Get his way at the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting today. Was he naive to think he could push his weight around . All we can say is he got himself Out On A Limb and the branch was cut off in lucca, italy, at the g 7 meeting. Should we start thinking of ourselves as a medium nation . Also tonight, Katie Razzall has been looking at the hidden side of Honour Violence the men who have been victims of forced marriage, physical and psychological abuse. There is a lot of shame and pride and ego involved. This is wrong, its dirty, were going to beat you up, were going to put a Black And Decker drill up your arse. And this. Are things changing . We discuss the representation of black people, and black lives, on our screens. But do those working in the industry feel like times are changing . Are things Getting Better . Hello. Yesterday Foreign Secretary borisjohnson had a plan for targeted sanctions against russia, as a response to its backing of Bashar Al Assad in syria. Mrjohnson was public in pr
what we have heard the last couple of days are strong statements from a number of u.s. officials saying for example that the u.s. would be willing to do more militarily but as tillerson is getting ready for this crucial meeting with the russian foreign minister, he seems to be being extremely careful. about not projecting too hard a line. today he was saying things like he hopes assad is not in syria s future, that he hopes russia will change course because as he put it, what it s doing is not in russia s best interest. wolf? michelle kozinski in moscow right now covering the secretary of state s visit. michelle, thanks very much. now to the president s next moves in syria amid questions very serious questions about his policy, how far he is willing to go to push bashar al-assad out. let s bring in white house correspondent sarah murray. sarah, we are hearing from mr. trump in a new interview. what has he said? this is the first time we have heard from him since ordering strike
image syria is quite proud of this evening, planes taking off from that very airfield targeted by u.s. cruise missiles last thursday night. russia which has supported syria and bashar al assad airing these images on russian tv of those jets, taking off from that same base. and there was a moment today at the white house when our correspondent asked, is there a new red line on syria? the white house answered, but then changed the answer later this afternoon. here s abc s senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. reporter: president trump picking up the phone to congratulate the commanding officers who launched 59 missiles into a syrian airfield. but from the looks of these images on russian state tv, that airbase is back in business, planes taking off once again. tonight, new accusations that russia was well aware of bashar al assad s chemical weapons stockpile. i believe that russia knew about the chemical weapons because they were operating from exactly the same base. repor
just the use of chemical weapons that would provoke an american response. is the red line just to clarify, the red line for this white house chemical warfare? is conventional warfare enough to get the president to go further there than than this white house has gone before? the answer is, is that if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb in to innocent people, i think you can you will you will see a response from this president. that is unacceptable. reporter: but assad has frequently used barrel bombs against his own people, nearly 13,000 last year alone, according to human rights groups. spicer s statement, not the only mixed message on syria from the trump administration, top officials, divided on whether or not assad should stay or go. secretary of state rex tillerson saying it s up to the syrian people. we believe the syrian people will lawfully be able to decide the fate of bashar al assad. reporter: but u.n. ambassador nikki haley all but advocating for a reg
policemen running innin inning wor world. ask that it s our snashl security that has to deal with how we act. . i think if you recognize the threat that our country and our people face if there s a growth of use or spread of chemical weapons of mass destruction those the proluf ration of those, the spread to other groups is a clear danger to our country and to our people. getting bashar al assad out of power should happen at the same time? i think how you sequence them but i don t think they are mutually exclusive. i don t think you have to do one over the other.