today at five. theresa may says the assad regime must be held to account for the suspected chemical attack in syria. dozens of people were killed in the rebel—held town of douma. the prime minister says the international community must "strengthen its resolve". if confirmed, this is yet another example of the assad regime's brutality and brazen disregard for its own people. the united nations security council will discuss the reported chemical attack later. we'll have the latest from westminster and from washington. the other main stories on bbc news at five... the home secretary says she'll do "whatever it takes" to tackle violent crime — as she launches a strategy to deal with the issue. it is a complex problem. a lot of the additional violence is being fuelled by drugs and i am determined to get to the bottom of it. facebook sends out warnings to people whose data might have been accessed by the political consulting firm cambridge analytica. the american actor and comedian, bill cosby, is back in court

for a retrial on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman 1a years ago. and i'll be talking to charlotte dujardin — one of the greatest dressage riders of all time — about her memoir ‘the girl on the dancing horse'. our main story at five. theresa may says the international community must ‘strengthen its resolve' against the syrian regime after the suspected chemical attack on a rebel—held town on saturday. rescue workers say dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in douma. president assad's government and its russian backers have denied any attack took place. president trump has said the syrian

government will ‘pay a big price,‘ and an emergency meeting of the un security council has been called to discuss the attack. meanwhile there was a missile strike overnight on a syrian government airbase near the city of homs — the syrians have claimed israel was responsible. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest — a warning that her report contains images you might find distressing. the aftermath of a suspected chemical attack on the town of douma. doctors hosed down children to war shot any chemicals. some were barely conscious. dozens of people are reported to have been killed. international condemnation has been swift. if confirmed, this is yet another example of the assad's regime brutality and brazen

disregard for its own people and for its legal obligations not to use these weapons. if they are found to be responsible, the regime and its backers, including russia, must be held to account. president trump took to social media to denounce the strike. on twitter he wrote, president putin, russia and iran are responsible for backing animal assad, big price to pay. his defence secretary hinted that military action could be considered. the first thing we have to look that is why a chemical weapon is being used at all when russia was the framework guarantor of removing all the chemical weapons at working with our allies and partners, from nato and elsewhere, we are going to address this issue. do you rule out taking action, such as air strikes?” this issue. do you rule out taking action, such as air strikes? i do not rule out anything right now. thank you very much. the danger is

that any american military action could draw a russian response. translation: our military on the ground in syria have warned several times that serious provocation was being prepared. the syrian government also spoke about that, as serious provocation aimed at accusing damascus of using chemical poisonous substances again against civilians. syrian officials have accused israel of carrying out an air strike accused israel of carrying out an airstrike ona accused israel of carrying out an air strike on a military base in the early hours of this morning. israeli officials have yet to comment. right now, binjamin netanyahu do and the israeli government have to deal with the situation where president trump is talking about pulling out of syria entirely and this looks like a way of showing assad and the whole region and president trump as well but the israelis are still going to defend themselves. the un security council will meet later to discuss the attack on douma and the escalating tensions. syria's war is

changing and it is becoming more dangerous. charlotte gallagher, the busy news. president trump has been talking about that suspected chemical attack saying that major decisions will be made on a response to it in the next day or so. let us listen to what he has had to say. to it in the next day or so. let us listen to what he has had to saylj would like to condemn the highness attack on syrian civilians with banned chemical weapons. it was an atrocious attack, it was horrible. you do not see things like that as bad as the news is around the world, you just do not see those images. we are studying that situation extremely closely. we are meeting with our military and everybody else and we will be making some major decisions over the next 24—48 hours. we are very concerned, when nothing

like that can happen. this is about humanity, we are talking about humanity. and it cannot be allowed to happen. so, we will be looking at that barbaric act and studying what is going on, we are trying to get people in there, it has been surrounded, it is very hard to get people in. not only has it been hit, it has been surrounded. if they are innocent, why are they not allowing people to go in and prove? they are claiming they did not make the attack. if it is russia, if it is syria, if it is iran, if it is all of them together, we will figure it out and we will know the answer is quite soon. so, we are looking at that very strongly and seriously. that was president trump in the last few minutes. joining me now from

westminster is our chief political correspondent vicki young. tough words from donald trump and from theresa may earlier when she was in copenhagen saying that the international community must strengthen its resolve against the syrian regime. tough words, but what could she actually do in terms of actions to back up those words? that is the big question. we have had international condemnation of what has happened, but the question is, what are they going to do. donald trump, everyone assumes, could well launch a missile attack against the assad regime and the question is whether the british government would join in any action like that. as you say, the words are strong,

theresa may saying this was brazen, reprehensible, horrific, appalling, singling out russia by name as well as one of the backers of president assad and they all have to be held to account. there are mps here who think they should be some military action and they'd been that the uk has the legal right to do that. tom tugendhat said standing by as kids are gas, it is not pacifism, it is tolerating evil. an idea of a strike against the assad regime was ruled out when the british parliament five yea rs out when the british parliament five years ago did not - that out when the british parliament five years ag may not - that out when the british parliament five years ag may does - that out when the british parliament five years ag may does not that g a out when the british parliament five years ag may does r she hat g a out when the british parliament five years ag m h f: becomei’tfitgfr—r— a— ~ ~ out when the british parliament five years ag m h f: become a mg: a— ~ ~ out when the british parliament five years ag m h f: become a bit ff a— ~ ~ out when the british parliament five years ag m h f: become a bit of a— ~ ~ out when the british parliament five years ag m h f: become a bit of a | a— without it. it has become a bit of a convention for there to be the authority of parliament. if it were to come to that, i think she would have the backing of the majority of mps but there are others who think it should not happen and others who say, it is too late, five years ago, maybe, if action had been taken against assad, you could have stop this happening and some now feel it is too late. thank you.

well as we've heard, the syrians and russians are blaming israel for last night's missile attack — it's understood israel does believe the base in question — near homs — was being used by troops from iran. sir simon gass is a former british ambassador to tehran and former political director to the foreign and commonwealth office. syria is a gruesome and complicated conflict and on top of everything else, we have israel and iran now a p pa re ntly else, we have israel and iran now apparently involved. else, we have israel and iran now apparently involvedlj else, we have israel and iran now apparently involved. i think you are right and as your correspondent said, this is a conflict that is getting more complex and dangerous. you are right, israel has made clear it is not prepared to allow iran to maintaina it is not prepared to allow iran to maintain a hostile posture very close to israel's border and that is one conflict. a second conflict is the regime and russia's continuing attacks on the opposition, as we

have seen in eastern ghouta and id live in the north. then we have turkey coming to blows with the kurds, right up in the north coast of the turkish border. and yet we have almost forgotten about isis, although it is down, it is not yet out and there are still dangerous pockets of fighters left in syria. there are four different conflicts sucking in the neighbours of syria and also some of the countries outside. in terms of the response to this terrible attack, this chemical weapons attack, it appears to have beenin weapons attack, it appears to have been in douma, strong words from theresa may and donald trump, what do you think the international community can do to try and rein in president assad or is it may be too late? it is difficult. we saw last year when there was a chemical attack at a place in syria were worried the united states launched nearly 60 cruise missiles against syrian targets and that may have had some effect in terms of capability, but i think it is fairly clear that it has not succeeded into tearing

assad from continuing to use chemical weapons against his own people. we should not forget that these terrible pictures we are seeing of chemical weapons, the number of people who have died as a result of chemical weapons, all followers they are, is relatively small compared with the huge number of civilians who have been killed by a barrel bombs, starvation tactics and conflict of all sorts and indeed, in the prisons. thisjust brings home the sheer horror of this war in syria. just on that, we are hearing from the us state department, that they believe the victims in douma, the symptoms that those people who were killed and injured, there are symptoms were consistent with asphyxiation from a nerve agent of some type. the americans seem to believe it was a nerve agent. if president trump does respond to this with some sort of missile attack, which looks like it might be on the cards, what would theresa may do? parliament five yea rs theresa may do? parliament five years said no to that, with the

government does go ahead but that? it isa government does go ahead but that? it is a difficult political calculation for theresa may to make. i remember very well what happened when parliament rejected david cameron's proposalfor action when parliament rejected david cameron's proposal for action under circumstances where it might have been a good deal more effective, because at that stage, russia was not involved and iran was not so heavily involved and it could have had a real deterrent effect on president assad. today the situation is more convex, the air defence of syria is more complete due to russian assistance. if the uk wish to support the us, theresa may would have to think hard about the convention by which parliament is consulted about military action by the united kingdom and that was exactly what david cameron worked on in 2013. it was used again in 2015. a lot of her own mps are pushing her

to ta ke a lot of her own mps are pushing her to take tough action. she will have to take tough action. she will have to count the numbers very carefully, i suspect, because in 2013, i think the government thought it had the vote and then it turned out it had not. the sort of questions which members of parliament are likely to ask theresa may are, if we were to ta ke ask theresa may are, if we were to take military action under these circumstances, what happens next? what results are you hoping to achieve? these are not easy questions on which to convince everyone, even though the pictures are as horrific as they undoubtedly are. russia is a key ally of syria, might it be a temptation for the government to slap russia down, perhaps with some military action orjoining the americans in military action against the assad regime? it is important that we continue to pin the crimes of the assad regime on their allies, who are russia and iran. these are two powerful countries who have supported president assad and they have considerable influence over the syrian regime and they need to take

responsibility to stop this sort of crime and so far they have refused to do so. russia has vetoed the extension of the chemical weapons monitoring team in syria in the united nations security council and it is difficult, but we need to keep drawing back to russia the responsibility for the syrian regime ‘s actions. responsibility for the syrian regime 's actions. thank you for your time. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: president trump says "major decisions" will be made on a response to the alleged chemical attack in syria — in the next day or two. the home secretary says she'll do "whatever it takes" to tackle violent crime — as she launches a strategy to deal with the issue. facebook sends out warnings to people whose data mqy have been accessed by the political consulting firm cambridge analytica. in sport, a south african won a surprising gold at the commonwealth

games. the jamaican favourite johann blake was only third. it was fourth place again mill for asha philip in the women's 100 place again mill for asha philip in the women's100 metres. she also missed out on the podium in glasgow four years ago. the first woman from trinidad and tobago became commonwealth champion. wales have bettered their tally of gold medals from four years ago. they won in medal in the 400 metres butterfly. a full update in the next 15 minutes. the home secretary amber rudd has said she'll do "whatever it takes" to make the streets safer, at the launch of a government strategy to tackle violent crime. a leaked home office document suggests a fall in police numbers is likely to have contributed to a rise in serious crime. but amber rudd denies

there's a link, and says she hasn't seen the document. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. in the last week alone, three teenagers were murdered in london. it started with tanesha melbourne—blake, who was killed in a drive—by shooting. that same night, amaan shakoor was shot dead, and two days later, israel ogunsola was stabbed to death. their deaths adding to a sharp increase in killings of young people in london and other big cities. in response to what ministers see as a disturbing national surge in serious violence, the home secretary launched a new strategy this morning, trying to tackle some of the causes like younger people dealing drugs. i am choosing to make sure that serious violence is seen as the priority that it is to me. it ruins lives, it destroys families, serious violence, attacking it and reducing it is a priority for me, that's why we are putting substantial funds, £40 million behind it. ministers have always dismissed

a link between the rise in violence and theresa may's police cuts. but an internal home office document on violence leaked today said that the cut in police numbers was not the main driver but has likely contributed. that analysis clearly shows that cuts to police over the last eight years have had a significant impact on the rise in violent crime. anyone with any common sense knows that if you cut police officers, you reduce their ability to respond, and crucially you reduce their ability to prevent crime from taking place in the first place. ministers are concerned about videos on social media, like this one discussed in a recent murder trial, two of those in the video were convicted. # shoot him up, rest in hell, # if i end up in court it wasn't me, what the hell. the impact on families caught up in the violence has been devastating. dami odeyingbo was killed in south—east london injanuary. he seems to have been

stabbed to death. my boy was already dead, i did not get to speak with him. it has broken me totally. i just want parents to speak to the kids... to speak to the kids, to stay away from trouble. in an attempt to reduce the violence, ministers are introducing new laws on the internet sale of knives. they are asking social media companies to take more action to remove inflammatory videos, and they want to clamp down on the use of vulnerable people in smaller towns in so—called county lines drug dealing. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins us now. daniel, we had this launch of this new government strategy on crime on the same day that there was an

embarrassing leaked document from the home office. i think the timing of the leak was designed to be embarrassing. on the day that amber rudd, yesterday, she said in an article for the sunday telegraph that she did not believe there was any link between the rise in serious violence and the fall in police numbers. because of government cuts. somebody made sure that both the bbc and the guardian had a copy of an internal document which said pretty much the opposite, that there may well be a link between a fall in police numbers and the rise in serious violence. frankly, it is pretty incomprehensible that there should be this very detailed research document, which was published today, which looked at every other —— every other possible driverfor every other —— every other possible driver for the rise in every other —— every other possible driverfor the rise in violence every other —— every other possible driver for the rise in violence at the one thing that was not mentioned in that document was whether or not a reduction in police numbers might have been a factor. because we note that this work was floating around the home office, it starts to look as though it has been deliberately

left out of the document today, the fa ct left out of the document today, the fact that police numbers, a fall in numbers, might have been a factor. we are not talking about a major factor, that is not what the document says, it says it may have had a small contributory effect but it looks like it has been left out because it is embarrassing to the prime minister because she presided over the cuts to police numbers. amber rudd said she had not seen the research. he talked about the various factors behind this rise in violent crime and one of them seems to be social media, a glamorisation of gang violence. everyone is looking for a reason after serious violence had fallen quite considerably, it has now taken this very obvious up tech and the truth is, trends change amongst young people and that is one of the factors. what is the trend changing amongst young people that has maybe led to this increase in the use of guns and knives? some of the

theories are around a change in drug use and the way they are sold, like the isco line with they are taking vulnerable people in smaller towns and sucking them into the drugs world and there may be violence associated with these new drugs markets. definitely a factor is these videos on social media that have been made by gangs to egg each other on as it were, the report described it as an almost unlimited opportunity for rivals to antagonise each other. certainly there home secretary is looking to social media companies to help in the way they have helped already with terrorism videos. thank you. in the last few minutes, facebook have sent out warnings to people whose data might have been accessed by the political consulting firm cambridge analytica. the company's ceo mark zuckerberg has also said that the episode was his mistake — and that he was sorry. starting at 5 o'clock, facebook begun posting these messages on their site. most people will receive the message on the left, which shows you which apps might be sharing your data.

but it's thought that up to 87 milllion users — a million of them in the uk — will get the message on the right — informing them they have had their data improperly shared. the message tells users that one of their friends accessed facebook using the app ‘this is your digital life' , which may in turn have improperly accessed data and shared it with cambridge analytica. we can speak now to dr brent mittelstadt, research fellow in data ethics at the oxford internet institute. this is an extraordinary turnaround from facebook who did nothing about this for days and mark zucker berg said nothing, but suddenly they are sending out these messages, it is a little bit late, isn‘t it? sending out these messages, it is a little bit late, isn't it? i suppose it is. it is better late than never. it is nice to see them changing their position and actually giving people the information they probably should have had quite a while ago

and trying to give people some control back over how their data is being used. they are giving them some insight into what apps are collecting data from them or potentially collecting data and giving them a bit more control over turning things on and off. if you have a problem, you can do more about it. just remind us how we got here. we are talking about tens of millions of people around the world potentially affected by this. millions of people around the world potentially affected by thism millions of people around the world potentially affected by this. it is interesting. there was the data collection through the app that you mentioned. one of the most interesting things about it is that it is not just interesting things about it is that it is notjust people who agree to use the app, whose data was being collected, but they were the friends of those people and that is a problem because friends or people that you call friends on facebook, essentially giving consent brought you were saying it is ok to collect the data of my friends. whether the people using the app really knew that they were doing that and i highly doubt that they were, but

thatis highly doubt that they were, but that is how the terms and conditions created by facebook let that sort of thing happen. we have seen quite a few people abandoning facebook as a result of this, there was a campaign to delete facebook, will that gain momentum or are people going to be a little bit more wary about facebook and other social media sites? and more encouraged by the people who are more wary or are changing their behaviour. even myself, 510 years ago, i was posting lots of things and telling people how my. was é that fi that sort é that sort g thing iiiéli—eii iii—323255 éééiéiééé'iniiéff-‘ié'éi—e‘ié; — iiiéli—eii iii—323255 éééiéiééé'iniiaéfféé'éi—etéi—a . now iiiéli—eii iii—323255 éééiéiééé'iniiaéff-‘ié'éi—etéi—a a now i iiiéli—eii iii—323255 éééiéiééé'iniiséff-‘ié'éi—etéi—a a now i use it as a messaging and now i use it as a messaging platform, not very much. those are the more interesting changes rather than this binary do i do i not use it. whether it will gain momentum, it. whether it will gain momentum, it depends on how facebook‘s reaction evolves over time and how long we continued talking about what i think is a very important issue and we should continue talking about how much control we have over our data. do you think facebook users

have been naive in the past or have facebook and mark zuckerberg been abusing the trust of people in them as michael i don‘t want to blame either side, but what i will say, essentially the legal framework that was in place both in the us and here in the eu, would allow for these sort of very long legal terms and conditions to cover what data would be collected from you, how it would be collected from you, how it would be used and who it would be shared with. nobody reads these things, nobody has time, even legal experts have trouble working out exactly what will happen with their data. there is blame to be shared all around but i would not blame the users necessarily, because you had a binary choice, you agree to this thing to use the platform and tha nkfully thing to use the platform and thankfully it is something that will change when the general data protection regulation comes into force in may, you will have more than just this binary consent to use a platform or not. thank you very

much indeed. some lines of breaking news on that suspected chemical attack in syria. donald trump who has been talking about it this evening in the united states saying that vladimir putin may bear responsibility for it though syria attack, saying he may bear responsibility for that attack and there have been some other lines in as well from president trump and we are also hearing that borisjohnson has been speaking to the acting us secretary of state john has been speaking to the acting us secretary of statejohn sullivan on the phone regarding this situation in syria. that is coming in from the foreign office and all ahead of that un security council meeting on syria. more on that as it comes into us. detectives have released an image of a man they want to trace following an aggravated burglary in lewisham last week. billyjeeves, who‘s 28, is being sought by police after the incident last wednesday. police also want to hear

from anybody who may have seen his vehicle, a white vauxhall astra van — in the days and hours before the burglary. a man who murdered a travel agent at her office in southport, after she began a relationship with his ex—girlfriend, has been jailed for a minimum of 26 years. cassie hayes was attacked at a branch of tui where she worked as an assistant manager injanuary. she suffered a wound to the throat and died in hospital. andrew burke, who‘s 31, pleaded guilty to having a knife in a public place. an investigation is underway after a man was shot dead by police in romford. it happened in the early hours of this morning after officers were called to reports of a man making threats and claiming to have a firearm. let‘s get more now from our correspondent angus crawford who is in romford. what are the police there saying, angus? the first emergency call was

received just before four o‘clock this morning and as you said, there we re this morning and as you said, there were reports of a man making threats and making threatening behaviour and carrying a firearm at a house just down this road. an armed response vehicle attended and when they got to the house they were told that the man did possess a firearm but he had left the house. within 45 minutes, a man was confronted and shot dead, his body lay just down man was confronted and shot dead, his body layjust down the road there at a petrol station behind me. all day there have been forensics officers in and out of that area, there has been a tent up there and there has been a tent up there and the body removed from the scene around two o‘clock this afternoon. local people say they were woken by the sound of police sirens and of some gunshots around 4:45 a:m.. we now know that the independent office of police conduct has been informed. they are here now and there are

investigators, and they have been looking at what took place here. we also know, it is important to put it into perspective, this is the first police involvement in a fatal shooting in england and wales this year. angus, thank you very much indeed. time for a look at the weather... rain clouds rolling across the country. it will not be everywhere. some dry weather in the north of the country, scotland, northern england and northern ireland as well but for the south of the uk, it is a case of further rain tonight and further rain tomorrow. it is not cold, tomorrow temperatures could get into the high teens. let us look at the satellite image, here are the clouds, rolling in from the south, slightly brighter weather in the far north of the country. some sunshine there, earlier today, in north of the country. some sunshine there, earliertoday, in the north of the country. some sunshine there, earlier today, in the north of scotland, rain clouds in the midlands, in two parts of the

north—east of england. belfast, probably some rain as well but where we have the clear skies in the north of scotland, 5 degrees, closer to nine or ten of scotland, 5 degrees, closer to nine orten in of scotland, 5 degrees, closer to nine or ten in the south and then the best message is, rain at times almost anywhere in england, wales, northern ireland as well. brighter in scotland, then there are chances it will brighten up in east anglia and the south—east, temperatures getting up to around 17 degrees. nippy on the north sea coast, newcastle only around seven. chilly for you there. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump says major decisions will be made in response to the suspected chemical attack on a rebel— held town in syria. rescue workers the dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the town on saturday. we

are studying that situation extremely closely, meeting with military and everybody else, and we will be making some major decisions over the next 24—48 hours. the home secretary says she will do whatever it takes to tackle violent crime as she launches a strategy to deal with the issue. facebook sends out warnings to people whose data may have been accessed by the political consulting firm cambridge analytical. state m e nts firm cambridge analytical. statements at the retrial for bill cosby statements at the retrial for bill cos by have statements at the retrial for bill cosby have been delayed as the court hears appeals to dismiss a juror believed to have said the comedian is guilty. let‘s head over for the sports news. good afternoon. and we start on the gold coast, where there was a shock in the men‘s 100 metres. usain bolt‘s ere apparent, yohan

blake, was stunned and the final. he stumbled out of the box. there was an empty lane next to him as that athlete was injured. blake never quite recovered, taking bronze behind the south african there. it was his first major title after finishing fifth at the last olympics and world championships. 10.03 seconds, not the quickest but the seconds, not the quickest but the second fastest this year. england‘s asha philip says she was shocked, dotted with her performance. she was fourth in glasgow for years ago. it was the same story today. michelle won gold, the first woman from trinidad and tobago to become commonwealth champion. it was all caribbean podium. jamaica‘s two entrance with silver and bronze. wales have already managed to beat their tally of five gold medals in glasgow in 2014,

with success on the green, in the field and on then pool. there was another strong showing from england, especially in the gymnastics. if these games are about putting sporting talent in the spotlight, he was a final chance for the gymnasts to shine. stick my kid is going to bea to shine. stick my kid is going to be a thrilling afternoon. england‘s alice already had a bronze and silver, now a moment to stay focused. well done, alice. will it be good enough? yes, it is! 13.7! joined on the podium by keighley similarof joined on the podium by keighley similar of england, the success did not end there. wilson is already one of the sport‘s leading lights, well used to success. on the horizontal bar, he knew this was good. so, it seems, did his parents. theorises

dad doing the routine for him, love it! back at home, james is an aspiring actor. today, on the squash court, he was the leading man taking the top prize. outside, it was the hottest day so far on the gold coast. the lawn may have been parched, but wheels would not wilt. victory over scotland in the main‘s pairs. will have won the gold medal. what a turn of! and in the swimming pool what a turn of! and in the swimming pool, victory for wales‘s alice thomas in the 200 metres butterfly was not a surprise for many, although it did need a moment to sink in. elsewhere, wales were still waiting. hollie arnold, is star of power athletics, needed a record with throw. it looks huge! kid is a world record! for her country and hollie arnold, the wait was it. pep

guardiola has asked his manchester city say for the perfect game tomorrow, he says that is what they need. despite that brilliant result last week, their manager is trying not to look too far ahead. to go through, have to make a lot of chances, be clinical when you create them, and the chances we are going to receive, you know, defend well. all the conditions, you have to make almost a perfect game to move through because the result is tough. you have 90 minutes. in football, basketball, although sports, everything can happen. all you can do is know we are going to do it right. we either lead. no problem with that, it is better than expected. but you all know there is still a lot of work to do. that is why we are here, not thinking about

who is now favourite or whatever. without doing the next round, that is what we will try tomorrow. i thought that was pep guardiola doing an impression of clock. we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30. keep up—to—date on our website. we will see you then, many thanks indeed. let‘s return to our top story — the suspected chemical attack in the syrian rebel town of douma, where dozens of people are reported to have been killed. us president donald trump has said there will be a "big price to pay", although he hasn‘t specified what type of action he is considering. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington. donald trump funding cuts, talking tough, sounding like he may be gearing up for some sort of military reprisal. is that the way you‘re reading it?

yes, i think what he is basically saying is that in the next 24—48 hours, they will decide whether there should be some military retaliation. they also have not quite determined conclusively that it was the machine behind it. he said they were still looking about, whether it was syria, russia, iran or all three. they will decide that shortly. looking at the kind of action they might take, there are still questions to be answered. it could be perhaps a limited military strike, like the cruise missiles that were launched at the syrian air field one year ago, when there was another chemical weapons attack. that was essentially a message, it did not change anything on the ground. that does not seem to have been taken up by the regime. if there is going to be military response, the other option could be to try a stronger one, which would ta ke to try a stronger one, which would take out the syrian air force‘s

capability of launching such chemical weapons attack. that is risky, because it risks a confrontation with the russians, who are backing the syrians. it also risks drawing the us further into the syrian conflict at a time when donald trump has just said the syrian conflict at a time when donald trump hasjust said he the syrian conflict at a time when donald trump has just said he wants to bring the troops home because they have almost defeated the islamic state group. there is that element as well. the third thing is whether this would be unilateral action or whether it could be something than that, france and britain have called for a robust, joint, strong response. if it can be determined that the regime was indeed responsible. we do not know what that sort of robust response would look like. the french in the past have said they would be willing to respond with military strikes to a chemical weapons attack. would they do so with the united states or would the us again act alone as it did last year? just very briefly, the un security council are meeting as well. if much likely to come out of that? ido likely to come out of that? i do not think so. the americans are putting forward again a proposal to a investigation mechanism that is the un working together with the global chemical weapon watchdog to

look into these chemical weapons attack. there was one before. it determined that the syrian regime had carried out the nerve agent attack last year. but the russians blocked the renewal of that panel. there is no evidence to suggest that they would be willing since —— to support something similar being created again. barbara, thank you very much indeed. in the last few minutes, we have heard that the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has spoken by phone to his us counterpart and the two agreed that the latest attack did there the hallmark of previous chemical weapons attacks by the assad regime. bob seely is the conservative mp for the isle of wight, and sits on the commons foreign affairs committee. he is here with me now. barbara was raising the possibility of will britain and france back any action by the united states, do you think we should get involved? we need a strategy. if this is a case

of glorified gesture politics because they cannot think of anything better to do, i think it is potentially disastrous and highly dangerous. if it is part of a strategy that we think may work, fair enough. i have yet to see the evidence that this is going to be pa rt evidence that this is going to be part of a strategy. it is almost like we are saying we have got to do something, let‘s drop a few bombs. in 24 chemical weapons attacks thus far, we have tried bombing in the past and it does not work. we missed opportunity to actually make a big difference in 2013. some of your conservative colleagues, you will know, are seeing that standing by as children are aghast is not pacifism, it is tolerating evil. tobias ellwood has said we cannot keep turning a blind eye to these barbaric and illegal atrocity. -- atrocities. ithink the media very good point. if this is just about dropping a bomb because we cannot think of anything better to do, how many russians are going to do, how many russians are going to kill, and many iranians? this is

potentially exceptionally dangerous. —— how many russians are we going to kill? if we do this as part of a strategy which gets rid of his chemical weapons, which is pledged to do so in the past and lied about, thatis to do so in the past and lied about, that is an option. surely be strategy is to say that if you do this again, we will let you with some missiles. we have tried and failed at that. it did not work. they tend to make a real difference was 2013. the reality is that unless we are willing to destroy the syrian air force, we are not going to make that game changing difference. if we do that, we will probably be in a shooting war with russians within a week. there is a bigger picture here and every dangerous one. what about parliament‘s role? they had a the four years ago, and said no. it was a decision by elected members of parliament. in my opinion it was a shameful. they were voting according to their conscience. maybe. should this go back to parliament or should theresa may be free to say that we should support military action? spea kthat

free to say that we should support military action? speakthat have a proper discussion in parliament, aired that debate and have it. the important point is that this is glorified gesture politics, the situation is much more dangerous thanit situation is much more dangerous than it was five years ago and we need to remember that. what else can the international community do? if it does not go in for what you say may be glorified gesture politics, what else can be done? theresa may is saying that the international community must "strengthen its resolve". what does that mean? we can go further. those people who are completing, committing genocide and war crimes, including russian generals if need be, we can put their money list and shame them. we can remember those hundreds and thousands of people who have died by trying to find those responsible. we never be able to bring them to justice because russia will blog the un and those people will probably never leave syria, so even that is dubious. but there are things that

we can do in the memory of those many, we can do in the memory of those any we can do in the memory of those many, many people who have died. i just think dropping bombs because they cannot think of anything better to do is not necessarily the answer. good to talk to, thank you for coming. the conservative mp for the isle of wight, on the commons foreign affairs committee. hungary‘s prime minister, viktor orban, has won a third consecutive term in office, with a decisive victory in yesterday‘s general election. he‘s a eurosceptic who‘s campaigned strongly against muslim immigration, and said his re—election will ensure the defence of the country‘s borders. his party is projected to have won nearly half of the vote, and two—thirds of the seats in parliament. jenny hill reports from budapest. chanting. victor orban‘s done it again. divisive, defiant, hungary ‘s controversial prime minister secured a third consecutive term in office. translation: there is a big battle behind us. we have won a crucial victory. got a chance.

given ourselves a chance to defend hungary. i respect the decision of the voters, even if it hurts and feels bad. even if one expected a lot more support for one's party. but we have to accept as part of life and part of democracy when things go differently to what we would have liked. for a while hungary held its breath. a record turnout led to delays in the count. mr orban‘s fidesz party has seemingly won a majority. but among those who queued, in some cases for hours, were plenty demanding change. we need change because what is happening here is chaos. the problem? everything! corruption, healthcare in ruins, low wages... victor orban was always confident of success. europe‘s watching closely.

mr orban knows how to upset his neighbours. his dream for the eu — closed doors, illiberal values, and, most of all, no migrants. it‘s proved again to be a winning electoral tactic. a simple message — hungary comes first for us all. mr orban, very few migrants are coming into this country. why the focus on immigration when so few people come? this is a question for the future. mr orban, the eu say that you flout its values and its laws. is this the direction that hungary should be going in? we are just standing for democracy now. after all, he has powerful friends — russia, poland. and brussels, berlin, paris will analyse these results. the vote may symbolise a battle for the soul of hungary but it also represents the struggle at the very heart of the european project. jenny hill, bbc news, budapest.

this is bbc news at 5. the headlines: president trump says "major decisions" will be made on a response to the alleged chemical attack in syria in the next day or two. the home secretary says she‘ll do "whatever it takes" to tackle violent crime, as she launches a strategy to deal with the issue. facebook sends out warnings to people whose data may have been accessed by the political consulting firm cambridge analytica. the opening statements of the retrial of bill cosby had been delayed as the court deals with allegations that one juror said the median is guilty. he is charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his mansion in pennsylvania 14 years ago. once the most watched man on american television,

the 80—year—old has more recently been in the spotlight over allegations that he assaulted nearly 60 women over a period of five decades. he denies any wrongdoing. neda tawfik reports from new york. bill crosby is once again on trial. it‘s been less than a year since a hung jury sent him walking free but this time the comedian faces a very different courtroom and a country reeling from the metoo movement. nearly 60 women have accused cosby of sexual assault over a period of five decades. all except andrea constand ran out of time to bring charges. in the first trial, the jury was only able to hear evidence from her and one other accuser. if the court allows more accusers to testify next time, it might make a difference. in other words, it‘s too early to celebrate, mr cosby. this time around, five additional women will take the witness stand, including chelan lasha, who was just 17 when she says cosby drugged and assaulted her in 1986.

i could not open my eyes, i couldn‘t move or say anything. and modeljanice dickinson, who says cosby drugged and raped her in 1982. the last thing i remember was bill cosby... in a patchwork robe, dropping his robe and getting on top of me. prosecutors will argue that this shows a pattern of behaviour. andrea constand says he offered her pills to relax which left her incapacitated and not able to reject his sexual advances. mr cosby‘s lawyers said they had a romantic relationship and he was victim of false charges but ultimately the verdict will hinge on andrea constand‘s case. so will the metoo movement help her? it definitely helps in terms of making something that would not in the past have been viewed as credible now very much viewed as credible.

that these are, that this is pervasive, that they are telling the truth. bill cosby was a trailblazer for african americans in hollywood and was called america‘s favourite tv dad. the 80—year—old continues to be in the spotlight but now under very different circumstances. neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. charlotte dujardin began riding horses at the age of two. they became her passion. she went on to become one of the greatest dressage riders of all time, winning three gold medals at london 2012, and repeating that in rio four years later. she hasjust written her memoir — the girl on the dancing horse, in which charlotte details her relationship with horses, and why with dedication and ambition,

she believes anyone can achieve their goals. in a moment, i‘ll be speaking to charlotte, but first let‘s take a look at valegro and charlotte performing their medal winning freestyle for the last time at olympia two years ago, ahead of valegro‘s retirement. great emphasis of the music. and we can speak to charlotte dujardin and her trainer,

the olympic gold medalist carl hester, alongside the legendary valegro, with whom charlotte won olympic, world and european gold. valegro is retard now, but wonderful horse, and has done you so proud over the years? —— be tired now. horse, and has done you so proud over the years? -- be tired now. we have achieved so much the last seven, eight years, it has been such an incredible journey we have had together. we have both learned along the way and to have achieved what we have in such little time, and to have in such little time, and to have got the gold medals and world records, it is absolutely incredible. we were just watching you both they are in action. just

describe the kind of chemistry that you have to have, that a symbiotic relationship with a horse, to do well in dressage. yes, it certainly isa well in dressage. yes, it certainly is a relationship, and a long one as well. charlotte and valegro have been together for six years in training before they won the medal. the same with my horse, utopia, at london 2012. i think probably one of the best ways to describe it as you can tell a person, you know, when they go down they should, as we did at greenwich, there is going to be 25,000 people in the arena watching you. you cannot tell them all to shut up. the horse might be disturbed, we have got to let them have fun and clap and screwing the people that they want to, which in our case was hopefully the british raiders! you can tell a rider that but not a horse. when we go down a tunnel, the area that we work and at the back is extremely small and quiet, not very much atmosphere, and suddenly you arrive in an atmosphere

which is massive. one of the first rules of our test you have 45 seconds, literally, to start test. you do not even get a chance to go around the arena once. you have to have that amazing bond with a horse, that it trusts you, that it stands still when it has to, that it is relaxed and cannot get tense because of the atmosphere. that comes because of the way you read and communication you have uttered. the most successful ones, very often, are the worst of the riders that have been together for a are the worst of the riders that have been togetherfor a long period of years. -- are the horses and riders. charlotte, you started at the age of two, which is extraordinary. some people think this is a rich person‘s sport. you have to be affluent. but you were not from a very affluent background. tell us about how you evolved into a champion. i think, yes, through hard work, dedication, not having no as an answer. you know, being a fighter. i think that is why it was

really important for me to do my book, for people to read that actually it has not been an easy ride that everybody gets to see. everybody sees me winning and think how lucky i am, but they do not realise the journey i have had behind all of that and howl realise the journey i have had behind all of that and how i have got where i have, and that is from ha rd got where i have, and that is from hard work. so, i thought it was really important to try to get that across to other people, that hopefully i can inspire other people to take up the sport. what are your ambitions now, you have achieved so much? sea horse winnie ‘s you have achieved so much, so much glory. so many people would say why not just stop glory. so many people would say why notjust stop now? if you think, that all happened in the years of me riding him at top level of grant are, for me that isjust a start. i have not even really got going in my

career. it all happened so fast. it is all about the up—and—coming new horses —— and hopefully now tanzania medals for another horses. karl, what do you think has made charlotte that an amazing champion? well, having been around herfor ten yea rs, well, having been around herfor ten years, it is certainly grit and determination. like i always say, she came to work for me 11 years ago and here we are living years later and here we are living years later andi and here we are living years later and i are working for her. that might tell you a little bit about her personality. it is always, you know, anybody that has been around horses writes them will know this is a seven day weekjob. of course they need feeding and looking after,

christmas, easter, bank holidays. you have got to be here and put the timing and dedication. of course, thatis timing and dedication. of course, that is something that runs through all top competitors, and that is the will to win. always looking to achieve that tiny percentage to get there. and an affinity with horses, of course. it is notjust about the rider, this is about the partnership and having a fantastic horse. and valegro has certainly put her to the top. charlotte, very briefly, what is happening to valegro now? well, he is still a superstar. he still goes out and make some appearances and we just like to have fun now, do demonstrations. i think so many people worldwide love him and love to meet him and it makes their dreams to be able to meet him. that is what we try to do with him. now, at home, i do not release kill him as such. he just goes hacking and cantering as such. he just goes hacking and ca ntering around the as such. he just goes hacking and cantering around the fields. there isa

cantering around the fields. there is a couple of days may be in a school where he has won more than anything else. —— i do not school him as much. valegro was trying to get in on the interview at various stages, but congratulations to you all and good luck with the book. many thanks to all of you. time for a look at the weather. approaching 6pm. hello, to you at home. a real mix across the uk. in the north, sunshine. scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well. across the rest of the country, cloudy with rain. that is how it will continue to this evening. into tonight, further rain on the way. here is the cloud lifting and from the south for the last couple of days to stop between weather systems at the moment. here‘s the weather front across the south of the country. it has been making a very slow, very sluggish journey northwards. on the cusp of the

malware across the continent, you can see quite well with there, that slightly colder air of the atlantic. it is mild dish in some southern areas. it does not feel desperately cold but it is not that great. let‘s have a look at the picture around this evening. temperatures, by this stage, not particularly exciting. you can see some rain. 10 degrees in london. not going to drop much lower as we go through the night. at this stage, a little milder in scotland, will have had slightly higher temperatures. that sunshine. through this evening and overnight, if anything, more rain arrives. some could be quite heavy. you can see the rain coming up from france across the english channel. that could turn quite heavy in the east, from heavy rain around for cornwall and devon. the very far north, north west of scotland, down the northern isles, it is clear and chilly. the low pressure that is driving all of this murky, cloudy, drizzly weather and the soap is still very much with us and the soap is still very much with us tomorrow. we could see parts of

this, meaning cloud and rain again. tomorrow, a slightly different place during the day. more northern areas worse than the south. those dark blobs of blue heavy showers that could be brewing in the south and south—west. with a bit of sunshine, and we are expecting some, 17 in london. the north sea coast, with the wind is coming off that cold north sea, only around about seven celsius in newcastle. let‘s have a look at wednesday. the picture is looking pretty cloudy. for many of us, the cloud streaming out from the east across that cold north sea. once again, in any brightness, it will feel decent enough. but along that north sea coast, it will feel chilly. overall, the summary for the week ahead is it will be some rain at times, pretty much every single day, but when the sun comes out, especially in the west, it is going to feel relatively mild. whatever the weather, have a very good

evening. action against syria. his remarks come after the suspected chemical attack on a rebel—held syrian town at the weekend. we are studying that situation extremely closely, we are meeting with our military and everybody else, and we‘ll be making some major decisions over the next 24—48 hours. as syria‘s backer russia says there‘s no evidence of a chemical attack, the un security council prepares to meet to discuss the crisis. also tonight: a government crackdown on drugs networks to help fight the rise in violent crime — but are falling police numbers partly to blame? users of facebook are told whether they are among the 87 million people whose personal data was improperly shared. i‘ll be reporting from felixstowe on the growing pressure on the shipping industry to do more to tackle climate change.