Stay: France's Macron says shooter assault at Trump media dinner 'unacceptable'

[ad_1] 26/04/2026 - 11:53 The White Home has reposted a video initially shared by Trump on social media exhibiting CCTV footage of the suspect charging previous brokers standing guard at a safety checkpoint within the Hilton resort.

26/04/2026 - 11:43 LA trainer taken into custody over gala capturing Police recognized Californian trainer Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California as the first suspect for the capturing on the annual White Home Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday.

FRANCE 24's Loic Pialat studies from Los Angeles.

26/04/2026 - 11:30 Lebanon's Aoun expresses 'solidarity' with Trump after assault

26/04/2026 - 11:23 US presidency 'harmful occupation' Trump says after newest assault Saturday’s assault was the most recent in a sequence of threats to the US President's life.

Trump narrowly escaped an assassination try that left him wounded in his higher ear in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024.

Simply over two months later Secret Service brokers noticed a person wielding a gun and hiding in bushes at a Florida golf membership whereas Trump was on the course.

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26/04/2026 - 11:13 France's Macron says assault at Trump media dinner 'unacceptable'

26/04/2026 - 11:09 Secret service agent struck in vest launched from hospital A secret service agent who was struck within the chest by gunfire the at a checkpoint within the Washington Hilton resort has been launched from hospital, officers stated.

The attacker fired a shotgun on the agent earlier than being tackled and arrested.

Trump instructed reporters at briefing on the White Home that the officer was saved by his bulletproof vest and was in "good form” however had been taken to hospital.

US Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi later confirmed the officer had been launched.

26/04/2026 - 11:02 Mexico’s Sheinbaum says violence ‘by no means the way in which’ The Mexican president wrote on X that "it's good that President Trump and his spouse are secure following the latest occasions. We ship them our respect."

"Violence mustn't ever be the way in which," Sheinbaum added.

26/04/2026 - 10:59 Israel’s Netanyahu shocked by ‘tried assassination’ of Trump The Israeli prime minister stated he and his spouse Sara "had been shocked by the tried assassination" of Trump.

There was no affirmation that the shooter was particularly planning an assassination try on the President. CBS information reported that the suspect instructed regulation enforcement he needed to shoot Trump administration officers.

"We're relieved that the President and the First Woman are secure and powerful," Netanyahu wrote on X.

"We ship our needs for a full and speedy restoration to the wounded police officer and salute the US Secret Service for his or her swift and decisive motion."

26/04/2026 - 10:52 Canada’s Carney ‘relieved’ Trump and different company are secure The Canadian prime minister stated he was "relieved that the President, the First Woman, and all company are secure."

"Political violence has no place in any democracy and my ideas are with all those that have been shaken by this disturbing occasion," Carney wrote on X.

26/04/2026 - 10:51 May assault impression relations between the Trump administration and the press? Trump was anticipated to provide a pugnacious speech to journalists attending Saturday's occasion, reflective of the customarily strained relations between his administration and the media. However the President stated he would rethink his tone within the wake of Saturday's assault, at a rescheduled dinner anticipated to happen subsequent month.

FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson studies from Washington.

26/04/2026 - 10:44 UK's Starmer 'shocked' by capturing at Trump media dinner UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated he was "shocked" by a capturing at a Washington media gala and that it was "an enormous aid" that Trump and others attending had been secure.

"Any assault on democratic establishments or on the liberty of the press have to be condemned within the strongest potential phrases," the British chief stated on X.

The capturing late Saturday got here lower than 48 hours earlier than King Charles III arrives in Washington for a state go to.

26/04/2026 - 10:43 What do we all know concerning the suspected shooter? Trump shared pictures of the suspected shooter, shirtless and in handcuffs facedown on a carpeted ground, in what seems to be the Hilton foyer.

Regulation enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect within the capturing incident on the White Home Correspondents' Affiliation dinner, in Washington DC on April 25, 2026. (© Donald J Trump, Fact Social through Reuters)

Authorities later confirmed the suspect was a 31-year-old named Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California.

"My impression is he was a lone wolf," Trump stated.

Allen instructed regulation enforcement following his arrest that he needed to shoot Trump administration officers, CBS Information reported on Sunday, citing two sources.

Social media profile's confirmed Allen is a mechanical engineer, pc scientist, sport developer and trainer.

C2 Training, a test-prep firm, named Allen as "trainer of the month" in an Instagram publish dated December 2024.

26/04/2026 - 10:38 Watch the second the Secret Service swarm the Hilton banquet corridor As a gunman rushed a Secret Service checkpoint in a foyer on the Washington Hilton, contained in the ballroom, tactical safety groups with weapons drawn took place on the stage the place Trump was seated alongside his spouse Melania, Vice President JD Vance and different officers, who had been swiftly evacuated.