ajudge in america has ruled that lawyers for virginia guiffre will be able to serve legal papers do his representative in the us after a week of confusion and wrangling over whether the prince had been formally notified. a royal correspondent has more details. on monday the lawyers went head to head in new york arguing over whether those papers had been properly served, on wednesday the high court here said it would assist lawyers for virginia guiffre, the woman who made the allegations against the prince, the allegations the prince denies, it will assist those lawyers in serving the papers and a judge in new york and said that the papers can be served on the prince s us lawyer, the man who spoke on monday. that means this case will almost certainly now go ahead. that lawyer says a deal struck by virginia guiffre in 2009 with jeffrey struck by virginia guiffre in 2009 withjeffrey epstein, one time friend of the prince, convicted paedophile, that deal will make any court case
colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame. ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. and the bbc reports from one of afghanistan s biggest cities on how taliban rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. it s 8 in the morning in singapore, 8 in the evening in washington, 1 am in london, and 8 in the evening in cape canaveral where the space x inspiration four mission is about to take off. four amateur astronauts are being launched into orbit on board of a falcon 9 rocket. it s the first mission to space with no professional astronauts in the crew. the trip has been paid for by us billionaire businessmanjared isaacman, who will travel with three crewmates. the four crew members will be sent into an orbit of about 575 kilometres up that s above the current orbit of the international space station. they re due to spend three days circling the earth and have said they hope to inspi
the bbc reports from one of afghanistan s biggest cities on how taliban rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, 7pm in washington, midnight in london, and 9am in canberra where the us, the uk, and australia have just announced a landmark security pact. it will see more shared intelligence, pooling of some resources, and new deals on providing military hardware. but hovering in the background seems to be the growing military power of china. more on that in just a moment but first, here s how us presidentjoe biden and uk prime minister borisjohnson characterised the new pact we all recognise the imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the indo pacific over the long term. we need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve. because the future of each of our nations, and indeed the world, depends on a free and open ind
and battle of the teens we ll bring you the build up to the women s final of the us open. hello and welcome to our special coverage here on bbc news, as we mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on new york and washington that killed nearly 3,000 people attacks 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 11. and a warning, his report does include footage of the attack on the twin towers. the one thing that time hasn t dulled is just how profoundly shocking the sights and sounds were that tuesday morning two decades ago. this terrorist attack changed the world. nearly 3,000 people died and thousands more had their lives upended. this is the story of three of those people who found themselves at the eye of
he denied the accusations but faced a growing cacophony of voices from within his own party to resign, and today, he succumbed to those calls. i think that given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. and therefore that s what i ll do, because i work for you. and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you because, as we say, it s not about me, it s about we. kathy hochul, my lieutenant governor, is smart and competent. this transition must be seamless. we have a lot going on. i m very worried about the delta variant, and so should you be, but she can come up to speed quickly, and my resignation will be effective in 14 days. max kutner is a journalist and political analyst in new york. i asked him about the amount of pressure that mr cuomo came under. yes, he said he was going to fight the allegations, which he is still saying that he will fight the allegations, but even just days ago, his offic