of the dam and the helicopter he was travelling in. a convoy of three helicopters is believed to have then 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 iran s 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 a
the foreign minister, hossein amirabdollahian, was also on board. president raisi had been travelling back from a trip to neighbouring azerbaijan. rescue teams are looking for the aircraft in rain and thick fog. iran s supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei has assured the country that there will be no disruption to state affairs. here s a brief bit of what he said in his first public statement about the incident. translation: may god return the president to the people. i the iranian nation should rest assured they will be no disruption to the running of the country. these people in tehran gave their reaction to the crash. translation: i hope they are fighting well and we get to enjoy the news of them being well. this news is unfortunate for the government and the people. if anything happens to him it will take time to anything happens to him it will take time to replace him. and for the situation time to replace him. and for the situation to time to replace him. and for the
war complacency. what is this la la land you re talking about? well, it s probably. i think, in international relations, there is always a time when a big change happens. 1918, 1945, 1989. and 1989 was, for me and many of my kin, the end of history the thought that all 200 nation states in the world would revert to the best form of governance, which is democracy, market economy and globalisation. but that ended, in my mind, in february 2022, when putin attacked ukraine. all the international institutions rules are being challenged. so the la la land that we used to live in doesn t exist any more, and we have to readjust. i mean, in the most literal sense, you seem to be saying that europe needs to learn from some of the things that finland does in terms of preparation and readiness for the worst case scenario. yeah. for example, this country, although it s fewer than six million people, has an extraordinary number of military reservists, up to 900,000 men and women, who ar
and welcome to cnn news room s continuing coverage of israel at war, i m michael holmes. it s 1 a.m. in atlanta, 8 a.m. in gaza where estimated one million more than that have been displaced by the war between israel and hamas but there s been a major news break regarding hostages. american woman and daughter undergoing medical evaluation in israel after being released by hamas on friday. judith and her daughter were visiting family at a kibbutz when they were taken hostage by hamas two weeks ago. lambs is believed to have holding 200 hostages. idf spokesperson had there to say after the women were released. these are the first two and what we see and what we know is that hamas is trying to paint itself as a human rights organization now by having given back two of the hostages. rockets are raining down on israel as i m speaking and let s get back all the hostages and then we can speak with them. cnn katie joins me live from london with more on what was a surprising dev