Before 9/11
11 September will always be remembered for the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon 25 years ago. What else has happened on 9/11 through the ages?
AD 9 Barbarians defeat the Romans at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
1297 William Wallace defeats the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
1609 English explorer Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island.
1852 Buenos Aires declares independence from the Argentine Confederation.
1857 The Mountain Meadows Massacre, when Mormons attacked a convoy of wagons driven by settlers travelling from Arkansas to California, killing 120.
1954 Hurricane Edna makes landfall in New England, killing 29.
1976 TWA flight 355, hijacked after taking off from LaGuardia airport, arrives in Paris. The five hijackers, Croatian separatists demanding independence from Yugoslavia, surrender.
Fight for the right
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won a regional election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Which European countries have the strongest national showing for anti-migration right-wing parties?
Hungary 40%
France 35%
Italy 30%
Poland 30%
Netherlands 25%
Germany 20%
Source: USPolling Data
Mapped out
The United Nations general assembly has voted to replace the traditional Mercator world map with an ‘Equal Areas’ map, arguing that the former is ‘colonialist’ because it exaggerates the size of northern countries. What are the five largest countries in real life in square kilometres?
Russia 16.9m
Canada 10m
US 9.5m
China 9.4m
Brazil 8.5m
Ailing nation
How full are England’s care homes?
— As of week ending 14 August, there were 355,809 adults living in care homes.
— 86.8% of beds were occupied.
— 10.2% of beds were vacant and were ready for occupation.
— 3% of beds were vacant and not ready for occupation.
— 99% of homes could admit visitors.
Source: Department of Health and Social Care
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