poland declares a state of natural disaster — as extreme flooding wreaks havoc across central and eastern europe. and the epicjapanese tale, shogun, becomes the first foreign language tv series to win the best drama award at the emmys. hello, i'm kasia madera. a warm welcome to bbc news. our lead story today is the assassination attempt on donald trump but before that, we are keeping an eye here on a story in the uk. the former bbc news presenter huw edwards could find out later what he'll be sentenced to, after admitting making indecent photographs of children. the 63—year—old is due to appearfor a hearing

at westminster magistrates�* court today. this is the scene there live — we're going to leave the live pictures on the side of your screen, so we won't miss his arrival. it's not certain he will be sentenced today. the chief magistrate may decide he doesn't have sufficient sentencing powers and could send the case up to a crown court. so we are continuing to monitor that live scene there at westminster magistrates�* court, where we are expecting the 63—year—old to appear for that hearing. we will continue to monitor that on the side of your screen. monitor that on the side of yourscreen. but monitor that on the side of your screen. but now, to our other main story today. donald trump has said he is safe and well, after what the fbi described as a second apparent assassination attempt against him. a secret service agent spotted an assault rifle poking out of bushes on the former president�*s florida golf course within several hundred metres of where he was playing.

the agent opened fire. the suspect, who fled in a car, was later arrested. police have searched his home in north carolina. joe biden and his vice president, kamala harris, both expressed relief that mr trump had not been hurt. security had been tightened around the republican presidential election candidate after an assassination attempt in july. graham satchell begins our coverage. it's blocked. they blocked it off. the i—95 in florida, and pictures taken by a passing motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. law enforcement officers have just detained a man suspected of attempting to assassinate donald trump. he was driving the black car seen here at the side of the road. the former president was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. a secret service agent had spotted a rifle being pointed from bushes at the edge of the course. 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 47 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. and, you know, that's a little bit old, that chart... - it is just a matter of weeks since the last assassination attempt on donald trump happened. gunfire. 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. after this latest attempt, the former president put out a brief statement.

"there were gunshots in my vicinity," he said, "but before rumours start spiralling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first. i am safe and well. nothing will slow me down. i will never surrender." vice president kamala harris said, "i�*ve been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former president trump and his property in florida. i am glad he is safe. violence has no place in america." police have now raided the former home of the suspect in this case. he�*s been named by american media as 58—year—old ryan routh. on social media, routh claims to have fought against russian forces in ukraine. donald trump left his golf course under heavy security a few hours after the thwarted attack. there will be questions about how a man with a rifle was able to get so close to the former president, but donald trump has praised the secret service for their response and

says he will continue to campaign this week. graham satchell, bbc news. tom bateman is outside the golf course where it took place and gave us this update.— gave us this update. over the cominu gave us this update. over the coming hours. _ gave us this update. over the coming hours, there - gave us this update. over the coming hours, there will- gave us this update. over the coming hours, there will be i coming hours, there will be much focus on the suspect, named by us media as ryan wesley routh, a 58—year—old former construction worker from north carolina. what the police have said is that the suspect was apprehended around a0 miles north of here in a vehicle that they had traced from the scene here, a black nissan, they said, spotted by an eyewitness, that was then stopped by the local sheriff north of here on the interstate highway. the suspect was apprehended and the vehicle then searched. the suspect is now being held... irate suspect is now being held... we are 'ust suspect is now being held... we are just coming out of that report by tom bateman because we are now monitoring that live shotin we are now monitoring that live shot in central london, where

huw edwards, the former bbc news presenter, hasjust walked into westminster magistrates�* court where he is... he will be sentenced a little earlier today after admitting making indecent photographs of children. a large media presence there as we monitored former bbc news presenter huw edwards returning back to court, where he could be sentenced for child abuse offences. we have our correspondent there who is monitoring this for us but we will get an update from here as and when she is ready. just to let you know that former bbc news presenter huw edwards is backin news presenter huw edwards is back in court, he hasjust walked into westminster magistrates�* court here in central london. injuly, huw edwards admitted having a1 images that were sent to him on whatsapp and he hasjust

arrived at westminster magistrates�* court for his sentencing here. it is due to begin at10.00 sentencing here. it is due to begin at 10.00 local time, so just under an hour�*s time. that is when we are expecting that sentencing hearing to begin. and from reporters on the ground, they describe that huw edwards nodded but that he stayed silent as he walked through that large gathering of photographers and journalists that you can see live just outside westminster magistrates�* court in central london, as we are just waiting for that hearing, that sentencing hearing to begin in just under an hour�*s time. he could be sentenced for those child images a little later on. just to remind you of the

background of this, injuly, huw edwards admitted having a1 images which were sent to him on whatsapp. just to warn viewers... the estimated image of the children in most of the pictures was between the age of 13 and 15 years of age but one of those images, one of those a1 such images, the child was aged between seven and nine. for our international audiences, to last year, huw edwards is one of the main presenters on the bbc network�* coverage, bbc 0ne�*s news at ten and coverage of major national events. just to bring viewers who arejoining us up to date, huw edwards has now arrived at westminster magistrates�* court and that is the image we are watching live now. he is there

for the sentencing hearing, which will begin at 10.00 local time, in around 50 minutes�* time. from those on the ground who were there, and you can see the large media presence, photographers and journalists, huw edwards nodded but stayed silent as he walked through that large gathering of journalists on the ground. the voices you are hearing, we are trying to get communications with colleagues on the ground. sima kotecha is monitoring this. but i think important just to say that whatever happens today, that this has been described as a really big fall from grace for huw edwards, who was one of the most familiar and respected faces on british television. so a little bit of context, especially for our international audience.

especially for our internationalaudience. i especially for our international audience. i am being told we can cross over to westminster magistrates�* court to speak to my colleague sima kotecha, who was there when huw edwards made that entrance. just talk us through what we can expect today when that sentencing hearing starts in around 50 minutes�* time, sima. just moments ago, huw edwards made himself into court. he came out of a black london taxi. he had a wheelie bag he was dragging along through the glass doors behind me. he was flanked by police and people who looked like members of his legal team. who looked like members of his legalteam. he who looked like members of his legal team. he could be sentenced today after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children but there is a possibility that the magistrate sends the case to the crown court, if he feels he has insufficient sentencing powers. huw edwards were sent hundreds

of explicit images over a 16 month period. a1 of those images involved children, seven were said to be of a very extreme sexual nature. injuly when he pleaded guilty, his barrister told the court, mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought similar images from anywhere else. we also heard that he had both mental and physical problems. the prosecution asked the court then whether it might consider a suspended sentence, but prison is a possibility according to sentencing guidelines. but there are other possibilities, such as a community order or he might be sent on a sex offender programme. as i said, he arrived just minutes ago. he was wearing a navy blue jumper. he smiled at the media scrum that was surrounding him and as i said, it is about to start in the next 50 minutes or so. i

think that is a time, yes, around 10am. we should know quite quickly whether the sentencing is going to take place today once it has started. place today once it has started-— place today once it has started. �* ,, ., , , started. and, sima, i guess it is worth reminding _ started. and, sima, i guess it is worth reminding our - started. and, sima, i guess it| is worth reminding our viewers as to what he had admitted to, just putting it into context, because there are victims at the heart of this. yes, absolutely. he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. a man called alex williams, a convicted paedophile, sent him those images on whatsapp. he received images on whatsapp. he received a 12 month suspended sentence a 12 month suspended for doing that. as i said, images on whatsapp. he received a 12 mon that. pended images on whatsapp. he received a 12 mon that. as |ded images on whatsapp. he received a 12 mon that. as iied those images, seven of them images on whatsapp. he received a 12 mon that. as i said, for doing that. as i said, those images, seven of them were of an extreme sexual were of an extreme sexual nature involving a child nature involving a child between the ages of seven and between the ages of seven and nine. so these are serious nine. so these are serious offences. i think what we will offences. i think what we will hearin offences. i think what we will hear in court today for hearin offences. i think what we will hear in court today for sentencing if it takes place sentencing if it takes place there is some mitigating there is some mitigating

factors. the magistrate said in factors. the magistrate said in july he wanted to hear more july he wanted to hear more about huw edwards�* health, his about huw edwards�* health, his motivation, more about huw motivation, more about huw edwards the person. i think his edwards the person. i think his barristers will be keen to get barristers will be keen to get that across. any remorse, for that across. any remorse, for example, if he is feeling any, example, if he is feeling any, in order to lessen the in order to lessen the sentence. but like i said, sentence. but like i said, prison is a possibility and as prison is a possibility and as he was going into court, he had he was going into court, he had a wheelie bag with him, an a wheelie bag with him, an overnight bag that he dragged overnight bag that he dragged along with him as he went along with him as he went through the glass doors behind through the glass behind through the glass doors behind me. ,, ., ., ~ i. me. ,, ., ., ~ i. through the glass doors behind me. ,, ., ., ~ ., me. ok, sima, thank you for brinuain me. ok, sima, thank you for bringing us — through the glass doors behind me. ,, ., ., ~ ., me. ok, sima, thank you for brinuain me. ok, sima, thank you for bringing us — me. ok, sima, thank you for bringing us up-to-date - me. ok, sima, thank you for bringing us up-to-date on i me. ok, sima, thank you forl bringing us up-to-date on the bringing us up—to—date on the latest there as we continue to me. ok, sima, thank you for bringing us up-to-date - me. ok, sima, thank you for bringing us up-to-date on i me. ok, sima, thank you forl bringing us up-to-date on the we continue to monitor those images. that was latest there as we continue to monitor those images. a view moments ago, that was latest there as we continue to monitl moments iages. latest there as we continue to monitl moments ago, . latest there as we continue to monitl moments ago, that was huw edwards arriving at court, a view moments ago, that was huw edwards westminster magistrates�* court. sima kotecha live on the ground a view moments ago, that was huw kotecha live on the ground saying he was arriving for his sima kotecha live on the ground saying he was arriving for his sentencing hearing, due to sentencing hearing, due to begin at10am. in begin at10am. in sentencing hearing, due to begin at 10am. in a5 minutes�* sentencing hearing, due to begin at 10am. in a5 minutes�* time. we will bring you, as and time. we will bring you, as and

when we when we get that sentencing decision, live to you and you can see lots of media interest and our correspondence sima kotecha is monitoring that for us and we�*ll bring us up up as and when we get any more details. now let�*s go back to our other big story here today. what happened in the united states dominating coverage of course in the us, the second apparent assassination attempt on president trump. 0f apparent assassination attempt on president trump. of course it is something that we have lots more live on our website that we are going to speak now to... dr lindsay newman, is a geopolitical risk expert and columnist for the news website, gzero media. a second apparent assassination attempt. initially, your reaction, given to what has happened. former president donald trump saying he is safe, categorically wanting to get that message out there. thank ou for

that message out there. thank you for having _ that message out there. thank you for having me _ that message out there. thank you for having me on. -

that message out there. thank you for t riseg me on. - that message out there. thank you for t rise in ne on. - seeing a rise in radicalisation, radicalisation of movement from the centre to the polls, shifting attitudes and action. for the us, this is driven by the hyper polarise moment, the hyper polarised era we find ourselves in the us, where party identification is the main fault line, a major fault line. we know that if you are a democrat, you don�*t see eye to eye with republicans and if you are a republican, you don�*t see eye to eye with democrats. that is driving this movement out to the polls and as we saw in the incident yesterday, as we saw in the incident injuly, the risk of political violence is very high. we know that both president biden and vice president biden and vice president harris sent out statements disavowing little violence in saying there is no place for violence in america and yet here we are and we have to continue to watch this trend line all the way up to november the vet and after.— the vet and after. indeed, of course. the vet and after. indeed, of course- just _ the vet and after. indeed, of course. just in _ the vet and after. indeed, of course. just in terms - the vet and after. indeed, of course. just in terms of- course. just in terms of bringing that rhetoric, coming

it down, where does the responsibility lie, is it for the candidates or the rest of the candidates or the rest of the media? how do you get that balance? ~ . ., , balance? what we have seen overnight _ balance? what we have seen overnight is _ balance? what we have seen overnight is that _ balance? what we have seen overnight is that trump - balance? what we have seen overnight is that trump took| balance? what we have seen l overnight is that trump took to social and very quickly praised this time around the active secret service. so we know the secret service came under a lot of scrutiny after the july assassination attempt. it is certainly on the responsibility of leadership of all political parties on both sides. it is the responsibility of media and very grave concerns around misinformation we see around social media but this is something that is likely, we know that the top issue for this election remains the economy, inflation, interest rates persistence, migration. these are all people delete issues people are feeling at home, driving disaffection unlikely to work its way through this election and the aftermath. through this election and the aftermath-— aftermath. ok, dr lindsay newman. _ aftermath. ok, dr lindsay newman, thank _ aftermath. ok, dr lindsay newman, thank you - aftermath. ok, dr lindsay newman, thank you very l aftermath. ok, dr lindsay - newman, thank you very much for your analysis insight, thank you. we

can cross to cbs news correspondent. good to see you on a difficult day for the us, with this second, what is being described as an attempted assassination attempt. bring us up—to—date with how the investigation into this is ongoing? it investigation into this is ongoing?— investigation into this is onauoin ? , . , ongoing? it is quite incredible how all of— ongoing? it is quite incredible how all of this _ ongoing? it is quite incredible how all of this ended - ongoing? it is quite incredible how all of this ended up - ongoing? it is quite incredible | how all of this ended up taking place. we have learned a secret service agent is who spotted the suspect who was on the golf course at the time. the secret service agent was apparently two holes ahead of the former president, who was golfing at his golf club here in west palm beach. the secret service agent apparently saw the muzzle of what he believed to be, and rightly so, an ak—a7 style weapon. the secret service agent then engaged with the suspect, fired off about four rounds. the suspect then jumps

out from the bushes into the street and then at that point gets into a vehicle. it is at this point that an eyewitness spot is the suspect as he is jumping out from the bushes, jots down the license plate, has the presence of mind to do that, jots down the license plate, looks at the type of vehicle that it is and then hand that over to law enforcement. that is how they were able to capture this individual so quickly. again, somebody getting within 500 yards of the former president, given the first initial assassination attempt against him, clearly the secret service was able to spot him and there has been a lot of thanks to the secret service from the former president and from federal officials. it is still quite troubling to see this individual was able to get so close. , ., , , close. christian, briefly if ou close. christian, briefly if you would. _ close. christian, briefly if you would, are _ close. christian, briefly if you would, are the - close. christian, briefly if- you would, are the authorities there, is there still being

described as an attempted assassination attempt? yes, at this point. _ assassination attempt? yes, at this point, that _ assassination attempt? yes, at this point, that is _ assassination attempt? yes, at this point, that is what - assassination attempt? yes, at this point, that is what the - this point, that is what the fbi is saying. they haven�*t come out to say anything else. they haven�*t really updated their statements. what we have learned is that initially, the palm beach county state attorney�*s office was sort of handling the matter. now that has been turned over to federal officials. he will face federal charges. we are also getting a better sense of a profile of this individual. he had been posting quite passionately about politics online, particularly on his stance on ukraine. apparently travelling to fight in the a war against russia in 2022. so certainly there is a lot to unpack about what took place here. still unclear why he decided to fly here. he is not a florida resident. he grew up in north carolina and eventually, more recently, moved to hawaii. 50

recently, moved to hawaii. so the investigation continues. christian, thank you so much for those details from west palm beach in florida. we have much more on our website live page “p more on our website live page up and running. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. the british prime minister, sir keir starmer, is in rome to discuss issues including migration with the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni. 0ur southern europe correspondent mark lowen is in rome. no doubt sir keir starmer wants to know how italy has lowered those numbers in terms of arrivals of migrants onto rituals? yes, indeed. italy is the eu member who sees the highest number of migrant arrivals and yet this year the number has fallen by 6a%. so sir keir

starmer is here in rome, his first meeting in office with the italian prime minister giorgia meloni to learn from what italy has done. i can tell you what italy has done. i could probably tell this to keir starmer if he asked me. there have been some financial sweetness to the main countries of origin where the migrants had set off, tunisia and libya. last year, the eu gave tunisia 105 million euros to try to boost its coastguard and to give its coastguard greater capacity to clamp down on migrant boats. then italy gave tunisia another 100 million euros and that appears to have really been dramatic in terms of reducing numbers. but it comes with a lot of controversy because the members of the european parliament, several of them have said we are bankrolling dictators, given the fact the tunisian president is clamping down on democracy in his country. so it is a controversial deal. parallel to that, separate to that really is a project in which italy is

building two migrant reception centres in albania due to open later this year which will have been financed and will be run by the italian government. it could hold up to 36,000 migrants and refugees a year to relieve the burden on campus here in italy and that is something that sir keir starmer has said he is interested in, this idea of off shoring, outsourcing migration. remember, the ctrl version ro wonder scheme being developed by rishi sunak in which migrants and asylum seekers would be sent to their because that was different because they would have been claiming asylum there. this game with albania is under the jurisdiction of italy, so far, the albanian government —— government have said they are trying to strike a deal with italy but if it is successful, potentially, it is something britain could explore with albania or other countries.— with albania or other countries. ~ . , ., countries. mark, many thanks for bringing — countries. mark, many thanks for bringing us _ countries. mark, many thanks for bringing us up _ countries. mark, many thanks for bringing us up to - countries. mark, many thanks for bringing us up to date. - countries. mark, many thanks

for bringing us up to date. no| for bringing us up to date. no doubt much more coverage as and when sir keir starmer, the british prime minister, meets his italian counterpart giorgia meloni in rome. lots more coverage on all of our main stories, including the second apparent assassination attempt of donald trump coming up shortly here on bbc news. hello, some issues with fog this week but the general story is one which is much drier, sunnier and also warmer than last week. high pressure firmly in charge. close to us just across eastern europe, we still have cloud rolling around from the remnants of storm boris and more rain to come in austria, the czech republic today and tomorrow. but clear skies further west, tomorrow. but clear skies furtherwest, high tomorrow. but clear skies further west, high pressure is in charge. it is that that led to the fog forming this morning but gone for this afternoon, lots of sunshine. the cloud in the english channel will continue to break up, but some cloud in scotland and northern

ireland. it will thicken up into the western isles and the far west of northern ireland later. breezy to the north—west and south—east but with light winds elsewhere, pleasant in the sunshine, 16—21, they temperature it should be at this time he ever thicker cloud in the north of scotland, 0rkney and in shetland. clearer skies elsewhere were lead to some fog patches again. the vale of york and temperatures will drop the most come amid single figures into tomorrow morning. like this morning, fog will take awhile to shift but it will be gone by mid—to—late morning to stop the cloud across northern scotland giving some early rain in shetland and will start to thin and break a bit more through the afternoon. a tiny bit more cloud in east anglia and the south—east, with more breeze but overall, a sunny and even warmer day tomorrow. temperatures in parts of north scotland and northern ireland 21 or 22. this area of high pressure keeps things dry and reasonably sunny. it nudges and reasonably sunny. it nudges a little further northwards as they go through the middle part of the week and that means to

the south of the uk, slightly more breeds through the second half of the weekend that will bring a bit more in the way of cloud sometimes. still some good sunny spells, the best of the sunny spells further north. with the breeze, some of the highest temperatures could be around northern scotland, 2a or maybe 25 possible, 2a with slightly increased humidity in the south of england and wales. the high pressure still there or thereabouts through the end of the week but low pressure starts to come in from the bay of biscay and france. so whilst we have lots of sunshine through much of this week, by the end of the week and weekend, whilst it still stays warm, there is a greater chance of a few showers. take care.

you are watching bbc news. the former bbc news presenter huw edwards has just arrived at court where he could find what he�*ll be sentenced to after admitting making indecent photographs of children. the 63—year—old is appearing for a hearing at westminster magistrates�* court. the chief magistrate may decide though that he doesn�*t have sufficient sentencing powers and could send the case up to a crown court.

let�*s go live to our senior uk correspondent, sima kotecha, who is outside westminster magistrates court. we magistrates court. can see these arrival pictures. we can see these arrival pictures. describe to us what you saw happening. just minutes auo he you saw happening. just minutes ago he arrived _ you saw happening. just minutes ago he arrived in _ you saw happening. just minutes ago he arrived in a _ you saw happening. just minutes ago he arrived in a black- you saw happening. just minutes ago he arrived in a black taxi. - ago he arrived in a black taxi. he got out wearing a blue cardigan, a white shirt and smiled to the people surrounding him. some photographers, some people from his legal team. he walked in dragging an overnight wheelie bag as he went through the glass doors. he could be sentenced today after pleading guilty to three counts and making indecent images of children. there is the possibility that case could be sent to the crown court. a reminder of their case. huw edwards was sent hundreds of explicit images on whatsapp, a1 of those images involved

children, seven were said to be