sick people. i don t now how anybody, anybody can do something like that to a mentally disabled woman. six more people have been charged over an attack on a teenage asylum seeker in croydon in south london, which left him critically ill. and a storm in an egg cup? the row between the church, the national trust and cadbury, about the omission of the word easter from their egg hunts. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 58 people have been killed in a suspected chemical attack in the rebel held province of idlib in northern syria. emergency services who arrived in the area shortly after a series of strikes, said they found people choking in the street. the syrian government has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons. the dead are mostly civilians, and include at least 11 children. france has called for an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss the attack. our correspondent ben james reports from beirut. this is some of the footage opposition activists po
the less chance there is of innocent lives being lost or changed forever. and the wonders of graphene, the british invention that could save many lives. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we ll have the results from tonight s four premier league games, including manchester united s match at home to everton. good evening. there are many children among the victims of a suspected chemical weapons attack on a town in syria. at least 58 people were killed and hundreds injured. the prime minister, theresa may, described it as an act of barbarism. the white house said it was certain that the assad regime was responsible. both syria and its russian allies have denied any involvement. the attack was focused on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. in idlib province. the un security council will meet tomorrow in emergency session. this report by our middle east editorjeremy bowen includes distressing images from the beginning. this boy was one of hundreds of v
wounded, but is bashar al assad free to act with impunity? cash dead. dead. good evening and welcome to bbc news. many children are among the victims of a suspected chemical attack on a town in syria. at least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured. the white house said it was certain that the assad regime was responsible. both syria and its russian allies have denied any involvement. the attack was focused on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun in idlib province. the un security council will meet tomorrow in emergency session. this report by our middle east editorjeremy bowen includes distressing images from the beginning. this boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, he s showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. the victim s lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. the at
the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria was brutal, unabashed barbarism, according to the us secretary of state. at least 58 people died. hundreds more were affected, choking, fainting, foaming at the mouth. the white house has said it s certain president assad s regime was responsible despite denials from syria and its ally, russia. the un security council is to hold an emergency session. the attack was focused on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun, in the north west province of idlib. this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. there are distressing images coming up, right from the beginning. this boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, he s showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. the victim s lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. the attack happened in khan s
hundreds more were affected, choking, fainting, foaming at the mouth. the white house has said it s certain president assad s regime was responsible, despite denials from syria and its ally, russia. the un security council is to hold an emergency session. the attack was focused on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun, in the north west province of idlib. this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen, there are distressing images coming up, right from the beginning. this boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, he s showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military strength nerve agent. the victim s lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims. that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. the attack happened in khan sheikhoun, a town that has been heavily bombed by the regime and by the russians in the last two days. it s in idlib province, which is one of the