21/07/2014 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten, the UN demands full access to the site of the Ukrainian

airline disaster. Four days after the crash of MH17 and the deaths of

298 people, the UN calls for the bodies of the victims to be

with respect. The rebels have finally allowed most

of the bodies to be transported from the area by train, as the West

increases the pressure on Russia. The weight of evidence is pointing

in one direction. MH17 was shot down by an SA11 missile, fired by

separatists. We'll have the latest from Ukraine and New York, where

separatists. We'll have the latest UN Security Council met a short

while ago. Also tonight, in Gaza, Palestinian officials say a hospital

has been hit by Israeli fire, killing four and wounding dozens.

After disapointeding sales, the Tesco boss agrees to step down after

three years in the job. And the pressure on Captain Cook

Cook, as England -- captain Alastair Cook.

In London, subjected to sexual abuse four decades ago, a victim talks

about his ordeal. How to solve the London housing crisis. The argument

for building on the greenbelt. airline disaster in eastern Ukraine,

the pro-Russian rebels have finally allowed most of the bodies to be

transported from the area. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is believed to

have been shot down last Thursday with the loss of 298 lives. A

Ukrainian train carrying the bodies is heading out slowly. It is

reported the rebels have agreed to hand over the black box flight

recorders and the UN Security Council has tonight demanded full

access to the crash site and a ceasefire in the area.

Council has tonight demanded full access to the crash Our

correspondent is access to the crash Our

correspondent in eastern Ukraine and has just sent us this report.

At 7. 30 local time, the train of the dead began the long journey back

to their grieving families. Inside the cars, 280 individuals.

They will travel into the night. Some time in the next few days be

flown home to their countries. There was co-operation today from

the rebels. Earlier the train was opened for international

investigators. Forensic pathologists from the Netherlands. 193 of their

citizens with r among those lying here. The custodians of order here,

the militia led the Dutch team to the crash site. The Netherlands

wants a war crimes prosecution. Evidence is still under militia

control. And handled by emergency workers, untrained in forensic

investigation. But the Dutch visit is progress and could be the result

of pressure on the rebels' backer, President Putin, today, urging

co-operation. TRANSLATION: All people who answer

should show more responsibility for the sake of their own people and the

people from other countries who were affected by this catastrophe.

But the war that led to the MH17 tragedy escalated today. These

Ukrainian tanks are on their way towards the rebel captain, Donetsk.

An aircraft fired flares to avoid surface-to-air missiles and from the

country's Prime Minister, a warning for Russia's leader.

Putin is to realise is enough is enough. This is not the conflict

between Ukraine and Russia. This is an international and global

conflict. In Donetsk today, we saw the

civilians fleeing. This, as international experts were

expected in the city. An attack against these rebels by

the Ukrainian army - we found them angry and nervous.

That kind of fire is a real example of the kind of insecurity which is

pervasive here and it is impossible to guarantee the security of

international experts, even here in Donetsk. When you have that kind of

fighting with I can break out anywhere, any time.

The man had simply moved too slowly for the gunman's liking. He was free

to treat him as he wished. A rebel sniper fired. We saw where a

rocket had landed, in the playground of an apartment complex. Three

people were killed here. That report just in from eastern

Ukraine. Well, the worldwide chorus of

condemnation directed at Russia is growing by the day. Today the UN

Security Council passed a resolution demanding access to the crash site

and a ceasefire around the area. Earlier David Cameron said the

weight of evidence for the plane crash pointed in one direction and

he warned the Kremlin that unless it ended support for the rebels in

Ukraine, the West would make its power felt. Our political editor

Nick Robinson reports on the international response to the

Malaysian airline disaster. A minute, not of silence, but of

Malaysian airline disaster. A applause for two Newcastle United

fans, who flew away from home, but never came back.

John Alder and Liam Sweeney, victims of someone else's war. Liam's dad

said today at St James's park he didn't want to blame anyone, he

simply wanted his kid back. If somebody asked what I would say to

Mr Putin, do now, talk later. Let our relatives out. Our families come

home. He might not have been blaming anyone, but in the Commons, the

Prime Minister certainly was. The world is watching and President

Putin faces a clear choice in how he decides to respond to this appalling

tragedy. I hope that he will use this moment to find a path out of

this festering and dangerous crisis by ending Russia's support for the

separatists. They, he said, had been armed and trained by a thuggish

militia, who with President Putin's backing were trying to destabilise

Ukraine. If Russia does not change course we must be clear that Europe

must increase the pressure. Russia cannot expect enjoying access to

European markets, European capitals, European knowledge and technical

expertise while she fuels conflict. Minutes later, President Obama

strode out of the White House, warning that further sanctions might

follow. And demanded to know, what exactly are they trying to hide?

Given its direct influence over the separatists, Russia and President

Putin, in particular, has direct responsibility to compel them to

co-operate with the investigation. Please raise their hands... At the

UN tonight, Russia did not use her veto. The Security Council

unanimously adopted a resolution, demanding those responsible be held

to account and all states co-operate fully with efforts to establish

accountability. The UK and the United States are trying to turn up

the pressure on Europe to extend sanctions against Russia, which

began before the crash of flight MH17. So far, high-profile

individuals close to Putin have been targeted with visa bans and asset

freezes. Last week, America went further, stopping their companies

from providing dollars to Russian firms, such as the energy giant

Rosneft. The question now is whether the EU will agree to further trade

sanctions. Joining the calls or EU leaders to go further was Ed

Miliband, who visited the White House tonight for a meeting the

President. I am afraid what's been done so far has been proved to be

inadequate and I think that we need to show and follow the lead that's

been taken by President Obama and Europe needs to step up. The

rhetoric against Russia has been strong here and in Washington. There

is no great expectation that the actions taken in Brussels today will

be equally -- tomorrow will be equally strong. The reasons

economic, sometimes oil, sometimes the need for Russian money,

sometimes the need for trade. There is one other reason though, the

simple desire that nothing should get in the way of the bodies of

loved ones finally making their way home.

Let's go to the UN in New York. The resolution we talked about. What

does it amount to in your view? Well, raising your hand in support

of a resolution, as Russia did today, is a different thing from

lifting a finger to actually do anything. America, Britain and

Australia, who drafted this resolution, say they are not naive,

they are not stupid. What happened here in New York this afternoon,

where Russia supported this resolution is less important than

actually than what happens on the ground. America's ambassador said

there should not have been a need for this resolution, Russia could

have used its influence four days ago to get unfetterred access to the

crash site and its failure to condemn the separatist rebels from

what was called their obstructive behaviour sent them a powerful

message, that the Kremlin has your backs. That is one of the reasons

why President Obama today raised the spectre of additional sanctions and

said to European nations, you need to do the same as well. The Security

Council, the chamber has felt more like a courtroom these past four

days. Vladimir Putin tonight is still very much in the dock.

Thanks very much. Nick Bryant with the latest from New York at the UN.

Well, the UK and the US have really stopped short of placing direct

blame on Moscow for the crash. The US Secretary of State, John Kerry,

has spoken of what he called Russia's complicity. David Cameron

talked about the weight of evidence pointing in one direction in

relation to the pro-Russian rebels. Our security correspondent has been

examining the Our security correspondent has been

how the crash happened. Our security correspondent has been

The flight data recorders have been in rebel hands for days. Could they

have been tampered with? Even if not they may only show something

everyone knows they may only show something

What they won't answer is the they may only show something

Both sides have the same missile system thought to have downed the

jet. Who fired? Today, the Prime Minister told Parliament

jet. Who fired? Today, the Prime convinced who was to blame.

The picture is becoming clearer. And the weight of evidence is pointing

in one direction. MH17 was shot down by an SA11 missile, fired by

separatists. What is the intelligence that makes the Prime

Minister so confident? He said there was evidence that over the last

month, the Russians had been supplying heavy weaponry and

providing training to separatists, including on air defence systems. He

said moments before contact was lost with MH17, a launch was detected of

an SA11 missile from separatist territory. He said communications

had been intercepted, including one in which a separatist leader talked

of another faction, downing an aircraft.

And he pointed to this - a video that appeared on social media,

apparently showing an SA11 missile launcher heading back to Russia and

missing at least one missile. In Moscow today though, a competing

narrative. Russian defence said that Russian defence systems were in the

area and a fighter jet was near the plane. The scene from the air. The

intelligence may be detailed but it's not the same as definitive

forensic evidence from the ground. That may be hard to collect from a

war zone and without it the Russians may try to hold to their line.

In Gaza, Palestinian officials say a hospital has been hit by Israeli

fire, killing at least five people and wounding dozens more. The death

toll in Gaza, in the conflict over the past two weeks has reached 550.

The Israelly military said that Hamas had killed seven Israeli

soldiers in the past 24 hours. Rockets are still being fired from

Gaza into Israel. Our chief correspondent has been to a

hospital, in one of the towns where Palestinians had been advised by for

their own safety. place of chaos and death. Israeli

tank shells hit the hospital. And the shells kept landing in the area.

Patients were rushed out to be taken to a safer place, oxygen and all.

Nowhere is safe in the Gaza Strip, he says. Doctors were performing

surgery and a shell amputated a nurse's hand. In the intensive care

unit, two patients were killed in their beds. Israel blames Hamas for

this tragedy. It says Hamas was storing weapons next to this

hospital. Officials arrived at the scene to inspect the damage. We are

calling for all parties to bring out hospitals health facilities out of

the conflict. We cannot have these facilities be part of the conflict

otherwise people will not find any place to get the cure, to get

remedy. In eastern Gaza today, fighting was fierce. Israel

continues a ground offensive, it said, is targeting Hamas'

underground tunnels. Tens of thousands of people have fled the

area. Just beyond this bend in this street is the frontline in some of

the worst fighting now in this war. Where the Israelis launched their

biggest ground offensive yesterday is on one side of the road. The

other is now coming under increased Israeli shelling. Yet some people

are deciding not to. A few streets away, I meet this man who heads a

family of 45. There's no water in the taps, not much electricity. They

can't even cook bread. This is what dinner looks like, when you have

many mouths to feed. But it's home. TRANSLATION: We received Israeli

warnings, but where to go? The whole Gaza Strip is just a small box. It

doesn't even have a place on the map. But what about all these

children? Dima is four and Shahira three. They have already lived

through to wars. It's all they've ever known.

Israel's Defence Minister says the offence any Gaza will continue as

long as necessary to stop the Hamas rocket attacks. Israel's air defence

system has ensured that Israel has only suffered two civilian

fatalities so far, despite thousands of rockets being fired. The Israeli

military has intercepted Hamas fighters trying to enter Israel

using underground tunnels. Our world affairs editor, John Simpson, has

sent this report from Israel's boreder Gaza.

Beneath this quiet landscape, between Gaza and Israel, Hamas has

been working away for months, sometimes years, digging tunnels. At

6am, an Israeli team watched from hiding as Hamas infiltrators dug

their way to the surface and opened fire. But they didn't stand a

chance. At least ten members of the Hamas team were killed. These

tunnels are impressive, a real feat of engineering. The BBC was allowed

to film inside this one recently, after it was discovered. The

Israelis afterwards make sure the tunnels can't be used again. A few

hours after this morning's operation against the Hamas infiltrators, a

top government minister came to congratulate the soldiers who'd

carried it out. This is the most doffish member of the Israeli

cabinet, plainly worried about the casualties on both sides. I have to

say it to you in these terms: Are you going to carry on killing

civilians, including women and children, in quite large numbers,

until you get what you want? We are not looking for civilians to kill.

We are trying to avoid this. If you think that we want to send our

soldiers, to all these places in which they're being killed, you are

mistaken. This is one reason why casualties on the two sides are so

out prove portion. Israel has developed the world's most effective

antimissile defence. The Iron Dome system's ability to knock Hamas

missiles out of the sky has been a remarkable achievement for Israel

during this crisis. The success rate is quite phenomenal, even so, there

are missiles which get through. One of those landed close by here this

morning, but the family had taken shelter and scarcely any damage was

done. They take it all stoically. We're here to stay. It's our As she

home. Spoke death and destruction were raining down in Gaza, only 20

miles away, but a different world. All the same, there are funerals of

soldiers every day here now. 13 killed yesterday, seven more today.

Here they were burying an Israeli of Ethiopian origin. The scale of

Israeli and Palestinian deaths may be utterly different, but Israel is

paying a heavy price as well. Let's go live to Gaza City and Lyse

Doucet is there for us. When I said earlier, the Israelis saying they

will carry on as long as necessary to stop the Hamas rocket attacks, do

you detect any signs that there's a hope of a coming together in the

next few days or weeks, or not? Well, when there's such a high price

being paid on both sides, particularly here in the Gaza Strip,

the world's would-be mediators can't stand idly by so there has been a

rush to the region. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is arriving in

Cairo tonight. There was a time when Washington arrived and everyone

would listen. Not any more. There was a time when Egypt had the sway

to try to make a difference in this conflict, not any more. Secretary

Kerry's first task is to establish who's been doing what. Mediation is

now going through Doha, Istanbul, Cairo, Ramallah, Gaza, Jerusalem,

Tel Aviv. Some of these countries don't talk to each other. They have

to find a compromise, most of all, that what the Israelis and Hamas

will need in order to get out of this crisis. It's not clear at this

point. Thank you very much. Lyse Doucet for us in Gaza City

tonight. Now, Tesco's chief executive, Philip

Clarke, has agreed to stand down after three years in charge. He's

been replaced by an executive from Unilever. It follows another profits

warning from Tesco after its worst sales performance in years. Their

market share has fallen to 29% after being squeezed by budget riflingz

including Lidl and Aldi. In the last financial year the company's profits

fell by 6%. Our business editor reports on Tesco's rather sudden

change of leadership. They were about to celebrate Philip

Clarke's Tesco birthday. He had been at the retailer 40 years. But today,

those plans have been snuffed out, as Tesco prepares for a new leader

to try and turn the struggling business around. Shareholders say

the retailer needs a fresh pair of eyes. If you've been in a company

which has been successful for a very long period of time, you're not

generally the people most attune to spotting problems and seismic

changes in the industry. That has been part of the problem here. Mr

Clarke had spent ?1 billion trying to revamp the business after

criticisms that Tesco had become too big and had lost its reputation for

value. But customers kept voting with their wallets and moving to

Waitrose and Marks Spencer at the top end of the market and Aldi and

Lidl in the discount sector. Tesco customers say there is certainly

room for improvement. I think it's a good place to shop. I'd like the

shelves to be fuller. It seems like they're just,

shelves to be fuller. It seems like sticker seems like a good deal, but

it never is. Mr Clarke, who could receive a payoff of up to ?7

million, told me his resignation happened not at a time of his

choosing, after the board facing pressure from investors. Tesco's

share price rose slightly today at the prospect of a new plan to

encourage customers back. Experts say there are still major risks. In

spite of all the trouble they've been in, we shouldn't be dereceived.

They're still the nation's biggest retailer by a long way. But the

danger is that when empires lose their self-confidence it can begin a

Spiral of decline. Here at the Victoria and Albert museum Tesco was

planning a party tomorrow night to celebrate 40 years that Philip

Clarke had been at the business. That event has been cancelled as the

new chief executive Dave Lewis, the man behind huge brands like Doff and

Lynx, prepare to take on the biggest job in retailing. -- Dove. Mr Lewis

is from Unilever. It's launched new products that customers appear to

like. Tesco hopes he will transfer some of that magic to the retailer.

Mr Clarke, who first worked for Tesco as a shelf stacker aged just

14, will now be looking for a new home for his talents.

The trial of the singer and former X Factor judge, Tulisa Contostavlos,

has collapsed. She was accused of arranging to supply cocaine to an

undercover reporter, who was posing as a film producer. The judge at

Southwark Crown Court said there were strong reasons for believing

that the reporter, Mazher Mahmood, lied.

Nick Griffin has been replaced as leader of the British National

Party, following a poor showing in the European elections, where Mr

Griffin lost his seat. The recently appointed deputy chairman, Adam

Walker. His taken over as acting chairman.

Now, England's cricketers have lost to India in the Second Test at

Lord's to go 1-0 down in the series. It increases the pressure on the

captain, Alastair Cook, whose average score this summer is just

16. The England team haven't won a Test Match in almost a year. Our

sports correspondent, Joe Wilson, has the latest.

There are many ways to Laos a Test Match -- ways to lose a Test Match.

There was this, just watch. England were still in the game after lunch

and then played find the fielder. There's one. Matt Prior, a senior

figure, gone for 12. Ben There's one. Matt Prior, a senior

followed suit. Duck, it was his second naught of the match. Joe Root

made 66. Then this. Even the bowler Ishant Sharma couldn't quite believe

it. He took seven wickets. England finished with wound self-inflicted.

A runnout to lose the match by 95 runs. For India, not only a very

rare win at Lord's, a first Test victory in any foreign country for

throw years. Alastair Cook says he will carry on but admits it gets

harder and harder. There are three Test Matches left in this series

against India. It's hard when you lose. There's no mistake about that.

It's a tough job, when you lose games of cricket. It is tough when

you're not scoring runs. I'm not going to One former hide. Captain

believes the strain on Cook is too much right now. I want to see

Alastair Cook averaging 45 at the top of the order for England for six

years. Now is the time to give him a long break. The schedule denies

respite. Third Test begins on Sunday. India can't wait.

The England football captain, Steven Gerrard, has announced his

retirement from the international game, after winning 114 caps. The

Liverpool midfielder said he had enjoyed every minute. Now he will

take on a high profile ambassadorial role with the FA.

After at least seven years of planning, the Glasgow 2014

Commonwealth Games are about to start. The Opening Ceremony at

Celtic Park on Wednesday evening will feature thousands of athletes

from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories Anderson army of volume

un-- Anderson army of volunteers -- and an army of volunteers.

The stage is set, the venues are finished, the athletes are ready.

Glasgow is about to host the 20th Commonwealth Games. Over 11 days, 14

venues will play host to 4,500age lets from 71 Commonwealth nations

and territories and compete in 17 different sports from athletics and

swimming to netball and squash. This is where it will all kick off,

Celtic Park, Scotland's biggest football stadium with what promises

to be a spectacular Opening Ceremony in the presence of the Queen. The

entire south stand has been transformed with a giant screen, 100

metres long, the biggest of its kind in Europe. They're calling it

Glasgow's window on the Commonwealth. Because these are the

Commonwealth Games, there's no Team GB, instead the UK's seven nations

and territories will all compete against each other. Among those

competing, plentsy of familiar faces from the London Olympics, including

Mo Farah on the track, Tom Daley diving in Edinburgh, Michael

Jamieson in the pool and in the ring in Glasgow, Nicola Adams and

Northern Ireland's Paddy Barnes. It may be named after him, but Sir

Chris Hoy won't be competing here. Instead these seats will be packed

with spectators cheering on some of the world's best cyclists. England's

double Olympic Gold Medallist Laura Trott and then out on the roads,

around Glasgow, crowds had hoped to watch former Commonwealth champion,

Edinson Cavani. -- Mark Cavendish. But he's out of the Games. Sir

Bradley Wiggins will compete. This is one of Glasgow's most impressive

venues, Hampden Park, home of Scottish football, now transformed

into a world-class athletics stadium and to do it, to fit the track in,

they've had to build a platform, almost two metres above the pitch,

all held in place on steel poles. Mo Farah will hear the roar of almost

45,000 people, as he tries to make history by winning both the 5,000

and 10,000 m crossing this finish line first. The crowd will

definitely be behind Scotland's 400 metre hurdler Eilidh Child, who came

second in the last Commonwealth Games. There are also high hopes for

the visually impaired sprinter Libby Clegg after she won silver in

London. And the Welsh discus thrower Aled Davis is hoping to repeat his

2012 triumph. And these Games will showcase sports that don't get the

Olympic spotlight, like lawn bowls, expected to draw in big crowds, and

squash. England has not one but two current world champions, Laura

Mecaro and Nick Matthew who defends his double gold from the Delhi

Games. The eyes of the world will be on this city as Glasgow promises to

host the best Commonwealth Games in history.

That's it. It all starts on Wednesday evening. We're looking

forward to it. Now we join our