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
Under Evacuation Orders. At least 94 buildings have been destroyed. They are also working to restore power to more than 1 Million People. We are live with Team Coverage this morning. Mary is tracking the dangerous conditions. Lets start with jackie ward. We are at the Equestrian Center. You see behind me this barn is still burning on the inside. Completely gutted by fire. The Fire Department was actually here battling the fire. They just moved out of this area. Just a couple minutes drive away from where we were last half hour. We try to get to the road to see what was happening and that is now impossible. The fire has grown to more than 54,000 acres. It is only five percent contained. A few hours ago i spoke to the mayor about the situation. We had a very scary day today. We were concerned last night that we would lose quite a few homes. All the different agencies coming to support our time. Altogether not infrastructures at least have been destroyed. 17 damaged and almost 80,000 were
Failure. Only a few years ago, these impressions from the Great Depression haunted america. We groped, we struggled, we found the way to better times. Today, depression is a fading memory. Millions of men and women have round employment, and with it, confidence and hope. The great work program has removed a vast army from the. In a program which covers the entire nation, ohio takes an important place. To fill the need for air transport facilities, they are moving 20 airports serving ohio cities. At cleveland, 4000 men are constructing the largest in the world for the states largest city. Where the Wright Brothers developed the First Successful airplane, the work program is building for the city its first commercial airport. When completed, it will be one of the finest on the transcontinental air route. Pollution of Water Supplies by seepage from abandoned coal mines is a Public Health problem discovered by scientific feeling of the event its task abandoned task. This has been prepared