Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has been rushed to hospital after being shot during a speech in Nara.

Shinzo Abe was rushed to hospital “unresponsive” after an attack during a campaign speech in Nara.

Former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a speech near Osaka in Japan.

Boris Johnson has resigned as the UK prime minister after unprecedented pressure.

The shooting offers a chilling reminder to other developed, democratic nations of the risk of political violence. If Japan is not immune, nowhere is.

In a speech to foreign ministers from around the world including Russia, Australia’s top diplomat warned “the cost will be borne by all of us” if the war is allowed to continue.

Some Tory MPs fear the government could remain paralysed if Boris Johnson remains in the job until his successor is chosen.

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed bleeding after being shot while campaigning on a street in Nara, in the country's west.

The Russian president has accused the West of decades of aggression towards Moscow and warned that any attempt to beat his country on the battlefield will end in tragedy for Ukraine.

Abe was in power during the tenure of the last six Australian prime ministers.

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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech.

Footage from a NHK reporter shows the moment former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot and the suspect was apprehended.

Footage shows moment that former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot. WARNING: Distressing images.

Boris Johnson has resigned as UK Prime Minister, but critics are demanding he leave office immediately rather than run a caretaker government.

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The former police officer had already been convicted of murdering George Floyd. Now he has acknowledged he heard bystanders urging him to check Floyd’s pulse but did nothing.

According to this report from NHK World, Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a speech in Nara.

As a young journalist, Johnson was sacked for inventing a quote from his godfather, the historian Sir Colin Lucas. His next furphies established a pattern.

Boris Johnson has now been dragged, kicking, and screaming, from No 10 Downing St. But serious questions remain over his plan to stay on as caretaker PM.