2 hours ago By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear.The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the…
By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear. The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man suspected…
By Barbara Plett Usher, BBC Africa correspondent, Nairobi In Kenya, the youth protests against planned tax increases have served as a wake-up call for the Church. They’ve shaken up a powerful institution, in a country where more than 80% of the population, including the president, are Christian. The young demonstrators accused the Church of siding with the…
Footage showed him grimace and raise a hand to his right ear, before ducking as sharp cracks – a series of shots – broke out. He was quickly swarmed by US Secret Service agents and dragged off stage to a waiting vehicle. He raised a fist as he was bundled into the car. In a…
By Sarah Smith, North America Editor The extraordinary images of a defiant Donald Trump pumping his fist in the air, with blood on his face, being rushed off the stage by the Secret Service are not just history-making – they may well alter the course of November’s presidential election. This shocking act of political violence will inevitably…
