this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the us, britain and france have taken joint action for the first time in syria, bombing three chemical weapons sites with more than 100 missiles. the prime minister defends the use of british force as "legal and right", as four tornadojets were involved in the attacks russia have reacted strongly to the strikes, claiming the attacks were a blatant violation of international of international law at a united nations security council meeting. and president assad says it's the aggression that will make syria more determined to keep fighitng and crushing terrorism "in every inch of the country." more on syria now, and the prime minister theresa may says the overnight air raids sent a clear signal that the use of chemical weapons would not be tolerated and she said it had been "right and legal" to take action. but the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called the strikes ‘legally questionable.‘ with more then on the reaction here in the uk,

here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. 2am at home. 4am at the target. raf jets take off to strike at assad's regime. by 9am in number ten the prime minister emerged to explain her case. there is no graver decision for a prime minister than to commit our forces to combat. and this is the first time that i've had to do so. we cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised. either within syria, on the streets of the uk, or elsewhere. not just a punishment for president assad, but about a wider principle, too. this was not about interfering in a civil war, and it was not about regime change. it was a limited, targeted and effective strike with clear boundaries.

we must reinstate the global consensus that chemical weapons cannot be used. this action is absolutely in britain's national interest. the lesson of history is that when the global rules and standards that keep us safe come under threat we must take a stand and defend them. will you do the same again if president assad does the same again? as you have suggested he has. and do you feel you have the public‘s consent, given you have not even consulted mps in parliament? we believe the action was successful, but the syrian regime should be under no doubt of our resolve in relation to this matter of the use of chemical weapons. and i have taken this decision because i believe it is the right thing to do. ministers‘ legal advice justifies the strikes as an exceptional measure to alleviate humanitarian distress by degrading the syrian regime‘s chemical weapons

capability and deterring future attacks. yet without explicit un backing, the labour leader believes the strikes might not be legal. the consequences of any country taking unilateral and action that has no legal base, it's an encouragement for others to do exactly the same and reduces our ability to complain when do that. —— others do that. surely the united nations exists for a purpose. the prime minister will face questions from mps on monday, but no firm plans for a vote. mps have been powerless all week to hold the government accountable on this, and for us to have to wait another two days after the event really is not good enough. there are major questions, major doubts. is this a one—off or is it a continuing operation? how much control do we have of what the americans are doing? we‘ve got a very erratic american president who changes his position from one day to the next.

this was not intended to end the war in syria, not part of an effort to remove assad. but the prime minister wants these attacks to be seen as a clear and grave reprimand to a country suspected of using chemical weapons. an effort to force respect of the decades old rule that such weapons are illegal and must not be used. but while theresa may‘s decision to act was in her gift, what happens next may well not be. the prime minister may hope her decisions have a straightforward outcome. but the political fall—out may not be clean. now on bbc news, sportsday. it sportsday. good evening. the

headlines tonight, the biggest race is won by the smallest hardest by the smallest of margins, second man holds tiger roll holds on. southampton are dragged further into the relegation mire in the premier league as olivier giroud scores his first goals for chelsea. a glut of gold for the home nations on the bill ultimately at the commonwealth games, including a relay 44 england. also coming up in the programme tonight, sebastian vettel sets a new track record in shanghai as he claims pole for tomorrow‘s chinese grand prix. northampton beat leicester to strike a blow to the tigers premiership play—off hopes. welcome to sportsday. after more

than four miles, it was won by a matter of inches. tiger roll held offa matter of inches. tiger roll held off a late charge to win the grand national at aintree. for davy russell, the jockey, the national at aintree. for davy russell, thejockey, the oldest national at aintree. for davy russell, the jockey, the oldest in the race, it was 14th time lucky as he led for four horses trained in ireland. andy swiss reports from the course. so would racing‘s biggest day see one of its biggest stories? much of the focus beforehand was on three female jockeys, especially katie walsh. but that historic hope didn‘t materialise, as the first time of asking they set off over aintree‘s famous fences. as ever there were fallers. only 12 of the 38 horses finished and on a second circuit they had to bypass becher‘s brook. come the last, it was effectively a dual. io—i shot tiger roll ridden by davy russell seemed to have it won, but back came david mullins on pleasant company to set up a quite extraordinary finish.

commentator: just may have lasted... eventually, after a photo, tiger roll‘s win was confirmed. delight on one side, despair on the other. victory as well for irish trainer gordon elliott on another day of grand national drama. it was some finish. some news as well on the horse saint r whose on the second circuit. he is being assessed in the stables. all the other horses and jockeys have returned safely. a fascinating day at aintree. we will start our review of the day‘s football at saint mary ‘s were southampton squandered to lose to have an free to chelsea. the aura of an end of the premier league table as they are left five points from

safety. upon reflection, it‘s been a poor season safety. upon reflection, it‘s been a poor season for southampton but a win today would certainly have brightened their chances survival. chelsea‘s defence of the premier league title has been a struggle. it was a lukewarm first half from chelsea with frustration occasionally boiling over. it was left up... southampton are in the relegation zone for a reason. substitute olivier giroud‘s first league goalfor substitute olivier giroud‘s first league goal for chelsea sparked a revival. aidan hazza rd league goal for chelsea sparked a revival. aidan hazzard then scored the equaliser only a few minutes later. they weren‘t done yet, olivier giroud on target with the defining goal. chelsea‘s first away win infourgames defining goal. chelsea‘s first away win in four games and left might he is wondering how it was possible. spring may have sprung on the south coast but a faint glimmer of premier

league survival is fading fast. craig templeton, bbc news. i was very disappointed in the first—half, but may we must be pleased. for me, it was very important to see the right fire it was very important to see the rightfire in it was very important to see the right fire in the eyes of my players. some guys are up for what we've got ahead of ourselves, we've got the right characters for guys who want to roll their sleeves up and get on with it and change the situation within. i'm learning more about the group every time we have a training session, every time we have a match. i'm no comfortable with the guys that will get us out of the situation. a significant day for southampton for all the wrong reasons. we arejoined by southampton for all the wrong reasons. we are joined by error football supporter. if you‘re going to be fighting relegation and get

out of it, losing a 2—0 lead isn‘t the way to go about it. i really feel for mark hughes. he seems to be changing things and trying different tactics but nothing is working. not for a full match, that‘s the most important thing. it almost worked for southampton today, for the first hour they were the better side and should have won. ryan bertrand was superb, he was great on the left—hand side for southampton. they took the lead 2—0. it all changed in eight minutes still. olivier giroud came off the bench, he should be starting in the next game. what does it say about chelsea? they‘ve been poon it say about chelsea? they‘ve been poor, showing that they can come back from behind, they‘ve got a bit of steel about them. only the bottom three in huddersfield have one less points than chelsea in 2018, the tabeen only very disappointing run. but olivier giroud sparked such a great comeback for them. 3—2 had finished. that comeback and that when mightjust gloss over what was

a pretty shaky performance from chelsea. the first hour they were pretty disappointing. moving on to liverpool against bournemouth, this was the earlier of the late kick—offs. liverpool won 3—0. will speak about bournemouth later, they should be safe, they are at 38 points. most are that scoring for liverpool, they love scoring. most ally with his 30th goal of the season. you can ally with his 30th goal of the season. you can guess ally with his 30th goal of the season. you can guess who the scorers are going to be. sadio mane, he was the first win in the first ten minutes, sala got the second one and then firmino scored the third one to win 3—0. it could have been a tough game for liverpool after the highs of the champions league and beating manchester city. they dominated throughout and are still just one point behind manchester united. let‘s hear what corbyn had to say. we haven‘t got him actually. let‘s move on to burnley, leicester.

burnley winning 2—1. burnley have qualified for the europa league. it's qualified for the europa league. it‘s their fifth straight league win. they really are firing. shaun dykes has got this team winning. they have been brilliant of late. two goals in the first ten minutes, chris wood got the first, he scored five in the last five games now. leicester against burnley at the started this season at this point, battling for a spot in europe. if southampton don‘t win the fa cup and released a seventh, they could be in the europa league next season. the last time they were in europe, england were football world cup champions! let‘s from shaun dykes. our story is still about as many points as we can get. the next game is the big game. we go onto the next one. we are in fine shape mentally. it secures everyone‘s mind, it secures the feeling in the group.

we‘ve got just that little touch secures the feeling in the group. we‘ve gotjust that little touch of freedom. from one happy manager to another, i imagine roy hodgson is pretty believed. a big win over crystal palace beating brighton. they beat them 3—2. is it enough to keep them safe? probably. it was so vital for both keep them safe? probably. it was so vitalfor both sides keep them safe? probably. it was so vital for both sides in the race to stay up in the premier league for next season. five goals in just over half an hour in the first 35 minutes of the match. wilfried zaha got two of the match. wilfried zaha got two of them, he‘s been the most important player for crystal palace all season. he was brilliant today. brighton have had all sorts of problems. that win takes crystal palace six clear of the bottom three. brighton are just one point ahead of that. they could be in trouble come the end of this season. let‘s hear from roy trouble come the end of this season. let‘s hearfrom roy hodgson now. trouble come the end of this season. let's hear from roy hodgson now. we did it the hard way, i thought our first—half performance was very commanding andi

first—half performance was very commanding and i was disappointed we conceded those two goals, we hadn‘t been under an awful lot of pressure in that half. but that changed in the second half, they put us under a lot more pressure, the god crosses into the box and players forward. we weren‘t able to reproduce the level of the performance in terms of passing play and attacking play as we had done in the first half.“ passing play and attacking play as we had done in the first half. if it was a big winnerfor a palace, it was a big winnerfor a palace, it was a big winnerfor a palace, it was a big win of huddersfield beating watford 1—0 with a really late goal. this was a fantastic winner. scoring the winner for huddersfield, 1—0 it finished, in injury time. they kept the fans waiting. they‘ve only scored two goals in eight and of football, but this one could be really vital for their hopes of surviving in the premier league. the wholejohn smith stadium were on their feet, they think this is the moment they‘ve secured premier league football for next season. watford should be fine come the end of the season but

you‘ve got to fuel further boss, he‘s still not seen his side scored away from home since he came in january. let‘s hear from away from home since he came in january. let‘s hearfrom the huddersfield manager, david wagoner. i was very pleased with the defensive shape, how intense and aggressively the players defended. then we had this magic moment in the stoppage time and we scored this great winnerfor all the stoppage time and we scored this great winner for all the emotions came out and we are delighted, i‘m delighted for the players, i‘m so pleased for our supporters, they pushed us the whole game that we we re pushed us the whole game that we were able to give them something to cheer about. this was another big step for us to reach our target, but thejob isn‘t done. step for us to reach our target, but the job isn't done. the only draw of the job isn't done. the only draw of the day so far was swansea everton, just 1—1. swansea don‘t need drawers, they need wins. i know the edging closer to safety but could have done with three points. with southampton losing, they will

probably take that one point. it was a close game, swansea were the better side going into half—time, but an own goal gave everton delete and that man there, he‘s got so many great goals for swansea this season, he scored again today. although he didn‘t win, just three defeats in 1a since he became manager. it looks like he might keep swansea in the premier league. let‘s hearfrom the manager. he‘sjust premier league. let‘s hearfrom the manager. he‘s just done such an incredible job manager. he‘s just done such an incrediblejob at manager. he‘s just done such an incredible job at swansea. we put the team to win, we wanted them to try and win also. i think we were a better tea m try and win also. i think we were a better team on the pitch against a very organised and difficult team, very organised and difficult team, very competent. at the end, i think we deserve more than what we did. we

had a great game. very quickly on everton, the arab names in the table, what does this say about them? will sam allardyce be happy with them? they were perilously close to relegation. he will take it asa close to relegation. he will take it as a good season that the fans are disappointed. there was a chance for alla rdyce to leave disappointed. there was a chance for allardyce to leave his position as manager, they don‘t seem happy with him. just two wins all season for everton. we will talk about the late late kick—off, spurs against manchester city, they‘ve just kicked off at wembley. by manchester city‘s standards, this has been a really poor couple of months. there are not going to win the league if they win today because they‘ve got to wait and hear what happens with united tomorrow but they need to win this tomorrow but they need to win this to keep the momentum. just to give theirfans something to keep the momentum. just to give their fans something to cheer about. it's their fans something to cheer about. it‘s been a fantastic season for manchester city, they‘ve had a brilliant season. just to give their fa ns brilliant season. just to give their fans a bit of a lift after that to

disappointing losses to liverpool. they beat tottenham today, they will be one step closer. in the pfa awards, three of those six players are from city. kevin de bruyne, david silva. they‘ve been fantastic. they‘ve been the best team in the country all season. they deserve to have half of the pfa players of the season on that list. i don‘t think you can look past sala, so many goals in the premier league. let‘s have a look at the top of the table. we can see how well city are doing. pep guardiola said they could still lose it, but that would be extraordinary! it would be an incredible run of fixtures for them to lose it from this position. after those two or three shots recently, he just wanted to calm things down a bit at the club. manchester united

play tomorrow, liverpooljust one point behind in third. he‘sjust had an incredible shot on goal in the opening minutes of that late match there. let‘s have a look at the bottom of the table now. big winners here. it‘s got to be palace. palace are six points clear of the drop zone. what do we think people need to stay up? it‘s usually the magic 40 to stay up? it‘s usually the magic a0 points. it‘s so tight. i think possibly 36, 37, 38 by denmark‘s prissy today. palace, the big movers, as are huddersfield, up to 1ath, seven clear of the bottom three. manchester united playing tomorrow as art newcastle and arsenal. just handing back to you, hugh, all these teams are playing a game. it‘s going to be a crazy week in the premier league. everyone thought it wouldn‘t last week, it

might not even be next week as well. thank you very much. talking about those teams who might get relegated from the premier league, wolverhampton wanderers will replace them, they‘ve secured... fillon drew 1-1 with them, they‘ve secured... fillon drew 1—1 with brentford, they took the lead in the 70th minute. they look set to put wolves promotion party on hold. that was fun 1—0 up until there was a dramatic equaliser with three seconds left on the clock, levelling the game in the dying seconds and sealing promotion for wolves. also in the championship wins for burton, sheffield wednesday, middlesbrough, cardiff, nottingham forest and preston. the remaining games finished in the drawers. there‘s been a shop in the first of this weekend‘s scotland

games. motherwell beat aberdeen 3—0. the national stadium during glasgow empty now but it was the motherwell fa ns empty now but it was the motherwell fans who were celebrating earlier and no wonder, a comprehensive 3—0 win over aberdeen. it was the dons who had the better start, but they we re who had the better start, but they were behind after 20 minutes, suggestions of handball but were aberdeen defending and curtis main gave motherwell the perfect start. defending would haunt aberdeen all afternoon, this was goal number two, ryan boyle minute this taking advantage. adam rooney... aberdeen we re advantage. adam rooney... aberdeen were just huffing and puffing. and then the third, a nightmare again for the dons defence. mean it still had a lot to do but he showed fantastic composure. motherwell through to the scottish cup final and will face either celtic or

rangers who play here tomorrow. just the one game in the scottish premiership today, it went the way of coalminer who won 2—1 at hamilton. saint mirren claimed the scottish championship title today. it's scottish championship title today. it‘s been a big day for those outside of the top flight in both england and scotland. it was the finalfull england and scotland. it was the final full day of competition at the commonwealth games today with the home nations winning 1a of the aa goals on offer. the main successes came in the boxing ring and on the athletics track while one of the remaining goal is to be won is on the netball court. these games may be entering the final straight but this is not the time to let up or slow down. this was england‘s moment. victory for the men, which then passed to the

women. england on their way to win the gold medal in the relay, england are the champions. a sprint relay gold. great jump. fantastic. are the champions. a sprint relay gold. greatjump. fantastic. silver in the highjump. elsewhere, more medals. england‘s david lookman winning the queen‘s prize and in a tradition dating back more than 150 yea rs, tradition dating back more than 150 years, a lift from the competition. double medals for michael brickley hitting its target of gold, another competitor for england also got silver. the sub whiteside here winning the first of england‘s six gold medals. fraser clark completed their extraordinary day by taking their extraordinary day by taking the super heavyweight title. earlier we‘ll is added to the medal title. gold for lauren price and sammy lee,

making this the most successful ever games. competition no less fearsomely table tennis, that despite england being a surety gold. ross wilson defeating friend and training partnerfor the ross wilson defeating friend and training partner for the top ross wilson defeating friend and training partnerfor the top prize in their class. whilst there was success in the men‘s pairs. in their class. whilst there was success in the men's pairs. it's a glorious gold on the gold coast for the english parent! whilst out on the english parent! whilst out on the open road, the welsh pair were feeling their way onto the podium. silver and bronze in the men andwomen‘s road race. there was nothing that could compare to the late drama on the netball court, one second remaining. it was all england. the roses raw. england have made history! through to tomorrow's final, these games showing no sign of slowing down. adam wilde, bbc

news. still drama to come in the gold coast. two formula 1 next, lewis hamilton‘s continuing struggles in china were the world champions will start only force on the grid for tomorrow grand prix in shanghai. sebastian vettel is in pole position but had to wait till the last moment of qualifying to snatch it from his ferrari team—mate kimi raikkonen. lewis hamilton appears to be feeling the cold off and on the track. three weeks ago he was storming to pull in the opening race of australia, says then his fortu nes race of australia, says then his fortunes have been sent spinning. hamilton was dismal in final practice but topped the time sheets in the second session of qualifying. the heat was only turned up temporarily. this error on his final run this hamilton give up before the end of his lap. that left ferrari battling it out amongst themselves for bold with kenyon wright in to hold off team—mate sebastian vettel by just 800th of a second.

cheering thank you, guys, great qualifying, great car. hamilton dejected, he knows the race is probably already lost with the last four in shanghai all one from pole and possibly the championship, too. no driver has failed to claim the title after winning the opening three races. we will finish in the premiership with wins for wasps and gloucester. leicester now faced with just two games left to get into the top four and secure a spot in the play—offs for a 1ath successive season. more excitement in rugby union. that said from sportsday for this evening. much more in the evening. goodbye for now. goodbye. good evening, what today it has

been, the sort of spring day all of us been, the sort of spring day all of us have been waiting for. sunshine for every unit across the country, that‘s how we ended the day on the north coast. a beautiful scene. it was a north coast. a beautiful scene. it wasa similar north coast. a beautiful scene. it was a similar story in working as well. a little bit of low cloud here, spells of sunshine as well. most of us seeing a lot of sunshine, if it wannabe struggled to break the cloud across northern ireland and scotland. we will keep the low cloud across the night. some rain into shetland. some showers, this band of cloud working in toward northern ireland, the south—west of england, wales, bringing outbreaks of rain. the first signs are a bit of a change to come as we go into

tomorrow. this low pressure will come in from the atlantic, strengthening winds and a frontal system bringing outbreaks of rain. sunday is looking like a pretty mixed day, seeing more cloud than we had today, quite breezy and also some rain at times. but not all the time. sporadic rain across the south—west, wales and northern ireland, drifting into the midlands, northern england and eventually southern scotland. we will find a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers taking us into the afternoon. north—east scotland sticking out into sunshine. inverness could get up to 16 or 17 degrees. those temperatures down on friday were today. monday brings the return of some sunshine, driver much of england and wales, some rain into western scotland, certainly rain into parts of northern ireland credit will once again be quite windy. temperatures 13, 15 degrees,

those temperatures will only claim as we get deeper into the week. tuesday will bring outbreaks in frame for northern ireland, going into north—west scotland and northern england. here, we could get to 18, 19, maybe 20 degrees. during wednesday and thursday, expect those temperatures to rise even further, tapping into very warm air across the continent, we could get up to around 25 degrees in south—east england. many other sports will not be too far behind. after a beautiful spring day today, more springlike conditions on the way. that‘s all for now. temperatures will only claim into the next few days. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm:

president trump declares mission accomplished, saying missile strikes against syria by the us, britain and france were perfectly executed. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. four british tornado jets were involved in the attacks. theresa may said the use of force was legal and right. we cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised either within syria, on the streets of the uk or elsewhere. parliament should be consulted and allowed to take a view on this but instead strikes were launched last night.