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
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
Israeli forces conducted an overnight raid to rescue Hamas-held hostages in Rafah on February 12. An IDF armored brigade and other Israeli security services used "highly sensitive and valuable intelligence” to launch the raid. Israeli SOF rescued two H
According to experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Russian State Duma is considering a bill that would restrict the long-term activities of Russia's opposition media. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: According to the review, the Russian State Duma is considering a bill that would restrict the entry into Russia of people the Russian government considers "undesirable.