Dozens of people are involved in the search. But bad weather is reported to be hampering their efforts. It happened in the far north of iran, near the city of tabriz, close to the border with azerbaijan. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is thought to be footage of him earlier in the day, travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. First reports that something had gone wrong were announced on state tv. Translation there are unconfirmed reports of an incident involving the helicopter carrying the president in thejolfa region. Initial reports cite a hard landing for the helicopter carrying the president. President raisi, considered a hardliner, is the second most powerfulfigure in iran and has been regarded as a possible successor to the Supreme Leader, ali khamenei. There is no word yet on any casualties today, but across iran, there have been prayers for the president s safety. Jon donnison, bbc news. And i want to take you to the live pictu
For the news where you are. Goodbye. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Hes the man behind red bulls success but adrian newey has shocked the fi world with the news that hes leaving the team. All eyes are on Manchester City as the Title Race Heats up will they take three points from brighton, or blink like liverpool . And seven time champion ronnie 0sullivan wants to make it eight as he powers past his opponant. Proving age isjust a number. What is possible in this Game Westmark how long can you keep going for . Could i when intervention by 50, who knows . Im probably the only one able to do that. Also coming up on sportsday. The focus of the american football world is on detroit, as the city prepares to host the nfl draft starting later this evening. Welcome to the programme. Huge news coming out of formula one today the man credited with masterminding red bulls success for the last two decades is leaving the team. Design chief adrian newey has been behind seven Driver Ch
it comes as a senior un aid official warned that half of gaza s population is starving, saying deliveries of food are now almost impossible because of the fierce fighting and aerial bombardment. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. fourin the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their home and they are still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say they are struggling to deliver the basics, even close to the egypt order where supplies come in. supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only - supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline l at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get t
snow moved its way down across northern scotland and snow showers arriving overnight into the far north east of england. there could be a couple of centimetres in these areas with icy conditions. cloud develops in the south west overnight and keeping itjust about above freezing, but otherwise we will have a frost more widely and temperatures down to 7 or eight in scotland. heading into tomorrow we still have that clout in the south west and it will gradually break up and the showers will move away and the bulk of the showers, still wintry, will be in northern scotland, running down the north sea coast into norfolk and suffolk for a while. but away from the showers there is a lot of dry weather around and sunshine. but it is colder tomorrow, even though the wins will make those temperatures no better than 2 degrees in glasgow. overhead and into thursday that area of low pressure still looks like it will track to the south of us and take a lot of snow into central parts of eur