' remained silent. 'remained silent. our newsreader remained silent. our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha is outside westminster magistrates�* court. describe what is happening this morning. yes, around half an hour ago, huw edwards turned up to this court in a black taxi. he stepped out dragging a wheelie bag along with him wearing a blue cardigan, a white shirt, and he smiled at some of us on the outskirts of where he was walking. he went in through the glass doors behind me and then through security. my understanding is in court number one, they are waiting for him to appear in the dock. all the seats are taken by the national media, so there is a heavy media presence as expected because he is such a big name. he could be sentenced today after pleading guilty to three counts of making images of children but there is a

possibility that magistrates sends the case to the crown court if he feels he does not have sufficient sentencing powers. a reminder of the case. huw edwards were sent hundreds of explicit images over a 16 month period, 41 of them involved children, seven were deemed to be of an extremely serious sexual nature and two of those images involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. injuly, when he made and nine. injuly, when he made an appearance here, when he pleaded guilty, his barrister spoke to the court saying that mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought to similar images from anywhere else. the prosecution asked the magistrate to consider a suspended sentence but a prison sentence as possible. but there are other options, such as a community order or being sent

on a sex offender programme. he has arrived, the hearing is about to start imminently. like i said, a large media presence here today with many wondering what will happen next, whether the sentencing will take place or whether it will be sent to the higher court. if or whether it will be sent to the higher court.— or whether it will be sent to the higher court. it is easy to net the higher court. it is easy to get sidetracked _ the higher court. it is easy to get sidetracked into - the higher court. it is easy to get sidetracked into talking l get sidetracked into talking about the person who is a third to be sentenced about the crisis this has presented to the bbc but at the heart of this are children who have been exploited? this are children who have been “planed?— exploited? yes, that is right. every time — exploited? yes, that is right. every time somebody - exploited? yes, that is right. every time somebody opens | exploited? yes, that is right. l every time somebody opens an image of a child like this one, it re—emphasises the severity of that crime and also the impact are on the victim. the severity of this sort of crime will be very much in the public domain today as a result of what is happening today. the bbc has spoken about this crime

saying it is incredibly serious. the chairman samir shah said two staff in an e—mail shortly after mr edwards pleaded guilty that mr edwards was the villain of the piece. pleaded guilty that mr edwards was the villain of the piece. tim davie, the tim davie, the director—general, has asked director—general, has asked back for the £200,000 that mr back for the £200,000 that mr edwards was paid from when he edwards was paid from when he was arrested in november to was arrested in november to when he left on medical grounds when he left on medical grounds in april. it is not clear what in april. it is not clear what happens with that money that we happens with that money that we have been told it was asked for have been told it was asked for and that there is some motion and that there is some motion in that area but it is not in that area but it is not clear what as of yet. their clear what as of yet. their a paid �* edwards story goes _ story goes _ clear what as of yet. their story goes back _ clear what as of yet. their story goes back a - clear what as of yet. their clear what as of yet. their story goes back _ clear what as of yet. their story goes back a - clear what as of yet. their story goes back a lot - clear what as of yet. their l story goes back a lot - clear what as of yet. their l story goes back a lot further than this, sima, doesn�*t it? it story goes back a lot further than this, sima, doesn�*t it? it goes back to when huw edwards goes back to when huw edwards was suspended from the bbc. in was suspended from the bbc. in a case that was totally a case that was totally unrelated to this, as it turned unrelated to this, as it turned out? . , out? . , unrelated to this, as it turned out? ., , , ., unrelated to this, as it turned out? , ., ,' unrelated to this, as it turned out? ., , , ., unrelated to this, as it turned out? , ., ,' unrelated to this, as it turned out? , . i, unrelated to this, as it turned out? , . i, out? last year, yes, he was suspended _ out? last year, yes, he was suspended from _ out? last year, yes, he was suspended from the - out? last year, yes, he was suspended from the bbc. out? last year, yes, he was l out? last year, yes, he was suspended _ out? last year, yes, he was suspended from _ out? last year, yes, he was suspended from the - out? last year, yes, he was suspended from the bbc. out? last year, yes, he was l suspended from the bbc after allegations in the son that he suspended from the bbc after allegations in the son that he

allegations in the son that he allegations in the son that he a paid someone the sexually explicit pictures. no offence was found to have been committed and the police confirmed these offences are not related to that. but huw edwards has been at the centre of the media ever since, with this saga coming to light, the recent charges that he was facing injune and then pleading guilty injuly. the first time he appeared in court, he pleaded guilty to those three counts of making indecent images of children. we might hearfrom his team indecent images of children. we might hear from his team today some mitigating factors if there sentencing is to take place. the barristers may argue that he has mental health and physical health problems. something we heard from his team back injuly. the prosecution also asked for a suspended sentence to be considered. we know that alex williams, the 25—year—old who sent him those explicit images, was given a 12 month suspended sentence. so as i said, it is

not clear what is going to happen yet but in the next 20 minutes or so, happen yet but in the next 20 minutes orso, i happen yet but in the next 20 minutes or so, i think it will be made clear whether the

rifle poking out of bushes, close to where the republican was playing on his florida golf course. the agent opened fire. the suspect 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 1—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. 0n 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. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is at the palm beach golf course where the incident took place. he gave us this update earlier. over the 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 who was then stopped by the local sheriff north of here on the interstate highway and the suspect apprehended and the vehicle then searched. the suspect is now being held in a jail in the county there. what we expect in the next few hours, in the morning, is that that person will be

transferred back south down here to west palm beach and the potential then for a court appearance. we heard from law enforcement officials during that news conference earlier that if they decide to book him, they can then press charges locally here but there is also of course the distinct possibility of federal charges because there is an fbi investigation now leading all of this. to give you a sense of the geography here, just behind me is the sign for the trump international golf club. this corner here, behind the bushes here, is hole six of the golf course. now, that is where donald trump now, that is where donald trump was heading towards. was heading towards. he was between the fifth he was between the fifth and the sixth holes, according to the police, and the sixth holes, and it was that advance security sweep by the secret security sweep by the secret service that spotted the barrel service that spotted the barrel of that assault rifle pointing of that assault rifle pointing through a chain link fence through a chain link fence and it was that very fact and it was that very fact

that it appears ultimately that it appears ultimately protected donald trump protected donald trump because those secret service because those secret service agents fired agents fired towards the suspect. towards the suspect. what remains unclear what remains unclear is whether or not the suspect is whether or not the suspect fired either at that fired either at that secret service agent or at donald trump himself. secret service agent we don�*t have that confirmed yet. the police and the fbi the police and the fbi were asked that question were asked that question in the news conference. they say that whether or not they say that whether or not a shot was fired or shots a shot was fired or shots were fired by the suspect were fired by the suspect still remains part still remains part of their investigation. of their investigation. tom bateman reporting. keir tom bateman reporting. keir starmer hasjust starmer hasjust tom bateman reporting. keir starmer has just commented on the assassination attempt on tom bateman reporting. keir starmer has just commented on the attempt on donald trump and this is what the assassination attempt on donald trump and this is what he said. i he said. i donald trump and this is what he said. . , , donald trump and this is what he said. ., , ., he said. i was very worried donald trump and this is what he said. . , , donald trump and this is what he said. ., , ., he said. i was very worried about this _ about this _ he said. i was very worried he said. i was very worried about this news, _ he said. i was very worried about this news, it - he said. i was very worried about this news, it looks l about this news, _ he said. i was very worried about this news, it - he said. i was very worried about this news, it looks l he said. i was very worried i about this news, it looks like an assassination attempt, very he said. i was very worried i about this news, it looks like an assassination attempt, very worried about it. there is now worried about it. there is now an investigation going on so i an investigation going on so i will not say much more about will not say much more about the details but i think it is the details but i think it is

really important we are very, really important we are very, very clear very clear that violence has no part to play at all in any political process. so deeply troubled, let the investigation take its place the absolute clarity, violence has no place in political discussion at all, anywhere. in political discussion at all, anywhere-— in political discussion at all, an here. �* �* . anywhere. the bbc verified team has been looking _ anywhere. the bbc verified team has been looking at _ anywhere. the bbc verified team has been looking at the - anywhere. the bbc verified team has been looking at the social. has been looking at the social media profiles that match this suspect, round ralph —— ryan ralph. the suspect is called ryan ralph and bbc verified could look at different social media platforms to see if we could find accounts that mapped that name and we have. we have identified several social media accounts in that name. we have then cross—reference some of then cross—reference some of the information on those accounts with an image that shows a man arrested at the scene on the highway near to donald trump as my golf course. if we look at those accounts,

number of themes emerge. first of all, go back to 2020 and there was a post on twitter, now called x, in which the man directly addresses donald trump and says, i voted for you in 2016 but then says, "we were all greatly disappointed, i will be glad when you are gone." that was back in 2020. more recently, a lot of the social media output on these accounts has been around or ukraine. we know the man in these accounts is involved in organising for foreign volunteers to organising forforeign volunteers to go to ukraine to join the fight against russia. he featured, he was quoted in an

but what you have to realise, when we use words like they take over the investigation, the reality is, the fbi works closely with all law enforcement in most of these types of cases. it actually becomes basically a joint task force, so they can reach out to not only other fbi officers but other law enforcement entities where this individual may have been known. they will also work with intelligence agencies to see if any of the information comes back about this individual where he may have been part of a state—sponsored assassination attempt or any type of terrorist group. and what do you make of the evidence that the fbi has got so far? i have heard it described here in the us as being a gold mine, given we have to gopro, the gun, the car, all sorts of crucial pieces of evidence the fbi will have already? it is very telling and it is telling on many different levels. one, the fact, let�*s

look at both of the july assassination attempt and this one, this is twice that a shooter has been able to get within 500 yards, which for that particular weapon, an sks, an ak—47, the max effective range is a50 yards, especially with a scope. so trump was estimated to be within 400—500 yards of this individual. so twice now, somebody has been able to get within that distance. that�*s something that the fbi should take into account because now it it has gone beyond just a simple dropping of the ball of tactics where these threat assessments are not being done properly. the individual himself left what appears to be notjust a backpack but possibly two ballistic plates that are tied and hung up against that fence and he had the rifle in between those, which meant he was ready for a potential shoot—out. we wanted to record it

and then he went to the car and they located the vehicle with him in it, the gopro, if he had any other issues or things that were recorded on there, and his social media. this individual, unlikejuly, has not had his social media scrubbed, so the fbi will be able to look at that and determine who this guy is, as far as social media tells, and then they hopefully get his phones and things like that and be able to scrub those as well to see if he has any other contacts that could have been involved. former fbi agent there. dr lindsay newman, a geopolitical risk expert and columnist for the news website, gzero media, gave us her analysis. this has been a remarkable election campaign. as you said, this is the second assassination attempt investigated against donald trump.

in any other election season, this would shift the favour towards him but this is unlikely to move the needle. sentiment in and around donald trump is sticky as well as voting intention. after the july assassination attempt, he really did not see any sort of boost in polling support. six weeks out from november the 5th, we are in a very different environment. harris is now the candidate he is running against, biden is out. we know that she is up 2% in aggregate national polling and this race is going to come down to several thousand voters across a handful of swing states. we are seeing a rise in radicalisation, a radicalisation of movement from the centre to the polls, shifting attitudes and action. for the us, this is driven by the hyper polarised moment, the hyper polarised era we find ourselves in the us, where party identification is the main fault line, a majorfault 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 harris sent out statements disavowing political violence and 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 5th. we have a live page online with what we know about this apparent assassination attempt on donald trump. you can follow that on the bbc news a website and the app. the former bbc presenter huw edwards has arrived at westminster magistrates�* court for a sentencing hearing which is due to start fairly soon. it comes after he admitted making indecent images of children. he

was sent the pictures on whatsapp by a convicted paedophile. these are the pictures of huw edwards arriving just under an hour ago. he stepped out of a taxi and was carrying a small case. questions were shouted about whether he wanted to apologise for his crimes but the former newsreader remained silent. 0ur senior uk correspondent sima kotecha is outside westminster magistrates�* court. just to talk about the logistics for a moment, this is not the only case that is being heard in this particular courtroom? yes, there is a _ this particular courtroom? yes, there is a real _ this particular courtroom? yes, there is a real media _ this particular courtroom? yes, there is a real media scrum - there is a real media scrum outside. we know that the court inside is packed with national media. 0bviously inside is packed with national media. obviously there is a lot of attention on this case because of who the current criminologist, huw edwards, the face of bbc news or former face of bbc news. he anchored the bbc news at ten and important programmes like the election

programmes like the election programme taking over from david dimbleby. so there is a real interest and to see what happens next. he could be sentenced within the next hour or so. we know there is another case taking place in court number one. the next time he will be seen is when he appears in the dock. as i said, he could be sentenced today or the magistrate could decide to send the case to the crown court if he feels he has insufficient sentencing powers. for example, if he wants to sentence him for more than 12 months in prison, because that is the most a magistrate can do. anything beyond that needs to be referred to the high court. so as i said, people are waiting, the press are waiting, journalists inside. the public gallery is packed, too. a reminder of what he pleaded guilty to injuly, three counts of making indecent images of children. he was sent hundreds of indecent images. 41 of them involved children, seven of those 41 were deemed to be of a serious sexual nature and two

of them involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. injuly, 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 to similar images from anywhere else. we heard that he had both physical and mental health problems and the prosecution then asked the magistrate if he might consider a suspended sentence. prison is a possibility but there are other options, too, such as community order all being put on a sex offender programme. he is expected to find out in the next hour or so but that all hinges on what they magistrate feels in terms of what power he has. if he feels the sentence is longer than what he can hands down, it would be referred to the crown court. there is so much swirling around with this case, sima, a very well—known public figure falling from grace and the

consequences that that has for the bbc has a publicly funded corporation and the trust that people need to have in it. but at the heart of this are children who are the victims of appalling crimes.— appalling crimes. yes, that is ri . ht. appalling crimes. yes, that is right- the _ appalling crimes. yes, that is right. the national _ appalling crimes. yes, that is right. the national crime - right. the national crime agency today has emphasised the impact on those victims. every time an image like that is shared or opened, it again emphasises the severity of the crime, who is involved here and the grotesque need for gratification from those who do view these kind of images. so, yes, an incredibly serious crime and i think the magistrate will make that clear today if he is to pass a sentence. a reminder that alex williams, the 25—year—old who sent those images to huw edwards, was given a 12 month suspended sentence. he sent him 377 explicit images. as i said, 41 of them involved children. the bbc has made clear how it

feels about what huw edwards has done, with the chairman writing a strongly worded e—mail to all staff when huw edwards pleaded guilty to those crimes, saying that he was the villain of the piece. saying that he was angry and upset by what had happened and the director general spoke to the lords committee last week, saying that he had asked back for the £200,000 from mr edwards that mr edwards was paid from november, when he was arrested last year, to when he left in april on medical grounds. left in april on medical grounds-— left in april on medical rounds. ,, ., ., ., grounds. sima, for the moment, thank yom _ grounds. sima, for the moment, thank you. sima _ grounds. sima, for the moment, thank you. sima kotecha - grounds. sima, for the moment, thank you. sima kotecha at - thank you. sima kotecha at westminster magistrates�* court. the british prime minister, sir keir starmer, is in rome to discuss issues including migration with the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni. he has had a breakfast meeting with business leaders already. he told them that the relationship between the uk and italy was a good, strong historic run and they were very close allies. he said he was looking forward to meeting

giorgia meloni later. 0ur southern europe correspondent, mark lowen joined us in italy with more details. italy is the eu member which sees the highest number of migrant arrivals and yet this year the number has fallen by 64%. 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. now, i can tell you what italy has done. i could probably tell this to mr starmer if he asked me. there have been some financial sweetness to the main countries of origin where the migrants have set off, that is 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 camps 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, there was that rwanda scheme being developed by rishi sunak, in which migrants and asylum seekers would be sent to rwanda — that was different because they would have been claiming asylum there. the albanian government said it is a deal they want to strike

with italy, their closest ally in the eu but i think there is an expectation that if it is successful an expectation that if it is successfu— an expectation that if it is successful potentially, it is something _ successful potentially, it is something england - successful potentially, it is something england could l successful potentially, it is - something england could explore with albania or other countries.— with albania or other countries. . ~ ., countries. that was mark lowen. sir keir starmer _ countries. that was mark lowen. sir keir starmer has _ countries. that was mark lowen. sir keir starmer has been - sir keir starmer has been talking to the press about his visit to the national immigration centre in rome. there have been quite dramatic reductions, i want to understand how that came about. it looks as though that is down to the upstream work being done in some of the countries where people are coming from. i have long believed that prevention and stopping people travelling in the first place is one of the best ways to deal with this particular issue. so very interested to see how that upstream work rent. looking to other schemes. upstream work rent. looking to otherschemes. looking upstream work rent. looking to other schemes. looking forward to my bilateral with the prime minister this afternoon but we already have a shared intent to work together on this trade, this vile trade of pushing people across borders. let's take a look _ people across borders. let's take a look at _ people across borders. let's take a look at the _ people across borders. let's take a look at the weather i take a look at the weather forecast with matt.

hello, like today or for the rest of this week, there�*ll be a few issues with fog in the morning forsome, different areas on different days, 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, though, just across eastern europe, we�*ve still got cloud rolling around from the remnants of storm boris. more rain to come across austria, the czech republic through today and early tomorrow. but notice clearer skies further west, high pressure is in charge. it�*s that which led to the fog forming this morning. gone for this afternoon, though. lots of sunshine around. the cloud in the english channel continue to break up. a bit more cloud though to north and west of scotland. northern ireland for most high base cloud. turning that sunshine a bit hazy, but it will thicken up into the western isles and the far west and northern ireland later. breezy to the northwest and southeast, but with light winds elsewhere. pleasant in the sunshine, 16 to 21. around where we should be for this stage in september. now, tonight, more in the way of thicker cloud in the north of scotland, 0rkney, shetland, also

the western isles. patchy rain. clearer skies elsewhere will lead to some fog patches again — vale of york, southern scotland most prone. and it�*s here where temperatures will drop the furthest mid single figures into tomorrow morning. like this morning though, fog will take a while to shift but it will be gone by mid to late morning. the cloud across northern scotland giving some early rain in shetland will actually start to thin and break a bit more through the afternoon. a tiny bit more cloud through east anglia and the south east with more breeze, but overall a sunny and even warmer day tomorrow. temperatures in parts of northern scotland and the west of northern ireland 21 or 22 celsius. as this area of high pressure keeping things dry and reasonably sunny, nudges a little bit further northwards as we go through the middle part of the week, and that means to the south of the uk, slightly more breeze through the second half of the week, and that will bring a bit more in the way of cloud, at times, fairly well broken. still some good sunny spells. the best of the sunshine though further north and with a southerly breeze, some of the highest temperatures could be around northern scotland 2a maybe 25 celsius possible 2a with slightly increased humidity towards the south of england and wales too.

the high pressure still there or thereabouts through the end of the week, but low pressure starts to nose its way in from the bay of biscay and france. so whilst we�*ve got lots of sunshine through much of this week, by the end of the week and weekend, whilst it still stays warm in some sunny spells, there is a greater chance, particularly for england. and wales of a few showers. take care. the former bbc news presenter huw edwards is appearing is appearing at a hearing today after he admitted to accessing indecent photographs of children. we are watching the pictures of huw edwards arriving. an hour ago he stepped out of a taxi,

carrying a small case.