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inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extreme turbulence in the skies over myanmar. it led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack and more than 50 other people on the singapore airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. and just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. not everyone had a seat belt on, and objects and passengers were hurled around the cabin by the turbulence. the plane then made an emergency diversion to bangkok in thailand, from where our south east asia correspondent jonathan head joins us. here at bangkok airport they have sent a special flight to pick up those passengers who did not need medical treatment to help but get on to their ultimate destination in singapore but we believe more than 70 people needed to be treated in hospital here in thailan ....
forjustice have been heard. in a moment of unity, the opposition benches agreed. and i repeat our commitment to work on a cross party basis to help deliver the compensation scheme and get the money, the final money to victims, as soon as possible. so who will get compensation? there ll be payments to those infected or their estate if they ve died, also to those affected partners, family and friends looking after a loved one. payments will be exempt from tax and not means tested. the final payment will be made by the end of the year. there ll be interim payouts of 210,000 within 90 days to those infected. this follows a first interim payment in 2022. it ll be run by a new body led by sir robert francis, who s already drawn up compensation plans for the inquiry. so what did the treloar students think? very pleased to hear that sir robert francis will be chairing it, looking across this for us, because, as they say, his report was everything we could have wanted and more. ....
in the south of baghdad. in iraq, a war of choice, the us expended enormous amounts of blood and treasure and ended up opening the door to wider iranian influence, while causing the american public to reject a role as the world s policeman. and for those who yearn for that moment, now we see the consequences. instead of a monopolar world or a two sided rivalry, like the old cold war, we have one where several large states contest for economic and strategic advantage, and where chaos is increasingly widespread. in ukraine, independent since the soviet collapse, they face an existential struggle. inter state war has returned to europe. hundreds of thousands have been killed or wounded. russia animated by nationalism, rather than communism gambled on western indifference and weakness. well, we haven t been here long, but we re getting a good idea about the constant rockets and defensive fire from the israeli iron dome system. in the middle east, one of the few constant ....
than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn welcome to cnn and special coverage. if former president trump s hush money criminal trial, i m wolf blitzer in washington, along with abby phillip. who s just outside the courthouse in new york today, michael cohen, trump s former we re fixer and lawyer is back on the witness stand. prosecutors appear to have some work to do during their redirect of cohen after he made a purely stunning admission during cross-examination? today, defense attorney todd blanche was able to get cohen to admit to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the trump organization. abby, you were inside court today? playing, how it all went down that s right. wolf, earlier in the trial during the direct examination, cohen had actually said this, that he had pocketed monday money from the trump organization. that was meant for a technology company. but today, while he was being pressed by the defense attorney todd blanche cohen agreed that it was ....
the statute of limitations has run out on this abuse, he can t be charged as well. so the apology coming after knowing that as well, elizabeth wagmeister. thank you so much for breaking that story for us. now, if you or someone you know, is a victim of domestic violence and you need help. you can call the domestic hotline that number 800 safe, which is 807, 997233 a new our of cnn news central starts right now cnn breaking news we do have major breaking news for you this morning involving the israel-hamas war, the international criminal court just this morning announced it is seeking a warrants for israel s political and military leadership, including prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and israeli defense minister yoav them on, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. and for three liters of hamas for the october 7 terrorist attack, including yahya sinwar, who is in gaza and ishmael honey, who lives in qatar and has been party to the ceasefire negotiation ....