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Questions have swirled about how police officers and agents tasked with securing Donald Trump’s rally allowed the gunman to get as close as he did.Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to access the roof of a building near the outdoor event at Butler County fairgrounds, Pennsylvania, from where he shot at Trump 130m (430ft) away.The US Secret Service has said that it had assigned local police to provide cover for that building.One crowd member was killed and two others were critically injured. Trump was wounded in the ear.Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that his agency had relied on local police…

Four soldiers have been killed in a gunfight with suspected militants in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.The incident occurred on Monday night when security forces were carrying out a search operation in the forests of Doda district in Jammu.The gunfight began when militants allegedly hiding in the forests opened fire, reports said.Kashmir has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989 which has claimed thousands of lives, but violence has reduced in recent years.However, the relatively peaceful Jammu region has seen increasing violence in recent months. At least eight attacks have been reported in the region since June.Last month, nine…

7 minutes agoBy Mike Wendling, BBC News, at the Republican convention in Milwaukee’U S A! We love Trump!’ – chants ring out at conventionWith a bandage strapped over one ear, Donald Trump made a triumphant return to the public eye on Monday evening at the Republican National Convention, receiving a rapturous welcome from thousands of supporters two days after an attempt on his life.The former president entered into the convention arena in Milwaukee with a fist raised and to the strains of a live performance of “God Bless the USA”.He then slowly walked through cheering crowds of delegates – some with tears…

Russian antivirus giant Kaspersky Labs has told BBC News that it is leaving the US after the Biden administration banned sales and distribution of the firm’s software.Kaspersky said it had made the “sad and difficult decision” to leave “as business opportunities in the country are no longer viable”.It comes after Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said last month that Moscow’s influence over the company posed a significant risk to US infrastructure and services. Kaspersky, which had been operating in the US for two decades, has denied the allegations.”Starting from July 20, 2024 Kaspersky will gradually wind down its US operations and…

Four people have been killed in a shooting near a mosque in Oman’s capital Muscat, the country’s police say.In a brief statement, they say “a number” of people were also injured in al-Wadi al-Kabir area.Officers responded to the incident, and an investigation is now under way, Tuesday’s statement said.The police provided no further details, but some reports suggest that at least one gunman opened fire with an assault rifle.”All security measures have been put in place to deal with the situation, and procedures for collecting evidence are being completed as part of the investigation,” the police statement said. Such violence…

The head of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and his son have been arrested, following a brawl at Sunday’s Copa América final in Miami.Mr Ramón, 71, and Ramón Jamil, 43, were held on charges of battery involving an official or an employee, said the Miami-Dade Police Department.The charges relate to the brawl at the stadium after Colombia lost to Argentina 0-1 in extra time.Neither Mr Ramón nor his son have publicly commented on the issue.In a statement sent to the BBC, the Miami-Dade Police Department said the incident had happened just after the football match ended at the Hard…

Joe Biden has defended calling Donald Trump a threat to democracy, as he gave his first interview since the attempt on his rival’s life.The president said his campaign had a duty to clearly communicate the threat of a second Trump term, and disagreed there was a need to tone down his rhetoric.However, he told NBC’s Lester Holt it had been a “mistake” to have said it was “time to put Trump in a bullseye” during a private donor call days before the assassination attempt.Mr Biden said he meant Democrats needed to focus more on Trump, his policies and the false…

1 hour agoBy Simon Jack & Tom Espiner,  Business editor & Business reporterDaniel Kretinsky says he will not walk away from Universal Service ObligationThe prospective new owner of Royal Mail has said he will not walk away from the requirement to deliver letters throughout the UK six days a week, as long as he is running the service.”As long as I’m alive, I completely exclude this,” Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky told the BBC.Mr Kretinsky has had a £3.6bn offer for Royal Mail accepted by its board.Shareholders are expected to approve the deal on 25 September, but the government also has a…

1 hour agoBy Tom Richardson, BBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesNvidia’s AI-driven avatars have been hailed as a glimpse of gaming’s potential future by some”I’m very aware that I could wake up tomorrow and my job could be gone,” says Jess Hyland.The video game artist says the industry she’s spent almost 15 years working in is on “shaky” ground at the moment.A boom in players and profits during the pandemic sparked a flurry of investments, expansions and acquisitions that, in hindsight, now look short-sighted.Gaming remains profitable, but thousands of workers worldwide have lost their jobs, and successful studios have been shut down over the past…

The Republican National Convention has officially begun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Donald Trump has become the party’s official nominee, after a formal counting of the delegates at the convention. The BBC’s Nada Tawfik is at the event and walks through the significance of it taking place just days after an assassination attempt against Trump. Source link