secretary of state blinken touching down in tel aviv. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. as blinken arrives, war is in full swing. [sound of explosions] carley: power is out in the gaza strip, making communication limited. resident are without water and blocked off from receiving medicine and other supplies. 360,000 troops activated by the israeli army and are standing by to begin the ground invasion. todd: 22 americans are dead and some still missing. president biden warning to be careful. president biden: terror groups like hamas bring sheer evil to the world. this attack was a campaign of pure cruelty. not just hate, but cruelty against the jewish people and i would argue it is the deadliest day for jews since the holocaust. todd: trey yingst live on the ground at the israel-gaza border. what is the latest where are you? trey: you see a military jeep heading for the border and troops are deployed here. fighting has not even begun according to the milita
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
it an appropriate response to the barbaric chemical weapons attack . a romanian tourist who was knocked 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. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a lorry has driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the swedish capital, stockholm. this is the scene outside a shopping mall, a pedestrianised seat. a lorry was driven into a number of people with reports suggesting two people we re with reports suggesting two people were killed, with reports that many others were injured. the swedish prime minister in the past few minutes said everything indicates the truck crash is a terror attack. the number of shots were reportedly fired. that is not yet confirmed. stockholm sources have to
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
very likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. plenty of warmth and sunshine. things change a little tomorrow gci’oss things change a little tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland andi across northern ireland and scotland and i will have all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the united states says it s prepared to launch more military action against syria over its use of chemical weapons. it follows a missile strike on an airbase where the syrian government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. the us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. here s our washington correspondent, david willis. this was america s first direct involvement in the syrian crisis. its cruise missile attack in contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and putting america first. and as syria s army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from which us