Hello and welcome to our special coverage here on Bbc News, as we mark 20 years on from the terror attacks on New York and washington. Attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and that have forever been known by the date on which they happened 9 11. Commemorations will be taking place in manhattan and across the united states, to remember all those killed and injured. 0ur North America Editor Jon Sopel has been hearing the stories of three people impacted by the horror of september the 11th, and a warning his report includes footage of the attack on the Twin Towers. The one thing that time hasnt dulled is just how profoundly shocking the sights and sounds were that Tuesday Morning two decades ago. This Terrorist Attack changed the world. Nearly 3000 people died and thousands more had their lives upended. This is the story of three of those people who found themselves at the vortex of the storm. My dad was an amazing human being. Max was a ten year old schoolboy when he was called to the
Hello and welcome to our special coverage here on Bbc News, as we mark 20 years on from the terror attacks on New York and washington, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and that have forever been known by the date on which they happened 9 11. Commemorations will be taking place in manhattan and across the united states, to remember all those killed and injured. 0ur North America Editor Jon Sopel has been hearing the stories of three people impacted by the horror of september the 11th, and a warning his report includes footage of the attack on the twin towers. The one thing that time hasnt dulled is just how profoundly shocking the sights and sounds were that Tuesday Morning two decades ago. This Terrorist Attack changed the world. Nearly 3000 people died and thousands more had their lives upended. This is the story of three of those people who found themselves at the vortex of the storm. My dad was an amazing Human Being. Max was a ten year old schoolboy when he was called to the
Hello, welcome to the media share. In a moment we are going to talk about Channel 4, its new headquarters in leeds have just opened and the Government ConsultatIon on whether to privatIse it Is into the final straight. We will hear the case for privatIsatIon from a former Channel Five ceo and if youre wondering whether any of thIs has anything to do with the Telly Watch we will unpack that, too. First, though, lets talk to Jack Thorne who Is an acclaimed screenwriter who has worked on hIs dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. And at thIs years Edinburgh Tv Festival he gave Taggart Lecture which Is one of the most high profile moments for the Tv Industry and in that, he was blunt, telling the Audience Tv has failed dIsabled people at the and totally. Welcome to the Media Show. Can you explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusIon about the state of the Tv Industry . Primarily because it Is true. And i think that the argument must be broken down into
Now on Bbc News, with rare interviews and archive, Yalda Hakim examines the rise of the taliban after the soviet occupation of afghanistan. Backin back in control. After nearly 20 years of conflict, thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent, the taliban has seen of 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 these events and the origins of the taliban, we need to go back to the Cold War. The Body Aftermath of the soviet occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. Ground for a new force to emerge ground for a new force to emerge. Ground for a new force to emerue. ,. , , emerge. They were really seen as angels. Emerge. They were really seen as angels, these emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young angels| as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save th