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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says terrorism failed to drive US and UK apart

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the terrorists "failed to shake our belief in freedom".

In a video released by 10 Downing Street, he described the continuing closeness between the US and the UK.

Read more: Terrorism failed, says PM as he remembers 9/11

11 September 2021

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