From the ministry of defense of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the instructions of the supreme commanderinchief of the armed forces of the Russian Federation , the first stage of the exercise began in the Southern Military district under the leadership of the general staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation with practical testing of the preparation and use of Nonstrategic Nuclear weapons. The ongoing exercise is aimed at maintaining the readiness of personnel and equipment of units for the combat use of Nonstrategic Nuclear weapons to respond in order to unconditionally ensure territorial support. Here is a rather short and succinct statement, here is a picture that demonstrates and confirms that actions within the framework of this statement will be carried out, but it seems to me that there are quite a lot of interesting nuances here, because the Southern Military district is indicated. And usually we have Something Like this connected with the triad there and
Operation is underway in northern iran. After a Helicopter Crash involving iranian president ebrahim raisi. The aircraft went down early this morning after the president and other officials attended a ceremony for the opening of a new near the border with azure by john. At this time, raisis condition is unknown and rescuers are having difficulty reaching the crash shite because of the heavy fog and the bad weather russia, a close ally to iran, has announced it will send to advanced aircrafts and 50 additional Mountain Rescuers to help with those search efforts. Thats according to Iranian State news, seen as nic robertson, ies tracking the story closely, he is joining us now with the latest nick. It seems like were entering about our 13 now. Since this chopper went down, what more do you know . Yeah. And a couple of hours since we had conflicting information from the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps in East Azerbaijan province there in the very northwest of iran. They said that they re
Too early on this friday morning and all week long. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, october 13th. We are following fastmoving developments out of israel. The countrys military is telling us more than a Million People telling more than a Million People to leave their homes this morning as it prepares a potential fullscale Ground Invasion in the wake of the Terror Attacks by hamas. Well have a live report for the very latest on the ground there. Plus, an update on the Biden Administrations efforts to prevent further escalation in the region with top officials on the ground this morning in israel and jordan. Also ahead, the republicanled chaos on capitol hill reached yet another level last night when the partys nominee for speaker just dropped out of the race. Well talk about how that impacts the country and world events. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemir
Police firing tear gas at protesters. In the uk, the Prime Minister aut ministers righthand man under fire. Growing calls for him to resign. With the u. S. Death toll from covid19 now approaching 100,000, there are worrying signs the country could be headed for a surge of new infections as millions of americans head outside for the memorial day holiday. This is a time when the u. S. Honors its war dead. But the New York Times is using the occasion to remember victims of this pandemic. The newspaper says the names it has listed are just 1 of the u. S. Total. Some places of worship might resume Services Sunday after President Trump demanded governors allow them to reopen. The church goers in california will have to wait a u. S. Appeals court has sided with the governor in banning inperson services right now. It is scenes like those that have Health Experts worried, young people crowding a bar district in austin, texas, many without face masks or social distancing. The governor of arkansa
Brussels hoping for a delay until some of the e. U. Leaders have other ideas the deadline is friday night. And the farewell to a basket full legends germanys novitsky pulls time on a glittering two decade career in north americas n. B. A. Mackinnon thanks so much for joining us astronomers have just revealed what they are calling a Ground Breaking development at a series of coordinated press conferences around the world researches using a Global Network of telescopes announced they had photographed the edge of a black hole for the very first time black holes all celestial objects with such strong gravitational fields that even lie. It gets pulled into them scientists hope the new images will explain how must act in such extreme conditions which could verify all contradict for example albert einsteins theory of relativity. So to explain that for us im joined now by. Science desk thanks so much for joining us tell me why these images of a black hole are such a big deal havent scientists