Ankur Desai

The FBI have been investigating Thomas Cole Allen, as well as how he managed to get so close to the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday while heavily armed.

One Secret Service agent was shot as the part-time tutor rushed at security, causing chaos at an event normally known as a friendly mixer between the White House and the press.

Chaotic scene, a gunman bursting through a security checkpoint.

The 31-year-old is from Torrance, a quiet coastal suburb of Los Angeles.

One member of the community we spoke to knew the suspect well.

Our correspondent Shaima Khalil is in Washington and told me more about Cole Thomas Allen.

And Sharma, do we know any more about how he's able to get so close to the president?

Jaima Khalil in Washington.

Well, the attack on that event in Washington, D.C.

has raised concerns about the security of officials in the U.S.

Just as King Charles and Queen Camilla head there for a state visit to mark 250 years of American independence.

The British monarch is keeping calm and carrying on with the planned state visit, as Britain's ambassador to the US has said all appropriate security measures are in place, and Buckingham Palace has said the visit will go ahead as planned.

The BBC senior royal correspondent, Daniela Ralph, reports from Washington DC.

Daniela Ralph reporting from Washington DC.

Now, as diplomatic efforts continue to jumpstart the stalled negotiations between the United States and Iran, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Sarakshi, has moved on to Russia for talks with President Putin in St.

Petersburg.

In recent days, he's had meetings in Pakistan and Iran's Gulf neighbour, Oman.

arriving in Russia.

He said peace talks with the US earlier this month had failed because of what he called Washington's excessive demands.

Reports from the US suggest Tehran is now proposing ending the war by reopening the Strait of Hormuz while delaying talks on its nuclear program till later.