In more than 50 years. Investigators examining the shooting down of a passenger plane over ukraine in 2014 have disclosed intercepted phone calls that they say indicate close links between senior russian officials and the rebels accused of attacking the aircraft. Nearly 300 people on Malaysia Airlines flight mh17 were killed. In the phone calls, close aides to president putin seem to be organising supplies of weapons for separatist fighters. Gareth barlow has the story. Investigators say the intercepted calls show ukrainian separatists and russian officials were in frequent contact before the attack, with russia directly aware of and influencing administrative, financial and military matters. Translation what we see our separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then with officials in the russian government. They used a secured phone is an unsecured phones. We suspect these had been provided by the russian intelligence service, fsb. The transcripts appear to show
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A state of emergency in venice after the worst flooding in more than 50 years. And a low birthrate in south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to the classroom. Investigators examining the shooting down of a passenger plane over ukraine in 2014 have disclosed intercepted phone calls that they say indicate close links between senior russian officials and the rebels accused of attacking the aircraft. Nearly 300 people on Malaysia Airlines flight mhi7 were killed. In the phone calls, close aides to president putin seem to be organising supplies of weapons for separatist fighters. Gareth barlow has the story. Investigators say the intercepted calls show ukrainian separatists and russian officials were in frequent contact before the attack, with russia directly aware of and influencing administrative, financial and military matters. Translation what we see are separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then with officials in the russian governme
The Turkish Military says it has this is bbc news. Captured the sister of abu bakr the headlines al baghdadi, leader of the Extremist Group the so called Islamic State, who died in an american raid turkey says its captured the sister in syria a week ago. Turkish Officials Say of the former Islamic State group they are interrogating her along leader abu bakr al baghdadi, with her husband and who died during an american daughter in law, detained with her. Raid last month. With more, here is michael pregent, the arrests being called former intelligence officer, an intelligence gold mine. Now a senior fellow indias top court has announced with the hudson institute. A series of measures intended to address the toxic smog there are not a lot of details, which is causing a Public Health emergency in delhi. It ordered Regional State but what is important governments to prevent power cuts until further notice, to limit the use of diesel generators. Is where she was captured, delhi authorities h
In hong kong, a Senior Police officer has said that unrest has brought the territory to the brink of total collapse. In the latest clashes with democracy campaigners, the violence spread to a university campus, where police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon. Some of the protesters built barricades and threw petrol bombs. Our correspondent robin brant was there. Yelling. Run, she is shouting in cantonese, and they are running, but not for fun. Hong kong students at their university racetrack were escaping the tear gas and rubber bullets as police raided their campus. Moving onto the grounds of the Chinese University is a marked escalation by the police. They said they needed to stop people throwing bricks and other Dangerous Items from a campus bridge onto passing traffic. By night, that bridge became the front line in a stand off, police on one side, protesters on the other, a raging fire in between. 2a hours previously, this place had been completely normal. Across the u