have ever met. he was sweet and kind. at the european parliament, a debate on the brexit talks, as nigel farage accuses meps of presenting the uk with mafia like financial demands. jeremy corbyn says labour s national executive committee is to review comments made by ken livingstone after his suspension from the party over hitler remarks. and showjumper nick skelton, who became britain s second oldest olympic gold medallist in rio, announces his retirement. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that the united nations security council has been meeting in emergency session, to discuss the suspected chemical attack, on a town in syria. more than 70 people are thought to have died and hundreds were injured in the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun in idlib province. the british and us governments say the evidence points to an attack by syrian government forces. but president assad s regime has denied responsibility. at the un today russia is objecting to a draft resolution and claims
over the reins and retire. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. with severe thunderstorms on the horizon, the course at augusta has been cleared ahead of this the start of this year s masters. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a service of hope and reconciliation has been held in westminster abbey a fortnight after the attack near the houses of parliament. khalid masood drove a car into pedestrians on westminster bridge, killing three people, and fatally stabbing a police officer, before he was shot dead. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harryjoined families and the emergency services attending the multi faith service. ina in a moment we will be for the first time from melissa cochrane who was injured in the attack and whose husband was killed. but first. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. you lot, get undercover now! get undercover! two weeks ago the area around the abbey at westminster was caught up in the chaos of that aftern
anniversary. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the un security council has held an emergency session to discuss the suspected gas attack on a rebel held town in syria. the attack is believed to have killed more than 70 people, including children. the syrian government has denied responsibility, while its ally russia says the gas came from rebel weapons on the ground. but those claims have been widely rejected by western governments, as our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. all this five year old knows is he went to sleep in his spider man suit and he woke up in a nightmare. now he s in hospital bed, grandparents at his side. his father is among the dead. the many victims of a toxic cloud which enveloped their village yesterday. breathing in poisonous gases as they slept. my grandchildren were sleeping, everyone woke up to a loud noise. they went outside and that is when they came across the chemical attack. they just fell to the floor and died. world
i m extremely proud of him and i m very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. as persecution of rohingya muslims intensifies, we ask the leader of myanmar if she s failing to stop a process of ethnic cleansing. i don t think there s ethnic cleansing going on. i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening. at the european parliament, nigel farage laughs at suggestions that the uk should pay for an exit fee for leaving the eu. and why did pepsi cancel this advert less than 2a hours after its release? coming up in the sport: can chelsea extend their lead in the premier league or will they open up the door in the title race against manchester city at stamford bridge? good evening. syria and russia have both come under intense criticism at an emergency session of the un security council. syria stands accused of mounting a gas attack in idlib province which killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others. president