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Queen Elizabeth says prayers for victims and survivors of 9/11
“My thoughts and prayers — and those of my family and the entire nation — remain with the victims, survivors and families affected, as well as the first responders and rescue workers called to duty,” the queen said in…
Biden orders release of 9/11 documents
President Biden signed an executive order Friday directing the Justice Department to oversee a declassification review of some documents related to the 9/11 attacks, after pressure from families of victims who are demanding to know if Saudi Arabia helped the hijackers. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis joins CBSN’s Lana Zaka to discuss. CBSN is CBS News’ 24/7 digital streaming news service…
Colombia’s ex-armed group leaders apologise for war atrocities
In Colombia, two prominent leaders from opposing sides of the decades-long conflict have, for the first time, appeared publicly before the Truth Commission. At a gathering for victims, they apologised for atrocities committed during a civil war in which around 260,000 people were killed. The Truth Commission was set up to let Colombians know what became of their loved ones and investigate and explain what…
Germany: Merkel vows support after dozens killed in floods @BBC News live 🔴 BBC
Subscribe and 🔔 to OFFICIAL BBC YouTube 👉 https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn Stream original BBC programmes FIRST on BBC iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ 🔘 Subscribe and 🔔 @BBC News 👉 https://bit.ly/3a1zyip 🔘 Stream BBC News live on BBC iPlayer 🔴 https://bbc.in/3b64IVP 🔘 Coronavirus / Covid-19 👉 https://bbc.in/3luQp33 🔘 Follow BBC News live updates here 👉 https://bbc.in/2JmUswL It’s Friday 16 July 2021. Our top stories this morning 0:00 German Chancellor…
US, Britain and EU accuse China of sponsoring massive Microsoft email server hack
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The US, Britain, the EU and Nato have accused China of sponsoring a massive cyberattack on the Microsoft Exchange email server discovered in early 2021. The US State Department said on July 19, 2021, that “cyber actors” had worked with China’s Ministry of State Security in the operation that Microsoft publicly disclosed in March after the…
Lightning strikes in India kill 65 people over a single weekend
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube At least 11 people were killed when lightning struck a watchtower on Amer Fort in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan late on July 11, 2021. The victims were domestic tourists visiting the 12th century structure also known as Amber Fort on the outskirts of the state capital Jaipur. Lightning strikes are common during India’s monsoon…