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precise overwhelming and effective the u.s. says allied missile strikes in syria were a success and threatens to act again if there are more chemical attacks. the u.n. security council rejects russia's resolution to condemn the strikes. hello again on this show with al-jazeera life from doha also coming up syria dominates the summit of the americas in peru with the u.s. vice president defending the military action plus. tens of thousands of south africans bid farewell to the mother of the nation.

the u.s. says it's locked and loaded for another military strike if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again well that warning fall is the most significant western allied attack against president assad's government since the seven year war began the u.s. the u.k. and france launch more than one hundred missiles on sites they say were linked to syria's chemical weapons program it was in retaliation for last saturday suspected chemical attack on the town of duma well the smoke is still rising from those sites as reaction came in from leaders across the region turkey express its support for the strikes the syrian government and iran called them criminal while russia drafted the u.n. security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression it was voted down. right now we can speak to has has been us who is the u.s. state department spokeswoman she's joining us on the line from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for talking to us now many people are commenting on the

fact that the strikes from conducted by the united states by france and by the united kingdom were pretty underwhelming they're saying that this is not exactly what they were expecting you confident that the job has been that you have managed to degrade the chemical weapons facility of syria well the goal was to degrade the chemical weapons facilities in syria and that's exactly what we did the u.s. government in concert with the british and also the french had to carefully weigh our options there and one of the things that's very important to us and our allies is minimizing any attempt or any ability to possibly eartha those so we took that into account we took other things into account such as going for the pinprick strikes that can degrade the weapons facilities and we think we did that all right many people are also now all skinned what next i mean as strikes to make strategy

what is the united states prepared to do next. well first of all of it let's look at what we tried to do before we have tried diplomacy we've done that that at the united nations security council we've done that with the european union with many of on our our partners and allies all around the world russia continues to support all of those attempts and stand in the way the united states and our allies had no other option we have watched as five hundred thousand civilians have been killed in syria for far too many years and when we saw what recently happened last saturday with the gassing of innocent women children and men that was far too far to the united states came together with those other countries sending a message not just to syria but also to russia and to the other backer iran say we will not tolerate this the world cannot tolerate this why won't we do now all diplomacy is the option but we're also asking syria they have

a chance to get out of this they could declare a chemical weapons they could hand their chemical weapons and they could finally stop killing civilians why is it that the united states felt compelled to intervene on an issue of chemical weapons use and as you pointed out maybe half a million syrians of being killed in so many different circumstances often with the use of what it can considered to be conventional weapons why is it that the u.s. hasn't found it. hasn't found it necessary to intervene when the use of barrel bombs for instance of being used as we know they've been use rip repeatedly throughout these seven is. well i think we certainly have there's a new administration here in washington as of a year ago and that is that donald trump administration president obama's administration by many accounts never did enough to try to stop this president obama drew a red line and let bashar al assad just run right through that red line president

trump came into office he saw what bashar al assad the charlotte assad did last april and there were strikes on a. port facility that was being used to hit civilians the president trump struck that facility over the past year we have tried diplomacy and clearly the diplomacy sadly has not worked and that's largely because russia has stood in the way russia has a unique story to be sorry to interrupt to have a but i mean the u.s. has been decided to be absent doesn't it in terms of the diplomatic process the u.s. hasn't been involved in the didn't either side of things the u.s. has barely been involved in the. ok come on come on to washington i would love to welcome you to the state department to watch some of our briefings sometime about eighty percent of my time personally is spent talking about what is going on in syria and russia's activities in bolstering the assad regime we have tried and we

continue to support the geneva process which is supported by the united nations it's a u.n. led process that could eventually get syria on the right path to rebuilding syria getting to a political process and eventually they all but eventually enabling syrians and the syrian diaspora to vote for a new president the united states stands strongly behind that the us on a process frankly has become a joke because the guarantors of the astonished process include include russia and they continue to stand in the way they're not serious about peace and stability and we know that because they continue to support. the regime of bashar al assad as he kills his own people so i would ask ed just the united states what the rest of the world is doing about this you've seen the united states france and britain take a leadership role in saying enough is enough i would ask where is the rest of the world in saying enough is enough as we watch these men women and children being

killed in syria finally can i ask you what you think about the wisdom of the president using the phrase mission accomplished because we all know the echoes of george w. bush and the iraq war which was a clear indication of him misreading the situation how wise was it for the president to use that language understood and i'm a former reporter and i covered the war in iraq many years ago at the time that president bush had said that same thing so i understand why people might question president trump use of that however i think what he meant was mission accomplished in that and this is significant and that we managed with the french and the british to hit the target to not have a single loss of allies life and significantly degrade the ability of syria to strike on civilians again i think that is what the president meant by that but i would ask you and all your viewers and listeners to please keep that in mind

haven't you it's thank you very much indeed for talking to us here at. my pleasure thank you the u.s. military's favor people are telling their full has that all of the targets that they were fully destroyed and they believe that there was no loss of life in the four am attack in syria practical hain has the latest now from the pentagon. i used three words to describe this operation precise overwhelming and effective at the pentagon claims of success as they roll out slides to show what they say is total destruction of three chemical weapon sites in syria a research facility a bunker and a storage area in all one hundred five missiles and bombs fired from u.s. british and french ships submarines and aircraft the pentagon says russia didn't try to fire back and they claim all of syria's attempts to shoot them down failed we've attacked the heart of syrian chemical weapons program i'm not saying they're

not going to be able to reconstitute their theory although it's not saying that it's going to continue but this is dealt them a very serious blow so that i think it's that's the core of what i'm saying u.s. president donald trump was quick to claim victory on twitter writing mission accomplished a spokesperson here at the pentagon tried to clarify that rather broad statement saying this particular mission was successful or accomplished they admit though they didn't destroy all of syria's suspected chemical weapons russia and syria have denied that chemical weapons were used investigators from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrived in syria hours after the strikes the u.s. says it didn't need to wait for their findings they have evidence enough but they've provided none of it to the public whine a lot of this has city with intelligence and and i'm very happy to show evidence if i can but we were very confident about the decisions we made the u.s. is not saying this is over they say that depends entirely on what the assad

government decides to do next particle hane al-jazeera at the pentagon. well russia's resolution condemning the missile attacks as a violation of international law was rejected at the u.n. security council moscow called the council into emergency session to condemn the u.s. led action but it was supported only by two other countries on the fifteen member body mike hanna has more from the u.n. this is the first time the council has met on syria this week a series of meetings that have served only to illustrate the massive divide on the issue the secretary general's repeated calls for unity ignored they are all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate smetters and worsening the suffering of the syrian people the meeting was called by russia and its close ally in the council but libya and outrage was expressed at the strikes took place even as international experts arrived in

damascus to investigate whether or not a chemical attack actually took place or brings up an aggressive new standard of the organizers of the aggression didn't even wait for the elementary establishment of facts by an international organization which is authorized to do that they supposedly determine everything for themselves and you term who was guilty and u.k. ambassador argued the strikes were justified in terms of international law and the representative from france was adamant that in the absence of diplomatic agreement the strikes were the only form of sanction against syria that remained and the u.s. ambassador threatened further action i spoke to the president this morning and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again the united states is a lot and loaded when our president draws a red line our president enforces the red line. mike every resolution on syria introduced in the past week this one failed only russia bolivia and china

voting in favor this well short of the nine votes that would have necessitated a veto from one of the permanent members despite a hopelessly split security council france says it will introduce yet another resolution this one addressing the dismantling of a chemical weapons program in syria also aimed at forging a cease fire and a durable political solution for those seeking some straw to clutch in the diplomatic breakdown away from the implacable confrontation informal session members of the council continue to informally even affectionately engage mike hanna al jazeera united nations still to come here at al-jazeera support and skepticism is the u.s. led strikes in syria sparking to debate in britain and france. al-jazeera looks at

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security council meeting on saturday russian drafted resolution condemning the west and allied strikes in syria was voted down. well the reaction to the strikes among syrians is pretty much divided supposes of the government of call them illegal and the opposition says they don't go far enough a summer binge of aid reports from gaza. border with syria. this is what's left of the birds a scientific research center targeted by missiles from the us britain and france. the syrian capital damascus was among three alleged chemical weapons facilities hit during the joint operation the u.s. hopes the assad government got the message that its actions will not go unpunished . but the syrian state media was that of defiance in the face of what they called tripartite aggression. we did not sleep at night honestly we went to the streets to support the army and the air force

struck down the missiles. was going to. thirty years war has divided opinion in the middle east people came out in solidarity with the assad government and cities with their support for iran and hezbollah or there is high and to us sentiment. to the relief of the syrian government and its allies the operation was limited instead of a much discussed sustained attack the syrian government thanked its russian partners for the warning about the much anticipated strikes after days of tough rhetoric between u.s. and russia the syrian government had already evacuated military installations and cleared potential targets and allies of bashar al assad have been unequivocal in their support. these last night strike that happened at dawn against syria is a crime i clearly announced that the u.s. president the french president and the british prime minister are criminals and have committed a crime those on the receiving end of the syrian government's attacks and bombs welcome the military action that we support the american strike because we support

everything the targets the syrian regime we know that this bombardment will not lead to the fall of the regime targets this criminal regime we are supporting and. this is picked it chemical attack on duma last week predictably support the allies of the assad government and dogs who oppose it well russia denies the attack ever took place there he says assad's actions must have consequences though her intelligence it didn't follow the up it was unthinkable to leave all the attacks the regime has conducted an ant said that is why we welcome this operation because we can't tolerate what has happened in the perpetrator has to pay for it and the regime has to understand that this inhumane and lawless attack will not stay on. the syrian opposition backed the turkish president's call for an end to all kinds of attacks against civilians the u.s. britain and france that assad wasn't targeted the government forces and assets remain intact the intention they say was to force the assad government to stop

using chemical weapons but according to a syrian opposition member the message that they seem to have received is that the assad government and its allies can continue their killings just not using chemical weapons. other syria. well that's right for the first major military interventions in syria ordered by the leaders of britain and france but in the u.k. questions are being asked about why palm and wasn't consulted on the phillips report. into the dark on loan from their base in cyprus british tornadoes headed into the night sky armed with storm shadow missiles which they would fire at a military facility just outside home is the objective according to the prime minister very specific in scope this is not about intervening in a civil war it is not about regime change it is about a limited and targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region

we cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalized her french jets were also on by way of the french government describe the attack on syria in similar language. it is it is limited to precise objectives the destruction of the chemical capacity of the syrian regime in order to prevent it from carrying out more chemical attacks and pursuing a strategy of terror against its own population this action is proportionate and targeted. on the streets of paris some support for the a time due to few said to stop i think that the strike that was announced is a good thing i think that is our western societies duty to advocate a certain example to me says. it's dangerous to face up to russia we don't know how relations can be with pollution. back in london it's possible that british public opinion hoarded as it is seen here as the disastrous invasion of iraq maybe more

skeptical the main opposition leader characteristically cautious about the use of force parliament should be consulted parliament should be allowed to take a view on this but instead the strikes were launched last night parliament is in session on monday she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation instead it launches strikes she claims there is a legal basis for it i've asked her in a letter i've just sent to this morning to publish in full the legal basis and justification for it well later in the day the government did publish a summary of the legal advice which it took before launching the attack it justified it on the basis that the suffering in duma had been extreme and that the use of british forces had been proportionate that's the argument to reason may will make when she appears before members of parliament on monday but already critics are saying that that parliamentary debate should have taken place before not after the attack was launched to be phillips al jazeera westminster in central london

here is dominated the discussions on the second and final day of the summit of the americas in peru john heilemann has more from the capital lemur. the issue of syria and the u.s. led missile strike really did jump to the top of the ten day here and the vice president of the united states mike pence talked to the other leaders this is the biggest gathering of leaders in the hemisphere and he basically asked them to back the united states let's hear from him now. but today i call upon every nation in this hemisphere freedom to support this military action taken by the united states and our allies and to support it publicly if. this unilateral illegal action without evidence conclusions from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons whose team look for proof on the ground constitutes a flaky violation of the principles of human law so you just heard last week there

from the cuban foreign minister and that was one country to come out and say actually we don't agree with what with this u.s. led mission strike other countries did say that they agree with it at least tacitly saying that they condemned the use of chemical weapons in syria canada actually came out and said we stand with our friends we we think the what the u.s. led attack did was right now somali security forces have blocked amorality offices from transporting military equipment back to the u.a.e. m.r.c. offices were forced to unload military equipment from a private jet before taking off relations between the two countries have been strained since announced plans to build a military base in somalia's breakaway territory of somaliland. the funeral of the and here party activist winnie mandela has been held in south africa thousands of

people gathered in her hometown of sweaty to pay tribute katherine sawyer was there . we need denis kaskade his posse to their land a stadium. welcome the. tens of thousands of south africans killed to be had by the best way they know through song and dance i thank members of different political parties sat side by side with dominating collars and cleaning yelling for the african national congress was part of and read for economic freedom fighters whose ideology shaped the president cyril ramaphosa described as a b.s. revolutionary still lives on in that nation that's called have mama. as it strives each day to fulfill its destiny as a united. peaceful and prosperous and just society. to

many south africans shows mosconi a freedom fighter doing apartheid she also stood with the poor after the most people we are related to. even after apartheid ended she wanted to fight for their rights she often said that of africa may have. a maniac next to know what it really mean to have economic and social freedom people have talked of her desire to see fair distribution of life and a passion for young people and how frustrations she was about the wealth disparity between the minority white and elite black south africans on one hand and majority to pour on the other we also have to go back and decide for ourselves what natural justice means as a country so i think that people feel aggrieved that the african majority in this country many of them feel incredibly still. by the idea that people who had. traumatized that. dispossessed them live among us. we mandela

was also embroiled in controversy she's been accused of human rights abuses during apartheid but yet the leadership of the a.n.c. was criticised or vilifying and abandoning half to apartheid some of them are planning but i mean no one's even left turn it on you know turn over that or present that character can be done in a fine art that's our present day we're ready to be late in front of the world after all was said and done we mandela's potential slowly made its way through so with the township she called home to a memorial cemetery where she was buried most people say she never wavered from fighting for a better life for black south africans and for the fact they say she's a hero catching saw al-jazeera johannesburg. tributes are coming in to the oscar winning director milosz foreman who has died at the age of eighty six the czech born filmmaker was part of the one nine hundred sixty s.

new wave of directors that criticize the communist regime in czechoslovakia but it was in hollywood the foreman made his name in one hundred seventy five it picked up his first directing oscar for one flew over the cuckoo's nest nine years later he repeated that success with amadeus. at the island of san louis in senegal was listed in the year two thousand as a unesco world heritage site but it's it's fallen into disrepair without urgent intervention more than three hundred years of colonial history could be lost as rising sea levels gradually eat up the city now hundreds of climate migrants are on the move as nicholas hark reports when the tide is out what is left of his home resurfaces. this is where the kitchen was he tells his son. he shows him his grandparents bedroom. and the living area where they would all watch t.v. together the ocean swallowed the two story house i do share with his ten relatives

. it's a series of bad storms that destroyed the homes on the coast over the years the ocean keeps pushing forward they live on the brink in an archipelago barely one meter above sea level so louis was once france's colonial capital in africa now tens of thousands of its residents have been displaced due to natural processes and human intervention. on a visit in february the president of france promised millions of dollars to save this unesco world heritage site and its inhabitants saying climate change was to blame for the destruction that forced france were urgently invest in the coastal marine life to help and protect its preservation macky sall has begun a memberships program in the north to put up stone along the coastline in two thousand and three senegalese engineers dug a small canal in one of the islands facing the ocean thinking it would help evacuate flooded waters from the city center instead it made it worse the five

meters wide canal is now five kilometers long the city council is building an embankment made out of stone and metal people here say it will be no match to the force of the ocean that has already destroyed concrete homes their fear is at the rate at which the ocean is rising here it's just a matter of decades before neighborhoods of this ancient city vanish under the water. displaced families are really catered to these makeshift tents on the edge of this the hell. the rising temperatures and lack of water make it impossible to grow any food and so some have left the camp. not war or poverty but the changing climate they travel through the sahara desert and across the mediterranean to europe. adding to the hundreds of millions of climate refugees now on the move

in search for a safe place to live. the hawk al-jazeera sinegal. take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the u.s. says it's locked and loaded for another military strike if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again that warning follows the most significant western allied attack against president assad's government since the seven began. with a warning a future action came during a u.n. security council meeting on saturday a russian drafted resolution condemning the west and allied strikes in syria was voted down by the member countries. speaking to the u.s. state department spokeswoman heaven about the strikes she says the military operation had the intended effect we have to watch as five hundred thousand civilians have been killed in syria for far too many years and when we thought what

recently happened last saturday with the gassing of innocent women children and men that was far too far if united states came together with those other countries then in a math is not just to syria but also to russia and the other backer iran saying we will not tolerate this the world cannot tolerate. syria has dominated discussions on the second and final day of the summit of the americas in peru u.s. vice president mike pence called on leads us to support the u.s. led strikes he said he's confident government forces use chlorine gas in last week's suspected chemical attack on. somali security forces have blocked offices from transporting military equipment back to the u.a.e. and. unload military equipment from a private jet before taking off relations between the two countries have been strained since the u.a.e. announced plans to build a military base in somalia's breakaway territory of somaliland the funeral of the

anti-apartheid activists winnie mandela has been held in south africa thousands of people gathered in her hometown of so western to pay tribute to the woman known as the mother of the nation she died nearly two weeks ago in johannesburg at the age of eighty one after unknown unless. right up to date those are the latest headlines the news continues in about thirty minutes but after inside story.