US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has had his programme pulled over "offensive and insensitive" comments about Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel used his show on Monday night to accuse Donald Trump and his allies of "doing their best to fan the flames" following the conservative influencer's assassination last week .

Disney-owned ABC said it would be taken off-air indefinitely - and with immediate effect - after network operator Nexstar said it would stop broadcasting the programme.

Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division, said it "strongly objects" to Kimmel's comments.

"Mr Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse," he said, with the show to go off-air to "let cooler heads prevail".

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