The main events by the morning: September 16

• Another assassination attempt was made on Trump. The ex-president was not injured. Two months ago, on July 13, Trump was assassinated during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Then the ex-president was wounded in the ear.

• Elon Musk is surprised that attempts are being made only on Donald Trump. In his social network «X» he wrote: «And no one is even trying to kill Biden or Kamala,» referring to the latest possible attack on the Republican candidate. He also added that Biden, even without the assassination attempts, is now «like a walking corpse.»

• The European Union is not yet ready to abandon Russian gas, having increased its imports by 25% this year. From January to August, 36.1 billion cubic meters were delivered, whereas last year for the same period — 28.8 billion cubic meters. Pipeline gas supplies increased by 33% to 21.6 billion cubic meters, and LNG reached a record 14.5 billion cubic meters.

• Ford expresses concern about the state of the American automotive industry. The head of the company believes that the Chinese automotive industry poses a threat to manufacturers from the United States. Chinese automakers are developing rapidly thanks to the use of artificial intelligence and modern technologies that are not available in the United States.

• France turned out to be the most dependent on Russian uranium. In the last year and a half, it has purchased more than 60% of its imported enriched uranium from Russia. South Korea acquired 33.7% of its total supplies to Russia, the United States — 26.7%, and Germany — 13.4%.