Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.

After the assassination of conservative youth activist and key Trump ally Charlie Kirk,

I speak to Martin Luther King III and an expert on political violence, Cynthia Miller Idris. Then, The Anatomy of Painting, celebrated British artist Jenny Saville tells me about what inspires her extraordinary work, and her better, late than never, blockbuster London exhibition.

Plus, breakneck, China's quest to engineer the future, author Dan Wang,

tells Walter Isaacson about his best-selling book and how the US can keep up with its greatest competitor. Welcome to the program everyone.

I'm Christian Amuna Manpur in London.

America is reeling and the world is shocked after conservative youth activist Charlie Kirk

was assassinated. The right-wing influencer was fatally shot on Wednesday during an outdoor

appearance at Utah Valley University.

A manhunt is underway, and the killer's motive is as yet unknown.

Kirk was a long time, Trump ally. The White House has lowered its flags to half staff,

and President Trump calls this a dark moment for America.

My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity

and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it,

as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else.

Acts of violence such as these are not isolated or unique to one side of the political aisle.

Just a few months ago in Minnesota, two democratic state lawmakers and their spouses were targeted

by a gunman. Two of them, Melissa and Mark Hortman, were killed in that attack.

In 2022, the former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home was broken into, and her husband was attacked

almost fatally. And the president himself has faced two assassination attempts. So with toxic

rhetoric and partisan division

on the rise, in a country awash with powerful weapons,

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