Manhunt for Charlie Kirk killer underway
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
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)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour Live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Rebecca Kesb. |
| 0:09.3 | A major manhunt is underway to find the assassin who killed US conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday |
| 0:16.6 | as he held a speaking event on a university campus in Utah. |
| 0:21.2 | The 31-year-old was a supporter and family friend of President Trump's. |
| 0:25.8 | Officials suspect the gunman may have been located on a nearby roof. |
| 0:30.4 | Only one shot was fired, but it caused a catastrophic wound to Mr. Kirk's neck. |
| 0:36.4 | News of his death flashed around the world. |
| 0:39.3 | Breaking news, a political activist Charlie Kirk has died. A gun... |
| 0:44.9 | Fox News alert and welcome to the five. President Trump just announcing that Charlie Kirk has died. |
| 0:52.3 | Shock in the US after a prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead. |
| 0:57.4 | We don't have some breaking news coming into our newsroom right now. |
| 1:01.3 | Charlie Kirk has passed away as a result. |
| 1:05.2 | A controversial right-wing influencer is being hailed a martyr by Donald Trump tonight. |
| 1:12.5 | After being shot dead in front of thousands of university students, the victim Charlie Kirk. He was 31 years old, very young, but he had |
| 1:19.7 | the ear of the US president and millions of people online. Well, as we heard there, hundreds of people |
| 1:25.7 | had gathered to hear him speak, some fans, some critics. |
| 1:29.7 | This woman was nearby when the shooting happened. |
| 1:32.6 | We heard the shot and we saw what had happened. |
| 1:34.7 | We all dropped to the ground. |
| 1:36.1 | And I want to say we sat like that for about 30 to 45 seconds. |
| 1:39.6 | And then everyone around us got up and started running. |
| 1:41.8 | They had moved the barricades. |
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