International pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for syrias president assad in the wake of last weeks chemical weapons attack on a rebel town. Tonight western Foreign Ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations have been meeting in Northern Italy to consider a co ordinated response which could include support for new sanctions on moscow and damascus. The us secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said america would hold to account those who committed crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. From lucca our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. Contemplating italys past glory and syrias present horror, borisjohnson and Rex Tillerson were turning up the International Heat on president assad and his russian backers. This morning Rex Tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial to note the atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. We will rededicate ourselves to holding to accoun
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