## Helicopter carrying Iran’s hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy, mountainous region

Authored by apnews.com

Later, state TV put it farther east near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory.

One local government official used the word “crash,” but others referred to either a “hard landing” or an “incident.”.

Neither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi’s condition in the hours afterward.

State TV aired images of SUVs racing through a wooded area and said they were being hampered by poor weather conditions, including heavy rain and wind.

A helicopter carrying President Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating.

Raisi had been on the border with Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.

In March, a United Nations investigative panel found that Iran was responsible for the “physical violence” that led to Amini’s death. »

### Iranian regime concerned for President Raisi's life after helicopter crash

Authored by jpost.com

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi seen before boarding a helicopter in Azerbaijan, May 19, 2024 (credit: MEHR NEWS AGENCY).

In a meeting of President Putin and the Iranian ambassador, Putin stated, "We are deeply saddened by the helicopter incident involving the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iranian media reported.

Search teams have possibly found the location of President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter crash after detecting the smell of fuel, according to a later Monday overnight report on Iranian media. »

### ‘Delusional’: Trump gets laughs for bragging he’s a ‘better physical specimen’ than Obama

Authored by financerr.online

“They asked him who is a better physical specimen, is it Donald Trump, or is it Obama?”

Democrat Harry Sisson said, “Donald Trump just tried to claim that he’s ‘healthier’ and a ‘better physical specimen’ than President Obama.

It is simply in response to Trump claiming that Ronny Jackson assured Trump that Trump is a better physical specimen than Obama,” the account wrote. »

### Britain ‘may not be fully prepared to fight full-scale war alone’

Authored by telegraph.co.uk

Britain may not be fully prepared to fight a full-scale war on its own, a general has suggested.

Decades of fighting insurgents during wars Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan meant the Army’s focus was on those campaigns rather than major conflicts between states, he said.

I think we are now very much moving back on track. »

### Trump appears to freeze for 30 seconds during NRA speech

Authored by independent.co.uk

Donald Trump appeared to freeze for more than 30 seconds during a speech at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas, Texas.

In another part of the speech at the NRA convention, Mr Trump stopped to swat at a fly that was buzzing around him.

“I notice it keeps tilting to the left,” Mr Trump also joked, “Like too many other things! »

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