into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack has died of her injuries. ambulances under pressure figures show a sharp rise in the number being turned away by accident and emergency departments in england. and, it s ladies‘ day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. the united states has carried out a missile strike on a syrian air base, in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week in idlib province. it s the first direct us military action against forces commanded by syria s president. russia, which backs the assad regime, has condemned the strike. the americans say they fired 59 cruise missiles at the shayrat airbase in the west of syria. six people are thought to have been killed, and the pentagon says aircraft and buildings were severely damaged. according to the united states, the shayrat airbase was used to launch tuesday s chemical attack on the town of khan skeikhoun, which killed and injured scor
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
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
everybody was screaming and running to the other side of the building, and we took the side entrance and went out, and we just kept running to the other side of the city. this is the moment terror spread suddenly through the streets of sweden s capital. a hijacked lorry driven deliberately at chocolate late night shoppers. late last night the wreckage was towed away as police questioned the man they think was that the wheel. we have confirmed that the wheel. we have confirmed that he. the subject is a man from uzbekistan, 39 years old, that is what we know. in addition to that we would not like to say anything further about his whereabouts and his background. there is a quiet contemplative mood here today. people are considering what happened yesterday. they know it will take time for it to sink in, but there is also concern about the deeper impact this may have. it is important now that we just show we are not afraid, that we just show we are not afraid, that sweden will not
we re going to have some climate impacts which are greater risk. that s really frightening. why aren t people more concerned. starts through 1st. malawi s high court has ordered a recount for roughly a 3rd of its districts in the country s presidential election the move comes after opposition groups complained of rigging in the may 21st poll the national electoral board suspended its results tally on friday after receiving $147.00 complaints from various parties. in front of the mayor of leon has condemned an explosion that
took place in a central pedestrian shopping street calling it and comprehensible the blast left 13 people wounded police say they are searching for one man in connection with the incident no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. a united nations maritime court says russia must immediately free $24.00 ukrainian sailors it s been holding for months and release their vessels last november russia fired on and seized 3 ukrainian ships off the crimean peninsul