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Welcome to bbc news i m tim willcox. our top stories. six years after the worst ever terror attacks in paris salah abdeslam and 19 other defendants finally go on trial. ashraf ghani apologises to the afghan people. the former president says he fled the country to avoid more bloodshed. a statue of confederate general robert e lee is taken down in virginia s state capital after a year long legal battle. the world health organisation urges wealthy countries to halt covid booster programmes as vaccination targets in the global south aren t met. and the world s biggest industrial complex to extract carbon dioxide from the air opens in iceland. how significant is it in the battle to reverse climate change?
Welcome to bbc news i m tim willcox our top stories. six years after the worst ever terror attacks in paris salah abdeslam and 19 other defendants finally go on trial. ashraf ghani apologises to the afghan people. the former president says he fled the country to avoid more bloodshed. a statue of confederate general robert e lee is taken down in virginia s state capital after a year long legal battle. the world health organisation urges wealthy countries to halt covid booster programmes as vaccination targets in the global south aren t met. and desperation in lebanon a special report from beirut
In paris today for the men accused of terrorising this city six years ago. sounds that once accompanied that fear and panic, now accompanying the defendants on their way to justice. it was a night when security felt uncertain, when no one in paris knew where to run. as islamist gunmen targeted bars, restaurants, the football stadium, the bataclan concert hall. explosion salah abdeslam, the only suspected attacker to survive that night, is facing the most serious charges. 19 others are accused of involvement, including mohamed abrini, also wanted by belgian prosecutors in connection with the attacks in brussels. today, a message from abdeslam. as the trial opened, the judge asked for his profession.
The sirens sounded again in paris today for the men accused of terrorising this city six years ago. sounds that once accompanied that fear and panic, now accompanying the defendants on their way to justice. it was a night when security felt uncertain, when no one in paris knew where to run. as islamist gunmen targeted bars, restaurants, the football stadium, the bataclan concert hall. explosion salah abdeslam, the only suspected attacker to survive that night, is facing the most serious charges. 19 others are accused of involvement, including mohamed abrini, also wanted by belgian prosecutors in connection with attacks in brussels. today, a message from abdeslam. as the trial opened, the judge asked for his profession.