The World in Brief from The Economist

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

Koizumi Shinjiro, a top contender to become Japan’s next prime minister, used a debate to exhort America to allow Nippon Steel to buy US Steel.

America said it will close a loophole in its trade rules that allows packages worth less than $800 to enter the country without facing duties.