logo
episode-header-image
Sep 11
30m 13s

Huge manhunt underway for Charlie Kirk's...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

A huge search is underway for the killer of the influential conservative US activist and ally of President Trump, Charlie Kirk. We hear from our correspondent at the university campus in Utah where the shooting happened. Also: Britain's prime minister has sacked the UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, over his ties to the late convicted paedophile, Jeffery Epstein; a BBC investigation has revealed the scale of an international charity’s involvement in the systematic disappearance of children during former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and the dark DNA that could explain the extraordinary dancing peacock spider.

Up next
Yesterday
The Global Story: The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
<p>The American lawyer, oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman is said to have chain-smoked his way through almost every UN climate gathering from the early 1990s until his death in 2005. Some of those who saw Pearlman operate in Kyoto, where the first legally binding i ... Show More
27m 20s
Yesterday
COP30 deal fails to mention fossil fuels
<p>The UN climate summit in Brazil has closed with a commitment to triple adaptation funding for developing countries, but there was no explicit mention of the fossil fuels that drive climate change. A bitter row at COP30 saw oil-rich nations led by Saudi Arabia overcome more tha ... Show More
32m 27s
Nov 22
The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a child's life
<p>We hear about a rare meeting between a living organ donor and the child whose life was transformed by receiving her kidney. Aly Coyle says she was delighted to see 5-year-old Xavier happy and healthy after the transplant. His parents tracked her down through social media to sa ... Show More
25m 52s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 13
From Washington: Manhunt Ends, Suspected Charlie Kirk Assassin Arrested
On Friday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) announced that the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been arrested. Tyler Robinson, 22, was identified as the suspect in the killing, bringing the manhunt to an end. FOX News Justice Correspondent David Sp ... Show More
33m 43s
Sep 11
Full Episode: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
31-year-old conservative political activist, husband and father Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University, Matt Gutman has the latest on what is being called a “political assassination”, Pierre Thomas reports on the new details in the inve ... Show More
28m 16s
Sep 16
The dark memes behind Charlie Kirk’s murder
The assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk shocked America and exposed the depth of its political divides. Since a suspect has been arrested, the search for clear motive has only become more complicated. In today’s episode, the BBC’s Social Media investigations co ... Show More
24m 4s
Nov 13
‘One of the Great Journalistic Crimes of Our Age’: BBC Resignations, Trump’s Billion-Dollar Threat, and the Maccabi Fan Scandal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://zeteo.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_7">zeteo.com</a><br/><br/><p>This past week, Trump took his crusade against the free press all the way across the pond, threatening the BBC with a <a t ... Show More
40m 9s
Feb 2025
Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother fly to the US
The two men face charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania and the UK, which they deny.Also on the programme: we look ahead to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's first face to face meeting with President Trump; and we pay tribute to the Hollywood star Gene Hackman, who h ... Show More
47m 28s
Nov 13
What the Epstein Emails Tell Us
Thousands of emails to and from Jeffery Epstein have been released by the House Oversight committee, exposing a web of connections to the disgraced businessman and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in his jail cell in 2019. Of course, all everyone wants to know about is ... Show More
55m 56s
Sep 17
Full Episode: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Matt Gutman has the latest on the charges against Tyler Robinson – the suspect accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk – including aggravated murder; Aaron Katersky has details after a judge dismissed two murder charges related to acts of terrorism for Luigi M ... Show More
23m 38s
Sep 17
The Plan to Turn Charlie Kirk's Murder Into a Crackdown on the Left
<p>On Tuesday, prosecutors charged the man suspected of killing Charlie Kirk with aggravated murder, vowed to seek the death penalty and released a mountain of new evidence against him.</p><p>Jack Healy, who has been covering the killing of Mr. Kirk for The New York Times, explai ... Show More
34m 19s
May 2020
A Very British Scandal
Alex and Jenn are joined by returning guest Jen Kirby to discuss the political scandal roiling the UK, in which a top political adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, got caught taking a 260-mile road trip while the rest of the country was on lockdown due to t ... Show More
38m 33s