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Iran’s President and Foreign Minister feared dead in helicopter crash | BBC News
A huge search operation is underway in Iran after a helicopter carrying the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in the mountainous north-west of the country in heavy fog. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was also on the aircraft.
The men had been visiting Iran’s remote mountain border region with Azerbaijan to inaugurate a new dam project. Two other helicopters in the convoy made the journey safely.
Rescue teams are attempting to locate the helicopter but are being hampered by very poor weather. Iran’s army is reported to have ordered that all resources needed be sent to the search area. The Red Crescent is helping with the search operation. Drones and rescue dogs are being used in the attempt to locate the helicopter. Countries in the region including Turkey have offered assistance with the search.
Mass prayers are being said in mosques in Iran. Iran’s state-run television first announced news of what they described as a “hard-landing”. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a message of calm, saying he hoped that God would return the President to the people. He told Iranians that there would be no disruption to the running of the country.
President Raisi has been a key and controversial figure in Iran for many decades, regarded as a hardliner within the Islamic Republic’s leadership. The accident comes at a time of high tension in the Middle East, with the war in Gaza and fears that the conflict could widen.
Israel and the United States have accused Iran of backing militant groups including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Recently Iran fired hundreds of missiles at Israel. An airstrike on a military base in Iran was widely seen as Israel’s response to that attack.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is a well-known figure on the international stage, where he has been involved in talks and negotiations about Iran’s nuclear programme.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Hawley.
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New student housing is transforming Scotland’s cities. But as thousands of rooms are built, many students say affordable accommodation remains out of reach.
Journalist Thea Kellock explores the business behind Scotland’s student housing boom and asks who these developments are really built for.
In this video:
00:00 – The student accommodation boom
00:43 – The human cost of private PBSA: Lara
02:57 – How much PBSA is there?
03:45 – Why is there so much being built?
04:22 – The pros and cons
05:34 – The financial cost of private PBSA
06:15 -The international student perspective: Saba
07:12 – The scammer
08:16 – ‘These buildings aren’t filling up’
10:23 – The PBSA alternatives
11:18 – The Slurp student accommodation snapshot
13:17 – A complex picture
13:46 – University of Edinburgh Statement
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Does the energy ceasefire President Trump announced between Russia and Ukraine actually exist?
Over the weekend Trump said a truce had been reached. But whilst Ukrainian President Zelensky said he would be willing to back one, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said Ukraine doesn’t deserve the “respite” that a ceasefire would bring.
To unpack was was and was not agreed, Adam is joined by Dan Johnson in Kyiv, Asma Khalid in Washington DC and diplomatic correspondent James Landale in London.
00:00 What is life like in Ukraine?
08:45 What does each side want from an ‘energy ceasefire’?
17:00 What is the current relationship between Trump & Zelensky?
22:00 What’s happening in Saudi Arabia with the Houthi conflict?
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Several recent strikes have hit the international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have …
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Expensive furniture sold by the US-based company Wayfair is at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy theory involving allegations of child trafficking, which has been spreading online.
The unfounded claims first appeared on 14 June in the US but have become a global trend since.
Wayfair has said “there is of course no truth to these claims”.
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He was the Russian oligarch who bought Chelsea Football Club. But what’s the truth about Roman Abramovich’s fortune?
Working with the Bureau for Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama has uncovered hundreds of documents that were falsified and backdated to conceal his wealth and evade tax.
Roman Abramovich denies any wrongdoing.
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