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
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 sh
have ever met. he was sweet and kind. at the european parliament, a debate on the brexit talks, as nigel farage accuses meps of presenting the uk with mafia like financial demands. jeremy corbyn says labour s national executive committee is to review comments made by ken livingstone after his suspension from the party over hitler remarks. and showjumper nick skelton, who became britain s second oldest olympic gold medallist in rio, announces his retirement. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that the united nations security council has been meeting in emergency session, to discuss the suspected chemical attack, on a town in syria. more than 70 people are thought to have died and hundreds were injured in the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun in idlib province. the british and us governments say the evidence points to an attack by syrian government forces. but president assad s regime has denied responsibility. at the un today russia is objecting to a draft resolution and claims
syria and russia have come under intense criticism at an emergency session of the un security council on the gas attack on a rebel village. the attack, in idlib province, killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others. president trump has called it a ‘terrible affront to humanity , and his ambassador to the united nations went a step further accusing russia of helping syria to carry out war crimes. our correspondent nick bryant reports. five year old ibrahim went to bed in his spiderman pyjamas and woke up to the latest horror in syria s unending war. his grandmother was at his hospital bedside caring for ibrahim and his sister, tebba, because their father was killed in the attack. lives ended, lives ruined by a toxic cloud that filled victims lungs with poison. translation: my grandchildren were sleeping. everyone woke up to a loud noise. they went outside and that s when they came across the chemical attack. they just fell to the floor and died. it s all too