In germany, the Centre Left social Democrat Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz narrowly fends off an electoral challenge in the eastern state of brandenburg by the far right afd which had been ahead in Opinion Polls before the vote. Sri lankas president ial election has been won in a political shift for the nation. The election on saturday was the first to be held since mass protests unseated the Countrys Leader in 2022. Ill a full bulletin at nine oclock. Now on bbc news, its time for americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency. It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because, in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also in a kind of undermining of democracy sense, as well, that the whole natio
Of all, with their open borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. Americans deserve a campaign based on the issues. We try and keep it on the issues, and god has now spared my life. It must have been god. Not once, but twice. And there are those that say he did it because trump is going to turn this state around. He s going to turn this country around. He s going to make america great again, and maybe. So how does america protect its presidential candidates? welcome to americast. Hello, it sjustin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. I thought we d decided that wasn t funny any more. It s sarah here and i m in springfield, ohio. And it s marianna, aka misinformation. Also in london, also in what we are still very boringly calling the worldwide headquarters of americast. Ok, it s not funny, but we re doing it all the same, and there s quite a lot that falls into that category. Anywa
Now on bbc news, americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency . It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also on a kind of undermining of Democracy Sense as well, that the whole nation feels itself to be unsafe and unable to be properly democratic. Donald trump has been talking about the second attempt on his life and using it, its fair to say, for his own political gain. Theyre doing things in politics that have never been done before in the history of our country, and worst of all, with their Open Borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. I americans deserve a campai
when london s skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks all starts here on these barges in the east of london in the docklands. the final preparations are being put in place. there are thousands of shells, there are controlled firing panels, there are wires, so it s really interesting to see it all happening behind the scenes. it s a very, very meticulous operation and i m joined by the event director. just talk me through the numbers. how many fireworks and how long has it all taken? we have about 12,000 individual fireworks on these three barges and also the london eye. we don t get the chance to read that until tomorrow. we don t get the chance to read that untiltomorrow. rig. the most iconic part doesn t get rigged until 6am tomorrow. we have a crew of about 30 people working over the two locations since the 27th of december. we have got over 30 tonnes of equipment to load. almost 50 kilometres of cable and wire that need to be connected and 4,500 individual firin
people arriving every day. it is where the idf has suggested people go for safety. there are people pouring into that region. in fact, everyone in the u.n. says rafah is, quote, bursting at the seams. this pause was to allow humanitarian aid in. primarily food and water. just what came in today clearly will not be enough. i wouldn t be surprised if the idf allows fighting there to ponce in the future, as well. there are so many people moving into that area. so little food and water right now. such a different situation. this violence has affected children and the west bank and in jerusalem, as well. and he spoke with organizations trying to do work to help. what they have to say? we spent some time in the west bank. the u.n. says the war in gaza is now spilling into the neighboring west bank and east jerusalem. what a lot of those who are working with these community say is that it has never been as violent, never been as deadly as it is right now. that is saying somethin