this is bbc news — i'm samantha simmonds — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. twenty years on from nine—eleven — america remembers all those it loved and lost in the deadly terror attacks. 20 years feels like an eternity they did it still feels like yesterday. untilwe they did it still feels like yesterday. until we meet again, my love. rest in peace. six moments of silence are held — marking the moments when the planes crashed and the buildings collapsed. president biden travels to all three sites where the attacks took place — new york, pennsylvania and the pentagon. we'll speak to one man whose brother died in the attacks twenty years ago. also in the programme.

tennis�* new teen titan — emma raducanu becomes the first british woman to win a major in more than forty years. prince andrew's legal team say they don't believe court papers from lawyers for the woman accusing him of sexual abuse have been successfully served. virginia giuffre launched a civil case against the prince — he denies the claims. ceremonies have been taking place in the united states to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the september the eleventh attacks. in new york, a minute's silence marked the exact time that the first hijacked plane hit the north tower of the world trade center in 2001. president biden travelled to pay his respects at all

three attack sites — new york, pennsylvania, and the pentagon in virginia. with more on the day's events, here's our north america editorjon sopel. drumbeat on this stunning clear september morning, they gathered in solemnity and sadness in lower manhattan. # 0h, say, can you see by the dawn�*s early light...# the weather identical to that fateful tuesday morning 20 years ago, but everything else was different. # and the rockets�* red glare... # and the rockets�* red glare...# at 8:46 this morning, the tolling of a bell. bell rings the moment the first plane struck the twin towers. and the bells rang out at the pentagon... bell rings ..and shanksville, pennsylvania... bell rings ..the other sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

gordon m aamoth junior. edelmiro abad. and then the haunting, harrowing recitation of the names of those who died. ronald philip kloepfer. and my husband, joseph reina junior. and my uncle, james francis quinn. with the readers pausing to pay tribute to their loved ones. continue to watch over us and your family. 20 years feels like an eternity, but yet it still feels like yesterday. until we meet again, my love, rest in peace. the president, who has visited all three of the 9/11 sites, today spoke about the significance of the commemorations. these memorials are really important. but they are also incredibly difficult for the people who were affected by them. because it brings back that moment they got the phone call. it brings back that

instant you got the news. and george w bush, who was president in 2001, contrasted america today with america then. so much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment. that leaves us worried about our nation, and our future together. i come without explanations or solutions. i can only tell you what i've seen. on america's day of trial and grief, i saw millions of people instinctively grab for a neighbour's hand and rally to the cause of one another. that is the america i know. but today belongs to the people whose lives were rent by these unfathomable acts. i was sleeping when the first tower hit, and my mom woke me up because my dad worked there, so...he was a victim, and i saw the second plane hit and ijust hopped in my car. i was here the next morning.

he sobs excuse me. you can't ever explain this horrible thing. . you know, and you re—live it every year, but, i mean, - i think for the families it's worse _ for hour after hour, family members read the alphabetical list of names of those who perished. on anniversaries, america can feel a kinder, less harsh place to be, very little unites this divided country at the moment. but the sorrow and pain of that day 20 years ago still does, more or less. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. joining me now from the city of baltimore is ken nack—ee, a police officer and the brother of a victim of united airlines flight 93. this must be a very difficult day and tell us, would today means to you this 20th

anniversary.— means to you this 20th anniversary. thank you for havin: anniversary. thank you for having me _ anniversary. thank you for having me on _ anniversary. thank you for having me on your- anniversary. thank you for having me on your show. | anniversary. thank you for i having me on your show. and another thing is, having me on your show. and anotherthing is, i having me on your show. and another thing is, i choose not to look good my brother, the passengers of the crew as victims. the took their lives into their own hands, their destiny and gave their lives so we can live like it's september ten, 2001 and make sure that flight 93 did not reach its intended target.- flight 93 did not reach its intended target. what do you remember — intended target. what do you remember about _ intended target. what do you remember about that - intended target. what do you remember about that day, i remember about that day, learning about those who fought back? i learning about those who fought back? . . , learning about those who fought back? . ., , ., , back? i can remember the day like yours _ back? i can remember the day like yours very _ back? i can remember the day like yours very vivid. _ back? i can remember the day like yours very vivid. and, - like yours very vivid. and, like yours very vivid. and, like you're interested, i'm a police officer with the police department in maryland. and i was assigned to the k—9 unit at the time. and i was on the day ship and when i left, it was probably the bluest sky that

i've ever seen. it was a very pretty shade of blue and not a cloud in the sky. and like everyone in the united states, once i got to work and we finished our training and getting ready to go out on the road, we walked into her locker room and, as i was walking towards my locker, i heard that a small plane had struck one of the world trade center buildings. a couple minutes went by and started seeing video images of the actual impact on the tower in the first thing that i noticed is that it was not a small plane, it was a large impact on the tower and i thought immediately it was an airliner. as the day went on, there was a lot of misinformation going on and lexical requests and several

bomb threats throughout our county and myself in a couple of other officers that respond to a building which we had to clear because there was a series of bomb threats and as we approach the building, we have a policy where we turn off the radio equipment. so, we do not transmit any signals of there is a bomb set off. it took us about an hour to clear the building to make sure we didn't find any devices, we did not and once i got back to my truck, i turned on on my radio in my cell phone and once they got powered up, my phone started ringing and i answered and there was my wife and my wife said, hey, i've been trying to reach you. your dad just called and he believes that my brother was aboard one of the flights they crashed that day. it of the flights they crashed that day-— of the flights they crashed that da . , �* , ., that day. it must've been a

heartbreaking _ that day. it must've been a heartbreaking moment - that day. it must've been a heartbreaking moment at i that day. it must've been a i heartbreaking moment at the commemorations a short time ago in pennsylvania. we heard president biden say that those on board showed in the gave genuine her heroism. it is good that arst we pay respect to our heroes. i walked to my brothers footsteps and he was the oldest of four, i went to the same schools, the same teachers, some of the same coaches. i know how he would react in that situation and for me, i'm very proud of my brother every day. the world is a little safer, but it is not a better place because he's not in it. ~ . ,

better place because he's not init. in it. we really appreciate you “oininu in it. we really appreciate you joining us _ in it. we really appreciate you joining us in — in it. we really appreciate you joining us in sharing _ in it. we really appreciate you joining us in sharing your- joining us in sharing your thoughts with us today. thank you. thoughts with us today. thank ou. . ~' thoughts with us today. thank ou. . ~ , ., thoughts with us today. thank ou. ., ~' i., ., thoughts with us today. thank ou. ., ~ ., ., you. thank you for having me and they _ you. thank you for having me and they did _ you. thank you for having me and they did me _ you. thank you for having me and they did me share - you. thank you for having me and they did me share the . and they did me share the memory of my brother. thank you for having me and letting me share the memory of my brother. paula berry, who lost her husband in the attacks, was watching the ceremony — she's been speaking to laura trevelyn. i was struck by how everyone, they're missing loved ones, but they're missing loved ones, but they feel that they are still with them. so many people spoke about guardian angels and somebody spoke as if the person is still very much alive at them and watching over them. that is raw, but it also indicates that people have moved on and that integrating their loved ones in their lives. �* ., , :: lives. and on this 20th anniversary, _ lives. and on this 20th anniversary, we - lives. and on this 20th anniversary, we heard| lives. and on this 20th | anniversary, we heard a lives. and on this 20th - anniversary, we heard a lot of calls were returned to that unity, and the city.- i |

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of providing a sanctuary for those who planned the attack. with the taliban now back in control, our correspondent secunder kermani reports on how 9/11 is remembered there. at this busy market in the west of kabul today, few knew it was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. some simply had no idea what had happened in new york 20 years ago. for others, memories of the tragedy there are steeped in afghanistan has own struggles. people affected in 9/11 are also human beings. it does concern. i mean, still we are suffering from those things that have been throughout those 20 years. we have suffered more than 9/11 in afghanistan. the americans, when they came here, they have changed our life. everything has changed. for the first time, the girls, you know, the school for the girls have improved. now how do you see the future? well, i think if it goes like this, it will be difficult for afghans to live in afghanistan. as you see, a lot of afghans are going out of the country. two decades after they were overthrown, the taliban's

flags flutter across the city once again. their banner, now in front of sites where western missions were once based. behind this gate is what used to be the american embassy. in front of it, taliban flags are on sale. in fact, you can see a group of fighters who have just purchased some. for many in america this will be a deeply distressing sight. questions are already being asked about what the last 20 years of war here really achieved. the us did manage to largely defeat al-qaeda in afghanistan. the taliban insist they will never allow anyone to plot terrorist attacks from here again. but their victory has emboldened hardliners. this man is not part of the taliban. but he has come here to celebrate their conquest over what he terms the corrupt previous government, which had been backed by the us.

the 9/11 anniversary might not mean much for people here. but its legacy is something the country is still grappling with. decades of war are finally over. can the future be more peaceful than the past? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, the man thought to have planned them — khalid sheikh mohammed — and his key associates — are yet to stand trial, and are still being held at guantanamo bay. the us detention centre is in cuba, where inmates do not have most of the protections of us law. when president obama took office in 2009, he

pledged to close the prison within a year. nearly 800 men and boys have been detained at guantanamo bay — 39 of them remain there. 10 of them have already been cleared for release — but are still waiting to leave. 17 have never been charged — but will remain in prison for life because they are deemed a security risk. other 10 are still awaiting trial. we have talked about the carnage that happened in new york and abroad 20 years ago in the aftermath as well. the man who was thought to have conceived of the idea of it all, who took that idea to osama bin laden and then went on to be one of the key architects, is right here in guantanamo bay. and for associates as well, including his nephew and those four people are accused of providing varying degrees of planning, logistical, financial support to the hijackers who carried

out those attacks and 2001. as you say, this happens that this week, after a hiatus of 18 months because the pandemic, those five men's appeared in a pretrial hearing. we do not have its relevant all these years afterwards. but they have appeared in a courtroom here in guantanamo bay and as well as those behind the glass, seeing the men in the courtroom, where a few members of the families, of victims of 9/11 came here to observe, they're always invited to observe. it is always a difficult moment. i spoke to one of them who a short while ago, during a memorialservice, talked about her brother billy, who was a firefighter that day who was a firefighter that day who died when the north tower of the world trade center collapsed and said actually, she wanted nothing else than to be here and see the progress in the search for justice.

be here and see the progress in the search forjustice. it doesn't get any better than being in guantanamo bay on the anniversary, and a part of the first people back in the courtroom to start the proceedings over again, see a newjudge, post pandemic and get to talk to your brother to a whole new station. military heroes. it is pretty cool. and heroes. it is pretty cool. and ou are heroes. it is pretty cool. and you are optimistic _ heroes. it is pretty cool. and you are optimistic about where things are going in the fact that things have recently changed. that things have recently changed-— that things have recently chanced. �* ., ., ., changed. i'm honoured that --eole changed. i'm honoured that peeple are _ changed. i'm honoured that people are interested - changed. i'm honoured that people are interested in - people are interested in listening to the story and i'm very proud of him and i'm optimistic because we are starting again. for a while, i thought i might die of old age before he ever came to the conclusion of this trial. now i'm beginning to think i have a chance i may actually see the end of it. chance i may actually see the end of it-_ end of it. feeling optimistic that things _ end of it. feeling optimistic that things are _ end of it. feeling optimistic that things are back - end of it. feeling optimistic that things are back under i end of it. feeling optimistic - that things are back under way,

but we are nine years into these pretrial hearings and there have been 42 pretrial hearings as i said before. there no date set for the trail itself, still arguments going on. the defence teams for a lot of these men are still arguing that the trial still shouldn't happen here in the military commission and that these people should still be transferred to the mainland in this case should be heard in civilian court. there are also lots of arguments about what evidence can or cannot be admitted in a trial when it does finally start because of that shadow of torture that looms across the proceedings here countless tales of heroism and bravery emerged in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, but one of the most remarkable belongs to patrick connolly. the attacks took place

on his very first day as a new york firefighter — and he continued his rescue efforts even after being pulled free from the rubble of the north tower. patrick told us his story from new york. as we approached the north tower from the north, as we approached the north towerfrom the north, which is exactly were the first plane landed, we had seen unfortunately whatever no saul, people jumping and unfortunately whatever no saul, peoplejumping and it's unfortunately whatever no saul, people jumping and it's very simple. we were to help some people and get some people out and whether 30 yards from the north tower, and there was this beautiful cylindrical walkway that went from the building they went to in the afternoon, we went to the main complex of the trade centre, it was mirrored, a0 feet across and is probably hundred 50 feet long and we walked as he walked down, we made a right turn we were walking underneath this bridge you can kind of imagine, walking from one side of the footbridge, we're using it as protection from everything, debris that falling, people

falling and just walk to the other side where underneath the bridge and we talked and we said, ok, were going to get to the corner and we are going to get through were going to reconsider what were doing here. my brother said we do not want to getjammed up in this thing together and they said, no, come on, that's crazy. it is crazy because we are already gone this route took one step out into the clear and this is the thing that sticks with me, we took one step out and it sounded like a shotgun, just like that. and then all you heard was boom, boom, boom. and unfortunately, those with the floors pen kicking on top of each other and heading straight for us. 110 story building fell in seven seconds total and we were caught in the collapse and came to find out this week alone, i only found out that

those four sets of brothers that were killed that day. a father to son and the fire department as well kill that day and an unknown reason, have no idea why. we were separated, we did not know where we were without those the end of it for us, but somehow we survived. we were separated, we did not know the british eighteen—year—old emma raducanu has won the us open, in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat nineteen—year old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets —— six—four, six three. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier. but she won the title without dropping a single set. she's the first british woman to win a grand slam title in forty—four years. immediately after the match, the lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sports centre gave her reaction to the match. the first qualify to win a grand slam title.-

the first qualify to win a grand slam title. were kind of hard on sports _ grand slam title. were kind of hard on sports journalists - grand slam title. were kind of hard on sports journalists by l hard on sportsjournalists by heard many people saying that this is the best tennis match they've seen ever. for years. the blessing how much they love this game. it feels to me like this game. it feels to me like this is a changing moment in women's tennis. it'sjust this is a changing moment in women's tennis. it's just been the most incredible game. not just because she won, it is incredible for british tennis fans. but the weight is two teenagers played, the quality of tenants of the plate in this finalist is been breathtaking. the multiple champions and famous women's tennis players said that emma raducanu, what an athlete. this woman had nerves of steel, a richest courage. and with the plate this final, but emma raducanu has done it, not dropped a set, the and tire rounds, she had to make it to the first round and she had won this final in

straight sets. i would give you the score, but i do not know them. at the might be 6—a6— four. some of the few things i haven't written down but she has this been extraordinary and she is such a talent. the service. she wanted with an ace. she has been serving beautifully and has an amazing movement, she is graceful, she has a wonderfulforehand, has a wonderful forehand, backhand. has a wonderfulforehand, backhand. she has done this like a seasoned pro and yet she's 18 years old. she just passed her a—levels in the summer, she has been in school, she is barely played top level tennis 6—a, 6—3 was the score. that was for anybody to win a grand slam title in straight sets, for her to do it at 18 years old with so little experience, and she has been a idy- experience, and she has been a joy. it has beenjoyous experience, and she has been a joy. it has been joyous for us as journalists to watch her journey through this and i know i'm sounding completely over the top, but really, the way these two girls who played this

match, this us open final has been wonderful. i match, this us open final has been wonderful.— match, this us open final has been wonderful. i think we are all equally _ been wonderful. i think we are all equally impressed - been wonderful. i think we are all equally impressed by - been wonderful. i think we are all equally impressed by her. i all equally impressed by her. and that emotion really expressed my so many people, the former wimbledon champion has simply said, you are kidding me. i mean, she has blown everyone away, hasn't she? �* , blown everyone away, hasn't she? �*,, blown everyone away, hasn't she? �* , , ., she? there's been no grunting, no groaning. — she? there's been no grunting, no groaning, most _ she? there's been no grunting, no groaning, most of _ she? there's been no grunting, no groaning, most of it - she? there's been no grunting, no groaning, most of it has - no groaning, most of it has been pretty well humoured and one of the lovely things that she does a much loses the point, she still smiles and the only bit of bad temper and as they came out in the match at all was when emma raducanu fell overin all was when emma raducanu fell over injust a all was when emma raducanu fell over in just a straight essay for service game and the championship winning game she cut her leg and had to stop her she was on the verge of being broken. as a pivotal point in the match in the shows on us on the match in the shows on us on the verge of winning the championship but if she had been broken that last match, the match could gone the other way and theory and leila

fernandes, the 19—year—old canadian got a big grumpy, she had a chat with the umpire and the took want to put some plaster on her emma raducanu's leg. but she had already had a couple of championship points just before then, she was 5—3 and a second set already," an important moment is the only point where there was a kind of bad temper and is in the only other thing important to say was that her opponent was canadian and 90% of the crowd if not more, were entirely for fernandez. emma raducanu did not have a lot of support and she was booed at one point for taking too long to take a serve, so i think to do what she has done with no home support, no experience, it is just been a joy for tennis fencing for sports fans and if she wasn't already absolutely the favourite to win the bbc sports personality of the year... and a joy for the queen think

that it was an remarkable achievement. hello. saturday brought a return to dryer brighter weather across much of the uk with skies like this. with the heavy rain in scotland, similar way to come from much of the uk. minus the heavy rain in northern scotland with the addition of rain moving into wales from this weather system approaching from the southwest and will be turning what are here as the day goes on. as the day begins, it will be cooler started and has been turning pressure from the north and there be a lot of clout in scotland and hill fog and that will be in northern england and that, some light showers and in the same time northern and western scotland brighten up during the day, few sunny

spells in northern ireland as there will be across east anglia in southeast england. cloud increasing and especially from southwest england and wales, still a bit of uncertainty about the progression of this rain and will impact parts and especially cornwall and devon and looks like there will be much of wales covered by the time we get into the evening and temperatures for the most part into the teens to split the 20s are some in east anglia and southeast england. during the evening, especially the west midlands, and into merseyside, and perhaps some in southwest england overnight and into monday morning. the clear skies will be in scotland, northern ireland and other counties in northern england with a much cooler need to come with a much cooler need to come with temperatures quite down into single figures but some sunshine as monday starts. some uncertainty on monday about how far north this rain might get and might slip a little bit further on the western side of the uk, may be reaching the southern parts of scotland later in the day but the driest weather will be further east with a good deal of cloud if you pray to sunny spells. of

uncertainty about how far north rain will get, it will gradually clearly from eastern parts on tuesday. sunnier conditions following him behind with the few showers and spots of rain in parts of northern ireland and scotland. and then after that, looks like we'll get up a couple of dryer dates, many dryer days before we see another atlantic weather system bearing down on us bringing some rain on thursday night into friday on the current timing. so, the main story about this week's weather then, we are going to see a chance of rain depending on where you are, earlier in the week and then largely drained midweek before the chance of rain coming back again later in the week.

this is bbc news — the headlines. sombre ceremonies have been taking place in the united states to mark 20 years since the september the eleventh attacks — when al qaeda hijackers used airliners to kill almost 3000 people. in new york — president biden urged people never to forget the deadliest attack on us soil. in pennsylania — where another plane crashed after passengers tackled the hijackers — the former president george w bush warned of the new danger of domestic extremism. the 9/11 attacks led to us troops invading afghanistan. this is the first anniversary of the attacks since they left the country. the british eighteen—year—old — emma raducanu — has won the us open — in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat nineteen—year old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets — 6—a, six three. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier.

now on bbc news: we look at the long—term