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'Butcher of Tehran': Who was Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//20//whats-next-for-iran-after-president-killed-in-helicopter-crash/">What's next for Iran after president died in helicopter crash?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The European Union is one of many countries that have sanctions against the Iranian regime. These include trade restrictions, travel bans, and asset freezes. <\/p>\n<p>In April, the EU agreed to a new round of sanctions in response to Iran's large missile attack on Israel, which it launched amidst soaring tensions between the two regional rivals.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716196336,"updatedAt":1716203483,"publishedAt":1716203480,"firstPublishedAt":1716203483,"lastPublishedAt":1716203480,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/69\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0bd58fb9-287e-5915-8c5d-9318b9bb0b05-8446944.jpg","altText":"Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 24, 2024.","caption":"Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 24, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Mert Gokhan Koc\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"paternoster","title":"Tamsin Paternoster","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":153,"slug":"iran","urlSafeValue":"iran","title":"Iran","titleRaw":"Iran"},{"id":25288,"slug":"ibrahim-reisi","urlSafeValue":"ibrahim-reisi","title":"Ebrahim Raisi","titleRaw":"Ebrahim Raisi"},{"id":27924,"slug":"air-crash","urlSafeValue":"air-crash","title":"Air Crash","titleRaw":"Air Crash"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":2},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2545942},{"id":2545788},{"id":2545634}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"},{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news"},{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":153,"urlSafeValue":"iran","title":"Iran","url":"\/news\/asia\/iran"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gt_negative','gb_death_injury_edu','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gv_death_injury','gb_safe_from_high','gs_family','gs_family_bereavement','gs_busfin','gt_negative_sadness','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_news-ent','gs_science','gt_negative_shock','gs_busfin_indus'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/my-europe\/2024\/05\/20\/scorn-and-sympathy-eu-politicians-divided-over-death-of-iranian-president-raisi","lastModified":1716203480},{"id":2546062,"cid":8447172,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240520_GNSU_55584579","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREEN_\u2018I am so poor I have to work\u2019: Delhi\u2019s weekend under a red alert heatwave","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Are India\u2019s heatwaves getting worse with climate change? Delhi district records 47.8C heat","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"\u2018I am so poor I have to work\u2019: Delhi hit by red alert heatwave","titleListing2":"Are India\u2019s heatwaves getting worse with climate change? Delhi district records 47.8C heat","leadin":"With India midway through its general election, there are concerns about the impact of the ongoing extreme heat on voters.","summary":"With India midway through its general election, there are concerns about the impact of the ongoing extreme heat on voters.","keySentence":"","url":"are-indias-heatwaves-getting-worse-with-climate-change-delhi-district-records-478c-heat","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/20\/are-indias-heatwaves-getting-worse-with-climate-change-delhi-district-records-478c-heat","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Delhi was placed under a \u2018red\u2019 heatwave warning over the weekend as parts of northern India baked in more than 46 degrees Celsius heat. \n\nLife ground to a halt in the capital, where those who could afford to sheltered inside. \n\nPravin Kamath, a 28-year-old who runs a cart selling cold drinks, complained that it was so hot he could hardly stand being outdoors. \u201cBut I must work. What can I do? I am poor so I have to do it.\u201d \n\nIndia \u2019s weather department issues red alerts when there is a very high likelihood of people developing heat illness or stroke. \n\nOn Sunday, Delhi\u2019s Najafgarh district recorded a temperature of 47.8C, the highest in India this season. Temperatures also soared in the nearby states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. \n\nHow have people been affected by the severe heat in India? \n\nSatish Kumar, a 57-year-old rickshaw driver in Delhi , said his work was suffering because of the heat. \u201cPeople are not coming outside, [markets] are nearly empty,\u201d he said. \n\nWith India midway through a six-week-long general election , there are concerns about the impact of the recent extreme heat on voters who have to wait in long lines. \n\n\nVoter turnout appears to have taken a hit, with only 63 per cent of those eligible voting in the second phase (of seven) in early May, down from the 66 per cent turnout in the first phase in April. \n\nOne minister fainted due to heat last month while addressing an election rally in Maharashtra state. \n\nBut Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his main challenger Rahul Gandhi were undeterred from holding rallies in Delhi on Saturday, before the city heads to the polls on 25 May. \n\nAre India\u2019s heatwaves getting worse with climate change? \n\nThe main summer months - April, May and June - are always hot in most parts of India before monsoon rains bring cooler temperatures. \n\nBut the heat has become more intense in the past decade and is usually accompanied by severe water shortages, with tens of millions of India's 1.4 billion people lacking running water. \n\nA study by World Weather Attribution, an academic group that examines the source of extreme heat, found that a searing heatwave in April that struck parts of Asia was made at least 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent by climate change. \n\nClimate experts say extreme heat in South Asia during the pre-monsoon season is becoming more frequent and the study found that extreme temperatures are now about 0.85 C hotter in the region because of climate change . \n\nAt least 28 heat-related deaths were reported in Bangladesh, as well as five in India in April. Surges in heat deaths have also been reported in Thailand and the Philippines this year, according to the study. \n\nExtreme heat is fast becoming a public health crisis in India, with more than 150 people dying last year during heatwaves. The government estimates nearly 11,000 people have died during heatwaves this century, yet experts say such figures are likely a vast undercount. \n\nA less severe orange warning remains in place until Wednesday for Delhi and other northern Indian states, with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) continuing to urge caution. \n\nIMD scientist Soma Sen Roy warned people against going outdoors under the afternoon sun during yesterday's extreme heat. She added that they should drink lots of water and wear loose-fitting clothes while those who are especially vulnerable like the elderly should stay indoors. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Delhi was placed under a \u2018red\u2019 heatwave warning over the weekend as parts of northern India baked in more than 46 degrees Celsius heat.<\/p>\n<p>Life ground to a halt in the capital, where those who could afford to sheltered inside.<\/p>\n<p>Pravin Kamath, a 28-year-old who runs a cart selling cold drinks, complained that it was so hot he could hardly stand being outdoors. \u201cBut I must work. What can I do? I am poor so I have to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//morgues-full-and-hospitals-overwhelmed-as-indias-heatwave-death-toll-hits-170/">India/u2019s weather department issues red alerts when there is a very high likelihood of people developing heat illness or stroke.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Delhi\u2019s Najafgarh district recorded a temperature of 47.8C, the highest in India this season. Temperatures also soared in the nearby states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8443580,8442002\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//17//spain-has-suffered-22000-heat-related-deaths-in-the-last-8-years-how-will-a-new-map-help/">Spain has suffered 22,000 heat-related deaths in the last 8 years. How will a new map help?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//17//very-unexpected-and-extreme-coral-bleaching-has-never-been-this-bad-say-scientists/">'Very unexpected and extreme': Coral bleaching has never been this bad, experts say<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How have people been affected by the severe heat in India?<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//71//72//808x454_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg/" alt=\"A man drinks water as severe heat grips Lucknow, India, 18 May, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/384x216_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/640x360_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/750x422_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/828x466_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/1080x608_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/1200x675_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/1920x1080_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man drinks water as severe heat grips Lucknow, India, 18 May, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Rajesh Kumar Singh<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Satish Kumar, a 57-year-old rickshaw driver in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//06//air-pocalypse-indias-capital-launches-green-war-room-to-tackle-life-threatening-smog/">Delhi, said his work was suffering because of the heat. \u201cPeople are not coming outside, [markets] are nearly empty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With India midway through a six-week-long <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2024//04//19//watch-india-heads-to-the-polls/">general election<\/strong><\/a>, there are concerns about the impact of the recent extreme heat on voters who have to wait in long lines. <\/p>\n<p>Voter turnout appears to have taken a hit, with only 63 per cent of those eligible voting in the second phase (of seven) in early May, down from the 66 per cent turnout in the first phase in April.<\/p>\n<p>One minister fainted due to heat last month while addressing an election rally in Maharashtra state.<\/p>\n<p>But Prime Minister <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//11//indian-pms-holiday-snaps-spark-row-that-leads-to-boycott-of-travel-to-the-maldives/">Narendra Modi<\/strong><\/a> and his main challenger Rahul Gandhi were undeterred from holding rallies in Delhi on Saturday, before the city heads to the polls on 25 May.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8437876\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//15//mumbai-should-drastically-cut-back-on-billboards-indian-author-says-after-storm-disaster/">Mumbai should \u2018drastically cut back\u2019 on billboards, Indian author says after storm disaster<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Are India\u2019s heatwaves getting worse with climate change?<\/h2><p>The main summer months - April, May and June - are always hot in most parts of India before monsoon rains bring cooler temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>But the heat has become more intense in the past decade and is usually accompanied by severe water shortages, with tens of millions of India's 1.4 billion people lacking running water.<\/p>\n<p>A study by World Weather Attribution, an academic group that examines the source of extreme heat, found that a searing heatwave in April that struck parts of Asia was made at least 45 times <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//03//only-going-to-get-worse-asias-record-shattering-heatwaves-raise-fears-over-climate-change/">more likely<\/strong><\/a> in some parts of the continent by climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Climate experts say extreme heat in South Asia during the pre-monsoon season is becoming more frequent and the study found that extreme temperatures are now about 0.85 C hotter in the region because of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//10//this-country-has-become-the-first-in-modern-history-to-lose-all-of-its-glaciers/">climate change<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//71//72//808x608_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg/" alt=\"A rider covers her daughter's head with a scarf to protect her from severe heat in Lucknow, India, 18 May 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/384x288_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/640x480_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/750x563_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/828x621_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/1080x810_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/1200x900_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/1920x1440_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A rider covers her daughter's head with a scarf to protect her from severe heat in Lucknow, India, 18 May 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rajesh Kumar Singh\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At least 28 heat-related deaths were reported in Bangladesh, as well as five in India in April. Surges in heat deaths have also been reported in Thailand and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//03//school-closures-and-health-warnings-south-and-southeast-asia-swelter-under-record-breaking/">the Philippines<\/strong><\/a> this year, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme heat is fast becoming a public health crisis in India, with more than 150 people dying last year during heatwaves. The government estimates nearly 11,000 people have died during <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//07//europes-climate-in-data-everything-from-heatwaves-to-the-cost-of-disaster/">heatwaves this century, yet experts say such figures are likely a vast undercount.<\/p>\n<p>A less severe orange warning remains in place until Wednesday for Delhi and other northern Indian states, with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) continuing to urge caution.<\/p>\n<p>IMD scientist Soma Sen Roy warned people against going outdoors under the afternoon sun during yesterday's extreme heat. She added that they should drink lots of water and wear loose-fitting clothes while those who are especially vulnerable like the elderly should stay indoors.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716200809,"updatedAt":1716202042,"publishedAt":1716202041,"firstPublishedAt":1716202042,"lastPublishedAt":1716202041,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_479305f3-639a-5025-8ff7-92f3ee088fef-8447172.jpg","altText":"A cyclist has his head wrapped in a cotton scarf as protection from the heat in ]Delhi, India, 18 May, 2024.","caption":"A cyclist has his head wrapped in a cotton scarf as protection from the heat in ]Delhi, India, 18 May, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Shonal Ganguly","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_75a93e7b-46a8-53f6-80df-8571ba05d9ff-8447172.jpg","altText":"A rider covers her daughter's head with a scarf to protect her from severe heat in Lucknow, India, 18 May 2024.","caption":"A rider covers her daughter's head with a scarf to protect her from severe heat in Lucknow, India, 18 May 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajesh Kumar Singh\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4032,"height":3024},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/71\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2b830041-d595-5fc0-beb4-3755b1ab290e-8447172.jpg","altText":"A man drinks water as severe heat grips Lucknow, India, 18 May, 2024. 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PRESIDENT NECRO","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"'Butcher of Tehran': Who was Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"'Butcher of Tehran': Who was Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?","titleListing2":"'Butcher of Tehran': Who was Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?","leadin":"Iran's president has died following a helicopter crash on Sunday, but who was he, and how did he come to lead the Islamic Republic?","summary":"Iran's president has died following a helicopter crash on Sunday, but who was he, and how did he come to lead the Islamic Republic?","keySentence":"","url":"butcher-of-tehran-who-was-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/20\/butcher-of-tehran-who-was-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The so-called \"Butcher of Tehran\" has died.\u00a0 \n\nIranian president\u00a0Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials were killed after their helicopter crashed in northern Iran on Sunday.\u00a0 \n\nHe was 63.\u00a0 \n\nThe hardliner was there during many major domestic and international events shaping Iran's recent history.\u00a0 \n\nHe helped oversee the mass execution of thousands in the 1980s and later presided over a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests at home.\u00a0 \n\nAbroad, the cleric-turned-politician struck a tough stance in nuclear talks with the West and launched an unprecedented assault on Israel.\u00a0 \n\nRaisi was even tipped to become\u00a0the next supreme leader, where true power lies in Iran. \n\nIn a tightly controlled vote, the conservative was elected president in 2021.\u00a0 \n\nHe arrived in office after then-US President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal, which eased economically-crippling sanctions in exchange for limits on Iran's nuclear programme.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nTrump's move in 2018 \u2014 which sparked renewed tensions between Washington and Tehran\u00a0\u2014 helped empower Raisi's hardline camp while weakening his reformist rivals.\u00a0 \n\nDespite saying he wanted to revive the nuclear deal, Raisi\u2019s government took a tough line with Western negotiators, as Iran enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels.\u00a0Talks have since stalled.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cSanctions are the US\u2019 new way of war with the nations of the world,\u201d Raisi told the United Nations in September 2021.\u00a0\u201cThe policy of \u2018maximum oppression\u2019 is still on. We want nothing more than what is rightfully ours.\u201d \n\nThat further escalated tensions with the West, as did Tehran supplying Shahed attack drones to Russia for its war in Ukraine. \n\nDissent at home \n\nMass protests swept Iran in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly not covering her hair properly\u00a0\u2014 as mandated by Iranian law.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nAmini's family, activists and observers claimed police severely beat her, though the government claimed she had a heart attack. \n\nThe following months of nationwide unrest were one of the gravest challenges to Iran's rulers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.\u00a0 \n\nWith Raisi blasting them as \"unacceptable acts of chaos\", Iranian authorities fiercely cracked down on the demonstrations, killing more than\u00a0500 people and detaining some 22,000 others.\u00a0 \n\nSince then, the regime has launched a new crackdown on women's dress codes, which human rights group Amnesty International has described as a \"war on women\". \n\nThen came the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to the Wall\u00a0Street Journal, Tehran helped plot the deadly 7 October attack on southern Israel that sparked the conflict, while Iranian-backed proxies in Lebanon have fired on Israel.\u00a0 \n\nIn April, a suspected Israeli airstrike hit an Iranian consulate in Syria\u00a0\u2014 killing a top Iranian commander\u00a0\u2014 and Raisi was at the helm when\u00a0Tehran launched an extraordinary attack on Israel in retaliation.\u00a0 \n\nIranian Supreme Leader Khamenei\u00a0Ali Khamenei appointed Raisi, a former Iranian attorney general, in 2016 to run the Imam Reza charity foundation, which manages a conglomerate of businesses and endowments in Iran.\u00a0 \n\nAt this appointment, Khamenei called him a \u201ctrustworthy person with high-profile experience.\u201d\u00a0 \n\nThat prompted analysts to speculate that Khamenei could be grooming Raisi as a possible candidate to be Iran\u2019s third-ever supreme leader, a Shiite cleric who has the final say on all state matters and serves as the country\u2019s commander-in-chief. \n\nRaisi stood against the relatively moderate then-president Hassan Rouhani in 2017, but he lost this campaign.\u00a0 \n\nThe next time around, in 2021, Raisi became the presidential favourite after a panel led by the supreme leader disqualified all other credible challengers.\u00a0 \n\nRaisi bagged 62% of the 28.9 million votes in an election marked by\u00a0the lowest turnout in Iranian history. Millions stayed home, and others voided ballots, with Human Rights Watch describing the vote as a \"sham\". \n\nStill, he could not shake his grim moniker: the \"Butcher of Tehran\". \n\nDuring his presidential campaign in 2016, a tape was leaked of an important cleric talking about Raisi's role in the mass execution of up to 5,000 political prisoners in 1988.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cI am proud of being a defender of human rights and of people\u2019s security and comfort as a prosecutor wherever I was,\u201d Raisi said when asked at a news conference about his role on the so-called \"death commissions\".\u00a0 \n\nIn 2019, the US slapped sanctions on Raisi for human rights violations, including for the executions in the 1980s. \n\nBorn in Mashhad on 14 December 1960, Raisi came from a family that traces its lineage back to Islam's Prophet Muhammad, as marked by the black turban he later wore.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nHis father died when he was 5. Raisi went to the seminary in the holy city of Qom and later would call himself an ayatollah, a high-ranking Shiite cleric. \n\nHe participated in protests against the Western-backed Shah, who was toppled in the 1979 revolution that brought into power the theocratic regime under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The so-called \"Butcher of Tehran\" has died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranian president\u00a0Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and several other officials were killed after their helicopter crashed in northern Iran on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was 63.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hardliner was there during many major domestic and international events shaping Iran's recent history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He helped oversee the mass execution of thousands in the 1980s and later presided over a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abroad, the cleric-turned-politician struck a tough stance in nuclear talks with the West and launched an unprecedented assault on Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raisi was even tipped to become\u00a0the next supreme leader, where true power lies in Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//62//86//808x539_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg/" alt=\"Former Iranian president speaks in 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/384x256_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/640x427_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/750x500_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/828x552_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/1080x720_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/1200x800_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/86\/1920x1281_cmsv2_47cf37d6-da62-5d62-ab1b-0ba96635bb86-8446286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Former Iranian president speaks in 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vahid Salemi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a tightly controlled vote, the conservative was elected president in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He arrived in office after then-US President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal, which eased economically-crippling sanctions in exchange for limits on Iran's nuclear programme.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump's move in 2018 \u2014 which sparked renewed tensions between Washington and Tehran\u00a0\u2014 helped empower Raisi's hardline camp while weakening his reformist rivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite saying he wanted to revive the nuclear deal, Raisi\u2019s government took a tough line with Western negotiators, as Iran enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels.\u00a0Talks have since stalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanctions are the US\u2019 new way of war with the nations of the world,\u201d Raisi told the United Nations in September 2021.\u00a0\u201cThe policy of \u2018maximum oppression\u2019 is still on. We want nothing more than what is rightfully ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That further escalated tensions with the West, as did Tehran supplying Shahed attack drones to Russia for its war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2>Dissent at home<\/h2><p>Mass protests swept Iran in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly not covering her hair properly\u00a0\u2014 as mandated by Iranian law.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amini's family, activists and observers claimed police severely beat her, though the government claimed she had a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>The following months of nationwide unrest were one of the gravest challenges to Iran's rulers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Raisi blasting them as \"unacceptable acts of chaos\", Iranian authorities fiercely cracked down on the demonstrations, killing more than\u00a0500 people and detaining some 22,000 others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the regime has launched a new crackdown on women's dress codes, which human rights group Amnesty International has described as a \"war on women\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1646766340269649921\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then came the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Wall\u00a0Street Journal, Tehran helped plot the deadly 7 October attack on southern Israel that sparked the conflict, while Iranian-backed proxies in Lebanon have fired on Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April, a suspected Israeli airstrike hit an Iranian consulate in Syria\u00a0\u2014 killing a top Iranian commander\u00a0\u2014 and Raisi was at the helm when\u00a0Tehran launched an extraordinary attack on Israel in retaliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei\u00a0Ali Khamenei appointed Raisi, a former Iranian attorney general, in 2016 to run the Imam Reza charity foundation, which manages a conglomerate of businesses and endowments in Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At this appointment, Khamenei called him a \u201ctrustworthy person with high-profile experience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That prompted analysts to speculate that Khamenei could be grooming Raisi as a possible candidate to be Iran\u2019s third-ever supreme leader, a Shiite cleric who has the final say on all state matters and serves as the country\u2019s commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//62//74//808x539_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg/" alt=\"Raisi speaks in May, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/62\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_91b2c1c6-d878-538d-bbdd-b18eb0c4e3e7-8446274.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Raisi speaks in May, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Raisi stood against the relatively moderate then-president Hassan Rouhani in 2017, but he lost this campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next time around, in 2021, Raisi became the presidential favourite after a panel led by the supreme leader disqualified all other credible challengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raisi bagged 62% of the 28.9 million votes in an election marked by\u00a0the lowest turnout in Iranian history. Millions stayed home, and others voided ballots, with Human Rights Watch describing the vote as a \"sham\".<\/p>\n<p>Still, he could not shake his grim moniker: the \"Butcher of Tehran\".<\/p>\n<p>During his presidential campaign in 2016, a tape was leaked of an important cleric talking about Raisi's role in the mass execution of up to 5,000 political prisoners in 1988.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of being a defender of human rights and of people\u2019s security and comfort as a prosecutor wherever I was,\u201d Raisi said when asked at a news conference about his role on the so-called \"death commissions\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the US slapped sanctions on Raisi for human rights violations, including for the executions in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1779568176189120961\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Born in Mashhad on 14 December 1960, Raisi came from a family that traces its lineage back to Islam's Prophet Muhammad, as marked by the black turban he later wore.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His father died when he was 5. 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Pahlavi.","keySentence":"","url":"how-did-irans-president-end-up-on-a-four-decade-old-us-helicopter","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/20\/how-did-irans-president-end-up-on-a-four-decade-old-us-helicopter","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iranian president's helicopter that crashed on Sunday in inclement weather turned out to have been a well-known Vietnam-era war relic\u00a0\u2014 or at least its civilian counterpart. \n\nThe US-made Bell 212 carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and several members of their entourage is a refitted non-combat version of the omnipresent UH-1N \"Twin Huey,\" which is still widely used globally. \n\nDespite its proven longevity, questions arose over whether it was fit for purpose, while the fact that the Tehran regime has been under Western sanctions for decades might indicate that proper maintenance of the\u00a0chopper was uncertain. \n\nAfter the crash, experts pointed out that the nearly 50-year-old Bell 212 was built to fly in visual flight conditions, meaning that the pilot had to rely solely on their ability to observe the terrain from their seat. \n\nHeavy fog and a brewing storm on Sunday likely impeded the pilot and might have contributed to the crash in northwestern Iran, some 20 kilometres from the border with Azerbaijan. \n\nThe heavily forested area is known for its steep mountain slopes, further complicating the rescue, which ultimately involved Turkish drones and an EU observational satellite. \n\nIranian officials said the other two helicopters in the three-copter presidential convoy had landed safely. It is unclear if and how badly they were affected by harsh flight conditions, while the lack of information from Tehran means the details of the accident are still shrouded in mystery. \n\nTehran regime still flies on Shah-bought aircraft \n\nThe Bell 212, said to have been operated by the\u00a0Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran by local media,\u00a0was likely purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. \n\nIran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was known for his love of flying.\u00a0A qualified pilot himself, Pahlavi often wore the uniform of the Marshal of the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) \u2014 established by his father, Shah Reza Pahlavi, in 1920 \u2014 and invested more in it than in any other branch of the armed forces. \n\nThis led to a series of aircraft purchases meant to create a top-of-the-line air force fleet, with Iran the only country other than the US to operate the F-14 Tomcat. Helicopters, like the Bell-made AH-1 Super Cobra and Chinook, also prominently featured in the IAAF's arsenal. \n\nHowever, the US arms embargo against the Islamic Republic's government meant the rebranded\u00a0Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force soon saw most Western-made aircraft fall into disrepair.\u00a0 \n\nThe Tehran regime, however, continued to operate a limited number of aircraft by cannibalising the existing fleet and reverse-engineering the much-needed parts. \n\nThis practice was supplemented by purchasing weapons and equipment from the likes of the Soviet Union and China. Yet, continued issues with its ageing fleet were fully exposed during the 1980-1988 Iran\u2013Iraq War when Tehran suffered significant losses of both aircraft and their best pilots.\u00a0 \n\nSome of the shah-bought aircraft survived to this day, however. Although Iran's current capabilities are unknown, a 2024 estimate by Flight Global claimed that at least two\u00a0Bell 212s were still operating in the country. \n\nWho else operates Bell 212? \n\nIntroduced in 1968, the Bell 212 and its several variants have been the workhorses of many military and civilian operators worldwide.\u00a0 \n\nThe UH-1N Twin Huey \u2014 its military version \u2014 was used by the US in global conflicts, including the Vietnam War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It is still used by the US Air Force and by Italy, Spain, Argentina, and Saudi Arabia, among others. \n\nIn 2024, Bell 212's services were mostly retained by police forces in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia and elsewhere, as well as the coast guards of Canada and Japan. \n\nDepending on the configuration, it can carry one pilot (or two, if fitted with upgraded flight instruments) and up to 14 passengers. \n\nThe only other notable\u00a0Bell 212\u00a0accident took place in the North Sea in September 1986, when a Scottish-operated medical emergencies chopper crashed while on a rescue mission, killing all six onboard. Heavy rain and poor visibility were deemed to have caused the crash. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iranian president's helicopter that crashed on Sunday in inclement weather turned out to have been a well-known Vietnam-era war relic\u00a0\u2014 or at least its civilian counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>The US-made Bell 212 carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and several members of their entourage is a refitted non-combat version of the omnipresent UH-1N \"Twin Huey,\" which is still widely used globally.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its proven longevity, questions arose over whether it was fit for purpose, while the fact that the Tehran regime has been under Western sanctions for decades might indicate that proper maintenance of the\u00a0chopper was uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>After the crash, experts pointed out that the nearly 50-year-old Bell 212 was built to fly in visual flight conditions, meaning that the pilot had to rely solely on their ability to observe the terrain from their seat.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy fog and a brewing storm on Sunday likely impeded the pilot and might have contributed to the crash in northwestern Iran, some 20 kilometres from the border with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>The heavily forested area is known for its steep mountain slopes, further complicating the rescue, which ultimately involved Turkish drones and an EU observational satellite.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials said the other two helicopters in the three-copter presidential convoy had landed safely. It is unclear if and how badly they were affected by harsh flight conditions, while the lack of information from Tehran means the details of the accident are still shrouded in mystery.<\/p>\n<h2>Tehran regime still flies on Shah-bought aircraft<\/h2><p>The Bell 212, said to have been operated by the\u00a0Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran by local media,\u00a0was likely purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was known for his love of flying.\u00a0A qualified pilot himself, Pahlavi often wore the uniform of the Marshal of the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) \u2014 established by his father, Shah Reza Pahlavi, in 1920 \u2014 and invested more in it than in any other branch of the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>This led to a series of aircraft purchases meant to create a top-of-the-line air force fleet, with Iran the only country other than the US to operate the F-14 Tomcat. Helicopters, like the Bell-made AH-1 Super Cobra and Chinook, also prominently featured in the IAAF's arsenal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.69921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//64//84//808x565_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg/" alt=\"Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi sits on the Peacock Throne in Tehran, October 1964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/384x269_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/640x448_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/750x524_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/828x579_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/1080x755_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/1200x839_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/64\/84\/1920x1343_cmsv2_2697c9d6-2d73-517e-93f5-31830bc0e85d-8446484.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi sits on the Peacock Throne in Tehran, October 1964<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, the US arms embargo against the Islamic Republic's government meant the rebranded\u00a0Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force soon saw most Western-made aircraft fall into disrepair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tehran regime, however, continued to operate a limited number of aircraft by cannibalising the existing fleet and reverse-engineering the much-needed parts.<\/p>\n<p>This practice was supplemented by purchasing weapons and equipment from the likes of the Soviet Union and China. Yet, continued issues with its ageing fleet were fully exposed during the 1980-1988 Iran\u2013Iraq War when Tehran suffered significant losses of both aircraft and their best pilots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the shah-bought aircraft survived to this day, however. Although Iran's current capabilities are unknown, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.flightglobal.com//download?ac=98881\%22>a 2024 estimate<\/a> by Flight Global claimed that at least two\u00a0Bell 212s were still operating in the country.<\/p>\n<h2>Who else operates Bell 212?<\/h2><p>Introduced in 1968, the Bell 212 and its several variants have been the workhorses of many military and civilian operators worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UH-1N Twin Huey \u2014 its military version \u2014 was used by the US in global conflicts, including the Vietnam War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It is still used by the US Air Force and by Italy, Spain, Argentina, and Saudi Arabia, among others.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Bell 212's services were mostly retained by police forces in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia and elsewhere, as well as the coast guards of Canada and Japan.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8446274,8445898\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//19//iranian-presidents-helicopter-in-hard-landing-state-media-reports/">Iranian president's helicopter in 'hard landing', state media reports<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//20//no-sign-of-life-at-iran-president-helicopter-crash-site/">Iranian president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Depending on the configuration, it can carry one pilot (or two, if fitted with upgraded flight instruments) and up to 14 passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The only other notable\u00a0Bell 212\u00a0accident took place in the North Sea in September 1986, when a Scottish-operated medical emergencies chopper crashed while on a rescue mission, killing all six onboard. 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WHATS NEXT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What's next for Iran after president died in helicopter crash?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What's next for Iran after president died in helicopter crash?","titleListing2":"What's next for Iran after president died in helicopter crash?","leadin":"Reports that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash sent shockwaves around the region.","summary":"Reports that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash sent shockwaves around the region.","keySentence":"","url":"whats-next-for-iran-after-president-killed-in-helicopter-crash","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/20\/whats-next-for-iran-after-president-killed-in-helicopter-crash","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"What happened? \n\nIranian state TV announced on Monday that Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash following an hours-long search. \n\nThe circumstances\u00a0of the crash\u00a0\u2014 which happened in the foggy Dizmar forest in Iran's\u00a0East Azerbaijan province \u2014 are still unclear. \n\nThe pair were on their way back to the northern city of Tabriz after a trip to Iran's border with\u00a0Azerbaijan to inaugurate a dam with the president of the neighbouring country, Ilham Aliyev. \n\nWhy did search and rescue efforts take so long? \n\nDespite search efforts beginning on Sunday, the pair were only announced dead on Iranian State TV on Monday morning at 8 am local time (6:30 CEST).\u00a0 \n\nPresident of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir-Hossein Koulivand, told the IRNA news agency that the 40 ground teams were impeded by \"challenging weather conditions\", including mountainous terrain and heavy fog.\u00a0 \n\nKoulivand added that drone searches were impossible due to bad weather.\u00a0 \n\nWho will take over? \n\nUnder the Iranian constitution, the country's first vice president\u00a0\u2014 in this case,\u00a0 Mohammad Mokhber\u00a0\u2014 will take over as temporary president if the president dies. A\u00a0new presidential election will be held within 50 days.\u00a0 \n\nMokhber, 68, is a former officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Like Raisi, he is seen as close to Iranian Supreme Leader\u00a0Ali Khamenei. He will likely not change course on foreign and domestic policy.\u00a0 \n\nThe president of Iran is the head of the country's executive branch and is elected every four years.\u00a0 \n\nThe position controls the government and has the potential to wield significant power. However, observers point out that true power in Iran lies with the\u00a0Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the armed forces.\u00a0 \n\nAli Bagheri Kani will replace Foreign Minister\u00a0Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after he died in the crash, according to Iranian state media.\u00a0 \n\nHe will be acting minister until election time, holding the seat for a maximum of 50 days, according to the constitution.\u00a0 \n\nHow are Iranians reacting? \n\nThe death of Raisi and his foreign minister has elicited both mourning and celebration from Iranians around the world. \n\nSupreme leader Khamenei has announced five days of mourning for the country. Iranian state media, meanwhile, has shown images of some people mourning and praying for Raisi.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nHowever, a different picture emerges on social media, where narratives and images aren't so tightly controlled.\u00a0 \n\nIranian media in other countries, as well as several activists in Iran, have expressed joy at the crash which killed the pair, with the Islamic Republic deeply unpopular across broad sections of society.\u00a0 \n\nIranian Women's Rights Activist Masih Alinejad posted on X, \"Do not express condolences to the thousands of victims of Ebrahim Raisi. Instead, express your support for the people of Iran.\"\u00a0 \n\nElsewhere, Alinejad dubbed the day \"World Helicopter Day\". \n\nWhat will the impact be? \n\nRaisi was widely seen as one possible\u00a0successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.\u00a0 \n\nHis death raises questions about who will replace Khamenei as he ages. \n\nSo far, the political establishment has indicated to sources that Raisi and Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, are the top contenders for the position.\u00a0 \n\nRaisi's death leaves Mojtaba with a clear path to political rule. His appointment, however, would leave the Iranian political establishment open to allegations of nepotism from leaders of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, who oppose a political system that resembles the monarchy they overthrew. \n\nThe crash occurs at a politically tense juncture as Iran sits at the centre of several geopolitical crises, including its controversial nuclear programme and its involvement in the war between Israel and Hamas.\u00a0 \n\nA change in leadership could potentially change how the president handles interactions with the West and regional powers.\u00a0 \n\nWithin Iran, Raisi's death has the potential to give rise to a fresh wave of protests and exacerbate existing societal tensions. \n\nIt also offers a power vacuum which the Revolutionary Guard, a powerful branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, may seek to exploit.\u00a0 \n\nWas Israel involved? \n\nSo far, the suggestion that Israel was directly involved in the mysterious helicopter crash that killed both Raisi and\u00a0Amirabdollahian is speculation.\u00a0 \n\nIsraeli officials have yet to comment on the incident.\u00a0However, the theory has gained traction among Iranians, considering the animosity between the two countries.\u00a0 \n\nIsrael is believed to have carried out various attacks on senior Iranian military officials in the past. \n\nExperts have suggested that Israel attacking a sitting president is unlikely, as it would amount to a direct act of war and illicit an intense response from Iran.\u00a0 \n\nIsrael's targets are also usually military and nuclear targets, not political assassinations.\u00a0 \n\nNevertheless, the timing of the crash can potentially worsen existing regional tensions. \n\n","htmlText":"<h2>What happened?<\/h2><p>Iranian state TV announced on Monday that Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash following an hours-long search.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances\u00a0of the crash\u00a0\u2014 which happened in the foggy Dizmar forest in Iran's\u00a0East Azerbaijan province \u2014 are still unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were on their way back to the northern city of Tabriz after a trip to Iran's border with\u00a0Azerbaijan to inaugurate a dam with the president of the neighbouring country, Ilham Aliyev.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did search and rescue efforts take so long?<\/h2><p>Despite search efforts beginning on Sunday, the pair were only announced dead on Iranian State TV on Monday morning at 8 am local time (6:30 CEST).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir-Hossein Koulivand, told the IRNA news agency that the 40 ground teams were impeded by \"challenging weather conditions\", including mountainous terrain and heavy fog.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Koulivand added that drone searches were impossible due to bad weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//59//16//808x454_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg/" alt=\"Rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, May 19, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_95205ccc-a6d9-574f-9d41-1c264945e2c8-8445916.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescue teams' vehicles are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, May 19, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Azin Haghighi\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Who will take over?<\/h2><p>Under the Iranian constitution, the country's first vice president\u00a0\u2014 in this case,\u00a0 Mohammad Mokhber\u00a0\u2014 will take over as temporary president if the president dies. A\u00a0new presidential election will be held within 50 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mokhber, 68, is a former officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Like Raisi, he is seen as close to Iranian Supreme Leader\u00a0Ali Khamenei. He will likely not change course on foreign and domestic policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president of Iran is the head of the country's executive branch and is elected every four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The position controls the government and has the potential to wield significant power. However, observers point out that true power in Iran lies with the\u00a0Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the armed forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ali Bagheri Kani will replace Foreign Minister\u00a0Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after he died in the crash, according to Iranian state media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He will be acting minister until election time, holding the seat for a maximum of 50 days, according to the constitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How are Iranians reacting?<\/h2><p>The death of Raisi and his foreign minister has elicited both mourning and celebration from Iranians around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme leader Khamenei has announced five days of mourning for the country. Iranian state media, meanwhile, has shown images of some people mourning and praying for Raisi.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, a different picture emerges on social media, where narratives and images aren't so tightly controlled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//66//70//808x539_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg/" alt=\"Pilgrims pray for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at Imam Reza Shrine in the city of Mashhad, Sunday, May 19, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/640x426_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/828x551_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/1080x719_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/1200x799_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/1920x1279_cmsv2_0ed874a0-0dae-5b4a-b110-bd1be1f2b152-8446670.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pilgrims pray for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at Imam Reza Shrine in the city of Mashhad, Sunday, May 19, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mohammad Hasan Salavati\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Iranian media in other countries, as well as several activists in Iran, have expressed joy at the crash which killed the pair, with the Islamic Republic deeply unpopular across broad sections of society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Women's Rights Activist Masih Alinejad posted on X, \"Do not express condolences to the thousands of victims of Ebrahim Raisi. Instead, express your support for the people of Iran.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Alinejad dubbed the day \"World Helicopter Day\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792481304392470577\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What will the impact be?<\/h2><p>Raisi was widely seen as one possible\u00a0successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His death raises questions about who will replace Khamenei as he ages.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the political establishment has indicated to sources that Raisi and Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, are the top contenders for the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raisi's death leaves Mojtaba with a clear path to political rule. His appointment, however, would leave the Iranian political establishment open to allegations of nepotism from leaders of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, who oppose a political system that resembles the monarchy they overthrew.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurs at a politically tense juncture as Iran sits at the centre of several geopolitical crises, including its controversial nuclear programme and its involvement in the war between Israel and Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A change in leadership could potentially change how the president handles interactions with the West and regional powers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within Iran, Raisi's death has the potential to give rise to a fresh wave of protests and exacerbate existing societal tensions.<\/p>\n<p>It also offers a power vacuum which the Revolutionary Guard, a powerful branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, may seek to exploit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//66//70//808x539_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg/" alt=\"Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of school teachers in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 1, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/66\/70\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e4911cdf-8461-5060-a256-38ce08dfbb81-8446670.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of school teachers in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 1, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Was Israel involved?<\/strong><\/h2><p>So far, the suggestion that Israel was directly involved in the mysterious helicopter crash that killed both Raisi and\u00a0Amirabdollahian is speculation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials have yet to comment on the incident.\u00a0However, the theory has gained traction among Iranians, considering the animosity between the two countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel is believed to have carried out various attacks on senior Iranian military officials in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have suggested that Israel attacking a sitting president is unlikely, as it would amount to a direct act of war and illicit an intense response from Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel's targets are also usually military and nuclear targets, not political assassinations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the timing of the crash can potentially worsen existing regional tensions.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716190767,"updatedAt":1716205110,"publishedAt":1716199997,"firstPublishedAt":1716200000,"lastPublishedAt":1716199997,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Vahid Salemi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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NEW PRESIDENT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"China's annexation goals 'will not simply disappear,' warns Taiwan's new president","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Taiwan's new president warns against China's annexation goals","titleListing2":"China's annexation ambitions 'will not simply disappear,' Taiwan's new president warned in his inauguration speech.","leadin":"William Lai has been inaugurated as Taiwan's new president, promising to deepen ties with other democracies around the world.","summary":"William Lai has been inaugurated as Taiwan's new president, promising to deepen ties with other democracies around the world.","keySentence":"","url":"chinas-annexation-goals-will-not-simply-disappear-warns-taiwans-new-president","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/20\/chinas-annexation-goals-will-not-simply-disappear-warns-taiwans-new-president","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"China's long-held ambitions to bring Taiwan under its control will remain a threat to global security even if the self-ruling island bows to all\u00a0Beijing's pre-conditions, President William Lai warned on Monday in his first speech after being sworn in. \n\nLai, who hails from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), used his inauguration to offer China an opportunity to choose \"dialogue over confrontation\" under the principles of \"parity and unity,\" with the resumption of tourism and the enrolment of mainland students in Taiwanese institutions as possible first steps. \n\nHis policy echoes the broad lines set out by\u00a0his predecessor,\u00a0Tsai Ing-wen, who repeatedly angered China by asserting Taiwan was de facto independent. Lai served as Tsai's vice-president and is seen as a continuity successor. \n\n\"Today, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas continue to shake the whole world,\" Lai said. \"And China's military actions and gray-zone coercion are considered the greatest strategic challenges to global peace and stability.\" \n\nFor the past 70 years, China has seen Taiwan as a breakaway region that should one day be \"reunited\" with the mainland. These aspirations hardened over time as Taipei became increasingly democratic and, therefore, increasingly critical of the authoritarian model promoted by the Communist Party. \n\nChinese President Xi Jinping has openly refused to rule out the use of military power to achieve \"reunification,\" which he considers vital for his country's \"rejuvenation.\"\u00a0 \n\nHis rhetoric has sent alarms ringing across Western allies, who fear the forceful takeover of the island of 23.5 million would result in a massacre and wreak untold economic havoc due to Taiwan's quasi-monopoly over the semiconductor industry . \n\nChina sends military aircraft and drones around Taiwan on an almost daily basis and has been accused of conducting massive disinformation campaigns. \n\n\"As we pursue the ideal of peace, we must not harbor any delusions,\" Lai said. \n\n\"So long as China refuses to renounce the use of force against Taiwan, all of us in Taiwan ought to understand, that even if we accept the entirety of China's position and give up our sovereignty, China's ambition to annex Taiwan will not simply disappear.\" \n\nLai aims for 'peace through strength' \n\nLai has vowed to uphold the so-called \"four commitments\" established by his predecessor. As he made clear on Monday, these include a commitment\u00a0that Taiwan and China should never be subordinate to each other. This is a non-starter for Beijing because treating Taipei as an equal would undermine its territorial claim. \n\nChina has instead pitched a \"one country, two systems\" model for incorporating Taiwan into the country while allowing the territory certain autonomy, as it was done when Hong Kong was handed over in 1997.\u00a0 \n\nBut Taipei has rebuffed the formula, arguing Beijing has gradually encroached upon Hong Kong to erode fundamental rights. \n\nIn his speech, Lai stood firm against China and called for the cessation of \"political and military intimidation.\" But he refrained from radical ideas that would further inflame tensions and stressed the status quo should be kept in place. \n\nThe European Union and the United States, which have diplomatic relations with China and unofficial ties with Taiwan, also want the status quo to be maintained. \n\nTaiwanese officials hope the multiple sources of friction between Western allies and Beijing, including Xi's no-limits friendship with Vladimir Putin, unfair trade practices , and human rights violations, will work\u00a0in their favour and expand the island's participation in international organisations, like the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA). \n\nThe past few years have seen cross-party delegations of the European Parliament and the US Congress make closely watched trips to Taipei, a sign of growing support. \n\nThis\u00a0renewed momentum, however, is guaranteed to fall short of diplomatic recognition. Lai's inauguration was attended by just a handful of heads of state from small-sized nations, like Eswatini, the Marshall Islands and Palau, who are still developing formal relations with Taiwan. Western democracies sent lower-ranking officials to avoid Beijing's wrath. \n\nAs an alternative, the 64-year-old president proposed strengthening international cooperation in fields like artificial intelligence, climate change, and regional security. He also vowed to pursue bilateral investment agreements, an idea already endorsed by the European Parliament but dismissed by the European Commission. \n\n\"By standing side-by-side with other democratic countries, we can form a peaceful global community that can demonstrate the strength of deterrence and prevent war, achieving our goal of peace through strength,\" Lai said. \n\nMonday's ceremony took place in front of about 20,000 people, according to the government's estimate, and featured a variety of performances designed to highlight Taiwan's cultural diversity and artistic creativity. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>China's long-held ambitions to bring Taiwan under its control will remain a threat to global security even if the self-ruling island bows to all\u00a0Beijing's pre-conditions, President William Lai warned on Monday in his first speech after being sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>Lai, who hails from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), used his inauguration to offer China an opportunity to choose \"dialogue over confrontation\" under the principles of \"parity and unity,\" with the resumption of tourism and the enrolment of mainland students in Taiwanese institutions as possible first steps.<\/p>\n<p>His policy echoes the broad lines set out by\u00a0his predecessor,\u00a0Tsai Ing-wen, who repeatedly angered China by asserting Taiwan was <em>de facto<\/em> independent. 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Abu Dhabi works for me,'' she said. \n\nThe 2024 World Judo Championships continues through until 24 May as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period, concluding with a mixed team event on the final day. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At -48kg, Italian double world bronze medallist, 22-year-old <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ijf.org//judoka//36429/">Assunta Scutto<\/a> reached the final after a strong performance on the opening day of competition.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the draw, 24-year-old Mongolian judo practitioner, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ijf.org//judoka//65319/">Baasankhuu Bavuudorj<\/a> also produced fine judo to reach the gold medal match.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792222750343336110\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The final was a tense encounter, but Bavuudorj struck as time was running out, capitalising on a failed attack to counter and take a first world title.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Olbia, Settimo Nizzi, awarded the medals.<\/p>\n<p>Bavuudorj thanked her coaches and Mongolians for their support.<\/p>\n<p>''I\u2019m happy right now. I'm grateful that my first ever world medal at the World Championships is gold,'' she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792225466603954416\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At -60kg, 26-year-old <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ijf.org//judoka//27304/">Yung Wei Yang<\/a> was the top seed, and made his way to the final looking confident.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Georgian, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ijf.org//judoka//50970/">Giorgi Sardalashvili<\/a> was his opponent following some spectacular ippon judo throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>In the final, an attack from Yang was expertly countered by the Georgian, and the waza-ari score was enough for Sardalashvili to become his nation's youngest ever world champion.<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded his medal by Tania Missoni, Board Member of Missoni Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Sardalashvili said he had dreamed of winning since he was a child.<\/p>\n<p>''I don\u2019t know what happened now, but I am a world champion,'' he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792235285402542564\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At -52kg, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ijf.org//judoka//17378/">Diyora Keldiyorova<\/a>\u00a0from Uzbekistan was the favourite for gold, and looked increasingly impressive as the day went on.<\/p>\n<p>But in the final, the 25-year-old faced Italian veteran,\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ijf.org//judoka//3469/">Odette Giuffrida<\/a>, who was also on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Another nervy encounter was decided by 29-year-old Giuffrida's trademark footwork, driving Keldiyorova over for the winning score.<\/p>\n<p>Giuffrida erupted with emotion as she finally claimed a first world title.<\/p>\n<p>She was awarded her medal by David Lappartient, IOC Member and President of the Union Cycliste Internationale.<\/p>\n<p>Giuffrida credited Abu Dhabi for her win.<\/p>\n<p>''Abu Dhabi is magic for me. 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Abu Dhabi works for me,'' she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792236691459060208\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 2024 World Judo Championships continues through until 24 May as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period, concluding with a mixed team event on the final day.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716133888,"updatedAt":1716155466,"publishedAt":1716155020,"firstPublishedAt":1716155026,"lastPublishedAt":1716155020,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/60\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_072df915-6967-5114-a470-aea698647350-8446040.jpg","altText":"Abu Dhabi champions.","caption":"Abu 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Some officials began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be. \n\nThe probable crash comes as Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel just last month and has enriched uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Meanwhile, Iran has faced years of mass protests against its Shiite theocracy over an ailing economy and women\u2019s rights \u2014 making the moment that much more sensitive for Tehran and the future of the country as the Israel-Hamas war inflames the wider Middle East. \n\nRaisi was travelling in Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Later, state TV put it farther east, near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory. \n\nAfter Iran requested help from the EU in its rescue effort, the bloc said it was providing mapping of the area. However, no other help was offered. \n\nTravelling with Raisi were Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. One local government official used the word \u201ccrash\u201d to describe the incident, but he acknowledged to an Iranian newspaper that he had yet to reach the site himself. \n\nNeither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi\u2019s condition in the hours afterwards. However, hard-liners urged the public to pray for him. State TV later aired images of the faithful praying at Imam Reza Shrine in the city of Mashhad, one of Shiite Islam's holiest sites, as well as in Qom and other locations across the country. \n\n\u201cThe esteemed president and company were on their way back aboard some helicopters and one of the helicopters was forced to make a hard landing due to the bad weather and fog,\" Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in comments aired on state TV. \"Various rescue teams are on their way to the region but because of the poor weather and fogginess it might take time for them to reach the helicopter.\u201d \n\nHe added: \"The region is a bit (rugged) and it\u2019s difficult to make contact. We are waiting for rescue teams to reach the landing site and give us more information.\u201d \n\nRescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor weather conditions. Heavy rain and fog were reported, along with some wind. IRNA called the area a \u201cforest\u201d, and the region is known to be mountainous as well. State TV aired images of SUVs racing through a wooded area. \n\nA rescue helicopter tried to reach the area where authorities believe Raisi's helicopter was, but it couldn't land due to the heavy mist, emergency services spokesman Babak Yektaparast told IRNA. \n\nRaisi had been on the border with Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River. The visit came despite chilly relations between the two nations, including over a gun attack on Azerbaijan's Embassy in Tehran in 2023 and Azerbaijan's diplomatic relations with Israel, which Iran's Shiite theocracy views as its main enemy in the region. \n\nIran flies a variety of helicopters in the country, but international sanctions make it difficult to obtain parts. Its military air fleet also largely dates back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. \n\nRaisi, 63, is a hard-liner who formerly led the country\u2019s judiciary. He is viewed as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Khamenei, and some analysts have suggested that he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death or resignation from the role. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a \u201chard landing\u201d on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some officials began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be.<\/p>\n<p>The probable crash comes as Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel just last month and has enriched uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Meanwhile, Iran has faced years of mass protests against its Shiite theocracy over an ailing economy and women\u2019s rights \u2014 making the moment that much more sensitive for Tehran and the future of the country as the Israel-Hamas war inflames the wider Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi was travelling in Iran\u2019s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Later, state TV put it farther east, near the village of Uzi, but details remained contradictory.<\/p>\n<p>After Iran requested help from the EU in its rescue effort, the bloc said it was providing mapping of the area. However, no other help was offered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792240959180120305\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Travelling with Raisi were Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. One local government official used the word \u201ccrash\u201d to describe the incident, but he acknowledged to an Iranian newspaper that he had yet to reach the site himself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792205409966805165\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Neither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi\u2019s condition in the hours afterwards. However, hard-liners urged the public to pray for him. State TV later aired images of the faithful praying at Imam Reza Shrine in the city of Mashhad, one of Shiite Islam's holiest sites, as well as in Qom and other locations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe esteemed president and company were on their way back aboard some helicopters and one of the helicopters was forced to make a hard landing due to the bad weather and fog,\" Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in comments aired on state TV. \"Various rescue teams are on their way to the region but because of the poor weather and fogginess it might take time for them to reach the helicopter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \"The region is a bit (rugged) and it\u2019s difficult to make contact. We are waiting for rescue teams to reach the landing site and give us more information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor weather conditions. Heavy rain and fog were reported, along with some wind. IRNA called the area a \u201cforest\u201d, and the region is known to be mountainous as well. State TV aired images of SUVs racing through a wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>A rescue helicopter tried to reach the area where authorities believe Raisi's helicopter was, but it couldn't land due to the heavy mist, emergency services spokesman Babak Yektaparast told IRNA.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi had been on the border with Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan\u2019s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River. The visit came despite chilly relations between the two nations, including over a gun attack on Azerbaijan's Embassy in Tehran in 2023 and Azerbaijan's diplomatic relations with Israel, which Iran's Shiite theocracy views as its main enemy in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1792190035971752238\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Iran flies a variety of helicopters in the country, but international sanctions make it difficult to obtain parts. Its military air fleet also largely dates back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi, 63, is a hard-liner who formerly led the country\u2019s judiciary. He is viewed as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Khamenei, and some analysts have suggested that he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death or resignation from the role.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716123965,"updatedAt":1716146374,"publishedAt":1716125973,"firstPublishedAt":1716126051,"lastPublishedAt":1716125973,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/AP","altText":"FILE - President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the crowd in the annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"FILE - President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the crowd in the annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 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June.","keySentence":"","url":"israels-benny-gantz-sets-june-8-deadline-for-adoption-of-new-gaza-war-plan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/18\/israels-benny-gantz-sets-june-8-deadline-for-adoption-of-new-gaza-war-plan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The announcement deepens a divide within Israel's leadership more than seven months into a war in which Israel is yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning hostages abducted in the militant group's 7 October attack. \n\nGantz spelled out a six-point plan that includes the return of the hostages, ending Hamas' rule, demilitarising the Gaza Strip and establishing an international administration of civilian affairs. It also supports efforts to normalise relations with Saudi Arabia and widen military service to all Israelis. \n\n''If you choose the path of fanatics and lead the entire nation to the abyss, we will be forced to quit the government,'' Gantz said. \n\nHis departure would leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even more beholden to far-right allies who have taken a hard line on negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage release, and who believe Israel should occupy Gaza and rebuild Jewish settlements there. \n\nGantz spoke days after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the third member of the war cabinet, said he would not remain in his post if Israel elected to reoccupy Gaza. Gallant also called on the government to make plans for Palestinian administration of the territory. \n\nIn what will be seen by some as a veiled swipe at Netanyahu, Gantz said ''personal and political considerations have begun to penetrate into the holy of holies of Israel's security''. Netanyahu's critics accuse him of seeking to prolong the war to avoid new elections, allegations he denies. \n\nBody of kidnapped Israeli found in Gaza: IDF \n\nThe body of an Israeli hostage who was captured by Hamas militants while on a cycling trip has been recovered from Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces. \n\nThe Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Ron Benjamin, 53, was riding his bike in the Kibbutz Be'eri in Israel when he was kidnapped during the 7 October attack. \n\nThe Israeli military said that his body was recovered by IDF soldiers operating in Gaza. \n\nChief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Ron\u00a0Benjamin was found along with three other murdered hostages whose repatriation was announced on Friday. \n\nThe remains of Itzhak Gelerenter, 56, Amit Buskila, 28, and Shani Louk, 22, were discovered in an operation carried out by Israel's military and intelligence agency Shin Bet, Hagari said. \n\nHamas vows to confront Israel's ground invasion of Rafah \n\nThe armed wing of Hamas said Palestinians will continue to stand up to Israel's ground invasion of Rafah and other places in Gaza ''no matter how long the aggression lasts and regardless of its form'', according to Al Jazeera. \n\nAt least 630,000 people have fled Israeli attacks in southern Rafah, which borders Egypt, in the past week and a further 100,000 in Gaza's north. \n\nIt comes after the Israeli army urged Palestinians to immediately evacuate parts of the city, indicating an imminent ground invasion and prompting a response from Hamas. \n\nThe Palestinian armed group had earlier warned Israel that any military operation in Rafah in the Gaza Strip \"will not be a picnic\". \n\nHamas said in a statement that Palestinian militant groups, led by Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades, ''are ready to defend our people and defeat the enemy''. \n\nAccording to an Israeli Defense Forces statement, people in Rafah were told to move to Muwasi, an Israeli-declared humanitarian area near the coast. The army said it had expanded assistance into the area, including field hospitals, tents, food and water. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The announcement deepens a divide within Israel's leadership more than seven months into a war in which Israel is yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning hostages abducted in the militant group's 7 October attack.<\/p>\n<p>Gantz spelled out a six-point plan that includes the return of the hostages, ending Hamas' rule, demilitarising the Gaza Strip and establishing an international administration of civilian affairs. It also supports efforts to normalise relations with Saudi Arabia and widen military service to all Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>''If you choose the path of fanatics and lead the entire nation to the abyss, we will be forced to quit the government,'' Gantz said.<\/p>\n<p>His departure would leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even more beholden to far-right allies who have taken a hard line on negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage release, and who believe Israel should occupy Gaza and rebuild Jewish settlements there.<\/p>\n<p>Gantz spoke days after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the third member of the war cabinet, said he would not remain in his post if Israel elected to reoccupy Gaza. Gallant also called on the government to make plans for Palestinian administration of the territory.<\/p>\n<p>In what will be seen by some as a veiled swipe at Netanyahu, Gantz said ''personal and political considerations have begun to penetrate into the holy of holies of Israel's security''. Netanyahu's critics accuse him of seeking to prolong the war to avoid new elections, allegations he denies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Body of kidnapped Israeli found in Gaza: IDF<\/strong><\/h2><p>The body of an Israeli hostage who was captured by Hamas militants while on a cycling trip has been recovered from Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Ron Benjamin, 53, was riding his bike in the Kibbutz Be'eri in Israel when he was kidnapped during the 7 October attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said that his body was recovered by IDF soldiers operating in Gaza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.49023638232271327\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//51//94//808x396_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg/" alt=\"The IDF said on Friday, May 17, 2024 that its troops recovered the bodies of Hamas hostages Itzik Gelernter, Shani Louk and Amit Buskila in Gaza.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/384x188_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/640x314_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/750x368_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/828x406_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/1080x529_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/1200x588_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/1920x941_cmsv2_3df7ca05-b0cd-5a24-93a1-2c10e7b2c852-8445194.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The IDF said on Friday, May 17, 2024 that its troops recovered the bodies of Hamas hostages Itzik Gelernter, Shani Louk and Amit Buskila in Gaza.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Ron\u00a0Benjamin was found along with three other murdered hostages whose repatriation was announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of Itzhak Gelerenter, 56, Amit Buskila, 28, and Shani Louk, 22, were discovered in an operation carried out by Israel's military and intelligence agency Shin Bet, Hagari said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hamas vows to confront Israel's ground invasion of Rafah<\/strong><\/h2><p>The armed wing of Hamas said Palestinians will continue to stand up to Israel's ground invasion of Rafah and other places in Gaza ''no matter how long the aggression lasts and regardless of its form'', according to Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>At least 630,000 people have fled Israeli attacks in southern Rafah, which borders Egypt, in the past week and a further 100,000 in Gaza's north.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the Israeli army urged Palestinians to immediately evacuate parts of the city, indicating an imminent ground invasion and prompting a response from Hamas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//51//94//808x539_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg/" alt=\"Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Thursday, May 9, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/1920x1280_cmsv2_558ecd3a-eca8-59de-9eb7-6ea7bbe9cd8a-8445194.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Thursday, May 9, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Palestinian armed group had earlier warned Israel that any military operation in Rafah in the Gaza Strip \"will not be a picnic\".<\/p>\n<p>Hamas said in a statement that Palestinian militant groups, led by Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades, ''are ready to defend our people and defeat the enemy''.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Israeli Defense Forces statement, people in Rafah were told to move to Muwasi, an Israeli-declared humanitarian area near the coast. The army said it had expanded assistance into the area, including field hospitals, tents, food and water.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716059677,"updatedAt":1716109388,"publishedAt":1716063059,"firstPublishedAt":1716063095,"lastPublishedAt":1716063059,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/51\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ccf5e4a1-a92c-5d77-9bc6-c9689cf4f307-8445194.jpg","altText":"Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel's War Cabinet, Tuesday, March 5, 2024.","caption":"Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel's War Cabinet, Tuesday, March 5, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Mark Schiefelbein\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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DEADLY FLOODS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Flooding kills at least 68 people in Afghanistan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Heavy seasonal rain triggers flooding in Afghanistan, at least 68 dead","titleListing2":"Flooding kills at least 68 people in Afghanistan","leadin":"At least 50 people have been reported dead in the hard-hit western province of Ghor, according to local authorities after unusually heavy seasonal rain.","summary":"At least 50 people have been reported dead in the hard-hit western province of Ghor, according to local authorities after unusually heavy seasonal rain.","keySentence":"","url":"flooding-kills-at-least-68-people-in-afghanistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/18\/flooding-kills-at-least-68-people-in-afghanistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ghor Province spokesman, Abdul Wahid Hamas, said\u00a0the area recorded significant financial losses after thousands of homes and properties were damaged and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land destroyed following Friday\u2019s floods, including the capital city Feroz Koh. \n\nEighteen people in the northern province of Farayab were killed and two others injured on Friday, according to the provincial governor's spokesman, Esmatullah Moradi. Damage to property and land was reported across four districts and more than 300 animals were killed, he added. \n\nIn a post on social\u00a0 media platform X, the UN food agency said Ghor was most affected by the floods where 2,500 families were impacted. It said WFP assessment teams are on the ground to deploy assistance. \n\nLast week, the WFP said the exceptionally heavy rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed thousands of houses, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of floods on May 10th. \n\nSurvivors have been left with no home, no land, and no source of livelihood, the World Food Organization said. Most of Baghlan is ''inaccessible by trucks'', said WFP, adding that it is resorting to every alternative possible to deliver food to the survivors. \n\nThe latest disaster came on the heels of devastating floods that killed at least 70 people in April. The waters also destroyed about 2,000 homes, three mosques and four schools in western Farah and Herat, and southern Zabul and Kandahar provinces. \n\nThe Taliban\u2019s government chief spokesman posted on X that he mourned ''the loss of our fellow Afghans'', and urged ''responsible authorities...to provide all necessary support to alleviate the suffering''. He also called on ''our benevolent donors'' to help, and humanitarian organisations to provide the affected communities with aid. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ghor Province spokesman, Abdul Wahid Hamas, said\u00a0the area recorded significant financial losses after thousands of homes and properties were damaged and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land destroyed following Friday\u2019s floods, including the capital city Feroz Koh.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen people in the northern province of Farayab were killed and two others injured on Friday, according to the provincial governor's spokesman, Esmatullah Moradi. Damage to property and land was reported across four districts and more than 300 animals were killed, he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social\u00a0 media platform X, the UN food agency said Ghor was most affected by the floods where 2,500 families were impacted. It said WFP assessment teams are on the ground to deploy assistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1791782484629438525\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last week, the WFP said the exceptionally heavy rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed thousands of houses, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of floods on May 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors have been left with no home, no land, and no source of livelihood, the World Food Organization said. Most of Baghlan is ''inaccessible by trucks'', said WFP, adding that it is resorting to every alternative possible to deliver food to the survivors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6992424242424242\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//49//56//808x565_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg/" alt=\"An Afghan man collects his belongings from his damaged home after heavy flooding in Baghlan province, in northern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 12, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/384x269_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/640x448_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/750x524_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/828x579_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/1080x755_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/1200x839_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/1920x1343_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An Afghan man collects his belongings from his damaged home after heavy flooding in Baghlan province, in northern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 12, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">STR\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The latest disaster came on the heels of devastating floods that killed at least 70 people in April. The waters also destroyed about 2,000 homes, three mosques and four schools in western Farah and Herat, and southern Zabul and Kandahar provinces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1790750224773767394\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Taliban\u2019s government chief spokesman posted on X that he mourned ''the loss of our fellow Afghans'', and urged ''responsible authorities...to provide all necessary support to alleviate the suffering''. He also called on ''our benevolent donors'' to help, and humanitarian organisations to provide the affected communities with aid.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716041898,"updatedAt":1716045110,"publishedAt":1716045108,"firstPublishedAt":1716045110,"lastPublishedAt":1716045108,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_752c941f-66b9-5cb6-8b95-8989bb8da397-8444956.jpg","altText":"An Afghan couple sit near to their damaged home after heavy flooding in Ghor province in western Afghanistan Saturday, May 18, 2024.","caption":"An Afghan couple sit near to their damaged home after heavy flooding in Ghor province in western Afghanistan Saturday, May 18, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1474,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/49\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5a37ec49-8bdb-52e6-ae89-5516dbbaa48d-8444956.jpg","altText":"An Afghan man collects his belongings from his damaged home after heavy flooding in Baghlan province, in northern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 12, 2024.","caption":"An Afghan man collects his belongings from his damaged home after heavy flooding in Baghlan province, in northern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 12, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"STR\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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operation, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said during a press conference in Tel Aviv on Friday.\u00a0 \n\nThe hostages were named as\u00a0Shani Louk, Amit Bouskila and Itzhak Gelerenter. \n\nGerman-Israeli citizen Shani Louk went missing in Gaza after attending the Supernova music festival on October 7, which was attacked by Hamas militants.\u00a0 \n\nAn image of her in the back of a truck being taken into Gaza became one of the most widely circulated images depicting Hamas's attack on southern Israel.\u00a0 \n\nHagari said that the bodies had been identified and families had been informed.\u00a0 \n\n\"The IDF and the Shin Bet\u00a0 (Israel's Security Agency) continue, even at this time, in using all operational and intelligence measures, while taking operational risks, in order to realise the supreme national mission of returning all the abductees\" he added.\u00a0 \n\nAid into Gaza delivered via new US pier \n\nTrucks carrying aid rolled across a newly built 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on Telegram that its crews were facing difficulties in accessing parts of the territory.\u00a0 \n\nDespite international criticism , Israel is also pressing forward with its military operation in Rafah, where it has announced it will send more troops. \n\nAround 600,000 Palestinians have fled the besieged city of Rafah since the beginning of last week, according to the United Nations.\u00a0 \n\nSome 80% of Gaza\u2019s population of 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes since the start of the war, with many relocating multiple times. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The bodies of three hostages have been recovered from Gaza in an overnight operation, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said during a press conference in Tel Aviv on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hostages were named as\u00a0Shani Louk, Amit Bouskila and Itzhak Gelerenter.<\/p>\n<p>German-Israeli citizen Shani Louk went missing in Gaza after attending the Supernova music festival on October 7, which was attacked by Hamas militants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An image of her in the back of a truck being taken into Gaza became one of the most widely circulated images depicting Hamas's attack on southern Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hagari said that the bodies had been identified and families had been informed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The IDF and the Shin Bet\u00a0 (Israel's Security Agency) continue, even at this time, in using all operational and intelligence measures, while taking operational risks, in order to realise the supreme national mission of returning all the abductees\" he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Aid into Gaza delivered via new US pier<\/h2><p>Trucks carrying aid rolled across a newly built US pier into Gaza for the first time on Friday as an ongoing Israeli blockade hinders food and other supplies from entering the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The initial shipment marks the start of a military operation aimed at scaling up to 150 truckloads daily, according to US military officials.<\/p>\n<p>The project faces several obstacles as aid groups warn that the floating pier project is not a substitute for land deliveries essential for providing all the necessary food, water, and fuel in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The operation's success also faces the risks of a militant attack, logistical hurdles and a growing shortage of fuel for the trucks to run due to the Israeli blockade of Gaza since Hamas' October 7 attack.<\/p>\n<h2>Fighting continues in northern Gaza<\/h2><p>Fighting continues in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, where the IDF has reported to have killed over 200 gunmen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The civil defence in Gaza said it they had collected 93 bodies from Jabaliya in the past 24 hours, posting on Telegram that its crews were facing difficulties in accessing parts of the territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8429988\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//12//idf-says-precise-operation-in-rafah-continues-as-thousands-more-told-to-evacuate/">IDF says 'precise operation' in Rafah continues as thousands more told to evacuate<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//10//us-says-israels-use-of-us-arms-likely-violated-international-law/">international criticism<\/strong><\/a>, Israel is also pressing forward with its military operation in Rafah, where it has announced it will send more troops.<\/p>\n<p>Around 600,000 Palestinians have fled the besieged city of Rafah since the beginning of last week, according to the United Nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some 80% of Gaza\u2019s population of 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes since the start of the war, with many relocating multiple times.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1715953877,"updatedAt":1715972406,"publishedAt":1715963937,"firstPublishedAt":1715963964,"lastPublishedAt":1715963937,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/35\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_47c1c915-f250-522d-92be-e0584a4ad9ac-8443594.jpg","altText":"People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 11, 2024. 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They believe that authoritarian regimes are better suited to confronting the challenges of the modern world. \n\nWhile China hasn\u2019t provided Russia with arms to use in Ukraine, it has backed Moscow diplomatically, blaming the West for threatening Russia\u2019s security. China also has strongly condemned Western sanctions against Moscow. \n\nRussia, in turn, has consistently voiced support for Beijing on issues related to Taiwan. \n\nChina's role in Ukraine \n\nAccording to the US, China has massively expanded supplies of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology to Russia - all components used to make missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weapons.\u00a0 \n\nUS assessments suggest that in 2023, Russia imported about 90% of all microelectronics and about 70% of machine tools from China. \n\nIn an interview with Euronews last month, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken suggested Russia might struggle to maintain its momentum in Ukraine without China's support. \n\n\"China has a relationship with Russia that gives it some leverage. I don't want to exaggerate it, but gives it some leverage,\" Blinken told Euronews. \n\n\"With Russia, Russia is increasingly dependent on China. It's the junior partner in this relationship, but it's increasingly dependent on China.\" \n\nBlinked added he hoped China's leverage in Russia might be used to convince Putin to change his course in Ukraine. \n\nBut China has consistently insisted on its neutrality in the Ukrainian conflict - while also refusing to condemn Russia's actions or even call it an invasion.\u00a0 \n\nBeijing blames the hostilities on the West and has spoken out against economic sanctions on Russia. \n\nAs Ukraine marked the first anniversary of the beginning of the war last year, Beijing's foreign ministry outlined a 12-point plan , which called for peace talks and for both sides to respect national sovereignty.\u00a0 \n\nThe statement did not, however, call for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine - something Kyiv has long demanded as the only way of ending the war.\u00a0 \n\nYet, China has turned a cold shoulder to a Ukraine peace conference held by Switzerland in June, which has snubbed Russia.\u00a0 \n\nBeijing has said it supports a conference attended by both parties in the war. \n\nMilitary cooperation \n\nAs diplomatic ties between Beijing and Moscow deepen, so does their military collaboration.\u00a0 \n\nThe allies have taken part in several joint war games in recent years, including naval drills and patrols in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, including one in the Gulf of Oman this year with Iran - another anti-US power. \n\nPutin said Moscow has been sharing highly sensitive military technology with China that significantly bolstered its defence capability, including an early warning system to spot ballistic missile launches.\u00a0 \n\nIn November, Putin suggested Moscow and Beijing could expand their cooperation by sharing more of their military satellites and other defence technologies. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Back in March 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping addressed each other as \"dear friends\".<\/p>\n<p>It appears not much has changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During Putin's visit to China on Thursday, Xi said, \"the China-Russia relationship today is hard-earned, and the two sides need to cherish and nurture it.\"<\/p>\n<p>The exchange between the two autocratic allies says two things, according to observers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One: the pair are hard at work flaunting their strong relationship to the West as the US and other Western powers continue to sanction Russia amid the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Two: China likely continues to support the Russian war machine.<\/p>\n<p>A key diplomatic ally to Russia, Beijing has emerged as a top export market for Russian oil and gas - helping fill the Kremlin's war coffers.\u00a0Russia also relies on China for high-tech imports to keep its military machine running.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the Chinese president greeted the Russian leader in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Thursday, the war in Ukraine was top of the agenda - as well as tensions in the Middle East, and cooperation on economics and defence.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are many aspects to the two-day state visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Allies against the West<\/h2><p>Putin's trip to China is his first since being <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//06//vladimir-putin-set-to-begin-fifth-term-as-devastating-war-with-ukraine-continues/">inaugurated for a fifth term in office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said this was down to the \u201cunprecedented level of strategic partnership between our countries.\u201d Beijing has declared it a \u201cno-limits\u201d friendship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//43//89//60//808x539_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg/" alt=\"Chinese and Russian flags in Beijing 16\/05\/24.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b8d0f57e-9554-58c0-ade6-482a108c0fdd-8438960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Chinese and Russian flags in Beijing 16\/05\/24.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sergei Bobylev\/Sputnik<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Both Xi and Putin see Western efforts to spread democracy as an attempt to delegitimise them. They believe that authoritarian regimes are better suited to confronting the challenges of the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>While China hasn\u2019t provided Russia with arms to use in Ukraine, it has backed Moscow diplomatically, blaming the West for threatening Russia\u2019s security. China also has strongly condemned Western sanctions against Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, in turn, has consistently voiced support for Beijing on issues related to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<h2>China's role in Ukraine<\/h2><p>According to the US, China has massively expanded supplies of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology to Russia - all components used to make missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//28//china-likely-supplying-russias-war-in-ukraine-alleges-us/">US assessments<\/strong><\/a> suggest that in 2023, Russia imported about 90% of all microelectronics and about 70% of machine tools from China.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//06//china-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-with-russia-antony-blinken-tells-euronews/">interview with Euronews last month, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken suggested Russia might struggle to maintain its momentum in Ukraine without China's support.<\/p>\n<p>\"China has a relationship with Russia that gives it some leverage. I don't want to exaggerate it, but gives it some leverage,\" Blinken told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"With Russia, Russia is increasingly dependent on China. It's the junior partner in this relationship, but it's increasingly dependent on China.\"<\/p>\n<p>Blinked added he hoped China's leverage in Russia might be used to convince Putin to change his course in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//43//89//60//808x539_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg/" alt=\"Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin review the honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/89\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_bba98032-e8cc-5ec6-8634-ebb3eba93a6b-8438960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin review the honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Associated Press<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But China has consistently insisted on its neutrality in the Ukrainian conflict - while also refusing to condemn Russia's actions or even call it an invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beijing blames the hostilities on the West and has spoken out against economic sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>As Ukraine marked the first anniversary of the beginning of the war last year, Beijing's foreign ministry outlined a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//02//25//ukraine-war-zelenskyy-open-to-meeting-xi-jinping-after-china-proposes-peace-plan/">12-point plan<\/strong><\/a>, which called for peace talks and for both sides to respect national sovereignty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not, however, call for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine - something Kyiv has long demanded as the only way of ending the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet, China has turned a cold shoulder to a Ukraine peace conference held by Switzerland in June, which has snubbed Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has said it supports a conference attended by both parties in the war.<\/p>\n<h2>Military cooperation<\/h2><p>As diplomatic ties between Beijing and Moscow deepen, so does their military collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The allies have taken part in several joint war games in recent years, including naval drills and patrols in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, including one in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//12//china-iran-and-russia-begin-joint-naval-drill-in-gulf-of-oman/">Gulf of Oman<\/strong><\/a> this year with Iran - 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TAIWAN WHO EU","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"In the 'WHO blockade' of Taiwan, everyone is a loser","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"In the 'WHO blockade' of Taiwan, everyone is a loser","titleListing2":"Opinion | If it had been left to public health experts to decide, perhaps Taiwan\u2019s participation in the WHO would have long been settled as a non-issue, Ambassador Roy Lee writes.","leadin":"If it had been left to public health experts to decide, perhaps Taiwan\u2019s participation in the WHO would have long been settled as a non-issue, Ambassador Roy Lee writes.","summary":"If it had been left to public health experts to decide, perhaps Taiwan\u2019s participation in the WHO would have long been settled as a non-issue, Ambassador Roy Lee writes.","keySentence":"","url":"in-the-who-blockade-of-taiwan-everyone-is-a-loser","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/16\/in-the-who-blockade-of-taiwan-everyone-is-a-loser","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Four years after the outbreak, the world is finally recovering from COVID-19. The global community has learned many lessons to prepare for the next pandemic, yet others seem to remain unheeded. \n\nOne of the profound lessons learned is that viruses respect no borders or boundaries made by man and that pandemics are truly a global threat in this interconnected world.\u00a0 \n\nThe public health community also agrees that there will be more pandemics. Therefore, the key element of our preparation for the next global health crisis is a cooperation network built upon a \u201cno-one-left-behind\u201d approach. \n\nUnfortunately, four years later, Taiwan remains locked out of the international system of public health governance.\u00a0 \n\nThis \"Taiwan blockade\" from the World Health Organization (WHO) significantly deprives the fundamental public health rights of more than 23.5 million Taiwanese people.\u00a0 \n\nMore importantly, it represents a significant loophole in the global pandemic prevention and preparation framework. \n\nPandemic might be over, but the blockade of Taiwan remains \n\nIt is because, among other reasons, Taiwan has found itself at the epicentre of several past pandemics, and has thus developed a robust monitoring, detection and response system.\u00a0 \n\nThis allows Taiwan to offer itself and the world valuable early warning information, clinically proven response mechanisms and other public health solutions. \n\nIn short, there is much for Taiwan to contribute to the world's better preparedness for future global health challenges, and there is equal gain for the Taiwanese people to be included in the system.\u00a0 \n\nIf it had been left to public health experts to decide, perhaps Taiwan\u2019s participation in the WHO would have long been settled as a non-issue. \n\nSadly, this \"Taiwan blockade\" has been dominated by purely political arguments. In particular, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has repeatedly argued that Taiwan's WHO participation would violate the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2758, passed in the year 1971, and a large number of WHO member states seem to have just accepted this. \n\nThe problem, however, is the question that remains: is there a genuine case to support the \"Taiwan blockade\" based on UNGA Resolution 2758? \n\nTaiwan's WHO participation left unaddressed \n\nIt takes less than a minute to seriously doubt this argument simply by reading the very short resolution. First and foremost, the resolution serves solely to certify that the PRC government are the lawful representatives of China; it does not address anything else, especially not Taiwan's meaningful participation in the UN system.\u00a0 \n\nSecond, and equally important, the resolution does not reflect any consensus that would oblige UN members to reject proposals without substantive elaboration whenever the word \u201cTaiwan\u201d appears on the agenda. \n\nThe only remaining justification to support the \"Taiwan blockade\" with UNGA Resolution 2758 would be that Taiwan's WHO participation would create the risk of undermining or challenging the PRC's lawful representation in the UN system. \n\nThis is an imaginary scenario stemming from a distorted understanding. Taiwan's inclusion in the WHO system can be done in many forms, and the key objective has always been to contribute and participate without any intention to challenge the PRC\u2019s representative status or create political difficulty for anyone.\u00a0 \n\nIn this regard, practical solutions, including the granting of observer status for Taiwan, that can achieve this objective while accommodating China's discomfort are available for WHO members to consider. \n\nLeast optimal solution based on a false justification \n\nDifferent options have merits and disadvantages, and they indeed require further discussion.\u00a0 \n\nYet one thing is clear: the current \"blockade\" approach is the least optimal solution because all stakeholders, including Taiwan, the PRC, and the global health community, are losers (for China, insecurity remains a constant threat). \n\nRemoving Taiwan's \"WHO blockade\" would achieve an optimal outcome.\u00a0 \n\nIt is also an efficient and justified way to demonstrate the democratic world's commitment to defending the rightful interpretation of UN resolutions and deter any unilateral blockades that would jeopardise global welfare and interests, whether they concern public health or any other area.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nAmbassador Roy Lee serves as\u00a0Representative of Taiwan to the EU and Belgium. \n\nContact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Four years after the outbreak, the world is finally recovering from COVID-19. The global community has learned many lessons to prepare for the next pandemic, yet others seem to remain unheeded.<\/p>\n<p>One of the profound lessons learned is that viruses respect no borders or boundaries made by man and that pandemics are truly a global threat in this interconnected world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The public health community also agrees that there will be more pandemics. Therefore, the key element of our preparation for the next global health crisis is a cooperation network built upon a \u201cno-one-left-behind\u201d approach.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, four years later, Taiwan remains locked out of the international system of public health governance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This \"Taiwan blockade\" from the World Health Organization (WHO) significantly deprives the fundamental public health rights of more than 23.5 million Taiwanese people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, it represents a significant loophole in the global pandemic prevention and preparation framework.<\/p>\n<h2>Pandemic might be over, but the blockade of Taiwan remains<\/h2><p>It is because, among other reasons, Taiwan has found itself at the epicentre of several past pandemics, and has thus developed a robust monitoring, detection and response system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This allows Taiwan to offer itself and the world valuable early warning information, clinically proven response mechanisms and other public health solutions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">In short, there is much for Taiwan to contribute to the world's better preparedness for future global health challenges, and there is equal gain for the Taiwanese people to be included in the system.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6689453125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//43//96//00//808x542_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg/" alt=\"People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, June 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/384x257_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/640x428_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/750x502_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/828x554_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/1080x722_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/1200x803_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/1920x1284_cmsv2_d7a5f2a8-3d86-5296-9acd-4ec0e4b4306c-8439600.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, June 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Chiang Ying-ying<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In short, there is much for Taiwan to contribute to the world's better preparedness for future global health challenges, and there is equal gain for the Taiwanese people to be included in the system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If it had been left to public health experts to decide, perhaps Taiwan\u2019s participation in the WHO would have long been settled as a non-issue.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8058538,7500762\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//03//31//a-life-of-dignity-and-health-for-all-must-be-at-the-heart-of-our-policies/">A life of dignity and health for all must be at the heart of our policies<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//11//22//the-eu-and-taiwan-must-partner-up-in-the-fight-against-malign-interference/">The EU and Taiwan must partner up in the fight against malign interference<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sadly, this \"Taiwan blockade\" has been dominated by purely political arguments. In particular, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has repeatedly argued that Taiwan's WHO participation would violate the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2758, passed in the year 1971, and a large number of WHO member states seem to have just accepted this.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, however, is the question that remains: is there a genuine case to support the \"Taiwan blockade\" based on UNGA Resolution 2758?<\/p>\n<h2>Taiwan's WHO participation left unaddressed<\/h2><p>It takes less than a minute to seriously doubt this argument simply by reading the very short resolution. First and foremost, the resolution serves solely to certify that the PRC government are the lawful representatives of China; it does not address anything else, especially not Taiwan's meaningful participation in the UN system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Second, and equally important, the resolution does not reflect any consensus that would oblige UN members to reject proposals without substantive elaboration whenever the word \u201cTaiwan\u201d appears on the agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Taiwan's inclusion in the WHO system can be done in many forms, and the key objective has always been to contribute and participate without any intention to challenge the PRC\u2019s representative status or create political difficulty for anyone.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//43//96//00//808x539_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg/" alt=\"US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses the United Nations General Assembly, February 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/1920x1281_cmsv2_51f0d6a9-0901-5d4d-80c9-3d7e35c500cd-8439600.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses the United Nations General Assembly, February 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The only remaining justification to support the \"Taiwan blockade\" with UNGA Resolution 2758 would be that Taiwan's WHO participation would create the risk of undermining or challenging the PRC's lawful representation in the UN system.<\/p>\n<p>This is an imaginary scenario stemming from a distorted understanding. Taiwan's inclusion in the WHO system can be done in many forms, and the key objective has always been to contribute and participate without any intention to challenge the PRC\u2019s representative status or create political difficulty for anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8159982,7675804\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//06//14//could-the-covid-19-pandemic-have-been-avoided-if-china-were-a-democracy/">Could the COVID-19 pandemic have been avoided if China were a democracy?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//09//kleptocrats-in-democracys-clothing-beijing-and-moscow-talk-anti-corruption-at-the-un/">Kleptocrats in democracy\u2019s clothing: Beijing and Moscow talk anti-corruption at the UN<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this regard, practical solutions, including the granting of observer status for Taiwan, that can achieve this objective while accommodating China's discomfort are available for WHO members to consider.<\/p>\n<h2>Least optimal solution based on a false justification<\/h2><p>Different options have merits and disadvantages, and they indeed require further discussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet one thing is clear: the current \"blockade\" approach is the least optimal solution because all stakeholders, including Taiwan, the PRC, and the global health community, are losers (for China, insecurity remains a constant threat).<\/p>\n<p>Removing Taiwan's \"WHO blockade\" would achieve an optimal outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is also an efficient and justified way to demonstrate the democratic world's commitment to defending the rightful interpretation of UN resolutions and deter any unilateral blockades that would jeopardise global welfare and interests, whether they concern public health or any other area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Ambassador Roy Lee serves as\u00a0Representative of Taiwan to the EU and Belgium.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1715848808,"updatedAt":1715855175,"publishedAt":1715855170,"firstPublishedAt":1715855175,"lastPublishedAt":1715855170,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/96\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b46075cc-d7cb-5d82-bcd0-00e4b0f45068-8439600.jpg","altText":"The World Health Organisation, WHO, logo seen at the 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weed still legal in Thailand? Here\u2019s what tourists need to know as government u-turns","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Cannabis: Thailand U-turns on legalisation after just two years","titleListing2":"Is weed still legal in Thailand? Here\u2019s what tourists need to know as government u-turns","leadin":"Pro-cannabis protesters rallied this week against plans to relist the plant as a narcotic.","summary":"Pro-cannabis protesters rallied this week against plans to relist the plant as a narcotic.","keySentence":"","url":"is-weed-still-legal-in-thailand-heres-what-tourists-need-to-know-as-government-u-turns","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/05\/16\/is-weed-still-legal-in-thailand-heres-what-tourists-need-to-know-as-government-u-turns","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered at Thailand's health ministry on Thursday 16 May to oppose the government\u2019s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalised. \n\nThe rally came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said earlier this month that he would like legalisation to be reversed by the end of this year.\u00a0 \n\nThailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022 for medical purposes, but in practice the market appears virtually unregulated, leading to public backlash and concerns over misuse and crime. \n\n\nNeon weed signs have become ubiquitous in Bangkok\u2019s busy tourist areas, with dispensaries cropping up on every corner. Hundreds of food and drink vendors advertise cannabis-infused menus. \n\nThis could all change under the PM's proposals to strictly regulate marijuana use and restrict it for medicinal purposes. \n\nWhy are Thailand\u2019s cannabis rules changing so soon? \n\nFollowing the general election in May last year, Thailand has been under new leadership since September. \n\nThe conservative coalition government headed by the Pheu Thai Party is behind the calls for a crackdown on cannabis, which has been poorly regulated since its legalisation . \n\nPheu Thai campaigned on banning the recreational use of marijuana , saying it poses health risks and could cause substance abuse issues among young people. \n\nIn a recent post on X calling for the plant to be relisted,\u00a0Thavisin reiterated this stance, saying \"Drugs are a problem that destroys the future of the nation.\" \n\nAnutin Charnvirakul, the former Health Minister who oversaw the drug\u2019s legalisation in the previous military-run government, has now risen the ranks to Deputy Prime Minister. He is the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, part of the new government coalition . \n\nWhen backing the legalisation of marijuana in 2022, he said it would ease overcrowding in Thailand\u2019s prisons and help boost the rural economy. \n\nOn the day of legalisation, more than 3,000 inmates held on cannabis charges were released. Within the year, the country\u2019s weed industry was worth 28 billion Thai baht (\u20ac728 million) and by 2030 it was projected to reach 336 billion baht (\u20ac8.7 billion). \n\nAnutin had promised that cannabis would be allowed only for medical use, but in practise the market was nearly unregulated. \n\nThe Health Ministry issued regulations that made cannabis a 'controlled herb' that requires a license for planting or selling, as well as banning online sales, sales to pregnant women and people under 20, and public smoking. But cannabis can be purchased easily by practically anyone at many unlicensed establishments or online. \n\nSince cannabis was legalised, over 1.1 million Thai people have registered for licences to grow it and more than 6,000 weed dispensaries have popped up across the country, many with little quality control. \n\nThai media was quickly filled with reports of drug-fuelled violence and abuse, including among young people, who were not supposed to have access to the drug. \n\nThe Health Ministry reported a spike in people seeking treatment cannabis-related psychological issues, from more than 37,000 patients in 2022 to more than 63,000 in 2023. Other studies pointed to more young people using the drug. \n\nWith Thailand being the first country in Asia to legalise cannabis, it has also sparked a thriving weed tourism industry that many fear will be difficult to put a lid on. \n\nIn the 2023 election campaign, all major parties - including Bhumjaithai - promised to limit cannabis to medical use. \n\nProtesters on Thursday agreed that cannabis should be properly regulated, but said rescheduling the plant as a narcotic would have a negative economic impact on those who have invested in the budding industry. \n\nWhat is the punishment for cannabis use in Thailand? \n\nBefore weed was legalised in Thailand in June 2022, the country had some of the world\u2019s harshest drug laws. \n\nPossession of cannabis could land you in prison for up to 15 years, with the infamous Bang Kwang Central Prison - ironically nicknamed the Bangkok Hilton after an Australian TV series depicted its squalid, overcrowded conditions - acting as a major deterrent for tourists . \n\nIn March, Thailand's Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew said he had recommended a draft bill to the Cabinet banning the recreational use of marijuana and reclassifying it as a controlled substance.\u00a0It is expected to be approved soon,\u00a0after which it will be submitted to Thailand \u2019s House of Representatives. \n\nThe draft law, which was circulated for public comment in January, would impose fines of up to 60,000 Thai baht (\u20ac1,560) for recreational use (defined as 'entertainment or pleasure'), and prison sentences of up to a year. It would allow medical marijuana, but didn't give details of how it would be controlled. \n\nIt also proposes fines of up to 100,000 baht (\u20ac2,600) for advertising or marketing cannabis for recreational use. \n\nFarming without a licence could carry a one to three year prison sentence or fines from 20,000 to 300,000 baht (\u20ac520 to \u20ac7,780). \n\nThe rules for cannabis shops and home growing are not yet clear. \n\nCan tourists still smoke weed in Thailand? \n\nWhile Thailand waits on the outcome of the changes, weed shops are still open across Bangkok and beyond. \n\nHowever, some rules are already in place to restrict the use of cannabis. Smoking or vaping in public places is not allowed. Causing a \u2018public nuisance\u2019 - including through the smell of weed - can lead to a 25,000 baht (\u20ac650) fine. \n\nThe details of what constitutes a \u2018 nuisance \u2019 are murky and liable to exploitation by police. In Bangkok, officers have been known to blackmail and extort tourists caught on the wrong side of the law. \n\nExtracts containing more than 0.2 per cent THC are still legally classed as narcotics but some shops sell stronger products regardless, which could land purchasers in trouble - unless they have obtained official permission for medical purposes. \n\nTourists have also been warned that cannabis is still illegal in neighbouring countries and must not be transported across borders. Singapore , which has some of the world\u2019s strictest drug policies, can arrest citizens for using drugs outside of the country as if they were consumed at home. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered at Thailand's health ministry on Thursday 16 May to oppose the government\u2019s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalised.<\/p>\n<p>The rally came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said earlier this month that he would like legalisation to be reversed by the end of this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022 for medical purposes, but in practice the market appears virtually unregulated, leading to public backlash and concerns over misuse and crime. <\/p>\n<p>Neon weed signs have become ubiquitous in Bangkok\u2019s busy tourist areas, with dispensaries cropping up on every corner. Hundreds of food and drink vendors advertise cannabis-infused menus.<\/p>\n<p>This could all change under the PM's proposals to strictly regulate marijuana use and restrict it for medicinal purposes.<\/p>\n<h2>Why are Thailand\u2019s cannabis rules changing so soon?<\/h2><p>Following the general election in May last year, Thailand has been under new leadership since September.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative coalition government headed by the Pheu Thai Party is behind the calls for a crackdown on cannabis, which has been poorly regulated since its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//09//high-season-bangkoks-new-cannabis-shops-could-jumpstart-tourism-this-summer/">legalisation./n
Pheu Thai campaigned on banning the recreational use of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//10//a-transcendental-state-of-bliss-i-visited-portugals-first-cbd-spa-heres-why-you-should-too/">marijuana, saying it poses health risks and could cause substance abuse issues among young people.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post on X calling for the plant to be relisted,\u00a0Thavisin reiterated this stance, saying \"Drugs are a problem that destroys the future of the nation.\"<\/p>\n<p>Anutin Charnvirakul, the former Health Minister who oversaw the drug\u2019s legalisation in the previous military-run government, has now risen the ranks to Deputy Prime Minister. He is the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, part of the new government <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//05//15//thailands-opposition-parties-win-big-in-election-on-promises-of-reform/">coalition./n In March, Thailand's Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew said he had recommended a draft bill to the Cabinet banning the recreational use of marijuana and reclassifying it as a controlled substance.\u00a0It is expected to be approved soon,\u00a0after which it will be submitted to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//02//18//it-survived-a-tsunami-and-a-pandemic-now-this-thai-beach-resort-is-a-shining-light-in-the-/">Thailand/u2019s House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The draft law, which was circulated for public comment in January, would impose fines of up to 60,000 Thai baht (\u20ac1,560) for recreational use (defined as 'entertainment or pleasure'), and prison sentences of up to a year. It would allow medical marijuana, but didn't give details of how it would be controlled.<\/p>\n<p>It also proposes fines of up to 100,000 baht (\u20ac2,600) for advertising or marketing <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//17//keen-to-try-a-cbd-spa-heres-where-to-get-a-dose-of-relaxation-in-europe/">cannabis for recreational use.<\/p>\n<p>Farming without a licence could carry a one to three year prison sentence or fines from 20,000 to 300,000 baht (\u20ac520 to \u20ac7,780).<\/p>\n<p>The rules for cannabis shops and home growing are not yet clear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//16//58//72//808x454_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg/" alt=\"A flower bud of marijuana is prepared for customers at a Dutch passion shop in Bangkok, Thailand, June 2023.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/384x216_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/640x360_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/750x422_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/828x466_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/1080x608_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/1200x675_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/1920x1080_cmsv2_19f23b3a-ec5d-5f84-9597-739f90ccf6b2-8165872.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A flower bud of marijuana is prepared for customers at a Dutch passion shop in Bangkok, Thailand, June 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Sakchai Lalit<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Can tourists still smoke weed in Thailand?<\/h2><p>While <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//11//06//thailands-floating-train-could-be-one-of-the-worlds-most-scenic-railway-journeys/">Thailand waits on the outcome of the changes, weed shops are still open across Bangkok and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>However, some rules are already in place to restrict the use of cannabis. Smoking or vaping in public places is not allowed. Causing a \u2018public nuisance\u2019 - including through the smell of weed - can lead to a 25,000 baht (\u20ac650) fine.<\/p>\n<p>The details of what constitutes a \u2018<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//05//sex-drugs-and-drink-amsterdam-tourism-campaign-wants-to-discourage-nuisance-british-touris/">nuisance/u2019 are murky and liable to exploitation by police. In Bangkok, officers have been known to blackmail and extort tourists caught on the wrong side of the law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//16//58//72//808x454_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg/" alt=\"Cloud Nine cannabis store on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, displaying a 'medical cannabis' sign.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/384x216_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/640x360_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/750x422_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/828x466_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/1080x608_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/1200x675_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/58\/72\/1920x1080_cmsv2_76e5e962-1437-5a2e-aeb5-df5c70c69615-8165872.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Cloud Nine cannabis store on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, displaying a 'medical cannabis' sign.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Angela Symons<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Extracts containing more than 0.2 per cent THC are still legally classed as narcotics but some shops sell stronger products regardless, which could land purchasers in trouble - unless they have obtained official permission for medical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists have also been warned that cannabis is still illegal in neighbouring countries and must not be transported across borders. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//10//worlds-most-powerful-passport-four-european-countries-rise-to-the-top-of-the-list/">Singapore, which has some of the world\u2019s strictest drug policies, can arrest citizens for using drugs outside of the country as if they were consumed at home.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1704990379,"updatedAt":1715857020,"publishedAt":1715839249,"firstPublishedAt":1704993179,"lastPublishedAt":1715839249,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Wally Santana","altText":"Tourists pass by a newly-legal cannabis shop, 10 August 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. 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disaster","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Mumbai should \u2018drastically cut back\u2019 on billboards, Indian author says after storm disaster","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Mumbai must cut back on billboards as storms intensify, author warns","titleListing2":"Mumbai should \u2018drastically cut back\u2019 on billboards, Indian author says after storm disaster","leadin":"Cyclones are getting more frequent in the mega city, and the built environment is making matters far worse.","summary":"Cyclones are getting more frequent in the mega city, and the built environment is making matters far worse.","keySentence":"","url":"mumbai-should-drastically-cut-back-on-billboards-indian-author-says-after-storm-disaster","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/15\/mumbai-should-drastically-cut-back-on-billboards-indian-author-says-after-storm-disaster","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a giant billboard collapsed during an intense storm in the Indian city of Mumbai on Monday. \n\nThe oversized billboard, measuring 37 by 37 metres according to local reports, fell backwards onto a gas station in Ghatkopar suburb, crushing several parked cars. \n\nA police investigation has been launched into the incident , with officials telling the Press Trust India (PTI) that the billboard was illegally installed. \n\nInquiries are ongoing, but the tragedy also highlights the vulnerability of this populous coastal city to storms made fiercer by climate change. \n\nAs he pointed out on X yesterday, Indian author Amitav Ghosh foresaw how deadly Mumbai\u2019s many billboards could turn in the event of a cyclone. \n\nIn his 2016 book on climate change and literature, The Great Derangement, Ghosh envisaged how \u201ccyclone-force winds will turn [...] the thousands of billboards that encrust the city, into deadly projectiles.\u201d \n\n\u201cThe recent storm was nowhere near as damaging as a major cyclone would be,\u201d\u2019 he posted yesterday. \u201cMumbai really needs to cut back drastically on billboards.\u201d \n\nAre Mumbai storms getting worse because of climate change? \n\nMonday\u2019s dust storm and heavy rainfall arrived before the usual monsoon season, from June to September, when India is typically prone to severe flooding. \n\nIt wreaked havoc in other parts of the city, too, ripping up trees and bringing a metal tower crashing down on cars in Wadala East suburb. Residents suffered power cuts, and several flights were suspended from the city\u2019s international airport. \n\nThough it\u2019s too early to determine what role climate change played exactly in the sudden storm, there\u2019s no doubt that the crisis is making storms more likely and damaging. \n\nThe Arabian Sea, on which Mumbai sits, warmed by 2\u00b0C from 1982 to 2019 to reach around 28\u00b0C. This is hot enough for cyclones to form, a recent study explains, and there has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of cyclones that have brewed over the sea in the past 40 years. \n\nMumbai hasn\u2019t been struck by a severe cyclone in over 70 years. In this time its population has soared to more than 21 million. If a category 4 or 5 storm were to hit the city - with wind speeds of over 240 kilometres per hour, compared to Monday\u2019s top speeds of around 60 kph - experts fear the loss of life would be catastrophic. \n\nThis is the scenario that Ghosh imagined in The Great Derangement. \n\nWhy is Mumbai so vulnerable to storms? \n\nAs Mumbai has grown into a megacity, the built environment has also risen up - smothering the estuarine ecosystem\u2019s ability to respond to extreme weather events. \n\nNatural drainage channels have turned to \u201cfilth-clogged ditches\u201d Ghosh writes, old waterways have had their carrying capacity severely diminished, and swamplands or mangroves that once absorbed downpours have been lost as the city has spread. \n\nWhile deluges in 2005 and 2015 impacted people living in low-lying areas the worst, the impact of a category 4 or 5 cyclone would be unsparing, he adds - and likely worse for those living higher up. \n\n\u201cMany of Mumbai\u2019s tall buildings have large glass windows; few, if any, are reinforced. In a cyclone these expanses of glass will have to withstand, not just hurricane strength winds, but also flying debris.\u201d \n\nAs well as the city\u2019s countless large billboards , the metal sheet roofs that cover dwellings in the city\u2019s informal settlements could be turned into deadly projectiles. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a giant billboard collapsed during an intense storm in the Indian city of Mumbai on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The oversized billboard, measuring 37 by 37 metres according to local reports, fell backwards onto a gas station in Ghatkopar suburb, crushing several parked cars.<\/p>\n<p>A police investigation has been launched into <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2024//05//14//watch-at-least-three-dead-after-billboard-collapse-in-mumbai/">the incident<\/strong><\/a>, with officials telling the Press Trust India (PTI) that the billboard was illegally installed.<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries are ongoing, but the tragedy also highlights the vulnerability of this populous coastal city to storms made fiercer by climate change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1790003594155917519\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As he pointed out on X yesterday, Indian author Amitav Ghosh foresaw how deadly Mumbai\u2019s many billboards could turn in the event of a cyclone.<\/p>\n<p>In his 2016 book on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//08//april-breaks-global-temperature-records-for-11th-month-in-row-what-role-did-el-nino-play/">climate change<\/strong><\/a> and literature, The Great Derangement, Ghosh envisaged how \u201ccyclone-force winds will turn [...] the thousands of billboards that encrust the city, into deadly projectiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent storm was nowhere near as damaging as a major cyclone would be,\u201d\u2019 he posted yesterday. \u201cMumbai really needs to cut back drastically on billboards.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8435120,8018956\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//15//extreme-flooding-threatens-one-in-eight-europeans-confirms-new-report/">One in eight Europeans now lives in an area at risk of extreme flooding, says new report<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//06//air-pocalypse-indias-capital-launches-green-war-room-to-tackle-life-threatening-smog/">/u2018Air-pocalypse/u2019: India\u2019s capital launches Green War Room to tackle life-threatening smog<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Are Mumbai storms getting worse because of climate change?<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//43//78//76//808x454_cmsv2_78f2be15-8d4c-5972-afce-ed53e7bf99e3-8437876.jpg/" alt=\"A view of Mumbai's high rise buildings during a dust storm on Monday, 13 May, 2024.\" 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Residents suffered power cuts, and several flights were suspended from the city\u2019s international airport.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1789983659740512575\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Though it\u2019s too early to determine what role climate change played exactly in the sudden storm, there\u2019s no doubt that the crisis is making storms more likely and damaging.<\/p>\n<p>The Arabian Sea, on which Mumbai sits, warmed by 2\u00b0C from 1982 to 2019 to reach around 28\u00b0C. This is hot enough for cyclones to form, a recent <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//d41586-023-03910-w#:~:text=Since%20the%20pre-industrial%20period%2C%20India%E2%80%99s%20rising%20temperature%20has,a%20regular%20basis%20%28see%20%E2%80%98India%E2%80%99s%20extreme%20weather%20events%E2%80%99%29.\"><strong>study<\/strong><\/a> explains, and there has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of cyclones that have brewed over the sea in the past 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai hasn\u2019t been struck by a severe cyclone in over 70 years. In this time its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//19//india-overtakes-china-as-the-worlds-most-populated-country-what-does-it-mean-for-the-clima/">population has soared to more than 21 million. If a category 4 or 5 storm were to hit the city - with wind speeds of over 240 kilometres per hour, compared to Monday\u2019s top speeds of around 60 kph - experts fear the loss of life would be catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>This is the scenario that Ghosh imagined in The Great Derangement.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8427798,8414290\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//10//this-country-has-become-the-first-in-modern-history-to-lose-all-of-its-glaciers/">This country has become the first in modern history to lose all of its glaciers<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//03//school-closures-and-health-warnings-south-and-southeast-asia-swelter-under-record-breaking/">School closures and health warnings: South and Southeast Asia swelter under record-breaking heat<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Why is Mumbai so vulnerable to storms?<\/h3><p>As Mumbai has grown into a megacity, the built environment has also risen up - smothering the estuarine ecosystem\u2019s ability to respond to extreme weather events.<\/p>\n<p>Natural drainage channels have turned to \u201cfilth-clogged ditches\u201d Ghosh writes, old waterways have had their carrying capacity severely diminished, and swamplands or <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//04//17//what-are-mangroves-and-why-are-they-the-key-to-saving-the-planet/">mangroves that once absorbed downpours have been lost as the city has spread.<\/p>\n<p>While deluges in 2005 and 2015 impacted people living in low-lying areas the worst, the impact of a category 4 or 5 cyclone would be unsparing, he adds - and likely worse for those living higher up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1790380714388500780\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of Mumbai\u2019s tall buildings have large glass windows; few, if any, are reinforced. In a cyclone these expanses of glass will have to withstand, not just hurricane strength winds, but also flying debris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as the city\u2019s countless large <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//15//satirical-posters-protesting-shells-lethal-legacy-replace-200-adverts-across-the-uk/">billboards, the metal sheet roofs that cover dwellings in the city\u2019s informal settlements could be turned into deadly projectiles.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1715780806,"updatedAt":1715785249,"publishedAt":1715785215,"firstPublishedAt":1715781881,"lastPublishedAt":1715785215,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/78\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_85399a1c-9111-5639-9b3e-04f516a5a6ae-8437876.jpg","altText":"Rescuers stand near the large billboard that collapsed Monday evening following heavy rain and thundershowers at Ghatkopar, 14 May.","caption":"Rescuers stand near the large billboard that collapsed Monday evening following heavy rain and thundershowers at Ghatkopar, 14 May.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Rajanish Kakade","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/78\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_78f2be15-8d4c-5972-afce-ed53e7bf99e3-8437876.jpg","altText":"A view of Mumbai's high rise buildings during a dust storm on Monday, 13 May, 2024.","caption":"A view of Mumbai's high rise buildings during a dust storm on Monday, 13 May, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Rajanish Kakade","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"limb","title":"Lottie Limb","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":20218,"slug":"climate-crisis","urlSafeValue":"climate-crisis","title":"Climate crisis","titleRaw":"Climate crisis"},{"id":10977,"slug":"dust-storms","urlSafeValue":"dust-storms","title":"Dust storms","titleRaw":"Dust storms"},{"id":10787,"slug":"cyclone","urlSafeValue":"cyclone","title":"Cyclone","titleRaw":"Cyclone"},{"id":3914,"slug":"mumbai","urlSafeValue":"mumbai","title":"Mumbai","titleRaw":"Mumbai"},{"id":17856,"slug":"extreme-weather","urlSafeValue":"extreme-weather","title":"Extreme weather","titleRaw":"Extreme weather"},{"id":19430,"slug":"building","urlSafeValue":"building","title":"building","titleRaw":"building"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1},{"slug":"twitter","count":3},{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news\/green-news"},"vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":35,"urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":148,"urlSafeValue":"india","title":"India","url":"\/news\/asia\/india"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_science','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_science_weather','neg_facebook','gv_death_injury','gs_science_environ','gs_science_environment','neg_tiktok_q1_2024_eng','gt_negative','neg_audi_list2','neg_bucherer','neg_saudiaramco','gt_negative_fear','neg_facebook_q4','gs_books','gs_science_geography','gs_entertain_books','gs_busfin'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/green\/2024\/05\/15\/mumbai-should-drastically-cut-back-on-billboards-indian-author-says-after-storm-disaster","lastModified":1715785215},{"id":2526972,"cid":8389968,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240515_QUSU_55358512","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"QU-10-Textiles Qatar 365 S4E10 - 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The Qatar 365 team followed the thread of two exhibitions where textiles are the stars of the show.\n\nFirst, Aadel Haleem went to the Golden Spider Silk exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art, which features a cape woven with the yarn of the golden orb-weaver spiders indigenous to Madagascar. The unique masterpiece on display is the only piece in the world. Producing and incorporating the silk took two years and 1.2 million spiders.\n\nThe Museum of Islamic Arts houses textiles from all over the world, including Africa, Asia, and Europe. Aadel had the opportunity to go behind the scenes and see how conservator Dominika Kostoln\u00edkov\u00e1 restores textiles before they are displayed. First, she studies the fabric's composition and technique. After that, Dominika carefully chooses and applies the appropriate treatment.\n\nFinally, Laila Humairah went across town to Design Doha, Qatar Museum's new biennale, and spoke with Maryam Omar, the creator of Weaving Poems, a special exhibition dedicated to the craft of carpet weaving by Afghan women. The designer's 10-month collaboration with the carpet weavers showcased their unwavering commitment to preserving their centuries-old craft, evoking a sense of respect and admiration.\n\nWeaving Poems was curated by Turquoise Mountain, a non-profit organisation founded by British King Charles III in 2006. Initially focused on supporting artisans' families in Afghanistan, the foundation has since expanded its reach to more countries. Its mission is to preserve traditional handicrafts and cultural heritage that are at risk of disappearing, underscoring the urgency and significance of this cause.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Beyond utility and beauty, textiles can help us understand a country or region's traditions and culture. The Qatar 365 team followed the thread of two exhibitions where textiles are the stars of the show.<\/p>\n<p>First, Aadel Haleem went to the Golden Spider Silk exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art, which features a cape woven with the yarn of the golden orb-weaver spiders indigenous to Madagascar. The unique masterpiece on display is the only piece in the world. Producing and incorporating the silk took two years and 1.2 million spiders.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Islamic Arts houses textiles from all over the world, including Africa, Asia, and Europe. Aadel had the opportunity to go behind the scenes and see how conservator Dominika Kostoln\u00edkov\u00e1 restores textiles before they are displayed. First, she studies the fabric's composition and technique. After that, Dominika carefully chooses and applies the appropriate treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Laila Humairah went across town to Design Doha, Qatar Museum's new biennale, and spoke with Maryam Omar, the creator of Weaving Poems, a special exhibition dedicated to the craft of carpet weaving by Afghan women. The designer's 10-month collaboration with the carpet weavers showcased their unwavering commitment to preserving their centuries-old craft, evoking a sense of respect and admiration.<\/p>\n<p>Weaving Poems was curated by Turquoise Mountain, a non-profit organisation founded by British King Charles III in 2006. Initially focused on supporting artisans' families in Afghanistan, the foundation has since expanded its reach to more countries. 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