Suspected gunman at Washington press dinner identified as 31-year-old Californian

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President Trump shared this photo appearing to show the shirtless suspect on the floor of the Washington Hilton hotel

The man arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named by law enforcement officials as Cole Tomas Allen.

The 31-year-old suspect, who described himself as a mechanical engineer, game developer and teacher, is from Torrance in the Los Angeles region of California.

Police said Allen exchanged fire with security agents

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Missing 5-year-old girl likely abducted from Outback home, police say

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Sharon was last seen when her family put her to bed on Saturday

Australian police believe a five-year-old girl missing in the Outback was abducted, and are searching for a man recently released from prison over her disappearance.

The girl, identified as Sharon by authorities, was last seen on Saturday when she was put to bed in her family home at an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs just before midnight.

Northern Territory Police Acting Commander Mark Grieve on Monday told media investigators want


Canada's Carney has enjoyed a long political honeymoon. Now comes the test

Getty Images Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured on the stage of the Juno awards in Canada. He is smiling and holding a microphone in his hand. Behind him is a blurred image of Canadian singer Joni Mitchell. He is wearing a suit and a dark blue tie. Getty Images
As Mark Carney enters his second year as Canada's prime minister, his popularity with the public is at an all-time high.

Mark Carney arrived on Canada's political scene last year as an Ivy League and Oxford educated economist and a former central banker for two countries.

He had an impressive resume and ambitions to be prime minister but had never run for public office until replacing Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader.

There was concern his lack of political experience would be a liability, but under his leadership

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Death toll in Colombia highway bus bomb attack rises to 20

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People gathered at the scene on Sunday, after the explosion on a highway in Cauca province the previous day

The death toll from a bombing on a Colombian highway on Saturday has risen to 20, with another 36 people injured, including minors.

Videos shared from the scene showed damaged vehicles and debris strewn across the Pan-American Highway in the southern Cauca region.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed the attack on rebels linked to dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (

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Did Trump save eight Iranian women from execution?

The US president says he saved eight Iranian women from execution, but Iran says otherwise.

Trump and officials 'likely' targets of press dinner shooting suspect, authorities believe

Trump: How shooting at White House correspondents' dinner unfolded

US President Donald Trump and his officials were the "likely" targets of a suspected gunman who attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche has said.

The suspect, named by US media as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, was arrested after police said he opened fire near a security checkpoint during the event at a Washington DC hotel on Saturday.

Blanche, speaking to NBC News, said the alleged gunman

Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin at a press briefing at the White House, following a shooting incident during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington, D.C.,
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Mali defence minister killed in rebel attacks, reports say

Reuters Malian Defence Minister Sadio Camara, wearing traditional dress, is pictured with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (C) and Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop (R), both wearing suits and ties at a meeting in Moscow. Reuters
Camara (L), pictured with the Russian and Malian foreign ministers, is said to have died in a suicide truck bombing

Mali's defence minister has been killed in an apparent suicide truck bombing on his residence near the capital Bamako.

Multiple news outlets reported the death of Sadio Camara, part of by jihadist militants and separatists carried out across the country.

State TV confirmed the death several hours later, saying he died of wounds received while engaging with the attackers. Reports say the head of the military junta,

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Sawe smashes two-hour mark to 'move goalposts for marathon running'

Sabastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race.

The 31-year-old Kenyan crossed the line to win in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, more than one minute faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum's previous record of 2:00:35, set in 2023.

The great Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours in 201


Video shows correspondents' dinner suspect charge checkpoint

Surveillance video released by Donald Trump shows the suspect running past metal detectors as security agents draw their guns.

What it was like in the room as shots rang out at correspondents' dinner

Watch: 'You just didn't know': Gary O'Donoghue shares confusion and fears

I had just put my knife and fork down, and almost didn't notice the booming sounds coming from somewhere in front of me in the direction of the main entrance to the ballroom at the Washington Hilton.

I did a kind of audio double take.

Within moments, I thought – that is the low thudding sound that semi-automatic weapons make.

As someone who is blind I focus on the sounds, and

Reuters Guests take cover near a table after hearing shots at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington.
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