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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Meg Kinnard

Some leaders at UN condemn 'sick expression of joy,' 'macabre response' to Charlie Kirk's killing

UN General Assembly - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The reaction over Charlie Kirk's assassination touched yet another constituency this week: the collection of world leaders gathered at the United Nations.

Two weeks after Kirk was shot and killed in Utah, several of the world leaders gathered at for the U.N. General Assembly this week referenced the conservative activist's slaying — and some of the divisive outpouring of reaction to it — as evidence of deeper fissures in global society.

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