hello, i m victor blackwell, welcome to cnn newsroom. alisyn is off today. right now, british prime minister boris johnson is fighting for his political life. his conservative party is holding a no confidence vote right now, with results expected soon. now, if a majority of votes come in against him, he s out as the party leader, out as the prime minister. johnson has been under intense scrutiny for his behavior in the height of the pandemic when he disobeyed his own covid rules and held a party while the rest of the country was under mandatory lockdown. and at the queen s platinum jubilee celebrations this weekend, he was met with boos, watch. [ crowd booing ] in a letter making his case to lawmakers today, the prime minister insisted britain s will never forgive him in he s ousted. a snap poll show 6 in 10 want him gone. bianca nobilo joins me now. reporter: the mood is extremely strange. it s fraught and it s groan more and more grim, and despondent as the day has gone
York. Iranian state media is reporting there are no signs of life seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying president Ebrahim Raisi and others. The news of reeses death comes nearly 15 hours after the helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country during dense fog. Rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather and tough terrain. 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 weeks after iran launched a drone and Missile Attack on israel in response to a Deadly Strike on its diplomatic compound in damascus, Hardliner Raisi became president in an historically uncompetitive election in 2021. Previously, the chief justice, he has overseen a period of intensified repression of dissent in a nation convulsed by Youth Led Protests against clerical rule. Agai
Every turn this party it cant be like A John Of Adrenaline right to the heart youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Jessica Gene In Washington and we begin with Breaking News in the middle east. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reject ding, a new ultimatum this time, from within his own war cabinet. Cabinet member and former Israeli Defense minister benny gantz is calling on netanyahu to agree on a war plan by june 8th. Thats about three weeks from now. Or he says hell withdraw from the government also breaking today, the Israeli Military saying its recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. Officials saying ron benjamin was killed during the october 7 attacks has body taken into gaza by hamas on friday, the idf discovered the bodies of three additional hostages all of this unfolding as new humanitarian in aid arrives in gaza through a floating pier set up by the us military this week, Officials Say the goal here is to bring in 500 tons of aid daily, joining us now seen and po
survivors sifting through the rubble in a devastated gaza strip where internet and power cut off by israel friday night has now been partially restored after pressure from the white house. president biden also pressing prime minister netanyahu to safeguard americans trying to get out and allow substantially more humanitarian aid into gaza including fuel that israel warns would end up in the hands of hamas. the reason those trucks are moving is because of president biden s leadership. that flow of trucks needs to increase and increase substantially so that there is enough food, water, and medicine to get to innocent people in gaza who are badly in need of it. and as the fighting rages on, there are growing concerns for the safety of hundreds of hostages. some of them american. held by hamas for more than three weeks. e weeks. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington as israeli forces advance a war effort they say will be long and difficult with infantry, tanks