First court appearance for suspected Charlie Kirk shooter. FBI director's contentious hearing on Capitol Hill. President Trump in the UK for historic second state visit. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast for Wednesday, September 17th, 2025.
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From the BBC World Service: Microsoft has announced a $30 billion investment in the U.K.'s artificial intelligence sector, its largest outside of the U.S. The announcement was timed to coincide with President Donald Trump's second state visit to Britain. Plus, Taliban officials have banned internet via cable in three Afghan provinces. And, a South Korean worker who was detained during an immigration raid at a car battery factory says the experience was traumatizing.
Plus: President Trump heads to Windsor for a royal meeting with King Charles III. And, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder steps away, citing a loss of independence under parent company Unilever. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
A.M. Edition for Sept. 17. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng outlines what we know about TikTok’s proposed U.S. business and crucially, what this means for users of the app and not least TikTok’s lucrative algorithm. Plus, President Trump meets King Charles in a historic second state visit. WSJ U.K. correspondent Max Colchester says a lot of pomp and circumstance is expected - and even some trade talks later on. And, with the Federal Reserve almost certain to cut interest rates today, investors turn their attention to the Fed's latest economic projections. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
A new United Nations report says Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute “genocide”. That has not deterred Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, from mounting a ground offensive on Gaza City. The stakes – and steaks – of Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain. And life-hacks, Chinese style.
Vacant shops and faded signs, Ford City Mall is in the process of being sold. But this shell of a shopping center was once a bustling hub, especially for young people.
There’s a new class action lawsuit against Amazon Prime Video that’s once again elevating the question of ownership in the digital age: Who actually owns a movie, a song, a video game?Buy a physical copy, like a CD or DVD, and the answer is obvious. But buy a digital copy, and the answer gets very complicated.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Aaron Perzanowski, a law professor at the University of Michigan and author of the book “The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy,” to learn about the current state of digital ownership.
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor and founder of Sundance, died at 89. Southern California faces triple-digit heat followed by thunderstorms and rain later this week. Utah prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and six other counts in the shooting of Charlie Kirk, seeking the death penalty. In business, a new report says California tied with Louisiana for the nation’s highest poverty rate and President Trump claimed the U.S. and China reached a framework deal on TikTok just ahead of the ban deadline.
Utah prosecutors charge Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and other crimes in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a case that could carry the death penalty. President Trump is in Britain for a rare second state visit, mixing royal pageantry with talks on trade and foreign policy. And FBI Director Kash Patel returns to Capitol Hill, facing questions about his leadership and his handling of high-profile investigations.
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