the u.s. the u.k. and france carry out strikes against the syrian government in response to an alleged chemical attack in eastern guta the intervention came just hours before international inspectors were due to arrive to investigate the claims. united nations security council holds an urgent meeting on the attack and rejects a russian draft resolution calling for an end to aggression against syria. case the prime minister of praises that the joint military operation against assad's government has limited targeted and effective. and in other news russia's foreign minister claims the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the screwballs in

england last month. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our chief international john thomas glad to have you with us merican british and french forces have pounded syria with a missile and air strikes the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which a u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate.

the u.n. security council has rejected a russian draft resolution calling for an end to the aggression against syria it happened during an emergency session which was called by moscow in the wake of the strikes so you wouldn't be cheerleading today is a sad day it's a sad day for the world for the u.n. for its charter that has been brutally violated and for the security council there so that retreated from its duty sickly views with three votes in favor eight nose and four abstentions the security council shot down russia's draft resolution now the draft resolution would have condemned the coalition's aggression as a violation of international law and it would have demanded that the west stop attacking syria it also would have urged the council to provide conditions for the work on the ground now that's the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which is in syria right now the russian ambassador slammed the u.s. for violating international law and using the security council to the further its

own interests saying that western countries don't need any investigations to carry out their own will. but it would be stupid it is not we're already used to the fact that when doubtful geopolitical policy is conducted countries or aggressors blame asad lately they trying to shift responsibility onto russia because according to their interpretation it cannot control the dictator all of this has been based on the scheme of what's been tried and tested provocation deceitful accuse asians verdict and punishment is this how you want international affairs to be conducted now this is wholly conies an international relations because. the u.s. ambassador nikki haley deflected all criticism and defended the coalition's airstrikes altruist it so same rhetoric we've all heard before and let's take a look at exactly what he had to say a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april seventh there is clear information demonstrating assad's

culpability the pictures of dead children were not fake news they were the result of the syrian regime's barbaric inhumanity now haley dismissed russia's sentiments as part of a grand russian descent for mation campaign and then she moved on to the question of culpability which she seemed sure of saying quote we are loaded if assad used chemical weapons and once again which obviously hasn't been confirmed yet the british ambassador echoed hillary statements adding that she will not take lessons in or awful lot from russia so it looks like nothing has changed those who carried out an attack based on rumors of chemical weapons use claim to have evidence but never actually present that evidence russia's military says the evacuation of the syrian city of duma by militants is now complete development means that the area where last week's alleged chemical attack took place is now under the control of the government forces evacuation was part of a deal brokered by russia and syria which guaranteed passage out of the city for

the rebels in exchange for safety for civilians there meanwhile people in two of syria's largest cities of damascus and aleppo have rallied together against the u.s. led military action you can see flags being waved in support of the syrian government and even some russian flags as well here's what residents in the capital had to say . no this strike to does not break you shall make you stronger we are standing steadfast to syrian people feel of will in our staff that. we condemn and denounce this is sold in our country we say you leave assad the line of. saddam will not be shaken not to set up these people who will stand fast for seven years and strike from one. drama in the clouds for donald trump in his first tweet after the attack you thanked u.s. allies and said the result could not have been better trump called the strikes perfectly executed despite the syrian and russian militaries saying most of the

missiles had been intercepted by defense systems and here are the three sites washington claims it targeted in syria and which it believes were capable of producing chemical weapons among them is a research facility located between the capital damascus and the city of duma where the alleged chemical incident is said to have taken place now these are pictures from our regularly video agency reportedly showing the aftermath of the strike on the research facility the syrian government says it was nothing more than a civilian scientific center here is how donald trump described the pretext and of the attack itself on syria. very terrible regime these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead so today the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial their righteous power against barbarism and brutality

and the pentagon pushed ahead with the military action despite the u.s. defense secretary earlier admitting that it evidence on that the alleged chemical attack was still being looked into. i am confident the syrian regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. we are very confident that chlorine was used we are not ruling out sarin right now we have the intelligence the level of confidence that we needed to conduct the attack. i believe there was a chemical attack and we're looking for the actual evidence the o.p.c. dubey this storage in the zation for the chemical weapons convention we're trying to get those inspectors in if we get them and we will not know who did it they can only say that they found evidence or did not earlier we spoke to republican virginia senator richard black who told us it is absurd to think assad would use gas when already on the cusp of victory one of the people had an opportunity to

to have a boy there is no way that they would have approved an attack on syria we do not know whether chemicals were use or whether this was just a fabrication and if they were used we have no earthly idea who used them. but we do know just logic away there was no motive what so ever for syria to do it the battle for doma was over and so the idea that at that precise point. gas would be fired as it is it's childishly absurd earlier my colleague discussed moscow's reaction with correspondent to go to don off. well president putin has condemned in the strongest words as to what happened these strikes conducted by the u.s. the u.k. and france he said that they targeted not just to the military facilities but also

civilian infrastructure is world saying that this goes against in violation of all international norms and in fact it wasn't sanctioned by the u.n. security council has also said that it's pretext for the strikes the u.s. and its allies used a fake used. chemical attack he said that in a statement he said that he did not believe that the chemical attack took place that in fact the russian military that entered the city of duma the site of the chemical incident could not find any traces of the of any toxic agents or anything of the sort not even any eyewitnesses of the attack could be found apparently so here's what howard lederer putin described the situation right now the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has deployed its specialist on a fact finding mission. but a group of western countries cynically ignored this launching

a military attack without waiting for the results of the investigation russia emphatically condemns this attack on syria where russian servicemen are helping the legitimate government fight terrorists with its actions the united states only exacerbates the humanitarian disaster in syria bringing suffering to civilians essentially abetting terrorists who have been tormenting the syrian people for seven years and provoking a new wave of refugees from this country and the region in general mr putin mention the o.p.c. w. investigation there any concerns that that might be in jeopardy now yes of course because the o.p.c. w was supposed to begin its mission in syria on the ground in syria its investigation on saturday at the us launched its strikes literally hours before with that investigation was supposed to kick off so obviously a lot of questions were raised by whether or not that mission is jeopardized whether or not any objects of infrastructure that were supposed to be examined by

the experts over your p c w were hit or damaged now the body has issued a statement it's rather brief one literally just two sentences outlining the current state of events and they are saying that they will be going forward with their mission in syria no details as to whether or not they feel affected in any way by the strikes a number of countries including china and iran have condemned of the strikes beijing called them a violation of international law we spoke to world affairs commentator andrew young about the operation and the reaction to it he told us the domestic factors may have played a role in motivating president trump to launch the attack. i think that this is a limited calculated. and possibly orchestrated one time attack just doesn't want to note at the back of it all is the pushback

from the united states and the west against the increasing russian influence in syria. and of course that this comes with a convenient time for president trump as he faces the in the. elections the white house says it is confident the syrian government did use chemical weapons against its own people that believe however still appears to be based largely on media and geo reports this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack in multiple media sources the reported symptoms experienced by victims videos and images showing two assessed barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack some of the groups that originally made the claims and which first circulated the images showing the aftermath of the supposed that attack have dubious reputations one of those is the self-styled civil defense or group the white helmets although it has

been widely praised in the west for its rescue work its members have repeatedly been accused of having links to extremist groups. another source of the claims is the lesser known syrian american medical society or sams it is funded by u.s. aid which works closely with the state department sams is banned in multiple countries and has been accused of interfering in domestic politics and promoting regime change the russian defense ministry analyzed one of the videos purporting to show the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in duma it says it managed to identify some of the people who were filmed one claims to be a medical student who was working in the hospital the victims were brought to here is what he had to say about the incident. my name is. i am a medical student i work in the e.r. department of dumas central hospital on april eighth a building in the city was bombed the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom

floors caught fire all the injured from that building were brought to our hospital . the residents from the upper floors were suffering from smoke inhalation. and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited during treatment some person came in i don't know who that was and said that it was a chemical attack people got scared a fight broke out relatives of the victims started pouring water on one another others began to give inhalers for asthma the children even though these people were not medical professionals we did not see any patients exhibiting symptoms of chemical poisoning the video in which the medic can be seen was picked up by a number of news outlets and treated as evidence of a chemical attack but security analyst charles shoebridge told us that given the lack of clarity surrounding the incident the u.s. and its allies should have waited before striking syria. we've got a situation where again with the timing of this strike. if you like from

politically all of the messages first of all from the perspective of the o.p.c. deb you inspectors going in on the ground on saturday that was well signposted in advanced and again the fact that the strike has taken place just before the suspicions that america france and britain are interested in waiting for the results of that investigation which might have proved or shown that they have was or was not a chemical incident this is where as people can say this is an effective strike i would have very very grave doubts that even from the western perspective this was effective in any way other than sending a message and that message is largely must be said i think in america to trumps to mess the audience particularly the media and in britain of course. a very important local elections coming up. in the u.k. prime minister theresa may has praised of the results of joint military action taken against syria she called the strikes a limited targeted and effective measure and outlined why britain believes assad's

government used chemical weapons. i cannot tell you everything but let me give an example of some of the evidence that leads us to this conclusion open source accounts allege that a barrel bomb was used to deliver the chemicals multiple open source reports claim that a regime helicopter was observed above the city of duma on the evening of the seventh of april and reliable intelligence indicates that syrian military officials coordinated what appears to be the use of chlorine in duma on the seventh of april we judge it highly likely both that the syrian regime has continued to use chemical weapons since then and will continue to do so. british and french jets it could be seen it taking off from and landing at their bases in the region in the early hours of this weekend with more on this from europe our correspondents charlie dubinsky in paris and i saw in london. we've heard from to reason made this morning she's

been holding a press conference here in london. street and confirming that for jets. they launched a series of strikes how successful those strikes have been remains to be seen we're seeing reports from the russian foreign ministry that the false majority all of those all of those as strikes were shot down so it's reason may not speaking to the success of them but very clearly to make it to make the point that this is not. regime change for the merely in. trying to deter any future use of alleged chemical weapons we've also been hearing from the opposition the leader of the opposition jeremy corbin he's the labor party leader and he called into question how legally sound these asteroids parliament should be consulted problem it should take a view on this but instead the strikes were launched last night parliament is in

session on monday she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation instead the strikes haps she has about two thousand and thirteen vote in mind when david cameron wanted to also go to war with syria but lost the parliamentary vote and perhaps she was looking to avoid a similar embarrassing defeat there are a number of m.p.'s not just in the labor party but in her own conception of policy her own french m.p.'s who potentially were getting ready to rebel against. this attack on syria polls in the country which. vos majority people are in support of this military action in. to be seen exactly how damaging politically this could be for. what we've actually been hearing from the french foreign ministry on saturday morning let's listen in directly to what he had to say about france taking part in this coordinated action by the u.s. france the u.k.

actors in accordance with our responsibility but the use of chemical weapons in syria is an acceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights morning france also released a document outlining its case for why it believes that a chemical attack took place and why it believes that the assad government was behind that attack it says it unleashed has had analysts of the use of testimonies and videos from do know where the alleged attack took place and it says that after analyzing it has a high degree of confidence that this was not money five should all recycled and it says that the symptoms they believe all characteristics of chemical weapons there's also been criticism here in france from some opposition leaders including marine le pen this is a major mistake for us and that is one of many mistakes we've made since two

thousand and eleven we never saw making mistakes and interfering in foreign countries affairs we see today the consequences of military actions in iraq where we were wise enough to avoid action and in libya the intervention without any u.n. agreement or result seems to me like something that might have serious consequences for the french people and france itself french should have remained independent and act with caution and wisdom but we didn't why because i have this feeling that every french president wants to have his own small war also some reaction from neighboring country luxembourg this morning suggesting the strikes can only be conducted based on a u.s. . the security council resolution which clearly they do you know. will people around the world expression of their disagreement with the actions of the u.s. and its allies in syria on saturday anti-war marches took place in both american

and european cities in the u.s. protesters gathered in front of the white house in washington d.c. they were holding signs and banners opposed to the u.s. led bombing of syria some protesters quote of the words of civil rights activist martin luther king jr as the u.s. commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of his death just last week. meanwhile in the french city of must save thousands of people voiced their dissatisfaction with president emanuel micron's decision to participate in u.s. strikes on syria. also took part in the demonstrations in berlin people protested in front of the u.s. embassy waving syrian flags and banners reading hands off syria anti-war protests also took place in the greek capital aphex protesters there so the alleged chemical attack only served as a pretext for western intervention. we have gathered today to condemn the imperialist intervention from the u.s. a great britain and france against the nation of syria it is obvious that the

reason the chemical weapons is just a pretext what is hidden are major economic interests for some of the resources of the area. the united states along with the french and the english are once again on international war and aren't taken an independent country. russia's foreign minister has claimed the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. may have misidentified the type of nerve agent used against the screwballs in england last month i mean just that the as more. key information may have been a metes by the u.n. chemical watchdog from its analysis on the agent used in the poison attack against the script of the house according to moscow findings from a designated laboratory used by the a.p. c.w. allegedly show another agent a toxin could be set during the a.p.c. devaney's investigation samples were given to four labs for an independent study

and it's now claimed one in switzerland found traces of the substance the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is questioning why the presence of bass that wasn't mentioned in. the analysis is more consistent with the use of the poisonous substance be said none of these facts and nothing at all about it was mentioned in the final report which was presented to its executive board we request that the a p c w explain why such information and the conclusion of the spears laboratory was emitted from the final report the toxin besides extremely harmful side effects include confusion lead fission and the loss of motor function this can happen an hour after exposure with severe symptoms lasting up to forty eight hours the toxin was festival that by the us army back in the fifty's and official say it was never produced in russia or the sapient union instead of including these findings by the swiss up the u.n. chemical watchdog focused on confirming the u.k.'s analysis this tape has prompted

many questions from russia with the foreign ministry stressing up to twenty other countries could have produced the notorious novacek chemists have also questioned the potency of now we talk saying the consequent his could have been much worse for the victims but having symptoms that follows in minutes if it gets on the skin symptoms and can take from minutes. to be very. five to eight times more done which is already a very very toxic so small amounts. should have killed. for sure but again it's very difficult to assess and evaluate this kind of question before knowing exactly how the product was delivered power has since been discharged from hospital but a father still remains that now in a stable condition moscow has repeatedly are slanted for joint investigation into

their a series of specific questions about the case they have been refused but with new findings beginning to surface in many questions still and all that the case continues to unfold we spoke to a former u.n. inspector in iraq chemical weapons specialist dr anton would kill me he said the more details come to light about the script better gauge and more questions are raised about london's account i believe that the u.k. made a mistake. by releasing these detailed report to the other state parties to the convention why because the more information is released the more questions will be to do i believe that russia so that detailed report lured from their report that celebratory. identified that these. were for a chemical agent in the samples brought from salisbury the death from bees that.

is quite rare the lethal dose is very high but at the same time the bees it actually affects the nerve system of a human body not that states had. agents from the nine hundred sixty two in one thousand sixty five visit russia you didn't have. in this arsenals. that does for me i'll be back with headlines in thirty three and a half minutes there with us. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is

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be israel calmed on its own interest being accommodated they have to discuss that i'm now joined by the group and ban shalom an israeli air force veteran and columnist for the jerusalem post coital it's great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for joining us on such a beautiful day thank you for having me now before we go into discussing israel's rationale for attacking its neighbor militarily let me ask you about your own assessment of the situation in general you know the russian television package this wake about what kind of foods you are supposed to stock up on in the event of a nuclear strike i wonder you've actually come to a point globally when dot kind of knowledge may prove practical i don't think so i think this may be a bit overdoing it this far as where the region can go but certainly the possibility of a miscalculation and deterioration into a regional war that is possible remember that we're talking about

a global power is a play israel is not a global power but we do have our interests are very vital interests which we are trying to protect now there was a moment when dan merrick an attack on syria seemed not just an abba to blow but also imminent. and possibly expansive and evolving knowledge just syrian targets but since then both washington and i think if the european allies have stepped back a little bit. do you take it as a tactical move or do you think there has been some reassessment about what has actually happened and do more or perhaps they were assessment of what can happen as a result of the american strikes i think there's a problem in the way we perceive this something happens in this case it was the chemical attack on civilians and syria and then the public in the media are waiting for the response of course playing into this is also this very unique american president which tells us.