people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries in gauged an ongoing war that's roboto shango over as they can wish for both you when you go to your show will go to geneva too much money was already invested in you. to stop halfway i've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. mccarthy writes in a city. new democracy just yelled. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly was all you've shown me. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. as well do. you not feel well you know. your source though not all of them. done bust. through a new deal.

people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries in gauged an ongoing war that's reporter shank zero zero was as a commercial pilot that you assume when you go to your show will go to geneva too much money was already invested in you. to stop halfway i've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic trained. democracy in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just go to vermont you know. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly was all you show me. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. that's why didn't. they focus just going that's why y

people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries in gauged an ongoing war pets roboto shango. only think you when you go to your show will go to geneva too much money was already invested in you. craned to stop halfway have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. mccarthy writes in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just go it is among the other most of the look at our school to there's a just north of that some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly. and they said. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. as well then. got bord

is calling on russia to admit responsibility for the downing of flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen will bring their reaction to that request after the break. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest. but there was one more question and by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and. you have to be the center of the. great . you are the rock at the back nobody gets to you we need you to. go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the. meet the special one. meet. the latest edition of make up as we go. thousands palestinians gathered along the gaza border on friday in what is the eight week avanti occupation protest known as the great march of return more than a hundred protesters have been killed by israeli forces since they began. following the latest in gaza. what. you are. since the beginning of the great march of return on the thirtieth of marked a police and nine thousand palestinian protesters have been injured with live ammunition tear gas canisters and other weapons that israeli forces have been usin

here say they hold russia legally responsible for shooting down the malaysia airlines plane over eastern ukraine almost four years ago moscow denies any responsibility for the attack which killed all two hundred ninety eight people . also on the program and you'll recall charges hollywood film producer harvey weinstein with allegations of rape and sex abuse that once powerful movie mogul has been released on bail is lawyer says he will plead not guilty. and if you don't know is it all falls to conciliatory words from pyongyang u.s. president donald trump says he summoned the north korean leader kim jong un could take place. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring a good to have you with us the netherlands and australia say they're holding russia legally responsible for shooting down malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen in the four years ago back in twenty fourteen the announcement comes a day off investigators said they had unequivocal evidence that the missile that brought down the plane over eastern ukraine came from a military unit based in russia dutch prime minister mark rich has

seventeen over eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen we'll have that story after a short break stay with us. thank . you. but with kind of cool and to accept if you need to travel declaration of independence that's what's hot stuff and push away that is the beginning and the nightmare that effect in the fall. throw welcome back this is our international the u.s. state department is calling on russia to admit that it was behind the downing of flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen if after australia and another one's directly accused russia of involvement despite the fact that the investigation is still ongoing russia's foreign minister discussed that with his dutch counterpart saying that there is no evidence to pin the blame on moscow. i spoke to the dutch foreign minister he said that they have almost no doubts that the book came from russia i asked what evidence prove that but he didn't give me any facts he told me they don't want russia to help the investigation which he explained with some baseless suspicions if we look to that statement fro

seventeen year old is now in custody also coming up smoothing over differences piece hopes for eastern ukraine are rekindled as russia's president meets germany's chancellor put it says both sides will reconsider options for a multinational peacekeeping mission. plus that wearing its official megan won't be walking down the aisle alone the future father in law prince charles will accompany her to the altar after her own father was unable to travel which just hours to go before the couple tie the knot excitement is high. thank you very much for your company everyone always start off with a rather grim milestone for america at least eight people most of them students have been killed in a school shooting at a high school in the town of santa fe in houston in texas a suspect is now in custody and media reports say he is a student at the school. an all too familiar assigned another high school shooting rocks the u.s. i didn't see anything i just heard the arms and everybody we know yelling running at first you know all we heard was run run and next thing you know we hear who. they're all that ever

australia say that they hold russia legally responsible for shooting down and made seventeen over eastern ukraine almost four years ago moscow denies any response ability for the attack which killed all two hundred and ninety eight people on board and is it on or is it all after conciliatory words from pyongyang u.s. president donald trump says that his summit with north korean leader kim jong un could take place after all. i'm sorry kelly walking to the program hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been released on a one million dollars bail after appearing before a manhattan court he was charged with rape and sex abuse involving encounters with two women weinstein agreed to wear an electronic monitor and refrain from traveling beyond new york and connecticut the movie producer was toppled from hollywood's highest ranks last year after dozens of women accused him of misconduct weinstein's lawyer said that his client will plead not guilty. and correspondent james ryan also has more now from new york he joins us from there now so tell us james i mean weinstein expected to plead not guilty h

passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed russia has always denied involvement in the downing of the jet schieffer let's get the very latest on the story with barbara vessel who is covering the developments of barbara tell us more about the investigators findings. now what's actually not new that this was a russian missile we've known this for around two years but the investigators a really narrow narrowing down the who where and when and how because they have now made a record struction off the pass that this particular missile took from the fifty third anti-aircraft brigade that's located near the russian city of course into eastern ukraine and then where it did fire on the on the mh seventeen the flight that was down and then made its way rather quickly and rep it lead back into russia so they have they're really narrowing down how would this happen and how this was possible and that it was in fact a russian military vehicle and missile that was fired on on this

in the lookout mystery of eastern ukraine so we believe we have identified somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is linked to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint best team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now rory talons al-jazeera said petersburg. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories south korea is cautiously welcoming signs of progress after the u.s. president donald trump suggested his high stakes summit with north korea's leader could be back on called off on thursday says he's having productive talks with pyongyang about reinstating the meeting robin wright has more now from seoul. this movie has been broadly welcomed here in south korea looking for any good news especially after the pessi

in the lugansk area and is that of eastern ukraine so we believe we have identified somebody who was who is very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is link to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint persecution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now rory tallinn's al-jazeera said peter berg. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories exit polls suggest a majority of people have voted to change oil and strict abortion laws they have projected a landslide victory for the yes campaign with sixty eight percent in favor of repealing what's called the eighth amendment official results are expected on saturday afternoon. south korea has welcomed a statement by the u.s. president on the trump in which he suggested that his high stak

own father was only able to travel also coming up soon moving over differences piece hopes for eastern ukraine are rekindled as russia's president meets germany's chancellor who says both sides will we consider options for a multinational peacekeeping mission. on leyla iraq thanks for your company everyone well excitement is building across the u.k. in a broad ahead of tomorrow's royal wedding between prince harry and american actress megan marco and they're waiting a loyal fans had an unexpected treat so when the groom to be and his brother william turned up for a walk about outside windsor castle near london that's where the couple are due to marry tomorrow on more than one hundred thousand people are expected to flock to the town to catch a glimpse of the happy couple there is heightened security across who serve but while fans are making the most of this big event. and we are counting down to this big event with a beer get my ass and derek might just who are both in windsor covering the royal wedding for us good to see you guys give us a little bit set the scene give us a taste of what it'

in the lugansk midst of eastern ukraine so we believe we were there to fight somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is linked to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint persecution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now rory talons al-jazeera simply does work the european union has introduced a sweeping new law to protect the privacy of its citizens known as g.d.p. our general data protection regulation it requires all entities to protect the personal data of all e.u. residents and that means any information that could be used to identify a person including photos posts and social networking sites and e-mail addresses under the new regulation people will get more rights to access the information tha

seventeen over eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen we'll have that story after a short break stay with us. thank . you. but with kind of cool and to accept if you need to travel declaration of independence that's what's hot stuff and push away that is the beginning and the nightmare that effect in the fall.

in the lookout scare and is that of eastern ukraine so we believe we were there to fight somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. his link is to the actual downing of a made seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint persecution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgment of guilt as a sign of weakness and blood he may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now really talons al-jazeera simply does work. but more news still ahead including three look at how europe's new data privacy laws could affect even the smallest entities like volunteer run sports clubs we're back in a moment. we have some very nasty weather making its way to central areas of china at the moment they central parts could see some very heavy rain flooding conditions and flash floods a possibility all the way over toward shanghai south of that heat is gen

in the lookout scare and is that of eastern ukraine so we believe we have identified somebody who has who is very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is link to the actual downing of a made seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint distribution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now really talons al-jazeera said petersburg still ahead for you on the program indonesian police and military get stronger palaces the government introduces tough new laws on terrorism and how europe's new data privacy laws could affect even the smallest entity. however got plenty of heat across europe at the moment it's hot and it is getting hotter and with the heat we've also got some lively storms you can see this a lot of storms just coming out of ukraine pushing across

smoothing over differences, hopes for eastern ukraine are kindled as russia's president meets germany'shancellor. both sides will now reconsider options for multinational peacekeeping mission. and venezuelans go to the polls on sunday, the outcome a foregone conclusion. nicolas maduro likely to win despite the shortages of food and medicine. thank you very much for your company. excitement is building across the u.k. and abroad, ahead of tomorrow's royal wedding between prince harry and american actress meghan markle. while waiting, fans had a treat when the grown to be -- groomed to be and his brother turned up for a walk about outside windsor castle. that is where the couple are due to marry tomorrow and more than 100,000 people are expected to flock to the town to catch a glimpse of the happy couple. there is heightened security across windsor, but royal fans are making the most of this big event. and we are counting down to this event with our reporters who are both in windsor covering the royal wedding for us. good to see you guys. set the scene, give us a taste of what it is like

passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed russia continues to maintain that it had nothing to do with the disaster. they don't really established want shut down the plane now for the fast time touch that investigators have to tap in the russian made book missile did originate in russia it's still to conclusion goldman delta booked a joint investigation team has concluded that the book missile that shot down and seventeen came from the fifty first missile big eight based in cuz can russia. in the. investigators laid out how they came to that conclusion using photos and videos taken by the public to discover a crucial details and map out the missiles johnny. that journey tragically ended here in a field in eastern ukraine in territory held by proud russian separatists flight m.h. seventeen had taken off from amsterdam heading to the malaysian capital kuala lumpur it disappeared from radar screens four hours later over the village of. will two hundred ninety eight peop

passenger jet was headed from after that the kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed russia has always denied involvement in the downing of the jet here with this today let's get more on this story with our moscow correspondent emily sherwin is standing by for us hi emily what more can you tell us about the investigators findings. well the investigators today found that the book surface to air missile that brought down the m h seventeen in two thousand and fourteen was from a russian based military unit they even named that military unit they said it was the fifty third anti aircraft missile brigade which is based in the russian city of course so they used photo and video materials to find that out including from social media this information though is not is not all new in fact the investigative committee had already sort of pointed the finger of blame towards russia though not at the russian state they had already presented results from their investigation two years ago where they showed that the surface t

that russia take responsibility for the downing of malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen it comes after australia and the netherlands accused moscow of complicity in the atrocity in light of the conclusions that have been drawn by international investigators speaking to his dutch counterpart though russia's foreign minister flat out denied the allegations being leveled against his country. i spoke to the dutch foreign minister he said that they have almost no doubt that the book came from russia i asked what evidence prove that but he didn't give me any facts he told me they don't want russia to help the investigation which he explained with some baseless suspicions if we look to that statement from the netherlands and australia that what they've said is that they hold russia legally responsible for the deaths of the two hundred ninety eight people who were on board malaysian airlines flight m h seventeen on its way from to kuala lumpur when it was shot down when it went down over eastern ukraine an area that was. an area of particularly fierc

also coming up peace hopes were revived for eastern ukraine as russia's president leaves germany's chancellor in the black sea resort of sochi putin says that both sides will reconsider options for a multinational peacekeeping mission and italy's antiestablishment five star movement reaches agreements with the right wing lead that sets up a clash with the e.u. italy's debt is a likely battleground. i'm sorry telling welcome to the program thanks so much for joining us. of these state people have been killed most of them students at a shooting at a high school near the town of santa fe near houston authorities fear that as many as ten could be dead one officer is also being treated for injuries sustained in the incident two suspects are in custody both are students at the school and this comes three months after the u.s. is deadly and shooting in parkland florida where seventeen people were killed that massacre prompting a nationwide movement against gun violence back then u.s. president donald trump came under fire for supposedly shying away from gun control measures and favor of arming teach

seventeen over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen we'll tell you what the response was and more after the break. financial guy i don't buy any i'm on if you. think. some of my ex from the future trucker guys are. just manufactured consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. with the final. nor middle of the room sick. with kind of school into accepting you need to actually get to a ration of independence that's what's up and push away that is the beginning and the nightmare that affected the. us state department is calling on russia to admit that it was behind the downing of flight m h seventeen over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen it's off for australia and the netherlands directly accused russia of involvement despite the fact the investigation is still ongoing russia's foreign minister earlier discussed that with his dutch counterpart saying there's no evidence to pin the blame on moscow. i spoke to the dutch foreign minister he said that they have almost no doubts that the book came from russia i asked what evidence prove that but he didn't give me any

amsterdam to kuala lumpur almost four years ago in july of twenty forty now it was downed over eastern ukraine during a period of some of the bitterest fighting and that part of the world between eastern ukrainian separatists and the ukrainian government government forces the ukrainian military now this press briefing by the joint investigation team was designed to update us on where the investigation stands and also to appeal for witnesses and information on the first part of that there wasn't particularly too much new that was presented it was all fairly along the same lines as we were shown back in september of last year the finding so far from the investigation team as the seventeen was shot down from a book surface to air missile system that was launched from a field in east ukraine that was currently under the control or at the time under the control of ukrainian separatist forces we heard from the head of the dutch police who is part of the joint investigation team they said that a lot of the findings that they were putting forward were the similar or exactly the same as those that were

seventeen just to remind you the plane came down over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen this tragedy in which a nearly three hundred people died was followed by two investigations one by the dutch safety board and twenty fifteen one by the j.i.t. that's the joint investigative team made up of international aviation experts the following year and twenty sixteen both of them came up with quite similar theories that the plane was brought down out of the sky by a book anti aircraft missile now the russian government all along has viewed things entirely differently they've denied this version of events consistently they have no. systems capable of downing an airline across the russian ukrainian border and that they have the evidence to prove their lack involvement in the form of radar data showing there wasn't a lot from eastern ukraine as well as witness statements which the russian ministry of defense claim were given to both russian and western press at the time this is what they had to say on the latest development. we are concerned that the dutch investigation decided to base their i

live in windsor for you also coming up to smooth things over and differences peace hopes for eastern ukraine are rekindled as russia's president needs germany's chancellor putin says both sides will now reconsider options for a multinational peacekeeping mission plus the venezuelans go to the polls on sunday the outcome a foregone conclusion present nicolas maduro likely to win in spite of an economy in freefall and widespread shortages of food and medicine. thank you very much for your company everyone excitement is building across the u.k. and abroad ahead of tomorrow's royal wedding between prince harry and american actress make a mark up while awaiting royal fans had an unexpected treat when the groom to be and his brother william turned up for a walk about outside windsor castle near london that's where the couple are due to marry tomorrow and more than one hundred thousand people are expected to flock to the town. to catch a glimpse of the happy couple there is heightened security cross windsor but while fans are making the most of this big event. and we are counting down to this big e

that they hold in russia legally responsible for shooting down slightly i mean seventeen over eastern ukraine almost four years ago moscow denies any responsibility for the attack which killed all two hundred and ninety eight people on board plus ireland her used to the polls before voting closes and a historic referendum a traditionally catholic country is voting on whether to end its strict ban on abortion analysts are expecting a close result of. the landlady. playing. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump has hinted that talks with north korean leader kim jong un could still go ahead next month as planned that despite trump calling off the summit only yesterday it is the latest curveball from the president who has invested much personal currency in setting up what would be a stork meeting a day after walking away from plans to meet with the north korean leader donald trump was sending a very different message. we're going to see what happens we're talking to them now . there was a very nice statement that put out we'll see what happens to

russia of course has consistently denied its involvement in any capacity in this tragedy over eastern ukraine mr peskov the presidential spokesman denied the conclusions of the twenty six team reports saying they lacked evidence we have a statement from the russian ministry of defense response to this latest update they say they have evidence pointing to the fact that russia was not involved namely radar data which shows that there were no launches towards the plane of any missiles from east to crane and no such anti-aircraft system capable at least of shooting down such an airliner crossed the russian ukrainian border this is what they had to say just a couple of hours ago. we are concerned that the dutch investigation decided to base their investigation on images from social media that were edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and was shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the trag

from eastern ukraine, here's our correspondentjonah fisher.o the world has hardly noticed. with crisis elsewhere diverting attention, it has been largely left to this man, kurt volker, to try and break the deadlock. an unpaid envoy for the united states government, he invited us united states government, he invited us to travel with him and eastern ukraine. so we have come to a town in ukrainian government controlled territory. it is likely the frontline and indeed the observer mission who are based here, well, they had to pull back. they no longer stay here because it is just too dangerous. some six, seven kilometres this way, the contact line. today is unusually quiet but scores of ceasefire violations take place most nights. most of it is documented by the international monitors. do you feel like the world has forgotten this conflict and does that worry you? well, i think it would be unfair to say that it has been forgotten, there is still attention to it but the fact that there are regularly civilian casualties on a daily basis and ceasefi

in the lookout scariness that of eastern ukraine so we believe we have identified somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is link is to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint best team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now retellings al-jazeera said petersburg. joining me now in the studio is still the principle russian analyst at the global risk consultancy group verus maple cross thank you very much for coming into the studio to speak to us so the international team carrying out the investigation says there is evidence that shows a russian is sile shot down flight m h seventeen of eastern ukraine four years ago saying that the evidence is strong enough to stand up in court what then are the legal optio

in the lugansk mist of eastern ukraine so we believe we were there to fight somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if his link is to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed and proven for the by the joint destitution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgment of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now retellings al-jazeera said petersburg. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a measure requiring the pentagon to investigate whether america has broken the law by torturing detainees in yemen hundreds of men of reportedly gone missing in the south of the country after they were allegedly swept up during a search for al qaeda fighters american officials say that u.s. forces have been involved in interrogations of detainees in yemen but they denied any participation in or kn

extreme wing the passenger plane was shot down with a bokken me as sol in the disputed area of eastern ukraine in july twenty fourth tain after years of investigation experts have concluded that the missile was the property of the russian army officials from the e.u. and nato as well as the governments of the us and germany back in the netherlands claim. russia should assume or sponsibility for that so the tragedy can be fully explained and the guilty parties can be held accountable when they have to come and . it was a national tragedy for the netherlands nearly two thirds of defeat timbs were dodge for germans were also among the dead. there's no vote at all some of the it's annoying when we stand with the victims' loved ones especially on a day like this one the kremlin rejects all accusations and demands more evidence of russia's guilt for the shooting down a flight m h seventeen and the death of so many innocent people. the best football team in europe is close to being crowned with the champions league final showdown taking off tomorrow saturday and now the match between real madrid and

australia say they hold russia legally responsible for shooting down the malaysia airlines plane over eastern ukraine almost four years ago moscow denies any responsibility for the attack which killed all two hundred ninety eight people on board. also on this program a court in new york charges hollywood film producer harvey weinstein over allegations of rape and sex abuse the once powerful movie mogul has been released on bail his lawyer says he'll plead not guilty. and is it all or is it all soft to consider true words from pyongyang u.s. president told trump says his summit with north korean leader kim jong could take place after all. in the island a referendum that could make history a traditionally catholic country is voting on whether to end the country's strict ban on abortion analysts are predicting a close result. and the british forest go from liverpool who spent a year in a homs running fifteen thousand miles across the united states he says he took his inspiration from the fictional character portrayed by tom hands. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring a thanks for joining us. t

news live from orlando peace hopes revived for eastern ukraine russia's president meets germany's chancellor in the black sea resort of sochi putin says both sides will reconsider options for a multinational peacekeeping mission we'll go live to sochi also coming up the world health organization braces the national threat level of an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo's to do very high and there have been twenty five deaths so far and that wedding meghan mark boal has been saved to a lonely walk down the aisle after her future father in law prince charles has agreed to accompany her to the altar after her own father was unable to travel with final preparations underway excitement is growing at a legal go live to the revelers on the streets of windsor castle. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir putin have rekindled hopes of peace in eastern ukraine at talks in the russian city of sochi putin said that diplomats on both sides would look again at options for deploying a multinational peaceke

passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed russia has always denied involvement in the downing of the jet let's bring in barbara valle she's been tracking the latest developments on the story for us from brussels hi barbara tell us more about what the investigators have found. now we're looking at a very long winded and slow moving investigation because as you mentioned soon the second in summer two thousand and fourteen but it is also a very difficult investigation because russia won't cooperate not really in name only the investigators are on their own and they are more or less corn firming what has been repeated several times they had the suspicion that this was a russian mischa missile and now they say they could narrow down the focus on which particularly the brigade and they name the fifty two third aircraft brigade which was stationed at that time in that particularly region of eastern ukraine near the city of course and so they i really narrowing down the foc

seventeen were killed the plane was traveling over eastern ukraine president vladimir putin said russia doesn't trust the investigation but will still take a look at its findings i think it's nineteen people are missing after a cycle is hit the yemeni island to support the rains and strong winds lashed municipal world heritage site in the arabian sea a state of emergency has been declared after the storm flooded villages and capsized boat so it's expected to make landfall in nearby old man on saturday heavy flooding across much of lanka has killed at least thirteen people and displaced more than forty thousand others the army and the police have been deployed to rescue those trapped after days of heavy monsoon rains and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll see in about half an hour by fire. takes control of a region that some describe as. a federally administered tribal areas. including. this story. welcome to the program the parana the other bombing yes. assembly merging with. what eventually ended semi autonomous status feels the move w

seventeen which was downed over eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen has revealed more their findings are admitting they coincide with those of a bloke a. hawkins has more of the findings of the probe and the reaction to it. image seventeen was a civilian airliner heading from amsterdam to call a loon poor and it was brought down in twenty fourteen over eastern ukraine that the time the whole region was engulfed in the ukrainian civil war it was a battle ground with both sides the ukrainian armed forces and the rebels in the east blaming each other for this tragedy in which nearly three hundred people were killed investigations follow the dutch safety board a j i t that your diversification team both came to the conclusion that a missile of some sort most likely a book missile brought down this plane now they're saying today that this missile has been traced to russia now the russian side all along has denied this they've said they have evidence from radar from satellites witness accounts as well proving that no such anti-aircraft weaponry ever crossed the border and that russia had nothi

this is news live from berlin peace hopes revived for eastern ukraine russia's president needs germany's chancellor in the black sea resort of sochi says that both sides will reconsider options for a multinational peacekeeping mission we will go live to sochi. also coming up the world health organization raises the national threat level of any outbreak in the democratic republic of congo to very high there have been twenty five deaths so far and prince charles steps in to save megan from a lonely walk down the aisle but final preparations underway excitement is growing in windsor where the wedding will take place will be live with revelers in the street. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir putin have rekindled hopes of peace in eastern ukraine at talks in the russian city of sochi putin said that diplomats on both sides would look again at options for deploying a multinational peacekeeping force in the region who also said that the pair had discussed how the iran nuclear deal could be staged following

in the lookout scare and is that of eastern ukraine so we believe we have identified somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is link is to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint destitution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now really talons al-jazeera simply does bug the government in brazil in the truck drivers union have reached an agreement to suspend a strike that's power lies large parts of the country but not all drivers are respecting the new deal reports the strike began last monday with truck driving few years calling for lower fuel prices brazil is heavily reliant on its cargo being transported by road and after striking drivers erected roadblocks the country was very soon suffering fuel an

investigating the downing of a flight over eastern ukraine three years ago say it was a russian missile from russia's armed forces that shot down the plane. russia has always denied that is the case. french president emmanuel macron opens the tech conference in paris. facebook and ibm are there, as well as startups from around the world. also coming up this hour, the trump administration has launched an investigation into auto imports, once again raising concerns of global trade war days after stepping back from the brink with china. as "france 24" starts broadcasting today in vietnam, take a closere look at the ties that have bound the countries together for generations. first-come, our top stories live first, our top stories live from paris. ♪ genie: north korea has followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels used for nuclear testing. that comes from journalists who are there on-site. it is part of steps to reduce tension on the korean peninsula in the possibility of a summit with united states. a group of international reporters witnessed that demolishing in the mountains of nort

in the lookout scariness that of eastern ukraine so we believe we have identified somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if is link is to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed and proven further by the joint best occasion team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now rory talons al-jazeera some petersburg. still to come here and al jazeera renewed fighting along the disputed border between india and pakistan forces thousands of families from. and how europe's new day to precede laws could affect even the smallest entities. we got some rather nasty weather affecting a good part of the middle east over the next day or two at the moment the course northern parts will see some showers spilling out of turkey towards georgia armenia azerbaijan the

netherlands and australia say they hold russia legally responsible for shooting down a flight over eastern ukraine four years ago. moscow denies any spots ability for the attack. plus, ireland hurries to the polls before voting closes. the traditionally catholic country is putting to end its strict band on abortion. i'm sarah kelly, welcome to the program. thank you for joining us. donald trump has hinted that talks with kim jong-un could still go ahead as planned. that despite trump calling off the summit yesterday. it is the latest curveball from the president who has invested much currency and what >> would be a historic meeting. a day after meeting -- canceling plans of meeting with the north korean leader, president trump is sending a very different message. >> we will see what happens. they very much want to do it. to do it. we would like to do it. we'll see what happens. sarah: reporter: well trump plays hard to get, kim jong-un appears to be playing cool. the prospect of cancellation has tesh off protests and asia. these south korean students see trumps flip-flopping as a danger to world's

its case into the deaths of two hundred ninety eight innocent adeline passengers and crew over eastern ukrainefour years ago and the j.i.t. case points increasingly that russia. it's. today the joint task force has concluded that the missile used to shoot down m.h. seventeen originated from the fifty third. brigade of the russian armed forces the international j i t back to the latest allegations with plenty of information they showed photos and videos alleging the particular missile launcher was driven into ukraine from the fifty third brigade a base near course in southwestern russia they displayed parts of a missile with a production code indicating it was made in moscow in one thousand nine hundred six and they suggested they had other data presumably classified intelligence as yet there are no name to suspects and no accusation that it was russian military personnel who shot down m.h. seventeen rather than the separatists russia has always denied supporting and supplying during the war in eastern ukraine but the j.i.t. feels it's narrowing in on those responsible and a prosecution in a du

their family members or friends to come forward, the boeing 777 was shot out of the sky over eastern ukrainetrailer across the russian border into the field in ukraine. it was controlled by russian backed rebels at the time. they had earlier identified 100 persons of interest. today they said they had been able to narrow that down to a few dozen, but he stopped short of identifying any suspects forfear short of identifying any suspects for fear ofjeopardising any short of identifying any suspects for fear of jeopardising any future prosecution. any future trial would be conducted here in the netherlands because russia blocked an international tribunal saying that it could publicise the disaster, and evenif it could publicise the disaster, and even if the suspects are not handed over by the country they are currently residing in the trials could take place in absentia. in other words without them being present in court. do stay with us here on outside source. he's upset martin luther king public daughter who sent out a strongly worded tweet. we will have all the details. ulster bank in northe

in the lookout scariness that of eastern ukraine so we believe we were there to fight somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if. is link to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed unproven for the by the joint best team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgement of guilt as a sign of weakness and glad he made putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now rory talons al-jazeera said petersburg. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a measure requiring the pens can to investigate whether america has broken the law by torturing detainees in yemen hundreds of men have reportedly gone missing in the south of the country after they were allegedly swept up during a search for al qaeda fighters american officials say that u.s. forces have been involved in interrogations of detainees in yemen but they have denied any participation i

this is good news coming to you live from bali and hope for a step forward in eastern ukraine russia's president about to be put to an end germany's chancellor i'm michael milton the black sea resort of sochi inside both sides i would look again at options for a multinational peacekeeping contingent in eastern ukraine we need to live in such a good meal.