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Donald Trump says he has changed his upcoming speech to the Republican National Convention after the attempt on his life.The former president arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the convention a day after gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at him from a roof during a campaign rally. In an interview with the Washington Examiner during a flight on Saturday evening, Trump said: “The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger.”Had [the assassination attempt] not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches” aimed mostly at the policies of President Joe Biden, he…

Was Euro 2024 a success for the German team? For a side who had ambitions to win the tournament, losing in a quarterfinal doesn’t sound like success. Yet, there is an overwhelming feeling that Euro 2024 was very much a positive tournament for the German national team. The European elections, held just days before the start of the tournament, showed Germany to still be a divided nation in some respects. While the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took the most votes in eastern Germany, the center-right CDU/CSU coalition won in the west and the state of Bavaria. The nation’s football team cannot…

A powerful explosion struck outside a cafe in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Sunday, as a group of customers had gathered to watch the final of the Euro 2024 tournament there.  There were conflicting early reports on casualty numbers but state media cited police spokesman Major Abdifatah Aden Hassan as saying that at least five people had died and at least another 20 were injured.  Investigators warned these preliminary tallies were likely to rise. What do we know so far?  Images online appeared to show a large fire in the vicinity of the Top Coffee cafe in the…

Spain’s supporters are euphoric after their team became the champions of Europe, beating England in the Euro 2024 final.The hometown of 17-year-old superstar Lamine Yamal exploded after the team’s victory, with fans lining the streets of Mataro near Barcelona. “It is a matter of pride, we are very lucky because he is the MVP of Spain,” said 18-year-old Spanish soccer fan, Ana Isabel Huete.Yamal was named “young player of the tournament” just minutes after his team took the trophy. Image: Spanish fans celebrate a goal at the Plaza de Colon in Madrid. Pic: AP In Colon Square in Spain’s capital…

Sometimes football is a simple game. As Alvaro Morata hoisted the European Championship trophy on the Olympic Stadium pitch, there was a feeling that this was how it was always destined to end.  Spain were at their furious best throughout Euro 2024, head and shoulders above the competition for most of it, and now they are champions. “I think Spain were the best team in the tournament,” vanquished England coach Gareth Southgate said in his post-match interview.  Few who saw any of the tournament over the last four weeks would disagree. Spain won all of their seven games at Euro…

President Joe Biden has stressed the need for divided Americans to come together as he addressed the nation, after Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt.Mr Biden said “politics should never be a political battlefield or, God forbid, a killing field” as he spoke in a televised address from the Oval Office. “We need to lower the temperature in our politics,” he added.Former president Trump, 78, suffered a bullet wound to his ear in the shooting, which happened early on Saturday evening as he was giving a speech to supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles (50 km) north…

Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention a day after he was targeted in an attempted assassination at a campaign event. His plane touched down on Sunday, the day before the four-day event kicks off with thousands of Republicans coming together to formally elect him as their 2024 presidential nominee. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You…

A man has attempted to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. As shots rang out, the former president dropped to the ground with his ear covered in blood and was swiftly rushed off-stage by security staff. Trump assassination attempt latestOne spectator was killed and two others were seriously injured in the attack. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:59 Watch moment Trump hits ground The gunman, who has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot dead by the Secret Service at the scene. Here’s how the incident unfolded minute by minute:6.03pm…

Spain’s men sealed their fourth European Championship title after Mikel Oyarzabal’s late strike earned his side a narrow 2-1 win over England in Berlin on Sunday night. After a cagey opening 45 minutes, Luis de la Fuente’s side took the lead seconds after the restart when standout teenager Lamine Yamal played in winger Nico Williams, who steered the ball past Jordan Pickford. Spain’s birthday boys Nico Williams, who turned 22 on Friday, and Lamine Yamal, who turned 17 on Saturday, combined to break the deadlock just after half timeImage: Wolfgang Rattay/REUTERS It was a fourth successive knockout match in Euro 2024…

On Wednesday, the US news channel CNN reported that earlier this year Russia’s government had been planning to assassinate the business executive of a major German arms manufacturer — presumably to discourage the further production of weapons and military vehicles to be delivered to Ukraine. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the German government has supplied €5.2 billion ($5.7 billion) worth of military equipment to Ukraine, according to an official statement. The target, Armin Papperger, 61, is the CEO of Rheinmetall, a publicly traded company specialized in automotive and arms manufacturing. Ranked as one of Europe’s largest arms manufacturers, the…