Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered illegitimate and many voters stayed away from. In an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. For more on this, i spooke to our persian correspondent khashayarjoneidi. What is the latest we are hearing from authorities in tehran . One news that came out a few moments ago is that turkeys drone that was dispatched has identified a source of heat which they say may be related to the crash site. It has been a long day and night for Rescue Workers in iran. This is treacherous terrain, mountainous area with thick forest, it has been raining with heavy fog through the day. Sub zero temperatures tonight there and i
Most of them in a strike on a House In Nuseirat in the central gaza strip. We can go live tojerusalem and our correspondent danjohnson. I correspondent dan johnson. I wondered correspondent danjohnson. I wondered if we could start with a meeting Jake Sullivan is having with mr netanyahu. You are still trying to get some form of ceasefire . Yes to get some form of ceasefire . Yes, or at least a to get some form of ceasefire . Yes, or at least a guarantee to get some form of ceasefire . Yes, or at least a guarantee that to get some form of ceasefire . 1 1 or at least a guarantee that the Military Operation around raffle will remain restricted in order to limit the threat to palestinian lives. We know that the Military Offensive there has been intensifying over the last almost two weeks now and that has put nearly 800,000 palestinians back on the move in search of safety. The us has settled israel that if it conducts an all out assault on rafah it would seize certain Weapon Shipments to i
Have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. We need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. Lets cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. This is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . Offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . You heard mr barton say did biden say . You heard mr barton say america did biden say . You heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. Weapons he said they could be used in major Population Centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. Human Rights Groups say it is exactly these kind of munitions that have
Air dropped munitions Western Military is hard and capable of wiping out multiple buildings at the same time. Israels argument for having those as it needs to attack hamas below and above ground but they have been at the heart of complaints, of criticism and controversy raised by human Rights Groups when they have looked at the catastrophic high numbers of civilians killed by the israelis in gaza because of the Destructive Force of these weapons. The americans specifically have said that it is the past use of those munitions in gaza by israel that means they are holding back on this consignment because what The Americans are doing here is firing a warning shot across the bowels of the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their stated position that they do not believe israel should carry out a full scale Ground Offensive into the city of rafah in gaza. The israeli Prime Minister has said that that will happen regardless of whether or not there is a Ceasefire Agreement he