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Donald Trump has vowed to tackle multiple threats facing the US, in his speech in Cleveland, Ohio accepting the Republican presidential nomination.

«The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end,» he told the party convention. The businessman promised his presidency would usher in a new era putting America and ordinary people first.

Mr Trump’s nomination has been clouded by the refusal of major party figures like Senator Ted Cruz to endorse him. Mr Cruz, who was his bitter rival during the primary contests, was booed off the stage by Trump supporters.

Other Trump opponents such as members of the Bush family stayed away from the convention altogether.

Mr Trump, a New York businessman who was written off when he launched his campaign a year ago, said he hoped his speech would ease tensions and unite the party.

Despite all the darkness of the opening and the rawness of Mr Trump’s tone, his speech made a determined effort to expand his appeal beyond the angry white, working-class voters who make up the core of his support. He reached out to black people — talking about their high levels of unemployment and poverty. He said the Obama administration had failed the inner cities on education, jobs and crime. If Mr Trump’s law-and-order pitch is to be successful, it cannot only be to his base — and this was a speech that acknowledged this. In addition, Mr Trump once again went off-script when he spoke about protecting gay Americans from «violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology». It was a decided change in tone from a Republican nominee — and a stark contrast even from the platform his own party adopted just days earlier.

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Armed officers and a police helicopter were scrambled to an Army base after three people were reportedly seen with a rifle nearby.

Police were called to the «suspicious incident» near Bulford Camp, Wiltshire, at 17:00 BST on Thursday. The area around the barracks, on the Salisbury Plain, was searched but no suspects were located.

Mayor of Tidworth, Chris Franklin, said there would be a «harder presence» at the camp’s gates in light of the alert.

The Ministry of Defence has not commented on the level of threat at Bulford, but a spokesperson said security remained of «paramount importance». Inspector Barry Hickman, from Wiltshire Police, said: «I can confirm the police attended a report of a suspicious incident close to a military barracks in Wiltshire. «Police officers conducted a search of the area with the assistance of the police helicopter. No persons were located.»

An overnight lockdown has been lifted.

Reporter Karen Gardner said while it appeared to be «business as normal» at the base on Friday morning, security around the camp appeared to be heightened. It comes after the attempted abduction of a serviceman at RAF Marham in Norfolk on Wednesday. The camp is one of a crescent of military bases in the area, including Tidworth and Larkhill, and around a third of the Army is based in these camps including the Royal Signals and the Royal Military Police. Bulford will also be home to the 5th Battalion The Rifles who are in the process of relocating to Wiltshire from Germany.

Five suspects have appeared in court in France charged with terror offences in relation to the Nice truck attack.

The four men and one woman, aged between 22 and 40, are accused of helping driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel prepare the terror attack. One of the suspects returned to the scene of the attack the following day to film the aftermath, French prosecutor Francois Molins said.

Lahouaiej-Bouhle killed 84 people when he drove into a crowd on Bastille Day. He received logistical support for the attack from the five suspects, Mr Molins said, and had planned the attack for several months. Three of the suspects, identified as Franco-Tunisians Ramzi A and Mohamed Oualid G, and a Tunisian named Chokri C, were charged as accomplices in «murder by a group with terror links».

An Albanian man named as Artan and a women who is a French-Albanian dual national, identified as Enkeldja, are suspected of providing Lahouaiej-Bouhlel with a pistol and were charged with «breaking the law on weapons in relation to a terrorist group». All five will be held in custody, Mr Molins said.

Like Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, none of those detained were known to French intelligence prior to the attack, although Ramzi A had previous convictions for drugs and petty crime, Mr Molins said. He said information from Lahouaiej-Bouhlel’s phone showed searches and photos that indicated he had been studying an attack since 2015. The so-called Islamic State group said Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was one of its «soldiers» — but the lorry driver had not been on any French police watch list.

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Turkey’s president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night’s failed army coup.

The emergency allows the president and cabinet to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms. Speaking at the presidential palace in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that «all the viruses within the armed forces will be cleansed».

Thousands of people have been arrested or sacked since the failed coup. More than 600 schools have also been closed and thousands of state workers sacked in a crackdown by the president.

The state of emergency gives President Erdogan radically enhanced powers for three months. He and the cabinet will be able to enact laws bypassing parliament; the constitutional court will be unable to challenge them; there could be restrictions on publications and freedom of assembly; and broader powers of arrest.

The government insists it will not affect the daily life of citizens and that the state of emergency will only root out the «virus» behind the coup. It points out that similar measures are in France since the Paris attacks last November. And President Erdogan says this actually aims to protect democracy and human rights. But given the criticism of the president for curbing both while in office, doubts persist over how an increasingly authoritarian leader will use this, especially given the recent purges.

France and Germany have spoken out loudest but Mr Erdogan has been typically forthright in his response, telling the French foreign minister to «mind his own business». «This measure is in no way against democracy, the law and freedoms,» said Mr Erdogan after announcing the state of emergency.

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A serviceman has been threatened with a knife near an RAF base in Norfolk.

Police said he was approached by two men, near the married quarters at RAF Marham in the Burnthouse Drove and Ladywood Road area, on Wednesday. They threatened him with a knife before making off in a dark coloured car, police said.

The Metropolitan Police said anti-terror officers were aware of the incident but said «the investigation remains with the Norfolk Constabulary».

The Ministry of Defence said it was also aware of the police operation but would not comment further. The victim, who was not in uniform at the time, was unharmed.

Norfolk Police temporarily closed roads around the airbase following the incident and officers have carried out reassurance patrols in the area. The base is home to almost 10,000 people, including members of the RAF, Navy and Army, as well as the civil service and other staff.

A spokeswoman for the base said a families day, scheduled to take place later, would go ahead as planned. The event — which is not open to the public — allows families and friends of service personnel to see the base and watch aircraft displays.