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
the westminster terror attack last month, has died. the violent husband who was spared custody is now sent to jail after his claims to be a professional cricketer are proved untrue. and could the yorkshireman who won last year s masters be about to crash out of this year s competition? and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: two defeats on day one in france mean great britain is on the verge of going out of the davis cup in the quarterfinals. good evening. 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 airbase. it was from there, according to mr trump, that 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 re
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. it was from there, according to mr trump, that 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 in the middle east, when the commander in chief gave the order to strike. from two us warships in the eastern mediterranean, a volley of cruise missiles was fired, targeting a single military airbase outside homs that had been used, say the americans, by the syrian air force to launch the deadly chemical weapons attack on idlib earlier in the week. it was in this vita
Timetable as to how this decision was made. as you noted, the president was tweeting about it this morning. i want to bring it up for a reason. quote, a perfectly executed strike last night. thank you to france and the united kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine military. could not have had a better result. mission accomplished. you heard vice president mike pence there trying to clarify that the president meant that the mission that was carried out last night was accomplished, but the question of the broader picture, the future of the united states involvement in syria still a question, especially when you consider just a few weeks ago president trump surprised and allies and even officials within his own administration when he said that he was looking to move u.s. troops out of syria and limit the american presence there very soon, fred. all right. boris sanchez at the white house. thank you so much for that. all right. much more on our breaking news on syria str
Welcome to america s news headquarters. i m jamie colby. good to see you and great to be with you. let me tell you about the stealimate that is happening as violence is escalating in syria. 3400 people have been killed this month alone. u.s. leaders point the finger of blame at russia and iran for the break down. peter is joining me now with more on this. good morning. good morning, jamie. as of right now we see three weeks of talks have not done going end the deadly three-year long war in syria that claimed 140,000 lives. senator john mccain is saying things are getting a lot worse as a result of russian and iranian influence. mccain said the white house policy has been a dismal failure. we sit down at the table with him on nuclear weapons and talk about the removal of chemical weapons, it turned into a