16 Sep 2025

US correspondent David Smith

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 16 September 2025

The latest on the political tension that followed the Charlie Kirk shooting and where authorities are at with the suspected shooter in custody.

US President Trump is visiting the UK, in the week following the sacking of the UK's US ambassador Peter Mandelson for close ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

And David speaks about Trump's response to European calls for more sanctions to be put on Russia. 

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the press on slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk while departing the White House on September 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to travel to New York City this evening.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the press on slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Photo: WIN MCNAMEE

Washington bureau chief for The Guardian, David Smith.