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🇺🇸🇱🇧 The State Department said the US welcomes the agreement by Lebanese leaders on forming a new government but urged the parliament to approve it quickly.

💉 Republican Governor of South Carolina Henry McMaster has pledged to oppose US President Joe Biden's mandate to vaccinate all businesses with more than 100 employees to the "gates of hell," as fellow governors prepare to sue the Biden administration over this "unconstitutional" requirement.

🗣 "The American Dream has turned into a nightmare under President Biden and the radical Democrats," McMaster wrote on Twitter. "They have declared war against capitalism, thumbed their noses at the Constitution, and empowered our enemies abroad."

🇺🇸🇦🇫 When asked about fresh evidence published by The New York Times that the US tracked and targeted the wrong person in the August 29 drone attack that killed 10 Afghan civilians, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told Sputnik the strike was based on "good intelligence," albeit CENTCOM continues to assess it.

✍️ @Greg_Abbott signed into law on Thursday a bill to protect Texans from illegal social media censorship after it was passed during a special session in August.

🗣 “Social media websites have become our modern-day public square,” he said.

🗣 “They are a place for healthy public debate where information should be able to flow freely — but there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas. That is wrong, and we will not allow it in Texas.”

💉 Biden administration officials declined to say whether Americans need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination for domestic travel in the near future, but did not rule out such a requirement.

🧐 Such measures can only be compared with a ban on movement, which in fact violates the Constitution

🇺🇸US President Joe Biden stressed the importance of unity on the 20th anniversary of September 11 attacks.

"As we saw in the days that followed, unity is our greatest strength. It’s what makes us who we are — and we can’t forget that," Biden tweeted.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have arrived at Ground Zero for the 9/11 memorial in New York.

❗️Russia invites US to resume dialogue on anti-terrorism on 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Pentagon holds ceremony in memory of victims of 9/11 attacks

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Police escort a woman away from the September 11 memorial, where the ceremony commemorating the victims of the 9/11 attacks is being held.

Twenty years ago, 11 September became a day that divided the lives of millions of people around the globe into two – before and after. On this tragic day, a group associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States, killing almost 3,000 people.

This day left an indelible mark on the lives of the majority of Americans; survivors, victims' relatives, and eyewitnesses continue to carry the horrific memories with them every day.

Donald Trump has sent a message of support and criticism to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

"This is a very sad day. [...] It is also a sad time for the way our war on those that did such harm to our country ended last week", the ex-POTUS said, referring to the end of America's war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of al-Qaeda's attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

🗣Terrorist attacks that took almost 3,000 lives on September 11, 2001, and brought the country together for rescue and recovery operations remind Americans that unity is possible, US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday.

"On the days that followed September 11th, 2001, we were all reminded that unity is possible in America. We were reminded, too, that unity is imperative in America," Harris said during the commemoration ceremony at Flight 93 National Memorial near the city of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Bruce Springsteen performed his song "I'll See You in My Dreams" at the 9/11 memorial in New York City on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

President Joe Biden participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the victims’ memorial site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.