you about the chemical weapons attack, because the assad regime has been very dominant in eastern goutarationale of attacking people there with chemical weapons when they are already in the ascendancy, when they are already winning the conflict in that region? well, their main purpose is really just to create a dividend to change, to remove the people they don't want in the area and bring in the people they do. —— demographic change. there are still 100,000 people in gouta —— in douma who are opposed to assad, he doesn't want them there. he wants to move them all to idlib province and get them out of this area and that has become a pro aside area. “— area and that has become a pro aside area. “ pro area and that has become a pro aside area. —— pro assad. this is becoming almost exactly a year after the attacks been 3017. —— in 2017. trump is the muchjust —— assad is pretty muchjust egging on trump is the muchjust —— assad is pretty much just egging on trump and is the muchjust —— assad is pretty muchjust egging on trump and the international community, saying, look what i can do. like i

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it is the last rebel—held town in eastern gouta.damascus and its ally russia described claims of a chemical attack as fabrication. and they are prepared to take douma at any cost. this footage was shot by the civil defence in syria, known as the white helmets. here, they run into the aftermath of an air strike. they find an injured man. while the politicians talk, this is the reality in douma. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. a special meeting tomorrow being called by the un security council. it has happened before, what will they achieve? a large number of members of the council have called this meeting, it will happen tomorrow afternoon us time, where they will discuss this attack. you are right, there have been discussions before. but the mood is different now. there will clearly be some voices saying it is too late in this conflict for the west now to start retaliating against the use of chemical weapons, we are at a stage by the conflict is coming to an end, people say we ne

tragic events like the reported chemical attack on the rebel—held syrian town of douma in eastern goutasaturday. it seems likely that something terrible has occurred; most of us can guess the obvious culprit, but then counter—accusations and denials fly to the point that open—minded heads spin. on this occasion, russia says there's no evidence chemicals were used. and then the un security council meets, as you can see... it is doing it now and is still debating. what happened over the last few years... the syrian ambassador talking there. but nothing will happen there. russia and america are in a new hostile phase of relationship, and russia can veto any motion. and so then its left with the us to decide on a response. and that is where we are now. president trump is poised to make a decision about whether to retaliate. he did so last year. assertions of the form, "those responsible must be made to pay" are being bandied around tonight, the immediate question is how? here's mark urban — his report contains distressing images. it has happened before. sarin nerve agent in 2013, just a sho

program if good, and secondly he says there has to be a cease-fire to get military convoys into eastern gouta. this is exactly what they've been trying to do for the last few years and it hasn't gotten anywhere, but france is determined to move forward at least with this diplomatic push. >> thank you both. and russia and turkey have agreed to work together on this syria crisis despite having opposing views of the u.s. air strike. >> according to state media the presidents of both countries spoke on the phone saturday about the strike. russian president vladimir putin said the air strike violates the u.n. charter and international law. >> meanwhile in a televised speech turkey's president said it would not have been a solution. >> nick, we've been hearing from our reporters all over the globe about how assad seems fairly unphased, the allied response. so if you could just draw those threads together for us to tell us do you think that this mission as defined by the allies was a success? >> reporter: it's a success in sending a message that there's a red line, but i think if you're sitting in m