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
street and the police covering them with orange blankets. welcome to the programme. the united states has refused to rule out further military action against the syrian government. that is after washington fired missiles at an air base from which it believes bashar al assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. at an emergency meeting of the un security council, the american ambassador, nikki haley, said stopping the use of chemical weapons was a vital national security interest. paramilitary destroyed the airfield from which the chemical strike this week took place. our military. we we re week took place. our military. we were justified in week took place. our military. we werejustified in doing week took place. our military. we were justified in doing so. week took place. our military. we werejustified in doing so. the moral stain of bashar al assad can no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was
police covering the body with an orange blanket. the united states has warned that it may not stop at a missile strike, in ensuring no chemical weapons are used in syria. president trump authorised the cruise missile attack on a syrian air base, from which he believes president bashar al assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. russia and syria have both condemned the action. but, addressing an emergency meeting of the un security council, the american ambassador, nikki haley, said stopping the use and spread of chemical weapons was a vital national security interest. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough , but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. the syrian gove
but addressing an emergency meeting of the un security council, the american ambassador nikki haley said stopping the use and spread of chemical weapons was a vital national security interest. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough , but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. a lorry has been driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the swedish capital stockholm, killing four people and injuring 15. sweden s prime minister has called it an act of terrorism. our correspondent, dan johnson, reports from stockholm. people running in terror, as a truck races towards shoppers in the centre of stockholm. and this is where it ended up, in flames, after crashing into a department store.
may not stop at its missile strike in syria. president trump authorised the attack on a syrian airbase, from which he believes president bashar al assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. russia and syria have both condemned the action, but addressing an emergency meeting of the un security council, the american ambassador nikki haley said stopping the use and spread of chemical weapons was a vital national security interest. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough, but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again, ever. the syrian government condemned thursday night s attack as reckless and irresponsible. but less than 2a hours after the strikes, syrian warplanes are reportedly