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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. ....
reporter: we are about 14 hours from the storm made landfall we still have a hurricane on deck i keep looking over to see if any changes to downgrade the wind still 75 mile-per-hour sustained wind and that happens because it came i m sure so strong that is the strongest storm we have ever had to make landfall in the us during record-keeping time and that is by wind not necessarily by lower pressure or meteorological definition so that ties by the way with hurricane laura that made landfall southwestern louisiana last year two years and were on - in a row category storms making landfall very unfortunate for louisiana it came on land that port fourchon 183 miles per hour grand isle just east at 146 so where it came on sure at port fourchon is about 16 percent of the country s oil production coming through their obviously all of these oil rigs 16 percent goes through that spot and it fortifies that to withstand hurricane conditions so it will be interesting to see what ha ....
with the winner announced in may as coventry s year in the spotlight comes to an end. colin paterson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. this month has been a cloudy month but like yesterday although it is cloudy for most of us again today there are some breaks in the cloud but example in the derbyshire peak district but today s weather is driven by low pressure to the west of the uk. you can see the thick cloud in the west starting to dry outbreaks of rain into northern ireland but ahead of the main band of rain you can see some patches of rain moving into southern wales at the moment so it is going to continue to be quite damp peer over the next few hours. the best chance of seeing breaks in the cloud, northern scotland not doing too badly, but otherwise it stays put pretty cloudy. overnight rain continues to push northwards and eastwards. there will be heavy bursts and probably mist and fog soaring over the higher ground particularly in south west wales and ....
fall to the taliban as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. cheering. i can t wait! the dancing re starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. a baby thought to be the world s smallest at birth has been discharged from a singapore hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it is unequivocal, that human activities are responsible for climate change. that is according to a new study by the un. it is an up to date assessment of how global warming will change the planet in the decade. it is a wake up call to governments to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. the report says global average temprature rise could reach or exceed 1.5 degrees celsius in the next 20 years ten years sooner than expected. that tempreature rise will breach the ambition of the 2015 paris climate agreement, and bring widespr ....
swathe of the highlands, heavy and persistent rain bringing the risk of flooding and travel disruption. and as you can see from the earlier radar, there has been some really very wet weather across this part of scotland so far today. and elsewhere, plenty of these big downpours and thunderstorms, some particularly heavy ones across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland come into northern england, and persistent rain continues throughout the afternoon across parts of northern scotland. it is quite windy out there, the showers could well see gusts of a0 mph or more, but generally these strong winds will help to bridge those showers along. so hopefully if you get a shower it should not be with you for quite such a long time as we have had at times over the last few days. and quite a cool feel as well, 17 to 20 celsius. through this evening, across england and wales, we keep some of those showers for a time, they should fade through the night. the rain pivots south a ....