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prince andrew s legal team says it s questioning whether court papers alleging sexual abuse have been filed properly. ceremonies have been taking place in the united states to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the september 11th 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 in new york, pennsylvania, and at 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. at 8:46 this morning, the tolling of a bell. bell rings the moment the first plane struck the twin t ....
open in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat 19 year old leylah fernandez of canada in two sets 6-4, 6-3. raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier. and we stay with that story emma raducanu s win at the final of the us open. 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 44 years. a stunning victory, says our reporter lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sports centre. people are saying how much they love this game the way these two teenagers played has been incredible. the commentators are saying they have nerves of steel. she had to come through qualifying. she has everything. she is such a talent. she has done this like a seasoned pro. an incredible scoreline for anyone to win, a qualifier with so little experience. i know i sound over the top but this final has been amazing. this week on the show. upsid ....
occupation of afghanistan. back in control. after nearly 20 years of conflict, thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent, the taliban has seen off the us, nato and their afghan allies. a stunning success for them and another superpower humbled in the streets and fields of afghanistan. but to understand these events and the origins of the taliban, we need to go back to the cold war. the bloody aftermath of the soviet occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. they were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. on december 27th, 1979, soviet special forces stormed the presidential palace in kabul. the president, hafizullah amin was killed. this was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. the soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. afghanistan s communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal communist party squa ....
to avoid humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al oraibi, the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced, here in the studio with me is the bbc s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. so to begin with, boris johnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. other critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. let s begin this conversation with polly. to what extent, polly, do you believe that what the government is proposing will solve the problem with social care, which we have been discussing in this country for years? yes, government after government has failed to grasp it. at least this government has come up with something, but the something isn t nearly enough and it doesn t begin to be ....
president biden travels to all three sites where the attacks took place in new york, pennsylvania and the pentagon. tennis has a new teen titan emma raducanu becomes the first british woman to win a major in more than a0 years. and prince andrew s legal team says it s questioning whether court papers, alleging sexual abuse, have been filed properly. ceremonies have been taking place in the united states to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the september 11 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 centre in 2001. president biden travelled to pay his respects at all three attack sites in new york, pennsylvania, and at the pentagon in virginia. that is a live shot there of the world trade center right now. as september 11th draws to a close in the us, our north america editor jon sopel looks back on the day s events. drumbeat on this stunning clear september morning, they gat ....