could take further military action against the syrian government. it comes after washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assad s forces launched a chemical weapons attack. addressing an emergency meeting of the united nations security council, the american ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is in america s vital national security interest to prevent the use of chemical weapons. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week s chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say enough but not only say it, it was time to act. bashar al assad must never use chemical weapons again. ever. the syrian government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible but america has had support from other countries. it was after dark on the east coast of america and befor
day ‘s news will be here. first of all, time for newswatch. welcome to newswatch. with me, samira ahmed. the bbc gets an independent and external regulator, what difference will that make to viewers concerned about whether news coverage is fairand impartial? and. so what does britain think? are we on the brink of a bright new dawn, or might we sink? a measured analysis of brexit from david dimbleby in the form of a rap. first, one of the survivors of the westminster attack a couple of weeks ago, melissa cochrane, gave an emotional interview to the bbc on wednesday. her husband was killed and she herself was badly injured. here s a clip from that. melissa cochrane has spoken exclusively to fiona bruce. kurt was probably the best man i have ever met. he was. sweet and kind. and, i m extremely proud of him. i m very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us. they were divided about the interview itself, but u
so why must you always concentrate on colour, or religion, or this? there are other ways of connecting men. i tell you this. when i left this country in 1948, i left this country with one reason only, one reason. i might have gone to hong kong, i might have gone to timbuktu. i ended up on the streets of paris. there was a theory that nothing worse could happen to me there that had already happened to me here. you talk about making it as a writer about yourself. you have to be able then to turn all the intent with which you live, because once you turn on your back on this society, you may die. you can see it seems really, really urgent, really engaging, and it s a terrific watch. it s brilliantly constructed. the montage work is fantastic. the way in which they mix news footage and television and films. there is a very coherent argument, which is about the sort of nature of america, which seems every bit as pertinent now as it did when this was sort of first envisaged. the thi
the westminster terror attack last month, has died. the violent husband who was spared custody is now sent to jail after his claims to be a professional cricketer are proved untrue. and could the yorkshireman who won last year s masters be about to crash out of this year s competition? and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: two defeats on day one in france mean great britain is on the verge of going out of the davis cup in the quarterfinals. good evening. 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 airbase. 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 re
looks like danny will be here on sunday but he will have two present the green jacket to the new champion, we reckon. live coverage of the whole weekend begins at 7:30pm, bbc two tomorrow night. we had a runaway leader after day one. he s been well and truly building today. thank you. onto football and after leading celtic to the scottish premiership title manager brendan rodgers has agreed a new four year contract at parkhead. he s been on a rolling i2 month deal since joining celtic last summer but after leading them to a sixth consecutive league title and still on for the treble, rodgers has commited his future to the club calling them the greatest in the world. liverpool s top scorer sadio mane will miss the rest of the season. he suffered a knee injury in last week s victory over everton and managerjurgen klopp said he s pretty sure mane needs surgery. liverpool haven t won all season without mane. meanwhile arsenal manager arsene wenger believes his striker englan