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Former U.S. President Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt while speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania ahead of his formal presidential nomination at the GOP convention in Milwaukee. President Joe Biden makes a televised address to the nation condemning the shooting, asking Americans to ‘cool down’ political rhetoric. In China, Q2 GDP falls short of expectations slowing to 4.7 per cent amid lingering consumer demand weakness. Google parent Alphabet is reportedly in advanced talks to swoop for cyber security firm Wiz for approximately $23bn, which would be its largest ever acquisition.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.