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CNN 5 Things

Kirk shooting condemned, UK’s US ambassador fired, Mexico City explosion & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Both Democrats and Republicans have responded to the fatal shooting of activist Charlie Kirk. We have the latest on the political fallout of Russia’s drone incursion into Poland. The UK’s ambassador to the US has been fired over links with Jeffrey Epstein. Military exercises by the US and Japan are being criticized by Beijing. And, a massive explosion in Mexico City has killed at least four people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, from CNN, I'm Josh and Shana, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, September 11th.

0:38.3

For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis

0:45.3

and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible

0:52.3

for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today,

0:56.4

and it must stop right now."

0:59.0

That's President Donald Trump speaking after the fatal shooting of conservative activist

1:03.3

Charlie Kirk yesterday. Both Republicans and Democrats have condemned the attack,

1:08.0

which Utah Governor Spencer Cox called a political assassination,

1:12.2

while the gunman remains at large. It's the latest in a recent string of political violence

1:17.1

incidents in the US, which includes the killing of Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Melissa

1:21.9

Hortman and her husband in June, an arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor's house in April,

1:27.1

and of course, the assassination

1:28.3

attempt against Trump himself last July.

1:31.7

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke to CNN last night about security fears among lawmakers.

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