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World leaders have joined together to condemn “political violence” after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The former president was shot and injured during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in an attack that saw a spectator and the gunman killed. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was “appalled by the shocking scenes”, as he sent the Republican challenger, his family, and the families of the victims his best wishes. Trump assassination attempt – latest updatesAnd he was among several senior politicians to denounce “political violence” arguing it had “no place in our societies”. Image: The assassination attempt has…

Spanish defending champion Carlos Alcaraz won against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in Sunday Wimbledon men’s singles final. The match comes a day after Czech player Barbora Krejcikova defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini 6-4 in the Wimbledon women’s final.Djokovic had hoped to win his 8th Wimbledon title to equal Roger Federer’s recordImage: Takuya Matsumoto/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images /picture alliance How was the match won? Alcaraz won the first and second set of the final 6-2 in just an hour and 15 minutes and then won *7-6 (7-4) in the third set tie break. The final set proved the most competitive but Alcaraz looked…

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The mother of missing Jay Slater says the family is aware of of “vile” comments and conspiracy theories online which are “hindering investigations here in Tenerife”.Almost a month since her son’s disappearance, Debbie Duncan has issued a statement through the British overseas missing persons charity, LBT Global. While saying the family’s heartache “cannot put into words”, Ms Duncan also said certain comments on social media are “very distressing for us all to read”.She commented: “We are aware of the awful comments and conspiracy theories that are filling social media.”These theories are hindering the people trying to help us in their…

His late-afternoon appearance on July 13 started the same way many political rallies held by potential presidential candidate Donald Trump usually do. On a hot summer evening at agricultural fairgrounds in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania, population around 13,000, Trump had just started to speak about the dangers of migration.   Then shots rang out over the rally. “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump wrote on his social media feed on Truth Social after being released from the hospital. His upper right ear was hit.…

Beginning July 17, a lottery could determine who in Latvia will be drafted into the army. As of this year, conscription is once again compulsory in the Baltic country. If not enough volunteers sign up for the 11-month service, the army will draft young men. Neighboring Lithuania reintroduced compulsory military service in 2015, Sweden in 2017, and countries such as Germany and the UK are currently discussing whether they should do so as well. “The promise of conscription is really powerful,” says Sophia Besch of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC. “It seems to offer a path…

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Lotfi Mraihi is in prison, facing serious charges. The Secretary General of Tunisia’s Republican People’s Union and a candidate for the country’s upcoming presidential elections, Mraihi has been accused of money laundering and illegally moving money abroad.  Mraihi was arrested this week after he announced his intention to run in the early October vote. When Mraihi ran in 2019, he received around 6.5% of the vote.  Other politicians who have expressed an interest in running for the country’s highest office or are considered potential candidates have also been targeted by authorities. There is a warrant out for the arrest of journalist and politician Safi Said, for instance, who…

Kim Yo Jong, a key spokesperson for the North Korean regime of her brother Kim Jong Un, on Sunday vented her anger at South Koreans who have been sending balloons carrying propaganda over the border. Her remarks came after the latest batch of what she called “dirty leaflets” was found in North Korean territory along the border, according to a statement carried in English by the official Korean Central News Agency. In recent weeks, balloons have been traveling between the two Koreas in tit-for-tat campaigns: ones carrying propaganda leaflets launched by South Korean activists toward the North, and trash-filled ones sent by…

Courage, defiance, or a reckless play for the cameras even in the heights of danger.However it’s viewed, that footage of Donald Trump refusing to leave the stage before showing supporters a clenched fist will now help define his campaign for re-election. It is extraordinary viewing. The former president has just been shot, through his ear, and his Secret Service close protection detail is begging him to move.Shooting latest: Trump seen for first time since attempted assassination”Let me get my shoes on,” he says repeatedly, as they say, “we’ve got to move you to the car”. Please use Chrome browser for…