Concerns about security measures for Donald Trump

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New concerns have been raised in the United States about the safety of presidential candidates after an apparent second attempt in two months on the life of Donald Trump. Mr Trump was unharmed when shots were fired at a Florida golf course where he was playing. A man was later arrested. Also on the programme: Two years on from mass protests in Iran, woman are still be persecuted for uploading photographs of themselves with hair uncovered; and we look back on the life of Tito of the Jackson five who has died at the age of 70. (Photo: Ryan Wesley Routh, the man named as the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt. Credit: Reuters)

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