New Delhi, May 23 -- Elias Rodriguez, the suspect accused of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC was charged with murder on Thursday, amid rising global tensions over anti-Semitism.

1. The White House has expressed its strongest condemnation of the killing of two Israeli diplomats in Washington DC. During a press briefing on Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump is saddened and outraged over the brutal murder of two Israeli embassy staff here in Washington, D.C. last night.

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2. Leavitt underscored, "These words, especiall...