00:01World leaders expressed shock after an armed man charged at the White House
00:06correspondence dinner in a hotel in Washington, with many focusing on the
00:10message that violence has no place in a democracy. The suspect was seen running
00:15through a security barricade in a hotel as several shots were fired. One officer
00:20was shot but was protected by a bulletproof vest and did not suffer
00:23serious injuries. European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
00:29said she spoke with US President Donald Trump after the attempted attack.
00:33Violence has no place in politics ever, she wrote on X. And the EU's foreign policy chief
00:40Gaia Calas expressed relief that everyone was okay. She added that, quote, an event
00:45meant to honor a free press should never become a scene of fear. Italian Prime
00:50Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her full solidarity and sincere sympathy to Trump
00:55and others present. She said space is a free debate and information should never
00:59be, quote, poisoned by fanaticism. And German Chancellor Friedrich Merz posted online
01:05that democracies are decided by majorities and not by the gun. Other leaders from
01:12across the world such as France's Macron, Israel's Netanyahu and Turkey's Erdogan
01:16expressed similar sentiments.
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