The campus has become a place to both mourn and protest over the days since Kirk's death
Scott Sperry jotted his name down on a sign-up sheet.
The 22-year-old student at Utah Valley University had watched Charlie Kirk's videos for years and credits the conservative firebrand with being a catalyst in his own political involvement.
Now, on this Thursday afternoon, moments before his political hero was about to speak on campus, Sperry thought it was time for him to pay it forward by joining his school's chapter of Turning Point USA - the organisation Kirk co-founded in 2012 to advocate for conservatism on college campuses.
Moments after taking his front-row seat to see Kirk speak, Sperry watched in shock as a sniper bullet rang out and blood started pouring from Kirk's neck. The images, he said, he still can't shake, but he thinks the loss will only strengthen the movement Kirk inspired him to join.
"When you try to silence a voice like this, they don't go away - you only amplify it," sophomore Scott Sperry said. "There are now going to be a million Charlie Kirks, and I feel like that's the thing that we need to do."
As the immediate shock of the attack calms, some at Utah Valley University said it has been replaced with a deep sense of resolve to continue what Kirk began.
Students with various political ideologies - including those vehemently opposed to Kirk's beliefs - told the BBC they've felt a personal sense of responsibility to ensure healthy debates on college campuses continue.
With branches at more than 850 colleges, Turning Point USA - which Kirk co-founded when he was just 18 - has been credited with helping galvanise younger voters and helping Donald Trump win the White House.
Kirk, who had millions of followers online, would often tour college campuses across the country to debate issues like gender, race, gun control and immigration. His views - and his confrontational style - often drew criticism from the left and attracted protestors to his on-campus events.
At a speaking event at San Francisco State University last spring, one student called him a "rage baiter" while others accused him of using real-life students as "click-bait" - he often posted his heated arguments with liberals online, where the exchanges would go viral.
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Scott Sperry choked up several times describing the moments he witnessed Kirk's death
The killing has thrown Utah Valley University into the centre of America's political divide. Soon after Kirk was shot, some who disagreed with him took to social media to blame Kirk, who has openly supported gun ownership. On the right, pundits and politicians said that conservatives were under attack by the "radical left".
The spotlight has made some students feel the need to step into the ideological fray.
"This is the first political thing we've ever done. We're not political like this," freshman McKinley Shinkle said, while waving signs with his cousin on campus that called Kirk a hero and said they aren't afraid.
"This happening on our campus and then seeing people who are supporting the shooting - it just kind of radicalised us," he added, nothing they're both planning to continue political involvement. "It's changed everything."
Nestled in a valley surrounded by towering mountains, Utah Valley is the biggest university in the state. It sits on a hill, overlooking a crisp blue lake and a 218-feet-tall granite temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The state, which is also a conservative stronghold, has the largest concentration of Mormons in the US and religion plays a leading role in this community.
Many have expressed confusion about why Kirk was targeted here. Ben Forster, a sophomore, noted how Kirk often stopped in much more liberal-leaning areas where he could have been more of a target.
"This is now where his martyrdom was established," he said, reflecting on his school. "I mean, that is what martyrdom is: He was killed at a debate."
Despite not agreeing with Kirk's stances, Forster attended Wednesday's event in Utah to watch the spectacle and hear the varying viewpoints - something he hopes won't halt at his school and others after the attack.
"I don't care about what his opinions were," he said. "He was exercising his right in a public forum to talk and discuss - and that is a good thing."
The signs of what happened here are everywhere you look near campus.
Law enforcement blocking entrances, makeshift memorials with candles and flowers, signs in apartment windows and on roads declaring Kirk a hero after he was gunned down in front of thousands during one of his signature college campus debates.
Some students told the BBC they've been leaning on one another in the aftermath - with some discussing what happens next. It's clear part of that future will include a political awakening for some on campus.
Several students made defiant posters, hanging them in their apartment windows with messages reading, "freedom" and "you can't kill the truth". A campaign-style merch display near campus is selling Trump hats and flags. All day and all night, people drive through the traffic circle entrance to campus, beeping their horns - either supporting or in opposition to Kirk.
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Jeb Jacobi, a sophomore, has been involved with the school's Turning Point USA chapter for years and was volunteering at Wednesday's event - the first stop on Kirk's planned 15-site "American Comeback Tour" of college campuses.
He got involved after becoming a fan of Kirk's trademark debates on campuses.
"I just liked that he really made people think," he said. "No matter your politics, he would get so many young people involved and intrigued. He provided a path for people to get involved."
"Something like this - it's only going to really help what Charlie was doing," Jacobi added, saying he believes the number of people involved in the school's Turning Point USA chapter will balloon.
One of those new additions: Sperry.
"We're going to lead the way," he said. "We owe it to Charlie."
CCTV shows last recorded moments of woman missing from Caribbean yacht
The couple, holding hands, walk down a wooden dock by the water's edge, after spending an evening in a bar on the island of St John in the US Virgin Islands.
They are seen boarding a dinghy and motoring away into the darkness of the Caribbean Sea, headed for their luxury yacht, anchored in the next bay.
This CCTV footage - never made public before and released exclusively now to the BBC - contains the last-recorded sighting of British woman Sarm Heslop.
Some six hours later, she would be reported missing, feared lost at sea.
Ryan Bane, her boyfriend at the time, maintains she most likely fell overboard, or drowned while swimming, while he was sleeping. He has never been formally questioned by the police.
Despite a massive search operation, Sarm's body has never been found and her disappearance remains a mystery.
To try to establish the truth, I spent a month in the US Virgin Islands investigating the case for a BBC Three documentary - speaking to the police who led the investigation, the coastguard and possible witnesses.
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Sarm's friends say she was "always up for a new challenge"
Described by her friends as a "free spirit", former flight attendant Sarm left the UK in 2019 to sail across the Atlantic with friends on a small boat.
"She was always up for a new challenge. Totally run-of-the-mill for Sarm to just be doing something bonkers," one of her friends Zan tells me.
Accompanied by friend Kate and Kate's boyfriend, Sarm headed for the Caribbean - visiting St Lucia, Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique.
Seven months into the trip, Sarm met Ryan Bane, 49, an American boat captain who chartered his £500,000 catamaran - Siren Song - to wealthy tourists.
They dated, Sarm stayed on Mr Bane's yacht, and - after three months - the relationship turned serious. Sarm then decided to work as a chef on the yacht and, on 7 March, 2021, completed her first charter.
That night, she disappeared, leaving behind her passport, phone and money. She was 41.
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Mr Bane has never spoken publicly about the case
While Sarm's friends and family have tried to keep her story in the media spotlight, and enlisted an investigator to help, her mum Brenda says she accepts her daughter is dead.
But the hope they will establish what happened, she says, is what keeps them going.
"We still haven't been able to grieve properly. We all deserve to know what happened to her and to bring her home. It's just so, so unfair," says Brenda.
One key piece of evidence I wanted to see was CCTV showing the last recorded sighting of Sarm, which had never been made public by police.
So, when the islands' chief of police, Steven Phillip, handed it to me, I was surprised.
"We're at a dead end," he admitted. "If anybody could look at this video and see something and say something it can help. That's why now."
Sarm's mum had previously watched a small section of the footage, but Sarm's friends had not seen any of it. They hoped they might spot something in the way the couple interacted with each other that night, which would provide answers.
But when I showed the footage to them - crowded round a kitchen table - they admitted that beyond confirming that she did get on board the dinghy, the CCTV didn't tell them much - and it could be interpreted in a variety of ways.
But I did notice an inconsistency with the timestamp on the CCTV.
In reports released by the US Coast Guard, Mr Bane stated the couple had returned to the yacht at 22:00 local time.
But the timestamp - which police say they have confirmed is correct - shows them motoring away from the Cruz Bay dinghy dock at 20:45 local time.
Having also travelled this route, I know it should take five to 10 minutes in a dinghy to get to the next bay, so they would have got back by 21:00.
This means there is a missing hour that Mr Bane has never accounted for.
"The timeline is suspicious, and that's one of the reasons why we need to talk to Ryan," says US Virgin Islands' police commissioner, Mario Brooks.
But Mr Bane's lawyer, David Cattie, told us this characterisation of the timeline was "irresponsible".
Commissioner Brooks told us Mr Bane remained the only person of interest in the case.
"There was… nothing of evidentiary value that points to Sarm having contact with anyone that night, outside of Ryan," he said.
Lawyer David Cattie says there is no evidence Mr Bane "had a hand" in Sarm's disappearance
While Mr Bane has never spoken publicly about the case, his lawyer agreed to be interviewed on his client's behalf, for the first time.
Asked what happened when Sarm disappeared, David Cattie said Mr Bane believed Sarm perhaps hit her head and fell overboard, or had become disorientated while swimming, lost her way and drowned.
The timeline inconsistency that evening reflected nothing other than a possible error in estimating the time while under the stress of trying to locate Mr Bane's missing girlfriend, he added.
Mr Bane said he discovered Sarm was missing at 02:00 local time. His subsequent actions have been questioned by all the boat captains and experts I have spoken to.
There were two other boats anchored in Frank's Bay at the time. I contacted the captains from both, who confirmed Mr Bane did not alert them to a problem either that night, or the following morning.
They also told me that captains are trained to shout a missing person's name, call a mayday, immediately call the coastguard and alert neighbouring boats.
Mr Cattie acknowledges Mr Bane didn't do everything "you would say a boat captain is absolutely supposed to do".
"But we're not here because you're saying, 'well, Ryan didn't follow all the boat protocol'. You're here because people are suggesting he had a hand in her disappearance. There's no evidence of that, at all."
'Minutes count'
I obtained a police timeline and US Coast Guard reports that cover the hours after Sarm was reported missing.
Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.
At 02:44 local time - having called them 10 minutes before - Mr Bane gave a brief statement to police when he arrived ashore on his dinghy.
From this point onwards though, Mr Bane's account differs from that of the police.
His lawyer tells me police had left Mr Bane with the impression that they would contact the coastguard. However, police statements describe how officers had, instead, told Mr Bane to call the coastguard.
It was nine hours after having initially reported Sarm missing to police when Mr Bane did eventually call the coastguard - at 11:46 local time.
"Ultimately it's always the captain's responsibility [when a person is missing]," says Cdr Jan League from the US Coast Guard. "Minutes count at that point. So waiting nine hours is decreasing the possibility of finding a person in the water."
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Sarm's disappearance is still classified as a missing person's case
The US Coast Guard search began 11 hours after Sarm was reported missing to police. Boats and a helicopter combed the water and coastline around where Siren Song was anchored.
It is very rare for somebody to fall overboard and for their body to never be found, Cdr League tells me.
"In the three years I have been here, we've had people go overboard, but we've never had the body go missing," he says.
Mr Bane has used his rights under the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution - which prohibits unreasonable government searches and seizures - to block a forensics team from searching his yacht.
The only search that did take place was an initial safety sweep by the coastguard.
Mr Bane has also used the Fifth Amendment - the right to not give evidence that may self-incriminate - to decline questioning by police.
Mr Cattie said he had advised Mr Bane to invoke his rights.
"One thing you learn with being a lawyer is that there are tonnes of people who had nothing to hide, who had done nothing wrong," he said. "That… just want to do all this cooperation, that wind up in jail for something they didn't do."
Five weeks later after reporting Sarm missing, Mr Bane left the US Virgin Islands. He has never returned. He later tried to sell the yacht.
'Scariest thing'
To find out more about what Ryan Bane was like, I tracked down his ex-wife, Cori Stevenson.
They married in 2008, then in 2011 he attacked her after they attended a wedding. He knocked her to the ground, she says, "grabbed my hair and he smashed it [my head] in the floor", breaking her front teeth. "He choked me and I passed out," she adds.
"When he was in that weird rage… his eyes would go completely black," she says. "That was probably the scariest thing. So I was like, 'I'm going to die today'."
Ryan Bane was given a 60-day sentence for domestic violence simple assault. The couple divorced in 2014.
Mr Cattie acknowledges Mr Bane was convicted in that single case - but he adds: "There's absolutely no indication that he ever had a violent altercation with Sarm."
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Sarm's mum says she was "the love of my life"
Sarm's case is still classified as a missing person, but her friends and family want it reclassified as a no-body murder investigation. They tell me this would mean the police could go further with the investigation.
The former Metropolitan Police officer the family enlisted to help, David Johnston, says if Sarm had gone missing in the UK, the case would have been treated at the outset as "likely to be a missing person where there is crime involved".
Elements of the evidence, he says, "would have been sufficient to move this to a position where Mr Bane would have been arrested very quickly" so he could be questioned.
The US Virgin Islands Police told us it remained committed to bringing closure to the case and would pursue all leads.
Meanwhile, Mr Bane's lawyer said his client had never been charged with any crime, and no court has issued a warrant for him. Mr Cattie said he had advised the police and the US Office of the Attorney General that if Mr Bane was required in the US Virgin Islands, he would return voluntarily.
But despite police saying the case is at a dead end, Sarm's friends and family say they will keep trying to find out what happened.
"She was the love of my life, my baby girl. I think knowing that I'm never going to see her again - I'm really heartbroken," her mum, Brenda, tells me.
"But I am stronger now and I'm going to do everything I can and I'll never give up."
Over the next couple of weeks, hundreds of thousands of new students will descend on universities around the country.
For many, this will mark the start of a brand new adventure - though one often filled with a lot of worry.
To help with nerves, BBC News asked for tips from 2024's first-years, who've already sussed out being freshers.
From balancing studies and social life, to looking after your mental health and the importance of doing the washing up, this is what the class of 2024 have to say to the new kids on the block.
Edith Adam says she was "terrified" when she moved to Liverpool last year to study medicine.
What she hadn't realised at the time was that other freshers were just as scared as she was.
"I was absolutely terrified about not being able to make friends or that people wouldn't like me," says Edith, who's now going into her second year.
"I wish I had understood everyone else was terrified, and that they appreciate it when you go up to them and say hi."
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A student at Liverpool University, Edith says saying hello to people helped break the ice
Having never been to Liverpool before - a city with a party reputation - Edith worried she might not fit in.
"I was really scared of being ostracised for not wanting to go clubbing every night and not being a drinker," she says.
But Edith was still able to find her people.
"No one actually cares. There are plenty of things you can do that don't revolve around late nights. Just find what works for you."
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Edith manages to balance studying with having fun with her friends
The 24-year-old, from Huddersfield, says her advice would be not to put too much importance on the infamous freshers' week.
"I think everyone goes in with the expectation that it's this amazing, wild week, where you meet your best friends for life and have your best time at uni," she says.
And her top tip for staying friends with your flatmates?
"If it takes less than two minutes, just do it," Edith says. "It's so easy for everything to pile up, and then you don't wash your plates for five days, and all of a sudden everything is dirty and you have no cutlery - and your flatmates hate you."
But what if you can't make freshers week?
This is the situation Konstantin Schmidt faced last year, after issues with his visa delayed his start at Greenwich University by five weeks.
Although people told him the freshers parties he'd missed out on were "fun", the mechanical engineering student says he still managed to settle in well by joining up to student clubs.
"Societies are the best way to find people who share the same passion," Konstantin says.
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Konstantin (third from the left on the back row) had never played volleyball before starting university
Joining both a volleyball society and the Formula One society, he says he had positive interactions right from the off.
"The second I joined the room the members saw I was new and instantly included me," Konstantin says. "I also met new people through volleyball who were on my course who quickly became my friends."
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Flat dinners can also help new students get to know each other, Konstantin says
The 21-year-old bonded with his flatmates by exploring each other's culture through food and music.
In his first weeks, Konstantin, who's from Bavaria in Germany, made Spätzle - a pasta dish topped with grilled cheese for a dinner party with his flatmates.
"Everyone really liked" his food, he says - but he admits the best dish was a Filipino one made by his flatmate, Kai.
"It helped us understand everyone's culture even better," Konstantin says.
While many people starting university will be living away for the first time, some students still live at home.
Commuting more than an hour each way between Glasgow and Edinburgh, Rebecca can relate.
"If they forget something, my friends can just nip back to their accommodation, whereas I can't, " she says. "But it's not bad, I like commuting in."
Going into her second year of a business management course, Rebecca is now much more organised and comfortable with the journey, after experiencing some hiccups in her first year.
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Rebecca applied to Edinburgh Napier through clearing, the only university she applied to
In some cases, cancelled trains meant she had to pay for a taxi all the way to Edinburgh.
"In second year I will definitely be checking my trains," Rebecca says.
Her advice for freshers is simple: "Make sure your bag is fully packed with everything you might need - and plan your commute."
Rebecca's university experience has been different from many others as she was only 16 when she started her course.
"I thought everyone was going to be older and not want to speak to me," she says. "But it wasn't like that at all. The age gap doesn't really matter."
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Staying at home has allowed Rebecca to continue to dance three nights a week
Now 17, Rebecca is still waiting to experience a full freshers' week, but says she was still able to attend under-18 events.
Her advice for those in a similar position?
"Don't be afraid to ask for help," she says. "I felt like I couldn't ask for help because people would think I didn't deserve to be there because I'm younger.
"They don't care that you're 16 or 17. Just ask for help."
As the first in her family to go to university, Tian Liu didn't know what to expect before she started her combined honours degree in social sciences.
"I did so much research, but I still felt so unprepared," Tian says. "University is definitely a roller coaster. There was a point I wanted to drop out, but now I can definitely see the fruits of my labour."
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University brought many new experiences for Tian, including having to share a room with a complete stranger
Now going into her second year, the 19-year-old has found a better balance and would advise incoming students to look after their mental health.
"With tuition fees rising there is such a pressure to make the most out of it, but you can burn out," Tian says. "University is as much as you make of it, but give yourself grace.
"Have close friends who can act as support and accountability if you are doing too much, and use pastoral teams that the university offers," she adds.
"There is no need to rush, it's all a constant learning curve."
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Tian has spent the summer in New York and now would like to work on the other side of the pond
One year on from moving to Durham from Leeds, Tian is in New York completing an internship she got through her university - something she "could never have imagined" last year.
Her advice for incoming students?
"Don't disqualify yourself from anything. Be your biggest cheerleader. And take so many photos."
Sister Rita (L), Sister Regina (C) and Sister Bernadette were sent to a care home against their will in 2023
Three Austrian nuns in their 80s have run away from the old people's home where they were placed and gone back to their former convent.
Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina, 86, and Sister Rita, 82, are the last three nuns at the Kloster Goldenstein convent in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg.
They regained access with the help of former students and a locksmith.
Church authorities are not happy - but the nuns are.
"I am so pleased to be home," Sister Rita said. "I was always homesick at the care home. I am so happy and thankful to be back."
The trio say they were taken out of the convent against their will in December 2023.
"We weren't asked," Sister Bernadette said. "We had the right to stay here until the end of our lives and that was broken."
When the nuns returned to Schloss Goldenstein, the convent had no water or power, but the school was still functioning
The three nuns have spent much of their lives at Schloss Goldenstein, a castle which has been a convent and a private girls' school since 1877. The school, which started accepting boys in 2017, is still functioning.
Sister Bernadette attended the school herself, arriving as a teenager in 1948. One of her fellow students was the Austrian film actress Romy Schneider.
Sister Regina arrived at the convent in 1958, and Sister Rita four years later.
All three went on to work at the school as teachers for many years. Sister Regina was headmistress.
But the numbers of nuns dwindled.
In 2022, the building was taken over by the the Archdiocese of Salzburg and the Reichersberg Abbey, an Augustinian monastery. Provost Markus Grasl from the abbey became the nuns' superior.
The community was officially dissolved at the beginning of 2024, and the remaining nuns were granted lifelong right of residence, as long as their health and mental capacity allowed.
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Sister Bernardette is far happier back at the convent serving plum dumplings to Sister Rita
In December 2023, the decision was made to transfer them to a Catholic care home, where they were unhappy.
At the beginning of September, Sister Bernadette, Sister Rita and Sister Regina moved back, helped by a group of former students.
"I have been obedient all my life, but it was too much," Sister Bernadette said.
They packed up a few belongings and came back to the convent. The locks to their former apartments had been changed so a locksmith was called.
When they first arrived, there was no electricity or water.
In a statement, Provost Grasl said the nuns' decision to return to the convent was "completely incomprehensible" and "an escalation".
"The rooms in the convent are no longer usable and in no way meet the requirements for proper care," he said.
He said the nuns' "precarious health conditions" meant "that independent living at Goldenstein Convent was no longer possible".
Grasl said the old people's home had provided them with "absolutely essential, professional, and good medical care".
Many of the nuns' wishes about the future of the convent had been taken into account, he added, including the continuation of the school.
Provost Markus Grasl says the rooms at the convent are no longer usable and the nuns' decision to return is incomprehensible
The three nuns are settling back in to their former home.
Electricity and water connections have now been partially restored, supporters are bringing food and groceries, and they have been seen by doctors.
There is a steady stream of visitors, many of whom are their former students.
One of them, Sophie Tauscher, said the nuns belong at the convent. "Goldenstein without the nuns is just not possible."
"When they need us, they just have to call us and we will be there, for sure. The nuns here changed so many lives in such a good way."
Alisha, another student said the nuns always recognised old pupils.
Videos of the nuns have been posted on Instagram, at prayer, at Mass, at lunch and climbing down the steep staircase.
They say their old stairlift was ripped out after they were taken away.
The nuns say they are determined to stay.
"Before I die in that old people's home, I would rather go to a meadow and enter eternity that way," said Sister Bernadette.
Nasser Faratawi's West Bank property was taken over by the IDF in March
Nasser Faratawi holds up a blackened garland of silicone flowers and a singed Ramadan lantern as he picks through the charred ruins of what was his popular party shop in Tulkarm in the north of the occupied West Bank.
Upstairs, on the three floors of what were his family's luxury apartments, graffiti is scrawled on the walls – including drawings of penises in a living room and his daughter's bedroom.
Expensive furniture has been broken or thrown out of the window, fancy decorations ripped out, every page of a Quran torn, and it stinks of rotten leftover food.
"They came and destroyed me," Nasser tells me. "It's all seen as destroyable because I live in this city - because I am Palestinian."
On 3 March, the Israeli military arrived at the Faratawi property and gave the family an hour and a half to leave. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took over the building while they carried out a huge operation nearby, in Tulkarm refugee camp.
"They took it as an army base and they lived in it for three-and-a-half months, using it like a hotel, and then they set it on fire," Nasser says, still in disbelief at what happened.
Upstairs in the family's apartments there is further evidence of damage
Watching from a distance, he says he saw on 11 June that a fire had been started in his warehouse and shop – where locals used to bring their cars to be decorated for weddings.
"It was very hard for me to see my business burning. Everything I had worked for, for over 30 years," Nasser says. His neighbourhood remained a closed military zone, and he was only allowed to return at the start of this month.
Asked about the state of the property, the Israeli military told the BBC that it was "not aware of any arson committed by its troops at the site", and that a complaint about the incident "has been submitted and is under review".
The IDF statement continued: "The destruction of civilian property by soldiers is contrary to IDF values. As a rule, incidents that deviate from IDF orders and values will be examined, investigated, and addressed by commanders." It did not comment on the lewd graffiti.
Graffiti has been left on the walls of Nasser's daughter's bedroom
Since the deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 triggered the brutal war in the Gaza Strip, world attention has largely been focused there. But tensions have also rocketed in the West Bank, with increased Israeli settler attacks and military operations which Israel says are aimed at Palestinian militants.
The UN says more than 900 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by IDF action and settlers in that period. At the same time, more than 60 Israelis have been killed in reported attacks by Palestinians or in armed clashes in the West Bank and Israel.
During major Israeli operations, Palestinian homes are routinely used as temporary military bases and interrogation centres, with the IDF citing security necessity.
"In order to locate and dismantle terror infrastructures at their root, the IDF is sometimes required to operate from within homes in the area for varying periods of time, according to operational needs and field circumstances," the Israeli army said.
It says it acts according to international humanitarian law and takes "measures to minimise the impact on civilians as much as possible."
In the last two weeks of June, during Israel's war with Iran, the UN's Humanitarian Office (Ocha) documented Israeli soldiers taking over about 267 Palestinian homes for periods ranging from several hours to a few days. An early estimate suggested more than 1,300 people were affected, who Ocha says "in most cases returned to their homes to find their property vandalised".
Properties were also taken over at the start of the year in three built-up, urban refugee camps – Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm – when the Israeli army moved in, describing them as "terror strongholds". In total, about 40,000 residents were forced to leave the camps, around 30,000 of whom have been unable to return.
Bulldozer-mown routes through the buildings of the neighbouring Tulkarm refugee camp can be seen from Nasser's property
From a balcony on an upper floor, you can easily look across from Nasser's house to Tulkarm refugee camp. It is like a ghost town with some 10,600 people who lived there still displaced. Israeli bulldozers have created new paths through the camp – breaking it into separate areas.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, estimates that more than 150 houses have been demolished in Tulkarm. Across the West Bank, Ocha says that between the start of Israel's Operation Iron Wall in January and July there were more than 1,400 demolition orders.
Unrwa now supports refugees staying in private accommodation in and around Tulkarm. It has set up a temporary health centre and schools, and has begun online education for students.
Israel's defence minister has said the military will stay in the three refugee camps until at least the end of the year.
Nasser previously ran a successful party and event business from this property
While Nasser Faratawi is back in his home, he wonders how he will ever renovate it. He estimates that his total losses are up to $700,000 (£520,000; €600,000). He can complain to Israeli authorities, but past evidence suggests it is highly unlikely he will get any compensation.
The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank and relies on foreign donors, used to help pay for repairs caused by Israeli military incursions. However, it is currently so cash-strapped that it cannot pay full salaries to public workers.
Without his shop and with his stock destroyed, Nasser has no income and worries that he can no longer support his son and daughter, who have been studying medicine in Egypt. He is appealing for help from international organisations.
"I'm an ordinary person, a businessman," he says. "I love peace. I never before had a weapon in my house. I had no problem with the Israeli army. I want peace and to live in peace, but they don't want peace."
Three series of The Summer I Turned Pretty have been building up to which brother Belly chooses
"Please tell me one of you watches The Summer I Turned Pretty???" reads a text from one of my best friends in our group chat.
We're both in our 30s, married, have busy careers, and yet we're hooked on a TV series about a teenage love triangle. The kind of obsession that involves shouting at the screen like it's a football match, and then taking a week to recover from the emotional turmoil.
The third series of The Summer I Turned Pretty (TSITP) follows Isabel Conklin (Belly to her friends) as she makes what's expected to be her final decision about which brother - Conrad or Jeremiah Fisher - she will end up with.
It's Prime Video's most popular show in the UK right now and social media is full of fan-made clips and opinions about whom she should choose. The much-anticipated finale airs on 17 September.
So, what is it that's making us so emotionally invested in a romantic dilemma that doesn't even exist?
Everyone loves a love triangle
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Conrad (in the black shirt) was Belly's first love, Jeremiah came later
Love triangles aren't a new storytelling device. TSITP could be compared to throwback TV shows such as The Vampire Diaries and One Tree Hill (though the latter features half-brothers rather than full brothers like Conrad and Jeremiah).
Warning: The below may contain potential spoilers - especially if you haven't watched series three of the show
"It very much [encapsulates] everything that was really good about 2000s romcoms and those angsty, yearning dramas," says fan Nathan Scott (no, not the One Tree Hill character). "All the looks across the room, the forbidden little touches and everything - it's all there."
Nathan used to see his fiancee Oliwia Netter, both aged 25 and living in London, watching TSITP, and initially his attitude was "this is rubbish and I'm not watching it".
But after he glimpsed more and began asking questions, Nathan admits he binge-watched the first series in three days.
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Nathan credits fiancee Oliwia for introducing him to both Taylor Swift and TSITP
Superfan Varun Lobo, 26, got into TSITP a couple of years ago but had not read any of the books, written by US author Jenny Han, on which the show is based.
He agrees it builds on storytelling elements that have worked well before.
"It really kind of evokes a nostalgia that takes you back to your first teenage crushes and teenage romances," he says. Controversially, Varun is Team Jeremiah.
Becca Kittler, 30, read the books as a teenager in the US and has been Team Conrad from the start.
"I think everyone has their person and I know that Conrad is Belly's. There's that spark, that tie they have with each other, the history."
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Varun is proud of his posters that he says bring a little bit of Cousins to Nottingham
But isn't a love triangle involving brothers a bit much, even for fiction?
"At the end of the day, it's about escapism," Varun explains, pointing to how he feels about the current state of the world. "Sometimes it's nice to just take yourself out of it and go to Cousins Beach."
Unafraid to discuss serious issues
Michelle Elman, 32, is also an avid TSITP viewer and works as a life coach in London. Despite the show skipping over some of the moral quandaries that arise from dating a pair of brothers, she appreciates how it deals with significant issues.
Death - a theme that also features in Dawson's Creek, another popular show from the turn of the millennium - hangs over the second and third series of TSITP.
"It has a lot of threads around grief, as the boys lose their mum, and so there are some really serious undertones to it," Michelle says. "But they are presented in quite a digestible way - I think that's also where it's resonated with some people."
Michelle knows of mothers and daughters who watch the show together and use it as an opportunity to discuss how to deal with difficult situations - whether it be grief, dating problems or hurt feelings.
There is plenty of this to go around: for example, when Jeremiah gets drunk and makes unpleasant comments, or when Conrad fails to communicate his feelings.
The hype around TSITP has been fuelled by social media, particularly on TikTok where fans of the books speculate about the ending of the TV series.
This became more frenzied when Han teased the seriescould end differentlyto the book.
Others have created videos dedicated to the couple they'd like to see get together and many of these are set to songs by Taylor Swift, whose music features prominently in the show's soundtrack.
Fans of Swift - who famously drops hidden messages and hints about future projects - have also become convinced Han has been planting seeds throughout the series to foreshadow the outcome.
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The bathtub scene - that's all
Varun has had posters used to advertise the show reproduced at a print shop near his home in Nottingham. He's framed them and they now adorn his dining room.
"That is how much I love the show," he laughs.
Becca is particularly grateful for the online community that has built up around TSITP on forums like Reddit.
"I will forever be eternally grateful to this show. Because of it, I've been able to find some of my best friends and break out of my comfort zone," she says.
Meanwhile, my group chat is bound to be pinging come finale day when it will become clear if my friends and I have backed the winning team (Team Conrad) - or not.
Like me, Nathan also feels watching the show is a bit like following a sport.
"The hype is like a Super Bowl or Champions League final," he tells the BBC.
"I get the same feeling watching Conrad and Belly moments as I do when watching Liverpool… The feeling I got for the bathtub scene, or the peaches scene, is the same to me as a last-minute winner at Anfield.
Poland's Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki holds a photo showing the drone damage during a UN Security Council meeting
More Nato countries will move their troops and fighter jets eastwards in response to Wednesday's unprecedented Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace.
Denmark, France and Germany have joined a new mission to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank. Other Nato allies are expected to take part later.
It came as the Kremlin said on Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause", with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying: "You can't wear rose-tinted glasses and expect that the negotiation process will yield immediate results."
Political tensions have been high across Europe after Poland said 19 Russian drones had flown through its airspace on Wednesday. Some were shot down, while others crashed into fields and even a house in eastern Poland.
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Polish National Territorial Defense Forces lift one of the crashed drones into a truck in the eastern village of Wohyn
Russia's military said it had "no plans to target facilities" in Poland - but Polish and European leaders believe the incursion was deliberate.
According to the Danish defence ministry, Denmark will contribute two F-16 fighter jets to support Poland's air defence, and a warship.
"Denmark fully supports Poland in this situation," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. "We must not be naive. Putin will stop at nothing, and he is testing us. Therefore, it is crucial... Denmark is contributing to this."
France will contribute three Rafale fighter jets, and Germany will give four Eurofighters.
The UK is "fully committed" to help strengthen the Eastern Sentry, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement, adding that it will provide more details soon.
On Friday, European countries - and the US - stood by Poland during an urgent UN Security Council session in New York discussing Russia's drone incursion.
"The United States stands by our Nato allies in the face of these alarming airspace violations," acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea said. "And rest assured, we will defend every inch of Nato territory.
She added that since Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a summit in Alaska nearly a month ago to discuss peace, "Russia has intensified its bombing campaign against Ukraine".
While addressing the UN on Friday, Poland's Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki held up photos of one of the downed drones, and a damaged house.
"We know - and I repeat - we know that it was not a mistake," he said.
The Netherlands and Czech Republic have already said they would send defences to Poland, while Lithuania will receive a German brigade and greater warning of Russian attacks on Ukraine that could cross over.
Germany also said it would "intensify its engagement along Nato's eastern border" and extend and expand air policing over Poland.
Officers investigate the scene of the fatal shooting near Chicago on Friday morning
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed a man near Chicago on Friday after he allegedly drove his car at a group of agents.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said ICE had been trying to arrest the man, but he resisted and drove towards the group. An agent was then dragged along by his vehicle.
The agent, who the department said feared for his life, drew his gun and opened fire.
The driver, Silverio Villegas-Gonzales, was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after, officials said.
"During a vehicle stop, the suspect resisted and attempted to drive his vehicle into the arrest team, striking an officer and subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene," a statement said.
The ICE agent suffered "severe injuries" in the incident, officials said, but was in a stable condition in hospital.
The Department of Homeland Security said Mr Villegas-Gonzales had a history of reckless driving and was an undocumented migrant. He entered the country "at an unknown date and time", they said.
A spokesperson for the local police department in Franklin Park said they had not been involved in the incident.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker wrote in an online post: "This is a developing situation and the people of Illinois deserve a full, factual accounting of what's happened today to ensure transparency and accountability."
Franklin Park is a suburb of around 18,000 people near O'Hare Airport, north-west of Chicago. Around half of its population is Hispanic.
Immigration officials have been ramping up enforcement activities in the Chicago area this week on the orders of the Trump administration.
Watch: Charlie Kirk's widow Erika makes first public statement since deadly shooting
Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, has given a tearful address in which she thanked first responders for trying to save her husband's life after he was fatally shot on a Utah university campus.
In a livestream, standing beside her husband's empty chair that he used during podcast tapings, she quoted the Bible and spoke about his love for President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance, the United States, and the couple's two children.
Kirk, a right-wing activist, was shot dead on Wednesday during an open-air speaking event in Orem, Utah. His suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Thursday night after surrendering to police.
In her remarks, Mrs Kirk pledged: "My husband's voice will remain".
The broadcast from Turning Point USA's headquarters in Arizona began with several minutes of silence, as the camera framed Charlie Kirk's empty chair.
As his widow started speaking, she looked upwards and whispered a silent prayer.
She then thanked first responders who tried to save him, her husband's staff, and the White House.
"Mr President, my husband loved you. And he knew that you loved him too," she said tearfully, also thanking Vance and his wife Usha for accompanying the casket back to Arizona.
"But most of all, Charlie loved his children. And he loved me. With all his heart. And he made sure I knew that everyday."
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Erika Kirk holds hands with Second Lady Usha Vance as they arrive in Arizona on Air Force Two
Addressing "evil-doers," Mrs Kirk said: "You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.
"They should all know this: If you thought that my husband's mission was powerful before you have no idea, you have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country and this world."
Her husband's tour of US university campuses will continue throughout the fall, and in the years ahead, she said, without offering further details. His podcast will also continue.
Erika Kirk also spoke of their one-year-old son and three-year-old daughter, saying that she was at a loss for how to explain their father's sudden death.
"Baby, daddy loves you so much. Don't you worry. He's on a work trip with Jesus," she told their daughter.
Mrs Kirk, 36, and their children were reportedly in the audience when her husband was shot.
Erika Kirk is a businesswoman and former Miss Arizona USA winner who met her husband in 2018. The couple were engaged by 2020 and wed less than a year later.
She is currently studying for a doctorate in Bible Studies, has launched a ministry programme and hosts the Midweek Rise Up podcast focused on Biblical leadership. Mrs Kirk also acts and models, and has a faith-based clothing line.
Although the children and the couple's home life are regular fixtures on her social media pages, they never publish images showing their children's faces.
Charlie Kirk, 31, a controversial figure in American political discourse, has been hailed by many as the future of American conservatism with a knack for energising young conservatives.
By mobilising the youth vote, he was an instrumental organiser in Donald Trump's Maga coalition and helped return Trump to the White House for a second term.
Kirk was a strong supporter of gun rights, vehemently opposed abortion, was critical of transgender rights and promoted false claims about Covid-19.
His views were polarising on the college campuses where he held large events, and his provocative speeches would draw crowds of vocal opponents as well as fans.
His supporters said he was relatable and understood their concerns. But his views drew fierce liberal criticism, and his critics said Kirk's rhetoric hurt people - especially those in the LGBTQ+ community.
Erika and Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA Ball in Washington DC in January
Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University during Turning Point USA's The American Comeback Tour, a speaking engagement that took him to several college campuses throughout the states.
He was shot during his viral Prove Me Wrong debate while taking a question about gun violence and transgender people in the US.
Trump has announced that he will award Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian honour a president can bestow - describing his friend and ally as a "giant of his generation and a champion of liberty".
The president said that Mrs Kirk "is absolutely devastated."
Turning Point USA, the organization Charlie Kirk founded when he was 18 years old, also referred to its co-founder as a "martyr" and "pioneer".
"Charlie was the ideal husband and the perfect father. Above all else, we ask you to pray for the Kirks after the incomprehensible loss they have suffered," the organization said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday.
Vice-President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday to retrieve Kirk's casket and transport it to Phoenix, Arizona - where Kirk's family lives - on the vice-presidential aircraft, Air Force Two.
Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance travelled with Kirk's family and some of his friends to Arizona.
Officials at No 10 and the Foreign Office were aware of supportive emails between Lord Mandelson and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when the prime minister initially defended the former ambassador on Wednesday, the BBC understands.
Sources stressed Sir Keir was not aware of the contents of the emails when he stood by Lord Mandelson at Prime Minister's Questions.
The BBC understands that a media enquiry outlining details of the messages between the pair was sent to the Foreign Office on Tuesday, and passed on to No 10.
Sir Oliver Robbins, the permanent under-secretary at the Foreign Office, asked Lord Mandelson about the emails on Tuesday, but did not receive a response until the following day.
Prime Minister's Questions takes place every Wednesday at midday while the House of Commons is sitting, with the prime minister facing questions from the leader of the opposition and other members of the House.
Lord Mandelson was sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US shortly before 11:00 on Thursday. Downing Street said the emails contained "new information" that was not known at the time of Lord Mandelson's appointment.
The full emails were published by Bloomberg and the Sun on Wednesday evening.
"I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened," Mandelson wrote the day before Epstein reported to prison in 2008 for soliciting sex from a minor.
Mandelson added: "You have to be incredibly resilient, fight for early release... Your friends stay with you and love you."
In an interview with the Sun on Wednesday, Lord Mandelson said he felt a "tremendous sense of regret" that he had met Epstein, and that he "took at face value the lies that he fed me and many others".
The BBC earlier reported that Lord Mandelson's emails were sent from an old account to which he no longer had access. Officials cite this as the reason they had not been seen earlier.
In a statement announcing Lord Mandelson's dismissal, the Foreign Office said: "The emails show that the depth and extent of Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is materially different from that known at the time of his appointment."
Following his sacking, Mandelson said being the UK's ambassador to the US had been "the privilege of my life".
It comes as Sir Keir faces growing pressure over his handling of Lord Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to the US.
Labour MP Clive Lewis, an outspoken voice on the Labour left, said Sir Keir "doesn't seem up to the job", adding that there was a "very, very dangerous atmosphere" among Labour MPs.
Another Labour MP, Jo White, said the "clock is ticking" for Sir Keir to turn polls around before local elections next May.
It also emerged that Jeffrey Epstein paid for Lord Mandelson's travel on two separate occasions in 2003 totalling more than $7,400 (£5,400), according to documents released by the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee.
Earlier this week, US lawmakers released an alleged "birthday book" containing messages sent to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday in 2003 - including one from Lord Mandelson.
In his letter, which features photos of the pair, Lord Mandelson described Jeffrey Epstein as his "best pal", and an "intelligent, sharp-witted man".
The band are taking a break after smashing box office records on their latest tour
Coldplay celebrated the end of their record-breaking 10-show run at Wembley Stadium with a dazzling, multi-coloured night of musical magic.
Playing hits from every era of their 25-year career, they filled the stadium with light, and even indulged themselves with a giddy version of Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody. "This is the song I warm up to in the car park," joked singer Chris Martin.
The show closed the latest leg of their Music Of The Spheres Tour, which has circled the world four times since 2022. It is now the highest-attended tour in history, with more than 12m tickets sold.
On stage, Martin promised it would resume "somewhere in southern Africa in about 18 months".
Friday's show was held almost a week late, after a strike by London transport workers forced the band to postpone.
"I know it caused a lot of inconvenience for a lot of you," Martin told the crowd. "In return we're going to play a show fifteen times better than any show we've ever played before. That's the pledge."
They might not have achieved that goal - Coldplay have already set themselves a ridiculously high bar - but this was stadium stagecraft at its absolute finest.
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Coldplay are the first band to power a concert at Wembley Stadium entirely by renewable energy with no generator use.
The concert is a sensory overload, full of LED writstbands, raining confetti, laser lights, spinning inflatables, 3D glasses that turn everything into hearts and stars, and even a brief puppet show (the operators, Drew and Nicolette, happily got engaged during last Saturday's concert).
Martin is the glue that holds it together. He bounds across the stage like a puppy - or is it a youth pastor? - covering the length of the catwalk several times within the first few songs.
His plan isn't just to bridge the gap between the band and the audience, it's to dismantle it entirely.
"I see you," he says repeatedly, identifying uber-fans at the front and distant figures in the vertigo seats.
"I see you over here with a Brazilian flag. And I see you, too, in the top corner with lights on your bodies. You look like you're from the movie Tron."
It's a schtick, for sure, but it fosters an incredible sense of unity. Those LED wristbands play a huge part, too, making everyone in the audience part of a giant tapestry of light. And there's a communal euphoria in singing along to hits like Paradise, The Scientist, Yellow and Sky Full of Stars.
After the first 30 minutes, I realised that I'd barely looked at the giant screens above the stage.
The audience is the show.
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The Wembley concerts alone were attended by more than 800,000 people
That's a contrast to most stadium concerts, where the message is more like: "Look upon me, puny mortals, and be astonished by my divine talents and somewhat improbable physique."
Coldplay don't bother with any of that. Martin's bandmates Guy Berryman, Will Chamberlain and Jonny Buckland would rather that no-one noticed them at all. Instead, they'd rather make a fuss over their special guests.
In London, that means Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Orchestra - a group of youth players who've supported the band at all of their Wembley dates. They come out twice, for Viva La Vida and feelslikeimfallinginlove, twirling their cellos and jumping up and down as they provide the stirring string accompaniment.
Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna, meanwhile, hogs the spotlight during We Pray, hitting some quite extraordinary high notes.
Who has played the most shows at Wembley Stadium?
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Coldplay - 16 nights on the Music of the Spheres tour, 2022-25*
Taylor Swift - Eight nights on the Eras tour, 2024
Take That - Eight nights on the Progress tour, 2011
Oasis - Seven nights on the Live '25 tour, 2025
Michael Jackson - Seven night on the Bad tour, 1988
* Including six nights in 2022 and 10 night in 2025
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Coldplay formed in London in the late 1990s, initially under the name Starfish
Musically, Coldplay's set-list is stacked. There's a thrilling version of Clocks that shudders with discordant guitar riffs before resolving into a powerful chorus; and an extended acoustic version of Sparks has fans swooning.
Something Just Like This, an abominable song on record, becomes a euphoric mini-rave on stage; while Fix You is simply majestic.
With the tour about to go on hiatus (or maybe because he keeps self-administering throat spray) Martin is on whimsical form.
He describes Coldplay as "the third best soft rock band in London"; randomly sings the opening lines of Wonderwall; and, during Paradise, invokes the dancehall star Shaggy, for no discernible reason.
"That song was by Shaggy," he declares, inaccurately.
Towards the end of the show, he stops everything to celebrate Buckland's 48th birthday, presenting the guitarist with a Lego Batmobile and promising, "I'll give you £1m if you build it before Fix You".
Then, preparing to play the album track Jupiter for the first time, he announces: "This could be terrible. But if it is terrible, don't worry, we're going to play Yellow in a minute.
"Will Champion could fart in the microphone, as long as we play Yellow."
Coldplay were the first group to use LED wristbands at their concerts, and the technology has evolved to allow incredibly sophisticated light shows
Martin later admits that his sense of humour "gets me into trouble every day". But not as much trouble as married tech CEO Andy Byron, who was caught in a loving embrace with his HR executive on the giant screens of a Coldplay concert in the US earlier this year.
The moment - during part of the show where Martin serenades audience members with an improvised song - went viral, and has reportedly led to at least one divorce. So when the jumbotron section of the show starts on Friday, Martin issues a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer.
"Whatever happens here, stays here. Guaranteed. So if you've just embezzled the company funds, come on camera now. It's fine."
Before long, a young couple flashes up on the screen.
"Holy crap, don't put me through this again," the singer grimaces, only agreeing to play a song after they've flashed their wedding rings at the camera.
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The band are due to take a well-deserved break
The spontaneity and humour is part of what makes every Coldplay show unique, even when most of the set is painstakingly planned out.
On Friday, fans at the final London date showed their appreciation.
It was a bittersweet moment. Fans know the band have a long break planned. And even if they use their gap year to make new music, Martin has announced it will be their final album.
Poland's Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki holds a photo showing the drone damage during a UN Security Council meeting
More Nato countries will move their troops and fighter jets eastwards in response to Wednesday's unprecedented Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace.
Denmark, France and Germany have joined a new mission to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank. Other Nato allies are expected to take part later.
It came as the Kremlin said on Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause", with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying: "You can't wear rose-tinted glasses and expect that the negotiation process will yield immediate results."
Political tensions have been high across Europe after Poland said 19 Russian drones had flown through its airspace on Wednesday. Some were shot down, while others crashed into fields and even a house in eastern Poland.
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Polish National Territorial Defense Forces lift one of the crashed drones into a truck in the eastern village of Wohyn
Russia's military said it had "no plans to target facilities" in Poland - but Polish and European leaders believe the incursion was deliberate.
According to the Danish defence ministry, Denmark will contribute two F-16 fighter jets to support Poland's air defence, and a warship.
"Denmark fully supports Poland in this situation," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. "We must not be naive. Putin will stop at nothing, and he is testing us. Therefore, it is crucial... Denmark is contributing to this."
France will contribute three Rafale fighter jets, and Germany will give four Eurofighters.
The UK is "fully committed" to help strengthen the Eastern Sentry, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement, adding that it will provide more details soon.
On Friday, European countries - and the US - stood by Poland during an urgent UN Security Council session in New York discussing Russia's drone incursion.
"The United States stands by our Nato allies in the face of these alarming airspace violations," acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea said. "And rest assured, we will defend every inch of Nato territory.
She added that since Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a summit in Alaska nearly a month ago to discuss peace, "Russia has intensified its bombing campaign against Ukraine".
While addressing the UN on Friday, Poland's Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki held up photos of one of the downed drones, and a damaged house.
"We know - and I repeat - we know that it was not a mistake," he said.
The Netherlands and Czech Republic have already said they would send defences to Poland, while Lithuania will receive a German brigade and greater warning of Russian attacks on Ukraine that could cross over.
Germany also said it would "intensify its engagement along Nato's eastern border" and extend and expand air policing over Poland.
AstraZeneca has paused plans to invest £200m at a Cambridge research site in a fresh blow to the UK pharmaceutical industry.
The project, which was set to create 1,000 jobs, was announced in March 2024 by the previous government alongside another project in Liverpool, which was shelved in January.
An AstraZeneca spokesperson said: "We constantly reassess the investment needs of our company and can confirm our expansion in Cambridge is paused."
Over the last 10 years, UK spending on medicines has fallen from 15% of the NHS budget to 9%, while the rest of the developed world spends between 14% and 20%.
Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies have been looking to invest in the US following Trump's threats of sky-high tariffs on drug imports.
In July, AstraZeneca said it would invest $50bn (£36.9bn) in the US on "medicines manufacturing and R&D [research and development]".
Earlier this week Merck, which had already begun construction on a site in London's King's Cross which was due to be completed by 2027, said it no longer planned to occupy it.
The multi-national business, known as MSD in Europe, said it would move its life sciences research to the US and cut UK jobs, blaming successive governments for undervaluing innovative medicines.
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AstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot announced the firm's $50bn investment in the US in July
The paused Cambridge project would have been an expansion of its existing Discovery Centre, which already hosts 2,300 researchers and scientists.
The stoppage comes after it scrapped plans to invest £450m in expanding a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside in January, blaming a reduction in government support.
It said at the time that after "protracted" talks, a number of factors influenced the move, including "the timing and reduction of the final offer compared to the previous government's proposal".
Successive UK governments have pointed to life sciences as one of its most successful industries.
Former chancellor Jeremy sector said the sector was "crucial for the country's health, wealth and resilience" while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said AstraZeneca was one of the UK's "great companies" days before it scrapped its Liverpool expansion.
Watch: Charlie Kirk's widow Erika makes first public statement since deadly shooting
Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, has given a tearful address in which she thanked first responders for trying to save her husband's life after he was fatally shot on a Utah university campus.
In a livestream, standing beside her husband's empty chair that he used during podcast tapings, she quoted the Bible and spoke about his love for President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance, the United States, and the couple's two children.
Kirk, a right-wing activist, was shot dead on Wednesday during an open-air speaking event in Orem, Utah. His suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Thursday night after surrendering to police.
In her remarks, Mrs Kirk pledged: "My husband's voice will remain".
The broadcast from Turning Point USA's headquarters in Arizona began with several minutes of silence, as the camera framed Charlie Kirk's empty chair.
As his widow started speaking, she looked upwards and whispered a silent prayer.
She then thanked first responders who tried to save him, her husband's staff, and the White House.
"Mr President, my husband loved you. And he knew that you loved him too," she said tearfully, also thanking Vance and his wife Usha for accompanying the casket back to Arizona.
"But most of all, Charlie loved his children. And he loved me. With all his heart. And he made sure I knew that everyday."
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Erika Kirk holds hands with Second Lady Usha Vance as they arrive in Arizona on Air Force Two
Addressing "evil-doers," Mrs Kirk said: "You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.
"They should all know this: If you thought that my husband's mission was powerful before you have no idea, you have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country and this world."
Her husband's tour of US university campuses will continue throughout the fall, and in the years ahead, she said, without offering further details. His podcast will also continue.
Erika Kirk also spoke of their one-year-old son and three-year-old daughter, saying that she was at a loss for how to explain their father's sudden death.
"Baby, daddy loves you so much. Don't you worry. He's on a work trip with Jesus," she told their daughter.
Mrs Kirk, 36, and their children were reportedly in the audience when her husband was shot.
Erika Kirk is a businesswoman and former Miss Arizona USA winner who met her husband in 2018. The couple were engaged by 2020 and wed less than a year later.
She is currently studying for a doctorate in Bible Studies, has launched a ministry programme and hosts the Midweek Rise Up podcast focused on Biblical leadership. Mrs Kirk also acts and models, and has a faith-based clothing line.
Although the children and the couple's home life are regular fixtures on her social media pages, they never publish images showing their children's faces.
Charlie Kirk, 31, a controversial figure in American political discourse, has been hailed by many as the future of American conservatism with a knack for energising young conservatives.
By mobilising the youth vote, he was an instrumental organiser in Donald Trump's Maga coalition and helped return Trump to the White House for a second term.
Kirk was a strong supporter of gun rights, vehemently opposed abortion, was critical of transgender rights and promoted false claims about Covid-19.
His views were polarising on the college campuses where he held large events, and his provocative speeches would draw crowds of vocal opponents as well as fans.
His supporters said he was relatable and understood their concerns. But his views drew fierce liberal criticism, and his critics said Kirk's rhetoric hurt people - especially those in the LGBTQ+ community.
Erika and Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA Ball in Washington DC in January
Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University during Turning Point USA's The American Comeback Tour, a speaking engagement that took him to several college campuses throughout the states.
He was shot during his viral Prove Me Wrong debate while taking a question about gun violence and transgender people in the US.
Trump has announced that he will award Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian honour a president can bestow - describing his friend and ally as a "giant of his generation and a champion of liberty".
The president said that Mrs Kirk "is absolutely devastated."
Turning Point USA, the organization Charlie Kirk founded when he was 18 years old, also referred to its co-founder as a "martyr" and "pioneer".
"Charlie was the ideal husband and the perfect father. Above all else, we ask you to pray for the Kirks after the incomprehensible loss they have suffered," the organization said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday.
Vice-President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday to retrieve Kirk's casket and transport it to Phoenix, Arizona - where Kirk's family lives - on the vice-presidential aircraft, Air Force Two.
Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance travelled with Kirk's family and some of his friends to Arizona.
Poland's Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki holds a photo showing the drone damage during a UN Security Council meeting
More Nato countries will move their troops and fighter jets eastwards in response to Wednesday's unprecedented Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace.
Denmark, France and Germany have joined a new mission to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank. Other Nato allies are expected to take part later.
It came as the Kremlin said on Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause", with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying: "You can't wear rose-tinted glasses and expect that the negotiation process will yield immediate results."
Political tensions have been high across Europe after Poland said 19 Russian drones had flown through its airspace on Wednesday. Some were shot down, while others crashed into fields and even a house in eastern Poland.
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Polish National Territorial Defense Forces lift one of the crashed drones into a truck in the eastern village of Wohyn
Russia's military said it had "no plans to target facilities" in Poland - but Polish and European leaders believe the incursion was deliberate.
According to the Danish defence ministry, Denmark will contribute two F-16 fighter jets to support Poland's air defence, and a warship.
"Denmark fully supports Poland in this situation," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. "We must not be naive. Putin will stop at nothing, and he is testing us. Therefore, it is crucial... Denmark is contributing to this."
France will contribute three Rafale fighter jets, and Germany will give four Eurofighters.
The UK is "fully committed" to help strengthen the Eastern Sentry, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement, adding that it will provide more details soon.
On Friday, European countries - and the US - stood by Poland during an urgent UN Security Council session in New York discussing Russia's drone incursion.
"The United States stands by our Nato allies in the face of these alarming airspace violations," acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea said. "And rest assured, we will defend every inch of Nato territory.
She added that since Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a summit in Alaska nearly a month ago to discuss peace, "Russia has intensified its bombing campaign against Ukraine".
While addressing the UN on Friday, Poland's Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki held up photos of one of the downed drones, and a damaged house.
"We know - and I repeat - we know that it was not a mistake," he said.
The Netherlands and Czech Republic have already said they would send defences to Poland, while Lithuania will receive a German brigade and greater warning of Russian attacks on Ukraine that could cross over.
Germany also said it would "intensify its engagement along Nato's eastern border" and extend and expand air policing over Poland.
That's a lot of rice... Hilda Baci's team used giant spatulas to stir the food in an equally huge pan
Nigerian chef and former Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, has attempted to make the world's largest pot of jollof rice, a popular West African dish.
Thousands of people gathered in Lagos to watch the food influencer's latest world record bid, after once holding the 2023 title for the longest cooking marathon - an exhausting 93 hours and 11 minutes - nearly four days.
Her gigantic jollof rice recipe included 4,000kg (8,800 lb) of rice, 500 cartons of tomato paste and 600kg of onions - all poured into a custom-made pot of almost 23,000 litres.
The dish took several hours to cook and now must be validated by the Guinness World Record with photo and video evidence of the achievement.
Baci, 28, told BBC Pidgin that it took her one year to plan how she would tackle the mammoth challenge.
"We are the giant of Africa, and jollof is a food that everybody knows Africans for," she said.
"It would make sense if we had the biggest pot of jollof rice, it would be nice for the country."
Manufacturing the giant steel vessel to hold her dish took a culinary team of 300 people two months to make.
Working with a group of assistants wielding massive wooden spatulas, Baci's crowning dish was later distributed for everyone to enjoy.
Jollof rice is a staple of Nigerian cuisine, featuring rice simmered in a tomato based sauce, often paired with meat or seafood.
Hilda Baci won a competition for her version of jollof rice in 2021, and then became a national sensation in 2023 when she claimed the cooking marathon record.
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