In the day's other headlines a five day morning period has started in Iran for late

President Ibrahim Riesi and other victims of Sunday's helicopter crash. Early today

thousands of mourners crowded around a truck carrying the caskets through

debris.

That's the closest major city to the crash site.

Later, the bodies were flown to Tehran, where they were met by an honor guard.

Iranian officials have not provided any cause of the crash which took place amid

dense fog above a mountain range.

France, Belgium and Slovenia have backed the International Criminal Court's decision to seek arrest

warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defence Minister Joov Galant, and three

Hamas leaders. They're accused of war crimes and

crimes against humanity for actions taken during the war in Gaza and Israel.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin told a Senate committee today,

the ICC's decision was quote, extremely wrong-headed,

but he emphasized the US still has concerns

about Israel's military operations.

When your close friend is going down a path that you think may be counter to its interests and potentially our own as well,

then of course we have conversations with them.

That's what we're supposed to do.

That's the nature of the relationship.

Meantime, Israel's communications minister

has ordered that camera equipment be returned to the Associated Press,

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