anna holligan, bbc news, schiphol.esponded to the mh17 ruling, saying the court had shown a lack of impartiality and that its decision was politically motivated. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has more from moscow. russia's foreign ministry has said it wants to study the verdict of the dutch court very carefully before it issues an official statement. but the russian state media, they haven't waited before commenting, and no surprises here — the state media in russia have condemned the outcome of this trial — using the kind of arguments we've been hearing a lot from russia, basically, since 2014. in other words, accusing the west, accusing investigators and the international court of russophobia, of anti—russian sentiments, complaining that russia wasn't part of the investigation and basically trying to dismiss the whole process as illegitimate. now, after what was a painstaking international investigation into this disaster and a two—year trial, i think these russian arguments will convince few people in the inte

anna holligan reports.d malaysia airlines flight 17 at amsterdam's schiphol airport, bound for kuala lumpur. bbut they would never reach their destination. the plane was shot out of the sky by a surface to air missile. it's mass murder. 298 people were murdered. eight years on, today will bring a verdict for the families searching for truth. the justice we're now witnessing here has been a long time in the making. two separate inquiries were launched, one focusing on what caused the plane to break up in midair. the other, on who was criminally responsible. relatives at the epicentre of this disaster placed their faith in the quest forjustice. celina fredericks, son bryce and his girlfriend daisy were on board flight mh—i7. we will never get our children back, we know that, some people sometimes tell us. "why are you still fighting for this, for this case?" we need the truth and we need justice. a 3d reconstruction of the returned wreckage formed part of the evidence that helped investigators to identify the

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our correspondent anna holligan, sent this report. speaks dutch.d set out to bring down a plane, even though they had intended to shoot down a military, not a civilian aircraft. the court found the surface—to—air missile was supplied by a russian military brigade and fired from territory controlled by russian—backed separatists. for the relatives at the epicentre of this disaster, this long—awaited judgment day brought mixed emotions. when you listened to what was said in there, what was your feeling? the first casualties of a conflict which is still raging today. this verdict is a reminder that russia's military presence in ukraine started long before this year's full—scale invasion. many of the victims' families feel this is a vindication of their sentiment, but if the world had taken a tougher stance against russia eight years ago, that invasion and the geopolitical instability that followed documents, recovered intact from it is extremely important to me. that feeling ofjustice to be done anna holligan, bbc news, schiphol. our russia editor ste

anna holligan, bbc news, schiphol. to hammer out a deal at the cop27 climate summit in egypt. negotiations have been going on for two weeks. friday supposed to be the most important day for decisions but there is concern talks could collapse. un secretary general antonio gutteres urged delegates to reach what they call an ambitious and credible deal. we must have agreed solutions in front of us to respond to the damage, to close the emissions gap and to deliver on finance. the climate clock is ticking and trust keeps eroding. the parties of cop27 have a chance to make a difference here and now, and i urge them to act, and act quickly. earlier, i spoke to rachel kyte who is dean of the fletcher school at tufts university. she is also a senior climate change advisor to the un secretary general. she had just flown back from cop27 in sharm el—sheikh and i asked her how the talks were going. it's always the physics and negotiation that comes down to the wire. i think this time around, the egyptian presidency introduced thei

anna holligan sent this report.that the three men had set out to bring down a plane, even though they had intended to shoot down a military, not a civilian aircraft. the court found the surface—to—air missile was supplied by a russian military brigade and fired from territory controlled by russian—backed separatists. for the relatives at the epicentre of this disaster, this long—awaited judgement day brought mixed emotions. when you listened to what was said in there, what was your feeling? it was grief, anger, relief, anger, grief. when you look at the world, all these tragedies happen, but this one was part of me, part of my life, and it'll stay there forever, so... the families here have been waiting eight years for this verdict, and the sentiment among so many of them is that their loved ones were among the first casualties of a conflict which is still raging today. this verdict is a reminder that russia's military presence in ukraine started long before this year's full—scale invasion. many of the victims�* fam

and go to prison we are sure that this day will come, emphasized podolyak and bbc correspondent anna holligan followed the process and collected the first reactions to the court's verdict, this missile attack was one of the most high-profile war crimes before they became an almost daily reality in ukraine, flight mh17 was shot down from the sky and british liane sweeney was among the dead, there are always tragedies in the world, but this part i am a part of my life and it will always be, will this verdict change anything for you, the fairy will help you move in the right direction, but it will not change anything, because i can no longer return this verdict , the result of the largest investigation in the modern history of the netherlands, and most of all, the relatives of the victims were waiting for it thanks to reconstruction of the wreckage found, researchers were able to determine the warhead that pierced the plane, it was released from the territory that at that time was under the control of separatists, who were supported by russia and moscow until the last denied the delivery of the

anna holligan reporting.usive access. after a millennium and a half, a roman home has emerged from the soil. this is part of the rutland villa complex, first discovered by the landowner�*s son two years ago. last year, they started digging and found this amazing mosaic depicting a scene from homer's iliad. nothing like it had ever been found in britain before. they also used ground penetrating radar to survey the entire field and saw many more buildings. it's divided into three rooms, and each room would have had its own temperature. so, this room was what is known as the caldarium. this summer, archaeologists returned and uncovered much, much more. just gobsmacked, really. i mean, this, this is not the sort of. . .survival of archaeology that we expect in a rural situation. this is a complete one—off, really, ithink. you know, just by finding the mosaic as we did a couple of years ago — it's amazing. so, this is one of the buildings that is part of a much larger villa complex. this is the living room here. t

our correspondent anna holligan has more.cation devices to organise the shipments, mostly from south america, into the port of antwerp in belgium and rotterdam, here in the netherlands, flooding the continent with cocaine. as one of the arrests in europe stopped six high—value targets were detained in dubai. this is part of a new arrangement between euro poll and the united arab emirates which euro poll hopes will send a message far and wide at that like to buy no longer be considered safe havens by those who have traditionally viewed dubai as such. two year long operation, 30 tonnes worth of cocaine seized. it's been described as an archeological "treasure trove," roman mosaics and buildings, discovered under a farmers field in rutland in the east midlands. the remarkable find was made during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but archeologists have uncovered more and more artefacts ever since. the exact location is being kept secret, but phil mackie was given exclusive access. after a millennium and a half, a roman home has

anna holligan, bbc news, schiphol.rn england into scotland, you can see the extent of the cloud. rain needs, showers and the cloud. rain needs, showers and the west, strong winds. this evening and overnight the low pressure continues to migrate northwards. having had a heavy rain in northern ireland, it will move into north—east scotland. with all these cloud around, and blustery conditions, we are not anticipating any problems with rust tonight. tomorrow, this area of low pressure brings heavy rain into eastern scotland. it drifts further west through the course of the day. showers in northern ireland getting through into northern ending crack to northern england, a few into wales. in the south, something drier. temperatures tomorrow ranging from nine in the north to ii in the south. friday into saturday they will be some frost under grey skies in northern ireland and southern england. on sunday we could see some snow in the mountains of the highlands and the grampians, and potentially snow in the mountains of the hig

here's the bbc�*s anna holligan. enabled them to identify these four sub—specs and recover the wreckage and test suspects, they worked at the military brigade and brought the across the borderfrom russia the military brigade and brought the across the border from russia to a launch site which was controlled by russian backed separatists and that's how they have identified these four men. the court is of the opinion that mh17 crashed due to the firing of a buk missile from a field in the pervomaiski region and as a consequence that all the 283 passengers and 15 crew lost their lives. i was speaking to one father this week, his 17—year—old daughter was on board and he said the first disaster was the crash, the second was the disinformation that was pumped up by russia in the aftermath and actually, this is been about finding the truth and justice. and one woman who lost her sun in the crash gave her reaction outside the court today. i crash gave her reaction outside the court today-— court today. ifeel relieved. ifeel

anna holligan has been following the trial and has been giving us more details about the verdicts. back to russia but in terms of consequences there was never any expectation these men would appear at court because russia doesn't have an extradition treaty but simply has refused to engage which has made things far more difficult. but actually now, there is pressure on the international community to take an even harder line which the family say they wish had been taken eight years ago. yes, it is not likely anyone will actually serve a sentence for that but it does create a binding legal record on this case, which will come to some relief to the families of those almost 300 people killed in that attack on the aeroplane. let's catch up now with the sport and go to the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england and wales have been settling in nicely as preperations continue for both squads at the world cup. james maddison didn't train with his england team—mates in qatar today however. the leicester midfielder is still nursing a slight injury. the remainder of the squad trained in the