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Sep 18
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The American television network ABC has suspended late-night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, indefinitely over comments he made about the shooting of the right-wing influencer, Charlie Kirk. The announcement has reignited the debate about free speech in the US. Also: the latest on Donald Trump's state visit to the UK, thousands of Palestinians flee Israel's bombardment in Gaza City, an exclusive BBC interview with Brazil's President Lula, Indian-administered Kashmir's fruit industry on the brink of collapse, and how AI could predict your health in ten years' time.

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