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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)

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