have ever met. he was sweet and kind. at the european parliament, a debate on the brexit talks, as nigel farage accuses meps of presenting the uk with mafia like financial demands. jeremy corbyn says labour s national executive committee is to review comments made by ken livingstone after his suspension from the party over hitler remarks. and showjumper nick skelton, who became britain s second oldest olympic gold medallist in rio, announces his retirement. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that the united nations security council has been meeting in emergency session, to discuss the suspected chemical attack, on a town in syria. more than 70 people are thought to have died and hundreds were injured in the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun in idlib province. the british and us governments say the evidence points to an attack by syrian government forces. but president assad s regime has denied responsibility. at the un today russia is objecting to a draft resolution and claims
over the reins and retire. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. with severe thunderstorms on the horizon, the course at augusta has been cleared ahead of this the start of this year s masters. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a service of hope and reconciliation has been held in westminster abbey a fortnight after the attack near the houses of parliament. khalid masood drove a car into pedestrians on westminster bridge, killing three people, and fatally stabbing a police officer, before he was shot dead. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harryjoined families and the emergency services attending the multi faith service. ina in a moment we will be for the first time from melissa cochrane who was injured in the attack and whose husband was killed. but first. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. you lot, get undercover now! get undercover! two weeks ago the area around the abbey at westminster was caught up in the chaos of that aftern