cooler and fresher sunday afternoon. hello this is bbc news with luxmy gopal. the headlines. president biden arrives in new york as america marks 20 years since 9/11. he calls for the country to come together. at her most vulnerable in the push in pull of all that makes us human, in pull of all that makes us human, in the battle for the soul of america unity is what keeps us grounded. memorial events for the british victims are taking place in london, with the uk prime minister borisjohnson insisting people refuse to live in permanent fear of the terrorists. we can now say with the perspective of 20 years they failed to shake our belief in freedom and democracy. they failed to dry our nations apart. driver nations apart. in other news, lawyers for the woman who s accused prince andrew of sexual abuse, claim they ve successfully served him with legal papers. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show. upside down in nairobi. the city of love s freewheeling ne
now on bbc news for you, it s dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m martine croxall. this week our discussion is all about money. here in the uk the government has announced the biggest set of tax rises since the second world war. the imf, the world bank and in fact banks everywhere are trying to decide whether they will release afghanistan s frozen assets and thereby try to avoid humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al 0raibi, 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, borisjohnson 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. 0ther critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. le
johnson insisting people refuse to live in permanent fear of the terrorists. we can now say with this perspective of 20 years that they failed to shake our belief in freedom and democracy. they failed to drive our nations apart. all to cause us to abandon our plans or to live in permanent fear. the attacks led to the invasion of afghanistan now back under taliban control and many, there, fear for the future. we ll have the latest and hearfrom the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson, on 20 years of the war on terror. i think you can only see in 2021 it is an absolute disaster and an absolute failure. and we ll hear from people across the globe reflecting on how the nine eleven attacks changed their lives. in other news, lawyers for the woman who s accused prince andrew of sexual abuse, claim they ve successfully served him with legal papers. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has appealed for national unity as he
as america marks 20 years since 9/11, he calls for the country to come together. at our most vulnerable, in the push and pull of makes us human, in the battle for the soul of america, unity is our greatest strength. memorial events for the british victims are taking place in london, with the uk prime minister borisjohnson insisting people refuse to live in permanent fear of the terrorists. we can now say with the perspective of 20 years that they failed to shake our belief in freedom and democracy. they failed to drive our nations apart. the attacks led to the invasion of afghanistan now back under taliban control and many, there, fear for the future. we ll have the latest, and hearfrom the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson, on 20 years of the war on terror. i think you can only possibly say in 2021 that it was an absolute disaster and an absolute failure. and we ll hear from people across the globe reflecting on how the 9/11 attacks changed their lives. in oth