This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 17th of September,

these are our main stories.

The acting head of the US Secret Service says swift action from agents

helped to foil the apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump on Sunday.

Mr Trump has blamed the attack on rhetoric from his Democrat opponents.

President Biden has said there's no

place for political violence in America. The Iranian president has promised to

make sure the morality police don't harass women. Also in this podcast. There are no words to ease the loss

endured by the families impacted by this tragic incident but we hope that this hearing will help shed light on the

cause of the tragedy and prevent anything like this from happening again.

A public hearing begins into the submersible which imploded on its way to find the

Titanic. It hears the vessel had technical problems during previous expeditions.

Now as we record this podcast it's 30 hours since the US Secret Service

one hole ahead of Donald Trump at his golf course in Florida spotted a rifle in

the bushes less than 500 meters from the man they were there to protect.

On Monday the suspect appeared at West Palm Beach Courthouse charged with gun crimes.

It's just the start of a legal process for Ryan Ralph, a 58-year-old who lives in Hawaii, and appears

to have been obsessed with the war in Ukraine, even traveling there two years ago to try to take

part.

We learned a bit more about the suspect at a news conference.

The FBI said Ryan Ralph had previous weapons convictions and was most recently questioned

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