The gloucestershire old spots, one of britains most famous pig breeds, from extinction. And coming up in the sport on bbc news chris latham wins a bronze for britain in the mens scratch race at the world track cycling championships, bringing gbs medal tally to two in two days. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The syrian president , bashar al assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he claimed america had worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american air strikes. And he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. A warning that our report from James Robbins contains distressing images. Nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. Children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. Other pictures, to horror flick to broadcast, Should Fire Crews H
Welcome to bbc news. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says claims that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he has claimed the United States worked hand in glove with Terror Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes, and he questioned whether the tv images of dead children were real. Tonight, International Investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. It contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and Rescue Workers struggling to help. Hosing victims down to try to wash it away. President trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. Bashar al assad denies every accusation against him. There was no order to make any attack. We dont have any ch
Say shows the countrys economic strength. It might seem like an extraordinary celebration to mark the opening of a street, but its about so much more than that. And we will introduce you to the hard line republican lawmakers, who are threatening the president s agenda. But are their voters loyal to the Freedom Caucus or are they loyal to donald trump . Hello, i am katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The largest Non Nuclear Bomb ever used has been dropped by the us air force on a remote area of afghanistan that was being used by so called Islamic State. The weapon is know in short hand as the mother of all bombs, and it is so destructive it has never been used by the us military before. The area they targeted was the Achin District of Nangarhar Province in the east of afghanistan. It is one of the most remote regions of the world, and, of late, we know isis fighters have moved in, across the pakistan border. At the weekend a us soldier on Special Operations was kille
Welcome to bbc news. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says claims that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he has claimed the United States worked hand in glove with Terror Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes, and he questioned whether the tv images of dead children were real. Tonight, International Investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. It contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and Rescue Workers struggling to help. Hosing victims down to try to wash it away. President trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. Bashar al assad denies every accusation against him. There was no order to make any attack. We dont have any ch
Welcome to bbc news. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says claims that his forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he has claimed the United States worked hand in glove with Terror Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes, and he questioned whether the tv images of dead children were real. Tonight, International Investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. It contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and Rescue Workers struggling to help. Hosing victims down to try to wash it away. President trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. Bashar al assad denies every accusation against him. There was no order to make any attack. We dont have any ch