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Added on the 14/07/2024 15:22:40 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Security forces - secret services, state and local policemen - are seen outside the stadium where the Republican convention center is due to open on Monday, where Trump will be formally anointed as presidential candidate. IMAGES
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledges that the agency failed in its mission to prevent the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. "We failed," Cheatle, who is facing calls to resign, says during her testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump reminisces on the assassination attempt during a rally saying : "There was blood pouring everywhere and yet I felt very safe because I felt I had God on my side”, in the former US president's first speech since the incident. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump says he instantly knew he was "under attack" during the assassination attempt on his life over the weekend, in the former US president's first speech since the incident. "I immediately knew it was very serious, that we were under attack," he tells the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. SOUNDBITE
Journalists and police officers are waiting outside Downing Street in London as outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his replacement, Labour's Keir Starmer, are expected to hold speeches. The general election saw a landslide victory for the Labour Party, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.