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
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
lying. he will now serve 18 months rent salting assaulting his wife with a cricket match back. mustafa bashir played lower league cricket, but he posed as a promising talent about to sign professional papers. he thought it would prevent him going to prison, after assaulting his wife. last month, he told the court that if he was jailed, he d lose a contract with leicestershire county cricket club. in fact, he had only ever played a couple of open net sessions there. the club called his claims an invention and told the court. today, mustafa bashir was sent straight to jail, thejudge saying he d been fundamentally misled. if you are in a position where you have to give evidence in court, it s very important that you tell the truth, as mr bashirfound out today to his cost. the judge also addressed criticism he d faced for saying bashir‘s victim, his former wife, was not particularly vulnerable. he said: this evening, i spoke to mustafa bashir‘s ex wife, this evening, i