Recep Tayyip Erdogan said representatives from Saudi Arabia, the US, Germany and France had also heard the tapes of the murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The US President was due to fly by helicopter to Belleau Wood cemetery about 55 miles east of the French capital this afternoon.

Writing on social media, the actor said said he had been unable to get in touch with his film star father Martin Sheen and mother Janet and wanted to know they were "safe and sound in the middle of this horrific scenario".

Sisto Malaspina, 74, is believed to have been stabbed by Hassain Khalif Shire Ali on Wednesday, in which two other people were injured.

Ian David Long burst into the bar in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night and shot his victims with a handgun, seemingly at random, as they tried to escape.

The US president - who touched down in Paris on Friday evening ahead of a weekend of events commemorating the end of the First World War - did not take long to hit out at his French counterpart upon his arrival.

The US president - who touched down in Paris on Friday evening ahead of a weekend of events commemorating the end of the First World War - did not take long to hit out at his French counterpart upon his arrival.

The US president - who touched down in Paris on Friday evening ahead of a weekend of events commemorating the end of the First World War - did not take long to hit out at his French counterpart upon his arrival.

I was there to cover the horrific mass shooting at the leafy city's Borderline Bar and Grill on Wednesday night which left 12 people dead.

Footage shows large volumes of water gushing along parts of the historic city of Petra's infrastructure as people watch on from the sidelines.