Kerry lays out evidence of Russian complicity

US Secretary of State John Kerry has laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and called rebels’ behaviour "grotesque".

US and European leaders have also called for international investigators to be given full access to the crash site after rebels in eastern Ukraine took control of the recovered bodies.

Kerry told NBC’s Meet The Press programme: “There’s a stacking up of evidence here, which Russia needs to help account for.