December 19, 2025 • 7 mins
US Correspondent Jonathan Kearsley joined Andrew Dickens to chat about the latest news out of America.
The alleged Brown University shooter, who killed two and injured more, was found dead.
The House Oversight Committee Democrats released 68 more photos from Epstein's estate, including images of Bill Gates, Steve Bannon and Noam Chomsky.
And, TikTok has agreed to a deal which will end the threat of a US ban.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business or after the out of States
of America, and Jonathan Kurzley joins me. Now, Jonathan, good morning,
A good afternoon.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well Andrew, a very good afternoon to you and the
listeners right across the network.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Let's just say hello. Okay, the Brown University shooting suspect
has been found dead a grizzly end assorted end. It
was found dead in a storage unit.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, this is breaking news. Within the last hour or so,
this has been a week long manhunt for authorities on
the eastern side of the United States after the shooting
in Providence that left a couple of people dead at
Brown University. Now we have had this development from authorities
within the last little while. That's saying that, yes, they
have found the person of interest dead inside a storage
(00:48):
facility in Salem in New Hampshire. It is believed that
this person not only took their own life, but had
also been a PhD student at the Very University back
in around the year two thousand and withdrew from a
program a few years later. Interestingly, it's also been reported
that he knew the building and had been inside the
(01:10):
building where the shooting had taken place. The shooting that
was targeted the building that was targeted just a matter
of a week or so ago, two students were left dead.
Nine others were wounded. This suspect, who has been identified
as a Portuguese national who is forty eight years old,
Claudium Manuel Neves Valente, is also being linked to the
(01:30):
shooting of an MIT professor, and it's believed that they
actually were at the same university in Lisbon in Portugal
at some point. But this has brought to an end
what has been a week long manhunt and certainly a
significant period of concern for the community of Providence, the
authorities in Providence, who initially seemed to have no idea
(01:50):
who this suspect was. We kept getting images and more
video released, and then earlier today they said that they
had a suspect in mind, an identity in mind, but
did not release that identity. And then a few hours
later we had this news that yes, the suspect, the
person of interest, has been found dead, reportedly from a
(02:11):
self inflicted gunshot wound inside a storage facility somewhere away
in New Hampshire.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
This was a hell of a manhunt, and when they
were releasing videos showing look at the way this man walks,
look at his distinctive and that was the only clues
they had to go on. I was not confident, you know.
It kind of reminded me of the Usual Suspects film.
But that's another story. Now we've got a new bunch
of Epstein photos that have been released. In these ones
show Bill gates with young women and young women who
(02:39):
have been involved in allegations with Epstein.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Before Bill gates with young women, there's a reference to
the novel Elitter text written on the body of a
young woman. There are images of screenshots of text messages
about a teenage girl from Russia. There are yet more photos.
This comes interestingly from the Democrats on a House Oversight
(03:06):
committee in Congress, and it comes a day before the
deadline for the Epstein files to be released. These photos
are some of a tranche of some ninety five thousand
held by the Epstein estate. It's been yet more photos,
yet more images. This has been a drip drip strategy
from the Democrats who have been blurring and disguising the
(03:26):
identities of some of the women involved as they try
and get to this point, depressure the Trump administration to
release these files now. Tomorrow is going to be the
crucial day. Yes, these images are interesting from a news
perspective sense. Obviously the individuals involved have long and denied
any sort of wrongdoing with their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
(03:51):
But tomorrow is going to be d day, if you like.
It is the moment of truth. It is the moment
that could we see exactly what is in all of
these files? What more are we likely to see released?
I think the next twenty four hours in this matter
are going to be very telling if it is a
case of the same old, same old, if you like,
without using that phrase flippantly, because Jeffrey Epstein was a
(04:13):
convicted pedophile, and clearly the Democrats have been moving in
circles trying to point the finger of blame at people
who he had been associated with, the next twenty four
hours are going to be very very telling, indeed, as
to where this story moves next.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
All right, and TikTok has signed a deal to sell
us who is I'm to a consortium led by Larry
Ellison and Oracle.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
TikTok TikTok. The clock certainly has been ticking down for
the social media app. But yes, the company assigned a
deal backed by President Trump to spin off the US assets.
This will apply to TikTok in the United States of America.
It will be sold off to largely a bunch of
group of American investors. This is exactly what the President
had wanted. This has been a very slow, oh moving,
(05:00):
and long time coming deal. The United States has been
very very keen to get Chinese interest in the United
States away from TikTok, away from byte Dance, because there
has been significant national security concerns about the data that
bite Dance could collect of American citizens of individuals here,
(05:21):
and under Chinese law they would be forced to share
that with the Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing, and
that has been of significant concern here. So essentially there's
been a big move to try and divest it, to
try and get it away from Chinese ownership. So what
you're going to see is American investors take over TikTok
here in the United States of America. Whether other countries
(05:42):
are going to try and follow suit with similar moves
to try and get TikTok divested in their own countries. Well,
that is a matter for obviously each an individual country.
But for those TikTokers out there who are busy making
all of their fun social media videos for Christmas and
are comanding it with all the various filter and clips
and different sing songs you can do with the app,
(06:03):
will then go ahead because the app still exists. So
the world is your oyster. TikTokers. Keep doing what you're
doing because the people, well they'll still be watching.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Good Man Jonathan Curzley out of the United States of America. Now,
this consortium that's actually bought the US arm of TikTok
is led by Oracle and Larry Ellison. We all know
him well from America's Cup Another another group called mg X,
and some other group called silver Lake. Never heard of
silver Lake before silver Lake. They're begin to tech. They've
got six point four billion dollars invested into data centers.
(06:36):
His data centers again, talking about data centers again, the
big holder of shares in AIRB and b oh, that's right,
and silver Lake also put two hundred million dollars into
the All Blacks and so now the investor in the
All Blacks is now the owner of TikTok, so you
can imagine all black TikTok's coming your way real soon.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
For more from Hither Duplassy Allen Drive, listen live to
news talks it Be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
International Correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business or after the out of States
of America, and Jonathan Kurzley joins me. Now, Jonathan, good morning,
A good afternoon.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well Andrew, a very good afternoon to you and the
listeners right across the network.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Let's just say hello. Okay, the Brown University shooting suspect
has been found dead a grizzly end assorted end. It
was found dead in a storage unit.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, this is breaking news. Within the last hour or so,
this has been a week long manhunt for authorities on
the eastern side of the United States after the shooting
in Providence that left a couple of people dead at
Brown University. Now we have had this development from authorities
within the last little while. That's saying that, yes, they
have found the person of interest dead inside a storage
(00:48):
facility in Salem in New Hampshire. It is believed that
this person not only took their own life, but had
also been a PhD student at the Very University back
in around the year two thousand and withdrew from a
program a few years later. Interestingly, it's also been reported
that he knew the building and had been inside the
(01:10):
building where the shooting had taken place. The shooting that
was targeted the building that was targeted just a matter
of a week or so ago, two students were left dead.
Nine others were wounded. This suspect, who has been identified
as a Portuguese national who is forty eight years old,
Claudium Manuel Neves Valente, is also being linked to the
(01:30):
shooting of an MIT professor, and it's believed that they
actually were at the same university in Lisbon in Portugal
at some point. But this has brought to an end
what has been a week long manhunt and certainly a
significant period of concern for the community of Providence, the
authorities in Providence, who initially seemed to have no idea
(01:50):
who this suspect was. We kept getting images and more
video released, and then earlier today they said that they
had a suspect in mind, an identity in mind, but
did not release that identity. And then a few hours
later we had this news that yes, the suspect, the
person of interest, has been found dead, reportedly from a
(02:11):
self inflicted gunshot wound inside a storage facility somewhere away
in New Hampshire.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
This was a hell of a manhunt, and when they
were releasing videos showing look at the way this man walks,
look at his distinctive and that was the only clues
they had to go on. I was not confident, you know.
It kind of reminded me of the Usual Suspects film.
But that's another story. Now we've got a new bunch
of Epstein photos that have been released. In these ones
show Bill gates with young women and young women who
(02:39):
have been involved in allegations with Epstein.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Before Bill gates with young women, there's a reference to
the novel Elitter text written on the body of a
young woman. There are images of screenshots of text messages
about a teenage girl from Russia. There are yet more photos.
This comes interestingly from the Democrats on a House Oversight
(03:06):
committee in Congress, and it comes a day before the
deadline for the Epstein files to be released. These photos
are some of a tranche of some ninety five thousand
held by the Epstein estate. It's been yet more photos,
yet more images. This has been a drip drip strategy
from the Democrats who have been blurring and disguising the
(03:26):
identities of some of the women involved as they try
and get to this point, depressure the Trump administration to
release these files now. Tomorrow is going to be the
crucial day. Yes, these images are interesting from a news
perspective sense. Obviously the individuals involved have long and denied
any sort of wrongdoing with their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
(03:51):
But tomorrow is going to be d day, if you like.
It is the moment of truth. It is the moment
that could we see exactly what is in all of
these files? What more are we likely to see released?
I think the next twenty four hours in this matter
are going to be very telling if it is a
case of the same old, same old, if you like,
without using that phrase flippantly, because Jeffrey Epstein was a
(04:13):
convicted pedophile, and clearly the Democrats have been moving in
circles trying to point the finger of blame at people
who he had been associated with, the next twenty four
hours are going to be very very telling, indeed, as
to where this story moves next.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
All right, and TikTok has signed a deal to sell
us who is I'm to a consortium led by Larry
Ellison and Oracle.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
TikTok TikTok. The clock certainly has been ticking down for
the social media app. But yes, the company assigned a
deal backed by President Trump to spin off the US assets.
This will apply to TikTok in the United States of America.
It will be sold off to largely a bunch of
group of American investors. This is exactly what the President
had wanted. This has been a very slow, oh moving,
(05:00):
and long time coming deal. The United States has been
very very keen to get Chinese interest in the United
States away from TikTok, away from byte Dance, because there
has been significant national security concerns about the data that
bite Dance could collect of American citizens of individuals here,
(05:21):
and under Chinese law they would be forced to share
that with the Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing, and
that has been of significant concern here. So essentially there's
been a big move to try and divest it, to
try and get it away from Chinese ownership. So what
you're going to see is American investors take over TikTok
here in the United States of America. Whether other countries
(05:42):
are going to try and follow suit with similar moves
to try and get TikTok divested in their own countries. Well,
that is a matter for obviously each an individual country.
But for those TikTokers out there who are busy making
all of their fun social media videos for Christmas and
are comanding it with all the various filter and clips
and different sing songs you can do with the app,
(06:03):
will then go ahead because the app still exists. So
the world is your oyster. TikTokers. Keep doing what you're
doing because the people, well they'll still be watching.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Good Man Jonathan Curzley out of the United States of America. Now,
this consortium that's actually bought the US arm of TikTok
is led by Oracle and Larry Ellison. We all know
him well from America's Cup Another another group called mg X,
and some other group called silver Lake. Never heard of
silver Lake before silver Lake. They're begin to tech. They've
got six point four billion dollars invested into data centers.
(06:36):
His data centers again, talking about data centers again, the
big holder of shares in AIRB and b oh, that's right,
and silver Lake also put two hundred million dollars into
the All Blacks and so now the investor in the
All Blacks is now the owner of TikTok, so you
can imagine all black TikTok's coming your way real soon.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
For more from Hither Duplassy Allen Drive, listen live to
news talks it Be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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