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The suspect in the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk remains on the run, the FBI says – but is believed to be of college age.
Charlie Kirk’s killer is still at large but the FBI say they have found a high-powered rifle and tracked the movements of the suspected gunman

Kirk, an ally of President Trump, was shot at a Utah university – officials say the suspect “appears to be of college age” and fled “into a neighbourhood”

They have “good video footage” of the gunman, but have not identified him – they are not releasing the footage yet

The weapon was found in a wooded area, and officials are analysing a “footwear impression… and a forearm imprint”

Earlier, two people questioned by police were released. Authorities are still searching for the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk at an event at Utah Valley University, but have recovered a rifle believed to have been used to fire the single fatal shot.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he will award Kirk the “Presidential Medal of Freedom” posthumously

A representative of the “Gen Z” protesters said Thursday, after deadly demonstrations toppled the prime minister.

The army has imposed a curfew to restore order in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people, after the worst violence in two decades ousted the government and left parliament ablaze on Tuesday.

Army chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel held talks with key figures and “representatives of Gen Z” on Wednesday, a military spokesperson said, referring to the loose umbrella title of the protest movement. Ms. Karki, 73, an academic and Nepal’s first female Supreme Court Chief Justice, had told AFP that “experts need to come together to figure out the way forward”, and that “the parliament still stands”.

However, another group within the movement has proposed Kul Man Ghising.

Mr. Ghising, the former Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority, is widely credited with ending Nepal’s years-long power outage crisis. He was controversially ousted earlier in March this year, a move that earned the Oli government significant criticism.

Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador after Epstein emails

Keir Starmer has asked Lord Mandelson to be withdrawn as ambassador to the United States

Sir Keir Starmer has sacked Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US

The New Labour grandee was under pressure over his relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Lord Mandelson’s sacking as ambassador comes just days before President Trump’s state visit to the UK.

Peter Mandelson has been removed from his post over his close relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired UK Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson on Thursday over Mandelson’s ties with disgraced New York financier Jeffrey Epstein.  

Pressure had been mounting on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to remove Mandelson following the publication of a series of emails between the ambassador and the convicted sex offender, who is now deceased. 

build an entire center dedicated to him,” Haddon said. “By the end, they were convinced.”

Some of the items are iconic, others delightfully mundane. There’s the key to the Berlin apartment Bowie shared with Iggy Pop in the 1970s, and his Rarotonga driver’s license from a period filming the 1983 movie “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” on the South Pacific island.

Bowie also kept many items sent to him by fans, including drawings, paintings and a handmade music box.

Almost a decade after his death, Bowie is a musical icon whose influence on popular culture endures. But it wasn’t always that way.

The archive includes a letter written by Bowie’s father, Haywood Stenton Jones, trying to get teenage David, then a struggling musician, a job with a London company. His son was a hard worker and “a real trooper,” Jones stressed.

Next to it is displayed a brief rejection letter Bowie received from The Beatles’ record label in 1968.

“Apple Records is not interested in signing David Bowie,” it reads. “The reason is we don’t feel he’s what we’re looking for at the moment.”

The two leaders will be talking directly for the first time since the United States raised additional tariffs on imports from India to 50 percent.

Trump posted on social media on Tuesday, “I am pleased to announce that India, and the United States of America, are continuing negotiations to address the Trade Barriers between our two Nations.”

The Trump administration raised extra tariffs on Indian imports last month, citing India’s purchase of crude oil and oil products from Russia, which is continuing its offensive in Ukraine.

Modi visited China from late August through early this month to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The international framework is led by China and Russia.

During his visit, which was his first in seven years, Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump added, “I feel certain that there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our Great Countries!”

It remains to be seen whether the talks between Trump and Modi will help stabilize bilateral relations.

Qatar is a key US regional ally that is the location of a major American air base. It has hosted the Hamas political bureau since 2012, and has served along with the US and Egypt as a mediator in indirect negotiations between the group and Israel.

Tuesday afternoon’s air strike in northern Doha targeted residential premises housing several members of the political bureau of Hamas as they discussed the latest US proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, according to Qatari officials.

Israeli officials initially told Israeli media that they were optimistic about the results of what they dubbed “Operation Summit of Fire”.

However, reports on Wednesday reflected their growing pessimism, with the suggestion that it might not have been as successful as they had thought. Some officials were quoted as saying the Hamas leaders may have been in a different part of the building.

Hamas said on Tuesday that the “heinous crime” had killed five of its members: Khalil al-Hayya’s son, Humam, the director of Hayya’s office, Jihad Labad, and bodyguards Moamen Hassouna, Abdullah Abdul Wahid and Ahmed al-Mamluk.

“We confirm the enemy’s failure to assassinate our brothers in the negotiating delegation,” it added, without providing any evidence.

By Wednesday evening, the Qatari interior ministry said authorities had identified the bodies of Humam al-Hayya, Labad, Hassouna, and Corporal Badr al-Humaidi, a member of Qatar’s Internal Security Force.

The ministry said efforts were under way by specialised teams to “identify two individuals reported missing”, adding that human remains had been discovered “in various locations”.

There was no mention of the whereabouts of Khalil al-Hayya, who has yet to appear in public

Charlie Kirk was fielding questions during a speaking engagement at a university when he was struck in the neck by a gunshot. Authorities say a suspect taken into custody has been released.Public Safety Beau Mason said the suspect is still at large.

Utah Valley University police said they were going “building to building” to evacuate people.

President Trump posted on Truth Social: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”

Kirk was participating in an event at the Orem, Utah, school as part of his organization’s “The American Comeback Tour” when he was attacked.

The university said in a statement shared to social media that a shot was fired at Kirk shortly after 12 p.m. local time, and he was hit. A single shot was fired, two law enforcement sources told CBS News.

Video of the incident showed Kirk speaking to a large crowd at an outdoor “Prove Me Wrong” debate, where he invites students to challenge his political and cultural views, when the shot rings out.

Elected officials on both sides of the aisle had swiftly condemned the attack on Kirk and denounced acts of political violence.

Hundreds arrested as police clash with France’s ‘Block Everything’ protesters

The demonstrations are taking place on the same day new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was sworn in following the toppling of his predecessor, François Bayrou, in a no-confidence vote earlier this week.

Demonstrators blocked streets, set bins on fire, and disrupted access to infrastructure and schools across the country.

Around 250 people had been arrested by mid-morning, outgoing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said.

A bus was torched in Rennes and electric cables near Toulouse were sabotaged, he added.
France is seeing a day of protests led by a grassroots movement named Bloquons Tout (“Let’s Block Everything”) in a show of anger against the political class and proposed budget cuts.

The demonstrations are taking place on the same day new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was sworn in following the toppling of his predecessor, François Bayrou, in a no-confidence vote earlier this week.

Demonstrators blocked streets, set bins on fire, and disrupted access to infrastructure and schools across the country.

Around 250 people had been arrested by mid-morning, outgoing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said.

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