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
Because of the intensity of the blazes. Emergency teams say more than 100 areas are on fire, with around 20 of those blazes dangerous and uncontained. The fires are spread along a roughly 1000 kilometre stretch of seaboard, leaving the Emergency Services struggling to cope. Strong winds and soaring temperatures are compounding the fire threat in the state. A woman has died, after being swept away by flood water, as parts of england are hit with a months worth of rain in one day. The snp launch their election campaign, saying they would try to form an alliance with other parties, to lock the conservatives out of power. An 18 year old boy is jailed for minimum of 12 and half years, for the murder of his former girlfriend. Now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6. 30 tonight. Coming up on bbc news, there is expected to be a record crowd at wembley as england hold germany. Phil neville is more interested in a victory than numbers after winning just one game in their last six. We wil
Some of bit heavy for a time. Gale force winds, pushing in to the south west and wales. Through the day that will be moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and over towards east anglia. It will park itself across the Scottish Borders for the remainder of the day. At the same time, another pulse of wet weather moving into south east england. A blustery afternoon for many, a mild afternoon because the wind direction for the time being is coming from the south. Into wednesday, that low pressure moving slowly eastwards across the country, still bringing outbreaks of rain. The southern flank could see some pretty strong Gale Force Winds across channel facing posts, a pulse of wet weather and some persistent rain across north east england and again through southern scotland. Accompanied by a north easterly breeze. Slightly fresher feels tipping is particularly on the north sea coast. Thats a sign of whats to come in the weekend. The northerly wind dragging this cooler air right acr
39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck in essex. The snp launch their Election Campaign, saying they would try to form an alliance with other parties, to lock the conservatives out of power. An 18 year old boy is jailed for minimum of 12 and half years, for the murder of his former girlfriend. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. After this evening on bbc. Borisjohnson is accused of misunderstanding after borisjohnson is accused of misunderstanding his own exit deal in relation to customs checks in the Northern Ireland. We hearfrom our reality check correspondence. As floods gripped the north of england we examine the catastrophic effect it is having on farms in warwickshire were in some areas the soil has become so sodden they cant plant any crops. And at 8 45pm, we go through the cinema releases. Thats all coming up. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. A R
The opening of londons crossrail project is delayed until 2021 as europes biggest infrastructure scheme is set to go another £650 million over budget. Authorities in australia say an unprecedented number of emergency level bushfires are threatening the state of new south wales. So he moves in here with his gameiro leg and the first time. And the good liar pits sir ian mckellan as a conman who targets a wealthy widow played by helen mirren. Find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the weeks top releases in the film review. Good evening. A woman has died after being swept away by floodwater, as parts of the midlands and Northern England were battered by a months worth of rain in one day. The womans body was recovered from the River Derwent in derbyshire this morning. In yorkshire, people have been evacuated from their homes and theres chaos on the road and rail network. There are now more than 100 flood alerts in place across england and six severe flood warnings meanin