The first time in a National Opinion poll that says the social democrats launch a make or break so to enter another Coalition Government well get analysis. And there were more medals up for grabs at the Winter Olympics thats including in the ice dance competition where canadas graceful couple virtue and moir were vying for another gold will get you caught up on day eleven and sean chen. Im sumi so misconduct good to have you with us the United Nations says the Syrian Government must stop targeting civilians in the rebel held on klav Eastern Hotel. Now the london based syrian observatory for human rights says that a government to air raids on eastern how to close to the syrian capital damascus has killed nearly one hundred fifty people since monday hundreds more were injured the suburb has been under siege by Regime Forces for more than four years. Lets bring in ive not had died a Syrian Opposition activist whos been observing the situation from a turkey and not good to see you thank yo
And a nation pauses to remember more than 100,000 People Killed in hiroshima 70 years ago today. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im erika pitzi. The pentagon says the initial deployment of u. S. Trained Syrian Rebels has become an embarrassing setback. Many of the forces a are deserting after coming under attack. Reporter the pentagon is releasing very few details about the friday attack on troops in northern syria, but it is becoming increasingly clear that this was based on a massive miscalculation by the pentagon that sent some of those troops in an area where they would be attacked by the alnusra front. What the pentagon is saying is when these initial troops, the first trained and equipped by the United States were colocated with other Syrian Forces in the region, they came under almost immediate attack from the alnusra front. They were able to call in u. S. Air power to repel the attack, but the pentagon now admits it cant account for many of the new recruits.
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the us House Of Representatives has narrowly passed a Republican Party proposal to repeal Barack Obamas affordable healthcare act. After suffering an embarrassing setback in march, President Trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. The vote in the House Of Representatives was tight. 217 to 213, with no democrats voting in favour. But quite how quickly this bill becomes law is a very different matter, as it still faces steep hurdles in the senate. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. The moment itjust after two oclock this afternoon in washington when trumpcare this afternoon in washington when trumpca re became a this afternoon in washington when trumpcare became a thing. The ayes are 217. The nays are 213. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Shame, shame, shame, shame. But outside, a rat
Also in the programme a Scrappage Scheme for diesel cars could be on the way as the Government Strategy to tackle Air Pollution is due to be published later. Ill be looking at what that might mean for car owners. And a lifetime of service, we will hear your memories as the duke of edinburgh retires. And in sport, Manchester United reign in spain, where Marcus Rashford makes his mark, to help his team, take a big step towards the Europa League final. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. I will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. There has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterdays local elections. The tories have made significant gains in england and wales. Counting doesnt start in scotland until later. All the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. The conservatives have gained 115 seats and labour have lost 113. Heres our Political Correspondent chris
Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. And the party has been wiped out on Councils Like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. Their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. In scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotlands biggest city for themselves. Were still waiting for most of the results in scotland. Well keep a close eye on birmingham th