Happening now, Breaking News, President Biden is set to address the nation tonight. From the Oval Office following the attempted assassination some of his political rival Donald Trump, were following all the latest developments in this truly historic moment in American History. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer in washington. This Special Edition of the situation the fbi is now saying Yesterdays Attempt to shoot Donald Trump is being investigated. That only as an attempted assassination. But as a potential act of domestic terrorism. They say the shooter, timothy matthew crooks, acted alone and had no known ideology. Meantime, the u. S. Secret service says, it is fully prepared to maintain security at the Republican Good National Convention in milwaukee and has no need to change its protocols in the wake of the attack. Just ahead of his planned Oval Office address, President Biden spoke of making a personal call to former President Tr
Along, its more mismanagement of the Covid Recovery by theJohnson Government and sadly it has created unnecessary Disruption And Stress for hundreds of thousands of british families. Are you one of the thousands of britons currently in portugal or have you booked a holiday, and are unsure what this decision means for your travel plans this summer . Atjust after half past nine, well try to answer as many of your questions as we can with two travel experts, so send your questions me on Twitter Annita Mcveigh and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. Large crowds will be allowed to gather at organised outdoor events in wales from monday, as part of the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions. A leading Hong Kong pro Democracy Activist is detained by police as authorities ban a vigil to mark the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. And coming up nearly a year on from it being toppled and dumped in bristol harbour, the statue of the Slave Trader Edward colston Goes On Public Display
in kansas, but half a world away in ukraine where russian soldiers are continuing to pound the donbas region aided by russian airstrikes. we ve seen better than a thousand airstrikes a day on the part of the russians, and that is well beyond what s going on in the donbas region. let s go to matt finn with the latest. matt. reporter: and, neil, a senior u.s. defense official says russia s latest offensive is going slower than planned. ukrainian forces are pushing back, they are fighting off russia s attempts to gain the donbas region and the south eastern portion of this country, that area it wants so badly. when russian forces retreat from a city or region, we are able to get a look at the atrocities and the catastrophic devastation left behind. so often residential neighborhoods and communities. take a look at this new video showing the extent of the damage in the town of irpin near kyiv. it was the scene of intense fighting last month. russian forces have since withdrawn.
iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
for the first time since he disappeared from the public eye, we re hearing from the leader of the russian insurrection, yevgeny prigozhin in his own words on why he suddenly stopped his advance on moscow. we re set to hear from russian president vladimir putin addressing his country any minute now. here in the u.s., the state department says perhaps in diplomatic understatement it remains a, quote, dynamic situation in russia. the state department also makes it clear the west, the u.s., have no role in the rebellion, what this could mean for the war in ukraine. plus, investigators recovering debris from the titan submersible disaster. and analyzing voice recordings from the sub s mother ship as the coast guard tries to determine if any laws may have been broken. we re following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we don t know how this is going to end. that is the message from the white house after vladimir putin