In a week that marks 25 years since 9/11, Americans paused to pay tribute. Six bells tolled to signify six fatal moments in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, with a seventh bell rung this year to commemorate those who later died from 9/11-related illnesses. The private ceremony for families of the victims and dignitaries sparked controversy, with a 100,000-strong petition against the attendance of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. We’ll ask who gets the right to remember. And look at how al-Qaeda has fragmented and track where it has morphed a quarter of a century on. It’s been a week in which relations between the UK and Israel hit a new low. Britain’s new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, accused the Israeli government of turning a blind eye to “settler terrorism” and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, and, alongside France and Canada, announced a ban on the import of any Israeli goods coming from the settlements. “Outrageous lies, a morally distorted stunt,” said Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s Foreign Minister. “A grave miscalculation,” said President Isaac Herzog. Within hours, Israel closed the British consulate in East Jerusalem and kicked out UK staff from a securit...






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