08:28
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an urgent resolution to the Ukraine crisis as he expressed condolences by telephone to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Kremlin said in a statement. "The head of Russia stressed that the tragedy once again highlighted the need for an urgent peaceful settlement of the most acute crisis in Ukraine and noted there is a need for a thorough and objective investigation of the air crash," the statement said.
08:25
MH17 flight steward Sanjid Singh - who was killed on Thursday - was only on the doomed airliner because he agreed to a last-minute rota swap, the Malaysian Insider reports. It says that in a "bizarre twist of fate" Mr Singh's wife escaped death on flight MH370 131 days ago because she too organised a shift change.
08:22
Ukrainian aviation authorities have closed airspace over eastern regions where a security operation is underway following the MH17 crash, Reuters reports.
08:16
The International Aids Society says its conference in Melbourne will go ahead as planned "in recognition of our colleagues' dedication to the fight against HIV/Aids". An unconfirmed number of researchers were onboard MH17 including the society's former president Joep Lange.
08:10
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott describes Russia's response to the downing of MH17 as "deeply, deeply unsatisfactory". Mr Abbott has argued that the crash was "not an accident, but a crime".
08:09
The national flag of the Netherlands flies at half mast on the parliament building in The Hague on Friday.
08:03
British Prime Minister David Cameron will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee Cobra in response to the Malaysia Airlines crash, Downing Street says.
08:01
Off-duty coal miners in Ukraine are joining in search efforts at the MH17 crash site, reports say.
07:55
Four pilots were on board MH17 - two captains and two co-pilots, the BBC has learned. The two captains were among Malaysia Airline's most experienced pilots - one was an instructor on the airline's Boeing 777 fleet and both had flown the route before.
07:53
In an article in the Daily Telegraph, Royal United Services Institute Fellow Shashank Joshi argues that "this is about as bad as it could get for Moscow". He says that after months of sponsoring a covert war in Ukraine's borders, "it looks increasingly plausible - though far from certain - that one of their proxies might be responsible for the biggest act of terror in modern European history" - bigger even than the Madrid train bombing of 2004 with 191 fatalities.
07:52
Malaysia Airlines has released a statement saying that MH17 had a "clean maintenance record". "The aircraft's last maintenance check was on 11 July 2014. The next check was due on 27 Aug 2014. The maintenance was conducted at Malaysia Airlines' hangar at KLIA. The aircraft had a clean bill of health," it says.
07:43
An Australian company has allegedly been using the MH17 disaster to promote life insurance policies, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
EMAIL Paul from Hull
emails: Just got into Amsterdam from Kuala Lumpur on KLM flight KL810. When I woke this morning on the plane I noticed the plane had taken a diversion around the Ukraine area, and after disembarking this morning saw the news. I feel lucky but so sad for my Malaysian friends.
07:35
"A tug-of-war is under way for possession of doomed flight MH17's black box recorder, The Daily Telegraph says, amid reports that it could already have been sent to Moscow. "The data and voice recorders on Boeing 777s like the Malaysia Airlines one that crashed are among the most sophisticated in civilian use," it says.
07:34
The Malaysian airliner apparently shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine was flying over airspace that other Asian carriers - including Korean Air, Asiana, Qantas and Taiwan's China Airlines - abandoned months ago because of security concerns, AFP reports. Publicly available flight data also shows some airlines were avoiding the airspace last week, while other carriers were still flying over eastern Ukraine.
07:31
Professor Michael Clarke, of the Royal United Services Institute, tells the BBC that the evidence gathered so far points to a mistaken attack by Russian separatist forces. "We know that the separatists actually boasted on 29 June that they had captured an SA-11 air defence system from the Ukrainians... We've also got the evidence that's been coming out overnight that the leader of the separatists Igor Strelkov... tweeted that he had brought down an Antanov 26 Russian transport. He then deleted that tweet very very quickly."
07:29
In a picture published on Friday, President Vladimir Putin, (centre) and members of his government observe a moment of silence mourning the victims killed in the Malaysia Airlines plane crash.
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tweets: #MH17 Impact threw us to the ground, shocked witnesses tells @HarrietSalem in Grabovo
07:24
Relatives of an MH17 passenger react to the news of the tragedy at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
07:21
If reports of the death on board MH17 of former President of the International Aids Society Joep Lange are true, "then the HIV/Aids movement has truly lost a giant", opposition leader Bill Shorten says in the Australian parliament.
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