France 24 links 9/11 remembrance to UK-Israel tensions and AI warnings
The broadcaster examined disputes over commemoration, reported diplomatic retaliation by Israel and researchers’ warnings about artificial intelligence.
France 24’s The World This Week has examined the politics of remembrance 25 years after the 11 September 2001 attacks, alongside rising tensions between Britain and Israel and warnings about artificial intelligence.
The programme reported that a private ceremony for victims’ families and dignitaries included six bells for fatal moments in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. A seventh bell was rung for people who later died from 9/11-related illnesses. Attendance by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was reportedly opposed by a petition that attracted 100,000 signatures.
France 24 also revisited al-Qaeda’s fragmentation since the attacks and questioned how the organisation has evolved a quarter of a century later. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.
The programme reported that Britain, France and Canada had announced bans on imports of goods from Israeli settlements. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused Israel of ignoring “settler terrorism” and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, while Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and President Isaac Herzog rejected the criticism.
According to France 24, Israel responded by closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem and removing UK personnel from a security training mission in Ramallah and an aid coordination team for Gaza.
The programme also examined warnings from researchers working in leading AI laboratories. Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger reportedly put the risk of humanity being wiped out within three and a half years at up to 10 per cent, while former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon accused AI companies of acting irresponsibly. The estimates were presented as researchers’ views, not established forecasts.
