Main pointsMemorial services are taking place today to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks, which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people 25 years agoUS president Donald Trump plans to attend the Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony in Washington DC later todayVice-president JD Vance is expected to attend the observance at the National September 11 Memorial in New YorkKey readsDenis Staunton on how the US response to 9/11 attacks reshaped the worldKeith Duggan on the firefighters of 9/11: ‘They were eating breakfast when the call came. They all left’Podcast: Could the disastrous legacy of 9/11 have been avoided?Katie Mellett - 3 minutes agoUS president Donald Trump during the Steel Across America tour on the Ellipse of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026. Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Bloomberg At last year’s commemoration at the Pentagon , Trump delivered remarks recounting moments from the day of the attacks, including snippets of conversations from passengers who were aboard the hijacked airplanes. - GuardianKatie Mellett - 14 minutes agoTrump to attend Pentagon’s anniversary ceremonyUS president Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews after attending the Republican Midterm Convention on September 11th, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. US president Donald Trump plans to attend the Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony later today. This is the second year in a row for Trump to mark the day at the Pentagon. At a Tuesday event at the Ellipse just outside the White House, Trump vowed to “never forget” victims, noting that the attacks were one of few moments in history that “divide time into really what came before” and after.Vice-president JD Vance is expected to attend the observance at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, while other administration officials are headed to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. - GuardianKatie Mellett - 24 minutes agoHow US response to 9/11 attacks reshaped the worldTwo airliners struck the World Trade Centre in New York City as part of the co-ordinated attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Photograph: AP When American civil and political leaders gather at the 9/11 memorial in New York on Friday, their focus will properly be on the almost 3,000 people who were murdered in the attacks 25 years ago, writes China correspondent Denis Staunton.But after the commemoration is over, they might also reflect on the millions of others around the world whose lives were destroyed by the United States’ response to the events of September 11th, 2001.More than 940,000 were killed directly by post-9/11 war violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Pakistan, almost half of them civilians, according to the Costs of War project by the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. For the full article, click here.Katie Mellett - 36 minutes agoMemorial event held in LondonUS ambassador Warren Stephens and his wife Harriet Stephens lay a wreath in Grosvenor Square, London, marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire A memorial event took place in London at 11am at the 9/11 memorial sculpture in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are expected to take the Royal Salute on the Buckingham Palace forecourt on behalf of the King, accompanied by US Ambassador Warren Stephens.The US ambassador Warren Stephens laid a wreath in Grosvenor Square at the 9/11 Memorial Garden, alongside his wife Harriet.Katie Mellett - 38 minutes ago25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the USFirefighters gather around the memorial ahead of a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum on September 11th, 2026 in New York. Photograph: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.Memorial events will be held to honour the victims such as a special ceremony at the World Trade Center.On September 11th, 2001, 2,977 people were killed when hijackers crashed three planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia.