The EU adopted a new range of economic sanctions against Russia over its involvement in the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine.
Heavy fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russia separatists has prevented an international police force from reaching the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced that the black boxes from the MH17 crash, recovered by separatist rebels in Ukraine, will be handed over to Malaysian authorities.