Because of overcrowding in many hospitals. And a lot of hot air trying to beat the world record for crossing the channel. And coming up on bbc news weve got the latest from the second round of the masters, where the weather has been far more friendly to the players, including englands lee westowood, at augusta. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Russia, an ally of syria, has condemned a Missile Strike authorised by President Trump on a Syrian Government target. 59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were fired from us warships in the mediterranean at the Shayrat Air Base from where mr trump said this weeks deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Northern Syria was launched. In a moment, well get the latest on russias response and how the strike could affect the long war in syria. But, first, heres our North America Editorjon Sopel and a warning, his report does contain some distressing images. It was after dark on the East Coast Of America and before the sun had risen in the middle east w
Has said it could take further military action against the Syrian Government. It comes after washington fired missiles at an air base from which it believes president assads forces launch a Chemical Weapons attack. Addressing an Emergency Meeting of the un security council, the us ambassador, nikki haley, saidthe use of Chemical Weapons was a Vital National security interest. Our military destroyed the airfield from which the air strike took place. We were fully justified in the air strike took place. We were fullyjustified in doing so. The moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. It was time to say enough. But not only sad, it was time to act. Bashar al assad must never use Chemical Weapons again. Ever. Nikki haley, there. The Syrian Government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible. At less than 2a hours after the strike a syrian warplanes we re after the strike a syrian warplanes w
Has said it could take further military action against the Syrian Government. It comes after washington fired missiles at an air base from which it believes president assads forces launch a Chemical Weapons attack. Addressing an Emergency Meeting of the un security council, the us ambassador, nikki haley, saidthe use of Chemical Weapons was a Vital National security interest. Our military destroyed the airfield from which the air strike took place. We were fully justified in the air strike took place. We were fullyjustified in doing so. The moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. It was time to say enough. But not only sad, it was time to act. Bashar al assad must never use Chemical Weapons again. Ever. Nikki haley, there. The Syrian Government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible. At less than 2a hours after the strike a syrian warplanes we re after the strike a syrian warplanes w
Could take further Military Action against the Syrian Government. It comes after washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assads forces launched a Chemical Weapons attack. Addressing an Emergency Meeting of the United Nations security council, the American Ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is in americas Vital National Security Interest to prevent the use of Chemical Weapons. Our military destroyed the airfield from which this weeks chemical strike took place. We were fullyjustified in doing so. The moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. It was time to say enough but not only say it, it was time to act. Bashar al assad must never use Chemical Weapons again. Ever. The Syrian Government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible but america has had support from other countries. It was after dark on the East Coast Of America and before the sun had r
The Westminster Terror attack last month, has died. The violent husband who was spared custody is now sent to jail after his claims to be a professional cricketer are proved untrue. And could the yorkshireman who won last years masters be about to crash out of this years competition . And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News two defeats on day one in france mean Great Britain is on the verge of going out of the davis cup in the quarterfinals. Good evening. Russia, an ally of syria, has condemned a Missile Strike authorised by President Trump on a Syrian Government target. 59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were fired from us warships in the mediterranean at the Shayrat Airbase. It was from there, according to mr trump, that this weeks deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Northern Syria was launched. In a moment, well get the latest on russias response and how the strike could affect the long war in syria. But first, heres our north america editorjon sopel. And a warning, his report does contain so