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Iran asked arch-enemy the United States for assistance after a helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi, the US State Department says, without providing further details. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump blasts President Joe Biden over Iran's major attack on Israel, alleging that his rival in November elections showed American "weakness" in the Middle East. "God bless the people of Israel. They are under attack right now. That's because we show great weakness," he says at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. SOUNDBITE
Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif arrives at polling station in Lahore to cast his vote in the country's national and provincial elections. IMAGES
The United States condemns recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against "anti-Iranian terrorist groups." "We do condemn those strikes. We've seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in just the past couple of days," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of supporters wait for the arrival of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at a welcoming rally at a park in Lahore. The three-time Pakistani prime minister is set to return home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, primed to make a political comeback ahead of elections. IMAGES