill rick robert young van's it failed and his sister fred to wreak were about to start the next

chapter of their lives while two of the three students from this school that sadly perished on i'm eight seventeen were in fact the billings a brother and a sister who were flying out to kuala lumpur with their grandparents who had gifted them a holiday to southeast asia for graduating from this school just several days ago everybody's together there's lots of crying everybody supporting one another you don't see something like this coming i knew he was going to hold the malaysia with you never expect something like this to happen instead of enjoying the first days of their summer holiday pupils and teaches a grieving it's unbelievable seeing something on the news is one thing but when it's about your own school it hits you i still don't understand it found were shell shocked the loss is terrible we've opened up the school so that the kids can come in and mourn together and so that the students that needs extra help can get professional trauma counseling writing no over announced today outside one of the

city's bars we saw young men and women crying they were mourning the loss of their friends lawrence van de graaff and his girlfriend collin kaiser who had planned to travel across malaysia. five am last night i got a text and i woke up. and i was going you have this rollercoaster going wrong with different emotions. disbelieve shock anger sadness. and. if you were with saddam has a population of just around eight hundred thousand people everyone we've spoken to is in shock but because that list of dutch casualties was so high on m.h. seventeen most of the people we've spoken to say they know someone or know someone who knows someone who died on that plane well what i read earlier today it's the same ratio as nine eleven where you compared to death toll to or to the population

so i think it's pretty impact and while relatives and friends of victims digest the news of what's happened the flags are flying at half mast a symbol of a nation in mourning. for the boy. while other attributes have been paid in from all across the world many have offered prayers along with flowers and notes in remembrance of all of those who perished alexina chefs can now reports from the destination point in malaysia. we're now here in kuala lumpur where the mh seventeen plane was supposed to land but it did end scenes on friday where he is very emotional the relatives of those who were killed on that plane crash literally stormed the airport the particularly the offices of the malaysian airline company demanding the lists of those who wore on board for some reason the company was reluctant to give those lists only a few hours later did provide those lists now we understand that

a larger part of the relatives of the victims of the plane crash went to amsterdam from there they will travel to ukraine where they will participate in identification of these bodies that but the authorities here both the authorities of the malaysian airlines company and the state authorities are on the rolling press conference schedule there providing updates literally every hour raising a lot of questions particularly that one of the most important questions as to why as it's been reported the plane was ordered by the ukrainian air traffic controllers to descend to a lower altitude these scenes are now pretty calm although huge media and police presence here around the airport which pretty much resembles the scenes of march when another airliner of the malaysian airline company disappeared it's still nowhere to be found but of course the situation is different and we are waiting for more updates from the countries officials while the investigation has barely begun but the u.s. claims it has firm evidence the plane was shot down by

a missile fired from an area controlled by and fight has more now with out with a guy in a church you can. president obama said the missile was shot from the territory controlled by separatists in eastern ukraine having said that he also added we don't know exactly what happened i think it's very important for us to make sure that. we don't get out ahead of the facts. and at this point in terms of identifying specifically what individual or group of individuals or a. personnel order that the strike. came about the u.s. president called for a credible international investigation and that is something all members of the u.n. security council are calling for including russia because nobody at this point knows who shot the missile the blame game is about who created the ground for this tragedy to happen and here we see a clash of different views the u.s. says russia is responsible because it supported the rebels we know that these separatists have received

a steady flow of support from russia. this includes arms and training russia says key if it's responsible because it launched this military operation in eastern ukraine and the u.s. supported it at this point we have this vicious back and forth between everyone involved and not involved. reporting with accusations being thrown in from just about every direction moscow has suggested that kiev has some explaining to do talk about it with correspondent maria. russia wants to know why the ukrainian authorities believe that the country's anti government forces shut down the airplane and while of the country's opposition doesn't happen a force why have deployed surface to air missiles in the area and russia is also calling on ukraine to release its records of the military tracking from the day of the tragedy hand questions have also been raised over why allow the airliner to

deviate from its course and fly over the battleground these are the crucial issues that russia's deputy defense minister believes key of should clarify for a better understanding of what caused the tragedy i would like to express deep condolences to all people. who are in this koresh and to want to use this opportunity to blame anybody just for the like a few questions to my. colleagues from our forces of ukraine while the investigation continues the accusations have been thrown from every direction to every direction and every budget understand that it should be done very carefully otherwise consequences could be very dramatic but still we can see that there are more questions than answers in this tragic story or let's take a closer look at some of the questions of the russians defense ministry ones. such

as why m h one seven diverge from its usual flight path and then actually passed directly over a war zone finally according to the airline ukrainian air traffic controllers actually requested the plane drop its altitude the reasons for that remain very unclear now government forces are naturally accusing each other of shooting down the plane with such as what is called a surface to air missile system allegedly used was the soviet made book it's a mobile complex than. can be quickly moved around and deployed virtually anywhere unlike handheld surface to air missiles the book has the range to shoot down high flying airliners and the ukrainian military was known to have deployed a number of these systems in the area intelligence expert charles schubert who says kiev's claims have yet to be backed up by any solid evidence one could say from the outset with some investigation the air of ground from which it was launched and of

course that would give an indication even though it's accepted i think that is to put it much of east ukraine is in a fluid situation in terms of who controls why any given time the ukraine government has released what it claims are a number of evidence should lead for example it has said. intercepted communications it says between people on the ground that suggested that we have those who are firing or how fired or weapons and also ukraine government has in the past said that the rebels have these weapon systems i should point out that of course the ukraine government claims are as yet on cooperated in respect to these intercepted transmissions and also of course. the prosecutor general himself you know i have always have this system so it's fair to say there's a lot of confusion at the moment and really this really points the way to the importance of a thoroughly independent and indeed thorough investigation to uncover all of the leads in this case it's a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital it's r.t.

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on. reporting from the world talks specifically ip interviews intriguing story are you. trying. to find out more visit. good to have you with us here at aussie international today that attends emergency meeting of the u.n. security council russia's envoy urged others not to assign blame before the results of an investigation of course we're talking about the doll in the malaysian airliner in eastern ukraine following the proceedings for us in new york. as pressure and accusations are piling up against moscow russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin is urging security council members against pointing blame or prejudging an investigation into the tragic plane crash during

a somber and yet contentious emergency meeting friday ambassador churkin said there are many unanswered questions such as why did the ukrainian aviation dispatchers send a plane flight into an area of military clashes and where were the anti-aircraft systems working ambassador churkin says the ukrainian government has not been showing military restraint as western countries have insisted moscow insist that heaves aggressive attacks and indiscriminate shelling of areas in eastern ukraine has led to more violence and clashes and this is why moscow insists that responsibility for the tragic plane crash lies with key. members of the british good we have repeatedly warned of a grave dangers of solving ukraine's political crisis through the use of the wounds to say we have been calling for a respectful dialogue between the conflicting saw as you just use however at each stage kiev has chosen the wrong course and their western backers i'm speaking

mainly of the united states. to escalate the crisis and now when facing the catastrophic repercussions of this course of action there trying to shift responsibility to russia what bill do you believe the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power says it's likely that a surface to air missile was used to down the malaysian airliner as a result she insists that the international community cannot rule out that russia trained or assisted the ukrainian separatists in shooting down the plane many western council members also said that rebels in eastern ukraine have shot down several planes in the area in recent days which establishes their record and capability of activity the ukrainian ambassador to the u.n. told the council that he believes the separatists in the eastern part of his country are armed with two missile systems that would be capable of shooting. down the malaysian airlines plane he insists his government has evidence to back up the claim the un security council expressed its condolences to the families of the plane crash victims of the two hundred ninety people on the malaysian flight to

kuala lumpur from amsterdam u.n. officials say eighty more children. when the plane crash taking the attention. crackdown in the east of ukraine going largely unnoticed we're talking about right here titan of the regions second largest city just about sixty kilometers from where the malaysian aircraft came down and images here from the streets of shortly after an artillery attack at least twenty killed a market left in ruins craters left outside a church all the result of the latest offensive. target civilians more details now of the price of the crackdown with. one of the major developments is that the airport has been taken over by the ukrainian army now this was one of the most highly contested area near the city and they have entered but not before inflicting heavy damage on its we're talking about air missiles and artillery fire in one

instance eight people were killed when a shell has exploded in the middle of a pedestrian crossing. basically the city has been left without electricity without running water and also has been hit leaving a lot of people without heat. for example there was already talk about the military and catastrophe in the city. that is happening basically right on the heels of statements made by ukrainian officials before when they were saying that residential areas are not their primary targets what's happening in the seems to be pointing in exactly the opposite direction we managed to reach one local witness by phone is how she described what you saw. well you know this city came under mortar fire warnings were issued twice during the day and we had to seek shelter on the ground according to people at the scene most

victims have shrapnel wounds they will need to return the part now because also don't want the breeding forces have been patrolling this city and firing shots in residential areas here now wherever you are you can always log on to r.t. dot com for all the very latest on the news and developments straight out of ukraine webzine is working twenty four seven to keep you updated. it's r.t. international there's been more tank and heavy machine gun fire on the israeli gaza border this morning in fact since the ground invasion began on thursday over sixty palestinians have been killed those are going up the total number here we're looking at about a three hundred ten have died since israeli shelling began last week the vast majority of the dead being civilians the hospitals received a study flow of the injured all day friday.

i. think. the little. one israeli soldier was killed on friday the second israeli casualty in the ongoing conflict. in human different who for the meantime vowing to widen the ground invasion the government says it aims to destroy the network of tunnels used by hamas to infiltrate israel in the meantime u.s. president barack obama has warned israel against pushing the escalation too far the u.n. now saying the number of palestinians seeking shelter has nearly doubled the reporting from gaza. while the streets of gaza remain empty throughout 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 the hospital where we spoke to a hamas spokesperson and questioned him on this recent escalation. both your reaction to the israeli ground invasion of the gaza strip. people depending on your doctor all of these. wounded by the bits i get. introduced to get our own water because finally i want to. be able to do the groups here have the capacity to actually deal with an israeli ground invasion we already did. not want to be. good luck throughout the world go to your home.

ok thank you very much for the time thank you ok thanks so that was fuzzy about how he iterated the position that israel's ground invasion really is going to invoke civilian casualties in large numbers to use that it does have the capacity to defend the palestinian population here from an israeli ground invasion and. the israeli operation follows an egypt brokered truce which did allow some aid to get inside gaza where the truce only lasted for five hours on thursday an exchange of fire began as soon as it ended my colleague you know neal spoke to ilana stein the deputy spokesperson of the israeli foreign ministry he asked exactly how a ceasefire could be followed immediately by an all out ground invasion. egyptians initiated a cease fire and we respected it and we didn't shoot and guess what kept on shooting rockets at us and then there was a humanitarian ceasefire and we wanted the people in gaza to receive medical help

to receive food through see all kinds of supplies they need and the hamas still kept firing at us surely your government for saw this huge terrible human cost fortunately yes you have one side who wants violence more violence and more death and you have us who are asking them please let's stop it even though this is very risky for us they're firing on you because they think you're firing on them first we're looking at this huge loss of life it is clearly an palestinians the pictures we've been showing and better spreading around the world by stepping up the operation aren't you simply pushing in this into a spiral of violence that who knows when it could end we don't want the violence but unfortunately this is hamas his mission just more and more by ok one more thing that's fine and i just remember him saying the u.n. international law israel is obliged to protect civilians in the occupied territories doesn't this violate what you're doing the responsibility you have

towards the palestinians yes we have a responsibility. to civilians in general and that's what we do before we attack we have flyers that saying that we're going to attack and this and sometimes we also abort missions you can look it up in our in our web sites we we have pilots actually aborting missions because they're told that there are children nearby and even though the next day this can be mean that these places are going to launch missiles at. well thanks for joining us here on r.t. international and rory sushi in moscow breaking the set will be next on that so joining us from the u.k. thank you for doing so will be joined by george got away and see. if there's anything we're afraid of in the modern western world is an al qaeda or

aids or something like that it's words just words especially on the internet morning radio shock jock the cumia from the opie and anthony show has been fired for a massive twitter rant that he made against a woman who believe that the radio host was taking mocking photographs of her and got aggressive with them who may claim to just be taking pictures of time square now normally what you do outside of work shouldn't matter but with public personalities i can see how people want them to have good behavior all the time but the problem is that guys like him are put on the airwaves to have bad behavior what does the sirius x.m. company expect from people they put on air to be wild and raunchy this is typical corporate boardroom mentality well we want morning gigi's to be really crazy and shocking but not too crazy and show king hey i don't have a horse in this race i actually think the opie and anthony show is pretty dismal but when i see someone getting fired for wacky shock jock stuff that is in a way kind of part of his job well it just seems very hypocritical to me but that's just my opinion.

well going to break in a set i'm abby martin so yesterday the world witnessed a truly horrific tragedy unfold in eastern ukraine malaysian airliner was shot down killing two hundred ninety eight human beings on board one of the passengers were humanitarians on their way to an aids conference in australia unfortunately the media coverage from all sides has been truly truly disappointing within hours the sun immediately declared the missile as putin's and neo cons were given

a platform across corporate media to seize upon the tragedy and resurrect cold war fervor urging the west to quote confront the russian regime. look speculation on all sides in the mere hours after any large scale disaster is a horror and irresponsible journalism and does a great disservice to the two hundred ninety eight victims of this crime who lost their lives but as of the time of this broadcast here's what we know the plane was shot down by what appears to be a surface to air missile over the war torn area of donetsk where the russian border this is an area right for the violence between ukrainian forces and separatist fighters ever since the crew and subsequent incursion into crimea and just like the u.s. is giving support to the tune of five billion dollars on the ground in ukraine russia has been logistically backing the rebels in this territory according to nato officials if in in the international independent investigation does indeed find that the missile was shot by rebel fighters and the criminals responsible need to be held to come.