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Our top stories, Spencer Cox, the governor of Utah, named the suspect arrested for the

killing of Charlie Kirk as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from the state.

Mr. Cox thanked the family of the suspect for providing information to investigators.

Mr. Kirk, a right-wing activist, was shot dead at a university event on Wednesday.

Earlier, Donald Trump said he hoped the killer would be sentenced to death.

NATO will bolster the defence of the alliance's eastern flank in an, quote,

Eastern Century Operation. The mission will involve deploying sensors and weapons to destroy drones after a Russian incursion into Polish airspace earlier this week.

Denmark, France and Germany have sent fighter jets and other European countries have expressed willingness to support the operation.

America's Environmental Protection Agency proposed ending requirements for companies to report their

greenhouse gas emissions.

The reporting program has been collecting data from 8,000 polluters for 15 years.

The rollback follows efforts from the EPA to try to weaken emissions

and pollutant standards for power plants, renounce its ability to regulate greenhouse gas

emissions and stop updating research that helps firms calculate those emissions.

Britain's economy did not grow at all in July, according to the latest data, following

monthly growth of 0.4% in June. Production output, which includes manufacturing, declined by

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