Ebrahim Raisi was one of Iran's hardest of hardliners, a fanatical and absolute believer in the Iranian revolution and its mission.

A helicopter carrying Iran's president crashed during bad weather on Sunday - and Ebrahim Raisi's death has been confirmed.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in a mountainous area of northwest Iran.

Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will be found alive as rescue teams locate the wreckage of the helicopter he was travelling in.

"Losing Gary, my soul mate, was beyond painful," says Kathryn Croucher, whose husband died aged 42 in 2010.

People are being urged to report sightings of Asian hornets this summer as nature groups warn of a potential surge in damaging invasive non-native species.

"Every morning I wake up and there is a small part of me that thinks, 'Is today the day I'm going to be diagnosed with some sort of cancer?'"

A helicopter carrying Iran's president has crashed during bad weather, Iranian state media has said.

"I'm never drinking tap water again," Kayley Lewis says.

A man in his 30s has died in custody after "becoming unwell" on Sunday morning, Wiltshire police have said.