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24 dead after bus falls into river while boarding ferry in Bangladesh

At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around ​40 passengers plunged into the Padma ‌River while attempting to board a ferry in Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday. The accident occurred ​on Wednesday when the bus lost ​control approaching a ferry at Daulatdia ⁠in Rajbari district, about 100 kilometres from Dhaka. The bus overturned and sank ​nearly nine metres into the river, according to police and the Fire Service and Civil ​Defence. Read More: Five teenage cousins killed in road crash Rescuers recovered 22 bodies from inside ​the submerged bus, including six men, 11 women ‌and ⁠five children, Fire Service official Talha Bin Zasim said. Twenty-four people have been confirmed dead so far, including two women who ​died after ​being rescued, ⁠he said. Four fire service units and 10 divers were leading ​the search and rescue efforts, supported ​by ⁠the army, police, coast guard and local authorities. Officials fear more passengers may still be ⁠missing. ​Hund...
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What does each side in the Iran war say it would accept for a deal?

The United States, Israel and Iran have laid out maximalist positions to end warfare that has set the Middle East aflame and threatened the global economy by choking off Gulf energy supplies. This is what the sides are saying about their positions in the conflict in which the US and Israel have launched airstrikes on Iran since February 28 and Iran has carried out strikes against Israel, US bases and Gulf states. What are the Americans saying? US President Donald Trump has passed a 15-point plan to Iran via Pakistan. It has not been published and the US administration has declined to disclose specifics of the plan. It has said that some media reports on what is in it are incorrect, without elaborating. Three Israeli cabinet sources have said the plan includes: The removal of Iran's stocks of highly enriched uranium An end to Iran's uranium enrichment programme Curbs to Iran's ballistic missile programme An end to Iran's support for regional allies such as Lebanon's Hezbollah The US will hit Iran "harder than they have ever been hit before" if Tehran fails to accept the proposal, the White House said on Wednesday. Read More: Trump to hit Iran harder if Tehran does not accept defeat: White House Washington is expected to send thousands more soldiers to the Middle East, two people familiar with the matter have told Reuters. What is the Iranian position? A senior Iranian official has told Reuters that Iran's response to the US proposals on ending the war has not been "positive", but that Tehran is still reviewing it. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran was not negotiating with the US, although messages were being exchanged through intermediaries. He said Iran demanded a permanent end to the war and compensation for destruction. Iran demands sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz as its "natural, legal right", Iran's Press TV cited an official as saying on Wednesday. Tehran has told intermediaries that Israel's war in Lebanon must be included in any ceasefire agreement, six regional sources familiar with Tehran's position have told Reuters. Without a ceasefire, Iran has also pointed to its own ability to escalate, saying it could take action to choke off another major sea route, the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, which offers an alternative export route for some Gulf oil. It also said it had intelligence that the US planned to occupy an Iranian island with support from a regional country, and that if it did so, it would attack vital infrastructure in that country, without naming it. What are the Israelis saying? A senior Israeli defence official said Israel was sceptical Iran would agree to the US terms, but was also concerned that Trump might make concessions. Israel wants any agreement to preserve its option to conduct pre-emptive strikes, a second source said. Israel's military spokesperson said on Thursday that the mission at the moment was to continue to destroy Iran's military capabilities and that Israel has "many more targets left".

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