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3113 fire fighters died on 9/11 as they battled flames and evacuated civillians , we hearfrom one new york firefighter who was on his first day in the job when the twin towers fell. 110 story building fell in seven seconds total and we were caught in the collapse. i'm philippa thomas in london from where the queen has sent a message saying her thoughts are with the victims, survivors and their families. we'll be hearing from people from across the globe reflecting on how the 9/11 attacks changed their lives. the attacks were planned by al-qaeda from afghanistan. today's commemorations come wee...

We will see in the next couple of hours as a commemoration to those who died. there will be six moments of silence that will be observed, philippa, marking the moments that those planes hit the twin towers, the moments that the towers collapsed, the moment the plane hit the pentagon in washington and the moments that that flight crashed into the ground in shanksville, pennsylvania, that plane which may have been headed for the white house, we don't know where it was headed but the passengers overpower those on board and brought it to the ground. 0ne those on board and brought it to the ground....

Welcome to a bbc news special about afghanistan with me lyse doucet in kabul and philippa thomas in london. flights are still taking off from kabul airport, a day after two devastating bomb attacks there killed as many as 90 people. but for those who want to get out of afghanistan the chances of getting on them are growing slimmer and slimmer. and australia have already ended their evacuations — british forces say they will only now evacuate people who are inside the airport. flights are taking off and thousands of afghans hoping to get to the airport. hoping against hope they can get one of...

Short—term and then long term. it will involve a lot of continued engagement from the international community in this process. ambassador of pakistan and beside its readiness to play its part. bud its readiness to play its part. and of course pakistan is also yet again taking in thousands and thousands of afghans, fleeing another chapter of war in this country. it is concern thatis war in this country. it is concern that is going round the world. let's go back to london to join philippa thomas. as we've been reporting this hour a growing number of countries have completed their emergency air...

They are heartless. the people here are scared for their safety. there are many reasons for afghans to fear the taliban. they are walking into unknown futures. still, they do not want to stay behind. shumaila jaffery, bbc news, chaman, pakistan. and for more on the situation in afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the taliban tune in to our news special here on bbc news at midday gmt, presented by our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kabul and philippa thomas here in london. it�*s the third day of action in the paralympics in tokyo, where for the first time at...