Reporting there are no signs of life seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying president Ebrahim Raisi and others. News of ruizs death comes nearly 24 hours after the helicopter crashed. It was in a remote part of the country during dense fog, Rescue Efforts have been hampered by bad weather and pretty rough and tough terrain, and a number of other top officials, including the countrys Foreign Minister, were also on board. The chopper was heading back to the countrys capital when it reportedly went down. The crash comes at a fraught moment in the middle east with the war raging in gaza. And then, of course, weeks after iran launched a drone and Missile Attack on israel in response to a Deadly Strike on its diplomatic compounds in damascus, so Hardliner Raisi became president in a historically uncompetitive election in 2021. Irans Supreme Leader is stressing the business of irans government will continue no matter what. Under the iranian constitution, irans first Vice Pre
one of the biggest financial frauds in american history that s how a new york prosecutor described the actions of sam bankman fried, the former cryptocurrency boss, who, in the last few hours, has been convicted of defrauding investors. as you ve been hearing, mr bankman fried was arrested a year ago, when his cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, and his investment fund, alameda research, went bankrupt. prosecutors said he had used money stolen from ftx customers to prop up alameda and to fund his lavish lifestyle. after a month long trial, a jury agreed. late on thursday, they found him guilty of all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. as the bbc s erin delmore explains, the collapse of ftx and the crimes of bankman fried are posing all kinds of uncomfortable questions for the crypto industry. after more than four weeks in court, thenjust four and after more than four weeks in court, then just four and a half hours of deliberations, a jury half hours of deliberations, a jury
The Americas have started their journey into the new year. New York City took the the United States into 2024 with the traditional "ball drop" in Times Square in temperatures just above freezing. Thick confetti rain fell on hundreds of thousands in the crowd as the songs "Auld Lang Syne" and "New York, New York" rang out. As in many other US cities, the celebrations in Times Square were accompanied by increased security measures. The security authorities in the US feared incidents due to the int