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06/09/2011

A former ambassador to Libya says all Middle Eastern governments practise torture, we speak to a retired firefighter ten years after September 11th, and there's US open tennis too.

Rhod Sharp with stories from around the world.

David Cameron says claims that MI6 was involved in the rendition of Libyan terror suspects will be investigated. Oliver Miles, the former British ambassador to Libya, tells Up All Night there are no Middle Eastern governments which don't practise torture.

This weekend is the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks - and tonight we start looking back on what happened. Hear some of the first interviews Rhod did that night, and a chat with Joseph Hodges, a retired firefighter. He tells us that we lost all the heroes that day.

Another natural disaster has hit Japan - this time it's Typhoon Talas. Eric Due from the Japan Times tells us about the clear-up operation, and the typhoon's progress.

Two men in America decided to spend Ramadan this year in an unusual way - they toured 30 mosques in 30 states in 30 days. On the way they met a gay imam - find out why they wanted to go on such a journey of discovery.

And there's more tennis from New York as the US open continues, and Roger Federer faces a bit of a long wait to get on court.

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