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
many more are injured as a truck ploughs into shoppers in the swedish capital, stockholm. i could actually see bodies lying on the street, the police covering a body with an orange blanket. hello and welcome to the programme. the first american military strike against president assad s regime and against president assad s regime and a world divided, with much of the west lining up behind washington and president trump s apparent restoration of the us as the world s policeman, russia has condemned the attack as an act of aggression against a sovereign nation. president trump or put mac authorised the strike against the error breaks the airbase from where it is believed the chemical attack was launched. jon sopel reports on the strike and trump s dramatic change in strategy. 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. from wo war ships a volley of cruise missiles were fired at a mi
who they want to question. they ve also confirmed one arrest has been made that may be connected to the attack. in sweden, police say they ve arrested a man after a lorry wejoin our colleagues we join our colleagues from bbc world and tim willcox. with much of the west lining up behind washington, russia has condemned the attack as an act of aggression against a sovereign nation. president trump authorised the missile strike on the shayrat airbase where it is believed the weapons attack was launched from. nine civilians, and seven soldiers we re nine civilians, and seven soldiers were reportedly killed. jon sopel reports on the strike and president trump of mathematics changes strategy. it was after dark on the east coast of america and before the sun had risen on 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 missiles was fired, targeting a missile bas
could take further military action against the syrian government. it comes after washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. addressing an emergency meeting of the united nations security council, the american ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is in america s vital national security interest to prevent the use of chemical weapons. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again. ever. the syrian government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible but america has had support from other countries. it was after dark on the east coast of america and befor
may not stop at a missile strike to ensure chemical weapons aren t used in syria. president trump authorised the cruise missile attack on a syrian airbase, from which he believes president bashar al assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. america s decision to take action has signalled a change in washington s stance on the war torn country, and divided opinion both at home and internationally, as david willis reports. this was america s first direct involvement in the syrian crisis, its crude missile attack a contradiction of the trumped up in of avoiding conflicts in faraway lands. and putting america first. and, as syria s army chief inspector the impact of the attack, on the air base from which us officials insist tuesday s chemical weapons attack was launched, but for the administration insisted it was a i off and not the opening of a new front in the war against bashar al assad. nonetheless, there are those on both the right and left who oppose america s acti