a trump s handling of the situation. we do not participate in twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we still believe that it is important not to take any steps that may harm the already fragile situation in syria we are also still convinced that the excuse regarding the use of chemical weapons in duma is made up and cannot be used as an argument for military action. russia has moved fast to establish itself in duma this amateur video purportedly shows russian police investigating near the site of the alleged chemical attack moscow says it and the regime already to allow a probe but only one which shouldn t assign blame. or earlier i spoke with peter buyer he s the german government s new coordinator for transatlantic cooperation and an advisor to chancellor merkel on american german relations i asked how he was going to approach the u.s. in regards to syria especially in light of president trump s latest tweets. well
barbarian act as we have seen the killing of a lot of people including women and children in doman syria needs an answer the assad regime as well as russia who are they protective of power there they have to understand this speaking to me earlier that was peter buyer the german government s new coordinator for transatlantic cooperation an advisor to the chancellor on american german relations invited more about that story as well at our website w dot com in other news the human rights group amnesty international says the number of reported judicial executions around the world fell during twenty seventeen but the group warns that the true number of people put to death is not known some countries treat execution numbers as state secret china for example and it s often the case in china and in other nations executing their citizens capital punishment is often very public. iran responsible for carrying out more than
streets of duma after rebels who had controlled the city left yet the victorious military action included a suspected poison gas attack the attack for which u.s. president donald trump has vowed retaliation but the white house later appeared to roll back on his threat to launch missiles. the president has not laid out a timetable and still leaving a number of other options on the table and we re still considering a number of those and a final decision on that front hasn t been made. that s in contrast to the president s earlier incendiary tweets including russia vows to shoot down missiles fired at syria get ready russia because they will be coming you should be partners with a gas killing an animal who kills his people and enjoys it u.s. warships left port on wednesday to move within striking range of syria. russia said it s keeping a close eye on the fleet and the kremlin hit out