After Charlie Kirk’s death, will young people still vote Republican, and could the battle for his legacy cost Donald Trump crucial votes in this year’s midterm elections?

This week marks the start of hearings which will determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bring a murder case against Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson.

The hearings have once again highlighted Charlie Kirk’s influence on young people and the battle among some Republicans to secure his legacy.

His death remains the subject of conspiracy theories among prominent far-right influencers such as Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens while candidates in this year’s midterm elections have used his endorsement in campaign ads.

But alongside this is also an administration that is increasingly unpopular with young people who voted for Trump in part to deal with cost-of-living pressures and a desire for no more wars.

Can the Republican Party keep hold of the voters that Charlie Kirk helped deliver, and where will they go if they don’t vote for the party?

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His last film made nearly a billion dollars at the box office and stormed the Oscars.

Now Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan is making film-making history with his adaptation of the 3,000 year old tale The Odyssey, the first film to be filmed entirely on IMAX.

The filmmaker and his stars: Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Anne Hathaway talked to the BBC’s Katie Razzall about their take on the epic tale.

Film footage and stills courtesy of Universal Pictures.

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A Palestinian aid worker who organised Gaza’s World Cup screenings was killed in an Israeli strike just before Egypt played Argentina on Tuesday.

Mohammed al-Wahidi spent years supporting families in Gaza, working as the director of the Egyptian Committee in Gaza.

About an hour before the game began, an Israeli missile struck the taxi he was travelling in.

He was killed alongside two brothers aged eight and 10, who were walking home after playing football, and another man who was caught nearby.

The Israeli military’s response is that Mohammed al-Wahidi was not the intended target – and that the strike was aimed at a Hamas militant. It says it is reviewing what happened and regrets harm to civilians.

Mohammed’s family says he will be remembered for helping people, supporting families in need and bringing his community together.

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The US and Iran again traded strikes in exchanges that continued into Thursday, as observers reported a “dramatic” drop in the number of ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz.

The US says it hit 90 military targets, some near the Strait. Iran says 14 people have been killed in the past two days.

State media also reported that targets near the Bushehr nuclear power plant were hit, citing the deputy governor of the province. The US has not commented on the latest strikes.

Iran said it targeted US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar in response. Later on Thursday, Tehran launched more strikes on sites in Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, state-linked media reported.

Separately, huge crowds gathered as Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried after six days of funeral events.

The “body of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution was buried in the memorial hall of the shrine of Imam Reza,” state broadcaster IRIB reported, according to AFP.

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