Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered illegitimate and many voters stayed away from. In an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. For more on this, i spooke to our persian correspondent khashayarjoneidi. What is the latest we are hearing from authorities in tehran . One news that came out a few moments ago is that turkeys drone that was dispatched has identified a source of heat which they say may be related to the crash site. It has been a long day and night for Rescue Workers in iran. This is treacherous terrain, mountainous area with thick forest, it has been raining with heavy fog through the day. Sub zero temperatures tonight there and it is difficult and messy. There have been contradictory reports coming out of the area regarding finding the possible crash site so the latest news that we have is that the turkish drone has identified a location which they see as a heat source and it may be where the plane has crashed. Can you give us some context here . How do iranians feel about their president . If you want iranian tv tonight what you will have seen are scenes of people gathering in main squares in cities and towns like tehran and praying for raisi. On the contrary when you go to social media you see hundreds and hundreds of people making jokes and posting pictures and making fun of what has happened. Iran is highly Polarised Society and the government has its own base of support which has been shrinking because of economic problems, because of corruption, because of the recent brutal crackdown of Anti Government protests. However, on the opposite side you have people who are not happy with the situation and i have to mention that history will notjudge president raisi is one the most popular president s of the republic. He was not popular before becoming president. His name is somehow associated with the Death Committee is responsible for the execution of thousands of leftist prisoners in the 1980s in iran this and i would say that it is a mixed feeling but mostly the opposition are showing their happiness and there have been pictures and videos coming out of different houses in iran where people have been setting firecrackers. And if, stressing if here because we do not have a full picture of the situation but if the president does not make it, how is power transferred in iran . First of all the title as president but you have to take consider this, that the president is not the highest office in iran. It is the Supreme Leader who is the final arbiter. He is the person with the final say in local politics, in local decisions and also foreign policy. He is the commander in chief. The president is simply the Chief Executive Branch and oversees the operations of the government. The constitution is clear here. In case a president is deceased or missing or unable to function it is his first Deputy President who will take over the responsibility and together with The Heads Of Parliament and the Judiciary System are supposed to hold an election within 50 days to choose the next president. Joining me to discuss is trita parsi, co founder and executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft. Welcome to you and thank you for being with us. I want to begin by getting your thoughts on what we have seen today and also the level of information coming out of iran right now and what we can expect to hear from the regime in the coming hours and days here . I from the regime in the coming hours and days here . Hours and days here . I think the expectation hours and days here . I think the expectation at hours and days here . I think the expectation at this hours and days here . I think the expectation at this point| the expectation at this point is that in a few hours, morning time in tehran there will be an announcement that even if they may have found the helicopter it looks extremely unlikely that there will be any survivors. They may have survived the crash but surviving the night in the cold is a different story, particularly if they are already injured. Very likely we will go towards some sort of a process of notjust the Vice President taking over but there will announce elections in 50 days which will be a difficult thing for them, mindful of how apathetic public is right now since they have lost faith in the chance of actually bringing about any change through the ballot box. I about any change through the ballot box about any change through the ballot box. I want to ask more about that ballot box. I want to ask more about that. As ballot box. I want to ask more about that. As you ballot box. I want to ask more about that. As you say ballot box. I want to ask more about that. As you say the about that. As you say the regime appears to be unpopular and participation has been low. In recent parliamentary elections. So what do you anticipate happening if that is the case . If people are called on to go to the ballot box here . ~ ,. , on to go to the ballot box here . ~ ,. ,. , here . Well, they may try to do a safe bet here . Well, they may try to do a safe bet which here . Well, they may try to do a safe bet which is here . Well, they may try to do a safe bet which is to here . Well, they may try to do a safe bet which is to just a safe bet which is to just have a few variations of the same type of conservative candidate and people will not participate and they will say it is because of the short period of preparation time or they may try to drum up some degree of enthusiasm by ensuring that there actually are some real choices on the ballot. In the last few elections they have essentially eliminated any real candidates who could be a threat to the conservatives which is part of the reason why people are apathetic and have given up on the idea of change through the ballot box. Even the very sensitive issue of the secession of the Supreme Leader that makes succession of the Supreme Leader is likely to pass on the next few years it is not seem likely that they will take the opportunity to actually bring in some different candidates. They will most likely play it safe, i would suspect. fin most likely play it safe, i would suspect. Most likely play it safe, i would suspect. On that point for those would suspect. On that point for those iranians, would suspect. On that point for those iranians, those would suspect. On that point| for those iranians, those very many iranians who have been out on the streets and have been protesting and putting themselves at risk here. You do not essentially think they will bring a sigh of relief and think that there will be any kind of real change here . In policies . Kind of real change here . In olicies . , �. , policies . No. At the end of the Da Raisi Policies . No. At the end of the day raisi was policies . No. At the end of the day raisi was not policies . No. At the end of the day raisi was not an policies . No. At the end of the day raisi was not an important| day raisi was not an important or impactful president , he was not a Driving Force behind any of the policies pursued under his presidency. In his absence from the scene it is not likely to impact any particular aspect of the policy. It is the consequences of his absence, however, in terms of the potential crisis within the regime as well as further infighting, et cetera that may bring about the idea that he was a Driving Force of any particular policy is quite a stretch. ,. , stretch. On that point president stretch. On that point president raisi stretch. On that point i president raisi thought potentially to have been groomed to become the next Supreme Leader of iran. Of that succession does not then unfold do you think that could cause some more domestic turmoil and instability . It some more domestic turmoil and instabili . , instability . It can certainly create turmoil instability . It can certainly create turmoil within instability . It can certainly create turmoil within the l create turmoil within the structures of the regime itself. The competition for this role is very intense and they are trying to keep a lid on it, speculation about raisi being a front runner at this point is reallyjust it is not entirely clear and i dont think the regime wants its hand to be known on this matter. There is a suspicion of power play here and that could really intensify tensions in regard to the succession process. From a us perspective what is potentially problematic is that if the Iranian Regime ends up with a debilitating crisis at this point you may end up seeing a less control of tehran over some of their militia in iraq and syria that it has been supporting who actually want to be more aggressive towards the United States ante run has rained them in. If that is seem to happen and you actually start seeing militia starting to attack us troops again that will obviously be a problematic situation. Situation. Very interesting anal sis situation. Very interesting analysis there. Situation. Very interesting analysis there. Thank situation. Very interesting j analysis there. Thank you. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at another story making news. Police have confirmed a 14 year old boy who got into difficulties, along with another teenager, in the river tyne has died. The spot at ovvingham in northumberland is notorious, and known as a dangerous part of the river. Andy gill has been speaking to locals. It is a Rite Of Passage for young ones to go in the water and go swimming. When i was their age i used to do it. It is something we all do up there on a hot day like that the only way to cool down is to go for a swim in the river. Two years ago another 13 year old boy drowned in this stretch of the river and last year Northumberland Fire Service criticised a group of youths who ignored requests to get out of the water despite being warned about strong currents and hidden dangers such as rocks beneath the surface. Local councillor, angie scott, who got into Difficulty Swimming further up the river as a teenager, said the community was devastated at another death. She has been calling for more nearby safety equipment. Youre live with bbc news. Us National Security advisorjake sullivian met with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netayahu on sunday. The visit comes as israels military continue operations in rafah. Mr sullivian is expected to push the Prime Minister to avoid a full scale assault but an israeli official told reuters that mr netanyahu and his aides would try to reach an agreement with mr sullivan to push into rafah. Israel previously rejected a proposed � permanent� ceasfire and realease of hostages calling it unacceptable. The us stated earlier they will stop supplying some weapons if israel launched a major ground offensive. For more on the situation on the ground, i spoke with Hamish Young A senior Emergency Coordinator for unicef in gaza. I understand that you are there in rafah. Bring us up to date with the situation on the ground. The situation on the ground here in rafah and right across the gaza strip is catastrophic. As you know on may 6 the Rafah Incursion started and we had tanks and troops move in from the east. In anticipation of that, people have been moving out of rafah for some time and the movement of the idf into rafah rapidly accelerated that and i think it is important to remember that the people who are moving out are the people who have the means to move out and somewhere to go so the people left behind in rafah are acutely vulnerable. They are the people unable to move. We think over 800,000 people have now left rafah and also important to remember that they have gone to extremely difficult areas, places like khan younis which have already been subject to intense fighting. There is no infrastructure there for them, no health facilities, no freshwater and virtually no food. In addition to that there has been fighting on the north for the last week in and around jabalia and around 100,000 or so people have moved out of there. When you put that together it is well over one third, nearly half the population of the gaza strip have been displaced again in the last two weeks. This is a population that has already been displaced multiple times in the seven months of this war. The impact on children in particular is devastating. The idf has said the operation on the ground there in rafah is not a full scale one, the one that you were describing that has been under way since may 6. Nonetheless you just described it as catastrophic. Were it to be a full scale operation on the ground there in rafah with so many Vulnerable People trying to take some kind of shelter there, what could we see . I dont know how to describe what would be so far beyond catastrophic. There is already dire lack of Health Services because the Rafah Crossing has been closed and because we cannot bring any food from the north down to the south, even the little that is getting in. The south is now running out of food. There are thousands of children already being treated for malnutrition, there are already high rates of dysentery and diarrhoea. For example, the rate of acute diarrhoea is 20 times higher than you would normally find at this time of year. And i am sure you and your viewers know how easily diarrhoea can kill children. There is a lack of shelter, children and people are extremely vulnerable. If the incursion does come they have no protection and nowhere to go and they have no medical services to treat the inevitable injuries and death that would follow. You were talking there about children, how vulnerable they are with malnutrition and acute diarrhoea and so on and i know unicef focuses on the plight of children but i wonder as well, speaking to the parents there who have moved from place to place across the gaza strip, how are they doing psychologically when they are in the very difficult situation, for any parent of not being able to guarantee their childrens survival . They are really really suffering. They are really strange. I make a point every day of going for a walk around the displaced population around our office where we work and talk to people. I was talking to one family who were packing up and leaving a couple of days ago and asking where they were going and they said they were going back to their home in khan younis which they knew had been destroyed. They said they would rather put up a shelter in the ruins of their home than stay. But while they were talking the father, the elderly gentleman, he tried to hang on and he started breaking down and sobbing and then the kids started crying and sobbing and the kids started asking when will it all end, when will it stop . This is just an example. Sometimes that can get lost in the overwhelming numbers but these are real people and they are suffering enormously. This is just one of hundreds of thousands of examples of what people are going through here in gaza. That is why we need a ceasefire and we need it now. You think there are chances of that . We know that us National Security adviser to the president , Jack Sullivan has been speaking with benjamin netanyahu. Your thoughts on whether that will come to pass . Here on the ground we do not have any inside information. We watched the News Services in the social media like everybody else. All i can say is that what we do see on the ground is an overwhelming and desperate need that really cannot be met by anything other than a ceasefire. Humanitarian agencies, the un and unicef, the ngos, we can all make a contribution to easing humanitarian suffering but it is overwhelming particularly for children, which is why a ceasefire is the only viable option. The only thing that will help the children of gaza now. William ley was sworn in as the new taiwanese president in a ceremony in taipei on monday. This was the scene live in taipei. Bring the Inauguration Speech he expressed the need for peace on both sides. He is being sworn in as the divide between taiwan and china deepens. Mr lai is a strong defender of sovereignty and democracy in taiwan and beijing regards it as adept as that make dangerous separatists. China has stepped up activity around the island since he was elected in january. President joe biden delivered the Commencement Address at Morehouse College in atlanta, georgia on sunday morning. In his speech, President Biden references israels war in gaza. Its the source of recent Campus Protests that took place at universities across the us. He acknowledged anger over the war by citing his push for a deal to pause the conflict in exchange for the release of hostages. Mr biden was largely uninterrupted by protests that have shut down graduations elsewhere. However, there was a group of protestors outside of the venue. 0ur North America correspondent nomia iqbal is in georgia and has more. It does not appear that we have that report. Let us move on then. We do have it. Wherever then. We do have it. Wherever the president travels so do protesters. Many are angry at mr biden� s staunch support for israel and its war