Syria has accused the Us Led Coalition of war crimes, after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for the Syrian Government killing around 100 fighters. The confrontation was the deadliest between the two so far. The bombardment happened in syrias eastern dair thor province. Heres how the pentagon explains it the Us Led Coalition acted in self defence after a base where us advisers were stationed came under attack. Heres the pentagon chief spokesperson. We have the right to defend ourselves and we have seen a build up for over a week, which was unprovoked. We are comfortable and the secretary is comfortable with the secretary is comfortable with thejudgment of the secretary is comfortable with the judgment of our commanders on the judgment of our commanders on the ground. Heres what syria says this is a brutal massacre, american aggression which amounts to a war crime. Lets show you why dair uzhor matters so much. 0ur map shows the parts of syria held by the government, and then
Twe nty20s, have had the ashes, and now to the twenty20s, a tri series for england against australia and new zealand. They lost their opening match to the aussies this morning. I will tell you more about how that happened later on. Sarah has the weather and it is not cricketing weather . M later on. Sarah has the weather and it is not cricketing weather . It is certainly sunny for many, but those temperatures are nothing to write home about. We still have quite a lot of lying snow around. Things are going to turn a little bit milder tomorrow. I will bring you all the details in about 30 minutes. Also coming up, do you remember this . Its been nominated for one of the tv moments of last year well be meeting Professor Robert kelly, whose distraction there was a surprise appearance at the royal courts ofjustice this morning as a judge heard arguments for and against the release of serial sex attacker the so called black cab rapist, john worboys. Standing in the caged in dock of court 5 wa
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Police in china have started using sunglasses featuring facial Recognition Technology it allows officers to scan crowds looking for suspects. A modern tool in the fight against crime . Or does it smack of big brother surveillance . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. The recent apparent thaw in relations between north and south korea looks to be taking a backwards step. The North Koreans have now said they have no intention of using the Winter Olympics as a chance to meet american delegates and they are also preparing a huge parade of their military prowess. But the us Vice President mike pence reiterated that all options are on the table. In a speech at a us air base injapan he said his country and its allies were striving to peacefully dismantle north Koreas Nuclear programme and alleviate the suffering of its people. Hes already said the us will
Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. Well last night we got down to 10 degrees in parts of eastern scotland and it is another chilly day out there but a lot of sunshine on offer gcioss there but a lot of sunshine on offer across many parts of the country. In fa ct we across many parts of the country. In fact we had some beautiful images coming in from our weather watchers. This in north wales where we had a lot of snowfall yesterday. But through the afternoon it will cold but there would be quite a bit of sunshine around. Higher pressure is in charge before the next front comes in from the north west. So the cloud has been pushing in across scotla nd cloud has been pushing in across scotland and Northern Ireland in particular. Clearer skies more sunshine across england. And here we keep the bright skies through the afternoon. Further north west you can see that cloud working in and the breeze picking up for scotland and Northern Ireland with a bit of rain and hill s
Find on the bbc sport website and obviously there will be commentary you will find on five live as well. We will have much more on bbc news throughout the rest of the evening, but from all of us at the bbc sport centre, goodbye for now. Youre watching bbc news. Aftershocks continue to hit taiwan, after a powerful earthquake killed at least six people and injured more than 200 others. Rescue efforts are continuing to free others still trapped in buildings that could collapse, after the 6. 4 magnitude quake struck the city of hualien. Cindy sui has more. Taiwanese people are used to earthquakes, but this one shocked many. It forced several buildings to near complete collapse. New cctv footage has emerged of the moment when the earthquake struck. This terrified woman escaped without injury. The quake shook many people out of bed. They scrambled to save those still inside. More than 100 people were rescued by residents, firefighters and soldiers. Miraculously, an employee of a hotel was fo