The gunman, who was on a nearby roof, killed a spectator and wounded two others before being shot dead by snipers. And as you can see, security agents rushed to protect the former us president and hurried him offstage with blood on his face. He could be heard asking for his shoes before being led off the stage. He was also seen from this moment, which you will see shortly, realising he had to communicate to the audience, he lifted his arm in the audience, he lifted his arm in the air and started pumping his fist. But essentially, the security service lifted their arms to form a chord in trump. He is shouting fight, fight, fight. He was rushed off in a motorcade and taken to hospital, later he went on to travel back home to new york. In a social media post, mr trump said a bullet had pierced his right ear. He is now in newjersey, where he plans to spend the night at his private golf club. So this is what we know about what happened. Just to confirm, that assassination attempt was confir
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are disability consultant and comedy producer simon minty, and annabel denham, director of communications at the institute of economic affairs. Lovely to see you both, before our chats, let s take the viewers to some of those front page beginning with the times, which says the uk is seeing a sustained fall in reported coronavirus cases outside of lockdown for the first time since the pandemic began. The daily express also reflects on covid infections falling for the fifth day in a row, raisinghopes that the third wave has peaked. Meanwhile, the guardian features a picture of britain s first medallist at the tokyo olympics chelsie giles and carries a warning from doctors that increasing numbers of young people with coronavirus are being admitted to hospital. And. We are going to turn to the daily telegraph says union leaders are challenging government plans to end the pingdemic in a
Quarantine on return from and the list countries. Back in business, hard hit firms hope the end of restrictions will lead to recovery although they now face stuff having to self isolate. We will find out shortly whether the government will aim to vaccinate children. And which young people it would prioritise as parliament is updated on that in the next few minutes. Not everyone is celebrating today. We speak to people who are immunosuppressed. About how they view what some are calling freedom day. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. We ll bring you the latest news briefing at 5 o clock led by borisjohnson, who is in isolation. The majority of legal covid restrictions have been lifted in england, including an end to social distancing rules. There are now no limits on how many people can meet and face coverings are no longer required by law. In scotland, the rules are also changing, with looser limits on indoor gatherings, but masks will remain compulsory in shops and on
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of millions ofjews began in eastern europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My guest today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, jonas noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps family loyalty? silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. Let s begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather who, of course, was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. So, why did you go so deep into his life? i kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story from my moth
Now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of millions ofjews began in eastern europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My guest today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, jonas noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps family loyalty? silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. Let s begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather who, of course, was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 19117. So, why did you go so deep into his life? i kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the sto