Also today, re forging an old alliance. As brexit negotiations begin, the uk government travels to india to begin the early work on a future trade deal. And picture perfect . Or is itjust too perfect . What melania trumps First Official portrait tells us about the new first lady. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The pictures are appalling, the pattern all too familiar, and the International Response predictable. Civilians in a rebel held area of syria have been gassed and murdered. It has happened before, with Red Lines Crossed by both sides with impunity. Today, in the seventh year of the syrian civil war, it seems President Assads regime can do what it wants. So far, at least 58 people are known to have died in this latest attack. The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights said the air strikes in Khan Sheikhoun, in the north west of the country, came early in the morning while many were still sleeping. Our Correspondentjames Robbins has the report. He is alive
On Arsene Wenger as arsenal are beaten 3 0 by Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Indistinctive speech. If mumbling in Television Dramas really annoys you, well put different Acting Styles to the test to see which ones you find acceptable. And carol has the weather. Always perfectly clear is carol with the weather. Good morning. Eight chilly start to the day, for some A Touch Of Frost around but for most it will be dry with sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud, except for the north and West Of Scotland where there is more rain around and later we will see some gales. Further details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Lovely there this morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump and theresa may have discussed what they call a window of opportunity to persuade russia to drop its support for syrias President Assad in the wake of last weeks chemical attack. The Prime Minister and the us president spoke on the phone last night as Foreign Ministers from the g7 group of coun
More actors beginning to mumble . We investigate complaints about the sound quality on some tv programmes. It is either too quickly spoken or they dont speak clear enough. Good morning. Its tuesday 11th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. In the last half an hour it has been announced Foreign Ministers meeting at the g 7 summit have not been able to agree on imposing sanctions on russia. They have discussed what options to take after a Chemical Attack killed 89 syrians last week. Us Secretary Of State rex deveson will be in moscow later to face the russians over their continued support for president Bashar Al Assad. They call it the family photo and its a family that used to include russia before it was expelled in 2014 when the g8 became the g7. The kremlin may not be represented at this summit, but its continued support for the Syrian Regime dominates conversation. These Foreign Ministers have been working out the precise message us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerso
And the First Lady Melania Trump receives an apology and damages from the daily mail over allegations about her work as a model. A meeting is underway in moscow between russian president Vladimir Putin and us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson just hours after President Putin claimed relations between the two countries was at its lowest ebb since the end of the cold war. Earlier Rex Tillerson held talks with his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Rex tillerson wants russia to withdraw support for president assad following the chemical attack ona assad following the chemical attack on a rebel town which killed more than 80 people. Our correspondence is travelling with Rex Tillerson and sent this report. This is not the kind of meeting that once seemed to be on the card. Long gone talk of a grand resetting of relations with russia, producing is encouraged by donald trump was replaced by tensions over the Chemical Weapons attack in syria and russian anger over the military response from ame
that outsiders, foreigners look at the us, they realise these things happen, but they re not going to stop talking to us. but, fundamentally, i m just asking you whether you believe or whether you care that you might have compromised important aspects of us national security and intelligence gathering, not least because. no. ..for example, one cable. well, for intelligence gathering, i don t think so. because the us intelligence apparatus is a large apparatus, is one in which, you know, there are many sources and methods that haven t been made public, that aren t that weren t even available to me. just a final one on the cables there was one list of the most important national security sites around the world listed by us diplomats. and you, of course you didn t necessarily know you were doing it, but you inadvertently released that to the world too. pj crowley, the state department spokesman at the time, said you were effectively giving a targeting list to al-qaeda. did that give