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       German lawmakers have recognised as genocide crimes committed by so-called Islamic State militants against minority Yazidis in Iraq in 2014.

       The jihadist group is accused of killing thousands of Yazidis, enslaving up to 7,000 of their women and girls and displacing most of the 550,000-strong community from their ancestral home.

       The Yazidis are an ancient religious minority mainly based in eastern Syria and northwest Iraq.

       They were viewed by the Islamic State militants as 'devil worshippers' for their faith which combines Zoroastrian, Christian, Manichean, Jewish and Muslim beliefs.

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       In Ukraine, police in the Kyiv region have released dramatic bodycam footage shot by a first responder arriving at the scene of Wednesday's helicopter crash which killed the country's interior minister and about a dozen other people.

       At one point a man can be heard making a call to emergency services before entering a building in Brovary, on the outskirts of the capital.

       Wednesday's crash came just four days after a Russian missile struck an apartment building in Ukraine's southeastern city of Dnipro, killing dozens of civilians, including six children.

       That attack was the deadliest on civilians since the spring.

       Fourteen people die in Ukraine helicopter crash including the Interior Minister Watch: Second tragedy within a week as 14 die in Ukraine helicopter crash

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       Defence leaders meeting at a US air base in Germany on Friday failed to resolve divisions over providing advanced battle tanks to Ukraine after more than five hours of discussions about sending more military aid to the embattled country in its war with Russia.

       The defence minister of Poland, which has pledged a company of 14 Leopard tanks on condition that other countries also supply them, said 15 countries that have the German-made Leopards discussed the issue but no decisions were made.

       Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak called the meeting a “good discussion among allies” and said the matter would be discussed again at future talks.

       Though the tank debate was unresolved, Germany’s new defence minister suggested the issue was moving forward.

       "We will make our decisions as soon as possible,” Boris Pistorius said.

       Germany would need to consent for the tanks to be given to Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO. Despite pleas from Ukrainian officials, Germany has so far resisted mounting pressure to quickly supply Leopard 2 tanks, or at least clear the way for other countries, such as Poland, to deliver them from their own stocks.

       Ukrainian leaders have criticised Germany for what they see as holding back critical assistance in the war.

       For more watch Euronews' report in the video above.