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acar. the first bodies of m.h. seventeen victims arrive in the netherlands for examination and repatriation to their families while investigators for more remains and clues at the crash site. the airliner crashes turned into an information war by the us media echoing the state department's accusations against russia and refusing to hear any counter claims. and r.t. tries to find a journalist it lost contact with while working in eastern ukraine with reports that he's been taken into protective custody. also israel's ground operation in gaza bolstered by tanks helicopter gunships and warplanes leaves more than seven
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hundred palestinians dead as diplomats struggle to draw up a truce they. are welcome you're watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow. now the bodies of forty of those who died when flight m h seventeen crashed of arrived in the netherlands to a solemn welcome. oh yes. thousands of people marched in amsterdam wearing white in memory of the victims of the crash artie's peter all of our.
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airport where two more planes are expected to arrive on thursday. the process of bringing those killed on board malaysian airlines flight seventeen here to the netherlands is underway the first two transport planes arrived here in eindhoven bringing the first forty coffins containing the remains of those who died they were greeted by a solemn ceremony a lone bugler setting up a minute's silence that was impeccably observed around one thousand relatives who are believed to have been in the on the airstrip at the time watching the ceremony along with the dutch royal family and the prime minister of the netherlands the bodies were then removed from the airplanes by a military honor guard made up of all of the armed services of the netherlands and put into funeral cars they've now been taken to a military base near to the to the town of where the identification process will take place here at the airport itself where those bodies will continue to arrive
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floral tributes are piling up and becoming another center of remember and here in the netherlands all of those who lost their lives. according to investigators they're not all the bodies have been found yet. at the crash site combing the area . we are here at the crash sites of malaysian airlines flight seventy eight and according to the monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe there are still body fragments scattered here and it's going to be a kilometer a radio so if the crash sites not all of them had been recovered the always see had been here on the ground starting from the second day after the crash and malaysian aviation experts have also arrived here five days after the crash and that's when the investigation commenced but all the sides involved in this investigation including the monitors expressed satisfaction with the level of access that they
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you got here with a level of security and makes malaysian experts expressed gratitude in that regard as well meanwhile i mean while malaysian prime minister said he is not about so blame anybody for the crash of this malaysian airlines flight seventeen until concrete evidence is there so he's waiting for the investigation to commence investigation had started but it's a long way from finish and meanwhile the black boxes that were recovered from this area are now in possession of a u.k. authorities and perhaps they will be able to shed some light as to what happened to seventeen of the british investigators who are in possession of the five recorders say that there is no evidence they have been tampered with despite accusations from kiev aviation security expert there's been ross told us what information could be on the. the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder are the two boxes were returning to the cockpit voice recorder is the name suggests will tell us what
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was said what noises were heard everything that occurred in the cockpit prior to the accident that can be very useful in those last moments of m h one seventy it could even record the sound of the explosion it will certainly record the sound of warning bells gongs and any comments made by the pilots the other one the flight data recorder specifically records the parameters of the aircraft its. characteristics at that time it would not expect it to be anything it unusual on that flight data recorder up until the moment of the explosion that information should all be stored on the recorders so long as there are no tampering and no one to koreans with and they should be completely able to give us that information so i don't think it will take terribly long the cockpit voice recorder will be quicker but the flight data recorder require specialized equipment which is was going to
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england actually there's only about half a dozen special lives laura trees in the world willis can be down i'm sure it will have very painstaking examination to determine precisely what happened in the last moments seconds of m h one seventy five we could carry weeks. i've investigated is ongoing but some analysts say that currently evidence doesn't rule out the possibility that antigovernment forces could have been responsible for the tragedy is what your hands norbi from the danish defense called each told us. my best guess. is. that of course that m.h. seventeen was flying over ukraine and it was pretty must by accident in the way that i believe the d.n.c. key fighters launched a proc means saws on what i would estimate to be ukrainian fighter but simply. exchange or whatever missile to target their information and hit the line instead
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meanwhile the us media remain adamant in their accusations against russia regarding the malaysian airliner crash and despite presenting no hard evidence to back such allegations once launched the media machine is hard to stop damage has this report . it took most pundits military experts and encouraged in the u.s. mainstream media less than a day to pronounce russia and specifically the russian president guilty of the downing of the mh seventeen this tuesday u.s. intelligence official said they had no evidence that would directly link to the tragedy they also said they did not know who exactly pulled the trigger but inertia in the media is a powerful thing and such a lack of evidence does not set back some of the journalists who seem to be absolutely sure about who's to blame maybe you haven't been following it but the u.s. is actually coming out with
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a lot of its own intelligence that connects what happened i made seventeen to the acts of russian militants and perhaps of the involvement of russia in either training of quitting or maybe even assisting one. frank you're going to have lance are you talking about what what forensic evidence are you referring to. very or release intelligence information about the trajectory no not twitter our do not think you know this is something to be flip about two hundred ninety eight people lost their lives let's not i think they want to say declare it is in there and we're going to come in you're out there we slip and much of the u.s. media brushoff whatever information comes from the russian government propaganda for instance when presented evidence they ukraine had the capability to shoot down the plane without directly accusing kiev of doing it many journalists have shown clearly that they were not willing to treat all sources equally that is not to say that all journalists do that so really it's the propaganda machine spinning on both
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sides in what is an information war certainly has it seen from the russian angle is russia's evidence credible. well how credible is the u.s. evidence after a u.s. official said there is no proof of the russian president's involvement in the plane crash the u.s. media is looking for another face to put on that tragedy the leader of the pretty russian rebels the suspect in this crime seems defensive even amused by it all rolling his eyes at the question of accountability the bodies to give it. to you know it's a fantastic story the thing is that as soon as members of our c.e.o. arrived they notified us that if we start moving the bodies then we will be responsible have new source information tonight from u.s. government sources about this strange shadowy character who leads pro russian rebels the jean jacket black t.
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shirt the roll of the eyes he comes across like a sixteen year old being lectured by a parent while the real investigation is only beginning in eastern ukraine the media are hungry for quick with salt. quick accusations and a quick verdict in washington i'm going to check on our team. still no sign of graham phillips a journalist working for you dissipate in eastern ukraine on wednesday the channel . with him on his way to genius poor question of joins us live now with the latest what do we know about graham's whereabouts well as you just mentioned a journalist working of our ground philip was among is among four people reportedly missing while they weren't covering firefights in the area very close to the city of daniel we do know that he was with a group of freelance journalists working very close to airport which is currently one of the most active war zones and that regional center now one of the drone
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allies who wanted to stay anonymous says that he was with the ground there we shortly before he was reported missing. we received information that an offensive on the approach was planned and that an to kill forces would try to repel it a string from said he could bring a sci fi to their position we got to three hundred meters from airport that was in this month thing to do because we knew it was dangerous the other journalist told graham that they should go even further so they went and soon we lost them out of sight they get really close to the airport building then we go to call from graham's phone was the other journalist cooling he said that graham had been detained by antiterrorism. and at the same time ukrainian defense ministry so they do not take journalists hostage. i know he's been taken hostage there's no information orders were both were there is
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a bone thrown to the ukrainian military don't. well the russian foreign ministry has demanded us in the media three nice of the journalists working for tea. and the british foreign office also says that it is aware of the situation and the standing ready to provide assistance meanwhile the last time phillips got in touch with moscow was on the evening of the twenty second of july and at the moment our team is doing everything possible to learn about he is present where bats. ok thank you dana for that update. with the latest on the whereabouts of graham phillips he was working for ukraine thank you. well journalist door says he's relieved his friend is not among the dead but he's concerned that neither of the conflicting sides in ukraine is playing by the rules he's alive and that's fantastic news and everyone's very very relieved
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course western journalists want her nationality to protect her identity said to me earlier that nobody is in control nobody is following orders in the area on either side and that's why the situation is so dangerous she said in her exact words that concerns me a little bit and i suppose the question for. the new president of ukraine and the national guard is ukraine is a country that is spiers to join the european union it's going around kidnapping foreign nationals for no reason why. well according to the international news safety institute ukraine is actually the most dangerous place for media workers since the beginning of the conflict seven international journalists have been killed there and that's more than in iraq since the start of the year and five of the victims were russian one reporter was from italy and one worked for ukrainian media journalists also face constant pressure from government forces they're banned
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from entering ukrainian territory with reports of kidnappings and beatings government fed in these the rector of the center for investigative journalism and says the army is a g.b. a source of information when the conflict is ongoing. one tends not to believe what the military says in almost every country because they tend to cover themselves and not admit when tragedies actually occur the armies themselves and other side and most wars provide very little meaningful protection it's a very difficult war because there are no conventional front lines in the way that we know them. so it's very difficult to position yourself safely in that circumstance the impulse for any serious professional is to get as close to the combat as you can best pictures are that's where the best drama is and that's of course the most dangerous place there been seven killed in that conflict so far seventy internationally and all of them have had the same sort of circumstance
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where there is new fighting reported in the area where graeme phillips and other journalists were supposedly captured gunshots and explosions are being heard around then yes gap or what here artillery is said to be at work and unconfirmed reports by locals speak of numerous civilian casualties the crimean army has confirmed two of its fighter jets were shot down in the region some reports claim they were flying close to the mh seventeen crash site clad a non-combat zone by the president here quickly blame russia for launching the missiles that took down the planes that is the army claims it's almost completed its mission of isolating the city from the neighboring against region. well ukraine is now officially in a war according to the international red cross and all sides involved could be liable for war crimes the role of the red cross and more treaties is that many fold it says the guardian of the geneva conventions and other humanitarian agreements it decides when to officially designate violence is armed conflict and once it says
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there is a war it's responsible for addressing governments to punish any possible war criminals once a conflict is tagged a war several un established rules apply first all parties must distinguish between civilians and combatants their are expected to they are expected to respect and protect the lives and rights of civilians all be held responsible for failing to do you say it also means that weapons and other means of waging war are limited by international treaties and you cap'n from the geneva academy of international humanitarian law and human rights says this could result in the victims having their voices heard the question of whether the fire from the ground there is pretty true both television earlier it was thought. through you know it's going to get civilians. true to. oneself in the car
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in a way it's. twice before reaching all if it. says it was. responsible this causes the arms but political analyst brian becker believes the red cross says ignatius may now be used as a political tool. you know based on the what's happened in the past two decades that the use of war crimes allegations is highly partisan and highly politicized usually it's the targets of western powers who are identified as war criminals and brought to justice or are brought to the hague while those who perpetrate work crimes from nato countries are never brought to trial so the concern here is that this is a gateway to a possible allegation by some not the ukrainian government even though it was the one that initiated a military offensive against its own people starting on july first something that
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you would say if it's a war zone they created the word zone and thus they are culpable the fear is that the this allegation may be used against those who are fighting against the kiev government or possibly. one of the wonderful moment one of these policies i don't believe. he would. like to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure.
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and the rest of life makes you believe everything on. the list. welcome back now the palestinian death toll has top seven hundred as israel carries on with its ground operation and diplomats try to broker a peace deal amass says they will agree to a cease fire irony of israel and of gaza is the latest pictures from the reach him . i. can see this through with missy. oh. no it was always a little. un has warned that israeli actions in gaza could amount to war crimes and
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i reports for r.t. on how the fighting medics efforts to save lives. with israel's navy to the west tanks and ground troops to the north east and south and it's more than air force all the while overhead there is no shortage of extreme risks for gaza's paramedics and out of first responders the palestinian red crescent ambulances haven't reach some affected areas leaving civilians distraught but entering such areas can be deadly for paramedics i'm feelin says have come under fire in this recent escalation one medic has already died and it's happened before a paramedic died in the two thousand and twelve for more than a dozen others died in the two thousand and eight two thousand and nine conflict while in the last five minutes of being here at the hospital in middle middle we
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have seen three israeli and aerial vehicles fly over and we've seen just as many dead bodies right here. in order to palestinian paramedics do their job israel called the union natural cease fire in an area that seen heavy strikes schools of ambulances fire engines and diggers rushed in to help many injured and to recover bodies. of missiles struck the surgery department which is home to casualty and trauma patients causing many deaths and injuries. known first responders are internationally legally protected workers. fearing that's not enough they've been joined by foreign activists volunteering as human shields but even with that protection for our own volunteers shielding an early civilian evacuation ended in the death of one teenager apparently as a result of multiple i.d.f. gunshots exhausted and overwhelmed with people needing attention garza's paramedics
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have a seemingly impossible job to do all the while trying to avoid being part of the body count themselves harry fear r.t. . or paris has seen a strong wave of support for palestine people took to the streets in the heart of the french capital to condemn israel to previous protests descended into violence with windows shattered. some more world news briefer around forty thousand farm workers from across mexico have rallied in the capital they marched to the interior ministry in mexico city demanding dialogue on land reform and rights for indigenous people they also protested against new energy reforms they came forced landowners to give their land to foreign investment firms to explore for petroleum and natural gas the protests was accompanied by a heavy police presence a man peacefully. more than forty people have been killed in two suicide
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bombings in northern nigeria the deadly blast took place in a crowded market when a car full of explosives was driven full speed towards a convoy that included the country's opposition leader moderate muslim cleric escaped harm in the second attack when a bomber exploded a device on a busy street amid members of his congregation no group has admitted carrying out the attacks but extremist group has been active in the area. and the trial of one of venezuela's main opposition figures leopoldo lopez has began in caracas lopez is accused of inciting dealing anti government protests that took place at the big. ending of the year he denies all the charges he has been in custody since february and if convicted could face up to a decade prison. a clash of cultures and religions has become a daily reality for thousands of migrants in france artie's marine corps set of
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a report from paris on how tension is building. poverty unemployment and race discrimination that's what the french government promised to fight to make sure there wouldn't be a repeat of this. the deaths of two french gets of mali and in these in this sense in the parisian suburbs sparked riots for weeks costing over two hundred million euros in damage it highlighted the underlying issues of social and economic exclusion felt by second generation immigrant kids. too many differences too many people not enough territory not enough power not enough common principles this is why in these conditions multi-cultural societies are hyper violent hyper racist not sustainable and don't bearable france has the largest muslim population and their european union also roughly ten percent of france's population hail from the maghreb the
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middle east and west africa different cultures religions and lifestyles those who are struggling financially tend to live in bang leo's or suburban low income housing projects interact in their own flavor to their local community halls this transformation happen quickly and it operated like an enclave were a white french catholic bound himself in the minority there is no reasons for muslims and friends not to be french there are no reasons for muslims of second third or fourth generations to adhere to cultural codes coming from the magreb or sub-saharan this is where the suburbs means the city a place that's become a tourist with a clash of cultures and opinions and paris people there complain of isolation the west people here hear their lawlessness enemy to. see that welcomed with open arms for years there was speculation that some immigrants from france as former colonies in africa could seek revenge once there are settled here if you take that theory
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and add a lack of opportunities and social exclusion you get a recipe for. or disaster and that's not even taken the europeans into account i think we've welcomed more than two hundred thousand new immigrants a year to france over the past five years there is an extremely strong in security . and immigration backlash is on the rise they cannot make prospects in the bank leos of remain grim the police are described this powerless in the face of vigilante criminal justice systems which begs the question how long before it all spills over again during a cost survivor poison from paris for artsy. on but with more news in about half an hour's time up next here not internationally because the ripples.
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