Malaysian PM confirms Reunion debris is from MH370

Najib Razak, the Malaysian prime minister, has confirmed that the plane debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion last week is from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared 17 months ago.

French prosecutor Serge Mackowiak later confirmed the wing fragment, known as a flaperon, was from a Boeing 777 - the same make and model as the missing Malaysian airliner.

He said initial tests showed there were "very strong indications" that it was from flight MH370. But he said confirmation would only come after further tests on the fragment, which would begin on Thursday.

Richard Westcott reports.