In a lengthy post on X, US vice president JD Vance has paid tribute to Charlie Kirk as a "true friend" and a "great family man".

"A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on Twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today," he wrote in a post on X.

"Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind," Vance said. "Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives."

"I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones",

"You ran a good race, my friend," Vance wrote at the end of his post. "We've got it from here."

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The sister of murdered British MP Jo Cox has condemned the "dreadful" killing of Charlie Kirk.

On a post on X, Kim Leadbeater said: "Whatever our political views and differences, there is no place for violence in our politics," she wrote.

"Tonight two children have lost their Dad. Devastating. We need a global reset on what we want our politics to look like."

Leadbeater, whose sister was killed in 2016 by a neo-Nazi, is currently a Labour MP in her sister's former constituency.