Francesca Picerno and Jay Winuk, both of whom lost relatives on 9/11, appeared on TODAY with Craig Melvin to mark the attacks’ 25th anniversary. They discussed the significance of the 9/11 Day organization and their efforts to teach younger generations about the tragedy.

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President Donald Trump marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks at a Pentagon ceremony on Friday, pledging that the United States would never forget and would continue to “fight.” He skipped commemorations in New York.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Friday at a Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. He linked the ongoing conflict in Iran to the 2001 attacks, accusing an “Islamic theocracy” of wishing America dead for decades, celebrating 9/11 and sponsoring attacks that killed thousands of Americans and US comrades.

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President Donald Trump was due to attend a Pentagon ceremony on Friday marking 25 years since al-Qaida militants hijacked planes and killed nearly 3,000 people at three locations. The attacks transformed US foreign policy and national security.

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A moment of silence at the Ground Zero memorial in New York opened Friday’s commemorations marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which destroyed the Twin Towers.

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New York is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Friday. President Donald Trump is absent while attending a separate ceremony at the Pentagon, whereas Zohran Mamdani, New York’s first Muslim mayor, will attend—a presence that has irritated some Republicans.

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US health authorities declared the country’s largest recorded multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak over on Friday, after contaminated iceberg lettuce left thousands of people ill.

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A quarter-century after the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history, al Qaeda’s branches have shifted away from Osama bin Laden’s global jihad toward regional insurgencies. Their operations still destabilise areas from the Sahel to Afghanistan, while critics say Washington has forgotten the lessons of 9/11.

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Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on US soil, Americans will pause on Friday to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. France 24’s Philip Turle says the anniversary also invites the global community to reflect on 9/11’s legacy and how the world has changed.

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As the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is commemorated, many young Americans marking the date were born after 2001. Students at Georgetown University offered differing views: for some, 9/11 is simply a date, while for others the attacks remain a powerful presence.

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Twenty-five years ago, Tom Brokaw anchored an NBC News Special Report after terrorists hijacked four commercial planes and launched coordinated attacks in the United States. Two hit the World Trade Center towers, one struck the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in a Shanksville, Pennsylvania, field after passengers and crew fought back, killing nearly 3,000 people.

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The San Francisco 49ers comfortably beat the Los Angeles Rams 27-7, a decisive win portrayed as a triumph for hyper-punctual business travelers worldwide in a contest between competing Australian jet-lag strategies.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees at a company meeting this week that the firm was willing to slow development of its AI systems, Bloomberg News reported, citing sources, as concerns grow over the safety of advanced AI.

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OpenAI is considering slowing development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, while CEO Sam Altman hopes other AI companies will follow suit.

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AI leaders worry that antitrust law could prevent what they see as an increasingly urgent effort to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.

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Born as triplets, the three sons are following the FDNY example set by their father, who responded to the September 11 attacks, while honoring his legacy.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, from September 12 to 13. Over the years, he has advocated cooperation, openness and inclusiveness in BRICS development and cooperation among the Global South.

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China has confirmed that Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit in India, his first visit there since 2019 and since the deadly 2020 border clash. Trade, direct flights and border talks have gradually resumed, but US policy, territorial disputes and the Tibet issue continue to complicate any normalization.

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China and India are arranging a bilateral meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s foreign ministry said Friday. Xi is due to travel to India this weekend for a BRICS summit.

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The European Commission has approved an additional €6.1 billion for Ukraine to purchase ammunition, drones, electronic-warfare equipment, and air and missile defense systems. The money will notably cover Kyiv’s purchase of PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot systems, subject to checks on contract compliance with the loan terms and EU member-state agreements.

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Brussels is seeking to persuade EU countries with Patriot interceptors remaining in their national stockpiles to donate them to Ukraine, with replacements to arrive later through deliveries scheduled for 2027.

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The European Commission approved a €6.1 billion defense-aid tranche for Ukraine and authorized Kyiv to use the EU’s €90 billion support loan to buy U.S.-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors. The decision does not mean immediate delivery, as Patriot interceptors are in short supply worldwide.

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The Israeli military says it used more than 1,000 tonnes of explosives to destroy two Hezbollah tunnels stretching over 2km beneath Lebanon’s Ali Taher Ridge. The US Geological Survey recorded seismic activity equivalent to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake. Hezbollah and Lebanon’s government have not publicly responded.

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Israeli forces say they used more than 1,100 tonnes of explosives to demolish alleged Hezbollah tunnels beneath Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher ridge. The blasts were recorded as a magnitude-4.1 tremor.

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Israel said it demolished key tunnels built by Iran-backed Hezbollah beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. The explosions were powerful enough to cause a 4.1-magnitude tremor, days after Israeli authorities said they had taken control of the ridge and accused Hezbollah of digging tunnels there to attack Israel.

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