A date for your withdrawal. We firstly, never ever give your enemy a date for your withdrawal. A date for your withdrawal. We will also be live a date for your withdrawal. We will also be live in a date for your withdrawal. We will also be live in guantanamo a date for your withdrawal. We will also be live in Guantanamo Bay a date for your withdrawal. We will l also be live in Guantanamo Bay were some of those detained for their alleged roles in the 9 11 plot are yet to stand trial. And in other news, for the first time in 22 years, two teenagers will face each other in the us open final. Emma raducanu will Battle 19 Year old canadian Leila Fernandes for the Moments Title on saturday. For the womens title. Welcome to our special coverage here on bbc World News as we mark the 20th Anniversary of the Terror Attacks on New York and washington that killed nearly 3000 people. Attacks that have forever be known by the date on which they happened, 9 11. Commemorations will be taking place in manhattan and across the United States to remember all those killed and injured. Our North American Editorjon Sopel has been hearing the stories of three people impacted by the horror of September 11. His report does include footage of the attack on the 20 hours. On the twin towers. The one thing that time hasnt dulled is just how profoundly shocking the sights and sounds were that Tuesday Morning two decades ago. This Terrorist Attack changed the world. Nearly 3,000 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 he was called to the principal� s office. His father, joseph, worked at the world trade center. I went down the hallway, and my mom was standing there with tears in her eyes. She told me what had happened, and we had a moment in the hallway. I was just very confused at first. You know, youre an innocent ten year old thinking, like, the world is great, and then you find out that someone killed your father. Hundreds of miles south in florida, Andy Card was also at an elementary school. The Chief Of Staff to President Bush knew he had to interrupt him. That is when i walked up to the president and i leaned down and whispered to him, a second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack. And this woman was in her car when she heard the news. She knew, as people were trying to escape the twin towers, her Firefighter Husband Bruce would be heading in. My children went to bed, Emily And Megan were 17 and 14 at the time. And i stayed dressed, i lay down with them but i did not go to sleep because i figured somebody was coming to the house and i didnt want to be in my pyjamas. It is weird the things you worry about. About midnight, somebody came to the house to say that bruce was unaccounted for. This memorial, with great restraint, does justice to the terrible events of that day. But nothing can capture the sense of chaos, anger, disbelief of what was unfolding. Then there was steely resolve and americans were united, and most of the rest of the world stood with america. The taliban in power in afghanistan, who had harboured the alqaeda terrorists, would be driven from power. The us would try to replace the warlords with democracy. But 20 years on, america has abandoned afghanistan. I think we are still the greatest democracy in the history of the world, but we are not shining the way we used to shine. Yes, we are tarnished. I do think it has been a defeat for the Pride Of America and the respect that we have had around the world. 20 years ago, america was never more united. Two decades on, and the Terrorist Threat largely quelled, and america has never been more divided. The way we came together was awe inspiring. And in 20 years, the pendulum has swung, in my opinion, the pendulum has swung the other way. Every day i miss my dad, every single day. Whether it is 9 11, whether it is january 13, whether It Isjuly 7, i miss my dad, and that will never change. And so to 2021 and the most powerful country in the world seems be suffering a crisis of confidence. And in the manner of its departure from afghanistan, the kabul debacle, a crisis of competence. Just off the tip of manhattan, Lady Liberty symbolises America Opening its arms to the world. But 20 years on, the us feels a much more introspective place. Jon sopel, bbc news, New York. The September 11 attacks were a defining moment. Notjust for defining moment. Not just for america defining moment. Notjust for america but for the international community ands biggest military alliance. These two sets spoke to natos former who served in the role from 2009 until 2014. 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Girls went to school, afghans voted, afghans started businesses, life expectancy, literacy, child mortality, womens rights all improved. Actually that is also part of our security, to establish more peaceful, more democratic, more free societies, because at The End of the day, that will also improve our society and our security. Will also improve our society and our security our security. There where high oints, our security. There where high points. High our security. There where high points, high watermarks, our security. There where high points, high watermarks, moments of optimism, but at 20 years at The End, where it all unravelled, the taliban returning to power, the United States seeing after more than 2 Trillion in spending a lot of its expensive Military Equipment are now in the hands of the taliban, taliban reintroducing some of the rules and regulations that it had when it was in power in the 1990s. Many are asking, what was it all for . Did america and its nato partners fail . I think it is important to stress that all our efforts were not in vain. On the contrary, we ensured that for 20 years no Terrorist Attacks were launched from afghanistan. And we also established a better society. And i think the afghan people have now tasted freedom, tasted human rights, tasted a better opportunity of life. That will be very difficult for the taliban to roll back. Of course, we have to observe what is going on in afghanistan, but i am sure that all our efforts have been fruitful in the way that the taliban Cannot Roll back the development. Let me remind you that i think it was in 2019, an Opinion Poll indicated that only 4 of the afghan people supported the taliban. So, the taliban has returned, not by persuasion but by violence. ,. ,. ,. , violence. Former Nato Secretary General. Violence. Former Nato Secretary General you violence. Former Nato Secretary General. You can violence. Former Nato Secretary General. You can listen violence. Former Nato Secretary General. You can listen to violence. Former Nato Secretary General. You can listen to her. Violence. Former Nato Secretary i general. You can listen to her new podcast a wish for afghanistan or. It looks at the hopes and experience of afghanistan during 20 years of war. 20 years after 9 11, legal proceedings against the man of masterminding them have resumed at Guantanamo Bays military prison in cuba. Forassociates Guantanamo Bays military prison in cuba. For associates in pre trial proceedings, which have seen years of delays. The controversial key rings will determine the key issue of what evidence will be admissible. But much of the evidence is likely to be heard in secret. I am joined now by the bbc� s North America Correspondent who is at Guantanamo Bay for us. 20 years on, is there any sense that these Meeting Proceedings legal proceedings could be any nearer a conclusion . Certainly not a conclusion, not even really a start of the trial proper. We do not have a Start Date as yet. That is after nine years of these legal proceedings here, as you said, 42 pre trial hearings. We have seen through the glass in the gallery of the court room, we have seen the five defendants, who are alleged either to have provided logistics support, helped plan the attacks are provided financial support for the attackers on 9 11. Even this week, things have gone extremely slowly. We have got a newjudge in place, the seventhjudge that we have got a newjudge in place, the seventh judge that has overseen these proceedings over those nine years. And thatjudges trying to get to with the case, the Difference Defence teams are questioning him as to whether he is suitable for the case. That is where things are now, 20 years after the attacks. 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The key thing was deciding where i the key thing was deciding where this trial took place. There are those, certainly the Defence Team still argued, that there should not be taking place here in Guantanamo Bay but in a civilian court on the us mainland. Instead, Jenny And State authorities have decided to create, really, United States authorities trials that are taking place here which are outside the us legal system. The other key issue is one you mentioned in the introduction, which is about torture. We now know that a lot of these defendants, a lot of other detainees here in Guantanamo Bay were tortured, notjust here but in various so called Black Sites Around The World before they were transferred here. That of course, in the arguments of the Defence Teams, has a bearing on the kind of confessions they have got from those defendants. So the arguments about what can and cannot be admissible in the trial proper is still going on, as well. But there are lots of other things in terms of logistics, because for these Trials Everyone has to be brought here, apart from the defendants themselves. That has made the process much longer stop we have had an 18 Month Break because of the pandemic. But there are lots of the pandemic. But there are lots of other political factors, too. That have meant these proceedings have stalled. And theyre going very even now. , ~ have stalled. And theyre going very even now. , ~ ,. , even now. Thank you. Stay with us here on bbc even now. Thank you. Stay with us here on bbc news. Even now. Thank you. Stay with us here on bbc news. Still even now. Thank you. Stay with us here on bbc news. Still to even now. Thank you. Stay with us| here on bbc news. Still to come. | even now. Thank you. Stay with usj here on bbc news. Still to come. We are going to turn to tennis where two teenagers are facing each other in the us open final. The first time in the us open final. The first time in 22 years. The covid Infection Rate in scotland has risen to its highest level since estimates began, with around one in 45 people thought to have had it in the week to the 3rd of september. Here is head of statistics. The . Here is head of statistics. They have been here is head of statistics. They have been rising here is head of statistics. They have been rising rapidly. Here is head of statistics. Tie have been rising rapidly. The Silver Lining is these figures go up until the 3rd of september, about one week ago. This is the infection survey. The Case Numbers we have seen since then, they have started to flatten out a bit. They really hope that they do, the infections follow that, because the number of people going to hospital, that has been going up steadily. It is now at about half the level that We Saw at the peak in scotland. It is one doubling away from their worst case scenario. So we really hope that the Infection Numbers start to fall off in the hospitalisation start to stabilise. The first Minister Today told the bbc that she has never seen the Nhs In Scotland under such intense pressure. They are notjust managing covid, they are trying to hit everything else back in as well. Fingers crossed those trends to play out in the way we hope. This is bbc news. The latest headlines. Two decades on, the us remembers that 9 11 Terror Attacks that killed nearly 3000 people. President biden believe the commemorations near the site of the world trade center. Will lead the commemorations. Court papers released in the united stated say that Prince Andrew has been served legal papers by representatives of virginia giuffre, Who Claims was forced to have sex with him when she was a teenager. Who claims was forced to have Sex Prince Who Claims was forced to have Sex Andrew has Alw Allegations Prince Andrew has always denied the allegations made by her. The head of mi5 has warned that recent events in afghanistan will have hardened and emboldened extremists. He said the threat of terrorism in the uk remains a real and enduring thing, with 31 late Stage Attack plots foiled in the last four years. There were Security Correspondent reports. For 20 years, Surveillance And Security have become ever more entwined in our lives a sign of a threat that has not gone away, as the head of mi5 told the bbc today. We do face a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against 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. A new counterterrorism Operations Centre was launched this summer by mi5 and the police, but the threats have also been changing. Since 9 11, we have had a continued evolving huge challenge with islamist extremist terrorism. We have the rise of extreme right Wing Terrorism and we have definitely a resurgence of sharp and complex state threats. The only major national Security Threat which has been comparatively better across those 20 years is Northern Ireland. The Uks Terror Threat level has fluctuated, spiking up around 2006 when alqaeda plots were coming out of pakistan. And then again around a decade later, linked to isis in iran and syria. To isis in iraq and syria. But the hope was that it might now decline. Mi5 has been trying to focus on wider issues like espionage and foreign interference, but the landscape has just changed once again, drawing it back to worrying more about jihadist terrorism. The concern is that the taliban takeover in afghanistan may both inspire extremists here and perhaps create a Safe Haven there for groups to plan more sophisticated attacks. There is no doubt that recent events in afghanistan will have heartened and emboldened some of those extremists. So, 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. Mi5 may have expanded and we all may live with more Surveillance And Security, but asked if we were safer now than 20 years ago, the head of mi5 said there was no simple answer. Gordon corera, bbc news. Lets Ta Ke lets take a look at some of the days other news. Russia has summoned the us ambassador and complain 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 weekends vote. Last week, russian Word Apple and google that they were breaking the law by failing to remove from their store is a smart Voting App championed by the jailed opposition leader. Lebanon has a new government after 13 months of political deadlock that has seen the current lose 90 of its value that currency lose 90 of its value. The Uk Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed that Dame Cressida Dick will continue to lead the metropolitan Police Service until 2024. A number of her high profile critics had sent an open letter to the Prime Minister Calling for her contract not to be extended. Are we seeing something Of A Revolution in the world of Womens Tennis. Two teenagers have reached the final of the us open for the first time in 22 years. Canadas hernandez beat the World Number two by 2 1 to reach her first ever us open and Grand Slam final. She only turned 19 on monday. Hernandez is also unseeded, and to get this far she has had to beat the defending Champion Naomi Osaka and fifth seed split arena. Meanwhile, Champion Naomi Osaka and fifth seed splitarena. Meanwhile, britains Emma Raducanu completed her victory of her greek opponent. Atjust 18 years old, she is the first player ever to come through the pretournament qualifying rounds to reach the final. I have been speaking to michael downing, President And Ceo of tennis canada. The final is a great complement to the kind of What Novak is doing, he is chasing history, and on the womens site, we are seeing two teenagers fight for the us open. It is a great contrast. Tell teenagers fight for the us open. It is a great contrast. Is a great contrast. Tell is a bit more about is a great contrast. Tell is a bit more about leylah is a great contrast. Tell is a bit more about Leylah Fernandez, j is a great contrast. Tell is a bit more about Leylah Fernandez, the canadian teenager. You must know her well. What is her secret, do you think . ,. ,. , think . Somewhat the same as emma. I think . Somewhat the same as emma. I think they are think . Somewhat the same as emma. I think they are both think . Somewhat the same as emma. I think they are both showing think . Somewhat the same as emma. I think they are both showing they think they are both showing they have got ice in their veins. These two young women have run through the gamut, winning all these matches, and handling the pressure so well. To a certain degree, she has handled it better than most of her opponents. We sought in the match last night, where, you know, she won the third set. It was the number two seed that was losing her focus in the third set. I think this has a lot to do with her strength. [30 the third set. I think this has a lot to do with her strength. Do you think. Lot to do with her strength. Do you think you lot to do with her strength. Do you think. You Sea Lot to do with her strength. Do you think. You Sea Ice Lot to do with her strength. Do you think. You Sea Ice in lot to do with her strength. Do you think. You Sea Ice in their lot to do with her strength. Do you think. You Sea Ice in their veins, | think. You Sea Ice in their veins, but you think it is as much about the lack of expectation, therefore probably a lack of pressure that those who have been more successful previously might feel . Weill. Those who have been more successful previously might feel . Previously might feel . Well, there is robabl previously might feel . Well, there is probably some previously might feel . Well, there is probably some of previously might feel . Well, there is probably some of that. Previously might feel . Well, there is probably some of that. But previously might feel . Well, there| is probably some of that. But there is probably some of that. But there is just a confidence that both of these young women have that is just impeccable, actually. I really do believe they both have the confidence, the belief they can win. In the case of Leylah Fernandez, after she beat osaka and she did the on court interview, the interviewer asked her, when in the match did you think you might win . She actually said, well, ithought think you might win . She actually said, well, i thought i would win before i got on court. She wasnt being cocky about it. She is envisioning that if she plays her game, she can win these matches. And i think that is the nature of champions. It i think that is the nature of champione i think that is the nature of chamions. ,. , champions. It is quite incredible. Lots of new champions. It is quite incredible. Lots of new talent champions. It is quite incredible. Lots of new talent coming champions. It is quite incredible. Lots of new talent coming from | lots of new talent coming from canada in both mens and Womens Tennis in recent years. What is the secret behind that Question Mark Something to do with you maybe . I think it has to do with the inspiration that has led them. So, we do not have a rich type of Tennis History that britain or the us has or australia. We really had to break through back in 2014 and 2015 when Eugenie Bouchard made the finals of wimbledon and got to number five Eugenie Bouchard made the finals of wimbledon and got to numberfive in the world. The next year, Milos Raonic lost the final to andy murray, but he reached number three in the world that year. Those kind of results in this country, we have never seen before. And the next generation that was younger than them was inspired by that. I think it gave the Dennis And Leila as that if they put in the work they can actually succeed, as well. That has been evolving. What we see now with Leylah Fernandez and felix, who are in the final and hoping to make the final, there are probably 12 year olds in this country that are looking up to them and seeing if i put in a hard time, i can get there as well. I put in a hard time, i can get there as well. ~. , there as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. There as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. It there as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. It is there as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. It is going there as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. It is going to there as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. It is going to be there as well. Michael downing from tennis canada. It is going to be a tennis canada. It is going to be a great match whoever wins. Some rather offbeat Science News to bring you. The winners of the annual ignoble awards, the ceremony which highlights the quirkier world of research. Events were hosted by Harvard University but to place online and feature moments such as this. A study which proves it is healthierfor a this. A study which proves it is healthier for a tranquilizer i know to be transported upside down rather than on its site. There was also a price for the team which claimed that the obesity of a countries politician suggest a link with the scale of corruption. Essentially the fatter, the less trustworthy. The Peace Prize looked into the suggestion that men grow beards to lessen the effect of. Wait for it, being punched in the face. The answer is apparently that it does, but not an awful lot. And then for cat lovers, keep there is one for you. Award winning analysis of communication between owners and their feline pets. Communication between owners and theirfeline pets. Does not actually say what that communication was, but whatever it was, it apparently worked. Just a reminder of our top story before i go. Two decades after the Terror Attacks in the United States on 9 11, 2001, people across the United States and the world are preparing to mark the deadliest foreign attack ever on us soil, which killed nearly 3000 people. Prompting President George W bush to declare a global war on terror. That is it from you for now. You can reach me on twitter. Thank you for watching. Good evening. With low pressure sitting across the uk today, it has been a shower a picture. There have been sunny spells between the showers, as We Saw in suffolk earlier in the day, but we have also seen a lot of lively shimmers through the second half of the afternoon across the eastern half of england. We can will bring fewer showers for many of us, with some sunny spells, but it will feel fresher. The reason, the low pressure that has been bringing those Showers Yesterday and today, thatis those Showers Yesterday and today, that is sitting across us, is moving out into the north sea. Wringing wet and windy weather to scandinavia. We have the remnants of that whether sitting in the north, but the other change i talked about is the one direction. As we ground to the North And North west it is a fresh feel. You can see the heat gradually ebbing away through the day on saturday. Still a few thunderstorms around this evening. The north eastern parts of england, lincolnshire, east anglia, possibly one or two in Northern Ireland. They fade away as we go through the night. The wet areas, really, dominated by the area of low pressure across north scotland. Not just a Night But Tomorrow as well. We could see some very significant Rainfall Totals building up your comment is one to watch. For most of us, as you wish just as misty and grey. Quite warm again, we have not lost that humidity as yet. It is quite a warm start to the day but also quite grey and misty, particularly over the hills, but there could be some forjust about anywhere. It does take a little longer to clear at this time of year. Once it does, some brighter spots coming through. Very few shimmers for england and wales. Silly scattering for Northern Ireland but not as many as today. South and Eastern Com faring quite well with some dry weather, but it is really looking quite white across northern scotland. Temperatures, as i say, starting to drop away. A fresh appeal, generally quite fairly brisk breeze blowing. There way the front begins as a head south on sunday. There is a fly on the element, this area of low pressure, how far north and east it will spread its influence, Spider Trains by the time we get to sunday. Cloudierfor by the time we get to sunday. Cloudier for the eastern side of England And Scotland on that weakening weather front, England And Scotland on that weakening weatherfront, but England And Scotland on that weakening weather front, but try a further north and brighter. Fewer showers for Northern Ireland, and further east across england as well. Some drier weather. It could be that when a front get stuck across western areas, so even by monday most of the rain is on the west. Theres quite a bit of uncertainty surrounding that next area of low pressure at this stage. So, as ever, theres more on the website, including the warnings and we will keep you up to date. Hello this is bbc news. The Headlines America remembers the 3000 dead in the 20th Anniversary of the 9 11 attacks Prince Andrew has always denied the allegations made against him. Forthe denied the allegations made against him. For the first time in 22 years to teenagers will face each other in the us open final, 18 year old britain Emma Raducanu Battle 19 Year old canadian fernandez