In germany, the Centre Left social Democrat Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz narrowly fends off an electoral challenge in the eastern state of brandenburg by the far right afd which had been ahead in Opinion Polls before the vote. Sri lankas president ial election has been won in a political shift for the nation. The election on saturday was the first to be held since mass protests unseated the Countrys Leader in 2022. Ill a full bulletin at nine oclock. Now on bbc news, its time for americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency. It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because, in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also in a kind of undermining of democracy sense, as well, that the whole natio
Of all, with their open borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. Americans deserve a campaign based on the issues. We try and keep it on the issues, and god has now spared my life. It must have been god. Not once, but twice. And there are those that say he did it because trump is going to turn this state around. He s going to turn this country around. He s going to make america great again, and maybe. So how does america protect its presidential candidates? welcome to americast. Hello, it sjustin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. I thought we d decided that wasn t funny any more. It s sarah here and i m in springfield, ohio. And it s marianna, aka misinformation. Also in london, also in what we are still very boringly calling the worldwide headquarters of americast. Ok, it s not funny, but we re doing it all the same, and there s quite a lot that falls into that category. Anywa
Now on bbc news, americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency . It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also on a kind of undermining of Democracy Sense as well, that the whole nation feels itself to be unsafe and unable to be properly democratic. Donald trump has been talking about the second attempt on his life and using it, its fair to say, for his own political gain. Theyre doing things in politics that have never been done before in the history of our country, and worst of all, with their Open Borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. I americans deserve a campai
Encountered that night. Scared. How many times did they come talk to you . 30 plus. Two tantalizing clues, a hand a print. The subject had blood on their hand. And a trail on twitter. Incredibly powerful. You can almost see this happening in realtime. Could she help solve her own mystery . Shes fighting him off. It was so emotional. I wanted to jump out of my seat. Never in a million years would you expect Something Like that. On long island, the fancy cars and the elites of the hamptons is a blue collar beach town some call the poor mans paradise. But life was rich for these brothers and sisters in mastic, new york, filled with the love of a large tightknit family. All that was taken away one warm evening when evil rolled in with the summer tide. Their youngest sister was missing. We just want you to come home safely. And for better or worse, this family would go to extraordinary lengths to find her. Were going to scour those woods right now. We were our own investigators. Heres me an
agenda. back here at home, dive teams are trying to rescue people after torrential downpours in the northeast. the flooding turning deadly in new york. and more cases of malaria are being found in the united states. what you need to know to stay safe. we begin with breaking news from russia where there is a surprising twist related to last month s failed uprising. the kremlin says russia s vladimir putin met with the head of the wagner group and its top commanders just five days after the attempted rebellion, but the whereabouts of the wagner group s leader are still unclear. this comes as president biden makes his way to lithuania for a hike-stakes nato summit where the war in ukraine will be high on the agenda. but the president says ukraine will not become a nato member state, at least not for now. i don t think it s ready for membership in nato. i don t think there is unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment i