About the politics and International Diplomacy around this, because russia maintains this was that syrian air strike on a store of rebel held weapons, they hold the veto on the security council. There will not even be a resolution, probably, condemning this . Russia has consistently used its veto on the council to veto any attempt to castigate assad, given the fact that moscow is his biggest patron. Until recently, President Trump made clear his Main Objective in syria was to defeat Islamic State and he was considering cultivating assad as an ally and now this has happened, any attempt to cultivate assad or support Vladimir Putin becomes morally unconscionable for trump and at the same time he criticised president obama for being weak and he failed during the last chemical attack to abide by his promise to ta ke attack to abide by his promise to take action if assad breached the red line and he cited chemical attacks. He also said, whatever you do, do not go into syria . Do not ta ke d
Sounds like a man engaging with the rest of us. Wasnt he meant to be the America First president , the one willing to do deals with russia and assad . So, has something changed . The Syrian Government thinks america was duped. I think they fall to the trick, and they have changed unnecessarily what they thought about syria. Well ask what this means for syria, the us and the world. And, while the world was reacting to that, a reminder of fraught times another truck atrocity, this time in the swedish capital, stockholm. I could actually see bodies lying on the street, and i could see the police covering a body with an orange blanket. Hello. Over three days, a huge shift in us policy to syria. A new engagement with the world and, it seems, a fresh approach to Foreign Policy that sees america willing to bomb again. On one account, trump means business, is willing to act fast and decisively, and is telling not just syria, but russia, iran and north korea to watch out. On this account, what
Coming up this coming up in merseyside. This weath, er. , coming up in merseyside. This weather. Is coming up in merseyside. This weathet is moving Weather Front is moving southwards. Behind it we have called their on a north westerly wind. The Weather Front again producing little or no rain in parts. On monday it will be dry. Some sunshine around, but more cloud developing through the day, which could trigger some rain. It will be cold enough for some wintriness in the showers in northern scotland. Temperatures struggling to make double figures. Elsewhere, significantly colder. 8 9 degrees in many places. That colder north westerly airflow will get cut off on tuesday as high precious as to build again. We get the atlantic wind. It will be strong and gusty in scotla nd wind. It will be strong and gusty in scotland and northern ireland. There will be rain in northern scotland, which could be quite heavy. For england and wales it will sunshine. Hello. This is bbc news, with nicholas owen
Coming up this coming up in merseyside. This weath, er. , coming up in merseyside. This weather. Is coming up in merseyside. This weathet is moving Weather Front is moving southwards. Behind it we have called their on a north westerly wind. The Weather Front again producing little or no rain in parts. On monday it will be dry. Some sunshine around, but more cloud developing through the day, which could trigger some rain. It will be cold enough for some wintriness in the showers in northern scotland. Temperatures struggling to make double figures. Elsewhere, significantly colder. 8 9 degrees in many places. That colder north westerly airflow will get cut off on tuesday as high precious as to build again. We get the atlantic wind. It will be strong and gusty in scotla nd wind. It will be strong and gusty in scotland and northern ireland. There will be rain in northern scotland, which could be quite heavy. For england and wales it will sunshine. Hello. This is bbc news, with nicholas owen
Offa sorry for forcibly dragging this man off a plane to make room for one of its own staff. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. At 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 2am In Moscow where the american Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson is preparing for talks with Vladimir Putin which he hopes may shift the Balance Of Power in the war in syria. He will try to persuade the russian president to withdraw his support for the assad regime in the Wa Ke Support for the assad regime in the wake of last weeks Chemical Attack ona wake of last weeks Chemical Attack on a rebel town in syria will stop but it is a tall order. Earlier, g7 Foreign Ministers rejected a call Foreign Ministers rejected a call for news new sanctions on syria and moscow. A warning, in this report, some images may be distressing. Americas top diplomat arriving in moscow does not accept that this is a mission impossible. Rex tillerson still hopes he can s