burn. it was prominently featured in a russian rom-com. they announced new stamps with figures with leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet but instead they are standing on the bridge. some said it is a birthday present for vladimir putin who turns 70. marilyn monroe singing happy birthday to john f. kennedy in 1962. happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday mr. president happy birthday to you wow. talking about sending a message. fred pleitgen has more from the capital of kyiv. how are the russians and ukrainians reacting? i think we have some sense of it, but tell us more. reporter: yeah. they are essentially blaming each other. the senior advise orto the ukrainian president zelenskyy indicating this could be possibly infighting by russian security services. not much evidence to back all that up. certainly the russians doing things in the other direction, pointing the finger of blame squarely at the ukrainians. there was a senior official fro
into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack has died of her injuries. ambulances under pressure figures show a sharp rise in the number being turned away by accident and emergency departments in england. and, it s ladies‘ day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. the united states has carried out a missile strike on a syrian air base, in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week in idlib province. it s the first direct us military action against forces commanded by syria s president. russia, which backs the assad regime, has condemned the strike. the americans say they fired 59 cruise missiles at the shayrat airbase in the west of syria. six people are thought to have been killed, and the pentagon says aircraft and buildings were severely damaged. according to the united states, the shayrat airbase was used to launch tuesday s chemical attack on the town of khan skeikhoun, which killed and injured scor
welcome to bbc news. a truck has been driven into pedestrians in the swedish capital, stockholm, killing at least three people and injuring many more. the swedish prime minister says everything indicates it is a terror attack. the truck is reported to have rammed a department store on drottninggatan one of the city s major shopping streets. the truck is reported to have been stolen at a brewery. police have advised people to avoid the city centre, and city s subway has been closed. witness say shots have been fired in another part of stockholm. sweden has been attacked and everything indicates this was a terrorist attack. the government is obviously informed all the time, we get continuous information. the government is doing everything to support the authorities who are working now. now we urge the public to be alert and listen, not at least on the police information. i would also say that according to the security police, we have at least two killed in this horrific terro
because of overcrowding in many hospitals. and a lot of hot air trying to beat the world record for crossing the channel. and coming up on bbc news: we ve got the latest from the second round of the masters, where the weather has been far more friendly to the players, including england s lee westowood, at augusta. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. russia, an ally of syria, has condemned a missile strike authorised by president trump on a syrian government target. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from us warships in the mediterranean at the shayrat air base from where mr trump said this week s deadly chemical weapons attack in northern syria was launched. in a moment, we ll get the latest on russia s response and how the strike could affect the long war in syria. but, first, here s our north america editorjon sopel and a warning, his report does contain some distressing images. it was after dark on the east coast of america and before the sun had risen
many more are injured as a truck ploughs into shoppers in the swedish capital, stockholm. i could actually see bodies lying on the street, the police covering a body with an orange blanket. hello and welcome to the programme. the first american military strike against president assad s regime and against president assad s regime and a world divided, with much of the west lining up behind washington and president trump s apparent restoration of the us as the world s policeman, russia has condemned the attack as an act of aggression against a sovereign nation. president trump or put mac authorised the strike against the error breaks the airbase from where it is believed the chemical attack was launched. jon sopel reports on the strike and trump s dramatic change in strategy. it was after dark on the east coast of america and before the sun had risen in the middle east when the commander in chief gave the order. from wo war ships a volley of cruise missiles were fired at a mi