About term time holidays. Its about the state taking the rights of parents away, when it comes to making decisions about their children. Not the welcome he was expecting for the french president ial candidate Francois Fillon well have the latest from the campaign trail. Theres a dramatic start to the masters, with the world Number One Dustinjohnson pulling out. And an inspired work of art, or expensive folly . We have an exclusive on the latest work by damian hirst. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news dustinjohnson walks off the first tee and out of the masters. The world number one wont play at augusta after injuring his back in a fall at home. Good evening. In an apparent major shift in policy, the Trump Administration says syria has no future under bashar al assad, after the deaths of at least 80 people, killed in a suspected Chemical Weapons attack this week. The authorities in damascus have denied any involvement, but tonight, the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson said there
Yesterday, we saw Abdul Hamid Alyoussef grieving for his twin children, poisoned in the attack. Today, he suffered the further agony of burying them. Often the images we see from syria are of helpless victims, caught in a spiral of violence that they have no way of controlling. But today, these syrians became activists. Doctors, rescue workers, children, a silent protest, an expression of dignified rage, an act of self preservation. They are demanding punishment for the assad regime and protection from the international community. And growing signs tonight both could come from the trump administration. A top diplomat hinting strongly the us could respond militarily and saying president assad will eventually have to go. We are considering an appropriate response for this Chemical Weapons attack, which violates all previous un resolutions, violates International Norms and long held agreements between parties, including the syrian regime, the russian government, and all other members of t
Eric trams statement is if there is anything syria did, it was to validate the fact there is no russia. So his main take on this event is that my father will now no longer be under suspicion for his links with russia. And putin wont bully us. If he wants a fight, we wont be intimidated by talk of war. Like two bullies in the Playground Squaring Up and say, if you hit me, i will hit you back. Is the fbis investigation, the other investigations, will they care about the missiles being sent to syria, suggesting donald trump is not in league with President Putin . suggesting donald trump is not in league with President Putin . I am sure you are right. They are not going to give a monkeys. Whilst your cynicism isjustified, it also represents a more serious pivot on Foreign Policy. Absolutely. The suns take on this, practically the first thing he says is this. Thats whats illuminating. Im not saying there was an Something Real going on. As William Hague says writing in the telegraph tomorrow
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
Around. Hello. This is bbc news. Prince harry reveals hes had counselling, after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about his mothers death. Theres actually a lot of stuff here i need to deal with. It was 20 years of not thinking about it and then two years of total chaos. Us Vice President mike pence tells north korea neither the United States nor south korea would tolerate further missile and nuclear tests. Turkeys president erdogan vows to press ahead with new sweeping powers after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. Police in the us state of ohio are searching for a man suspected of posting a video on facebook of him shooting dead an elderly stranger. Police are investigating an incident in which acid was sprayed inside a nightclub in hackney in the early hours of this morning. 12 people attended hospital with burns. Now on bbc news the remarkable story of the woman thought to be the oldest living in africa as she celebrates her 117th birthday. Welcome to my Great Gr