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Who is accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah Wednesday is expected to be charged with aggravated murder. Authorities say twenty two year old Tyler Robinson was apprehended ten PM local time, thirty three hours. After he allegedly gunned down Kirk at an outdoor rally on the campus of Utah Valley University. And Pierre's Frank Ordoniaz reports President Trump says the person responsible should be given the death penalty.
President Trump praised the collaboration between local law enforcement and federal officials.
I hope he gets the death penalty. What he did Charlie Kirk was the finest person that he didn't deserve this.
The arrest follows a widespread search that began soon after the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at a college in Utah on Wednesday. Utah's governor said casings found along with a rifle had inscriptions that read, among other things, hate fascist catch.
What does the FBI say about the biggest domestic threat from violent extremism?
Officials believe the suspect acted alone, but the governor says the investigation continues. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, New York.
NPR's Odette USF reports the country is seeing an increase in what some call non ideological extremism, where people with an incoherent jumble of ideological influences carry out mass shootings. However, data show one group continues to pose the biggest domestic threat.
The FBI has said many times over recent years the most lethal and persistent threat when it comes to violent extremism up till now has come from violent white supremacists. Um now there is concern among extremism analysts that we may be seeing or soon to see a shift toward more violence from the left, but we really don't have enough data at this point.
NPR's Odette UCF reporting. Russian and Belarus will hold Russian and Belarus forces will hold several days of mass joint military exercises. Along NATO's eastern flank.
Why are Russia and Belarus conducting large‑scale joint military exercises near NATO’s eastern flank?
Starting today, the military drills are taking place at a moment of spiraling tensions with the Western Military Alliance. Here's NPR's Charles Maine.
The military exercises will see thousands of Russian and Belarusian troops respond to a mock invading force and include stagings in the Baltic and Barents Seas as well as simulated deployments of nuclear weapons. While the Kremlin says the maneuvers are not aimed against anyone in particular, they come just days after an apparent breach of Polish airspace by Russian drones, prompting concerns the war in Ukraine could spill over into neighboring states. Poland announced it was. Shutting its border to Belarus amid the exercises. Fellow NATO members Lithuania and Latvia are also stepping up security. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Paskov accused them of hyping the Russian threat in a moment of what he called emotional overload.
It's NPR. Nepal's military has extended its curfew to prevent violence as negotiations continue for an interim government.
How is Nepal’s curfew affecting the negotiations for an interim government?
Comes as a police spokesman tells NPR more than fifty people died in protest at Topple the former government earlier this week. NPRZ hadid with the latest from Mumbai.
The curfew has loosened. Residents are allowed to purchase essentials. Some buses are now operating. But it's expected to last as negotiations continue to appoint an interim government. The former Chief Justice, Soshila Kharki, is widely expected to be announced as interim leader. Those developments come at whiplash speed. Students only took to the streets Monday to protest against a social media ban which they believed was implemented to thwart their efforts to draw attention to government corruption.
What impact did the immigration raid on a Hyundai battery plant have on South Korean workers?
Security forces fired on the protesters as they tried to breach parliament, initially killing nineteen people. That led to massive violent protests on Tuesday. The former Prime Minister resigned and is now in hiding. Deer Hadid, MPR News, Mumbai.
Hundreds of South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia last week. Have arrived back in their home country. They reportedly were greeted by relatives and applaused.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah?
0:01–1:07
2
What does the FBI say about the biggest domestic threat from violent extremism?
1:07–2:09
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Why are Russia and Belarus conducting large‑scale joint military exercises near NATO’s eastern flank?
2:09–3:10
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How is Nepal’s curfew affecting the negotiations for an interim government?
3:10–3:51
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What impact did the immigration raid on a Hyundai battery plant have on South Korean workers?
3:51–4:38