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
In business body positive fashion how india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation would you be prepared to sit in a plane for nineteen hours or would it drive you mad . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air, the longest and, at over 17,000 kilometres, the furthest passage flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to research the feasibility of the ultra long haul route and the impact on travellers and crew. The bbcs lukejones was onboard. The first london to sydney flight 100 years ago took 28 days. This will sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. This plane is almost spookily empty. There is only 53 of us on board because that is as many it can carry this distance. This is to carry out res
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 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 are separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then with officials in the russian government. They used secured phones and unsecured phones. We suspect these had been provided by the russian intelligence service, fsb. The transcripts appear to show
People on board disappearing off the radar over the sahara. The u. N. Warns the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. Also in the program we take a look at all that is happening in the world of business and talks of changes to the way Airline Safety is managed. The airline district body is calling for governments to take the lead in reviewing air safety after the Malaysia Airlines disaster. More on that later. Its mid day here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington and 2 00 p. M. In the Eastern Ukraine town where experts investigating the Malaysia Airlines crash site are still unable to carry out their work safely. Fighting is continuing nearby between pro russian rebelled and ukraine government forces. Most of the bodies have been removed from the site and are now being flown to the netherlands for identification. Two more planes carrying victims of the crash are to arrive later on thursday. They have been taking off and we can speak live to tim wilcox. Reporter alice, a week to the day s
Eastern ukraine killing all 198 people on board. 74 more coffins of people who died in the crash will be returned to the netherlands. Authorities hope all the passengers remains they have recovered so far will be return bid friday. Meanwhile, British Security officials have something which could be significant. They say they have conversations intercepted by ukrainian intelligence showing russianbacked rebels talking about having possession of an sa11 Missile System as early as monday, july 14. Thats three days before the malaysian airliner was shot down. The report says separatists talked about moving bodies at the crash site. Now authorities have to begin the grim task of examining now and identifying the bodies of those kills on board flight mh17. The first 40 coffins arrived in the netherlands on wednesday. Senior International Correspondent Nick Peyton Walsh reports. In many of their hearts were dreams of beaches, tranquil vacations. 298 lives taken here in a war they may have kno