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00:00 In Iran, a search is on for a helicopter that was carrying both the president and the foreign
00:05 minister, which state media says suffered a hard landing.
00:11 The health of the almost assassinated Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is out of the danger
00:17 zone, ministry officials say.
00:20 A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered a hard landing, according
00:25 to state media reports.
00:27 The foreign minister, Hossein Amiradollahian, was also on board.
00:32 A rescue helicopter tried to reach the area on Sunday where authorities believe the helicopter
00:36 is, but it couldn't land due to the heavy mist, emergency services reported.
00:41 One media report said it had come down in a forest near the city of Julfa, which is
00:45 on the border with Azerbaijan.
00:48 But another media report said the landing site was further east, near the village of
00:51 Uzi.
00:55 The health of the almost assassinated Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is out of the danger
01:01 zone, ministry officials say.
01:03 I think the worst thing we were afraid of has passed, but the situation is still very
01:13 serious, and that is why doctors will be rescued.
01:17 I have a scopelist hospital, for which I thank you very much once again for everything, for
01:21 the sacrifices that have been made in the last few days.
01:26 The defence minister allayed fears a day after supporters visited Bank Sabistrika hospital
01:32 in a show of solidarity, including Jan, who wanted to support Fico in his hardest moment.
01:37 In my opinion, people pay too much attention to politics, and we have lost the humanity
01:44 somewhere along the way.
01:46 The 59-year-old prime minister was shot while touring the former coal mining town of Handlova
01:51 in the last few days.
01:52 Since then, security has been heightened around the hospital where Fico is being treated.
01:57 The man accused of the assassination attempt was recently ordered to remain behind bars.
02:06 It was effectively the launch of Europe's far-right campaign for the EU elections, with
02:11 a little help from Argentina's president.
02:14 France's Marine Le Pen and Argentina's Javier Mele addressed the summit in Madrid on Sunday
02:18 in person, as did the box party's candidates for the election.
02:37 Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a video message, as did Italy's Giorgia Maloney,
02:43 who said it was time for mobilisation to make gains in the elections.
02:47 But the star of the show was undoubtedly Argentinian President Javier Mele, who started his speech
02:53 with a verse of a song and went on to bash socialism.
02:57 He accused socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of bringing poverty and death to
03:01 Spain and he has controversially refused to meet him in his three-day visit to the country.
03:07 The EU elections run from June 6 to June 9.
03:15 Jacob Zuma wants to become president again, despite spending time in prison and having
03:20 to resign when he was last in office.
03:22 At a campaign rally in Johannesburg, he spoke of the high levels of poverty amongst black
03:27 South Africans and promised to create jobs.
03:30 And he said his party would build factories where many people would be employed and that
03:34 he'd provide free education for the country's youth.
03:38 Roughly one in three people don't have a job.
03:41 And according to the World Bank, South Africa has the biggest gap between the rich and the
03:44 poor in the world.
03:52 Several European countries have grappled with the aftermath of torrential rains, triggering
03:58 floods and wreaking havoc in various regions.
04:02 The eastern Belgium municipality of Vuren has experienced the heaviest flooding in its
04:07 history.
04:10 Prime Minister Alexander de Kruy visited the area to offer his support.
04:16 The Bavine Stream burst its banks after heavy storms.
04:20 Although water levels have dropped, 500 families remain without power.
04:26 In north-eastern France, water levels at the Moselle River have reached as high as 40 centimetres,
04:33 prompting hundreds of interventions by firefighters.
04:38 France officials have urged residents to exercise caution and listen to emergency service personnel.
04:46 The region was placed on red alert for rain and flooding, which has been lifted.
04:50 (water splashing)
04:53 (whooshing)