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the man thought to have planned the 9/11 attacks, khalid sheikh mohammed and his key associates are yet to stand trial. they re still being held at guantanamo bay, the us detention centre in cuba. nearly 800 men and boys have been detained there. five of those men have appeared before a judge in guantanamo bayjust this week, with the families of some 9/11 victims present in the court. the bbc s aleem maqbool met some of them. yes, it s notjust khalid sheikh mohammed who is here, but four others who were implicated in that plot to attack new york and those other sites 20 years ago. khalid sheikh mohammed is believed to have conceived of the idea of the attacks, taking it to 0sama bin laden and then subsequently planned the attacks. but also, walid bin attash is alleged to have trained two of the hijackers. you ve got ramzi bin al shibh, who is thought to have run the hamburg cell of the operation, then two others ammar al baluchi and mustafa al hawsawi, who are tho ....
now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week we re putting on our next gen specs, strapping on our brain controls and entering the metaverse. just another day in the office, really. hey, welcome to click. let me hit you straightaway with a buzzword. you might ve heard it being thrown around recently. are you ready? always ready. the metaverse. what you think of the idea? mark zuckerberg s vision that it won t be long before we are working, playing and living in this whole virtual universe. it reminds me of second life from about 15 years ago, remember that? i do, i do. this was an early realisation of the sci fi idea that has been around for as long as i can remember. but the tech wasn t up to it, then. but things have moved along. we look a lot better online. it balances out the 18 bit at the last 18 months i felt a bit like living in a virtual world, so i have got mixed feelings about this because this is actually the last thing that people want right now? could it ....
and, victory in venice, the french director celebrating success at one of europe s most prestigious film festivals. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain s18 year old emma raducanu has won the us open in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. she beat 19 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 2a years. here s the bbc s sports correspondentjoe wilson. the borough of queens on a sunny sunday and the extraordinary progress of one young woman. extraordinary progress of one young woman- young woman. she s been absolutely young woman. she s been absolutely amazing - young woman. she s been absolutely amazing this i young woman. she s been - absolutely amazing this whole tournament. she absolutely amazing this whole tournament. tournament. she has a lot of e ....
but i very much enjoyed the film. it s called the collini case, it s in cinemas now. ok, now, respect. i really want this to be good. yes. because aretha franklin what a figure, what a life story. an extraordinary life story. and so the good news is, she s played byjennifer hudson, who is fantastic in the lead role i mean, i think everybody expected this. aretha franklin herself effectively appointed jennifer hudson. she had, you know she was very controlling on the project right up until her death in 2018, and she said tojennifer hudson, you re the right person to do this so that s great. i mean, she can sing, she can act, she has charisma, she has presence and it s a great performance. i think the problem is that the film itself isn t quite as exceptional as either its central performance or, indeed, as aretha franklin. it s a very sort of tumultuous life story and the film wants to play things fairly safe. so there s domestic abuse, there is alcoholism, there ....
hey, welcome to click. let me hit you straightaway with a buzzword that you might have heard being thrown around recently. lara, are you ready for a buzzword? always ready. ok: the metaverse. what do you think of the idea? ah, mark zuckerberg s vision that it won t be long before we re all working, playing and living in this whole virtual universe. it reminds me of second life from about 15 years ago, remember that? yeah, i do, i do. this was an early realisation of the sci fi idea that s been around for as long as i can remember. but the tech wasn t up to it then. it wasn t, but of course things have moved along. we look a lot better online and we used to, i have to say. i guess it balances out the ageing bit. but the last 18 months have felt a bit like living in a virtual world, so i got mixed feelings about this because is this actually the last thing people want right now? or could it potentially help with some of the isolation and other challenges? well, zuckerbe ....