Very likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth and sunshine. Things change a little tomorrow gcioss things change a little tomorrow across Northern Ireland and scotland andi across Northern Ireland and scotland and i will have all the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The United States says its prepared to launch more Military Action against syria over its use of Chemical Weapons. It follows a Missile Strike on an airbase where the Syrian Government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. The us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. Heres our washington correspondent, david willis. This was americas first direct involvement in the syrian crisis. Its Cruise Missile attack in contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and putting america first. And as syrias army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from which us officials insist
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning, its 7am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in lucca where top officials are meeting to try to persuade russias alliance with the syria is no longer in its interests. Rex tillerson will deliver that message in person to moscow on tuesday. The Syrian Government still denies carrying out its chemical weapons attack last week which killed more than 80 people. Contemplating italys past glory and syrias present horror, borisjohnson and Rex Tillerson were in lucca to turni up the International Heat on President Assad and his russian backers. This morning Rex Tillerson very deliberately started his day at a memorial to nazy 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 account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world. So when President Trumps foreign minister, who will speak to the russians
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning, its 7am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in lucca where top officials are meeting to try to persuade russias alliance with the syria is no longer in its interests. Rex tillerson will deliver that message in person to moscow on tuesday. The Syrian Government still denies carrying out its chemical weapons attack last week which killed more than 80 people. Contemplating italys past glory and syrias present horror, borisjohnson and Rex Tillerson were in lucca to turni up the International Heat on President Assad and his russian backers. This morning Rex Tillerson very deliberately started his day at a memorial to nazy 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 account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world. So when President Trumps foreign minister, who will speak to the russians
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