Hundreds of police hunt suspect in Brown University shooting

A large-scale manhunt is taking place in Rhode Island in the United States, as hundreds of police officers search for a gunman who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University.

Also on the programme: Canada is on a full-scale recruitment drive to attract the world's top scientists and researchers to its universities; and British actress Dame Helen Mirren on acting and living a “thrilling” life at 80.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more are Annette Dittert, German-British author, filmmaker and correspondent; and Misha Glenny, British journalist and rector of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.

(Photo: A monitor shows security camera footage of what police say is the Brown University shooting suspect walking along Hope Street after leaving the scene of shooting, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released December 13, 2025. Credit: Providence Public Information Officer/Handout via REUTERS)