and at least 15 people have died as a result of extreme flooding across parts of central and eastern europe. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the man suspected of plotting to assassinate former us president donald trump has been charged with two federal gun crimes. 58—year—old ryan wesley routh was charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted criminal, as well as possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. us authorities have confirmed that the suspect fired no shots on the golf course, where the republican presidential candidate was playing. mrtrump is blamed mr trump is blamed the incident on the rhetoric of his democratic writable, kamala harris. —— democratic writable.

president biden has questioned whether the us secret service have enough resources to protect senior american politicians. 56, from the us, from north carolina. this is ryan routh, now 58, speaking two years ago in ukraine where he had volunteered to fight against russia. he is now in custody in florida, after he alledgedly turned his sights on donald trump. —— with an attempted assassination of the former president. routh was detained on one of the main highway heading out of florida. pictures taken by a passing motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. routh was driving the black car, seen here on the side of the road. donald trump 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... - it's just a matter of weeks since the last assassination attempt on donald trump. get down, get down! screaming 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...

vice president kamala harris said... police have raided ryan routh�*s home in north carolina. my initial goal was to come fight... in previous news interviews and on social media, he urged people to travel to ukraine to fight against russia. it is one potential line of inquiry that may point to a motive. 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. jon donnison, bbc news. speaking at the white house in the past hour, president biden said congress should consider whether the secret service needed more resources to protect senior politicans. i thank god the president's 0k. i thank god the president's ok. i thank god the president's ok. i think we've got a full report so far, but there's one thing i want to make clear — the service needs more help, and i think congress should respond to their needs, if they in fact need more services. so that's what we'll be talking about. we make they need more money? what kind of help with yellow i think they need more personnel. they may decide whether they need more personnel or not. you

can “ust need more personnel or not. you can just about — need more personnel or not. you canjust about make need more personnel or not. you can just about make the need more personnel or not. you canjust about make the audio can just about make the audio out there. let's speak to our north america correspondent tom bateman, who's in florida, outside the golf club where this incident took place. tell us what happened earlier but the court case. just tell us what happened earlier but the court case.— but the court case. just over an hour _ but the court case. just over an hour or— but the court case. just over an hour or so _ but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, _ but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, we - but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, we had . but the court case. just over an hour or so ago, we had a| an hour or so ago, we had a little more than a ten minute court hearing, very short, where ryan routh was led in and a bluejailjumpsuit, he was handcuffed and brought to sit next to his defence attorney. there were a few minutes where we were able to observe him before thejudge came we were able to observe him before the judge came into the court — he sat smiling, repeatedly laughing at times during the conversation with her — we couldn't hear that, but it would seem to be she was just trying to explain to him how the proceedings would work. when the judge came how the proceedings would work. when thejudge came in, he was sworn in, ryan routh was sworn in, and spoke to confirm his name, and also, as his rights were read to him, he repeatedly

said, "yes, your honour." then there was a series of exchanges where the judge asked him about his financial situation to see if he qualified for public defence. now notably in that, he said he had "zero funds" as to whether he could afford an attorney, and he said he had two trucks in hawaii worth $1000 each. he also said he had a dependent 25—year—old son that occasionally needed help from him. and then the charges were read to ryan routh — now he's charged with two federal offences, the first of which was possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, namely a convicted felon — so we had confirmation there that he's had previous convictions — and secondly, possession of a firearm within obliterated serial number. there was no plea entered, this was purely about an initial hearing, and

thejudge then set about an initial hearing, and the judge then set a date for a pretrial detention hearing that will take place on monday of next week, then ryan routh was led away once again back into the tension. so a very short hearing — but at the same time, we are getting a few more details coming out as the court documents are being unsealed. and also notably, the other thing we've had confirmed in the last hour or so is from the county sheriff who has said that no shots were fired by the gunman in the woods — because remember, the account we had was that the secret service agents who are doing an advanced sweep ahead of mr trump on the golf course had fired towards the barrel of a gun that they said was poking out of the bushes. there was always a question about whether or not there had been an exchange of fire or whether shots had been fired towards the agents or donald trump — the agents or donald trump — the sheriff saying that their investigation shows that no shots were fired by the gunmen. tom, thanks for much indeed.

there's much more analysis on what happened in florida, more on the bbc sounds, i'm aircast podcast, and also on the website. just a couple more lines we are getting from the briefing, it's being reported by reuters that the suspect was previously convicted of possession of a weapon of mass death and destruction, also the suspect was driving a ford truck that was reported stolen when he was stopped, and phone data shows he was near trump's golf course from well in advance from 1:59am at that location. but more lines coming out all the time. also just to let you know that donald trump has spoken to fox news digital earlier today, and he has blamed this attack on the rhetoric of his rivals, joe biden and kamala harris, saying the gun man acted on highly

inflammatory language of the democrats, saying they had cast him as a threat to democracy. we'll be bringing you more on that in the coming minutes. one other story from the us — a pipeline fire is the maker has broken out in la porte, texas — you can see the pictures there. the social media post urged nearby evacuations, you see the massive flames there, near streets and businesses. not immediately clear who owns the pipeline or what exactly is going on, but you can see the damage there. we will bring you more on that again when we can. the former bbc presenter, huw edwards, has been given a six—month prison sentence — suspended for two years — after admitting having indecent images of children as young as seven.

the 63—year—old will also have to complete a sex offenders programme. edwards's barrister said his client was "profoundly sorry". the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says he is "shocked and apalled" by the case. helena wilkinson reports. this is huw edwards' custody image taken after his arrest, released moments after he was sentenced — a far cry from the polished and highly—respected bbc newsreader he once was. earlier, he arrived at court to face his sentence. no answer, as he went in to questions about whether he wanted to apologise for his crimes. in court, though, through his lawyer, he did say sorry for what he said were truly repugnant images and the hurt done. he listened as the prosecutor laid out the distressing details. huw edwards was sent hundreds of images by another man — 41 of them were indecent images of children. on one occasion, the man asked

if huw edwards wanted more images of young people — he replied, "go on." another time he said, "amazing." tonight at 10pm, thousands of police officers... up until last year, huw edwards was the most high profile newsreader. he presented the 10pm news, as well as election and royal coverage. bbc television is broadcasting this special programme, reporting the death of her majesty the queen. huw edwards was suspended from the bbc lastjuly. the sun had published a story about sordid images being bought by an unnamed tv presenter from a young person. he was later named as that presenter. huw edwards was then arrested over the possession of other images unrelated to the original allegations. in april, he resigned from the bbc. two months later, he was charged with making indecent images of children.

then injuly, huw edwards appeared in court and pleaded guilty. good evening. the victims of huw edwards' crimes were children. behind every image is a vulnerable child that has been violated, that has been subject to abuse. and the continuing sort of distribution of those images only goes to service that demand. huw edwards has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years. it's a huge fall from grace for a man who was described by the chief magistrate as "perhaps the most—recognised newsreader in the uk". huw edwards was also told it wasn't an exaggeration to say his reputation was in tatters. the bbc said it was appalled by his crimes and that he had betrayed notjust the corporation, but audiences who put their trust in him. helena wilkinson, bbc news.

our culture reporter noor nanji is with me. what else came out in court? as we what else came out in court? is we were hearing in helena's report, huw edwards had already pleaded guilty injuly to those three counts of making indecent images of children. so today in court, it was the sentencing — and we did get some further details about what had happened. so we heard huw edwards had paid a convicted sex offender called alex williams hundreds of pounds for gifts and presents in exchange for these images, which were sent to him on whatsapps. and while most of the images were of adult men, a significant proportion of them were of women. now we also heard that when williams asked edwards if he wanted more and more images of young people, huw edwards replied, "go on," and another time he said, "amazing." huw edwards's lawyer said he was profoundly sorry for what he had done, and he also said he

recognised the repugnant nature of those images — but as we heard today in the report there, he's now been sentenced, given a six—month jail sentence, suspended for two years — so that basically means he avoids prison unless he offends again during that time. and he'll also be on the sex offenders register for seven years — which means he has to inform the police of his whereabouts.— inform the police of his whereabouts. ~ . ., whereabouts. what reaction has there been _ whereabouts. what reaction has there been to _ whereabouts. what reaction has there been to this? _ whereabouts. what reaction has there been to this? of- whereabouts. what reaction has there been to this? of course, l there been to this? of course, huw edwards _ there been to this? of course, huw edwards was _ there been to this? of course, huw edwards was such - there been to this? of course, huw edwards was such a - there been to this? of course, l huw edwards was such a trusted and recognisable face not only on the bbc, but for the nation. he fronted so many national events, including the queen's death, so this has come as a real shock to a lot of people, including those who work with him. we had that station will make a statement from the bbc saying it was appalled by his actions, that he's betrayed not just the bbc, but the audiences who put their trust in him — but of course, we must remember the real victims here, the children who are in those images, and that something the judge also touched on in his

remarks, saying the impact of such images on young people who are forced to be in these. the other reaction we've had as well as from the cps, who also said that when you see a prosecution like this, it shows that they will take action to avoid. . ~' ,. that they will take action to avoid. . ~ i., that they will take action to avoid. . ~ . around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the british prime minister, sir keir starmer, and his italian counterpart, giorgia meloni, have agreed to intensify efforts to combat human trafficking, at a meeting in rome. the two leaders met to discuss why italy has seen a reduction in migrants crossing the mediterranean. both politicians have made tackling migration a top priority. italy's strategy includes working with transit countries in north africa, and sending asylum seekers to albania to have their asylum claims assessed. but some of ms meloni's policies have been sharply criticised by human rights groups. ms meloni dismissed suggestions that sending migrants to albania was a breach

of their human rights. translation: | don't know| what human rights violations you're referring to, frankly speaking, because i have explained at length that the jurisdiction of these sectors in albania, it's italian and european jurisdictions. so either you believe that european jurisdiction violates the human rights of migrants or — well, i don't know this accusation, i think it's completely groundless. what we have done with albania means that these migrants will enjoy exactly the same rights and will have the same treatment they would've had in lampedusa, for instance, or any other hotspot here in italy. but this will happen in a part of territory that is not physically located in italy. keir starmer said that the uk would share intelligence with italy in an attempt to stop people—smuggling,

and congratulated ms meloni on her success. you've made remarkable progress working with countries along migration routes as equals, to address the drivers of migration at source and to tackle the gangs, and as a result, irregular arrivals to italy by sea are down 60% since 2022. so i'm pleased that we're deepening our cooperation here, led on the uk side by our new border security commander, who has been with me today here in italy at the coordination centre this morning to share intelligence, share tactics, shutdown smuggler routes and smash the gangs. live to rome, and our southern europe correspondent mark lowen. has anything tangible come out of this meeting? these two political leaders come from quite different positions, don't they?— quite different positions, don't they?

quite different positions, don't the ? , ., ., don't they? they do come from very different — don't they? they do come from very different positions. - don't they? they do come from very different positions. one i very different positions. one is a left—wing prime minister from the labour party, who started his political life with the young socialists. the other is a right wing political career who began her career with the neofascist movement — she has moderated an office — so they are not natural bedfellows as such. but they are trying to deepen this relationship, all part of keir starmer�*s reset with europe. in terms of the intangible command of it, there is not a key announcement of what britain is doing to clamp down on a regular migration, but an indication the two countries will be working more closely together in terms of intelligence sharing, sharing law—enforcement details, etc to try to smash the criminal gangs. and also, britain is said to be very interested in the italy albania scheme. you'll remember under sir keir starmer�*s predecessor, there was a scheme, or an idea planned it that britain would

send asylum—seekers to rwanda rwanda where they would make an asylum send asylum—seekers to rwanda where they would make an asylum claim and, if successful, they claim and, if successful, they would be given asylum in would be given asylum in rwanda. this scheme is rwanda. this scheme is different because it's run by different because it's run by italy — so even though the italy — so even though the counsellor and albania will counsellor and albania will come under italian law, and if come under italian law, and if the asylum claim is successful, the asylum claim is successful, they would be given asylum in they would be given asylum in italy, it is an attempt by italy, it is an attempt by countries to sort of be outside countries to sort of be outside the box to some extent, to the box to some extent, to solve this problem, and the solve this problem, and the parish government is said to be parish government is said to be extremely interested in how it extremely interested in how it works. so i think possibly works. so i think possibly there might be some attempt by there might be some attempt by britain to try to move more britain to try to move more towards this off shoring model, towards this off shoring model, and also britain is clearly and also britain is clearly interested in how italy has interested in how italy has been working with the transit been working with the transit countries, tunisia and libya to countries, tunisia and libya to try to stop migration at the try to stop migration at the source. that said, the deals that italy has struck particularly with tunisia to give them more than 100 million euros to try to stop migration has been heavily criticised, even by members of the european

parliament who have said they

themselves the migrants themselves originate from, ie vietnam, albania before they get to france and try to make that across the channel. clearly, i think all countries are now aware that simply clamping down on the final departure point, if you like — so from france to britain — will not solve this problem, that migration is something that needs to be solved at source, but it carries criticism and controversy in terms of human rights groups who are worried quite frankly that the eu is turning a blind eye to the human rights violations and anti—democratic positions by the tunisian government, just to basically stop them keeping the migrants out.— the migrants out. thank you very much — the migrants out. thank you very much there, _ the migrants out. thank you very much there, mark- the migrants out. thank you very much there, mark in i the migrants out. thank you - very much there, mark in rome. the death toll from flooding in eastern and central europe has risen to at least 15. a swathe of countries, including poland, romania, austria, hungary and the czech republic have been hit by torrential rain and surging water levels. thousands of people have been

evacuated from their homes. the polish government has declared a state of natural disaster and pledged more than a quarter of a billion dollars in emergency aid. let's speak to our correspondent rob cameron, who's in prague for us. just tell us where you are and how bad it's been in the region. how bad it's been in the reuion. ~ how bad it's been in the region-— how bad it's been in the reuion. ~ ., region. well, here in prague, the rain has _ region. well, here in prague, the rain has stopped, - region. well, here in prague, the rain has stopped, the - the rain has stopped, the weather is improving, the waters are receding, and i think there's a sense of optimism, that the worst is over. but on the other half of the country, north moravia, up with the border with poland, their situation is extremely bleak because, although the rivers are falling, that culminated in the levels there are going down, that's leaving the terrible devastation that these floods have caused. we have 10,000 people in that region who were evacuated — it's not clear when they'll be able to go back to their towns and villages, and homes — if

indeed there still standing. and if and when they do, they'll need water, food, electricity — all of which has been badly affected by these floods. we did also get some news earlier that police had found the car containing three people that was swept into the swollen river in the northern part of sale easy, near the polish border — sadly there was no one in that car, they are still looking for its documents, and they are among seven people now who are unaccounted for with one person confirmed to have died —— for its occupants. confirmed to have died -- for its occupants.— confirmed to have died -- for its occupants. rob, thanks very much indeed. _ its occupants. rob, thanks very much indeed. let _ its occupants. rob, thanks very much indeed. let me _ its occupants. rob, thanks very much indeed. let me bring - its occupants. rob, thanks very much indeed. let me bring you| much indeed. let me bring you up—to—date on that meeting between sir keir starmer and giorgia meloni — we are hearing from downing street that the two leaders have agreed to continue deepening that friendship, they say, across trade migration to defence, the further benefit the british and

italian people. they acknowledge the growing problem of irregular migration with the incident in the channel the other day, a reminder of the vile act of people smuggling. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. where we've seen some sunshine today, it has felt fairly warm, but temperatures are set to drop. under clear skies tonight, just like last night, we could see some patchy fog reducing visibility, giving some poor travelling conditions first thing in the morning. now on the satellite picture, we can see this swirling mass of cloud — that is storm boris that has continued to bring some heavy rain across central parts of europe. but we have an area of high pressure in charge, keeping things largely dry. many places will see clear skies overnight tonight. there's even a small chance of seeing the aurora borealis, the northern lights. but we will have more cloud in the mix across the north

and the west of scotland. a biit of rain there moving across orkney and shetland. further south, those clear skies, some fog patches, most likely across parts of east wales into the midlands, perhaps up into northern england as well. temperatures will dip away — towns and cities around 5—6 celsius. some spots in the countryside, i think could get quite close to freezing, say across parts of northern england. some early fog across parts of wales, the midlands up into northern england that will tend to clear them. we'll see lots of sunshine through the day tomorrow. a bit more cloud into the southeast corner where it will be quite breezy. could just see the odd light shower across kent and sussex. also more cloud rolling in across the western and northern isles withjust the odd spot of rain. some of that cloud, quite low, could be quite misty and murky across, say, parts of shetland. but the north of mainland scotland up to around 23 celsius. it is going to be a warm day tomorrow. that warm theme continues into the middle part of the week, and actually, the cloud in northern scotland is set to retreat northwards. could see a bit more in the way of low cloud,

maybe some mistiness rolling in from the north sea. so some patchy cloud here and there on wednesday, perhaps most especially across england and wales, northern ireland and scotland seeing a lot of sunshine. but it is a nice—looking day, quite breezy down towards the south. that mightjust take the edge off the temperatures, but still 211 there in london, 23 across parts of northern scotland. as we head towards the end of the week, our area of high pressure is set to shift northwards — and this low swirling across iberia mayjust start to have an influence, it might bring more in the way of showers into parts of england, wales, maybe northern ireland as well. perhaps the odd thunderstorm, staying largely dry across scotland, and it is set to cool offjust a little bit over the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt against donald trump has appeared in court in florida — charged

with federal gun crimes. the former bbc news presenter huw edwards is given a six month suspended prison sentence for accessing images of child abuse. britain's prime minister, keir starmer and his italian counterpart, georgia meloni agree to increase efforts to combat human trafficking at a meeting in rome. and the epicjapanese tale, shogun, becomes the first foreign language tv series to win the best drama award at the emmys. lets it go to gavin and get all the latest sport. hi, there. a busy week of football ahead, aston villa make their long awaited return to top tier european football this week. some sad news from the club today though, former striker gary shaw has died, from injuries sustained in a fall. shaw — who was 63 — helped villa win the 1981 league title and the european cup in 1982. villa said they were �*shocked and saddened' to learn of his passing — and described him as a player who was idolized by many on the terraces.

manchester city's hearing — billed as sport's "trial of the century" — got under way in london today, with the club contesting 115 charges for alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules. city were referred to an independent commission in february 2023 following a four—year investigation that alleged the club breached financial rules between 2009 and 2018. city strongly deny all charges and have said their case is supported by a "comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence". the hearing is expected to last ten weeks. it's monday night football but perhaps not as we'd expect. with the focus on league one — birminham city, with nfl star birmingham city, with nfl star tom brady among their minority investors — up against hollywood owned wrexham — with ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenny. the pair, both now us owned, the blues flirted with relegation from the championship for seven seasons before finally succumbing earlier this year. while wrexham spent 15 years outside the efl before two successive

promotions brought them to this point. it's huge match, with both sides, battling for promotion come