FBI unveils new VIDEO of Charlie Kirk’s assassin

The FBI has released new video footage of the suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, showing the gunman leaping from a rooftop at Utah Valley University before fleeing into a wooded area.

The shooting occurred shortly after 12:20pm Mountain Time on Wednesday, when the suspect fired a single rifle round from the roof of a campus building that struck Kirk in the neck as he addressed a student audience.

The newly released video shows the figure running across the roof, climbing down the building – leaving behind palm impressions, smudges believed to contain DNA, and a shoe imprint, according to the FBI. The suspect is then seen sprinting across a grassy area near a parking lot, and disappearing into nearby woods.

A high-powered Mauser bolt-action rifle, along with ammunition marked with “transgender” and “anti-fascist” slogans, was later recovered in that wooded area, according to law enforcement sources cited by ABC News.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox urged the public to assist in the manhunt, noting that more than 7,000 tips have already been submitted to the FBI – the largest volume since the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

“We cannot do our job without the public’s help right now,” Cox said at a press conference on Thursday. The governor also announced that Utah will “pursue the death penalty” once the suspect is caught.

The FBI’s Salt Lake City office continues to share images of the person of interest and is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. Trace evidence collected so far includes shoe impressions, a forearm imprint, and a palm print recovered from the rooftop where the shot was fired.

The FBI continues to work alongside our law enforcement partners to seek justice in the murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. We are releasing additional photos of a person of interest. Information about this developing investigation can be found… pic.twitter.com/woZacCxYgE

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Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, was a prominent conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump. His assassination has been described by officials as a targeted political assassination.

The reason for the mismatch would soon become apparent. After the briefing, Mr. Patel took to X again, this time to announce, “The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement.”

He added, “Our investigation continues.”

There are no indications any of this has jeopardized Mr. Patel’s job. He is a close ally to a powerful Trump aide, Stephen Miller. For his part, Mr. Bongino appears to have weathered a crisis earlier this summer after he called on his boss, Attorney General Pam Bondi, to quit over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Yet there are unmistakable signs the White House thinks the bureau needs leadership help. Last month, the White House tapped Andrew Bailey, the attorney general of Missouri, to serve as deputy director of the F.B.I., forcing Mr. Bongino to share power with a far more experienced manager. Mr. Bailey started work this week.

On Thursday, about 22 hours after Mr. Kirk was shot, the investigation appeared to pick up momentum, when the police and the F.B.I. released security camera footage of a man in sunglasses and baseball cap believed to be the shooter, along with information about the bolt-action rifle and ammunition found near the campus.

Past investigations of high-profile incidents have also been plagued by missteps, including the 2013 inquiry after the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon.

While there were multiple false starts as the public sought to identify the bombers, officials quickly zeroed in on two brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as the likely culprits after the F.B.I. published images and asked for the public’s help.

Law enforcement continued to search for the shooter.Credit...Kim Raff for The New York Times

The appeal led to a frantic police chase and shootout.

Since then, law enforcement’s ability to take video clips and feed them through facial recognition software for possible matches has vastly improved.

“We are confident in our abilities to track that individual,” the F.B.I.’s special agent in charge in Salt Lake City, Robert Bohls, said Thursday morning. “If we’re unsuccessful in identifying them, immediately, we will reach out to the public.”

By afternoon, Mr. Patel posted another, more conventional message on his X account, one that might have been written by any of his predecessors — offering up to $100,000 “for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

At a news conference on the university’s campus in Orem hours later, Mr. Cox reiterated the plea for help in identifying and tracking the suspect.

Mr. Patel, flanking him, stayed silent.

Glenn Thrush covers the Department of Justice for The Times and has also written about gun violence, civil rights and conditions in the country’s jails and prisons.

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Qatari prime minister slams Israel - 'State terrorism’

Qatar PM LIVE: ‘Revenge Begins…’: Doha To BOMB Israel? BIG Announcement After IDF Strike

Massive tensions between Qatar and Israel after the latter attacked Doha on September 9. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani called out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying, “These barbaric actions only reflect the barbarism of this person, who is dragging the region to a place where it unfortunately cannot be repaired.” Al Thani added that "The State of Qatar affirms that it will not tolerate any infringement on its sovereignty or territorial integrity. It will respond firmly to any reckless breach or attack that threatens its security and the stability of the region." He also called on other regional players to respond to Israel's barbaric actions. On September 9, Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas’ political leadership in Doha as members of the militant group gathered to consider a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. #Israel #Qatar #DohaStrike #Hamas #Netanyahu #MiddleEast #Tension #SheikhMohammed #AlThani #BarbaricActions #Sovereignty #Ceasefire #Gaza #GazaWar #GazaCeasefire #HamasPoliticalLeadership

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Qatar said it has the right to respond to Israel’s strike in Doha that targeted Hamas political leaders, which it decried as a “blatant attack”.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Qatari prime minister, described Tuesday’s attack as “state terrorism” that targeted the security and stability of the region.

“Qatar… reserves the right to respond to this blatant attack,” he told a late night press conference.

“We believe that today we have reached a pivotal moment. There must be a response from the entire region to such barbaric actions.”

US president Donald Trump said he was “very unhappy” about Israel’s airstrike that killed six people, saying it advances neither Israel nor America's goals.

Trump called the strike on Hamas's political wing "unfortunate" and said he had directed US envoy Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar but it was too late to stop the strike.

Hamas said five of its lower-ranking members and a Qatari security official were killed in the airstrike, but that all its leaders survived the attack.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the strike on Qatar was “entirely justified”.

Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot dead at campus event in Utah

Charlie Kirk, a major supporter of Donald Trump and the executive director of the Turning Point USA organization, has died after he was shot while delivering a talk at Utah Valley University, the US president has announced.

The 31-year-old activist and influencer was shot in the neck while taking questions from a crowd gathered on the grounds of the university. Kirk was reportedly shot from a building about 200 yards from where he stood, having addressed the crowd for some 20 minutes, a university spokesperson told New York Times.

“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, extending condolences to Kirk's wife Erika and family.

Around 90 minutes after he announced, "The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody," FBI Director Kash Patel said moments ago that the person has been released.

"The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency," Patel wrote.

Justin Hickens says he was standing about 20 yards from Kirk as the influential conservative activist addressed a large crowd at Utah Valley University today. Then, in the middle of Kirk’s remarks, Hickens heard “a big, loud shot.”

When people realized Kirk had been shot, they started running from the outdoor pavilion area, some knocking over barricades as they fled, Hickens said.

Hickens is one of scores of people who had gathered to see Kirk.

At a news conference hours after the shooting, University Police Chief Jeff Long said six police officers were at the event, which about 3,000 people attended. There were “some plainclothes police officers that were in the crowd as well,” he said.

“We train for these things, and you think you have things covered, and these things, unfortunately, they happen,” he said. “You try to get your bases covered, and unfortunately, today we didn’t. Because of that, we had this tragic incident.”

Video shows the moment Charlie Kirk was shot

Police arrest almost 900 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action

Police officers carry a protester during a London rally in support of the banned group Palestine Action on Sept. 6, 2025. (Joanna Chan / Associated Press)

British police said Sunday that they arrested almost 900 people demonstrating in London against a ban on the group Palestine Action, which has been deemed a terrorist organization by the government.

Almost 1,600 people have now been detained, many for silently holding signs supporting the group, since it was outlawed two months ago. Protesters say the ban on Palestine Action is an unwarranted curb on free speech and the right to protest.

The Metropolitan Police force said 890 people were arrested at Saturday's demonstration, the vast majority, 857, under the Terrorism Act for supporting a proscribed organization. Some 33 were detained for other offenses, including 17 for assaulting police officers.

Defend Our Juries, the campaign group organizing the protest, said 1,500 people took part in the demonstration outside Parliament, sitting down and holding signs reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”

Within minutes, police began arresting the demonstrators, as bystanders chanted “Shame on you,” and “Met Police, pick a side, justice or genocide.” There were some scuffles and angry exchanges as officers dragged away demonstrators who went limp as they were removed from the crowd.

Legitimate exercise of fundamental freedoms across the UK,” Volker Türk warned.

He added that according to international standards, terrorist acts should be confined to crimes such as those intended to cause death or serious injury or the taking of hostages.

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, has condemned the government’s decision to ban it as “catastrophic” for civil liberties, leading to a “much wider chilling effect on freedom of speech.”

The group has been supported by prominent cultural figures including bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney, who said she planned to use the proceeds of her work “to keep backing Palestine Action and direct action against genocide.”

Israel — founded in part as a refuge in the wake of the Holocaust, when some 6 million European Jews were murdered — vehemently denies it is committing genocide.

Britain’s government stressed that proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group does not affect other lawful groups — including pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel voices — campaigning or peacefully protesting.

About 20,000 people, by a police estimate, attended a separate pro-Palestinian march in London on Saturday.

19 Killed in Nepal ‘Gen Z’ Protests Over Social Media Ban and Corruption

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government lifted ban on social media platforms Tuesday a day after violent street protests that left at least 19 people killed.

Some of the world’s largest platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube were blocked last week, followed by a massive protest rally in the capital Kathmandu on Monday.

Police in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu opened fire on demonstrators protesting a government attempt to regulate social media.

The Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak also resigned late Monday at an emergency Cabinet meeting called by Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli.

Rallies swept the streets around the Parliament building, which was surrounded by tens of thousands of people angry at authorities who said the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight.

The gunfire unfolded as the government pursues a broader attempt to regulate social media with a bill aimed at ensuring the platforms are “properly managed, responsible and accountable.” The proposal has been widely criticized as a tool for censorship and for punishing government opponents who voice their protests online.

About two dozen social networks that are widely used in Nepal were repeatedly given notices to register their companies officially in the Himalayan nation, the government said. Those that failed to register have been blocked since last week.

Organisers of the protests, which spread to other cities in the Himalayan country, have called them "demonstrations by Gen Z."

They say the protests reflect young people's widespread frustration with the government's perceived lack of action to tackle corruption and boost economic opportunities.

The government last week decided to block access to several social media platforms, including Facebook, a decision that fuelled anger among the young.

Officials say the shutdown was for those social media platforms which had failed to register with the government, amid a crackdown on fake IDs, misinformation and hate speech.

Nepal's main opposition party had criticised the decision.

Russia Hits Seat of Ukraine Government in War's Biggest Air Attack

Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze, authorities said.

An AFP reporter saw the roof of Ukraine's cabinet of ministers in flames and smoke billowing over the capital.

Drone strikes also damaged several high-rise buildings in Kyiv, according to emergency services.

Russia has shown no sign of halting its three-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine, pushing hardline demands for ending the war despite efforts by the United States to broker a peace deal.

The barrage came after several European countries, led by France and Britain, pledged Thursday to deploy “reassurance” forces to Ukraine to patrol a peace deal between the warring sides — a demand Moscow has deemed unacceptable.

The strike on Ukraine's cabinet of ministers, a sprawling government complex at the heart of Kyiv, was the first such strike of the war.

An AFP reporter saw helicopters dropping what appeared to be buckets of water over the roof, as emergency services rushed to the scene.

Police cordoned off the area surrounding the building.

“The roof and upper floors were damaged due to an enemy attack. Rescuers are extinguishing the fire,” Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram.

“We will restore the buildings. But we cannot bring back lost lives. The enemy terrorizes and kills our people every day throughout the country,” she said.

Russia fired at least 805 drones and 13 missiles at Ukraine between late Saturday and early Sunday, the largest of the war, according to the Ukrainian air force.

Strike kills infant

AFP reporters heard explosions over the capital early Sunday.

A strike on a nine-story residential building in the west of Kyiv killed at least two people, a mother and her two-month-old son, prosecutors said.

More than a dozen others were wounded, according to police.

Ukraine's rescue service posted photos showing the building in flames, while smoke billowed from its facade.

The barrage came after more than two dozen European countries pledged to patrol any agreement to end the war, some of whom pledged troops on the ground.

Kyiv says security guarantees, backed by Western troops, are crucial to any peace deal to ensure Russia does not invade again in the future.

Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg for shutting down his Facebook account

Having a celebrity name can be co-incidence as well as a curse!. Well, you might know Mark Zuckerberg, but not this one, believe me. This one is a lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg. Moreover, this Mark Zuckerberg has sued Meta the company of Mark Zuckerberg for wrongly suspending his Facebook account on grounds of impersonation.

Mark Zuckerberg, a bankruptcy lawyer from Indiana, has filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta.

Mark Zuckerberg the lawyer uses a commercial Facebook page to advertise his legal practice and communicate with potential clients. But his page has been disabled five times in the last eight years, since Meta’s moderation systems flag his account as falsely impersonating Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the platform.

Mark Zuckerberg is not impersonating Mark Zuckerberg, because he, too, is Mark Zuckerberg. In his legal complaint, Mark Zuckerberg points out that he has been practicing law since Mark Zuckerberg was just three years old.

“It’s not funny,” Mark Zuckerberg, the lawyer, said to Indianapolis’ 13WTHR. “Not when they take my money. This really pissed me off.”

IMAGE CREDITS:MARK S. ZUCKERBERG

Mark Zuckerberg has spent over $11,000 to advertise his page on Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta platforms, but when Mark Zuckerberg’s account is disabled for allegedly impersonating Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg still has to pay for these advertisements.

In his complaint, the lawyer shared a copy of an email thread from 2020, where he asks about his wrongly disabled account and references that he has been in touch with the platform about this since 2017.

“Also, if you happen to run into the younger, richer Mark Zuckerberg, tell him I said hi and he causes me great aggravation each day,” Mark Zuckerberg the lawyer wrote in one email.

Who is “Mark Zuckerberg-the Lawyer”?

Well, the attorney, Mark S Zuckerberg, is based in Indiana and has been practising bankruptcy law for nearly 38 years. A graduate of Capital University Law School, he’s helped thousands navigate financial distress over nearly four decades. According to his LinkedIn bio, he’s appeared on NPR, NBC, and in Business Week. He’s a Board-Certified Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist and has lectured nationally. Despite sharing a name with Meta’s CEO, his reputation stands independently in legal circles, especially in consumer debt and credit law.

Why has he sued Meta the company of “Mark Zuckerberg”?

Mark says Facebook has suspended his Facebook account five times in the past eight years, each time accusing him of pretending to be someone else. According to him, the repeated bans have not only hurt his practice but also cost him thousands of dollars in lost business.

Zuckerberg said he has provided every possible proof of identity, including his photo ID, credit cards, and several images of himself. “I’m Mark Steven. And he’s Mark Elliot,” he told a TV channel, pointing out that his name has been genuine long before the tech billionaire rose to fame.

The lawyer insists the bans have caused real harm to his business. “It’s not funny,” he told WTHR. “Not when they take my money.”

What problems does Meta have now?

His case, filed in Marion Superior Court, claims that Meta violated its agreement by pulling down paid advertisements worth about $11,000 (Rs 8.2 lakh). Explaining the impact, he told WTHR-TV: “It’s like buying a billboard on the side of the highway, paying the people for the billboard and then they come and put a giant blanket over it and you don’t get the benefit of what you paid for.”

What forced the lawyer to sue Meta?

“I did everything they asked me to do, like I always do. They ask you to appeal if you think your suspension is not proper. I filed the proper appeals with them the very next day and I’ve heard nothing from them, and it’s been four months. The last time they did it, it was over six months before they turned my account back on. So I don’t know how else to get their attention,” the lawyer said.

His most recent suspension came in May this year. The account was restored only after he filed the lawsuit. Meta has admitted the mistake. In a statement, the company said his account had been “disabled in error” and has since been reinstated. It added: “We appreciate Mr Zuckerberg’s continued patience on this issue and are working to try and prevent this from happening in the future.”