Obama:

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy.

BREAKING: Charlie Kirk's killer is now in custody.

Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir:

Thank you, Charlie, for your support of Israel and for your struggle for a better world.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox:

I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox:

I want to remind everybody that we still have the death penalty in the State of Utah.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox:

We have a person of interest in custody, and our investigation is ongoing.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox:

We have a person of interest in custody that is being interviewed right now.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox:

At this point, there is no information that will lead us to believe that there is a second person involved.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox:

To whoever did this, we will find you, we will try you, and we will hold you accountable.

UPDATE: Charlie Kirk’s shooter still remains at large.

Two people were briefly detained, but both were released and have been ruled out as suspects.

The FBI and local law enforcement continue their search.

The new cover of TIME magazine.

NEW: The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) struck a Russian Black Sea Fleet ship near Novorossiysk.

Poland has requested additional air defense systems and counter-drone technology from NATO allies.

Source: Bloomberg

The US approved a possible $1.07 billion sale of up to 405 AIM-120D-3 air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Finland.

Peter Mandelson, now the UK’s ambassador to Washington, is under scrutiny after newly released emails revealed a close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein from 2005–2010, even after Epstein’s sex crimes became public.

Mandelson offered Epstein moral support, strategic advice, and discussed possible political help during his legal troubles, while Epstein later boasted about Mandelson’s influence to JPMorgan executives.

Mandelson has since expressed regret over the relationship, calling it “embarrassing,” as UK lawmakers question his judgment but Prime Minister Keir Starmer defends his role.

Source: Bloomberg

South Africa: Court in Johannesburg sentences 7 Chinese nationals to 20 years each for trafficking Malawians into forced labor.

Ghana: President John Mahama announced the country will accept West Africans deported from the United States.

The House passed an $892.6B defense policy bill in a 231-196 vote, mostly along party lines.

The bill raises troop pay by 3.8%, boosts military readiness, streamlines weapons acquisition, and allocates $142B for defense tech research.

It also repeals decades-old Iraq war authorizations to reassert congressional war powers and provides $400M for Ukraine aid.

Source: NYT

Over 1,300 filmmakers, including Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, and Ken Loach, have pledged to boycott Israeli film institutions they say are complicit in “genocide and apartheid” against Palestinians.

Saudi Arabia’s Vision Invest announced a $700 million investment in Africa-wide industrial developer ARISE IIP.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez:

Spain does not have nuclear bombs, aircraft carriers or large oil reserves.

We alone cannot stop the Israeli offensive. But that doesn't mean we are going to stop trying.

Because there are causes that are worth fighting for, even if winning them is not in our hands alone.