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Will Charlie Kirk's death stir further political violence?

9/13/2025
The widow of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing political activist in the US, says she will never let his legacy die. She said her cries would echo around the world like a battle cry. Charlie Kirk was President Donald Trump's bridge to young Republicans. We ask if his death is likely to aggravate political tension in the US? Also in the programme: a Qatari official, Majed Al Ansari, tells the BBC that his country remains on high alert as the government cannot rule out another Israeli strike; and the three Austrian nuns who refuse to stay in their old peoples' home. Photo: Charlie Kirk with his wife, Erika Kirk, celebrating Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., in January Credit: Getty

Duration:03:52:26

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Charlie Kirk suspect brought into custody after confessing to father

9/12/2025
US officials say they've arrested a 22-year old man suspected of shooting dead the prominent right wing youth leader, Charlie Kirk. Also on the programme, a Nobel prize-winner weighs in on the Trump administration's vaccine policies; and, a new push to get museum visitors to spend more time in front of art. (Photo :A Washington County sheriff’s deputy joins Washington City police officers outside a residence in Washington, Utah, associated with Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, U.S., September 12, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Marcus)

Duration:00:44:58

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Suspect arrested in Charlie Kirk killing

9/12/2025
President Trump has announced that the main suspect in the assassination of the US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, named as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has been caught. We get the latest from the US and talk to a political historian about the recent upsurge in political violence in America. Also in the programme: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of plotting a coup and sentenced to 27 years in prison - we hear from one of his former ministers; and what are the little red dots in space? Could they be “black hole stars”? (IMAGE: FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference announcing details on the suspect in the shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 12, 2025 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Cheney Orr)

Duration:00:48:30

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Charlie Kirk murder: FBI releases photos of a "person of interest"

9/11/2025
Officials hunting for him say they've recovered a high-powered rifle from nearby woodland. The FBI has offered a reward of one hundred thousand dollars for information that could lead to the arrest of anyone involved in the killing. We have all the latest updates. Also on the programme: Kaja Kallas, the EU's High representative for Foreign Affairs talks about incursion of Russian drones into Poland's airspace. And Ireland's national broadcaster announces that they will boycott Eurovision in 2026 if Israel is allowed to take part. Can the competition remain apolitical? (Picture: The "person of interest" in the murder of Charlie Kirk wanted by the FBI)

Duration:00:47:26

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Manhunt for Charlie Kirk killer underway

9/11/2025
A huge manhunt is underway after the assassination of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk. President Trump says it’s a “dark moment” for America. We'll have reaction to the killing. Also on the programme: what's happened to Syria's missing children taken from political prisoners under the Assad regime; and South Korea's president warns other companies may be reluctant to invest in the US after the Hyundai row. (Photo: Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, puts on a MAGA hat during the AmericaFest 2024 conference. Credit: Reuters)

Duration:00:47:21

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Poland at its closest to open conflict since World War Two, PM says

9/10/2025
Nineteen Russian drones entered Poland’s airspace overnight, and some of them were shot down by Polish and Nato aircraft, Polish PM Donald Tusk has said. It marks the first time Russian drones have been downed over the territory of a Nato country. We'll speak to Ukraine's defence minister and a former U.S. ambassador to Nato. Also on the programme: The UN’s children agency, UNICEF, has released a report today that says there are now more obese or overweight children globally than underweight ones; and a long-awaited inquiry into a programme carried out by Danish doctors to fit contraceptive coils for Inuit women and girls in Greenland has found the vast majority did not give their consent. (Photo: Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks during an extraordinary government meeting at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, 10 September 2025. Credit: Szymon Pulcyn/EPA/Shutterstock)

Duration:00:47:26

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Poland shoots down Russian drones

9/10/2025
Poland has shot down Russian drones after dozens entered its airspace; the Polish Prime Minister says this is closest his country has come to conflict since World War Two. So is Russia testing NATO defences? Also in the programme: Israeli media says defence officials now doubt the success of Tuesday's strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar; and a new vaccine to help beat chlamydia in koalas (Photo: Donald Tusk addressing the Polish parliament. Credit: Shutterstock)

Duration:00:48:27

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Qatar condemns Israel's attack in Doha targetting Hamas leaders

9/9/2025
Hamas claims its leadership team survived the strike, but it says six people were killed, including one member of the Qatari security forces. We'll hear reaction from Israel, Qatar and the United States. Also on the programme: There have been arson attacks and vandalism in several cities as protests escalate in Nepal despite the resignation of the prime minister; and we'll hear from Jung Chang, the author of the bestselling memoir 'Wild Swans', on the release of the sequel. (Photo: Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar on September 9, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Duration:00:47:27

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Israel strikes senior Hamas leaders in Qatar

9/9/2025
Israel has carried out a strike in the Qatari capital, Doha, targeting the senior leadership of Hamas. They are said to have been holding a meeting to discuss the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal. It's reported that Khalil al-Hayya, the lead negotiator for Hamas, was among those targeted. Also in the programme: The Nepalese Prime Minister has resigned after public outrage over the killing of 19 anti-corruption protesters on Monday. Demonstrations have continued with reports of fires in the parliament building and elsewhere. US lawmakers release a copy of a "birthday book" given to the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, which includes a note allegedly signed by US President Donald Trump. And we speak to Jung Chang- the Chinese author who wowed readers with her 1991 book Wild Swans. (Photo: A building damaged by an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. Credit: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Duration:00:47:28

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French PM resigns

9/8/2025
The French PM resigned after his government lost a parliamentary vote of confidence he had called for; Also in the programme security fears in Israel after Jerusalem shootings; and Gen Z protests against a social media ban in Nepal turn deadly. (Image: French protesters holding banner with ‘bye Bayrou’. Credit: Reuters)

Duration:00:47:29

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Israel: Six killed in Jerusalem shooting attack

9/8/2025
Gunmen have killed at least six people in Jerusalem, and seriously injured several others. Police said both attackers were shot dead after opening fire at a bus near a busy road junction. Also in the programme: A rare report from inside Cambodia, after their recent conflict with Thailand; and the Booker-prize-winning author, Ian McEwan, on his new novel, which he calls science fiction without the science. (Photo credit: Reuters)

Duration:00:44:16

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Russia hits main government building in Kyiv

9/7/2025
Russia has fired more than 800 missiles and drones at Ukraine, hitting the main government building in Kyiv - the first time in the war that a Ukrainian government headquarters has been directly hit. We speak to a Ukrainian MP and get reaction from the US. Also on the programme: an Italian teenager has become the first millennial saint; and a total lunar eclipse has been taking place across the world, we'll hear from East Africa - one of the best places to see it. (Photo: Smoke rising over the buildings housing Ukraine's cabinet in central Kyiv. Credit: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT/EPA/Shutterstock)

Duration:00:43:51

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Russia launches largest aerial bombardment of Ukraine.

9/7/2025
Russia has launched its largest aerial bombardment of Ukraine of the war, firing over 800 missiles and drones into the territory. The attack killed at least three people and has hit a government compound for the first time. We get the latest from Kyiv and speak to a member of Ukraine's parliament. Also in the programme: US President Trump threatens to send the national guard to Chicago, after deploying troops in two other major cities; and the Catholic Church's first saint from the Millennial generation. (Photo: smoke billowing over the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, after a Russian hit. Credit: Shutterstock / Dolzhenko)

Duration:00:43:28

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Israel destroys another high rise building in Gaza

9/6/2025
Israel's military has urged all residents of Gaza City to evacuate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south, as it expands its military operation in the territory's largest urban area. For a second day running, it's destroyed a high-rise block. Israel says the tower was being used by Hamas, which the group denies. Also in the programme: the Universal Postal Union says deliveries to the United States have plunged eighty percent in a week because of uncertainty over new tariff laws; Tesla offers Elon Musk a trillion-dollar pay package; and celebrating 60 years of the movie 'The Sound of Music'. (Photo:The Sussi Tower is the second Gaza City high-rise to be destroyed in as many days. Credit: Getty Images)

Duration:00:43:08

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Israel urges residents of Gaza City to evacuate

9/6/2025
Israel's military has urged all residents of Gaza City to evacuate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south, as it expands its military operation in the territory. For a second day running it's struck and destroyed a high-rise block in the territory's largest urban area. Israel says the tower was being used by Hamas. The militants deny this. Also, Totalitarianism in the age of Donald Trump, we hear more about the impact his policies are having on science. And The Sound of Music at sixty! (Photo: Smoke and dust fill the air following an Israeli airstrike on the Mushtaha Tower in the west of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 05 September 2025. Credit: EPA)

Duration:00:48:29

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'A battle for the soul of Israel'

9/5/2025
On the 700th day of the war in Gaza Fania Oz-Salzberger, an Israeli historian and daughter of the writer Amos Oz, speaks to us about the prospects for peace with the Palestinians. Also in the programme: the British prime minister loses his deputy, leading to a sweeping reshuffle of the government; and David Bowie's unlikely ambition to write a musical about 18th century London. (Photo: Three-year-old Ibrahim Mohammed Ahmad, the only survivor of his family with his grandmother, at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 03 September 2025.Credit: Mohammed Saber /EPA/Shutterstock)

Duration:00:42:31

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Israel begins strikes on multi-storey buildings in Gaza City

9/5/2025
The Israeli military says it is stepping up its military operation in Gaza City. It says it has now captured 40% of the city, which the largest urban centre in the territory - and has announced its intention to strike multi-storey buildings which it says Hamas has converted into military infrastructure. We hear from a Palestinian mother who says she can’t evacuate. Also in the programme: President Putin says that any western troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Russia to attack; and as the UK's deputy prime minister resigns over her tax affairs, what does it mean for Keir Starmer's Labour government? (Photo shows an Israeli airstrike hitting multistorey building in Gaza City on 5 September 2025. Credit: EPA/Mohammed Saber)

Duration:00:47:18

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Fashion giant Giorgio Armani dies at 91

9/4/2025
Tributes have been paid to the legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani. We speak to Lady Helen Taylor, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, who in the 1980s and 90s became something of a muse to the designer and a brand ambassador, wearing his clothes when she was on royal duties. Also today: Some fiery exchanges in the US Congress as health secretary RFK Junior defends his ideas about vaccines; and the elderly women diving into murky lakes looking for trash. (Photo: Armani reimagined and modernised women's and men's suits. Credit: Getty Images)

Duration:00:47:18

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President Macron hosts Ukraine meeting

9/4/2025
President Macron hosts a meeting for Ukraine's coalition of the willing to discuss how to protect Ukraine if a peace deal is reached with Moscow. Also in the programme: Portugal in mourning after a deadly funicular accident; Argentine police resolve riddle of paining stolen by the Nazis; and how monitoring mice brains could help treat human brain conditions. (Photo: Presidents macron and Zelenskiy in a meeting with other EU leaders. Credit: Reuters)

Duration:00:42:37

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China and friends put on a show

9/3/2025
President Xi Jinping welcomed North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and many other leaders at a huge military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Also in the programme: we report on the disappearance of opposition activists in Tanzania; and after a series of legal setbacks for the Trump Administration, could the coming term be crunch time for both the president and the Supreme Court? (IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and heads of foreign delegations arrive to attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, 03 September 2025. / CREDIT: Alexander Kazakov/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA/Shutterstock)

Duration:00:47:25