Posts

Showing posts with the label official

Rescue begins of ailing US researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish officials say

An official from Turkey’s disaster management agency says that rescue teams have begun the arduous process of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was 3,000 feet below the entrance of a cave in Turkey TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey -- Rescue teams began the arduous process Saturday of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the entrance of a cave in Turkey, officials said. It could take days to bring Mark Dickey to the surface since rescuers anticipate he will have to stop and rest frequently at camps set up along the way as they pull his stretcher through the narrow passages. “This afternoon, the operation to move him from his camp at 1040 meters to the camp at 700 meters began,” Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, AFAD, told The Associated Press. The 40-year-old experienced caver began vomiting on Sept. 2 because of stomach bleeding while on an expedition with a handful of...

Paris Olympics offices searched by police amid financial probe, French officials say

Image
Police in Paris searched the Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters on Tuesday. LONDON and PARIS -- Police were search ing offices associated with organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday as part of two financial investigations, French officials said. "A police search is currently underway at the headquarters of the Organising Committee," the Paris 2024 committee, COJOP, said in a statement. "Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigators to facilitate their investigations." A search was also underway Tuesday at the offices the Société de Livraison des Ouvrages Olympiques, also known a SOLIDEO, a spokesperson for France’s National Financial Prosecutor’s Office told ABC News. A security member stands at the entrance of the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters as Police raided the office, in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, on June 20, 2023. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images MORE: As 2024 Paris Olympics ticketing begins, some buyers raise ...

Kyiv helicopter crash kills 18, top Ukraine officials dead

The chief of Ukraine’s National Police says a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb has killed 18 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children KYIV, Ukraine -- A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb Wednesday killed 18 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children, Ukrainian authorities said. There was no immediate word on whether the crash was an accident or a result of the war with Russia. No fighting has been reported recently in the Kyiv area. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych were among those killed, according to Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine’s National Police. Monastyrskyi, who was in charge of the Ukrainian police and other emergency services, is the most senior Ukrainian official to have died since the start of the war with Russia almost 11 months ago. Nine of those killed were aboard the emergency services helicopter that crash ed in Brovary, ...

Ukraine expects to get 100 Leopard 2 tanks from 12 countries, once Germany approves: Senior Ukrainian official

Image
Twelve countries have agreed to supply Ukraine with around 100 Leopard 2 tanks if the German government gives its consent, a senior Ukrainian official told ABC News. Twelve countries have agreed to supply Ukraine with around 100 Leopard 2 tanks if the German government gives its consent, according to a senior Ukrainian official who spoke exclusively to ABC News. Those agreements, the source said, were made at Friday's summit at Ramstein US Air Force Base in Germany when allied nations discussed military support for Ukraine. Countries such as Poland and Finland have already indicated publicly that they are willing to provide a number of their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. MORE: McCaul calls on US to send 'just one' Abrams tank to Ukraine to spur European support The Ukrainian official with knowledge of the matter said Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark were also willing to provide some of their tanks, however Germany's consent was still necessary for the coalition of co...