9/11 anniversary: How the lessons of the attacks are still being learnt
No one can question that 9/11 was a colossal intelligence failure, or to be more specific, a failure of imagination in the US intelligence community. At the time both the CIA and the FBI were in possession of information which, if shared properly, could have prevented what happened. The 9/11 Commission Report that followed blamed "failures of imagination, policy, capabilities and management" on the US government. This most basic of lessons has since been largely – although not completely – learnt, and sharing between Western intelligence agencies is infinitely better than it was in 2001. The old rivalries between say, MI5 and Police Counter Terrorism have dissolved, first with regional 'fusion centres' dotted around the UK and now, most recently, with the establishment of the high-security Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in London.
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September 11, 2026 05:53 UTC
Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross to dedicate Emirates return to her mum
Arsenal's Emirates Stadium will be full of noise when midfielder Kyra Cooney-Cross steps on to the pitch this Sunday to face Crystal Palace. The Australia midfielder will play at the stadium for the first time since losing her mum to cancer two months ago. "I know mum would want me here playing and training," she told BBC Sport. "She was a beautiful human and I want to carry her with me on and off the pitch," said Cooney-Cross. I don't even know half of the sacrifices she's made.
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September 11, 2026 05:52 UTC
Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
Three Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils commemorating Beijing's 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests have been handed prison sentences of up to seven years. These gatherings were banned by Hong Kong's authorities in 2020, citing Covid-19 policies, but never resumed. Lee, Chow and Ho were charged in 2021. On Friday, the court sentenced Lee to seven years in prison, while Chow was handed seven years and three months. Chow told the court in May the law itself was on trial.
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September 11, 2026 05:41 UTC
The Yorkshire man who survived 9/11 and filmed tower collapsing
Warning: This story contains graphic details of the aftermath from the 9/11 attacks. On 11 September 2001, photographer and documentary filmmaker Paul Berriff was living and working in New York City. He was caught up in the 9/11 attacks and still remembers the day in vivid detail. Now aged 80 and living near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, Berriff has recalled the events. They headed to the base of the towers, where assistant fire commissioner Steve Gregory was sending firefighters in.
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September 11, 2026 05:27 UTC
Allan Saint-Maximin: Children 'don't have to accept' being racially abused
But the French winger felt it was "important to step up" and speak out after his children were racially abused this year. "Whatever your colour is, you don't have to accept this," he tells BBC Sport. Saint-Maximin made it clear on Instagram in January that "hatred and discrimination have no place in our society". "I explained to the kids what happened was not normal and they knew already," he says. As I said to them, it's something they don't have to accept.
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September 11, 2026 05:23 UTC
Garcia vs Benn: Champion taunts Briton with an egg during a theatrical news conference
A performative Ryan Garcia shouted, repeatedly swore and even ate a boiled egg - while Briton Conor Benn kept his cool - during a peculiar news conference in Las Vegas. American Garcia defends his WBC welterweight belt against 29-year-old Benn at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. A fight week which had been relatively quiet finally came to life on Thursday - thanks largely to the unpredictable champion. While Garcia, 28, bounced between insults, threats and jokes, Benn remained relatively composed. "All the talking, tweeting, typing and streaming is done - I'm ready to fight," Benn said, while inexplicably wearing a bullet-proof style vest.
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September 11, 2026 05:22 UTC
I was weeks from marrying a violent serial rapist - my loved ones saved my life
This article contains details, including depictions of violence, which some readers may find distressing. So long as Malcolm was free, she said she did not feel safe enough to report him to police. This ultimately helped officers build a strong enough case to arrest Malcolm, who was taken into custody in September 2024. Shortly afterwards, Amy gave a full report of the rapes, assaults and abuse she had been subjected to. She had been due to marry Malcolm four weeks later.
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September 11, 2026 05:20 UTC
TV tonight: Lenny Henry and Joanne McNally pop into the Lycett Arms
Live From the Lycett Arms10pm, Channel 4It’s opening time once again at Joe Lycett’s paisley-carpeted boozer, and even though the pub is only open for an hour a week, Lycett isn’t a man to do things by halves. Accordingly, the premises are legit, the bevvies are real and hopefully so is the atmosphere of convivial chaos. This week, Joe welcomes Lenny Henry, who offers Brum solidarity as temporary bar manager, and comic Joanne McNally, who proves a lively punter. PHView image in fullscreen Now you see it … Brooke Shields and Amelia Williamson in You’re Killing Me. Day one of Europe v the US from Bernardus Golf, the Netherlands, with England’s Charley Hull among the home team.
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September 11, 2026 05:20 UTC
I watched as 9/11 plane flew over my home - moments later my wife was killed
Charles first met Katherine in New York in 1988, when he was singing with a theatre group and she was a piano accompanist. Katherine took Charles back to the UK for a visit in 1989, as well as trips to parts of Wales that he admitted he "could not pronounce", including Machynlleth and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. "We had a wonderful, wonderful relationship." At 08:06 EDT, on September 11, 2001, Charles kissed Katherine goodbye from their New York City apartment for the last time. Exactly 40 minutes later, a jet smashed into the 97th floor of the tower - the very floor she had been working on, in a new job she had started less than a fortnight earlier.
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September 11, 2026 05:09 UTC
Ashes legal dispute: Hampshire damages claim led to lack of 2027 Test in north of England
“Test matches were awarded by a ‘balanced scorecard’ points system assessed by an independent host venue panel,” Graves said. Yorkshire declined to bid for Ashes Tests for the 2013 and 2015 series due to financial difficulties. View image in fullscreen Ben Stokes led England to a stirring Ashes Test win at Headingley in 2019, and said the ground’s omission from the 2027 roster was ‘scandalous’. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesIn addition to the 2023 Ashes Test, Headingley was awarded two other Test matches in the ECB’s 2018 allocation covering 2020 to 2024, which helped ease its financial problems. Hampshire have regularly staged international cricket at the venue since 2003, including Test matches against India and Sri Lanka in addition to the biosecure Tests in 2020, but next year will be their first Ashes Test.
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September 11, 2026 05:00 UTC
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for ricotta, blackberry and lemon cake
They’re such great berries to bake with, and here I’ve scattered them in a simple ricotta cake. Put the sugar and lemon zest in a bowl and use your fingertips to rub together until fragrant. Leave the cake to cool completely in its tin, then turn out and dust with icing sugar. For the whipped ricotta, whisk all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth and creamy; alternatively, for a super-smooth result, blitz it in a food processor. Serve slices of the cake with a dollop of the whipped ricotta.
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September 11, 2026 05:00 UTC
The ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – ministers should spell out the risks for bills | Nils Pratley
Thank goodness, then, for Friday’s National Audit Office (NAO) report. Of the 88 grid upgrade projects originally identified, 12 have already been completed (good news) and 12 have been subsumed into newer work (fair enough). Therein lies the reason why a grid upgrade is needed in the first place: the transmission network suffered from a lack of investment, even before the switch to renewables started. The NAO report cites standard stuff such as acquiring land rights, obtaining planning consents and legal challenges. This passage from the NAO report is damning: “Publicly available information gives a partial and inconsistent view of progress towards upgrading the grid.
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September 11, 2026 05:00 UTC
Osama bin Laden shook the world on 9/11. Today it is clear how his wider plans failed | Jason Burke
Was this what Bin Laden had hoped to achieve? As a young militant, Bin Laden had witnessed this conflict and even participated in it, albeit in a marginal role. View image in fullscreen Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1998, three years before the 9/11 attacks. In reality, Bin Laden had a different strategy. But these few thousand young men with AK-47s have little in common with the organisation Bin Laden led 25 years ago, both in aims and capabilities.
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September 11, 2026 05:00 UTC