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4 hours agoBy Anthony Zurcher, @awzurcher, North America correspondentGetty ImagesDonald Trump pumps his fist in the air, moments after an assassination attempt on himThe 2024 election campaign has a new iconic image: Donald Trump, moments after narrowly avoiding serious injury or death from an assassin’s bullets, standing with his fist raised, lines of blood streaked across his face, an American flag billowing in the breeze behind him.“Fight! Fight! Fight!” the former president said, as some of the supporters, who moments before had feared for their lives, began cheering.The bloodshed in Pennsylvania will leave a lasting mark on the American psyche, puncturing the veneer…

President Biden called on Americans to reject political violence in his Oval Office addressUS President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on his predecessor Donald Trump in a primetime address from the White House, telling Americans that US politics must never be a “killing field”.Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was wounded in the ear after a gunman opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One person was killed and two more were critically injured in the attack. In the Oval Office address – just the third of his presidency – Mr Biden urged Americans to “take…

48 minutes agoBy Ana Faguy, BBC News, WashingtonGetty ImagesFormer US President Donald Trump has arrived in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention, a day after surviving an assassination attempt.The party conference in Milwaukee is going ahead as planned despite Saturday evening’s shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania, in which Trump was shot in the ear.Trump posted on social media that he had considered delaying his trip by two days, “but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else”.The attack on Trump has put a heightened focus on safety and security…

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide.He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In 2017 he won with a staggering 99%.Mr Kagame, 66, faces off against the only two contenders who were authorised to run – other candidates were barred by the state-run electoral commission.President Kagame has been at the helm of Rwandan politics since his rebel forces took power at the end of the 1994 genocide which killed some…

40 minutes agoBy Hannah Price, BBC Eye Investigations BBCWhen two young Brazilian women were reported missing in September 2022, their families and the FBI launched a desperate search across the US to find them. All they knew was that they were living with wellness influencer Kat Torres.Torres has now been sentenced to eight years in prison for the human trafficking and slavery of one of those women. The BBC has also been told that charges have been filed against her in relation to a second woman. How did the former model who partied with Leonardo DiCaprio and graced the cover of international…

41 minutes agoBy Robert Plummer, BBC NewsGetty ImagesLula’s Brazil is keen to promote the Brics, but it is dwarfed by Xi Jinping’s ChinaIt’s been more than a year-and-a-half since Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to the country’s presidency, back from the political dead after his conviction on corruption charges was dramatically annulled.In that time, President Lula’s comeback has given renewed force to one of the world’s most unlikely economic alliances – the Brics, a grouping that unites Brazil with Russia, India, China and South Africa.In his previous time as president from 2003 to 2010, Lula was instrumental in efforts to…

18 hours agoBy Didier Bikorimana, BBC Great Lakes serviceAFPThere is very little room for improvement for Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame in Monday’s election after getting almost 99% of the vote last time round.The scale of his victory in 2017, along with his 95% in 2003 and 93% in 2010, raised some questions about how truly democratic the elections were.Criticism that the former refugee and rebel leader confidently bats away.“There are those who think 100% is not democracy,” Mr Kagame told thousands of cheering supporters at a campaign rally in western Rwanda last month.Referring to elections elsewhere, without naming a specific country, he…

BBC Verify examines footage, eyewitness testimony and satellite imagery showing how the assassination attempt against former US President Donald Trump unfolded.Videos from before the attack show how onlookers tried to alert law enforcement officers to the presence of the gunman on a roof.Verification by Benedict Garman, Josh Cheetham, Jake Horton, Daniele Palumbo and Emma Pengelly.Presented by Ros Atkins.Motion graphics by Mesut Ersoz.Produced by Meabh Ritchie and Sarah Glatte. Source link

The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue was broadcasting live as a gunman fired at terrified rallygoers – here’s his account. Source link

Piers Morgan, Olly Murs and Peter Crouch are among the famous faces cheering on England as they play Spain in the Euros final in Berlin. Morgan, 59, posted a picture of him and his two sons at the game on X, with the caption: “Come on England – bring this thing home!”Meanwhile on Instagram, popstar Murs has been documenting his journey to Berlin. He posted a video leaving the airport singing “it’s coming home” in an England shirt. The Prince of Wales and his son Prince George are in the stands. Prince William also attended England’s victory over Switzerland in…