Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered limits on agricultural and food imports from the US and EU countries in retaliation for sanctions they have imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
The EU adopted a new range of economic sanctions against Russia over its involvement in the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine.
UK Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that a public inquiry will be held into the death of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko.
British air accident investigators based in Farnborough are to be handed the two black box recorders to help determine the cause of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
A refrigerated train carrying the bodies of victims from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash has left rebel-held territory and arrived in the city of Kharkiv.