freedom. they don't want to see foreigners in their country and will fight a guerrilla war till the end. as international experts scour the scene of a malaysian plane disaster in eastern ukraine accusations of counteraccusations are made but the e.u. says it remains unclear what brought the aircraft down. families and communities mourn the victims of the tragedy with people from at least ten countries among the dead most of them citizens. and more questions than answers r.t. talks to aviation experts to find out what's behind many oddities of the fatal routes that brought the malaysian boeing over the war zone in eastern ukraine. plus while the world's in shock over the air crash of deadly military air strikes

continue on eastern ukraine sixteen civilians have been confirmed dead in the city of lugansk. welcome thanks for joining us once again my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. now experts from several countries are joining an international probe into the tragic crash of a malaysian passenger jet the wreckage site in eastern ukraine is spread out over a several kilometer radius and white cotton markers have been placed where the victims' bodies have been found all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed among them eighty children. it's believed that the plane was shot down by a missile however the european commission says it has seen no evidence confirming

this so far a team of volunteers from europe's main security watchdog arrived at the scene on friday earlier some of them complained that local self-defense forces were restricting their access to the area but now say that it's been widened and ukrainian security service is say that they have now negotiated a safe zone around the wreckage international experts working there say they face a difficult task. but having missed a good team. but it's not our job you're not investigating the calls for you also do not speculate on it but what the you're here for is to see what measures are in place for the me to the security. measures and what measures have been taken to do we've seen a human and most efficient way. or own culture managed to get to the scene of the tragedy while our sea monitors were exploring it and he filed this report. we are now way past that's when the four hour mark that the bodies of the people at 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 the spend about an hour talking to people and scouring the area then they left so we couldn't get any information from them right away there were keeping mum 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 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'd 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 told 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 my son went out and said mom there is a body in the kitchen there was plastic everywhere i looked 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 clapping as soon as we went out of the house we saw a body lot in 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 the odor 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 looked at the explosion 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 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 believe we're here with my family my whole life here where the crash happened with whom i've been working in this coal mine for forty years and now i just want to help that's all there are thirty five people in our ship and just two of them went to work with the others came here to help new is 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 for. for a man costa red card see donetsk ukraine. the netherlands where the ill fated

plane departed from has been the worst hit by the trying to do the majority of the passengers on board flight m.h. seventy a total of one hundred ninety two people were docked citizens and many were heading to southeast asia on holiday with business today school reeling from the loss of three students 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 are starting to emerge in the town of borden a school rocked by grief graduates of men kemah college robin hamill rick robot 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 them eight seventeen were in fact

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 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 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 you know over an hour . stood 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 graff 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 roller coaster going romans different emotions disbelieve shock anger sadness. and. if you were honest and 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 ratios nine eleven where you compared to 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. but people tease. apart from the netherlands citizens of at least nine other countries are among the victims including malaysia australia and the u.k. tributes are being paid to the victims across the world in the malaysian capital where flight m.h. seventeen was heading there are scenes of confusion and anger as a young chef school reports. we're now here in kuala lumpur where the mh seventeen plane was supposed to land scenes on friday where he very emotional the relatives of those who were killed on that plane crash literally stormed the airport particularly the offices of the malaysian airline company demanding the lists of those who wore on board well most of the relatives of the mh 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 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 have 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 ground they are traffic controllers 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 many doubts remain and they beat the malaysian authorities hoping that many questions will become clearer once they get access to the crash site and be able to conduct the investigation. despite the tragedy ukraine's army is continuing its offensive in the country's east the life tank resulted in sixteen civilian deaths will be bringing you more on mount later this hour. speaking at the white house on friday the u.s. president claimed there was firm evidence that the malaysian plane was downed by a surface to air missile fired from territory controlled by forces you also lashed out at russia for supporting the gun its account takes a closer look at those allegations 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 that 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 vicious back and forth between everyone involved and not involved. now these are some of the media headlines appearing in the wake of the tragedy directly blaming bloody amir putin speculation has been piling up over who is to blame ukraine's government has issued what it claims to be a leaked phone call between local militia fighters admitting to downing a civilian plane and unverified a video circulating online reports to show a book missile launcher being smuggled out of ukraine after the crash intelligence expert charles shubert says that the claims are lacking solid evidence one could so 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 eastern ukraine is in

a fluid situation in terms of who controls what 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 rebels were 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 one cooperated in respect of these intercepted transmissions and also of course. the prosecutor general himself denied that rebels 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. investigation to uncover all of the leads in this case despite the accusations being made there are still more questions than answers on the catastrophe the russian defense ministry is demanding information from the

national reports. russia wants to know why the ukrainian authorities believe that the country's anti government forces shut down the airplane and while other countries opposition doesn't happen every 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 currish to want to use this opportunity to blame anybody i just would like to

question us 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. there are many unexplained details surrounding the tragedy let's take a closer look at some of them first data from the flight radar service suggests the plane diverged from its original route a second it's not clear why the boeing entered the zone of heavy fighting and then according to the statement of malaysia airlines ukrainian dispatchers asked the crew to fly lower than the height that was originally requested we are station expert chris yates to comment. it's a brave quest. line so not being prevented from flying through this

this conflict. the international civil aviation organization i.k.o. based in montreal. was the last organization to declare the space to be safe. presumably based on information received from the ukrainian authorities. based in. perhaps flawed intelligence to be the weaponry that insurgents on the border may or may not be. a whole bunch of questions cropping up now which we each need says we need some fairly quickly indeed. still to come this hour on excuse me still to come this hour on r.t. international the people of gaza facing the bloody consequences of

a dramatic escalation hospitals that overflows with civilian victims one in five among them is a child we report on the conflict after the break where the death toll now reached three hundred twenty. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going here in iraq is that our big story the plans for headlines and talk there is a reason they don't want international airport they're trying to reset. now let's break the set. choose your language.

killing spree killer though in a financial center say still some of. us choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that invigorating. choose the stories that impact the life choose me access to often. you're watching now as the world's attention remains focused on thursday to reflect plane tragedy in ukraine the latest deadly army shelling of the eastern city of lugansk has gone largely unnoticed just sixty kilometers from where the malaysian boeing came down these are all the images from the streets of lugansk shortly after an artillery attack that resulted in the death of at least sixteen people including

three women dozens more wounded local officials say sixty people now being killed in the city in the ongoing crackdown with more details he has on. one of the major developments is that the airport of the guns has been taken over by the ukrainian army now this was one of the most highly contested area near this city and they have entered the dance 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 the military and 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 we reached a local resident by phone here's what she told us about that attack. you know this city came under mortar fire warning is when we should twice do you remember when we had to see a child underground according to people that most victims have trapped us they want me to return a part. also report that reading forces have been patrolling this city and fire insurance in residential areas of. the u.n. says two hundred fifty seven civilians have been killed in eastern ukraine since the military operation that began you can follow the very latest on the conflict with continual updates on our website that's on dot com. and.

on. next an israeli man was killed in the south of the country on saturday by a rocket fired from gaza he's the third israeli for the play to lety since the start of the current conflict which is claimed the lives of three hundred twenty palestinians meanwhile there was tank and machine gun fire on the border this morning as the israeli army stepped up its ground operation gaza hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of injured civilians. oh oh oh it's a. little. out of. the.

israel's ground offensive is now into its second day targeting cross border smuggling tunnels used by hamas of the stated goal is to destroy militant capability its palestinian civilians use. to be paying the price at least twenty more people were killed on saturday as the i.d.f. unleashed an intense artillery bombardment u.s. president barack obama has warned israel against further loss of innocent lives of the palestinians killed since the campaign kicked off last week one in five of those with children fear brings this report from gaza. thousands of troops and tanks stormed into guards there 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 that conditions better than being in a stream the dangerous neighborhoods rania is among fifty from the to money 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. you remember. 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 . people here suffer more than most but 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. because of the. homes and not the only targets damaged in this escalation on friday morning three airstrikes hit an office high up in a commercial building in one of the most developed barriers of the city.

homicide i said i thought i would if it is it possible that people are firing missiles from your office this morning. but more can you do a little bit. here how did. well with filming in the center of the city four rockets a fire just behind us from a well known local military site 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 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 pray to god to protect them and their families. well the c.n.n.

news network pulled its correspondent from covering the israeli palestinian conflict up to she tweeted that israelis were cheering as they watched bombs land in gaza she later deleted that message but not before it had already been retreated two hundred times and this comes after another american network n.b.c. also removed its correspondent from the same region without explanation to get more almost stories visit our website that's r.t. dot com. we will have more very latest for you from gaza and ukraine coming up at the top of the hour before the hour the martin will explore how the malaysian plane catastrophe is being politicized in the global media that's next in breaking assess.

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really knows what's inside. 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.