Today, we look at the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. After surviving an attempt on his life, the former president says he will "bring the country together”, while President Joe Biden calls for the "temperature of politics" to be lowered. What will happen next in US politics? Adam is joined by Justin Webb, Americast presenter, and Sumi Somaskanda, Chief Anchor BBC World News who is in Milwaukee. And, the foreign secretary David Lammy has been in Israel calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war. Adam speaks to BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale about Labour’s approach to the conflict. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producers were Jonny Hall and Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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We're in for a very globe trotting episode of newscast today because we're going to check in on the massive series of events that have been happening in the US in the last 72 hours.
And then we will cross over to the Middle east because David Lammy, the new foreign secretary who's been making loads of trips to loads of places, has got, his latest trip is to Israel to see what's happening with the conflict with Hamas.
So lots in store on this episode of newscast.
Newscast newscast from the BBC.
Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio.
So much has happened since I last sat in this seat.
So we'll catch up with all the latest from the fallout of the attempted assassination on Donald Trump, which happened on Saturday.
And I will never forget the moment I woke up on Sunday morning to that news, having had an early night.
And then, of course, the us political calendar just rolls on as planned.
The Republicans are meeting for their convention in Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, which is one of the swing states.
And so that's about to get underway even after all the events of what's happened in the last few days.
And therefore, the BBC is BBC world's chief anchor, Sumy Sumiskander.
Hi, Sumy.
Hi, Adam.
How are you?
Very well, thank you.
And also joining us is host of Americast and a little radio program called the Today program, Justin Webb.
Hi, Justin.
Hello there.