Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has announced five days of public mourning. The search, in a mountainous area in North Western iran near tabriz, has been hampered by bad weather. Graham satchell has the story. Search teams have been scouring the mountains of north west iran all night. Thick fog and heavy rain have hampered efforts, but in the early hours of this morning, this, a drone sent by turkey identified a source of heat. Footage shows an aerial view of a landscape at night and a Dark Blotch On what appears to be a hillside. When rescuers eventually reached the wreckage on foot, they found the helicopter, which had been carrying irans president and Foreign Minister was completely burned with no signs of life. And soon after, confirmation that both irans president , Ebrahim Raisi, and Foreign Minister have been killed in the crash. Translation the servant of the iranian people, Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the republic of iran, was martyred while serving the people of
Says that 14 additional trucks carrying humanitarian relief have crossed into gaza for egypt. The first round of muchneeded aided toward gaza on saturday. The u. N. Estimates 60 of people in gaza, which is about 1. 4 million people, have been displaced in the two weeks since the start of this war. Special envoy from middle east humanitarian david earlier today on msnbc. Our expectation of the discussions at all sides starting tomorrow, you will see a continuous flow of assistance moving, we want to build it up to the levels necessary to begin to meet gazis needs. In the vatican city today, pope francis praying for all suffering, calling for more humanitarian aid for a few minute palestinians living in gaza. They also demand the release of all hostages being held by hamas. They also spoke today with President Biden. Meanwhile, on the ground, israels military launching a rare airstrike in the occupied west bank, Hitting Unoccupied israel says they targeted a terror cell which is organizi
Good evening. Just some of the faces of the victims of 50 years of the infected blood scandal. The wholly damning conclusion of todays inquiry into that scandal describes years of deception and cover up in which doctors, the Blood Services and successive governments did not put Patient Safety first. It found that the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs could and should have been avoided. Over the two decades the 19705 to the 19905 more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c. 3,000 have died already, many are living with ongoing side effects. The Prime Minister described today as a day of shame for the British State and will announce plans for compensation for the victims of the scandal tomorrow. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym reports. On day one of the inquiry, perry, supported by family, gave evidence. There is a huge impact on family, because they carry you and. He didnt survive long enough to see todays report. He was infected with hiv a
Especially around some of those no foot soldier, no commander, north sea coasts, and it is that bit cooler. No civilian leader, no one so the middle of the week, fairly unsettled, some can act with impunity. Showers on the cards. It does look like the showers become fewer towards the weekend, and for some of us, those temperatures will be on the rise once again. Prosecutors accuse israel bye bye. Of a state sanctioned attack against gazas civilian population, including extermination and using starvation as a weapon of war. And hamas of extermination, hostage taking, torture and sexual violence, including rape. Tonight, a very personal rebuttalfrom israels Prime Minister. Mr khan creates a twisted and false Moral Equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas. This is like creating a Moral Equivalence after september 11 between President Bush and osama bin laden. Hamas also strongly denounced what it said was an attempt to equate the victim with the executioner, and