adding that russia had been either complicit or incompetent by failing to secure the chemical weapons of its syrian ally. a romanian woman injured in the westminster terror attack two weeks ago has died. andrea cristea had been visiting london with her boyfriend. good morning. welcome to the programme. we are live until iiam this morning. we will be looking throughout the show at the implications of that missile strike by america on a base in syria. it s the first time america has intervened directly in the conflict. do get in touch. texts will be charged at the standard network rate. that s our main news, that the us has carried out a missile strike on a syrian air base in response to a chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians. 59 cruise missiles we re of civilians. 59 cruise missiles were fired from the mediterranean. they hit the base from where the attack was launched. here is david willis. it was a decisive response from an administration that has often seemed dis
sounds like a man engaging with the rest of us. wasn t he meant to be the america first president, the one willing to do deals with russia and assad? so, has something changed? the syrian government thinks america was duped. i think they fall to the trick, and they have changed unnecessarily what they thought about syria. we ll ask what this means for syria, the us and the world. and, while the world was reacting to that, a reminder of fraught times another truck atrocity, this time in the swedish capital, stockholm. i could actually see bodies lying on the street, and i could see the police covering a body with an orange blanket. hello. over three days, a huge shift in us policy to syria. a new engagement with the world and, it seems, a fresh approach to foreign policy that sees america willing to bomb again. on one account, trump means business, is willing to act fast and decisively, and is telling not just syria, but russia, iran and north korea to watch out. on this acc
and sergio garcia wins his first major title on his 74th time of asking, with victory over england sjustin rose in a sudden death play off at the masters. in sport at half past: plaudits and congratulations pour in for sergio garcia after his thrilling masters win, including from the son of his idol, the late seve ballesteros. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. for pc keith palmer, march 22nd started like any other day. but that afternoon, on duty and doing thejob he loved, he was attacked by khalid masood, who had just killed four other people on westminster bridge. colleagues say the married as year old, father of a five year old girl, died a hero. this lunchtime thousands of police officers are lining the route as his coffin is taken from the chapel at the palace of westminster, where his body has been lying in rest by special permission of the queen, for a service at southwark cathedral. this report from our home affairs correspondent june kelly. unarmed,
moments ago, those who could not make it to the capital this afternoon paid their respects to pc keith palmer with a two minute silence held outside police stations gci’oss silence held outside police stations across the country. there will be tributes to pc palmer throughout the service this afternoon. it is a full police funeral, but also a very private, very personal time for his friends and his family. some 50 members of pc palmer s family at southwark cathedral this afternoon. lam southwark cathedral this afternoon. iamjoined southwark cathedral this afternoon. i am joined here in westminster by roy ramm, former commander of specialist operations at scotland yard. please share your thoughts with us. i thinkjust seeing the crowd there, recognising the uniforms, slight radiation is in uniforms, slight radiation is in uniforms, from across the country, speaks volumes about the poignancy of this tragic event. also seeing the officers and the members of the civil staff stan
rose in a sudden death play off at the masters. good afternoon. a funeral service has been taking place for pc keith palmer, who was stabbed to death outside the houses of parliament during last month s attack in westminster. thousands of police officers from all over the uk lined the route of the funeral procession through central london to southwark cathedral. let s speak to daniela relph. that funeral service is now over. keith palmer s family have left southwark cathedral for a private cremation. as you can imagine, it was a service that mixed pomp and ceremony with more intimate, personal tributes. it was a day when thousands of police officers came to london to honour the sacrifice of pc keith palmer, as jim london to honour the sacrifice of pc keith palmer, asjim kelly reports. keith palmer s finaljourney began at westminster, close to the spot where his life was taken. and here in this great historical setting, the most prominent floral tribute to number one daddy bro