Travelled across iranian territory. Two returned back safely, but the one carrying the president and Foreign Minister crashed in mountainous territory in heavy fog. All contact with it was then lost. Our correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are searching and we hope well be able to reach positive results very soon. The first indication that something had
Is currently unclear whether the president was on board the helicopter that state media says was involved in the accident, so there were three helicopters in this convoy. One of them had what state media are calling a hard landing. There is a lot of heavy rain and fog in the area and we are just seeing the mp for the city where the convoy was heading has told reporters in tehran that Emergency Rescue workers have yet to find the location of the president s helicopter, and heavy rain and fog has made the rescue very difficult. They are saying of the three helicopters, to have landed safely but there is no news on the third. Some reports do say they were carrying the president and Foreign Minister but we have had no confirmation of that at the moment and i amjoined in confirmation of that at the moment and i am joined in the studio by mike colleague. You have been monitoring the state media in iran. What is the latest as we know . You have presented what is the latest as we know . 7m, ha
Putin is bluffing this war by putting his entire economy onto a war footing in a way that isnt sustainable for russia over the years he would have to continue it for. Its important that the west does not blink. When you see what has happened in kharkiv, the second biggest city in ukraine, it is because, im afraid, the civilised world took their eyes off the ball just for a little while, we saw how long it took to get that package through the us congress because of internal politics there, and this is the actual upshot, this you are blaming the us, then. Im not blaming them but the internal politics meant that the money did not flow in the way that in the uk were giving consistent amounts of money, then we increased it again, added an extra half a billion so we are giving them 3 billion this year, plus different packages. It is important that support is consistent because if you stop these are the problems you see. At the moment it is some villages on the outskirts of kharkiv, and it is
What is the latest we are hearing . Jake sullivan meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. First and foremost, reiterating the us insistence that the Military Offensive Around Rafah remains restricted. The warning has been if israel steps up that military operations there, it will put even more palestinian lives at risk. We know already there are 800,000 palestinians who have fled that city in the last ten days or so, since israels military moved in there. The consistent warning from there. The consistent warning from the us has been not to launch an all out assault, that would put even more palestinians on the move and at risk. There are also calls for more aid to get into gaza, To Feed Palestinians in need of shelter and diplomatic aid. There are efforts going to try to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu into laying out some sort of plan as to what will happen next in gaza once the fighting is over. Who will represent the Palestinian People . Who will coordinate the rebuilding of homes and infrastr