The World in Brief from The Economist

Pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria; Germany’s new centre-right leader, and more

America’s Secret Service said that Ryan Wesley Routh, the man suspected of trying to assassinate Donald Trump, never had a line of sight on the former president. Also, Ursula von der Leyen announced her new European Commission.

The Secret Service, the agency charged with protecting America’s political leaders, said that the man suspected of trying to assassinate Donald Trump never had a line of sight into the former president.

Suspected Trump gunman charged; BP to sell its American onshore wind-farm business, and more

President Joe Biden said America’s secret service will be given “every resource” to protect Donald Trump after an apparent second assassination attempt. Also, Thierry Breton abruptly stepped down as France’s European commissioner.

Eight migrants died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to Britain

Russian bomb hits civilians in Kharkiv; Trump in shooting incident, and more

America rejected allegations that it was involved in a plot to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president.

A third day of torrential rains across central and eastern Europe has put several countries at risk of the worst flooding in four decades