but addressing an emergency meeting of the un security council, the american ambassador nikki haley said stopping the use and spread of chemical weapons was a vital national security interest. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough , but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. a lorry has been driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the swedish capital stockholm, killing four people and injuring 15. sweden s prime minister has called it an act of terrorism. our correspondent, dan johnson, reports from stockholm. people running in terror, as a truck races towards shoppers in the centre of stockholm. and this is where it ended up, in flames, after crashing into a department store.
may not stop at its missile strike in syria. president trump authorised the attack on a syrian airbase, from which he believes president bashar al assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. russia and syria have both condemned the action, but addressing an emergency meeting of the un security council, the american ambassador nikki haley said stopping the use and spread of chemical weapons was a vital national security interest. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough, but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. the syrian government condemned thursday night s attack as reckless and irresponsible. but less than 2a hours after the strikes, syrian warplanes are reportedly
may not stop at a missile strike to ensure chemical weapons aren t used in syria. president trump authorised the cruise missile attack on a syrian airbase, from which he believes president bashar al assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. america s decision to take action has signalled a change in washington s stance on the war torn country, and divided opinion both at home and internationally, as david willis reports. this was america s first direct involvement in the syrian crisis, its crude missile attack a contradiction of the trumped up in of avoiding conflicts in faraway lands. and putting america first. and, as syria s army chief inspector the impact of the attack, on the air base from which us officials insist tuesday s chemical weapons attack was launched, but for the administration insisted it was a i off and not the opening of a new front in the war against bashar al assad. nonetheless, there are those on both the right and left who oppose america s acti