Japan's ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech

- Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has been assassinated while giving a campaign speech in southern Japan
- Abe, 67, immediately collapsed after being shot in the neck and was rushed to hospital
- He was pronounced dead about five hours later at 5pm local time (9am UK time)
- The suspected attacker - reported to be a male in his 40s - was tackled at the scene and arrested
- Japan's current prime minister, Fumio Kishida, says he is "lost for words", describing Abe as a "personal friend"
- Abe - in office in 2006-07 and 2012-20 - remains the country's longest-serving PM and best-known political figure internationally
- Global leaders are reacting with shock; PM Boris Johnson says the UK stands with the Japanese people at a "sad and dark time"