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