Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. Its a crash site and its a crime scene but what the area of Eastern Ukraine where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 lies is not is it the location of an active investigation. Two days after the jet with 298 aboard was shoot out of the sky, row after row of body bags lie in fields. Russiansupported rebels control the area and they are not giving International Investigators complete access. Pressure is mounting on russian leader Vladimir Putin to help make that happen with american and ukrainian intelligence pointing to the rebels as the ones who fired the missile that brought the plane down. The Prime Minister of the netherlands in what he describes as an intense phone call reports telling russian president putin the rebels are his responsibility. We have a team of correspondents covering the story. We begin with Mark Phillips in Eastern Ukraine. Reporter to tragedy indignity has no
Oldest working jazz musician. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. Its a crash site and its a crime scene but what the area of Eastern Ukraine where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 lies is not is it the location of an active investigation. Two days after the jet with 298 aboard was shoot out of the sky, row after row of body bags lie in fields. Russiansupported rebels control the area and they are not giving International Investigators complete access. Pressure is mounting on russian leader Vladimir Putin to help make that happen with american and ukrainian intelligence pointing to the rebels as the ones who fired the missile that brought the plane down. The Prime Minister of the netherlands in what he describes as an intense phone call reports telling russian president putin the rebels are his responsibility. We have a team of correspondents covering the story. We begin with Mark Phillips in Eastern Ukraine. Report
Amount to war crimes. Navi pillay condemned rocket attacks by hamas. And we look at what is happening in business. And, marion, another food scare in china. Fast food chains are on every high street and wall, but how fresh is the food were eating. A new scandal in china over a firm accused of selling expired meat to some of the worlds biggest brands like mcdonalds and kfc. Well take a closer look later in the program. It is midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 1 00 p. M. In the dutch city of eindhoven. Thats where the planes carrying the bodies from the Malaysia Airlines disaster are expected to arrive. We think in the next few hours or so. A moment of silence was observed at kharkiv airport in Eastern Ukraine before the coffins were loaded on board. The investigation into who shot down flight mh17 killing all 298 people on board is continuing at the crash site. U. S. Intelligence Officials Say the airline wear was probably targeted by mistake by separati separatists. B
Country. The remains of the Costa Concordia moves to their final destination where theyll be scrapped. And the 20th Commonwealth Games featuring more than 4,000 athletes from right around the world begins in glasgow today. Hello. The first bodies from the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Eastern Ukraine are being flown to the netherlands, where a national day of mourning has been declared for the 298 people who were killed. U. S. Intelligence Officials Say the airliner was probably shot down by mistake by prorussian rebels. They say there is no direct evidence of russian involvement. Were still getting more details of the victims of the flight, Malaysia Airline steward wasnt sp supposed to be on the flight. He swapped shifts with a colleague so he could visit his parents. In an amazing twist of fate, his wife also a Flight Attendant had been faced with a similar fate when she switched shifts with the flight that disappeared earlier this year. Lets get more from Richard Galpin. J
Yatsenyuk announced this today. But they paves the way for fresh parliamentary elections, with the battling the forces need, kiev is struggling to achieve stability. To many, Arseniy Yatsenyuk symbolized stability, but after just five months in office he has become the latest casualty of the countrys political upheaval. I am announcing my resignation because of the split of the coalition and blocking of government [no audio] yatsenyuk lost his parliamentary majority after the utah potty and the nationalist the you docs party and nationalist coalitions pulled out. But at these images show, the ukraines different parties often strongly disagree. Scuffles in parliament are not uncommon. Lawmakers have 30 days to form a new coalition. If they fail, elections will follow. Our correspondent has been following the story and joins us now from kiev. Youre he, what more can you tell us about this political yuri, what more can you tell us about this political shakeup . The very important reason f