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if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again the united states is locked and loaded. threats of future military action as the un security council rejects a russian resolution to condemn allied missile strikes in syria. donald trump says the mission was a success and pushed the assad regime's chemical weapons program back by gives. that armor a call this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up syria dominates the summit of the americas and peru with the us finds president defending the military action . past the island in senegal where by using sea levels or creating some of the

world's first climate migrants. the u.s. says it's locked and loaded for another military strike if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again now that warning follows the most significant western allies attack against president bashar al assad's government in the seven year war the u.s. u.k. and france launched more than one hundred missiles on sites they say were linked to syria's chemical weapons program it was in retaliation for last days to suspected chemical attack on the town of duma and the smoke was still rising from those sites as the reaction came in from across the region to hear expressed support for the strikes the syrian government and iran called the criminal russia drafted a u.n. security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression that was voted

down as mike hanna reports from the united nations. 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 because the secretary general's repeated calls for unity ignored diodes all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate matters 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 in a gruesome news learned that 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 turman who was guilty u.k.

ambassador argued the strikes were justified in terms of international law and in 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 us 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. like 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 well country to claims by russia and syria the u.s. insists all of its missiles hit their intended targets the strikes came ahead of a visit by chemical weapons experts who are now in syria to investigate the alleged attack and in the classical hain has the latest 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 the syrian chemical weapons program i'm not saying they're not going to be able to reconstitute their theory and 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 to do 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 hain al-jazeera at the pentagon. all meanwhile some u.s. senators are accusing donald trump of overstepping his authority with the strike on syria as the details from washington. the question of legality still hangs over donald trump's decision to launch an assault in syria is certainly when james mattis who is the defense secretary was giving evidence of capitol hill in thursday he was asked several times under what authorization and the president possibly planned an attack on syria under the u.s. constitution it is for congress to declare war and they were suggesting that the

president needed to seek their authorization all these matters when he gave his news conference at the pentagon late on friday night here in the u.s. he said that the president was acting under article two of the constitution which gives him the right to take action to protect america's national interest well a number of senators will be asking the question on monday exactly what authorization did he think he was acting under and certainly we know a number of pressure groups also raise the question of legality with one seeing how can you talk about president assad breaking international law and then trying to force him to follow international law by essentially breaking international law this is a question that is going to continue here in washington d.c. in the days and the weeks to come syrian government forces say they have retaken eastern and they are not surprised the departure of the last rebel fighters from duma the russian defense ministry says twenty one thousand people including rebels

and their family members have been evacuated government forces launched an offensive anything in february backed by russia. some as of the americas has come to an end the agenda of this year's meeting was supposed to focus on tackling corruption at the u.s. led strikes in syria dominated the discussions on home and has more from lima. the photo point is planned but then the u.s. led missile strike on syria overshadowed the agenda at the summit of the americas 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 several countries hinted that they did justin trudeau further canada stands with our friends in this necessary response and we condemn in the strongest possible terms the use of chemical weapons and last week's attack in eastern goat. the

humanitarian and political problems in venezuela also took center stage more than a dozen countries signed the statement calling full among other things free and fair elections. can it also of course where we will win this one we will continue to be generous with the venezuelan people their own brothers but will be implacable with the oppressive regime and sort of. want us to see it ben as well and president nicolas maduro himself was uninvited to the summit he was defended in his absence by the foreign minister unlike cuba who traded blows with parents. no. it's not at all democratic to attack venezuela and mention president maduro when he's been excluded and isn't here to respond i did ject the insulting references to cuba and venezuela the castro regime is systematically cept the wealth of a great nation and stolen the lives of people. it's

a far cry from the last summit when barack obama's hand shake with castro symbolized storing relations or relative regional home and that's been replaced by division and high profile absences including the us president donald trump some of questioned if the event itself is still relevant as evidence to the contrary post peru pointed to a written commitment from countries to fight corruption that was a summit sufficient theme and the rule of the one that's in america's been shaken by region wide bribery scandal. but the document has no influence with measures and the summit ended with little evidence it's done much to clean up that reputation john home of. lima. the vast range of families being repatriated from bangladesh has arrived in state the family of five was given identification documents but not ship you had warned the community still faces discrimination and persecution in manama more than seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled to neighboring

bangladesh following a military crackdown last year attackers disguised as united nations peacekeepers have decimated two car bombs at french and u.n. bases in mali it's happened in timbuktu on saturday one peacekeeper was killed at least ten french soldiers were wounded no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. still ahead here on al-jazeera supporters as skepticism as the u.s. led strikes on syria spark heated debate in britain and france. and or tell you how u.s. trade tabs on china occurred f.x. as lucrative beef industry. hello rain has been and will be falling on lofty doesn't nations through iran and

up towards the caspian sea the good curl of cloud here that's a fair word indication obviously in the next twenty four hours starting so see if you showers in iran probably the north of iraq towards afghanistan more concentrated rain is dry for the sas twenty nine in kuwait city the bit warmer in baghdad slightly less what was supposed to wards mediterranean coast was with a northerly breeze was actually pretty pleasant in the sunshine should stay that way until the end of monday but the showers are developing a bit further sas in iraq by this time this cloud showing up in the arabian gulf and we have seen pretty good blowing sand and showers down this part of the world the last couple of days sunday looks fine but among the of course the cloud coming back again the potential for more thunderstorms and a bit of dust india were rather more in the bit is there for eastern saudi maybe u.a.e. qatar and bahrain to the south through the tropics we head down to what should be a drying picture mr won two big showers in south africa moving through quickly in a towel and

a bit of rain i think on the western coast of namibia that tends to dry out by the time we get to monday but if anything kate time could see a decent shower or two. the simple eunice's for every gang member you will find in a climate of fear rhetoric is easily abused the poor food lines investigative new initiatives to combat gangs a simply being used to target the undocumented and vulnerable we started hearing kids report that had been picked up and his parents didn't even know kids were just literally being disappeared trumps war on gangs on al-jazeera.

top stories. the syrian government uses chemical weapons and. western allies attack against president bashar assad's government. there warning of future action. at the summit of the americas to support the strikes on syria. on. reaction to strikes among syrians as divided supporters of the government have called them illegal they don't go far enough.

with syria. this is what's left of the birds a scientific research center targeted by missiles from the u.s. britain and france the site near the syrian capital damascus was among three alleged chemical weapons facilities hit during the joint operation the u.s. hopes the 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. as war has divided opinion in the middle east people came out in solidarity with the assad government in cities their support for iran and hezbollah or there is high and u.s. 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 thanks 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. he shared last night's strike that happened at dawn against syria is a crime clearly announced that the us 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 involved welcomed the military action and we support the american strike because we support everything that 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 i suspect a chemical attack on duma last week predictably support the allies of the assad government and those who oppose it while russia denies the attack ever took place

turkey says assad's actions must have consequences their own gender just 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 see 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. the strikes were 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 parliament wasn't consulted on a phillips reports. into the dark 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 the civil war it is not about regime change. it is about a limited 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 their way and the french government described 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 him from carrying out

more chemical attacks and pursuing a strategy of terror against his population this action is proportionate and targeted. on the streets of paris some support for the a time to move to sit to talk 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. 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 of launch the strikes she claims there is 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 raise the 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 but to be philip's al-jazeera westminster in central london. and journalists in nigeria previously involved in negotiations with boko haram says only a few the two box schoolgirls being held by the armed group are still alive nigerian government says it has no way of backing up the reporter's claim insistent goshi ations are ongoing exactly four years ago boko haram kidnapped two hundred

seventy six girls from their school in chibok activists held a vigil to mark the anniversary and call for the release of the girls still in captivity. people in china are being courage to boycott american products and services in response to u.s. threats to impose more tariffs on chinese goods imports of american beef which depend heavily on the middle class consumers could be hard hit out on a correspondent john brown has more from shanghai. it's freezing inside this storage room it has to be the boxes contain a prime u.s. beef fresh from the nebraska prairies a seventeen tons shipment recently arrived at the shanghai meat importer that was before the escalation in trade tensions between china and the united states and the threat of new tariffs on u.s. beef the firm's boss initially feared the worst being left with a lot of expensive meat on which he'd make little or no profit on your order when

we heard there might be a twenty five percent tariff we thought oh no we can't do business anymore. his concerns have subsided but he still faces another problem uncertainty. why when we can only make plans when trade relations between china and the united states are stable that's why we're not totally sure how often and how much we should buy so far we've bought seventeen tons and sold two tons and if it really does come to a trade war it's going to be several more weeks before the new tariff on beef is applied more young says he feels uneasy he will continue to import u.s. beef because he says they'll always be demand for what he regards as a quality product he just won't import so much of it instead he'll buy more from australia new zealand and canada young says that after president xi jinping speech on tuesday he's less worried about

a trade war happening now she promised to deepen economic reform and to improve the business environment for foreign investors the appetite for beef in china is being driven by the country's growing middle class consumption has risen more than ten percent in the past five years so when china lifted a thirteen year ban on u.s. imports a year ago it was welcome news here for many chinese consumers though u.s. beef remains an unavoidable luxury to follow the american beef really doesn't have that much to do it people how many chinese people eat american beef not even ten percent please supply it imported american beef certainly becomes much more expensive i probably will go for something else after all we also have good beef in china and from other countries the american people is not irreplaceable not words the u.s. beef industry wants to hear amid declining beef consumption at home it's relying on

global demand a demand that is increasingly being led by china adrian brown al jazeera shanghai. the chief executive of the world's biggest advertising agency w p p has stepped down and searles resignation comes he's being investigated for personal misconduct a misuse of company funds he denies any wrongdoing. the funeral of the anti-apartheid activist when he. has been held in south africa thousands of people gathered in her hometown of so west side to pay tribute to the woman known to many as the mother of the nation catherine sawyer reports. denis casket is brought into their land a stadium. welcome to the. tens of thousands of south africans came to be had by the best way they know through song and dance thanks. limbers of different political parties sat side by side

with dominating collars and cleaning yelling for the african national congress was part of and bred for economic freedom fighters whose ideology shanked president cyril ramaphosa described as a b.s. revolutionary she lives on in that nation that's called her mama. as its thrives each day to fulfill its destiny as a united peaceful and prosperous and just society. to many south africans just last only a fatal fight a duel apartheid she also stood with the poor after all it's most people here relate to. even after apartheid was ended she continues to fight for their rights she often said that south africa may have. many execs to know what it really mean. economic and social freedom people have talked of her desire to see fair

distribution of land a passion for young people and how frustrations she was about the wealth disparity between the minority white and elite black south africans of one. hand and majority poor on the other we also have to go back and decide for ourselves what natural justice means there's a country so i think that people feel aggrieved that african majority in this country many of them feel incredibly still aggrieved. by the idea that people who had brutalized 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 criticized or vilifying and abandoning her after apartheid some of them. but i mean it's you know after and there are you know colonel riley that her parents and their caretakers of you know you know china that's our present day where do you think you'll be late to the end of the world after all was said and

done we mandela's potential slowly made its way through so we're told the township she called home to a memorial cemetery where she was buried. people say she never wavered from fighting for a better life for black south africans and for that they say she's a hero catching saw al-jazeera johannesburg here i understand larry and senegal is listed in two thousand as unesco world heritage site but rising sea levels are gradually eating up its main city without urgent intervention more than three hundred years of colonial history could be lost now hundreds of climate migrants are on the move as a close hock 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 living area where they would all watch t.v. together. the ocean swallowed the two story house i do shared 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 san louis was once frances 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 their business 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 committed to these makeshift tents on the edge of this to help. cure 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 this area 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. this is out zero these are the top stories the u.s. says as 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 bashar assad's government in the seven year war the warning of future action came during a u.n. security council meeting on saturday a russian drafted resolution condemning the u.s. strike on syria was voted down by the member countries syrian government forces say they've retaken eastern announcement follows the departure of the last rebel fighters from duma the russian defense ministry says twenty one thousand people including rebels and their family members have been evacuated government forces launched an offensive in in february backed by russia.

syria has dominated discussions on the second and final day of the summit of the americas and peru u.s. vice president mike pence called on leaders to support the u.s. led strikes he said he is confident government forces use chlorine gas and last week suspected chemical attack on the duma the first range of family to be repatriated from bangladesh has arrived in myanmar state a family of five was given identification documents but not and ship un warns the community still faces discrimination and persecution in myanmar all and seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled to neighboring bangladesh following a minute she cracked last year. attackers disguised as united nations peacekeepers have detonated two car bombs at french and u.n. bases in mali the attack happened in timbuktu on saturday one peacekeeper was killed and ten french soldiers were wounded no one has yet claimed responsibility

for the attack on a journalist in nigeria previously involved in the gay she. says only a few of the chibok school girls being held by the armed group are still alive government says it has no way of backing up the reporter's claim. going exactly four years ago kidnapped two hundred seventy six girls from the school book activists held a vigil to mark the anniversary and call for the release of the girl still in captivity. headlines are back with another news update after. a story fourteen hundred years of the. story.