Sky News is being investigated by communications watchdog Ofcom after more than 200 people complained about one of its reporters rifling through a victim’s suitcase after the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash.

Authorities in Ukraine yesterday released a photograph of the arrival by train to government-held territory of the remains of those who died onboard Malaysia Airline plane MH17.

"If there was someone to apologise to in person, I would," Colin Brazier wrote in today's Guardian.

Canada says it is planning to issue further economic sanctions over sectors of the Russian economy due to Russia’s continuing military actions against Ukraine.

Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people on board.