The remains of most of the 96 people have now been recovered from the crash site in Western Russia. Richard Galpin reports from Moscow.
Investigators say the body of Maria Kaczynski was identified by her brother who flew to Moscow to carry out the distressing task. So far, they’ve identified 17 bodies. It’s thought DNA testing would be needed in some cases because of the impact of the crash and the fire that followed. Investigators are now reported to have almost finished reading the information on the plane’s data recorders or black boxes. A senior minister told the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that the crew of the Polish president’s plane had received the warnings from the control tower that they should not land there because of the bad weather conditions.
The Vatican has
clarified
its position on a reporting of sex abuse cases involving members of the Roman Catholic clergy. For the first time it’s posted on its website a guideline,
spelling out
that bishops and other high ranking clergy should report sex abuse by priests to the police. The Vatican says this has been its policy for some time.
A former prime minister and the governor of the central bank in Iceland are among senior officials
accused of
gross negligence for the banking collapse in 2008 which crippled the country’s economy. And an official investigation of the financial crisis said seven political and financial leaders including the former Prime Minister Geir Haarde did have the necessary information to prevent the melt-down but they failed to