Officials here, Cabinet Secretaries and this is trumpian self had been talking about the rationale behind it, a set was aimed as a response to the Chemical Weapons attack, that it was a limited strike, a tactical one, it was proportional, they say, because it targeted the airbase that was connected to the strike, it was from where the aircraft launched the Weapons Attack, the Chemical Weapons attack, it did do a lot of damage at that race but they tried very hard not to kill anybody there, they want the russians who work with the Syrian Military before they struck, said it was very much aimed at warning the Syrian Regime not to carry out such attacks again and it wasnt opening a wider front, the Secretary Of State has said in the civil war, it wasnt opening up front in the war against bashar al asaad, it was connected to the attack itself. It was done quickly, so attack itself. It was done quickly, so the message that this would not be tolerated but it was also carefully planned to be
Ofa we dont see this as the beginning of a new campaign. Well be live throughout the day in beirut, moscow and washington with the latest reaction to the unfolding events. The other news. A Romanian Tourist who fell into the river thames during the Westminster Bridge terror attack has died. A sharp rise in the number of accident and Emergency Departments turning away ambulances in england. Good morning, its friday the 7th of april. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Russia has strongly condemned us Missile Strikes on a syrian airbase, describing them as an act of aggression against a sovereign state. It has provoked anger from russia. 59 tomahawk Cruise Missiles were fired from two American Navy warships in the mediterranean. Their target the shayrat Airbase Which donald trump said was the airfield used to launch what he described as a horrible Chemical Attack on innocent civilians earlier this week. Six people are said to have died in the air strikes and the base is described as almost com
By romain yen tourist. Andreea christea was on holiday from romania. She was catapulted into the thames during the attack. Ambulances under pressure. Theres a sharp rise in the number being turned away by A E Departments in england. And, its ladies day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Lee westwood is the leading british player after the opening round of the masters. He is third, five shots off the lead, at augusta. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. The us has carried out a Missile Strike on a Syrian Air Base in response to the Chemical Weapons attack earlier this week in idlib province. It is the first direct us Military Action against forces commanded by syrias president. The kremlin, which backs the assad regime, has condemned the move. The Missile Strike hit the shayrat airbase in the west of syria, north of the capital, damascus. Six people are thought to have been killed, and the pentagon says ai
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