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Security had been tightened around the republican president ial Election Candidate after an Assassination Attempt injuly. Graham satchell reports. Its blocked. They blocked it off. The I 95 in florida, and pictures taken by a Passing Motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. Law enforcement officers have just detained a man suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. He was driving the black car seen here at the side of the road. The former president was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. A secret Service Agent had spotted a Rifle Being pointed from bushes at the edge of the course. They have an agent Thatjumps One Hole ahead of time to where the president was at, and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engage that individual, at which time the individual took off. The police recovered what they say is an Ak 47 Style Rifle with a scope, two backpacks containing Ceramic Tiles, and a gopro camera. We are not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot at our agents, but for sure our agents were able to engage with the subject. And, you know, thats a little bit old, that chart. It is just a matter of weeks since the last Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump happened. Gunfire. He was shot and injured at a Campaign Rally in pennsylvania. Just moments later, he was on his feet and shouting, fight, fight, to the crowd. After this latest attempt, the former president put out a brief statement. There were gunshots in my vicinity, he said, but before rumours start spiralling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first. I am safe and well. Nothing will slow me down. I will never surrender. Vice president Kamala Harris said, ive been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former President Trump and his property in florida. I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in america. Police have now raided the former home of the suspect in this case. Hes been named by American Media as 58 year old ryan routh. On Social Media, Routh Claims to have fought against russian forces in ukraine. Donald trump left his Golf Course under heavy security a few hours after the thwarted attack. There will be questions about how a man with a rifle was able to get so close to the former president , but Donald Trump has praised the Secret Service for their response and says he will continue to campaign this week. Graham satchell, Bbc News. Our correspondent Tom Bateman is outside the Palm Beach Golf Course where The Incident took place. He gave us this update. Over the coming hours, there will be much focus on the suspect, named by us media as ryan wesley routh, a 58 year old former Construction Worker from north carolina. What the police have said is that the suspect was apprehended around a0 Miles North of here, in a vehicle that they had traced from the scene here, a black nissan, they said spotted by an eyewitness who was then stopped by the local Sheriff North of here on the Interstate Highway and the suspect apprehended and the vehicle then searched. The suspect is now being held in a jail in the county there. What we expect in the next few what we expect in the next few hours, in the morning, hours, in the morning, is that that person will be is that that person will be transferred back South Down transferred back South Down here to west Palm Beach here to west Palm Beach and the potential then and the potential then for a court appearance. For a court appearance. We heard from Law Enforcement we heard from Law Enforcement officials during that news officials during that News Conference earlier that conference earlier that if they decide to book him, if they decide to book him, they can then press charges locally they can then press charges locally here but there is also of course here but there is also of course the distinct possibility of federal the distinct possibility of federal charges because there is an fbi charges because there is an Fbi Investigation now leading investigation now leading all of this. All of this. To give you a sense to give you a sense of the geography here, of the geography here, just behind me is the sign just behind me is the sign for the trump for the trump International Golf club. International golf club. This corner here, behind this corner here, behind the bushes here, is hole the bushes here, is hole six of the Golf Course. Six of the Golf Course. Now, that is where Donald Trump now, that is where Donald Trump was heading towards. Was heading towards. He was between the fifth he was between the fifth and the sixth holes, and the sixth holes, according to the police, according to the police, and it was that Advance Security and it was that Advance Security sweep by the Secret Service that sweep by the Secret Service that spotted the barrel of that assault spotted the barrel of that Assault Rifle pointing through a Chain Link Rifle pointing through a Chain Link Fence and it was that very Fact Fence and it was that very fact that it appears ultimately protected that it appears ultimately protected Donald Trump because those Donald Trump because those secret Service Agents fired secret Service Agents fired towards the suspect. Towards the suspect. What remains unclear what remains unclear is whether or not the suspect fired is whether or not the suspect fired either at that secret Service Agent either at that secret Service Agent or at Donald Trump himself. Or at Donald Trump himself. We dont have that confirmed yet. We dont have that confirmed yet. The police and the fbi were asked that question in the News Conference. They say that whether or not a shot was fired or shots were fired the bbc verify team has been looking at Social Media profiles which match the name of the alleged suspect ryan routh. Heres our News Analysis Editor ros atkins. Out colleagues at cbs have spoken to sources who have indicated that the suspect is called ryan routh, and with that Name Bbc verify was able to start looking at different Social Media platforms to see if we could find accounts that match that name. And we have weve managed to identify several Social Media accounts in that name. Weve then cross referenced some of the content on those accounts with an image that allegedly shows a man being arrested at the scene on the highway near to Donald Trumps Golf Course. And if we look at those accounts, a number of themes emerge. First of all, go back to 2020, and there is a post on twitter, now called x, in which the man directly addresses Donald Trump and says, i voted for you in 2016, but then says that we were all greatly disappointed, i will be glad when youre gone, he says in this tweet. So that was back in 2020. More recently, a lot of the social Media Output on these accounts has been around ukraine. We know that the man in these accounts is involved in organising forforeign volunteers to go to ukraine tojoin the fight against russia. He featured, he was quoted in an article on just that subject in the New York Times last year. Theres also a video that bbc verify has seen on youtube, which appears to show him in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, again talking about the issue of the Wests Approach to ukraine, and particularly about the issue of volunteers coming to ukraine. And its clear in a number of these posts across a number of platforms that he is frustrated about the Wests Approach to ukraine. He feels that more should be done. So that is coming out again and again. Of course, we have to be cautious about this because were still learning details about who this person is, and we dont have a huge amount of confirmed detail from the authorities themselves. However, it is relevant based on that sourcing from cbs and based on the research that bbc verify has done, that these themes are coming out from those Social Media accounts. My colleague in washington, lucy hockings, has been speaking to a former us Navy Seal and fbi agent, jonathan gilliam. When there is an Assassination Attempt and it is officially determined that it was an Assassination Attempt against a sitting president , a former president or a nominee for president of one of the parties, the fbi will take over that. They take over that investigation. But what you have to realise, when we use words like they take over the investigation, the reality is, the fbi works closely with all Law Enforcement in most of these types of cases. It actually becomes basically a joint task force, so they can reach out to not only other fbi officers but other Law Enforcement entities where this individual may have been known. They will also work with Intelligence Agencies to see if any of the information comes back about this individual where he may have been part of a state sponsored Assassination Attempt or any type of terrorist group. And what do you make of the evidence that the fbi has got so far . I have heard it described here in the us as being a gold mine, given we have to gopro, the gun, the car, all sorts of crucial pieces of evidence the fbi will have already . It is very telling and it is telling on many different levels. One, the fact, lets look at both of the july Assassination Attempt and this one, this is twice that a shooter has been able to get within 500 yards, which for that particular weapon, an sks, an Ak 47, their max effective range is a50 yards, especially with a scope. So trump was estimated to be within 400 500 yards of this individual. So twice now, somebody has been able to get within that distance. Thats something that the fbi should take into account because now it it has gone beyond just a simple dropping of the ball of tactics where these threat assessments are not being done properly. The individual himself left what appears to be notjust a backpack but possibly two ballistic plates that are tied and hung up against that fence and he had the rifle in between those, which meant he was ready for a potential shoot out. We wanted to record it and then he went to the car and they located us secret Service Agents appear to have foiled an Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump as he was playing golf in florida. The former president was unharmed. The suspect has been arrested. Lets talk to professor Natasha Lindstaedt, us Politics Lecturer at the university of essex. Thank you very much forjoining us today. What do you believe this second Assassination Attempt tells us about the state of us politics . I think it is a major concern that we have had is now a second Assassination Attempt because it tells us that these, the level of political violence is increasing in us politics. There is a lot of this function, so much polarisation, that elections have become such High Stakes emotional affairs and with trump saying that he will really wont step down if he loses the election, that raises the stakes for those who dont want him to be elected. They will find alternative means to deal with whatever their grievances are. So with the first Assassination Attempt back injuly 13th, this one had a much bigger political impact at the time. It seemed to really seal the fate that trump was going to win, he was riding high after a good debate with biden. Biden formed terribly and then they went into the convention and there was all kinds of concerns that there would be all these copycats, types of Assassination Attempts. That the level of vitriol would increase and thankfully that wasnt the case in the immediate aftermath. What were seeing, political violence tends to beget more political balance. Already, two months later, another Assassination Attempt because the initial attempt showed that there were cracks in the Security Detail that trump has, the Security Detail that trump has, the Security Service Trump had. So this inspired another attempt on him within 60 Days. How inspired another attempt on him within 60 Days. Inspired another attempt on him within 60 Days. How should this, then, within 60 Days. How should this, then. Change within 60 Days. How should this, then, change the within 60 Days. How should this, then, change the way within 60 Days. How should this, then, change the way in within 60 Days. How should this, then, change the way in which i within 60 Days. How should this, | then, change the way in which the campaign is conducted, in terms of the logistics, the organisation but also the tone . I the logistics, the organisation but also the tone . Also the tone . I think with the logistics. Also the tone . I think with the logistics. They also the tone . I think with the logistics, they will also the tone . I think with the logistics, they will continue i also the tone . I think with the logistics, they will continue to j also the tone . I think with the i logistics, they will continue to try and offer him more security. He doesnt have the same level of security as a president would have because he is just security as a president would have because he isjust a candidate. He doesnt have that. But that is clearly not enough because whenever he goes into some kind of open space, its very difficult to guard an entire Golf Course, for example, and to spot them. Thankfully in this case, the Security Services was able to spot it, the would be attacker. But the other issue is the tone, as you mentioned. There is so much vitriol in the rhetoric which is Stoking Polarisation and that is making this whole campaign much more emotional and potentially violent thanit emotional and potentially violent than it needs to be. Trump said after the first Assassination Attempt that he was going to tone down his own rhetoric and he was going to be nice and then the republicans had a fairlyjubilant convention. But his own speech, he varied off into the harmful Rhetoric Thatis varied off into the harmful rhetoric that is so dangerous in american politics, that stoked so much polarisation. So we would hope that both candidates would tone things down but we are seeing with this particular campaign, particularly Trump Cant Help himself in really trying to rile up his base. At this point, he will try and use the second Assassination Attempt to gain more Campaign Funds as he is way behind Kamala Harris in this regard. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt from the university of essex, thank you for your time. The former Bbc News Presenter Huw edwards could find out later what hell be sentenced to after admitting making indecent photographs of children. The 63 year old is due to appearfor a hearing at westminster Magistrates Court today. The Chief Magistrate may decide though that he doesnt have sufficient Sentencing Powers and could send the case up to a Crown Court. Helena wilkinson reports. Live to our senior uk correspondent, Sima Kotecha who is outside westminster Magistrates Court. What are we thinking could happen today . What are we thinking could happen toda . ,. ,. ,. , what are we thinking could happen toda . ,. ,. ,. , today . 63yearold Huw edwards could be sentenced today . 63yearold Huw edwards could be sentenced later today . 63yearold Huw edwards could be sentenced later after today . 63yearold Huw edwards could be sentenced later after pleading i be sentenced later after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. But there is a plus ability, as you say, that the case is sent to the Crown Court because the magistrate feels he does not have sufficient Sentencing Powers. A reminder of the case, Huw Edwards was sent hundreds of explicit images on whatsapp. 41 of explicit images on whatsapp. 41 of those images were of children and seven of those images were deemed to be of a serious sexual nature. Two of those images involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. So when i was back here injuly when he pleaded guilty, his barrister told the Court Mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought similar images from anywhere else. We also heard that he had Mental Health Problems and physical health problems. The prosecution asked the magistrate to consider a suspended sentence. So if that sentencing does take Place Today, we are likely to hear what are called more mitigating factors. A Prison Sentence is possible but there are other possibilities, such as a Community Order or mr edwards being sent on a sex offender programme. The hearing is scheduled to start at 10am, so we expect him to arrive here in the next hour or so. Thank ou ve here in the next hour or so. Thank you very much here in the next hour or so. Thank you very much. Police here in the next hour or so. Thank you very much. Police in here in the next hour or so. Thank you very much. Police in cologne. Here in the next hour or so. Thank i you very much. Police in cologne are carrying out what appears to be a major operation following reports of an explosion near the centre of the city. The first reports came on Monday Morning. It is not clear at this stage what may have caused any explosion, or if there have been any injuries or arrests. Local police have posted On Social Media that they are carrying out an operation on one of the main Ring Roads and are telling residents to avoid the area. Tito jackson, an original member of the Jackson Five Pop Group and brother of the late Michael Jackson has died at the age of 70, according to reports in us media. As part of the iconic band, he performed on hits like abc, the love you save and I Want You back. The group formed in 1964 and has sold more than 150 Million records. The formerJackson Five drama paid tribute On Social Media saying he was sending love and prayers to the entire jackson family. Sir Keir Starmer is In Rome, for talks with the italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. The Pair Sat Side By side at a Business Breakfast more M O re Eve Nts more events are planned during the day before News Conferences in the afternoon. Lets speak to our southern Europe Correspondent Mark lowen whos In Rome for us. I believe that irregular migration, as its being called, will be fairly high up the agenda . Tap as its being called, will be fairly high up the agenda . High up the agenda . Top of the aaenda high up the agenda . Top of the agenda because high up the agenda . Top of the agenda because this high up the agenda . Top of the agenda because this is high up the agenda . Top of the I Agenda because this is something that both countries struggle with, with a graphic Reminder Britain faces yesterday when eight bodies were recovered in the English Channel of migrants trying to cross from france and small boat crossings from france and small boat crossings from france and small boat crossings from france to england have picked up from france to england have picked up this year. Italy is the country that deals with the highest number of migrant arrivals in the eu. And yet in the last eight months, it has seen a 64 drop in those coming by boat to italy, particularfrom north africa. That has been done partly by the eu and italy giving a lot of money to tunisia, which is the main Point Of Departure for these migrants, to try and encourage the tunisians to improve their coastguard capabilities and to clamp down on departures. But also, italy is building migrant Reception Centres in and neighbouring albania, financed and run by the italian authorities. They are due to open later this year, to be able to hold up later this year, to be able to hold up to 36,000 migrants and refugees per yearfrom where they up to 36,000 migrants and refugees per year from where they will make an asylum claim to italy. If that is rejected, they could face deportation. Keir starmer has already said he is interested in that model, of outsourcing, off shoring migrants at Reception Centres. It is very different to the row and the plan being considered by Rishi Sunak his predecessor because these Migrant Centres are being run by the italians and then they would get asylum in italy but this is something that will be discussed in these Meetings Today with Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer has already said he is interested in that option. Said he is interested in that 0 tion. � ,. , option. An interesting meeting of minds if there option. An interesting meeting of minds if there is option. An interesting meeting of minds if there is one, option. An interesting meeting of minds if there is one, though, i minds if there is one, though, because politically, these two leaders are a long way apart . The . Leaders are a long way apart . They are. Keir Starmer Leaders are a long way apart . They are. Keir starmer began leaders are a long way apart . Iie are. Keir starmer began his political life in the young socialists, the Youth Wing of the labour party. Giorgia meloni began her political life as a teenager in the young neofascists in this country. She has moved away from her neofascist roots and is now a right wing, her party is often called far right but she leads a right Wing Coalition in italy. Keir starmer obviously a new Prime Minister from the centre left, so froM Opposite sides of the political spectrum. But the british Prime Minister has said he wants to reset relations with key european partners. Italy, the third biggest eu economy, a key player, particularly in ukraine and elsewhere, it is an important relationship. And even though it is not such a natural fit as there was between Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni, they had a very close personal relationship, Keir Starmer is are keen to build that with Giorgia Meloni and today is a key part of that. Giorgia Meloni And Today is a key part of that Giorgia Meloni and today is a key art of that. , ~ ,. Part of that. Thank you very much, mark. Charities in the uk have called on the government to find a new approach to dealing with migrants after the deaths of eight more people trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat. They were among 60 in a boat which hit rocks off the french coast on saturday night. Its understood the vessel was carrying people from eritrea, sudan, syria and iran. 0ur Reporter in ambleteuse Simon Jones told me there was a 10 month old baby among the rescued. In the early hours of yesterday morning, a dangerously overloaded boat with around 60 people set off from the coastline here. It didnt get very far before getting caught on rocks and the boat was simply torn apart. Eight people lost their lives. Around 50 people were rescued, six of those taken to hospital, including a ten month old baby with hypothermia, but the boat was brought back to shore. Really, you couldnt believe so many people had tried to get on board that boat. What was telling was there was actually a childs rubber ring, the type of thing you would use in a swimming pool, that had been given to someone to act as a life jacket. In fact, of the 60 people also on board, only around ten people had life jackets. So what it shows is the smugglers are packing more and more people onto these boats, trying to make more and more profit out of this Human Misery and so you have the authorities here and on the other side of the channel talking about the need to go after those criminal gangs and break them up. I reminder that there is a live Page P I reminder that there is a live page up and running on the Bbc News website, following that story of the apparent second Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump while he was playing golf at his course in florida on sunday. The suspect in this attempt was a pro ukraine activist, according to local reports and us media have said that the person now arrested is 58 year old ryan wesley routh. Stay with us on Bbc News. Hello there. Well, weve seen plenty of sunshine throughout the weekend. Also a few outbreaks of rain for some, but that is the last of the wet weather that well see for quite a few Days yet, because for much of next week, its looking dry and settled. High pressure dominant. More sunshine and it will feel warmer by day and milder by night too. Just watch out for the possibility of some rather murky mornings with Mist And Fog patches developing, especially where the winds stay light. Now heres that area of high Pressure Building in from the southwest. Its centred more or less right over the uk as we head through monday, deflecting these low Pressure Systems out towards the north and the west. Now, as we head into Monday Morning itself, therell be some Mist And Fog, particularly for northwest england, southwest scotland, perhaps, its milder towards the south with that legacy of cloud for a while. Coolest out towards the north and the east, but a whole range of temperatures as we start off the day. Now the mist and the fog will readily lift and clear as we head through the morning, and therell be plenty of sunshine around. Lots of blue skies, High Cloud turning the Sunshine Hazy at times. More of a breeze out towards the far south and the east. We could see one or two very isolated showers for kent, but its still unlikely. More cloud for northern ireland later on through the day and temperatures in the high teens. The low 20s, 21 celsius for parts of central and eastern england, its close to the seasonal average. And then on tuesday, well, we could see any Mist And Fog really across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, down through the east midlands, more of a Northeasterly Wind for east anglia, Southeast England here and a bit more in the way of cloud for north west scotland, but with a south westerly wind blowing, then for parts of the moray firth, the highlands temperatures could reach 21 or 22 celsius. So certainly feeling warm here. Wednesday and thursday, our area of High Pressure starts to meander further northwards and eastwards. Its still dry towards the north. Towards the south well see more of an easterly breeze take hold, but it is going to be feeling warm here again. Theres a more noticeable north easterly blow. Windy through the channel, perhaps, but 24 celsius in Central Southern England and south east england, and again 21 or 22 celsius for those sheltered areas of scotland. So heres the outlook for our capital cities. Then as we head through the week, theres a lot of sunshine around, its dry and its settled. We could potentially see a few showers break out on friday. Bye bye. This is Bbc News, the headlines. A 58 year old man, ryan routh, has been named by us media as the suspect of sunDays apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Donald trump was left unharmed after gunshots were fired on a florida Golf Course where he was playing. The secret Service Agent that was on the course did a fantasticjob. He was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual. The suspect fled but was then arrested after authorites surrounded his vehicle on a highway nearby. The former Bbc News Presenter Huw edwards is due to appear at a Hearing Today after he admitted to making indecent photographs of children. We begin in the us with what the fbi says was an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Golf Course in florida. Mrtrump was unharmed. My Colleague Lucy hockings is in washington with all of the details. The fbi is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination against former president Donald Trump. Shots were fired in his vicinity on his Palm Beach Golf Course in florida, one of his Golf Courses, while playing with a colleague. It is understood secret Service Agents then opened fire on a suspect, who Fled The Scene by car. We have heard from the campaign teaM Of Donald Trump, they released a statement quite quickly, in which the former president said. That comment from Donald Trump. More since then. He has reassured people and told them he will keep fighting. An image of the Moment Security services surrounded the suspect has also been released. He was detained in Martin County by the sheriffs office. He was travelling in a Northbound Area of Interstate 25 following an alert that told officers to be on the lookout for this vehicle seen leaving the Golf Course in Palm Beach county. Us media quickly gave us a name and it is ryan routh. We have some details about him. He is 58 years old and from the state of hawaii. Further things have emerged about him as well. We have been looking into the reports. Looking at Social Media posts showing he was deeply involved in efforts to get foreign fighters into ukraine to battle against the russian army. More details on that on the Bbc News website. The verify team have a post up and running. Lets take you back to what happened on the Golf Course. We have quite an extensive briefing from Security Services. At 1 30pm, a call came out and shots were fired. Because we are in constant contact with them all the time, we were notified of that and had units here that immediately fortunately, we are able to locate a witness that came to us and said, hey, i saw the guy running out of the bushes. He jumped into a black nissan. I took a picture of the vehicle and the tag, which was great. We had that information. It was put out to the Licence Plate readers. We were able to get a hit on that vehicle as it was headed into Martin County. We got a hold of Martin County sheriffs office, alerted them and they spotted the vehicle and pulled over and detained the guy. After that we took the witness that witnessed The Incident, flew him up there and he identified as the person who jumped out of the bushes and into the car. In the bushes where this guy was is an Ak 47 Style Rifle with a scope, two backpacks with Ceramic Tile in them and a go pro he was going to take pictures with those are being processed right now. The secret Service Agent on the course did a fantasticjob. What they do is a at an agent that jumps one how ahead of The One the president is at. He spotted the Rifle Barrel and engaged the individual, at which time the individual took off. That is what we know about the investigation. We have somebody in custody right now. As we usually do, as soon as we decided we would book him into countyjail, we will get those to you and we will get a picture and get you his background. In the past few hours, we have also heard from homeland security, who have sent some images to show they are secret Service Agents and homeland security. They are searching the former home of the man the fbi in charge of the investigation and extensive searches are taking place in north carolina. There has been reaction across the political divide. Kamala harris is saying she is deeply disturbed by the possible Assassination Attempt of the former president and she said as we gather the facts, i will be clear, i condemn political violence. We all must do our part to ensure this incident does not lead to more violence. I am thankful that former President Trump is safe. I commend the us Secret Service and Law Enforcement partners for their vigilance. As President Biden said, our administration will ensure the Secret Service has every Resource Capability and protective measure in order to carry out its critical mission to protect the former president because there had been huge criticisM Of the Secret Service after the first Assassination Attempt this time round widespread praise for their actions, particularly for The One agent he managed to spot the Ak 47 in the bushes and those that apprehended him as well. Lets speak to daniel. It doesnt quite have the emotional have to up their first Assassination Attempt. Donald trump was safe straightaway and quickly moved away from the Golf Course. You get a feeling that people are very sharp here in the us over what has happened. How do you think it will change the campaign . Two months ago, after trump survived the first Attempt Use all the raised you had the famous photo of the raised fist and him yelling fight, fight, fight. That was a strong image showing he was resilient. You do not have an image like this this time. Thankfully, no bullet was taken out from the gunman and he didnt have to go to the hospital, he was rushed back to his resort. Anyone who was sympathetic towards him last time i maybe went to his side probably is already on his side. I dont think he will get a huge bump from this but it is a reminder of how heated the campaign is and how we have a mental Health Crisis in this country that leads to people with a screw loose and are out for blood. Political leaders are all saying they condemn political violence. Another statement from Kamala Harris in the last few hours and President Biden as well. This is the second attempt on Donald Trumps life in the last few months and in a deeply divided country. Could this be the new political reality . The conversation is, are there going to be future attempts . If he loses, how are they going to protect him . He is entitled to some down time. He loves to play golf. It is really hard to protect a Golf Course. I have been to Palm Beach multiple times and seen that Golf Course. Unless they are going to have agent after agent across every Foot Or Yard for that Golf Course, he might be endangered. In danger. You also had to weigh the impact on local residents. Do you shut down that road that is close by when he is golfing or do you try to put more local Law Enforcement there but also, after the election do the temperatures cool down . Do people feel less kind ofjazzed up. Reduce further attempts on political violence. We saw Nancy Pelosis Husband get attacked. Another was shot on a Baseball Field more than a decade ago. Sadly, with america being so divided, this is one of the consequences of that. As always, good to get your thoughts. Thank you very much forjoining us. Lets talk to barry donadio, a former secret Service Agent who worked in the White House protecting other president s. Good to see you. There was so much criticisM Of the Secret Service after that first Assassination Attempt in pennsylvania. They have been widely praised today for their actions. What are your thoughts on how they operated today and their actions . They did exactly what they were supposed to do. They led an Advance Team ahead of the president , detected somebody who was a threat. They engaged that threat and that threat was removed. The president was removed to a safe location, they apprehended the assailant. Kudos to the police and the Secret Service they even did it without hurting the man with the rifle. It is a good day for Law Enforcement, the president and the Secret Service in its entirety. Absolutely. Can you give us some insight of The One agent who was ahead of former President Trump on the Golf Course and spotted what was someone, or the rifle, the Ak 47 in the bushes, what would he have done first . I can reasonably state that if it were me, they would probably act as if i would react. There was probably not any time for the radio. They probably saw the threat, he or she may have given voice commands to drop the rifle. If there was noncompliance, there would have been rounds down range towards that threat. There could have been as many as six shots fired. I am not sure if he was hit or not. At that time, other agents would be calling on the radio to get the president off the Golf Course to a safer location so they did appropriately and exactly what they were supposed to do. We have been hearing about some of the difficulties of protecting President Trump in this country which is so divided at the moment. Even something like a Golf Course like former President Trump likes to go out on. How concerned are you at the moment about the challenge that exists for secret Service Agents on duty protecting him in such a pressurised environment . The secret Service Agents have a tough job on a regular day. Its stressful. No mistakes are allowed. You had to be 100 every single time. As for more security, i would like to see more security and more protection, not only for former President Trump but also President Biden and Kamala Harris as well. They may have to up the level. Right now there is a tense time in the united states, something is going on, someone is attacking this president , President Trump. Whether it is a lone gunman or whether it is fashionable to do it to him, they will have to rise to the occasion. They will need tactical teams out there. Everywhere this man goes from this point on, there will need to be tactical teams sweeping Wood Lines anywhere he goes. It is the state of the world we are in at this time. Until the Threat Level goes down, that is what they will have to do. They will have to find manpower from somewhere or get people who they trust, whether local Law Enforcement swat teams or any element of the special operations division, they will need to be out there and get more resources out there to prevent this. I have a feeling there will be other copycat potential attacks like this. Who knows . In this day and age, it is possible and we have to be ready for it. Our presenter in washington, lucy hockings, spoke tojulie harris, president of the national federation of republican women, who gave us her reaction. From the time i left Daytona Beach until i landed back in dc, there had been this second Assassination Attempt as i was getting on the plane. My plane had been delayed several times, so its a little disconnected from the world, and i had heard that there had been shots fired in the vicinity of the president. But by the time i landed, it was clear that there had been a second Assassination Attempt. Its a tragic day. Its very sad for america. This is not who we are. This is not how we handle our political differences with our opponent. I reject the notion that this is going to become a trend in american politics. It cant become a trend. We stand for democracy. We need to get back to Debating Policy and stop dehumanising one another. The left has called President Trump hitler. They have dehumanised him. They have said hes a threat to democracy. What do you do if you feel like someone is really threatening your freedom . We dont know if these are lone, crazy people or if it is a state sponsored terror of some sort. If its a foreign enemy, a conspiracy, we need the facts. We dont even have all the details from the last assassination. And now we. Assassination attempt. Excuse me. And now we have a second attempt. We need to know what is going on here. We need the parameters around President Trump to be expanded. We need to protect democracy by protecting the president ial candidates. Julie, would you like to see more protection . Now, around the former president. Theres some weeks to go still until the election. And youve also just reflected on how divided this country is and how heated some of the rhetoric is. Do you think he needs further greater protection . Absolutely, absolutely. And as i said, its a part of protecting freedom, the right for these candidates to run for president , to have the differences, to have these debates and not to have Assassination Attempts against them. It is part of protecting freedom to protect President Trump. Ill tell you one thing that this has done here. Excuse me. One of the things that this has done, i was thinking as i was driving from the airport back to home, i was thinking, you know, there will be very few people sleeping during this election. I think were going to see a lot less apathy. Theyre going to choose a side one way or another because we have been woken up in america. We arejust going we are just going to take you to westminster Magistrates Court in london. This is where we are expecting the former Bbc News Presenter Huw edwards to a paper what could be his sentencing after admitting he had in his Possession Child Abuse images. He is due back in court today. This follows a hearing injuly at in court today. This follows a hearing in july at which in court today. This follows a hearing injuly at which Huw Edwards admitted having 41 such images of child abuse, which was sent to hiM On the whatsapp platform. The estimated age of their children and most of the pictures was between 13 and 15 that, in one Comedy Age was between seven and nine. That makes them the most serious types of images of this nature. Huw edwards was one of the bbc� s main presenters and fronted the big News Bulletins of the day and also the british major national events. We will keep an eye on what is happening at westminster Magistrates Court. Around the world and across the uk, this is Bbc News. New Border Controls come into force in Germany Today and will be effective for the next six months. Theyre part of Berlins Response to rising Migration Concerns amid a surge in far right sentiments and recent violent incidents involving asylum seekers. The government has promised to speed up deportations of migrants who have no right to stay in germany. Poland is set to declare a state of Natural Disaster, as extreme flooding extends across parts of central and Eastern Europe and torrential downpours are forecast to continue until at least the end of the day. At least three people have died in poland, 5 have been killed in romania, while in austria, a firefighter died tackling the floods there. Several people remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. Some parts of poland have faced the worst flooding in almost three decades and a bridge collapsed in this historic Polish Town near the czech border. Our correspondent in Prague Rob cameron told me that there is hope there, that rivers have culminated and will not get higher in czechia. Well, as you can probably see, there is still quite a lot of rain in the clouds across this country. There is a sense of cautious optimism that the worst, perhaps, is now behind us. If i just step away, you can see the River Vltava here now in prague. This time yesterday, that river was pretty much half way across that embankment. Now, Itsjust Lapping Over The Edge of it. So there is a sense, at least here in this part of the country, in the capital, prague, and the central bohemian region, that the rivers have culminated. Theyre not going to get any higher. And the flow is beginning now to lessen and beginning to ebb on the other side of the country. However, North Moravia, silesia, the very northeastern part of the country. There the situation is still critical. Rivers there are beginning to fall a little bit, but they are obviously leaving behind them a devastation which is now becoming clear as the clouds part, and the Emergency Services get a better view of what destruction has been wreaked on these towns and villages. Places like krnov, opava, sumperk, hanusovicka these are small towns in the mountains of North Moravia and silesia, many of which were completely cut off by these floods, and they have suffered considerable damage. A number of houses have fallen into the river. About 10,000 people in total have been evacuated, so if there is more Rain Today on monday, then thats obviously bad news for that region, which is onlyjust recovering from this catastrophe. This is the scene live from a Polish City in poland. We have had correspondence keeping an eye on how much higher the river levels might go. We know from the polish Prime Minister speaking at the Weekend Donald Tusk they are about to introduce a state of Natural Disaster, which should mean there is more help triggered from the European Union to help with the scenes of incredible Devastation And Evacuation that we have seen not just in poland, but also in other parts of central europe. One of televisions biggest nights has taken place in los angeles. The 76th Annual Emmy Awards featured some of the biggest stars in television, with the Bear And Shogun and Baby Reindeer all leading the pack with a handful of awards each. The show� s creator and star, scottish comedian richard gadd, won three of the Baby Reindeer� s four awards for acting in, writing and executive producing the show. Presented by Father Son Duo Eugene And Dan levy, the awards were the second emmys to take place this year, after the 2023 awards were postponed due to a writers strike. Entertainmentjournalist Sandro Monetti spoke to me about one of the emmy winners, Baby Reindeer. The greatest power in marketing is word of mouth. As soon as it appeared on netflix, it is the Show Everyone was talking about all over the world. Its so unusual, so different. Richard gadd in his speech said, we are in a Risk Averse Industry at the moment and he was urging the industry to take risks. As i said before, what links these shows that would have been winners tonight, including the bear, hacks and others, no big stars in them. I mean, i looked down at that audience its got meryl streep, robert downeyjunior. These are the kind of people who are nominated, yes, normally winning. But no, its ushering in a whole new generation of talent new faces, diverse faces as well and shows a turn of page for the tv industry. The shanghai Tourism Festival has kicked off with an explosion of colour and culture. Several elaborately designed floats took part in a parade, highlighting the cities most visited locations and iconic landmarks. During the next few Days theres a jam packed schedule of cultural and sporting events, including the highly anticipated first shanghai international light festival. Lets Ta Ke lets take you back to the live scene we are keeping an eye on outside westminster Magistrates Court in london, where we are expecting to see the former Bbc News Presenter Huw edwards arrived, where a sentencing could take place. If it doesnt take Place Today at this Magistrates Court it could be the Chief Magistrate has decided his powers are not great enough and the case needs to be sent up to the Crown Court for further consideration. If Crown Court forfurther consideration. If mr Crown Court for further consideration. If mr edwards does get sentenced today, the maximum he could get from the Magistrates Court is 12 months. We will follow this story throughout the day here on Bbc News. Hello there. Well, weve seen plenty of sunshine throughout the weekend. Also a few outbreaks of rain for some, but that is the last of the wet weather that well see for quite a few Days yet, because for much of next week, its looking dry and settled. High pressure dominant. More sunshine and it will feel warmer by day and milder by night too. Just watch out for the possibility of some rather murky mornings with Mist And Fog patches developing, especially where the winds stay light. Now heres that area of high Pressure Building in from the southwest. Its centred more or less right over the uk as we head through monday, deflecting these low Pressure Systems out towards the north and the west. Now, as we head into Monday Morning itself, therell be some Mist And Fog, particularly for northwest england, southwest scotland, perhaps, its milder towards the south with that legacy of cloud for a while. Coolest out towards the north and the east, but a whole range of temperatures as we start off the day. Now the mist and the fog will readily lift and clear as we head through the morning, and therell be plenty of sunshine around. Lots of blue skies, High Cloud turning the Sunshine Hazy at times. More of a breeze out towards the far south and the east. We could see one or two very isolated showers for kent, but its still unlikely. More cloud for northern ireland later on through the day and temperatures in the high teens. The low 20s, 21 celsius for parts of central and eastern england, its close to the seasonal average. And then on tuesday, well, we could see any Mist And Fog really across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, down through the east midlands, more of a Northeasterly Wind for east anglia, Southeast England here and a bit more in the way of cloud for north west scotland, but with a south westerly wind blowing, then for parts of the moray firth, the highlands temperatures could reach 21 or 22 celsius. So certainly feeling warm here. Wednesday and thursday, our area of High Pressure starts to meander further northwards and eastwards. Its still dry towards the north. Towards the south well see more of an easterly breeze take hold, but it is going to be feeling warm here again. Theres a more noticeable north easterly blow. Windy through the channel, perhaps, but 24 celsius in Central Southern England and south east england, and again 21 or 22 celsius for those sheltered areas of scotland. So heres the outlook for our capital cities. Then as we head through the week, theres a lot of sunshine around, its dry and its settled. We could potentially see a few showers break out on friday. Bye bye. Live from london this is Bbc News. A 58 year old man, ryan routh, has been named by us media as the suspect of sunDays apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Donald trump was left unharmed after gunshots were fired on a florida Golf Course where he was playing. The secret Service Agent that was on the course did a fantasticjob. He was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual. The suspect fled but was then arrested after authorities surrounded his vehicle on a nearby highway. The former Bbc News Presenter Huw edwards is due to appear at a Hearing Today, after he admitted to making indecent photographs of children. Poland declares a state of Natural Disaster as Extreme Flooding Wreaks havoc across central and Eastern Europe. And the epicjapanese tale, shogun, becomes the first foreign Language Tv Series to win the best Drama Award at the emmys. Hello, im kasia madera. A warm welcome to Bbc News. Our Lead Story Today is the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump but before that, we are keeping an eye here on a story in the uk. The former Bbc News Presenter Huw edwards could find out later what hell be sentenced to, after admitting making indecent photographs of children. The 63 year old is due to appearfor a hearing at westminster Magistrates Court today