America remembers 9/11, inflation ticks up, Vance takes center stage (Updated)

Hi, I'm Carmel Crimmins in Dublin. And I'm Christopher Walgesper in Chicago. It's Friday, September 11th. Today, U.S. inflation ticks up, bolstering rate hike expectations next week. Vice President J.D. Vance seizes the spotlight in Dallas. Americans mark 25 years since the 9-11 attacks. And Yemen's Houthis tighten their grip on the Red Sea. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, 7 days a week. Tammy regularly hauls stuff to her kids at college. That's why she shops at BJ's Wholesale Club, saving up to 25% off grocery store prices. Beef jerky, microwave meals, laundry pods, even they can't screw up. Have you met my kids? And with BJ's gas, she gets there for less. They call me the road warrior. This is your home. Road warrior mom, home of the save. Join for just $20 at BJ's dot com slash mesquite and save 10 cents per gallon for six months. Open soon. Limited time offer. New members only. BJ's, home of the save. Noelle John Foster. Sandra N. Foster. Virginia Elizabeth Fox. In New York City, the names of the victims of the September 11th attacks being read aloud by family members and friends. The recitation began after a moment of silence at 8.46 a.m., marking the moment the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center 25 years ago. I lost my dear friend Joyce Carpenetto that day. She worked in the North Tower on the 83rd floor. I've been to all previous 24 remembrances, so this is where I have to be on September 11th. I can't be any other place in the world but here to remember her. Brooklyn resident John Quinn. At the Ground Zero Memorial. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and crash-landed in a field in Pennsylvania. And for the first time, a moment of silence was also held to honor the thousands who've died since 2001 from illnesses tied to the toxic dust that poisoned the air for months afterwards. The CDC estimates roughly 400,000 people were exposed to toxic dust and debris in the aftermath. Among them is retired FDNY paramedic, Lieutenant Conrad Matos, who spent months working at Ground Zero and was later diagnosed with a brain tumor linked to his exposure there. We need to stop losing our people, you know, because whoever we didn't lose that day, we're losing now. And it's not right. After brain surgery and chemotherapy, he believed the cancer was gone. This year it returned. Dr. Michael Crane, who leads the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was among the most affected. He was the first person in the U.S. to go to the hospital. He was the first person in the world to go to the hospital. Dr. Michael Crane, who leads the World Trade Center health program at Mount Sinai, says treatment and monitoring are improving outcomes for many responders. We think we can at least fight it to a draw, so we have better than even chances of having our responders come out on the other side. The program now serves about 150,000 people, even as the health effects of 9/11 continue to surface a quarter century later. U.S. inflation climbed in August, with the Consumer Price Index adding four-tenths of a percent, driven mostly by higher fuel costs. The U.S. national average price of diesel surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time ever on Thursday. And oil climbed above $105 a barrel this week due to the ongoing war with Iran. The Labor Department says annual inflation is now holding steady at 3.4 percent. Core inflation, which strips out food and energy, eased slightly compared to July. The data has pushed up financial market predictions of a Federal Reserve rate hike at next week's policy meeting. President Trump is still publicly advocating for a rate cut instead, a move economists say is fueling uncertainty in bond markets. Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandab Strait, tightening their grip on the Red Sea and its shipping routes. The move gives Iran-backed forces control over a second major oil transit corridor as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed by the wider Iran-U.S. conflict. Saudi Arabia has relied heavily on the Red Sea route since the Iran conflict began. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is urging President Trump to strike the Houthis, according to two sources familiar with the matter. But, so far, Trump has resisted broad-spectrum attacks. There's no doubt that the U.S. has been a part of the U.K.'s economic and political crisis. But the U.S. has been a part of the U.S.'s economic and political crisis for decades, broadening the U.S. campaign in the region. Vice President J.D. Vance took center stage at the Republican convention in Dallas, delivering a 40-minute speech that had some supporters chanting "48, 48," a reference to Vance becoming the country's 48th president in 2028. His message was nationalistic pride, but it was an unscripted moment that grabbed everyone's attention. The two-day event was designed to boost voter enthusiasm at a time when polls suggest Democrats are more eager to turn out in November's midterms. Republican candidates were hoping for a compelling message on the economy and the war with Iran. Instead, what dominated the headlines was Trump's promise to send out $5,000 checks to every U.S. adult if Republicans hold on to Congress. Reporter Andy Sullivan has more. It's a lot of money. That's about 240 million people, which would come to about $1.2 trillion. Now, is this legal? This kind of sounds like a bribe, right? The surprising answer is that this is probably legal. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled back in 1982 that. Candidates can promise things to voters and they can try to deliver those things to voters as long as they do that through normal government processes. So what do voters make of the offer? Here's a New Yorker's perspective from Mack, a 74-year-old shoeshiner. Anybody who believes that they're going to get $5,000 from Trump if the Republicans win, they can believe a whole bunch of bullshit that you have sold them down the pipe. She regularly hauls stuff to her kids at college. This is your home, road warrior mom. Home of the Save. Join for just $20 at BJ's.com slash mesquite and save 10 cents per gallon for six months. Open soon. Limited time offer, new members only. BJ's. Home of the Save. AI giant Anthropic says it's disrupted a suspected Russian cyber espionage campaign and efforts by Chinese AI companies to secretly steal its tech, saying hackers are now using AI to run entire cyber attacks almost without human involvement. And it's not just outside threats that are sounding alarm bells. Stark warnings this week from inside Anthropic itself, as one of its AI researchers warns that artificial intelligence could destroy humanity within the decade. It's alarmed lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and now members of both parties are calling for new rules to govern this technology. Courtney Rosen is on Capitol Hill. What's different with this moment with the Anthropic researcher and his accusations against open AI and Anthropic is we're seeing lawmakers that haven't typically been very vocal on AI weigh in. It really seems to have spread across both parties, across both chambers, and across both sides of Congress. Looking for some kind of regulation or looking for Congress to step up on AI. Most of the calls for new AI rules are coming from Democrats, both in the Senate and the House. But we are also seeing a handful of Republicans weigh in here, notably Ted Cruz, who's a senator from Texas, and also Nathaniel Moran, who is from Texas as well. There's been a couple of bills that have been floating around for a couple of weeks now, most notably one between Senate Majority Leader John Thune and then leading Democrat Amy Klobuchar. They've been negotiating some kind of bill on regulating AI risks. But now it appears that this whole disclosure from the Anthropic researcher has kind of raised hopes that this legislation is going to move forward and added new juice to the effort. British lawmakers have rejected a proposal to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people. The House of Commons voted down the measure 286 to 270, leaving the country's decade-old ban in place. The bill would have allowed mentally competent adults in England and Wales with six months or fewer to live to end their lives with medical assistance. Opponents warned the law could pressure vulnerable people. A similar bill passed the House of Commons last year, but stalled in the House of Lords. Russia is resuming its airstrikes on Kyiv, injuring several people and setting an apartment block on fire this morning. after a brief pause for visiting U.S. peace envoys, and Ukraine is striking back, hitting Russian logistics and infrastructure deep inside the country. But Moscow's attacks aren't limited to the skies. Beneath the ocean, NATO allies have uncovered a covert operation, Russian submarines training with a secret weapon designed to disable undersea cables in Arctic waters near Svalbard. A joint U.S., British, and Norwegian operation tracked and confronted the Russian vessels, forcing them to leave before completing the exercise. Russia's defense ministry didn't respond to a request for comment on the incident. Western intelligence officials fear Moscow is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe and preparing for potential conflict with NATO. And severing undersea cables could be a key part of that strategy. Home of the save. Join for just $20 at bjs.com slash mesquite and save 10 cents per gallon for six months. Open soon. For more on any of the news from today, as well as more analysis and news shaping our world, check out Reuters.com or the Reuters app. There's a link in the description to download it and start getting pure news straight from the source. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite podcast player. And if you're listening on a smart speaker, just ask for the latest news from Reuters seven days a week. you