m15 may have expanded and we all may live with more surveillance m15 may have expanded and we all mayrveillance and security, but asked if we were safer now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer. gordon corera, bbc news. thank you very much forjoining us. what change in terms of the operation in the wake of 9/11? well, very aggressively- — operation in the wake of 9/11? well, very aggressively. in _ operation in the wake of 9/11? well, very aggressively. in the _ operation in the wake of 9/11? well, very aggressively. in the wake - operation in the wake of 9/11? -ii very aggressively. in the wake of 9/11, it was a horrific way flip fall for all the intelligence agencies who had been dealing with terrorism on a much more microcosm level —— since that time, and particularly on 9/11, it was a wake—up call to the set driver gets. where a number of different targets were attacked simultaneously. mb? were attacked simultaneously. why haven't the intelligence agencies seen something like 9/11 coming? not necessarily the actual act, but something on the scale. in

as the head of m15 was saying, they were able to stop and worked —— as the head of m15 was saying, theynd thwart 31 odd planned attacks at a later stage. but when they are spontaneous, they are incredibly difficult to stop. how much better equipped are the intelligence agencies now, then? bearing in mind that the nature of terrorism can change, can transform itself very quickly. sometimes you are dealing with large networks, sometimes you are dealing with people who are acting alone. yes, exactly. and as we have seen, particularly with the islamic state, you know, they, as al-qaeda before, looked at incentivising individuals or lone wolves to carry out these attacks. but we have to contextually look at the advancements in technology since 9/11, and when one imagines that, or certainly takes into consideration that iphones only came out in, i believe, 2007, now we look at the sort of smartphone devices that we have in our pockets right now, technology has advanced on many, many different platforms, which can then be advantaged not only by the terrorist but especially by groups like gchq

now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer.ore of the day's other news now. russia has summoned the us ambassador and complained to him that america is interfering in its parliamentary elections. the foreign ministry in moscow says it has "irrefutable evidence" of american tech giants violating russian laws in the run—up to next weekend's vote. last week, russia warned apple and google that they were breaking the law by failing to remove from their stores a smart voting app championed by the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. the uk home secretary, priti patel, has confirmed that dame cressida dick will continue to lead the metropolitan police service until 202a. a number of her high—profile critics had sent an open letter to the prime minister calling for her contract not to be extended. the head of the world health organization in europe says coronavirus may be around for years, adding that the appearance of new variants made it increasingly difficult to reach herd immunity. hans kluge told reporters that with new, mor

now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer.e 9/11 attacks led to the invasion of afghanistan. two decades later, the taliban are back in power and presenting a new face to the world. they've promised to forgive those who fought against them — and to respect women's rights to work and education. but many afghans are still fearful of what the new order will bring, as secunder kermani reports from kabul. back in the classroom. this was amongst the first schools in kabul to reopen for girls after the fall of the taliban in 2001. they, along with female teachers, had been banned by the group. two decades on, the school has expanded. pupils have gone on to become doctors, engineers... aisha misbah has worked here for the past a0 years. this time round, the taliban are allowing girls to get an education but all secondary school classes are currently paused, awaiting new rules from the group. pupils here face other challenges, too. pleas to the previous government for new buildings went unanswered. educating generations of young afghan

now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer. was sexually assaulted by prince andrew — say he has been served with legal papers ahead of preliminary proceedings scheduled to take place in new york on monday. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is here. sarah what more can you tell us? these are the official legal papers relating to the civil case that was brought by virginia giuffre and she alleges she was sexually assaulted ljy alleges she was sexually assaulted by prince andrew when she was 17 years old. he denies all the claims made against him and he said he has no recollection of meeting her. but this civil case was launched last month at a court in new york and is part of that initial process, papers must be served on the defendant, so prince andrew. a document published today by the court indicates that virginia giuffre's lawyers believe this has now been done. it describes how they representative let the papers with a police officer at prince andrew's home on the 27th of august. what isn't clear this evening is whethe

now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer. speak now to javed ali, who's a former us national counterterrorism director on the national security council. javed was in washington on that day, and had just passed the pentagon 30 minutes before it was attacked. i will come to your personal memories in a moment. the us secretary of state said shortly after 9/11 history start today. he was right, really, in terms of what we have seen in the past 20 years?— of what we have seen in the past 20 years? thank you for havin: past 20 years? thank you for having me — past 20 years? thank you for having me on. _ past 20 years? thank you for having me on. 9/11 _ past 20 years? thank you for having me on. 9/11 was - past 20 years? thank you for having me on. 9/11 was such | past 20 years? thank you for| having me on. 9/11 was such a profoundly moment in not only us history but i would argue in international history and has really shaped the trajectory of the last 20 years in ways that was very difficult to know in those early moments right af

now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer. 9/11, the deadliest foreign attack ever on us soil. almost 3,000 people died as suicide attackers highjacked four passenger planes — crashing two of them into the twin towers in new york. 0ur north america editorjon sopel has been hearing the stories of three people impacted by the horror of that day and his report does include footage of the attack on the twin towers. the one thing that time hasn't dulled is just how profoundly shocking the sights and sounds were that tuesday morning two decades ago. screaming newsreel: breaking news story to tell you about - i apparently a plane has just crashed into the world trade center here in new york city. i think we have a terror attack of proportions that we cannot begin to imagine. this terrorist attack changed the world. nearly 3000 people died and thousands more had their lives upended. this is the story of three of those who found themselves at the eye of the storm. my dad was an amazing human being. max was a ten—year—old schoolboy when

and today the head of m15 told the bbc what that threat looks like.ainst terrorism. this is a real problem and in the last four years, for example, working with the police, my organisation has disrupted 31 late—stage attack plots in great britain. and even during the pandemic period that we've all been enduring for most of the last two years, we have had to disrupt six late—stage attack plots. the taliban takeover of afghanistan has changed the landscape. the m15 chief warned this would embolden those wanting to carry out attacks and he said there was a risk that the country could once again become a safe haven for groups planning more sophisticated attacks. even if the taliban is absolutely in good faith about wanting to prevent terrorism being exported from afghanistan, that will be a difficult task to accomplish. afghanistan is not an easy country to govern and within which to ensure perfect security. a new counterterrorism operation centre was launched this summer but the type of threats the uk faces have also been evolving, the m15 head said. acr

m15 and m16 protect the uk and its people?igger supply of vaccines, so they can be offered to people in developing countries. professor dame sarah gilbert said not everyone in the uk will need a boosterjab. a decision about boosters is expected next week from the advisory body thejcvi, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. while some countries like israel have already started rolling out third doses of covid vaccines, most people in africa are still waiting for their first. the debate on giving boosters or donating more vaccines has ramped up, but one leading scientist says it is not an either/or decision. the problem we really have is that the world needs greater vaccine supply. we need more doses of all of the vaccines that are currently licensed and we need more vaccines to be licensed so we're not talking about choices between vaccinating in one country or another country. the good news is that supply is increasing. data is still being gathered on whether b

and m15 could focus on some of the other issues it deals with.t was the message coming from m15, but now it looks a bit more uncertain. for coming from m15, but now it looks a bit more uncertain.— bit more uncertain. for now, thank ou ve bit more uncertain. for now, thank you very much. _ bit more uncertain. for now, thank you very much, gordon _ bit more uncertain. for now, thank you very much, gordon corera. - tomorrow marks 20 years since 9/11, the deadliest foreign attack ever on us soil which killed nearly 3,000 people. on september 11th, suicide attackers highjacked four us passenger planes, crashing two into the skyscrapers of the world trade center in new york. 0ur north america editorjon sopel has been hearing the stories of three people impacted by the horror of that day, and a warning — his report does include footage of the attack on the twin towers. morning the one thing that time hasn't told is how profoundly shocking the sights and sounds were that tuesday morning. this terrorist attack change the world. nearly 3000 died and thousa

the head of m15 talked about hearing of the attacks 20 years ago.lanes hit and a colleague said some of bin laden, you got a sense that people in m15 knew that their world was changing forever, this was going to be the dominant theme of their work, really, for the decades after. and it certainly has been. he gave us on the today programme, a sense of what the today programme, a sense of what the threat looks like and we can hear a clip of that now. we the threat looks like and we can hear a clip of that now.- the threat looks like and we can hear a clip of that now. we do face a consistent _ hear a clip of that now. we do face a consistent global _ hear a clip of that now. we do face a consistent global struggle - a consistent global struggle to defeat — a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against — defeat extremism and to guard against terrorism, this is a real problem — against terrorism, this is a real problem and in the last four years, for example, working with the police, — for example, working with the police, my org

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the head of m15 warns that the taliban's takeover of afghanistan may well embolden extremists. of 9/11. whether it's 9m, whether— anniversary of 9/11. whether it's 9/11, whether it's _ anniversary of 9/11. whether it's 9/11, whether it's ]anuary - anniversary of 9/11. whether it's 9/11, whether it's january 13, - 9/11, whether it's january 13, whether it's july the 7th, 9/11, whether it's january 13, whether it'sjuly the 7th, i miss my dad and that will never change. scotland sees its highest level of covid infections since estimates began the first minister says the nhs in scotland is under more since estimates began, the first minister says the nhs in scotland is under more pressure than ever before. 18—year—old emma raducanu reaches the final of the us open, the first british woman to do so for more than four decades. i've been taking

tonight at ten — the head of m15 warns the taliban's takeover in afghanistan may have emboldened extremistse of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as the us prepares to remember almost 3,000 people who died. whether it's 9/11, whether it's january 13th, whether it's july 7th, i miss my dad and that will never change. also on the programme tonight... lawyers for the woman who's accused prince andrew of sexual abuse claim they've successfully served him with legal papers.

i mean, very recently, a former head of the m15 intelligence service in the uk, eliza manningham—buller had been wrong to turn this into an all—out war in the way that the bush administration did. she said in some ways that simply served to give kudos, status to the warriors, the jihadis whom she believed should have been confronted by forensic anti—terror. well, thank goodness she wasn't president of the united states because, cos if she had been president of the united states, we probably would have been attacked a dozen times between then and now. the one thing you can't argue with is that president bush and now president 0bama have kept the homeland of the united states safe. 0bama, of course, is no bush, and his strategy, i think it's fair to say, is somewhat different. you have written this in the last couple of days. you've written, "one of the lessons of 9/11 is that america requires a long—term presence in those parts of the world that continue to endanger us." does that mean you believe that talk of a drawdown in afghanistan, for example, the pull—out of all combat forces from

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a sense of the breadth of the work mis is faced with at the moment. of the work m15 is faced with atadio four this morning, but what do you make of today's terrorism threats? i you make of today's terrorism threats? ~ you make of today's terrorism threats? ,, ., you make of today's terrorism threats? ~ ., . ~ threats? i think we are back where we were 20 _ threats? i think we are back where we were 20 years _ threats? i think we are back where we were 20 years ago, _ threats? i think we are back where we were 20 years ago, if _ threats? i think we are back where we were 20 years ago, if not - threats? i think we are back where l we were 20 years ago, if not worse. i think the whole idea of the expedition to afghanistan was to stop terrorism in its tracks. we have not stopped terrorism. there has been no attack on american soil of any great size since 9/11 but the whole of the western world has been littered with terrorist attacks, and notjust littered with terrorist attacks, and not just the western world but places like indonesia. i think we are in a poor place. the taliban victory,

the head of m15 warns that the taliban's takeover of afghanistan may well embolden extremists.