Those responsible for the fatal attack against two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., Wednesday will be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law," according to the White House.

Police have named 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago as the only suspect after two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead on Wednesday evening.

The shooting unfolded at around 21:05 local time (02:05 BST), when a gunman opened fire at the couple as they were leaving Wednesday night's event.

P resident Trump asked an aide to dim the lights of the Oval Office, and then, with a line of reporters in the room, proceeded to ambush the leader of South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation watched in stunned silence at footage that Trump believed supported his claims that Ramaphosa’s government was turning a blind eye to violence against white Afrikaners.

South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola talks to Christiane Amanpour about what it was like to be in the Oval Office during President Trump's tense meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Trump played a video of South African opposition leaders calling for violence against white farmers, after he amplified unsubstantiated claims of genocide.