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56, from the us, from north carolina. This is ryan routh, now 58, speaking two years ago in ukraine where he had volunteered to fight against russia. He is now in custody in florida, after He Alledgedly turned his sights on Donald Trump. Attempted assassination of the former president. Routh was detained on one of the main highway heading out of florida. Pictures taken by a Passing Motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. Routh was driving the black car, seen here on the side of the road. Donald trump was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. 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 Lfl 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. Are sure and you know, thats sur. ,. , you are its just a matter of weeks since the last Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Get down, get down screaming. 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. A after this latest attempt, the former president put out a brief statement. I am safe and well, he said. Nothing will slow me down, i will never surrender. The job done was absolutely outstanding. Im very proud to be an american. Vice president Kamala Harris said, i am deeply disturbed by the possible Assassination Attempt of former president trump. President trump. We all must do our part we all must do our part to ensure that this to ensure that this incident does not lead incident does not lead to more violence. Police have raided ryan routh� s to more violence. Police have raided ryan routh� s home in north carolina. Home in north carolina. My initial goal my initial goal was to come fight. Was to come fight. In previous News Interviews in previous News Interviews and on Social Media, and on Social Media, he urged people to travel he urged people to travel to ukraine to fight to ukraine to fight against russia. Against russia. It is one Potential Line of inquiry that it is one Potential Line of inquiry that may point to a motive. May point to a motive. Donald trump left his Donald Trump left his Golf Course under heavy golf Golf Course under heavy Golf Course under heavy security, course under heavy security, a few hours after the thwarted a few hours after the thwarted attack. There will be questions attack. There will be questions about how a man with a rifle about how a man with a rifle was able to get so close was able to get so close to the former president. To the former president. But Donald Trump has praised the Secret Service but Donald Trump has praised the Secret Service for their response and says for their response and says he will continue to he will continue to campaign this week. Campaign this week. Jon donnison, bbc news. Jon donnison, bbc news. Lets speak to our North America Correspondent lets speak to our North America Correspondent Tom Bateman whos in florida, Tom Bateman whos in florida, outside the Golf Club outside the Golf Club where this incident took place. Where this incident took place. Tom,i. Tom, i dont know whether you are outside the Golf Club or police station. Butjust tell us mac what happened, because the suspect is appeared in court i understand. The suspect is appeared in court i understand. Yes, i am outside the court i understand. Yes, i am outside the Court Court i understand. Yes, i am outside the court where court i understand. Yes, i am outside the court where he i court i understand. Yes, i am. Outside the court where he has just appeared in court. He was leading craft in the Blue Prisonjumpsuit leading craft in the blue Prison Jumpsuit he sat for several minutes with his Defence Attorney and sat smiling and laughing at points during conversations with her. And then, thejudge began this hearing which was relatively short, just about 12 or 13 minutes. A first appearance ahead of pre trial Detention Hearing. That was set for next monday. He was sworn into court, he said to the judge that he understood the charges being read to him and they should charge were unsealed by the magistratejudge. Routh faces two charges read out in court, the first possession of a firearm, by a prohibited person, name of a convicted felon. These were. The second charge, possession of a firearm with Anna Blewett but obliterated serial number. You did enter a plea, that does not enter in the hearing. Also, he was asked questions about his financial situation to determine whether or not he qualified for a Public Defender and during that, we learned more about ryan routh. He was asked questions about how much he and he at about 3000 a month and was then asked whether he had any real Estate Orany whether he had any Real Estate or any money. He said zero fronts. As with the had a dependent, he said he had 25 year old son who occasionally gets his support. Therefore, the Public Defender was granted like a public event was granted to him. The date for a precharge Detention Hearing was set from monday next week and was then led away in handcuffs where he will remain in detention here until that hearing next week. Thank ou ve that hearing next week. Thank you very much that hearing next week. Thank you very much a that hearing next week. Thank you very much a hit that hearing next week. Thank you very much a hit that hearing next week. Thank you very much a hit but you very much a hit but thank you very much indeed. Lets Speak Tojennifer Nadel whos co director of compassionate politics. Without discussing the details of this particular case, ijust wondered what you make of the fact that we have announced to it out of Donald Trumps life. Of course, the discussion of course, the discussion around this is a growing court have threatened to shut down twitter 0 number of increase in the number of politicians are being attacked and in germany, overfive year period, we saw a 10,000 attacks. So this is a growing attacks. So this is a growing Problem Notjust for the west, Problem Notjust for the west, but all over The World. Hour but all over The World. Hour but all over The World. How much is but all over The World. How much is said but all over The World. How much is said to but all over The World. How much is but all over The World. How much is said but all over The World. How much is said to but all over The World. 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Social media is a huge | problem because of course, life. Social media is a huge problem because of course, that is where the violent rhetoric life. Social media is a huge problem because of life. Social media is a huge | problem because of course, life. Social media is a huge problem because of course, that is where the violent Rhetoric And Hate speech is propagated. And Hate Speech is propagated. But it cannot be seen in but it cannot be seen in isolation for the language that isolation for the language that some political leaders are some political leaders are using. Of course, we saw after using. Of course, we saw after the first Assassination Attempt the first Assassination Attempt in the united states, trump in the united states, trump fight, fight, fight and those fight, fight, fight and those kind of attitudes or cause to kind of attitudes or cause to some sort of violent response some sort of violent response are then taken and amplified on are then taken and amplified on Social Media. We have seen some Social Media. We have seen some interesting developments. Of interesting developments. Of course, there was a legal course, there was a legal ruling in brazil where the court have threatened to shut down twitter or � appearing to Action Fear of appearing to restrict Free Speech. According the freedom to spread intimidation is not Free Speech Speech Intimidation is not Free Speech intimidation is not Free Speech in actuality an environment intimidation is not Free Speech in actuality an environment where many more moderate voices where many more moderate voices are frightened of using their are frightened of using their voice at all. So, i think voice at all. So, i think governments are going to have governments are going to have to get to grips with this new to get to grips with this new form of information in this Way Form of information in this way that they had to start a that they had to start a regulation on Television And Regulation on Television And Radio when they are first radio when they are first invented. Theyre going to have invented. Theyre going to have to be much tougher and prepared to be much tougher and prepared to be much tougher and prepared to stand up to the big to be much tougher and prepared to stand up to the big and news app, with the very companies, because their impact companies, because their impact on democracy cannot be on democracy cannot be overestimated. We have seen a overestimated. We have seen a loss of faith is democracy, was loss of faith is democracy, was seen a turning towards seen a turning towards autocratic leadership we autocratic leadership we have seen a turning towards have seen a turning towards autocratic leadership. Irate have seen a turning towards autocratic leadership. Irate have seen a turning towards autocratic leadership. We risk autocratic leadership. We risk Turninu Turninu autocratic leadership. We risk turning away autocratic leadership. We risk turning away from autocratic leadership. We risk| turning away from democracy. 0bviously, Social Media autocratic leadership. We risk turning away autocratic leadership. We risk turning away from autocratic leadership. We risk| turning away from democracy. 0bviously, Social Media companies do have a different companies do have a different take on that concerning freedom take on that concerning freedom of speech and expression. But of speech and expression. But many thanks indeed. Many thanks indeed. And a reminder you can find and a reminder you can find out more on our live out more on our live page on the bbc website, page on the bbc website, and news app, with the very latest updates from the united states on the apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Around The World and across, this is bbc news. Released moments after he was sentenced, a Far Cry from the polished and highly respected Bbc Newsreader he once was. You might earlier, might he arrived at court to face his sentence. Earlier, he arrived at court to face his sentence. No answer, as he went in to questions about whether he wanted to apologise for his crimes in court, though through his lawyer he did say sorry for what he said were truly repugnant images and the hurt done. He listened as the prosecutor laid out the distressing details. Huw edwards was sent hundreds of images by another man. 41 of them were indecent images of children. On one occasion, the man asked if Hugh Edwards wanted more images of young people. He replied go on. Another time he said, amazing. Tonight at ten thousands of police officers. Up until last year, Hugh Edwards was the most high profile newsreader. He presented the 10 00 news as well as election and royal coverage. Bbc television is broadcasting this special programme reporting the death of Her Majesty the queen. Huw edwards was suspended from the bbc lastjuly. The sun had published a story about sordid images being bought by an unnamed Tv Presenter from a young person. He was later named as that presenter. Huw edwards was then arrested over the possession of other images unrelated to the original allegations. In april, he resigned from the bbc. Two months later, he was charged with making indecent images of children. Then injuly, Huw Edwards appeared in court and pleaded guilty. Good evening. The victims of Hugh Edwards crimes were children. Behind every image is a vulnerable child that has been violated, that has been subject to abuse. And the continuing sort of distribution of those images only goes to service that demand. Huw edwards has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years. Its a huge fall from grace for a man who was described by the Chief Magistrate as perhaps the most recognised newsreader in the uk. Huw edwards was also told it wasnt an exaggeration to say his reputation was in tatters. The bbc said it was appalled by his crimes and that he had betrayed notjust the corporation, but audiences who put their trust in him. Helena wilkinson, bbc news. pres let� s speak to Dan Sexton from the internet watch foundation, an organisation that works to stop child Sexual Abuse online. Ifi if i may ask for your reaction people how serious this is and hopefully, it will be a deterrent to others. The Sentence Deterrent to others. The Sentence And Deterrent to others. The sentence and is deterrent to others. The sentence and is part deterrent to others. The sentence and is part of. Deterrent to others. Tie sentence and is part of that. I think a big concern is what is going to happen to prevent this crime from occurring again on The Clutch was. The clutch was. And can you ust tell The Clutch was. And can you just tell us The Clutch was. And can you just tell us about The Clutch was. And can you just tell us about your The Clutch was. And can you | just tell us about your work, what you do to try and help children just arent just what you do to try and help children just arentjust up children just arent just up this children just arentjust up this online abuse. 50 children just arent ust up this online abuse. This online abuse. So the charity i this online abuse. So the charity i work this online abuse. So the charity i work for, this online abuse. So the charity i work for, our. This online abuse. So the charity i work for, our working is abiding, assessing and removing images of child Sexual Abuse of the internet. That is what we do. We cantjust keep finding them and removing them. What we need is scalable technical solutions that prevent them from being uploaded and shared. What we do when you find imagery, we turned into these hash numbers, fingerprints so that they can stop being shed. 0ur Frustration that they are not annuity technology. There are a function that has been available for more than a decade and we have 2. 6 million unique hashes. 2. 6 images and videos of children being sexually abused. I dont know the if there images, i dont know if we have seen those particular image is a images that they should be distributed on internet once we know about them. ~. , on internet once we know about them. , on internet once we know about them. ~. ,. , them. Which companies, is a that can stop them. Which companies, is a that can stop it . Them. Which companies, is a that can stop it . It them. Which companies, is a that can stop it . It is them. Which companies, is a that can stop it . It is both i that can stop it . It is both reall. That can stop it . It is both really the that can stop it . It is both really. The ability that can stop it . It is both really. The ability to that can stop it . It is both really. The ability to stop| that can stop it . It is bothl really. The ability to stop it is industry. The internet is a private enterprise itself. It is not run by the government. What you see on the government are images created, may be on a smartphone or typically, where images are created nowadays and it flows from different parts of the internet until it ends up of the internet until it ends up in places that we find like forms, Duck Websites and other places that people go to exchange imagery. There is an opportunity there to stop it and if you stop it was, you can stop it everywhere. We should get to a point with the where we know about his images, whether it is because children themselves are reporting them to us, people that we work with such a childminder and the nspcc, they should not be distributed anywhere on the internet. That is where our governments come on, it is about regulation, it is talking ensuring that governments do it. It is a choice. You can choose to stop style sexual images be upgraded to a platform and you can choose not to. 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We can start to event were prevented from happening in the first place. What we do see and one of the barriers that the internet has removed, it is no longer restricted to just contacts, it is no longer restricted to those who can access. It has enabled every child with the internet enabled Camera Device to be access, to be spoken to be groomed all over The World. It is all about the lack of barriers on the internet and its me that we open up everyone and children are going straight into these are the internet where it isntjust not state say for them. It is some of the worst consequences of his team. The lasting consequences which it is the Grooming And Coercion of images of child Sexual Abuse. Coercion of images of child Sexual Abuse. Many thanks indeed for Sexual Abuse. Many thanks indeed for speaking Sexual Abuse. Many thanks indeed for speaking to Sexual Abuse. Many thanks indeed for speaking to us. | the british prime minister, sir Keir Starmer, and his italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, have agreed to intensify efforts to combat human trafficking, at a meeting in rome. The two leaders met to discuss why italy has seen a reduction in migrants crossing the mediterranean. Both politicians have made tackling migration a top priority. Italys strategy includes working with Transit Countries in north africa, and sending Asylum Seekers to albania to have their asylum claims assessed. But some of Ms Melonis policies have been sharply criticised by Human Rights groups. Ms meloni dismissed suggestions that sending migrants to albania was a breach of their Human Rights. Dont know what Human Rights i will explain that the jurisdiction of the centres in albania is italian and European Jurisdictions. So either that you believe that European Jurisdiction violates the Human Rights of migrants or i dont know, these accusations i think are completely groundless. What we have done in albania means that these migrants will enjoy exactly the same rights and will have the same treatment that they would have had in lampedusa, for instance, or any other hotspot here in italy. But this will happen in a territory that is not physically located in italy. Keir starmer said that the uk would share intelligence with italy in an attempt to stop people smuggling, and congratulated Ms Meloni on her success. Youve made remarkable progress working with countries along Migration Routes as equals, to address the drivers of migration at source and to tackle the gangs, and as a result, irregular arrivals to italy by sea are down 60 since 2022. A so im pleased that were deepening our cooperation here, led on the Uk Side by our new border security commander, who has been with me today here in italy at the Coordination Centre this morning to share intelligence, share tactics, shut down Smuggler Routes and smash the gangs. 0ur southern Europe Correspondent Mark lowen is in rome and gave us his analysis. Did not have a key announcement about something new. More sense that Keir Starmer about something new. More sense that Keir Starmer is about something new. More sense that Keir Starmer is looking that Keir Starmer is looking very carefully about italy is doing in the deal in albania. The Migrant Centre is built in albania to house migrants are being picked up in international waters, very different from a deal been classed as a gimmick, the britain rwanda agreement. This is where britain would have said Asylum Seekers to rwanda. Underthe have said Asylum Seekers to rwanda. Under the agreement that has now been ditched, they would have applied for asylum in rwanda and they would have run the camps being held. In the italian, albanian deal, it is italy running the deals and the migrants would be applying for asylum in italy. That is why maloney Giorgia Meloni was defined in this Migrant Centres. The Albania Centre has made it clear that this is a dealjust made it clear that this is a deal just with made it clear that this is a dealjust with italy made it clear that this is a deal just with italy which made it clear that this is a dealjust with italy which is albanias closest ally in europe and then, also that they would, the two governments would, the two governments would be cooperating more closely in terms of sharing Intelligence And Law Enforcement Information to crack the smuggling gangs. Keir starmer was clear in his praise for italy in the work that they were doing in it in his words to upstream from where the migrants were coming from tunisia and libya. But once again, then an controversy in those deals as well because italy has been given a lot of money to a teenager while tunisia had a clamping down on democracy. It has amounted to bankrolling dictators, some of the words of theirs in the european parliament. A public hearing into last years Titan Submersible Disaster is has begun today and will run a for two weeks. The sub, owned by the us company 0ceangate, was taking five passengers to the wreck of the titanic when it imploded. The us coastguard will look into what went wrong and whether the accident could have been prevented. You can watch the live stream of the hearing on bbc iplayer. Stay with us here on bbc news. What of course on the website. We are back very soon. This is bbc news. Hello there. After last week, which brought us a real autumn chill, the weather this week is set to feel very different. Its going to be warm out there, largely dry, some spells of sunshine. 0n the Satellite Picture we can see this swirl of cloud. That is storm boris, which has been bringing huge amounts of rain and significant flooding, as you have seen, across Central Parts of europe. 0verhead across the uk, largely clear skies because here we have an area of High Pressure and this really is going to be with us through the next few days, keeping things largely dry. More cloud up towards the North West of scotland. Maybe the Odd Spot of rain here. We could just see the odd Light Shower across the South West of england, but otherwise its fine and dry, spells of sunshine. That sunshine a little bit hazy here and there. Temperatures generally between 15 and 21 degrees. It is going to turn a little bit chilly overnight tonight where we see clear skies and fog could again be an issue across parts of East Wales into the midlands, perhaps parts of north east england, as well. A bit Breezy Down to the South East and to the North West, that will hold the temperatures up, but across the Central Parts of the uk with light winds it is going to be a chilly night. A chilly start to tuesday. Some early fog, that should clear, and then for most we will see some spells of sunshine. Still a fair amount of cloud across the north of scotland, particularly across the northern isles. It will be turning really quite Breezy Down towards the South East, maybe even just the odd Light Shower across parts of kent and sussex. Temperature wise, though, those temperatures starting to climb, the high teens, low 20s for many. Parts of Northern Scotland could get to 23 degrees. 0ur Area of High Pressure will tend to move a little bit further northwards for the middle of the week. That will help to push the cloud away from Northern Scotland, so more sunshine here as we go through the day on wednesday. Elsewhere, perhaps a bit of fog first thing, some patches of cloud, but some good spells of sunshine. Still quite Breezy Down towards the south and the South East. In spite of that, 2a degrees in london. Northern scotland still doing pretty well at around 23. As we head towards the weekend it does look like our area of High Pressure will slowly retreat northwards and this low to the south will start to have a bit more of an influence. That does introduce the increasing chance of some heavy, thundery downpours, particularly across england and wales. Northern ireland and scotland largely dry, but turning a little cooler. Succession in real Life Rupert Murdochs Family begin a Court Battle over who will control the billionaires Media Empire after his death. Tiktok in the dock. The social Media Giant begins its legal fight for survival in the us. Also coming up indias media mega merger. The 8. 5 billion Dollar Deal set to transform one of The Worlds biggest and fastest growing entertainment markets. Welcome to business today. We start with this man hes 93 and controls one of The Worlds most powerful news media organisations. He is, of course, rupert murdoch. But what happens to it after his death . His empire includes fox news, The Sun and times newspapers here in the uk and the wall streetjournal. Today hes in court facing members of his family who are battling over the future of a Family Trust that controls the business. Fans of the Tv Drama Succession may be detecting a few parallels here. Ritika gupta, our North America Business correspondent, is following the story. Just explain this is happening. Crucially, what it could mean. It really is like a scene out of that tv show. As you mentioned there. A Court Battle to determine the future of rupert murdochs global empire. A Family Trust. At the heart of