recorders. the. international investigators reached the wreckage of the malaysian airliner that crashed in ukraine killing all two hundred ninety eight people on board r.t. reports from the site of the tragedy. russia's envoy to the u.n. warns against the signing blamed for an investigation is held as the u.s. claims that evidence a missile was shot at the plane from an area controlled by ukrainian government forces. grief stricken friends and family of the n.h. seventeen plane crash victims seeking answers about why they lost their loved ones . just a few dozen kilometers away from the crash ordinary ukrainians continue to die as

the army closes in on the city of lugansk. welcome and thanks for joining us this hour my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. investigators are combing through the wreckage of the malaysian airliner that crashed in east ukraine on thursday killing all two hundred ninety eight people on board alongside the debris of the plane lying there in mainz of passengers and their belongings the white ribbons you can see here mark the locations where bodies have been found but many who were on board remain unaccounted for. accompanied by representatives of the self-proclaimed nyet people's republic a team of international observers from the organization for security and

cooperation in europe have now arrived at my side they took pictures of the gruesome scene on friday. team. of multi investigating the calls for you also to speculate on it but what you're here for is to see what measures are closely to be made to the security. measures and what measures have been taken to do we've seen a human and most efficient way. international observers will continue their examination of the site later in the meantime kiev has accused anti-government forces of trying to destroy evidence reports from the scene of the crash we are now way past that twenty four hour mark that the bodies of the people that died at the crash malaysia airlines flight had been lying around here along with the burning debris you know the always see mission had already come here the spend about an

hour talking to people in scouring the area then they left so we couldn't get any information from them right away they were keeping mom about 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 had and along with the bodies had falling in an area around twelve kilometers here so this is going to be a 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 anything but my son went out and said mom

there is a body in the kitchen there was a blast to everywhere i thought it was just a pile of rubbish but then i had this too 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 clapping as soon as we went out of the house we saw a body lying nearby it must have fallen from a very high altitude the only thing left on the body was a t. shirt it was a man the legs were broken i saw practically no blood now you can smell the odor or be here there are no words to describe it here's my house and it all happened right here it's like i was watching t.v. i heard a roar looked into explosions i would know and saw spinning plane without a wing with something falling out of it the area where the plane crashed is near

several mines that sustain people economically in the done as krege and so it comes as no surprise that coal miners were some of the first on hand to help but the scene of the tragedy. i've lived 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 and just two of them went to work the others came here to help with these thought rudd says 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 a quite a wait to find out just how their loved ones were taken from them from on cost or of art see donetsk ukraine. well the majority of passengers on board the flight were dutch and people across the netherlands have been laying flowers and tributes many of the victims were holiday makers heading to the malaysian beaches or these

police reports from the grieving country. as travelers rush 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 are starting to emerge in the town of borden a school rocked by grief graduates of men kemah college robin hamill rick robert young vines it failed and his sister fred a reek were about to start the next chapter of their lives while two of the three students from this school that sadly perished on a mate's seventeen were in fact siblings 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 is together there's lots of crying everybody supporting one another you

don't see something like this coming i knew he was going on holiday to malaysia but you never expect something like this to happen instead of enjoying the first days of their summer holiday pupils and teachers are 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 we're 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. 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 laurence van de graaff and his girlfriend collin kaiser who had planned to travel across malaysia. five last night i got a text and i woke up. and i saw it was gone you have this rollercoaster during rome

it's different emotions disbelieve shock anger sadness. if you were with amsterdam 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 we've compared the death toll to the population so i think it's pretty impactful 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 people. a team of malaysian experts has arrived in kiev to conduct an investigation into the plane crash there

demanding full access to the site let's talk to our like c.s.s. cues in malaysia now who's joined as i say what are the malaysian authorities calling for. well most of the relatives of the m.h. seventeen victims have already flown to ukraine to identify the bodies of their loved ones the team of investigators from malaysia also went to key of the transport minister of the country is flying there tonight he just spoke to us about the investigation about several irregularities the authorities have noted first of all the change of altitude they confirmed that the plane changed altitude from thirty five thousand feet to thirty three thousand feet he says this is a normal practice for the world but there is no explanation whatsoever why this time the air traffic controllers in ukraine told the plane to go lower and now the regularity is the destiny of the flight recorders because we've been hearing contradictory reports coming from kiev authorities that they either had the flight

recorders then they said they did not have them or the malaysian authorities confirm they have no information about the whereabouts of these flight recorders which of course would be instrumental for this investigation and last but not least they've also spoken that seventy five airlines flew for the same route just the day before. the crash but still the malaysian authorities were assured by the on ground air traffic control is that the route was deemed safe in fact they said that several other airlines were flying the same route within minutes after and before the crash of course a lot of questions remain and many doubts remain and they of the malaysian authorities hoping that many questions will become clear out once they get access to the crash site and be able to conduct the investigation and get saudis alexy reporting live from kuala lumpur international airport. the investigation is only just begun but the u.s. claims that it has further evidence the plane was shot down by a missile fired from an area controlled by and find his gun and shoot you can.

president obama said the missile was shot from the territory controlled by separatists in eastern ukraine evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russian backed separatists inside of ukraine moreover we know that these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia 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 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 back and forth between everyone involved and not involved. the mainstream media has picked up on the allegations coming from the u.s. and especially the ukrainian government which has blamed anti government separatists and claimed that they're being supported by moscow to back up these claims is an unverified tape released by the ukrainian security forces it purports to be an intercepted conversation between self-defense fighters men with thick ukrainian accent say that they have shot down a plane the authenticity of the recordings still hasn't been verified and kiev also

circulated this video the unconfirmed footage shows a surface to air system allegedly being driven across eastern ukraine with one of its missiles missing. with accusations being thrown in every direction moscow has suggested that kiev has some explaining to do. as more. 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 i keep have deployed surface to air missiles in the area and russia's 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. who are in korea should go on 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 on soz in this tragic story. now let's take a closer look at some of the questions that russia's defense ministry wants answers to such as why i make seventeen diverged from its usual flight path and then passed directly over a conflict zone finally getting to the airline ukrainian air traffic controllers

requested the plane drop its altitude the reasons for remain unclear. take a look at the area where any seventeen came down. this is the little town that we can see here grab of a that's where most of the debris has been found the plane came from the northwest that flew over almost the entire conflict so that includes two for the hot spot slavyansk and tosk now major ukrainian army outpost the crash site itself is almost directly between the regional capitals done yet and lugansk kiev and anti-government forces have engaged in some of the fiercest fighting over the airports there grubber itself just kilometers away from the border with russia that's been shelled by the ukrainian army on numerous occasions and earlier this week in the neighboring town of an air strike there destroyed a residential building eleven people killed ok we'll have more updates on ukraine

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to notice. faces change the world right. so picture. from around the. globe. to. come back you're watching r.t. international next at a tense emergency meeting of the un security council russia's envoy urged others not to assign blame before the results of an investigation a nine report now is following 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 insists 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 grave dangers of solving ukraine's political crisis through the use of force we have been calling for respectful dialogue between the conflicting sides however at each stage kiev has chosen the wrong course and their western backers i'm speaking mainly of the united states have

pushed them to escalate the crisis and now when facing the catastrophic repercussions of this course of action they're trying to shift responsibility to russia. 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 ukraine 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 u.n. 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 un officials say eighty more children were in a. new york. would be plane crash taking the both of the attention since mid thursday cube's ongoing crackdown in eastern ukraine has gone largely unnoticed the talk in the siege of the region second biggest city just sixty kilometers from where the jet came down now these are images from the streets of lugansk shortly after an alternative attack at least sixteen locals were killed a market was left in ruins and craters left outside a church all results of the latest offensive with more details on the price of the crackdown has all to go. 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 shelling from air shelling with missiles and artillery fire in one instance eight people were killed ten years three when a shell has exploded in the middle of a pedestrian cross-walk basically the city has been left without electricity without running water a gas fired also has been hit leaving a lot of people without access to heat for cooking purposes for example there was already talk about humanitarian catastrophe in the city of lugansk but 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 guns seems to be pointing in exactly the opposite direction . were you all you can always log on to. all the news and latest developments. working twenty four seventh's to keep you up.

next an israeli being killed in a rocket attack launched from gaza he's now the third israeli casualty in the current conflict israel is also keeping up its shelling killing dozens of palestinians and its ground offensive on friday hospitals overflowed with the injured. we are doing this not all. of the work but it was a. little bit. out of the was quote. israel's been pounding hamas rocket launchers in trying to uncover cross border funnels but while targeting the militants it's palestinian civilians who've taken the brunt of israeli attacks at

least twenty gazans of being killed on saturday as the i.d.f. intensified its shelling us president barack obama has warned israel against pushing the escalation too far over almost three hundred twenty palestinians have died since last week we fear reports from gaza. thousands of troops and tanks stormed into garter in the early hours of friday morning as israel began its so-called anti terror campaign this is the. school in central gaza city we understand that over the last few days hundreds of families have come here to seek refuge from the ongoing escalation they're living in very very difficult conditions but their conditions better than being in a stream the dangerous neighborhoods grania is among fifty from the to monny family who sought refuge here. but.

the u.n. says twenty two thousand people have been internally displaced and sought refuge in its facilities since this latest bout of violence began last tuesday. have consistently slammed into the homes of palestinians over the last two weeks yet israel maintains it's only targeting hamas infrastructure mahmoud's home was one of those hit they've attacked your home. while i was. it's less than a kilometer away from the israeli border and near a hospital that was being targeted here in the north of the strip these refugee camps are some of the most densely populated places on earth and when the shooting starts people here suffer more than most despite the danger not all the heating

israel's warnings to evacuate i understand that you were told to evacuate by israel why have you not evacuated. there. here homes are not the only targets damaged in this escalation on friday morning three air strikes hit an office high up in a commercial building in one of the most developed areas of the city and i had. to develop sort of a little book. out of the. promise i set up that i will give you is it possible that people are firing missiles from your office this morning. with no good news you're going to. hear how they're going to get well we're filming in the center of the

city four rockets fired just behind us from a well known local military. the israeli prime minister has given orders to the israeli army to escalate its ground operations in the gaza strip palestinians here remember all too well the bloodiness of the winter two thousand and eight now an invasion of the gaza strip this a month of ramadan a time that is meant to be peaceful palestinian muslims simply prayed to god to protect them and their families carry fear. meanwhile news network c.n.n. pulled its correspondent from covering the israeli palestinian conflict up to she tweeted about israelis cheering as they watched bombs hit garza that tweet was later deleted another american network n.b.c. also removed its correspondent from the region without explanation for more details on those stories visit our website r.t. dot com. we hope you'll stay with us here on r.t.

more news headlines at the top of the hour stay with us though because after the break a special report on ukrainians who are fleeing kids as strikes. two u.s. agents who are working deep inside the german government have been caught which has heightened tensions between the two countries even more the german reaction to this was to expel the cia chief in berlin from his post this is the kind of story that makes people who hate u.s. foreign policy to share button on facebook and get all excited it makes me feel that merkel or at least some elements of the german government are actually fighting against foreign meddling but i would say that you should take this story with a huge grain of salt yeah they just did one cia asset out of the country and this could be a sign of change but there are still twenty plus u.s.

military bases currently operating in germany in fact the bow holder base is one of the largest ones outside of america territory with thirteen thousand troops permanently stationed there so basically if merkel really wants to reduce foreign meddling in germany she's going to have to somehow get a massive foreign military presence out of a country and since has been there for almost seventy years already i don't think that they're just going to pack up and leave on their own one day but that's just my opinion. it could be a ghost block those bullets stuck watching stars visit

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