this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: three explosions around the borussia dortmund team bus, have left one player injured. their champions league match against monaco has now been postponed the parents of a charlie gard say they're "devastated" and may appeal, after a judge gave doctors the right to withdraw life support from their son. charlie's parents, connie and chris, are devastated by today's decision. they're struggling to come to terms with the court's refusal to allow the treatment to be given to him and wondering why this door has been closed to him. the us secretary of state is in moscow for crunch talks on syria, after g7 foreign ministers failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. 0h, oh, my god, look at what you did to him! united airlines says employees followed established procedures, after footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off an overbooked flight sparked outrage. and the best view in britain. what you see from mount snowdon

comes out on top in a poll of the best views in the uk. also this next hour — be careful how you tip your smartphone, as you could be giving away your passwords. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the german football club borussia dortmund says one of their players, marc bartra, has been injured in an explosion on their team bus. police say there were three explosions in total. the bus was on its way to dortmund's stadium, ahead of their champions league match against monaco, which was due to kick off now. the game has now been postponed until tomorrow. well, we can now speak to our correspondent damian mcguinness,

who's following this story from berlin. just bring us up to date with exactly what may have happened here. what seems to have happened is that three explosions, police say they don't know what caused the explosions, what seems to have happened is the team were leaving their hotel in the bus on the way to their hotel in the bus on the way to the stadium. there is the suspicion that the explosions were planted along the road. they don't know whether the bus was actually the aim of these explosions. they've said that the stadium has not been affected and that no—one else was injured, just that one player, who was then take ton hospital. —— taken to hospital. police are trying to be cautious because they know little about the cause of these explosions and what the actual aim of the explosions were. because they're really saying it's very important for us not to speculate. as you know, we've had quite a few different sorts of attacks in germany over the past year. some of

them terror related, but some of them terror related, but some of them not. some of them carried out by individuals who have had some sort of psychological problems. police are being very cautious really and saying that we have to try not to speculate too much about what the cause of this particular incident might be. we'll leave it there. thanks, damien. any more on this story and we'll bring it to you as soon as we get it. the parents of an eight—month—old baby boy say they are devastated, after the high court ruled that doctors at great ormond street hospital can withdraw his life support. they shouted "no" and broke down in tears, as they heard the decision. charlie gard has a very rare genetic condition and brain damage. his parents have raised more than £1 million to take him to america for experimental treatment. but the judge said it was not in charlie's best interests. the boy's parents say they want to appeal. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is charlie gard — unable to move, he is fed through a tube and breathes through a machine. there is no cure for his rare muscle wasting condition. but his parents, connie yates

and chris gard, refuse to accept the advice of doctors at great ormond street hospital that further treatment is futile. they arrived at the high court to hear a judge decide the fate of their only child, and it was the outcome they were dreading. thejudge ruled there could be no benefit to taking charlie abroad. given the overwhelming medical evidence, there was only one possible outcome to this tragic case. the judge said it was with the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction, that he ruled that all treatment except palliative care be withdrawn to permit charlie to die with dignity. charlie's parents are back by their son's bed side, their legal team say they're devastated. connie and chris are facing every parent's worse nightmare, they're struggling to understand why the court has not at least given charlie the chance

of treatment in america. the medical evidence is complex and the treatment offered potentially groundbreaking. these are not easy issues, and they remain utterly committed, like any parent, to wanting to do their utmost for their child. we just wanted to be given a chance because, you know, you're never going to find treatments or cures for these things if you never try anything. and the public responded. 82,000 people made online donations totalling more £1.2 million. it was to pay for treatment in the united states so experimental it's never been tried on humans or animals with the rare genetic disorder. the court would have many things to take into consideration here. one would be whether continued existence for the child, whether in america or in england, would have been burdensome to the child himself, would have involved pain and suffering. crucially, charlie's doctors

think he can experience pain and the treatment proposed could not reverse his brain damage. the judge said this was the darkest day for charlie's parents but he hoped they would come to accept he should be allowed to slip away peacefully. fergus walsh, bbc news. the american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has arrived in russia, ahead of tomorrow's talks, as tensions between the two countries continue to grow. he's urging president putin to withdraw his support for the assad regime in the wake of last week's chemical attack on a rebel town in syria. he flew out from italy, where g7 foreign ministers had been meeting. they rejected a british call for new sanctions to be imposed on syria and russia. meanwhile, president putin has claimed that enemies of the syrian president are planning future chemical weapons attacks to discredit the syrian government. this report from our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, contains some distressing images. america's top diplomat,

arriving in moscow, doesn't accept this is mission impossible. rex tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the russians to ditch syria's president assad, and he isn't mincing his words. moscow, he said earlier, bears a heavy responsibility for last week's chemical attack. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously or russia has been incompetent. but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. russia's president, vladimir putin, is sending mixed signals. meeting the italian president today, the russian leader is apparently hoping for constructive co—operation with washington, but he is still talking up the risk of confrontation, saying he had information america was planning further strikes on syria. translation: we have information from various sources that similar provocations, i can't call them any differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria too, including

the southern suburbs of damascus, where they're preparing to release some sort of substance again. moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing about last week's gas attack — that there should be a full investigation. but there's plenty of room to dispute who carries it out and when and how. and the g7 meeting in italy of america's allies ended today without giving rex tillerson much of a stick to carry to moscow. ministers failed to agree any threat of future targeted sanctions on top russian and syrian military officials. borisjohnson had pressed hard for it but insisted afterwards no consensus was not defeat. i'm not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy, but there are very few or better routes forward that i can see for the russians. this is a way forward for russia and for syria,

and in going to make this offer, i think that rex tillerson has, as you can see, overwhelming support. the last family photo in italy for america and her allies was not quite as happy as the hawks in this line—up would have liked. rex tillerson did get universal endorsement of president trump's missile strike on syria, but he's left here for moscow without the sort of stick to threaten russia that borisjohnson, at least, would have liked. james robbins, bbc news. with me now isjeremy shapiro from the european council on foreign relations, a former advisor to the us secretary of state of us policy in the levant. we know the message that mr tillerson is taking to moscow, mr putin you need to move away from mr assad. that certainly is what the british want and a number of other g 7 countries as well. is that the message that you

would have advised rex tillerson to ta ke would have advised rex tillerson to take over there at this particular time? i think if he's going to go, he has no choice but to give that message given that theyjust bombed assad and that the g 7 said that assad and that the g 7 said that assad must go. but the point is really that you're never going to separate assad and russia under the force of american arms. it was a lwa ys force of american arms. it was always going to be, to separate russia and assad would take cooperation with russia and by proceeding this message —— preceding this message with an attack, all they've done is get up putin's back and make sure he won't separate from assad. the last thing he wants to do is be seen as separating from assad under american pressure. what can come out of these talks? nothing can come out of these talks? nothing can come out of these talks that tillerson is in. vladimir putin has refused to see him. so, secretary tillerson will be seeing his counterpart, who is not the decision maker in moscow. i think that's a

signal that there will be nothing out of tillerson‘s visit. signal that there will be nothing out of tillerson's visit. does that mean then that the only way to move this whole thing forward for america is if they do see the white house and the americans, do see another chemical weapons attack or another atrocity. remember, chlorine gas, barrel bombs, all kinds of stuff used in that dreadful war. the only way to potentially move things forward is another american strike. i wouldn't even say that. 0bviously, atrocities are roughly speaking a daily occurrence in syria. so there will be plenty of opportunities for more punitive strikes. but punitive strikes are not going to change the dynamic of the syrian civil war, not separate the russians from the syrians and they‘ re separate the russians from the syrians and they're not going to seriously affect the dynamic on the ground. it seems to me the united states has two choices — they can either get less involved or a lot more involved. but the current level

of effort makes no sense. so bearing in mind donald trump's views on syria, they swing from one minute to the next, do you see america getting more involved? i don't have the faintest idea. donald trump's views on syria changed dramatically in the last week. to me, that implies that they could change dramatically back in the next week or it implies that he could become so frustrated and so angry by the defiance that he sees from assad and putin that he then does escalate and honestly, i have no idea. because trump has no consistency in this policy. he has no adherence to any sort of specific principle. what he said in the last 12 months has been put out the window in the last week, so who knows what the next week could bring. the americans, the russians rather, do now know that it is highly likely that if chemical weapons are used on the ground

again, then there will be an american attack. that surely has given vladimir putin pause for thought. and at least made him think i've got to call up president assad and tell him not to use chemical weapons. the russians were telling the syrians not to use chemical weapons. they aren't a very important part of the syrian civil war. of the hundreds of thousands of people that have died in the syrian civil war, very view have died from chemical weapons. possibly we won't see more comb can weapons aattacks. but we will see the syrian civil war continue. even if we see more chemical weapons attacks, and even if we see more american punitive strikes, that also won't change the dynamic. putin and assad don't have to do very much to react to that. assad already demonstrated, after the punitive strike on his airfield, that the airfield was flying the

next day. this is symbolic politics and assad is fighting a real war. so the bottom line is — i think for a lot of people, it seemed as if the us strike on that airfield last week marked a turning point. you're pretty much saying no.|j marked a turning point. you're pretty much saying no. i don't think so, no. ithink pretty much saying no. i don't think so, no. i think it may have marked a turning point in the american domestic politics on syria, but it certainly won't mark a turning point on the syrian civil war unless donald trump is willing to escalate dramatically. i'm not certain about that at all. but this current level of effort won't really make any difference. many thanks, jeremy. thanks for coming in. we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages: the headlines on bbc news:

three explosions around the borussia dortmund team bus has left one footballer injured. their champions league match against monaco has been postponed. the parents of a seriously ill baby say they're devastated and may appeal, after a judge gave doctors the right to withdraw life support from their son. the us secretary of state is in moscow for crunch talks on syria, after g 7 foreign ministers failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. now with all the sports news. we go to the bbc news centre. yes, the champions league quarter final

to the bbc news centre. yes, the champions league quarterfinal has been postponed after explosions near the german team's bus. 0ne been postponed after explosions near the german team's bus. one player has been injured and is being treated in hospital. 0urfootball reporterjohn bennett is with me. what's the latest that we know? german police have confirmed there we re german police have confirmed there were three explosions near the team bus, as the squad was on its way from the team hotel to the stadium, where the game against monaco was taking place. windows were shattered. as you mention, one player injured and borussia dortmund have confirmed in the last half hour that player is the spanish international marc bartra, who has been taken to hospital. there are reports that he's injured his hand, injured his arm. but that's yet to be confirmed. he's had messages of support from dortmund. they say, "all our support to marc bartra. a good and quick recovery." barcelona have tweeted their support as well. the bus was damaged in two places. about 15 minutes before kickoff

there was an announcement that the game will be postponed. it will be played on wednesday. it will be played on wednesday. it will be played tomorrow. the kickoff will be at 17. 45 uk time. it was a packed stadium at the time. the club confirmed there was no danger in or around the stadium. a packed stadium and the monaco fans inside the stadium they chanted their support for borussia dortmund and everyone in the stadium was urged to keep calm. they're filing out of the stadium as we speak. the game has been postponed. it will be played tomorrow. thank you very much. the other quarter final betweenjuventus and barcelona is going ahead. half and barcelona is going ahead. half an hour gone so far. juve unbeaten in 21 home european matches. they're winning this one too. they scored in the seventh minute. and again, dybala scoring. craig

shakespeare has denied there was any falling out with claudio ranieri before the former boss was sacked in january. ranieri was on television last night hinting that someone behind him at the club was responsible for his departure. leicester are in spain to face atletico madrid in their historic champions league quarter final first leg tomorrow. claudio was in good humour. he came across exactly as i know him. but i think my stance is, you know, for my first interview, i remember coming into the packed room then and stating that i'd spoke to claudio the night that he was relieved. he thanked me for my time. i thanked him. he said it was football. as i said, there's never been any arguments. never any hard feelings. that's my side of it. ? eight days before he could be announced as the lions captain sam warburton has been

ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipperfor injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipper for the injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipperfor the tour to injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipper for the tour to new zealand this summer. he picked up the injury last week. he may be able to play at the end of may if his club is involved in the champions cup play—off. the first match of the tour onjune play—off. the first match of the touronjune3 play—off. the first match of the tour onjune 3 and the first test on the 24th. two others from the world of rugby have announced they're calling it a day in the summer. former scotland captain kelly brown will retire at the end of the season to become an academy coach at his current club saracens. he's also earned some 64 caps for his country. the former wales and british and irish lions mike philips will finish playing at the end of the campaign. philips currently at sale sharks, he won two grand slams with wales. he finishes his careerjust short of winning 100 finishes his careerjust short of winning100 international caps. finishes his careerjust short of winning 100 international caps. ( that is all the sport for now. more

in the next hour. shares in united airlines fell sharply today, after footage emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked flight in chicago. the man was dragged by his arms along the aisle and injured as he was taken off the plane. the airline's boss has apologised after initially describing the man as disruptive and beladies and gentleman rant. —— belligerent. it's the world's leading airline — flyer—friendly. screaming hardly the friendly skies, as a 69—year—old doctor is dragged screaming from his seat. named locally as david dow, he was forcefully removed because he wouldn't give up his place to accommodate four united airlines crew members who had arrived after the plane had boarded. they dragged him out of his seat, banging his head on the armrest.

then pulled him out of the plane, as if he was less than human. busted his lip. look at what you did to him! ten minutes later, he returned, clearly dazed, as shocked passengers continued recording. global backlash over this video... the incident has become a pr disasterfor the airline, compounded by statements from its chief executive. 0scar munoz said he regrets the situation but that staff followed established procedures. he described the passenger as disruptive and belligerent. in an e—mail to employees, he repeated his regrets but added that he emphatically stood behind them and commended them for "going above and beyond to ensure we fly right." but millions of people on social media say united airlines is far from flying right. "not enough seating? time for a beating," said one tweet, a theme that quickly became fodderfor late—night television.

united didn't even admit they did anything wrong, in fact, if anything, they seemed to be doubling down on this. 0n united airlines, you do what we say when we say and there won't be a problem, capisce? but the incident is no joke for united and could cost the airline a lot more than the goodwill of its customers. shares opened down 3% on tuesday, and forecasters predict more turbulence ahead. jane 0'brien, bbc news, washington. in the last few minutes, the ceo of united 0scar munoz has put out a statement. i'm going to read a bit of it now. "the truly horrific event that occurred on this flight has elicited many responses from all of us, outrage, anger disappointment. i

share all those sentiments. i want you to know we take full responsibility and we will work to make it right. i promise we will do better." this is after the he initially described the man on the plane as belligerent and disruptive. joining me via a web link isjoe leader, ceo of the airline passenger experience association. good to see you, tharchingz for being with us. -- thanks for being with us. thanks for having me. united got this wrong from the beginning to the end. yes, and i'm glad to see that they've just released that updated statement. it really shows what they should have done initially, which is to come out in favour of the passenger, while overbooking situations do occur, you need to be passenger seb trick, when it -- need to be passenger seb trick, when it —— centric when it occurs. need to be passenger seb trick, when it -- centric when it occurs. oscar munoz in early statements made it clear that the staff were following

established procedures. i want to know, if you buy a ticket and you get on a plane, and the airline says the plane is overbooked and you refuse to get off the plane, do they have the right to kick you off? u nfortu nately, have the right to kick you off? unfortunately, they do. this is where it really pays to know your rights as a passenger. number one, they're required to ask for volu nteers they're required to ask for volunteers and they will up that amount. two, if they don't, in the united states, if they do not get a volunteer, they are required to provide $1350 for a flight delay over six hours and also get you to your final destination. over six hours and also get you to yourfinal destination. so over six hours and also get you to your final destination. so an easy solution here could have been simply putting the passenger on uberand less tha n putting the passenger on uberand less than five hours later he would arrive and still have more than $1,000 in his pocket. what happened here doesn't reflect what united wa nts to here doesn't reflect what united wants to do moving forward. i'm glad that their ceo has stated that.

yeah, indeed. they could have saved a lot of money by using uberor many other companies that are out there — uber. their share price fell today on the news of all this. yes, and i think it really underlines a need for airlines to take care of their passengers, no matter the situation. i think united will rapidly recover. 0scar as their ceo has been behind their movement to make certain that their movement to make certain that their passengers and their employees are well taken care of. this really didn't align with their values fully. i think they're correcting that now. i saw the statement from united before we went on air. i was heartened to see that not only are they addressing this but 0scar committed by april 30th that they will have a turn key solution to make certain this never happens again. joe, good to see you. the ceo of the airline passenger experience association and what an experience that chap on the plane had. thanks joe. thanks for having me. almost 1,000 care workers,

who look after the elderly and the vulnerable, left theirjobs every day in england last year — mostly because of low pay and long hours — according to new figures. some moved on to otherjobs, but more than half of them left the profession entirely. the uk care association claims the system is close to collapse. the government says an extra £2 billion is being invested in social care. let's speak to norman lamb, who joins me from our studios in norwich. good too see you, thanks for being with us. these figures, on the face of it, look horrific. are they shocking to you? well, they're not that unexpected. they are horrific. it's not a sustainable situation, as your report indicated, this is because of both long hours and often very low pay, non—payment or underpayment of the minimum wage is endemic in parts of the care system. in a sense, we're keeping

the system going on the backs of, in a way, really exploiting very poorly paid workers. you can't actually carry on like that. at some point the government needs to recognise that they need to confront this. i've argued that this should be a cross— party i've argued that this should be a cross—party process. i'm calling it an nhs care convention, engaging with the public in a mature discussion about how we can fund a modern, effective and sustainable health and care system. how did we get to this state in in the report that we've been playing throughout the day on bbc news, one care worker says that she works a lot of hours. she's helping people in difficult circumstances, sometimes. she gets paid circumstances, sometimes. she gets pa id less circumstances, sometimes. she gets paid less than someone stacking shelves in a supermarket. how did we get to this state? well, the truth is that with successive governments, whether the labour government in the last decade, the coalition or the

current conservative government, the ca re system, current conservative government, the care system, the social care system, run by local authorities, has always lost out, compared to the nhs. the nhs is more politically sexy. it gets more of the money that's available than the social care system. actually, if you think about it, that's ridiculous. because we're failing to invest in the preventive services that stop people ending up unnecessarily in hospital. at some point we've got to change this and invest more in good preventive care at home. that's going to take money, and we know times are tight. that's right. ina and we know times are tight. that's right. in a way, the argument i make is that partisan politics has failed to come up with solutions. none of the political parties has got a solution for this nhs and care crisis. all of the solutions are difficult politically because it involves more money. that's why i'm saying that the government needs to bind all of us into a process, engaging with the public. this is

not rocket science. if we all commit toa not rocket science. if we all commit to a process, we could come up with a long—term settlement, refreshing the nhs and care system. after all, it was the 1940s that this system was invented. i think it's in time for a refresh. and seeing social ca re for a refresh. and seeing social care and the nhs as part of one organism, as it were, and having an holistic approach to both, not separating two, dividing and conquering. you're absolutely right. too often we look at one or the other. the government is proposing another green paper on social care in the autumn. this is ridiculous. we've been debating this for the last two decades. we're getting nowhere. i took the care act through parliament. we introduced a cap on ca re costs parliament. we introduced a cap on care costs to protect people from catastrophic cost. then within weeks of the general election, the government, the new conservative government, the new conservative government abandoned that. just continuing to talk in this way is getting us nowhere. we need action.

you know, ultimately all parties are culpable here. we have to be prepared to commit to a process that delivers a solution, because ultimately we're letting this country down. ok, thanks forjoining us. thank you forjoining us. stay with this. much more coming up. time for a look at the weather. another lovely su nset a look at the weather. another lovely sunset at the end of the day across the southern half of the uk. too much clout in scotland and northern ireland and a wet end in western scotland. the rain easing off in the highlands. blustery conditions but turning water into south—west scotland and northern ireland as we finished the night. the breeze and called keeping temperatures. more cloud in wales tonight. more breeze. not as cold to

start tomorrow morning. it will be a bright start with sunny spells. cloudy conditions compared to the past few days. morning rain in northern ireland and scotland. the same fort north—west england. a damp afternoon in wales and the midlands. not too much rain in the afternoon and sunshine showers. a brighter day with scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 1516 degrees in the south where it should stay dry. the overall trend for this week is cooler especially at night. while there will be if you showers as well. you are watching bbc news. they top stories for you now at just after half eight. there have been three explosions close to the brassiere dortmund football team bus on its way to a champions league quarterfinal match. 0ne on its way to a champions league quarterfinal match. one player was injured. the match with monaco will be played tomorrow. foreign

ministers from the g—7 countries have rejected british calls for new sanctions on syria and russia, but borisjohnson insists they sanctions on syria and russia, but boris johnson insists they agreed that the suspected chemical weapons attack means moscow must end its support for president assad. they have a choice now, because he's been exposed as a user of gas and chemical weapons. they have a choice of sticking with them like glue were deciding to work with the rest of the world towards a new political solution. the parents of charles garner, a desperately ill ajer baby -- if garner, a desperately ill ajer baby —— if duygu ete baby, city made at the decision to withdraw life support against their wishes. united ireland has begun an enquiry after this footage emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight. being forcibly removed from a flight. the airline has apologised and promised to do better. the social care system is close to colla pse

social care system is close to collapse a credit card providers. they seek new figures show around 900 workers left the industry every day last year. a huge fire has destroyed a camp housing about 1500 migrants at dunkirk in northern france. according to an official, the fire started during a dispute between afghans and kurds. at least ten people were hurt. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, has been to what remains of the camp. we will go to the united states and the defence secretary, james mattis and the army chief is there with him. what he has to say. good afternoon. i previously released a statement on the us military response to the syrian regime using chemical weapons. i thought this was an appropriate time now for the

general and died to update you on the military action itself. last tuesday, the 4th of april, the syrian regime attacked its own people using chemical weapons. i have personally reviewed the intelligence and there is no doubt the syrian regime is responsible for the syrian regime is responsible for the decision to attack and for the attack itself. in response to the attack, our government began a deliberate process, led by the national security council, to recommend diplomatic and military options to the president. we met over several days and i spoke with some of our allies. the national security council considered the near century—old prohibition on the use of chemical weapons, the repeated violations of that international law by the syrian regime and the inexplicable ruthless murder the regime had committed. we determined

that a measured military response could best deterrent to regime from doing this again. as always, we examined how best to avoid civilian casualties in the execution of the strike and our actions were successful. based on these considerations, on the 6th of april, the president directed military action consistent with our vital national interest to deterrent the use of chemical weapons. this military action demonstrates the states will not passively stand by while assad ignores international law and employs chemical weapons he had declared destroyed. we were aware of the presence of russians at the airfield and took appropriate actions to ensure new russians were injured in the attack. 0ur military policy in syria has not changed. 0ur priority remains the defeat of islamic state. islamic state represents a clear and present

danger and represents a clear and present dangerand an represents a clear and present danger and an immediate threat to europe and ultimately the united states homeland. in closing, the syrian regime should think long and ha rd before syrian regime should think long and hard before a cookie and acts so recklessly in violation of international law against the use of chemical weapons. the general will now provide further information on the strike. thank you mr secretary. the united states central command was directed to develop military options in response to the syrian regime using chemical weapons. we did that and developed a target strike package with the goal being to eliminate those capabilities, including airframes, to eliminate those capabilities, including air frames, fuel supplies and equipment which provided offensive military capacity for the regime from the airfield. we did not deliberately target personnel. once the order was received with targeted 59 locations on the airfield and struck 57 of those. we assessed that we achieve their stated objective in

the ability of the regime to develop offensive capability, which we assess was the launching point for the chemical attack. it has been severely degraded. we are paying closer attention to the environment and are properly postured to respond as necessary. we are focused on the defeat of islamic state which is our primary mission. i want to commend the exceptional skill and professionalism of our military forces in this strike operation. they performed extraordinarily well and we are very proud of them. thank you. we can take your questions now. thank you. you mentioned about defeating aces in syria is your main priority. in light of the chemical attack, is it your view that the agencies should take additional steps such as grading systems or no—fly zones or even attempting to re move no—fly zones or even attempting to remove basha al—assad from power and

ifi remove basha al—assad from power and if i can ask the general, if he could bring us up—to—date on the prospects presenting additional troops to syria to accelerate the campaign there? the goal right now in syria and the military campaign is focused on accomplishing the defeat of islamic state, destroying isis in syria. this was a separate issue which arose in the midst of that campaign. the us by the assad regime of chemical weapons and we addressed that militarily, but the rest of the campaign stays on track exactly as it was before the violation. you don't see a point in no—fly zones or see those issues which you bring up are always under consideration amongst allies and the president has options, but right now the purpose of this attack was singular against the chemical

weapons. for the question directed at me,| weapons. for the question directed at me, lam not weapons. for the question directed at me, i am not going to comment on anything we might do in the future. we remain engaged with the department on the way forward. we will let the leadership make these decisions and we will act accordingly. for both of you, mr secretary, you said that assad should think long and hard about doing this again. it seems like you are sending him a very direct military message. what message are you sending to assad about this? do you sending to assad about this? do you feel, what message are you sending and why do you feel he chose to do this not until the club administration took office? did he read the signals from administration officials that isis was no longer at the top priority and regime change was not a priority? are you sending

him a new signal and although you do not talk about future military operations and isis remains a priority, how prepared are you and our central command to take on additional military targeting question what do you feel you know, evenif question what do you feel you know, even if you cannot say, where his chemical weapons are? we even if you cannot say, where his chemicalweapons are? we believe that assad has used chemical weapons several times over the last several yea rs, several times over the last several years, violating international law prohibiting the us since 1925. syria isa prohibiting the us since 1925. syria is a signatory to the international convention. for them to have done this several times recently, over the last several years is what i mean by recently, you have got to ask him why he chose now to try it ain? ask him why he chose now to try it again? i trust he regretted now considering the damage done to his force, but when i say he should think long and hard about it, i will let the mission speak for itself on

that score. i wouldjust let the mission speak for itself on that score. i would just say that, us central command are very confident that we can respond to any directions were orders that the secretary and the present —— president give us. do you know where the chemical weapons are? president give us. do you know where the chemical weapons are ?|j president give us. do you know where the chemical weapons are? i will not speculate but i am confident in our ability to respond when we are asked to do things. could you bring us up today about what measures you are taking ina today about what measures you are taking in a new and more tense environment to ensure protection of us forces on the ground in syria? could you please let us know how does what you are doing militarily in syria fit into a broader strategy being developed by the administration? how does this strike and the positioning of us forces on the ground helped in a broader strategic sense? the broader

strategy as you know is embedded inside a global strategy and over all, right now, the americans are making very clear that isis is in our cross hairs and that is what our conduct of the campaign in syria is designed to take on, it is to take on isis and defeat them. this other effort which came up in the midst of that had to be addressed because it addresses a vital national interest of hours that chemical weapons not be used, but people are not keep getting lowered by the assad regime so this becomes commonplace. we had to make a very clear statement on this. i would just to make a very clear statement on this. i wouldjust add to make a very clear statement on this. i would just add that this is something we always pay attention to. as the environment changes, we change with it. we continue to pay

attention to that as we executed this operation. i think we took a prudent measures to make sure our forces, all of our coalition forces operating with us were well protected and well aware of what was going on and we had prudent measures in place and what we have done is entrusted our commanders on the ground with the authority in decision—making to resume operations as they assess the environment and i am confident in their ability to do that. and additional that you could specify that you have done differently? i don't think we have done anything differently that we haven't done in the past. there have been mixed messages from the administration about whether you are calling for regime change in syria. are you prepared, are you calling for assad to step aside and are you prepared militarily if he were to step aside tomorrow? have you seen any evidence that the iranians were

involved in this chemical attack and any evidence that assad is moving his chemical stockpiles around within syria? the strike that we are talking about here today was directed at the people who planned it, who held on to the weapons, contrary to what they had promised the international community and the united nations when they said they had gotten rid of those weapons and the reason for the strike was that alone. it was not a harbinger of some change in our military campaign. i am unaware of any information regarding iranians participation in this. i think we have seen information that aircraft have seen information that aircraft have been moved around, so i would expect some movement of his equipment has taken place, whether it is chemicals or not i cannot

comment. i would like to ask you of you if you think russia had advanced knowledge of this strike and if russia should be considered as complicit in this strike? the chemical weapons attack.|j complicit in this strike? the chemical weapons attack. i can speak for both of us on that one. the assad regime planned it, orchestrated and executed it. beyond that, we cannot say right now. we know what i just told you. that, we cannot say right now. we know what ijust told you. we do not know what ijust told you. we do not know anything beyond that. on friday the administration said that a drone was sighted over that village and they were not sure whether it was a russian drone for a syrian drone. has it been determined whether the drone was syrian or russian?|j has it been determined whether the drone was syrian or russian? i do not know. i will tell you that we have gone back through and looked at all the evidence we can and it is

very clear who planned this attack, who authorised this attack and conducted attack. that we do know. with no doubt whatsoever. can you help us understand why the death of innocent men women and children from chemical weapon attacks, but the debts are far more men women and children from conventional weapons does not warrant a military response? i think what we have to look at your is a policy decision by the united states. there is a limit, i think, to what we can do and when you look at what happened with this chemical attack, we knew that we could not stand passively by on

this, but it was not a statement that we could enter full—fledged, fullbore into the most complex civil war raging on the planet at this time. the intent was to stop the cycle of violence into an area that, evenin cycle of violence into an area that, even in world war ii, chemical weapons were not used on battlefields. even in the korean war they were not used in battlefields. since world war i, there has been an international convention on this and to stand idly by when that convention is violated, that is what we had to take action on urgently in our own vital interest. you have just been watching a conference from the pentagon am a press conference by the us secretary of defence james mattis and an army general. the most

important aspect is coming out of that are about the attacks last week on an airfield in syria from a us warship with tomahawk cruise missiles did not suggest a shift in us policy in terms of whether or not president assad should be ousted. us policy remains fixed on defeating islamic state or isis, according to general mattis. he made it clear he has personally reviewed intelligence that came out of the wake of that chemical weapons attack last week and he said there was no doubt in his mind that the syrian military we re his mind that the syrian military were responsible for that chemical attack. he made it clear that he was not sure if russia was also involved. he said it was a single strike that was aimed at deterring the use of chemical weapons, that america could not stand idly by and

allow international agreements on the use of chemical weapons to be faulted. he made it clear that the priority in syria for american foreign policy was the defeat of islamic state and that the syrian regime must think long and hard before using chemical weapons against. that is the very latest on the situation from the pentagon in the situation from the pentagon in the united states. the headlines and just coming up to ten to nine. three explosions around the brassiere dortmund team boss have that one footballer injured. the champions league match against monaco has been postponed. the parents of a seriously evil baby—sitter are devastated and might appeal after a judge give doctors the right to withdraw life support from the sun. the us secretary of state is in moscow for crunch talks on syria after g—7 foreign ministers failed to reach agreement on targeted

sanctions. and on the markets, the ftse upa sanctions. and on the markets, the ftse up a third of the point. the dax in frankfurt ending the day slightly down and ten minutes or so to go before closing bell on wall street. the dow and nasdaq both it down as well. the way you tilt your mobile while you're using it could allow hackers to work out your pin numbers and passwords, according to new research. experts at newcastle university analysed the movement of a smartphone as the screen was used. the team claim technology companies know about the problem but no—one has been able to come up with an answer so far. joining me now via webcam is the technology expert, tom cheesewright. just explain exactly what this problem is. every time you use your phone to input information on the

touch you move it in a different way. if you capture enough information into the phone then using the gyroscope which measures which direction the phone is pointing and you can start to work out what someone has put in there we re out what someone has put in there were eight points. that information is shared through your web browser to websites. an insecure website could catch that data and work out what your pain is over time. so, the companies have known this. they have known this for a while? they have had this information. this information is shared. they can approximate the screen is blank back to you. the reality is... it is unlikely this is going to be used in the wild, if you like. that is perhaps why they have been a little slow in addressing it. sorry, we are

having problems on the line. i do apologise for that. i think we got the gist of it, hopefully the technology companies and smartphone companies will get their act together on this. thank you. thousands of stroke patients in england could benefit from a new programme to train more doctors in a complex procedure, which can save lives and help reduce disability. it involves doctors catching and removing the clot which is causes the stroke, to help restore the flow of blood to the brain. our health correspondent, jane dreaper, has the details. back on her feet. back on herfeet. margaret back on her feet. margaret had a stroke just three weeks ago at the age of 50, but she has benefited from a revolutionary treatment.” was very lucky because it could have been more severe. i was very lucky because it could have been more severe. i could have been paralysed and ta ken been more severe. i could have been paralysed and taken months and months of therapy and everything else, rehab, buti months of therapy and everything else, rehab, but i was very lucky.

this is the scan. the doctors at this london hospital have led the way in trying the new procedure. it has a much higher success rate than conventional treatment using clotbusting drugs. patients can be com pletely wea k clotbusting drugs. patients can be completely weak down one side and not have any speech and as soon as you take the court and they can start talking to you plans and moving immediately. other times it ta kes moving immediately. other times it takes several hours or the next day they can recover a lot of function. it can have a massive impact. doctors use this incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clock out of the patient‘s brain or they sometimes use another piece of wire like this one to suck it out. 8000 patients across england will benefit from this treatment every year once the programme is ruled out. not all patients will have the treatment as some strokes are caused by a bleed rather than a cat and it will take

time to train the doctors and nurses needed to expand services, but nhs england says it is making the investment because patients recovered health so quickly. loch ness in the scottish highlands — the giants causeway in northern ireland — the palace of westminster — they're just some of the places that have been named among the best views in britain. two and a half thousand people were asked to choose their favourites — and here are the top 3 in third pace was stonehenge — the prehistoric monument in wiltshire. the three sisters mountains in glen coe came second. and in first place — chosen as britain's best view is what you see from the summit of snowden — the highest mountain in wales. jon kay is at another of favourite view over st ives bay in cornwall. you need a head for heights, and it can be one of the wettest spots in the uk, but on a clear day the summit of mount snowdon has been voted britain's best view. in the april sunshine you can see why loch lomond also made the list and visitors today agreed,

it is one of our most magnificent sights. the way that you can see out along the loch, up the loch, and you can see the islands, it's just fantastic. it doesn't take too long to get up and then you just get this amazing view from the top. you're on the edge of the central belt of scotland and when you look north it's like the fjordic landscape, you've got water, mountains. to me, that is scotland in a nutshell. 2,500 people were surveyed by the phone company samsung and apart from london's westminster bridge, all the top views were coastal or rural, like here in somerset‘s cheddar gorge. you can see so much. yes, such an expanse and variety. at the top of the gorge today we met members of the sedgemoor‘s ramblers club, who told me what they think makes the best kind of views. on a sunny day it always looks very, sort of, clean and pure.

it's just beautiful. and it changes, doesn't it? you could come up here every season and get something different out of it. in cornwall, it felt like the summer season has already arrived. the south—west of england has three of the top five views in today's poll, among them st ives bay. this afternoon, easter holiday—makers and locals were not surprised. wonderful colours, you get the blue of the sky and the sea. there's something about the light here, i think, that makes it pretty amazing. we live here and it's on our doorstep and when we get the odd day like this, not often, but when it does at this time of year, it's got something, it'sjust beautiful. when you look at that view, what does it make you feel inside? it makes you feel alive, it makes you feel alive. calm today but, according to this poll, britain's best views aren't always the most tranquil. many are craggy and wild and just filled with stories.

jon kay, bbc news, cornwall. so, what will the weather be like for a good few tomorrow? more cloud with a few spots of rain every now and again. the coldest and wettest conditions were in the west of scotland. scenes like this one. the bradford will continue to bring rain tonight. citing southward to glasgow and in two parts of northern ireland. blustery conditions around the weather front. not too much ireland. blustery conditions around the weatherfront. not too much rain to the east of scotland and try across much of england and wales. temperature as low as last night because of the club around and the bit more breeze. what is sunny to start wednesday across the southern half of the uk. they might be one or two showers half of the uk. they might be one or two s howe rs a cross half of the uk. they might be one or two showers across the ice of silly and cornwall. there will be breaks

in the cloud. some here and there and ita in the cloud. some here and there and it a picture yet again for much of wales, the midlands and southern england. to the west of the pennines you have a wet morning commute. outbreaks of rain starting to ease off in northern ireland, dumfries & galloway. from central scotland northward to be sunshine and some blustery showers. the sunshine and showers continued to the day with gusty winds and a brighter day from an across the west of scotland compared to today. northern ireland brightening up. into the afternoon in britain england one or two showers. turning grey in wales, the midlands and east anglia. some rain cannot be ruled out. many will be dry. southern counties of england, 15 or 16 degrees as possible. even if the cooler air gets in on thursday, there is a ridge of high pressure building in. some sunshine around, even a touch of frost. clouding over in western areas through the day and a just one or two showers possible. another dry day predominately. temperatures

around ten to 14 degrees. into good friday, it looks like the cloud will be there across northern and western england with some spots of rain. the odd shower, put the best of the brightness will be in southern england and eastern scotland. that'll be the case on saturday. some weather. a cool breeze. through sunday we will see an area of rain pushed west to east. the wettest conditions in the east. eastern monday a ridge of high pressure started to. what that means for eastern weekend, a bit more rain around there we have been used to put some dry and sunny weather to enjoy well. i'm ros atkins, this is outside

source. the us secretary of state has arrived in moscow. he's got work to do because america's allies failed to agree how to pressure russia on theisha of syria. rex tillerson spoke earlier.” russia on theisha of syria. rex tillerson spoke earlier. i hope that what the russian government concludes is that they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in president assad. someone as despicable as hitler would didn't sink to using chemical weapons. toshiba is in big trouble. their survival is