Rebels 'possess bodies from MH17'

US and European leaders have called for international investigators to be given full access to the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site after rebels in eastern Ukraine took control of the recovered bodies.

Following demands among European leaders for Russian president Vladimir Putin to ensure access to the crash site, US Secretary of State John Kerry told NBC’s Meet The Press programme: “There’s a stacking up of evidence here, which Russia needs to help account for.