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Relatives of people who died on 9/11 have read out victims' names, as the US marks 20 years since the deadliest terror attacks on its soil. Many struggled to hold back tears at the ceremony held at Ground Zero, the
US President Joe Biden has urged unity as his country prepares to remember the victims of the 11th September attacks. In a video, Biden paid tribute to the 2,977 people who lost their lives. Biden says they ho
Hollywood giant Walt Disney says the rest of its 2021 films will screen exclusively in cinemas before being made available for streaming. The decision is a boost to struggling entertainment venues, with major films
US President Joe Biden has announced sweeping federal COVID measures that require workers at large companies to be vaccinated or face weekly testing. The new measures which also include a vaccine mandate for millio
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to all three sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly day. The President and first lady will visit New York City,
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to toughen anti-terror laws following Friday's knife attack in Auckland by a man who was under police surveillance. The man, a Sri Lankan national, stabbed se
Police in New Zealand shot and killed a "violent extremist" after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in an Auckland supermarket. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the incident was a "terrorist attack" carr
The United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, after a chaotic evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies to close out U.S. involvement there after 20 years of conflict. The
Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana moving slowly across the state with heavy rains and high winds that have left more than 742,000 families without power. The storm made landfall earlier in the day, on the 16th anniversar
US President Joe Biden has warned that another attack on Kabul Airport is highly likely. About 170 people died after a suicide bomber targeted the airport on Friday as crowds of Afghans were trying to get on evacua
A Californian parole board has voted to grant prison release to the murderer of Democratic 1968 presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy. Sirhan Sirhan served 53 years in jail for shooting the frontrunner after a sp
Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions causing a bloodbath among civilians and U.S. troops, and bringing a catastrophic halt to the airlift of tens of thousands of Afghans
It was a running gag early in the pandemic: all the COVID babies that would be conceived while couples are holed up at home together with little to do but bake sourdough and procreate. And yet, nearly two years lat
The US has enlisted commercial planes to help with the evacuation of people from Afghanistan. A Pentagon statement said the 18 aircraft would not fly to Kabul, but would instead help move people transiting in third
Angelina Jolie, a well-known private celebrity with no public social media presence, has joined Instagram, using the platform to draw attention to the situation in Afghanistan. Jolie posted a letter she says she re
Five days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 2,189 people in Haiti help is trickling in, but struggling people say they need it more quickly. The poorest country in the Americas is in urgent need of medica
The trial of the US R&B singer R Kelly has begun at a court in Brooklyn, New York. The star is accused of racketeering, sexual abuse and bribery; charges which he has repeatedly denied. BBC News reports some
At 11.59 last night New Zealand went into lockdown. That snap lockdown was announced after a man tested positive for COVID-19. Its the first case in New Zealand in six months. The case was detected in Auc
US President Joe Biden has said he stands "squarely" behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban's lightning conquest of the war-torn country. The BBC reports that Biden has
There have been scenes of panic at Kabul airport in Afganistan as desperate residents try to flee following the seizure of the Afghan capital by the Taliban. The US army says soldiers shot two armed men, while thre
