President Barack Obama called Jo Cox's husband to offer his condolences

The world has been shaken by the death of Jo Cox MP, brutally murdered outside a library in her West Yorkshire constituency.

Following the attack on Thursday, tributes have poured in from across the political spectrum, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and prime minister David Cameron both full of praise for one of Westminster's rising stars.

On Friday night it emerged that US president Barack Obama had called Brendan Cox, Jo's husband, from Air Force One to offer his condolences on behalf of the American people.

A release by the White House explained:

President Obama spoke by phone from Air Force One today with Brendan Cox, husband of the late Jo Cox, the British Member of Parliament who was brutally murdered yesterday after a meeting with her constituents in Birstall, United Kingdom.

President Obama offered his sincere condolences on behalf of the American people to Mr Cox and his two young children, as well as to her friends, colleagues, and constituents.

The President noted that the world is a better place because of her selfless service to others, and that there can be no justification for this heinous crime, which robbed a family, a community, and a nation of a dedicated wife, mother, and public servant.

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