
Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative firebrand and Donald Trump ally, was assassinated on 10 September 2025, shot in the neck during a Utah Valley University event amid heated debates on transgender issues and mass shootings.
Shocking celebrations from an Oxford Union president-elect ignited fury in the UK, exposing rifts in free speech bastions, while Europe's far-right decried leftwing 'hate' as the true killer.