FBI releases photos of 'person of interest' in hunt for Charlie Kirk's killer
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The FBI has released images of a person it's trying to find in connection with the murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a university in Utah on Wednesday. They show a figure dressed in black and wearing sunglasses. The gunman is still on the run. Also: Brazil’s former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to twenty seven years in prison after being found guilty of attempting a coup when he lost the last election, and Ireland has threatened to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Julia McFarlane and in the early hours of Friday the 12th of September, |
| 0:10.6 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.8 | FBI agents investigating the killing of the influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk |
| 0:18.0 | have released photos of a person of interest. |
| 0:21.5 | Brazil's former right-wing president, Jaya Bolsonaro, has been found guilty of attempting a coup |
| 0:27.3 | after losing the last election. |
| 0:30.0 | South Sudan's Vice President Rieck Machar has been suspended hours after he was charged with |
| 0:35.5 | treason and crimes against humanity in a move that |
| 0:39.1 | raises fears of a return to civil war. |
| 0:44.3 | Also in this podcast, I actually went to the former Prime Minister's residence and it is |
| 0:51.0 | completely destroyed. There's nothing that's left there. |
| 0:55.9 | You see burnt out pictures, windows that are blown out. |
| 0:59.6 | The aftermath of this week's protests that toppled the government in Nepal. |
| 1:08.1 | The date 9-11 is forever engraved into the American psyche, and this year, at commemorations |
| 1:15.4 | across the country, those who attended were in shock over the killing on Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, |
| 1:21.8 | the prominent conservative campaigner, commentator and influencer. He was 31 years old. At the 9-11 commemoration at the Pentagon, |
| 1:30.9 | President Trump opened his speech with these words. Before we begin, let me express the horror and grief. |
| 1:39.4 | So many Americans at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk have felt. |
| 1:47.0 | Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty, and an inspiration to millions and |
| 1:54.0 | millions of people. |
| 1:55.0 | Our prayers are with his wonderful wife, Eric, and his beautiful children, fantastic people they are. |
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