Iran’s President Dies in Helicopter Crash | Horizons Middle East & Africa 05/20/2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have died in a helicopter crash. We get you the latest including more on the first vice-president who is temporarily in charge. Also on the show, Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman postponing his trip to Japan due to health concerns for King Salman, Israel’s fracturing war cabinet, and the inauguration of Taiwan’s president.
00:00 Introduction
03:53 Iran President and Foreign Minister die in helicopter crash
07:24 MBS postpones Japan trip due to King Salman’s health
10:25 Israel’s war cabinet in turmoil
14:50 Mohamed El-Erian, Bloomberg Opinion columnist and Queens’ College Cambridge President
18:00 Nadia El Bilassy, Equiti Group Market Analyst
23:28 Iran President and Foreign Minister die in helicopter crash
30:04 Amin Saikal, Nanyang Technological University, Rajaratnam School of International Studies Senior Fellow
36:42 Cash influx ahead of South Africa’s elections
39:56 Africa CEO Forum yields results
43:05 Taiwan President inaugurated

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