Helicopters that were in this aerial convoy and only one of them crashed. But yes, it was carrying the president. It was carrying the Foreign Minister hossein amir of the law at least three crew members, the governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province. Thats again where the ceremony had been taking place on the border with azerbaijan is separate country. Of course and then the friday prayer, imam who leads the friday prayers in the city of tabriz. Thats the Major Metropolitan Center in that part of iran paula, i have done a road trip through this part of iran to the border, to turkey from tehran and i can personally attest to the fact that this area is rugged. It is very sparsely populated as well. We perhaps explain why you would have such a high level delegation traveling by helicopter because any kind of trip by road would have taken hours and hours and also been on potentially the dangerous roads. But this is a rugged and remote place and an indicator of perhaps why the iranian authori
Thank you. Steve it is 8 00 here in new york city. It is 3 00 in the afteisrael an third hour of Fox And Friends start says now. Brian live look at israel, where we are seeing aftermath of the hamas rockets. 12 rockets were fired. Ainsley Israeli Media Reporting 800 have been murdered, including four americans as the country entering third day of the multifront war against terrorists. Steve this comes as hezbollah is reportedly threatening the United States if we get involved at all. Trey yingst is on the ground in Southern Israel and joins us with the latest. Hezbollah has seen the news and they know we are sending heavy artillery and they are trying to say, dont think about it. Trey absolutely, israel is preparing for the possibility hezbollah gets involved in the fight. 12 rockets were shot into northern israel. This is developings into a mu multifront conflict. Hezbollah sees israel was caught flatfooted against the attacks. Mr. Is mortar fire. They are getting ready to enter the g
Truth social post about it. Also heard from speaker mike johnson, republican Speaker Of The House a couple of days ago. He announced an investigation into antisemitism on campus. He was surrounded by republicans. Will democrats like you also join the speaker on the investigation into antisemitism at places like ucla and your almamater, harvard and upenn . Ive been looking at this and speaking out on this for years. Ive made it clear to the speaker, this initiative is important. You heard from Hakeem Jeffries speak out clearly against what is going on. He did it yesterday again against College Campuses and antisemitism. Leadership in our party came out strong. I dont think there is daylight between our views and leadership views on what he we should do. There should not be anything partisan when it comes to antisemitism. Brian that comes instinctively from you. What surprises me Chuck Schumer h hasnt said one thing, he never saw a camera he didnt like he talks about Energy Drinks and ze
In my eyes, he deserves nothing less than a life sentence, and i hope he gets it. I hope they throw away the key and he never comes out. Never to do this to anybody else again. Paterson has been told to expect a custodial sentence when he attends court tomorrow. The maximum punishment is life in prison. Jeremy cook, bbc news. And join huw edwards for the bbc wales leaders debate. Applause good evening, noswaith dda, a warm welcome to the sse Swalec Stadium in the heart of the welsh Capitalfor A Special Live election debate, and welcome to people across the uk watching on the bbc news channel. This is where well be spending the next 90 minutes, testing the pledges and ambitions of five Political Parties in wales. As voters prepare to visit the Polling Stations on thursday of next week, well be exploring some of the biggest issues featuring in this campaign, from the challenges of the Brexit Process ahead to the questions raised by the terrible events in Manchester Last week. We asked th
For theresa mays Minority Government, mps will vote on the queens speech later. In half an hours time the culture and Media Secretary will announce whether 21st Century Fox will be allowed to takeover sky. The deal would give Rupert Murdoch total control of the broadcaster. And Dame Katherine grainger, the incoming chair of uk sport, says she has huge concerns about Athlete Welfare. I think there is huge concerns, without a doubt, no one is pretending there isnt. Good morning. Its thursday 29th july. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A retired Court Of Appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, will be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they dont expect to be able to confirm the final number for at least another six months. This morning the Prime Minister theresa may released a statement on the appointment of sir Martin Moore Bick to lead the inquiry. T