the gloucestershire old spots, one of britain s most famous pig breeds, from extinction. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: chris latham wins a bronze for britain in the men s scratch race at the world track cycling championships, bringing gb s medal tally to two in two days. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the syrian president, bashar al assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100% fabrication . instead, he claimed america had worked hand in glove with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american air strikes. and he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. a warning that our report from james robbins contains distressing images. nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. other pictures, to horror flick to broadcast, s
say shows the country s economic strength. it might seem like an extraordinary celebration to mark the opening of a street, but it s 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 opera
says he suffered concussion and a broken doors. the family of david dao say they are sickened by this treatment and are likely to sue the airline. and nasa says one of saturn s moons may now be the single best place to look for life beyond earth. the syrian president, bashar al assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100% fabrication. instead, he claimed america had worked hand in glove with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american missile strikes. and he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. a warning that our report from james robbins contains distressing images. nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapon attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. other pictures, too horrific to broadcast, show fire crews hosing down adults and children, many of them clearly dead. but now syria
is about to carry out its sixth nuclear test. and 750 million miles away nasa says one of saturn s moons may now be the single best place to look for life beyond earth. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: an away goal at anderlecht, as manchester united attempt to gain the upper hand in their europa league quarterfinal tie in belgium. good evening. syria s president assad says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100% fabrication . instead, he s claimed america worked hand in glove with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american missile strikes. and he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. but tonight, chemical weapons investigators said allegations of a chemical attack last week were credible. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report it contains distressing images. the attack on khan sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas an
singapore, midnight in london and 7:30am in pyongyang, where speculation has been growing that north korea may be ready to carry out its sixth nuclear test, as soon as this weekend. if so, it would coincide with the anniversary of the birth of the nation s founder, kim il sung, the country s most important national holiday, also known as the day of the son. but as the world watches that, pyongyang has been putting its best foot forward for journalists. has been putting its best foot forward forjournalists. our correspondentjohn sud worth, whose movements are being monitored by authorities there, sent us this report sudworth. they poured into central pyongyang in their tens of thousands. of citizens and soldiers alike, north korea has always demanded displays of mass devotion. and, at the front of the crowd, there was kim jong un. celebrating not a missile launch or a rocket test, but the construction of pyongyang s newest street. the inauguration of a few tower blocks and