Breaking overnight, the iranian president and foreign minister of iran killed in a Helicopter Crash. Lets get to correspondent Richard Engel with more. Reporter we just got word a few hours ago that the helicopter carrying the president of iran, raisi and the foreign minister and others crashed. There was a search and rescue operation where they did not find any survivors in the crash debris. This delegation of three helicopters and one went down carrying the president after he left the border area of iran and azerbaijan in foggy conditions. I have spoken with u. S. Officials who say the cause was foul weather. Iran, lots of speculation on social media, eiran is not pointing fingers at israel or the United States. This does create a few leadership issues or potential succession crisis for the Supreme Leader in iran. The president in iran doesnt call the shots. He carries out the policy of the Supreme Leader. President raisi was not exactly tapped. It is more hidden politics in iran. He
Russian terrorists have attacked the region several times, hitting a residential building, said the head of the Regional Military administration, philip runin. Due to shelling , the roof of the building was partially destroyed, and several neighboring buildings were damaged. And at night poltava oblast was attacked by two russian drones. There are no casualties. One person died, six others were injured in sumy oblast. The russians attacked the suburbs of the Regional Center by air. Three people were injured. The Administration Building of the enterprise was damaged, 150 m2 of dry grass was burned the Regional Military administration reported. The occupier was also dropped four guided aerial bombs. In the center is the city of bilopol. A woman died, three locals were seriously injured. The city hall was destroyed, shops and cars were also damaged. The situation was extremely difficult, as vehicles were on fire due to enemy strikes. Also from the blast wave residential buildings, includi
From cape chauuda and crimea and primorskoakhtarsk in russia. They also attacked the country with four s300 guided missiles from temporarily occupied donetsk region. A difficult evening for poltava oblast. One person died, ten others were injured. Among them are three children. Russian terrorists attacked the region several times. They hit a residential building, said the head of the Regional Military administration, philip pronin. Due to shelling, the roof of the building was partially destroyed, and several neighboring buildings were damaged. And at night poltava oblast was attacked by two russian drones. There are no casualties. One person died, six others were injured in sumy oblast. In the afternoon, the russians attacked by air suburbs of the regional center. Three people were injured. The Administration Building of the enterprise was damaged. 150 m2 of dry grass burned. Reported in the Regional Military administration. The occupiers also dropped four guided aerial bombs on the c
[narrator] founded in the aftermath of world war ii, the European Union had an ambitious goal, to end wars in europe. One of the great and most positive historical events of the last several centuries was the creation of the european coal and Steel Community in the 1940s and 50s, that led to the common market, and that led to the European Union and to the european currency and a linking of former adversaries, namely germany and france in constant union. What began essentially as an economic idea, the basic idea was something that was called functionalism that is basically if you have Economic Cooperation and economic integration, that will lead functionally to other types of integration especially political integration. Most people in the u, most voters, the general public, have believed that the eu is a defense mechanism against a dangerous world. It was a defense mechanism against the soviet union. It was then a defense mechanism through integrating as markets against the rise of jap
Welcome back to crossfire where all Things Considered im peter remind you were discussing bitcoin. Here let me go back to you in cambridge while it is a fascinating concept these cryptocurrency if there is the concern of accountability Illegal Drugs arms and other kinds of illegal activity can stay under the radar of the authorities i mean i think thats a kind of a downside also you know when people talk about it is being a newfie out currency one day i mean you know people are buying big ticket items because they are avoiding taxation and things like that so i mean it kind of cuts both ways here i guess really the most important question will be if this kind of crypto currencies are successful what is the temptation of governments to step in to regulate it and would regulation kill it go ahead. Right now its been very interesting to watch the migration of regulatory interest across this space mean first we had Law Enforcement with the rise of the socalled road in the online dark web s