The German army can use force inside the country, but only in exceptional cases and as a last resort, the country’s top court said today.

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden urged sympathisers to join the “caravan” of martyrs as he praised one of the September 11 suicide hijackers in a new video that emerged today to mark the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon.

The CIA’s independent watchdog has recommended disciplinary reviews for current and former officials who were involved in failed intelligence efforts before the attacks of September 11, 2001.

An alleged terror fundraiser charged with siphoning money to and from Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network to help bankroll attacks appeared in an Australian court today.