russophobia, complaining that russia wasn t part of the investigation and basically trying to dismiss the whole process as illegitimate. after what was a painstaking international investigation into this disaster and a two year trial, i think these russian arguments will convince few people. i think they are aimed principally at a domestic audience to sow doubt in the minds of the russian public. two of the three men who were convicted of murder today were russian citizens. they were not in court, they are at large, and i think there s virtually no prospect of moscow handing them over to serve their sentences. their sentences. steve rosenberg there. relatives of victims of flight mh17 are convinced the current conflict in ukraine could have been avoided if the world had taken a harder line with russia eight years ago. today s verdict comes as investigators in the recently liberated ukrainian region of kherson discover 63 bodies
re election to lead the democrats in the us house of representatives. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore and midnight in the hague, where a court has found three men guilty of murdering 298 people after shooting down a malaysian airlines plane over ukraine in 2014. the men two russians and a ukrainian were tried in absentia and given life sentences. the court said the missile that took down flight mh17 was supplied by russia s military, and fired from territory controlled by kremlin backed militia. moscow denies any involvement. our correspondent in amsterdam, anna holligan, has been at the trial and sent this report. he speaks dutch
onboard malaysian airlines flight mh17. the plane which was carrying ten british nationals was shot down by a russian missile as it flew over ukraine in 2014. the men, who were tried in their absence, were given life sentences. independent forecasts now put the total cost to the taxpayer for bailing out bulb energy at £6.5 billion. when it collapsed last year due to soaring wholesale gas and elecricity prices, the supplier was placed in a government scheme to protect domestic customers. bulb s acquisition by octopus energy is currently delayed after concern from rival suppliers. royal mail has asked the government if it can stop delivering letters on saturdays, and operate a monday to friday service. the company is predicting it will make losses of up to £450 million this year. royal mail says eight days of strikes by workers have already cost it £100 million.
On July 17, 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) bound to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam crashed in Donbass. Now, years after the airliner s destruction, experts are yet to ascertain who shot down MH17.