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 thought to have pro
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 ener:. Tournament. Sh
Crisis in the nhs will be set out on tuesday. Measures like mask wearing and home working are under discussion. A day of events marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the us concludes with a simple light show over new york. The 40th great north run gets under way here in newcastle later. Nearly 60,000 people will take part in the uk s biggest half marathon. I ll be meeting some of them. Good morning. For many of us, a decent day of weather coming up. Some cloud, bright and sunny spells and a lot of dry weather. However, in wales it is a different story. Here the cloud will thicken late on and we have some afternoon rain on the way. I will have your forecast coming up on breakfast later on. It s sunday, the 12th of september. Our top story: the 18 year old british tennis superstar emma raducanu has been congratulated by the queen for her stunning performance which saw her win the us open last night. The teenager from bromley made history in new york by beating 19 year old l
Hello there. We start here in the uk, where a shake up in travel rules could be on the way. The bbc has been told the traffic light system could be overhauled, with the green and amber categories removed. A new system would allow vaccinated travellers to go to countries with similarly high levels of vaccination as the uk without the need for quarantine. The travel industry has been pushing for change, arguing the current system is confusing and has prevented a recovery in demand over the summer. Aru na iyengar reports. If this is your idea of a dream holiday, ratherthan if this is your idea of a dream holiday, rather than this, things could be about to change. Travel bosses say uk holidaymakers have been put off playing abroad because of uncertainty about sudden changes to the travel traffic light system and the need for expensive pcr test before arriving in the uk. At expensive pcr test before arriving in the uk. Arriving in the uk. At the moment. arriving in the uk. At the moment,
Coronavirus may still suffer symptoms months after infection. Nicola sturgeon announces plans to introduce vaccine passports for nightclubs and larger live events in scotland later this month. Colin pitchfork, who raped and murdered two schoolgirls in the 1980s, has been released from prison. The game changing anti cholesterol drug that could save 30,000 lives in a decade and may soon be offered on the nhs. Itv is cleared by the media regulator over pier morgan s comments about the duchess of sussex. And the image of a bird at the us mexico border wall has won a prestigious photographic contest. We will be talking to the winning mexican photographer. But evening and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, has insisted that the uk did not perform worse than other countries in its evacuation from kabul after the city fell to the taliban. He s been answering questions from mps about his response to the crisis in afghanistan this afternoon. Mr raab said the number of br