Jul 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Israel’s incursion, challenging Russia By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss potential consequences of the attack on a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine and the ground invasion by Israel into Gaza. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch MH17 crash in war zone poses security challenges, but may be aided by more ‘eyes’ By PBS News Hour Leaders from around the world have called for an investigation into who shot down the Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine. But how can that be done in the middle of a violent, political conflict? Hari Sreenivasan gets more insight… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Understanding the risks of flying in unfriendly skies By PBS News Hour For a closer look at the challenges on the ground at the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane in Eastern Ukraine, Judy Woodruff talks to Matt Frei of Independent Television News from Donetsk. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins in… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch U.S. joins worldwide demands for immediate investigation of plane crash in rebel-held region By PBS News Hour A Malaysia Airlines jet had been flying from the Netherlands to Malaysia when it was hit by a missile and exploded over Eastern Ukraine. European monitors say they have been blocked from the crash site, and some reports claimed pro-Russian… Continue watching
Jul 18 U.S. builds case linking pro-Russian separatists to downing of MH17 By Julie Pace, Associated Press Obama said the U.S. believes the Malaysia Airlines plane was felled by a surface-to-air missile launched from an area near the Ukraine-Russia border that is controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists. Even as he cautioned that the exact circumstances were still being… Continue reading
Jul 18 Malaysia Airlines tragedy proves we need international investigative body By Alan Diehl While the facts are still emerging from the loss of MH17, it now appears highly unlikely that the missile crew intended to shoot down an airliner from a nonaligned country peacefully traversing Ukraine airspace. It is also clear from the… Continue reading
Jul 18 Why was MH17’s flight path over a conflict zone? By Sarah McHaney The downing of flight MH17 by a missile has raised a lot of questions about why a commercial plane was flying over Crimea and whether whoever shot the missile could tell it was a passenger flight. Continue reading
Jul 18 What we know — and don’t know — about the Malaysia Airlines crash By Margaret Myers and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy There is still a lot we don’t know about the events that led to the takedown of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 people Thursday. President Barack Obama briefed reporters Friday with the latest information. We have rounded… Continue reading
Jul 18 Obama calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine By Associated Press The United States began building a case Friday that would pin the blame for the downing of the passenger jet over Ukraine on separatist forces supported by Russia. President Barack Obama said one American was among the nearly 300 killed… Continue reading
Jul 18 Ukraine: Intercepted audio shows separatist rebels shot down Malaysia Airlines plane By Joshua Barajas conversations between separatist rebels and Russian officers that suggest the insurgency was responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on Thursday, killing 298 people on board. Continue reading