and daughter after a fatal helicopter crash. and cutting ties. the scottish city returning looted cultural artefacts to india. hello and welcome to bbc news. raso s president vladimir putin has said officials from the united nations will be able to inspect your s largest nuclear power plant, a course for nuclear concern russia. the zaporizhzhia site has been under russian occupation since early march, and recently the area has recently come under heavy fire. stephanie prentice reports. it s the site at the centre of what a lot of ms zelenska calls nuclear terrorism. a nuclear power station call between russian and ukrainian gelling, underfire, and reportedly under fire, and reportedly damaged. underfire, and reportedly damaged. now, afteralmost underfire, and reportedly damaged. now, after almost six months of occupation, there may be hope for the site at zaporizhzhia, as vladimir putin has indicated that un officials can come in and inspect it. it s a leap for diplomatic
goodnight. it s hard to go from the bottom to the top, but it s even harder, when you re already at the top, to go to the bottom and then look back up at that mountain again, knowing that you just climbed it and all the struggles and hard work that you had to go through, to look at it and say, man, i got to climb that thing again. hello and welcome. i m jesse l. martin. kobe bryant s life had many acts his entrée to the nba as a skinny teen, his ascension to super-stardom, and post-retirement, a new focus on his family and creative projects. kobe s re-launch in entertainment could have been more impactful than his career on the court. until a routine flight on a foggy january morning changed his destiny forever. this is how it really happened. o brien: the combination of celebrity and aviation, mystery and fear is very compelling to people. and you know, what s interesting is you can connect a dot directly between what happened to john f. kennedy jr. and what hap
dozens of people are involved in the search, but bad weather is reported to be hampering their efforts. it happened in the far north of iran, near the city of tabriz, close to the border with azerbaijan. president raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. this is thought to be footage of him earlier in the day, travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. first reports that something had gone wrong were announced on state tv. translation: there are unconfirmed reports of an incident involving - the helicopter carrying the president in thejolfa region. initial reports cite a hard landing for the helicopter carrying the president. president raisi, considered a hardliner, is the second most powerfulfigure in iran and has been regarded as a possible successor to the supreme leader, ali khamenei. there is no word yet on any casualties today, but across iran, there have been prayers for the president s safety. that report from jon donnison. as we heard, preside
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