into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack has died of her injuries. ambulances under pressure figures show a sharp rise in the number being turned away by accident and emergency departments in england. and, it s ladies‘ day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. the united states has carried out a missile strike on a syrian air base, in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week in idlib province. it s the first direct us military action against forces commanded by syria s president. russia, which backs the assad regime, has condemned the strike. the americans say they fired 59 cruise missiles at the shayrat airbase in the west of syria. six people are thought to have been killed, and the pentagon says aircraft and buildings were severely damaged. according to the united states, the shayrat airbase was used to launch tuesday s chemical attack on the town of khan skeikhoun, which killed and injured scor
point that everybody united on was that there needed not to be an escalation of this and there needed to bea escalation of this and there needed to be a return to the un for political talks. thank you very much for now at un headquarters. let us speak to james geoffrey, a former us ambassador to turkey. he was deputy national security adviser during the george bush administration. welcome to peep buts, donald trump saying that this is a one off attack that this is meant to be an deterrent. what is your feeling about whether this indeed has been a deterrent or will prove to be? i am sure if there is another chemical attack by the syrians there will be another strike almost immediately by donald trump. he has put his prestige on the lean to stop chemical weapons being used against syrian civilians and he has done it in a way that has brought in the entire diplomatic community. we saw the support america is getting among friends and ally, britain, france, germany, australia, jap
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
many more are injured as a truck ploughs into shoppers in the swedish capital, stockholm. i could actually see bodies lying on the street, the police covering a body with an orange blanket. hello and welcome to the programme. the first american military strike against president assad s regime and against president assad s regime and a world divided, with much of the west lining up behind washington and president trump s apparent restoration of the us as the world s policeman, russia has condemned the attack as an act of aggression against a sovereign nation. president trump or put mac authorised the strike against the error breaks the airbase from where it is believed the chemical attack was launched. jon sopel reports on the strike and trump s dramatic change in strategy. 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. from wo war ships a volley of cruise missiles were fired at a mi
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