Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash state media announced on Monday.
State TV and the IRNA news agency confirmed his death.
"Ayatollah Raisi, the beloved president of our country, was martyred in a helicopter crash in the Varzghan region of East Azerbaijan and joined the Supreme Kingdom," IRNA said.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian East Azerbaijan provincial governor Malik Rahmati and Mohammed Ali Ale Hashem, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali AKhamenei’srepresentative to East Azerbaijan, were also confirmed dead.
Mehdi Mousavi, head of Mr Raisi's protection unit, and several bodyguards were also killed in the crash, IRNA reported.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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