Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 20 2024 08:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. Lots going on this morning. We'll begin with that breaking news from the Hague, the Netherlands, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hamas leaders, too. He says he believes they are responsible for war crimes. The world is also reacting to news this morning that Iran's president has been killed in a helicopter crash in foggy, north-west Iran, the AP's Charles de Ledesma. Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others, have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hours-long search. State media has reported. State TVs give no immediate calls for the crash in Iran's eastern Azerbaijan province. Turkish authorities have released what they described as drone footage, showing what appeared to be a fire in the wilderness, that they suspected to be wreckage of the helicopter. The AP's John Gambrell reporting from the region has some background on President Raisi. He has backed Iran's moves to enriched uranium up to nearly weapons-grade levels. He also has been linked to the security force crackdowns that we've seen after the 2022 death of Masa Amini that saw hundreds of thousands of protests in the street and then hundreds killed and then tens of thousands arrested in the time afterwards. Now, Raisi is also known for the execution of thousands of prisoners back in 1988 at the end of the Iran-Iraq War. Iran's first vice president, Mohamed Makbar, has been appointed president now. The container ship that caused that deadly collapse of a bridge in Baltimore has been refloted. A British court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges. This is AP News. He says he's sorry. Sean Diddy Combs says what he did was inexcusable, the AP's Haya Pangewani. Diddy admits to beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he's sorry, and calls his actions inexcusable. "I take full responsibility for my ashes in that video. Disgusted." That's Sean Diddy Combs, making a video statement on his Instagram, admitting that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016. A video of the hotel incident released by CNN on Friday shows Combs wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking Cassie, an R&B singer who was his protege, and longtime girlfriend at the time. The footage also shows Combs shoving and dragging Cassie and throwing a vase in her direction. Cassie sued Combs in November over what she said was years of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. The suit was settled the next day, but spurred intense scrutiny of Combs. I'm Haya Pangewani, and I'm Rita Foley, AP News. Two vase on SUV Familiar. Now, Soto's memos on Systema Rapoio Para Masno Novecintos are sent as Precias de Vida Sylvester. For the conductiness of Keep Colorado Wild Pass, the Vintino e Valorades, con el re histora de tu alto, a yos a financier programa cesucativos, ela con servasión de la Vida Sylvester, and toa del estado. Opting us to keep Colorado Wild Pass, con el proxima de histora de su vehicleo. Es más compasse, es la mejora miga de la nantu la lesa. Are you listening to this podcast while working out? Maybe you're too busy to work out, so you're listening on the go, but you want to be in better shape. In either case, getting in shape, losing weight, or just being healthier requires giving your body the essential protein in other nutrients it needs. That's not always easy. At first form, we get it. It's a struggle to eat right. That's why we've spent years developing the highest quality nutritional supplements possible. Being in shape or being healthier starts with you wanting to and then letting us help you. Does first form have the best tasting protein powders and bars on the planet? How about the most convenient daily nutritional packet to give you what you need every day? What about the best tasting and most complete greens powder in the world? We think so. Get started today at firstform.com/healthy to get free shipping on most orders and a 110% money back guarantee if you don't love your first form products. That's the number one STPHORM.com/healthy. If you're a small business owner, Upswell Marketing would like to remind you that when customers choose your business, they're really choosing you. So focus on super serving your existing customers and let Upswell handle the pipeline generation of new leads. Upswell specializes in building and managing custom direct response campaigns and is now offering a no obligation free assessment of your current marketing strategies. New customers also receive 15% off their first order. For more information, visit upswellmarketing.com. That's upswellmarketing.com.