And the landlords offering accommodation in exchange for sex. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. Hes looking good for another Premier League title. And Chelseas Ngolo Kante is also favourite for the pfa player of the year award. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has said relations between the us and russia may be at all time low, after moscow refused to withdraw support for syrias President Assad after last weeks chemical weapons attack. The us blamed the Syrian Government for the attack, and fired 59 Cruise Missiles at a Government Airbase in response. Russia has now vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding that syria cooperate with investigators. Keith doyle reports. What appear to be barrel bombs being dropped by syrian army helicopters. 0ther Unverified pictures are said to show rebel missiles hitting damascus. The Syrian Civil War is no less vicious and indiscriminate this week than last. Us and russia are on opposing sides i
infiltrate or violate territory airspace. that s happened a number of times. that is not just a concern for the united states and turkey, but also nato. a lot of things to discuss there. turkish president even made it clear that russia needs to be aware of that crossing into its airspace. ian, what more can you tell us about russia s attacks on isis targets. they re pointing out they hit many of the major logistical centers. what more can you tell us about that? reporter: yeah. those 55 targets include command and communications weapons depots, also going after their bases and training facilities. this all according to the russian defense ministry. and these targets were really up and down the western part of syria, hitting damascus, aleppo,
the ongoing violence in syria reached such a tense moment today president obama picked up the phone and called putin to discuss the possibility of a transition government in syria. reports indicate syrian armed forces have stepped up attacks after the first assassination of top syrian officials in the 17 month-old uprising. a bombing of a meeting of syrian security officials killed at least three. the u.n. security council has postpone ad resolution vote in an attempt to get more nations luke russia onboard with further action. today u.s. defense secretary leon pan ate had this to say about the violence. it is obvious that that what is happening in syria represents a real escalation in the fighting. this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control.
joining us now from cairo, good evening to you there, may friend. good evening. it was a day rocked with explosions. many are calling it as a defining moment in the 16-month conflict against the regime. it comes at a time the regime was struggling to keep control of other parts of the country. now for the fourth straight day, that violence hitting damascus. it is not only hitting damascus, it is hitting the heart of the regime. you have taken out the defense minister, deputy defense minister, another top security aide essentially does rupting the command and control structure of the military. and more importantly disrupting its ability to carry out operations outside of the capital and other parts of the country. as soon as that attack happened, the free syrian army claimed responsibility. they said that they were able to carry out the attack by planting a bomb inside that meeting room. and more importantly, as soon as that explosion happened, we saw