The US president called 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, part of the West Virginia guard, a "highly respected" and "magnificent person".

The other person who was shot, Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in a critical condition. Mr Trump said he is "fighting for his life".

The pair were ambushed while patrolling near the White House.

Ms Beckstrom's father had earlier told The New York Times she was unlikely to survive, and he was "holding her hand".

The suspected gunman, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is in a serious condition, Mr Trump told reporters.

Mr Trump described him as a "savage monster".

He drove thousands of miles from his home in Washington state to carry out the attack with a powerful Magnum revolver, according to US attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Lakanwal was injured in an exchange of fire and is now under guard in hospital.

He's said to have worked in a CIA-backed Afghan army unit before coming to the US in 2021 under a resettlement scheme to protect people from Taliban reprisals.

Lakanwal's asylum application was passed this year.

Investigators are treating the attack as terrorism and searched multiple properties on Thursday, including one linked to Lankanwal in Washington state, where the FBI seized electronic devices and interviewed relatives.

Lakanwal has a wife and five children, but police said he appeared to have acted alone.

Ms Beckstrom had been deployed since August as part of the president's plan to clamp down on what he says are high levels of crime and illegal immigration in some US cities.

Mr Trump ordered 500 extra troops into the capital after the shooting, joining about 2,200 already there.

A review of all asylum cases approved under Joe Biden's tenure has been launched as Mr Trump's administration seeks to blame his predecessor's policies.

Green cards issued to citizens of 19 countries will also be reviewed and immigration requests from Afghans have been suspended.

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"This individual - and so many others - should have never been allowed to come here," said CIA director John Ratcliffe in a statement.

He said Lakanwal had entered America in September 2021 "due to his prior work with the US government".

A Trump official, speaking anonymously to Reuters, said the suspected gunman had no known criminal history, while authorities have not yet given a motive.

The smoke catches in your throat and the emotion catches you off guard.

Seven of the eight tower blocks that make up this complex have been all but blackened. And through the shells that used to be windows, you can only imagine the horror and the panic that must have played out inside, the screams that went unanswered.

More than 30 hours after the blaze began here there was still a sense that it is far from under control. At various points during the day the flames sprung up from different windows, as if the fire has found fresh tinder.

Debris falls from the buildings periodically, ash still floats in the air.

As of Friday morning here, 128 people are now confirmed to have died.

There is no doubt the community is reeling. Along the surrounding streets hundreds came out to look on in horror, mostly in a stunned sort of silence.

Occasionally the air was pierced with the terrible cries of relatives, who had received the news they were dreading.

But much of the grief was quiet and held close, an arm around the shoulders or a quiet embrace.

Among the survivors is the Lam family, three generations of which had been living in the building for 40 years. They have lost their home and haven't heard from their neighbours.

"The alarm was all off because of the renovation of the outside. So there is no alarm to let all the people know. Many old people, elderly people, they were all having an afternoon sleep. So nobody knew," Ms Lam, whose father survived the fire, said.

"Once they know the fire has already burned down everything, and they cannot escape, they were all trapped in the house. This is a disaster, actually."

Another survivor said: "I feel sadness and hopeless and don't know what [I'm] going to do. I don't know. Cannot describe. So sad."

Hong Kong is one of the world's most densely populated cities, fire in places like this has a significantly more deadly potential.

And it also means many are displaced. Over 4,500 lived in this complex alone and are in need of emergency shelter.

The government has offered temporary accommodation to many, but the community is filling the gaps.

Armies of volunteers handed out food, water, blankets and clothes, including to those who had opted to sleep on the floor of a nearby shopping area.

One man, who wanted to sleep on the floor close to his home, said he doesn't feel supported by the government.

There is a thin line between grief and anger, and there's a feeling it's narrowing here.

Many fingers have pointed towards the construction company running extensive renovations in the complex.

A netted mesh, bamboo scaffolding and polystyrene that may have been used as part of the works have all been cited as potentially speeding the spread.

Three construction bosses have already been arrested.

But there is a sense that distrust of the authorities more broadly runs deep.

"It is very serious and people are starting to feel furious about the construction company and the construction materials," one woman said.

"There are so many layers of anger among the people. People feel that every party should take responsibility."

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Everyone we spoke to wanted to wear a mask to avoid being targeted, with volunteers actively encouraging the masks, and many hinted that the system shoulders its share of responsibility for what happened.

This fire is already the worst disaster in the modern history of Hong Kong; many of the victims are elderly and many will struggle to rebuild.

There will many days of pain to come, but many days of questions too.

Like many in the new generation of right-wing European politicians, he has a neat haircut and sharply cut suits - now add to that glasses and some light stubble.

It’s all designed to achieve two things: clean up a historically toxic and racist far-right brand, and disguise his youth.

Bardella is only 30 years old, he has little life-experience outside politics, but he will be the next president of France in 2027 if new polls hold up.

The rebrand is working. For the first time this week, French polling company Odoxa predicted Bardella would win the presidency whatever his competition.

Bardella has a strong social media presence - 1.2 million followers on Instagram, 2.2 million on TikTok. It's attracting a youth following who identify with this young pretender.

"We find that he thinks about us, about future generations, and that he's trying to improve things for us," a young girl told us as she waited for Bardella to arrive at the latest stop on his national book tour.

"We really feel like he's there for us."

"Everything he says is really good," her friend added. "He's got a bit of humour as well."

Neither are yet old enough to vote. They will be by the time the next elections come around, though.

A platform for the presidency

Bardella's new book, What The French People Want, is his snapshot of France today - told through the eyes of 21 ordinary French people, presumably carefully selected.

The collection of short stories paints a picture of a country that has drifted from its national identity. It is Bardella's platform to campaign for the presidency in 2027.

We spent the day with him on his book tour (campaign launch) in the town of Vesoul in eastern France. It’s classic new National Rally territory.

The town has voted for the right-wing party in the last two elections, and its MP is another 30-something in the mould of Bardella.

"Sh*t, the enemy," one person remarked when they overheard us speaking English. "Were you at the battle of Waterloo?"

The reception Bardella got, especially among the young, was hysterical. For well over an hour as the rain started to fall, he was surrounded by a crowd shouting his name and barging their way into his line of vision for a valuable selfie.

Bardella took his time, flashing his smile for hundreds of photos, savvy enough to know that each one posted on Instagram or Facebook is free advertising for his campaign.

But not everyone's a fan…

Vesoul is friendly ground for Bardella, but National Rally remains a toxic brand in many people's eyes. Plenty of French do not want to see him become their next president.

As the light faded and Bardella moved from one market stall to another at the town's annual fair he was suddenly attacked by a local schoolboy who threw flour at him.

Bardella was bundled into a nearby gazebo and quickly surrounded by advisors and security.

His assailant, a 17-year-old, was arrested and taken away by police who had otherwise been standing to one side as the circus rolled through.

Bardella's smart blue raincoat was now covered in white dust. The atmosphere turned as cold as the late November evening.

His security tried to stop us filming, flashing lights into our camera and physically threatening us as they escorted their man away through the now largely deserted market stalls.

"Next time I'll beat you," one of them shouted, wielding an umbrella.

Bardella's social media channels would later make no reference to the incident. Follow him and watch them, and you would never know anything happened.

A short time later, cleaned up and in a change of clothes, Bardella was smiling again and posing for more selfies at a hotel in the town centre.

Has France had enough of 'experts'?

Outside, hundreds waited in the cold and drizzle to get their copies of his book signed. The image of long queues around France is one that his social media team has pounced on.

Bardella has little to no experience outside of politics, having joined National Rally as a 16-year-old and dropping out of university. His youth and lack of another career is a criticism he dismisses with a well-rehearsed answer when I spoke to him between signings in a rare interview.

"That's an argument I hear often from my political opponents, but only when it suits them," he says.

"When the mayor of New York is elected at 34, the left applauds. When Gabriel Attal becomes prime minister at 33, the right applauds.

"I don't believe age is any guarantee of effectiveness. For 30 years, our country has been led by people we were told were experts: people from elite schools, people presented to us as the brightest minds in finance. We can't exactly say the results have been outstanding."

Detoxifying the brand

He, and the party, have tried to distance themselves from the openly antisemitic and racist views of its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Le Pen’s daughter, Marine, remains the party matriarch but is banned from running for office after being found guilty of embezzling funds earlier this year. She will appeal but if she loses Bardella is her chosen successor.

Bardella has visited the Holocaust memorial of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and severed links with the extremist AfD in Germany. But he stills holds what many would regard as extreme views on immigration, classifying it as "a major emergency" and vowing to abolish "droit du sol" - the automatic birthright to French citizenship.

"All European countries, including the United Kingdom, are realising that immigration poses a threat to the major balances of society and to European societies as a whole, because it creates tensions, fuels insecurity, disrupts our identity, and places an economic and social burden on public finances," he says.

Backing for Farage

I put to Bardella the prospect that in a few years, he could be president of France and Nigel Farage could be prime minister of the UK - two of Europe's biggest powers led by far-right leaders.

"I have a lot of respect for Nigel Farage, for his fighting spirit," Bardella replied.

"I think he's extremely solid. He has never wavered in his determination to defend the interests of the British people first, and I truly wish for the UK that he becomes prime minister.

"That's a personal view, I'm not trying to interfere."

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Bardella has stopped short of proposing a "Frexit" but his views on the EU are clear, and Paris's relationship with Brussels will undoubtedly change if he enters the Elysee Palace.

"Every time the European Union gets involved in something, it turns into a disaster," he says.

"We handed agriculture over to the EU, it was a disaster. We handed energy over to the EU, companies are shutting down in France because energy prices and EU pricing rules have soared, especially since the start of the war in Ukraine. We entrusted immigration policy to the EU, again it was a disaster."

He sees the UK as a major player in his vision for a re-shaped Europe: "It is a great country, historically and geographically. I believe that in a Europe of nations, the UK would find a new role."

And he is pro-Ukraine, telling me "a peace agreement cannot be made on Russia's terms, because I do not underestimate, and no one should underestimate, President (Vladimir) Putin's intentions and ambitions".

Bardella is capitalising on the dysfunction and deep unpopularity of Emmanuel Macron's administration. Four prime ministers in a little over a year have left the French public frustrated and disillusioned with the current leadership.

The country's debt to GPD ratio is reaching crisis levels.

Bardella certainly presents something different and the French public, however sceptical, might just be fed up enough with the current generation of politicians to take a punt on him in 18 months' time.

Speaking to Sky News political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the Labour peer said the chancellor needed to explain that her decision would "protect people's cost of living if they're on low incomes".

In her budget on Wednesday, Ms Reeves extended the freeze on income tax thresholds - introduced by the Conservatives in 2021 and due to expire in 2028 - by three years.

The move - described by critics as a "stealth tax" - is estimated to raise £8bn for the exchequer in 2029-2030 by dragging some 1.7 million people into a higher tax band as their pay goes up.

The chancellor previously said she would not freeze thresholds as it would "hurt working people" - prompting accusations she has broken the trust of voters.

During the general election campaign, Labour promised not to increase VAT, national insurance or income tax rates.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted there's been no manifesto breach, but acknowledged people were being asked to "contribute" to protect public services.

He has also launched a staunch defence of the government's decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap, with its estimated cost of around £3bn by the end of this parliament.

'A moral failure'

The prime minister condemned the Conservative policy as a "failed social experiment" and said those who defend it stand for "a moral failure and an economic disaster".

"The record highs of child poverty in this country aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet - they mean millions of children are going to bed hungry, falling behind at school, and growing up believing that a better future is out of reach despite their parents doing everything right," he said.

The two-child limit restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households.

The government believes lifting the limit will pull 450,000 children out of poverty, which it argues will ultimately help reduce costs by preventing knock-on issues like dependency on welfare - and help people find jobs.

Speaking to Rigby, Baroness Harman said Ms Reeves now needed to convince "the woman on the doorstep" of why she's raised taxes in the way that she has.

"I think Rachel really answered it very, very clearly when she said, 'well, actually, we haven't broken the manifesto because the manifesto was about rates'.

"And you remember there was a big kerfuffle before the budget about whether they would increase the rate of income tax or the rate of national insurance, and they backed off that because that would have been a breach of the manifesto.

"But she has had to increase the tax take, and she's done it by increasing by freezing the thresholds, which she says she didn't want to do. But she's tried to do it with the fairest possible way, with counterbalancing support for people on low incomes."

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She added: "And that is the argument that's now got to be had with the public. The Labour members of parliament are happy about it. The markets essentially are happy about it. But she needs to make the case, and everybody in the government is going to need to make the case about it.

"This was a difficult thing to do, but it's been done in the fairest possible way, and it's for the good, because it will protect people's cost of living if they're on low incomes."

A day after Rachel Reeves confirmed an extended freeze on income tax thresholds that critics said amounted to a manifesto-breaching tax hike on working people, the business secretary announced a key measure in the flagship Employment Rights Bill would be watered down.

The qualifying period for unfair dismissal is currently two years, and Labour said in their manifesto they would bring it down to one day.

But Peter Kyle announced on Thursday it would now be six months, having faced opposition from businesses.

Mr Kyle defended the change, insisting "compromise is strength".

Another minister, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, told Sky News: "Sometimes you do have to adopt some pragmatism if you want to make sure that you get the wider package through."

She said there was a risk no progress would be made on the bill if there was no compromise and said the decision was made following discussions between businesses, the TUC union and the government.

Ms Phillilpson admitted since the U-turn she had not spoken to Angela Rayner, the ousted deputy prime minister who had led the campaign for new employment rights.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch described it as "another humiliating U-turn", and a number of Labour MPs aren't happy.

Andy McDonald, MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, branded the move a "complete betrayal", while Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan said the government had "capitulated".

Former employment minister Justin Madders, who was sacked in Sir Keir Starmer's reshuffle earlier this year, also disputed claims the move did not amount to a manifesto breach.

"It might be a compromise," he said, "but it most definitely is a manifesto breach."

What did the manifesto say?

The Employment Rights Bill was a cornerstone of Labour's 2024 election manifesto, and also contains measures that would ban zero-hours contracts.

The party manifesto promised to "consult fully with businesses, workers, and civil society on how to put our plans into practice before legislation is passed".

"This will include banning exploitative zero-hours contracts; ending fire and rehire; and introducing basic rights from day one to parental leave, sick pay, and protection from unfair dismissal," it said.

How did we get here?

But the legislation - which was spearheaded by former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner - has been caught in parliamentary ping pong with the House of Lords.

Last month, some peers objected to the provisions around unfair dismissal, suggesting they would deter some businesses from hiring.

They also opposed Labour's move to force employers to offer guaranteed hours to employees from day one, arguing zero-hour contracts suited some people.

Ministers said reducing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal turned the bill into a "workable package".

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Businesses have largely welcomed the change, but unions gave a more hostile response.

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, said the bill was now a "shell of its former self".

"With fire and rehire and zero-hours contracts not being banned, the bill is already unrecognisable," she said.

The TUC urged the House of Lords to allow the rest of the legislation to pass.

Paul Nowak, the general secretary, said: "The absolute priority now is to get these rights - like day one sick pay - on the statute book so that working people can start benefitting from them from next April."

'Strikes the right balance'

The Resolution Foundation said the change in the unfair dismissal period was a "sensible move that will speed up the delivery of improvements to working conditions and reduce the risk of firms being put off hiring".

It said the change "strikes the right balance between strengthening worker protections and encouraging businesses to hire" and deliver "tangible improvements to working conditions".

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) added: "Businesses will be relieved that the government has agreed to a key amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, which can pave the way to its initial acceptance.

"This agreement keeps a qualifying period that is simple, meaningful and understood within existing legislation.

"It is crucial for businesses confidence to hire and to support employment, at the same time as protecting workers."