Daily briefing Sunday 26th April

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0:48Both the President and the First Lady Melania Trump were unharmed in the incident at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump described the suspect as a would-be assassin and also paid tribute to a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint who survived the shooting. He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun. And the vest did the job. I just spoke to the officer and he's doing great. He's in great shape. Who would do that but a sick person? But I think you're going to find everything about him. No reason to talk about it now. But tomorrow at this time, long before this time, you're going to know a lot of things about him.

1:27They seemed to think he was a lone wolf. The suspect has been identified as Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from California who was reportedly staying at the hotel where the dinner was being held. FBI agents and police officers have searched a property in the coastal city of Torrance. Jeffrey Carroll, the interim chief of police at the Metropolitan Police Department, said the suspect was carrying several weapons. He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives. As he ran through that checkpoint, members of law enforcement from the United States Secret Service intercepted that individual.

2:02A US Secret Service uniformed division officer was struck in his vest. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The suspect in this case, he was not struck by gunfire. However, he was transported to a local hospital. Janine Pirro, the US attorney for Washington, said the suspect was being charged with two counts, although more are expected. Times journalists at the dinner said gunshots rang out, while this US reporter said people dived under tables for cover. All of a sudden we heard a few loud bangs and it's hard to tell immediately, but then a bunch of people came sprinting into the room and we saw everybody getting rushed out, Donald Trump first, and that's when it became pretty, pretty obvious what was going on and every single person around me just jumped under a table.

2:52Sakir Starmer says he will win the next general election as Labour leader. In an interview with the Sunday Times, the Prime Minister insists he has support from the vast majority of Labour MPs and said he's focused on bigger issues than the speculation surrounding his future. Several homes have been evacuated in West Belfast after a reported car explosion outside a police station. Last month, a delivery driver was forced at gunpoint to transport an explosive device to a police station in Lurgen in a failed attack blamed on dissident Republicans. And counter-terror police are investigating an alleged attack at a drone factory in Leicestershire.

3:28Six people have been charged with burglary and criminal damage following the incident on Friday. The factory belongs to UAV Tactical Systems, which was recently acquired by a defence firm based in Israel. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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