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Added on the 19/07/2024 04:53:18 - 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 holds a moment of silence for Corey Comperatore, who was killed during the attempted assassination on the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, during his speech at the Republican Party Convention in Milwaukee. 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
Police and media stand by a roadside in Butler, Pennsylvania, close to the where Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally a day earlier. The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting, while the shooter and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. 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.