i will read from a statement from the australian president, apologies, the prime minister, anthony albanesened about the outage affecting a wide range of services globally and my government is working closely with the national cybersecurity coordinator and there is no impact to critical infrastructure, government services or 000 services at this stage and the national cooperation mechanism has been activated and is meeting now. that is the australian prime minister giving that statement on the social media site x. the national coordination mechanism, i am putting you a bit on the spot i now appreciate you have just arrived after a delayed flight, but the national coordination mechanism, is that something a bit like the cobra operation here and the uk where all the special services and top people come together to look at an ongoing, arguably, a crisis or developing situation such as this?- arguably, a crisis or developing situation such as this? yes, and i think it is — situation such as this? yes, and i think it is slightly _ situation such as this? yes, and i think it is slightly less _ si

anthony albanese has said that the australia us alliance has been stronger, with our shared commitments, international security, economic prosperity and climate action for this and future generations. poland's leader mr tusk paid tribute to biden, saying he had made democracy stronger. the kremlin has also released a statement, russia saying that it is following developments of the president biden announced that he was leaving the race. i wanted to let you also know that the white house has released another statement, that the white house has released anotherstatement, in that the white house has released another statement, in which they insist that president biden will finish his current term in office despite the fact that he has stepped down as a candidate. the statement basically says, he looks forward to finishing his term and delivering more historic results for the american people. as we have been seeing, some of the reaction from the republican party is that if president biden is not capable to run again, he should not remain as president, that he should stand down now. but so

australian prime minister anthony albanese is another world leader who has forged a close relationshipn in recent years. australia are part of the aukus defence pact with the united states, as well as the quad alliance. the australian leader gave this reaction, a short time ago. biden has been a great friend of australia, and that will continue, and i look forward to meeting with president biden at the 620 meeting with president biden at the g20 and at the apec summits that will be held later this year. president biden deserves today i think to be recognised for once again not putting himself forward first, but giving his first consideration to being what he believes is in the interests of the united states of america, as he has done his whole public life, and i done his whole public life, and i pay done his whole public life, and i pay tribute to him today. we are also picking up some reactions from president biden�*s family who have also expressed support for his decision. besides the first lady's statement, biden�*s son, hunter, who has been charged with tax evasion and other crimes

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literally while you are speaking we have had a statement from the australian prime minister anthony albanese. let me just really what he said. i understand are concerned about the outage that is happening globally and affecting a wide range of services. my government is working closely with the national cybersecurity coordinator. there is no impact to critical infrastructure, government services or 000 services. the national coordination mechanism has been activated and is meeting now. this will be happening with governments around the world won't, nick, where there will be checking to ensure there is none of that critical affected by this.- critical affected by this. yeah, absolutely- — critical affected by this. yeah, absolutely. i— critical affected by this. yeah, absolutely. i think _ critical affected by this. yeah, absolutely. i think with - critical affected by this. yeah, - absolutely. i think with something like critical infrastructure, every time that we get confirmation that it hasn't been affected and it is operating normally i guess you just have to be grateful for that because

this is what the australian prime minister anthony albanese had to say any act of violence is in a front to that and must be condemned unequivocally this was an excuse inexcusable attack on the democratic values that australians in americans share and the freedom that we treasure ai say, with regard to political issues. this isn't a day for politics this is a day to unite to express our concern regardless of one's political views. there is no place for the events that we saw today yeah in the last hour we've heard from the italian prime minister, the german chancellor, the spanish prime minister yen stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato. all the. talking about there worries, concerns, offering sympathies and support. and that's what we heard from president zelenskyy as well from ukraine speaking about it zemmour. and as you azerbaijan. donald trump on an assassination attempt on donald trump's lives a terrible crime that can only be condemned and which demonstrates how serious the challenges to democracy are globally incorrect. violence in any form and anywhere must absolutely not p

we heard this from anthony albanese. he said, thank you for your leadership, thank you for your ongoing service. he also adds that the australia, us alliance has never been stronger with their shared commitment commitment to democratic values international security, economic prosperity in climate action for this and future generations. so albanese, also called kamala harris, a good friend. now, south korean, japan, they said that they don't wish to comment on domestic politics in the u.s. but they also emphasized the need to work with the us and we also in the last half-hour, hurt from the president of the philippines called biden's decision a demonstration of genuine statesmanship. now the u.s. says it stands with the philippines, especially now as tensions grow with china over the south china sea. and laura, we are still waiting for response from china later in the day back to you how is kamala harris perceived internationally and in asia and they're not comment on domestic politics, but is there a perception of the vi

anthony albanese, the prime minister of australia, has been very quick with his condemnation too, calling it inexcusable. you've listed a number of leaders who have spoken their but we've also heard from the japanese, from the taiwanese, from the, from the indian prime minister. you mentioned pakistan's prime minister has also condemned the violence interestingly president zelenskyy, from ukraine was sort of went into even greater depth on his criticism of this attack, saying there's absolutely no place for violence like this. again, that central theme from other leaders that we've heard from. but zelenskyy makes us clare point and it clearly is a reference about ukraine as well the violence, political violence, or any violence should not prevail, but there is absolute shock and i think you get a sense of that from the speed of these comments that are coming forward now, michael yeah of course you have violence like this politically violence is foreign to most nations. >> i mean, does it perhaps amplify existing international concerns about the u.s election. not that europe is a complete

also comments from, the australian prime minister, anthony albanese.esident emmanuel macron, it's slightly different. i'm going to read you that in full. so, my thoughts are with president donald trump, the victims, the victim of an assassination attempt. i send him my wishes for a speedy recovery. a spectator has died , recovery. a spectator has died, several are injured. it is a tragedy for our democracies . tragedy for our democracies. france shares the shock and indignation of the american people. >> very well put. >> very well put. >> it is a tragedy for democracies also saying, you know, a spectator has died. others are injured. it isn't just about donald trump. monumental though. this is an incredibly fortunate that he wasn't killed. but other people have died. so yeah. >> no, good point. well made. catherine. thanks very much indeed. >> just looking at it again and again. you think we could so easily be sitting here telling you about somebody's death, and an assassination that we've seen in america before? luckily, president trump has survived,