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james robbins, bbc news. news, still to come: clashes on the streets of venezuela. thousands protest against a political ban on the leader of the opposition. two people have died in a fire at a residential care home in hertfordshire. it happened in the early hours of the morning. more than 30 other people had to be rescued from the new grange care home in cheshunt. andy moore reports. this was home to more than 30 elderly and infirm residents. many of them used wheelchairs. the fire started as they slept. they were unable to make their own way to safety. when firefighters arrived early this morning, they found a fierce fire raging in the roof space, which was spreading to the first floor. as you can see, the roof has since collapsed. a neighbourfilmed the blaze, stretching from end to end of the building and occasionally flaring up. firefighters had to go into the flames to carry people to safety. this being a residential care home, there were over 30 people, some of which were unable to escape themselves. an

james robbins, bbc news.people are taking part in anti—government rallies in caracas and cities gci’oss venezuela. they are angry at the government's ban of the country's top opposition leader, henrique capriles, from office. the two—time presidential candidate was banned friday from holding political office for 15 years. greg dawson reports. in the heat of caracas, demonstration quickly turned to destruction. a group of around 100 protesters vandalised and set fire to an office of the supreme court. even this water cannon tank wasn't enough to douse the anger. but before all the tension and tear gas, thousands had gathered to support the man they want to see take power in next year's elections. henrique capriles was seen as the opposition's best hope of defeating nicolas maduro. on friday, he was banned from politics for 15 years, accused of administrative irregularities. translation: the ban will never have an effect, it's just to demoralise us, to take hope from the people. it's to keep me from being a can

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports.t two days in the tuscan walled city of a crow one will be dominated by a collective search for arguments to persuade vladimir putin that he must know n russia's military support for syria's bashar al—assad and help to accelerate a negotiated political transition —— luca/ must end. rex tillerson wants to go on from here to moscow, able to go on from here to moscow, able to co nfro nt to go on from here to moscow, able to confront the russians with a strong set of demands backed by america's key allies —— luca —— must end. our first priority is defeating ices and removing them from the caliphate, that's where the threat is emanating from. once we can eliminate the battle against isis, to conclude that, and it's going quite well, then we have to turn our attention to achieving ceasefire agreements between the regime and opposition forces. russia and iran, president assad's key military backers, are threatening retaliation if there are any further american strikes. moscow's attitude has s

james robbins, bbc news, lucca.ggling to locate dozens of children after a fire at a migrant—camp in dunkirk. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock and as for a sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. the latest headlines: one of germany's top football teams is deliberately targeted by three explosions. one player is injured. police say they found a letter

we have an accident robbins ville, new jersey, new jersey turnpike north bound outer lanes on the 195 that off ramp is block and we have some down wires out there in mays landing, new jersey as well. route 40 closed near jefferson avenue use an alternate route 322 is your best bet and then we will look at walt whitman bridge, what do we have here, installation of the temporary roadway shield. because of that we have closures, overnight, 20 minute intervals at 10:00 p.m. through 4:00 a.m. but you will be reduced to three lanes at 7:00 p.m. this will go on tonight as well. just a head up your alternate ben franklin bridge, commodore barry bridge but head up this can slow you down for my truckers traveling overnight as well. rahel, back over to you. >>> all right, meisha, thank you. more on the breaking news we have been following, two families forced from their homes after an early morning fire in pennsauken camden county. fire broke out on the 7400 block of zimmerman avenue. fire chief tells us they had a water supply issue which made fire fight more difficult. one fire fighter did suf

james robbins, bbc news. let's go to moscow and our correspondent steve rosenberg.y is it that he will be able to persuade president putin to abandon his support for syria's president? you know, back in the day when he was an oil executive, doing deals with the russians, rex tillerson once got an award from blood amir putin, the russian order of friendship, but i think it will be much harderfor him to secure of friendship, but i think it will be much harder for him to secure the political pricey six now, a kremlin u—turn on syria, and that is because president assad is russia's key military ally in the middle east. the russians have invested heavily in — militarily, politically, financially — to keep him in power, and in the eyes of moscow, he is the guarantor not only against an islamist takeover of syria but of russian interest in syria. russian military bases, for example. so i think rex tillerson will have to have something very special indeed in his briefcase, a really sweet deal to offer the russians if he is going to convince the kremlin to rethink that suppo

our internationaljames robbins as this report. warning, you may find some of these images distressing. is a mission impossible. america's top diplomat arriving in moscow does not accept that this is a mission impossible. rex tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the russians to ditch syria's president assad and he is not mincing his words. "moscow" he said earlier, "bears a heavy responsibility after last week's chemical attack." it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously or russia has been incompetent, but this distinction does not much matter to the dead. president vladimir putin is sending mixed signals, meeting the italian president today, the russian leader is apparently hoping for constructive cooperation with washington. but he is still talking up the risk of confrontation, accusing both america and opposition forces of planning further attacks. translation: we have information from various sources, that similar provocations, i can't call them any differently, are being prepared in other p

james robbins, bbc news.: this hour, police in norway have blown up what they call a bomb—like device found in the centre of the capital, oslo. the suspect has been detained. there are reports that cordons in the area are 110w reports that cordons in the area are now being lifted. a campaign rally by the french far right wing party, the national front, has been moved after scuffles in the crowd on the island of corsica. trouble flared up shortly before marine le pen was due to speak. teargas was fired when security staff removed about 15 protesters. the speech finally went ahead at a different venue. this rare tintin drawing by belgian cartoonist herge has sold at auction in paris for more than $635,000. created in 1937 using indian ink, it's a coveted black and white artwork of a tintin in america edition. last year, an original tintin comic book sold for a record $1.64 million dollars. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: clashes on the streets of venezuela — thousands protest against a political ban o

james robbins, bbc news.say a man arrested following yesterday's lorry attack in stockholm, is a 39—year—old from uzbekistan, who was known to the security services. investigators believe he was driving the truck that crashed into a department store, killing four people and injuring 15 others. detectives also say they found a suspicious device in the vehicle. today thousands of swedes have been paying their respects to those who died, and danjohnson is in stockholm for us tonight. dan. clive, there's been calm, there's been stillness, there's been sadness too across this city today and hundreds of people have come to place flowers on this fence. they're still doing it now. there are broader issues that are raised by this attack. they'll have to be contemplated in the days to come but the priority is on the growing police operation and there are searches going on across the city now into tell evening. there have been significant developments in the police investigation today —— into the evening. pf pf late las

james robbins in italy, thank you. a drug called spice has reached epidemic proportions and it's putting pressure on public services. they say they had to deal with around 60 spice related incidents over the weekend and have now launched extra patrols in the city centre. the banned drug can leave users looking like zombies — hallucinating — rooted to the spot — or passing out. frankie mccamley has the story. slumped, zombie—like and barely conscious. we're told he's just taken spice. another man metres away with similar symptoms. and everyone we speak to on the streets knows where to get it. around the central areas, around anywhere, really. just anywhere. some in this drop—in centre for homeless people say they've felt the effects. just like chill, but like you're in space and then one minute you're taking it and the next you get hooked and lose control. and others say the problem's not going away. it's a lot worse now than it was before, a lot worse. the reason why they're on the spice is because it is cheaper. it is

james robbins, bbc news.rump's residence in florida and gave us this update. well, president trump is spending the weekend here in florida at mar—a—lago and he hasn't had any political engagements. it's understood he spent a few hours playing golf in florida, but we did hear from officials late last night in mar—a—lago that the us is planning to implement economic sanctions against syria in the coming days. so we don't know when exactly. so that is the next stage. in terms of military action, well, us officials always stressed that the strike on friday night was a retaliation simply because syria used chemical weapons. so, it is really up to what syria does next, in terms of whether any more military force will be used. but certainly, the signal that they want to use sanctions shows that the us strategy is to try to punish syria in other ways. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a step closer to ending half a century of violence: the basque separatist group, eta, is handing over the last of its weapons.

james robbins, bbc news. our middle east editor jeremy bowen is here.ays this attack is reprehensible and it cannot be ignored but realistically, what can anyone do if it is proved that the syrians and russians are behind this? is 2013 is anything to go by, not a great deal. as you heard, their stocks were taken out, or be declared stocks that the syrians had we re declared stocks that the syrians had were taken out and destroyed. did they have some left over? we don't know, we don't know who did this. there's another issue, back in 2013, president obama had sketched out a red line and said, "you used these weapons, though over the red line and you will get attacked", but he decided against doing it and after that, president assad and his regime, iwas that, president assad and his regime, i was there at the time and you could see them growing in confidence. they could not believe they have got through this crisis. 2013, the us administration threatened military action but did not do it. we don't know where president tromp's red lines are, if they exist.

from lucca, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports.ng italy's past glory and syria's president horror —— present horror, borisjohnson syria's president horror —— present horror, boris johnson and syria's president horror —— present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillerson were entered on up the international heat on president assad and his russian backers. this morning rex tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial to not the atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. we will rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world. when i didn't trump's foreign minister, who will speak to the russians this week, sat down with the foreign secretary who cancelled his visit to moscow to be here instead, they talked of ways to win the widest possible international support against blood amid britain's present path. —— against vladimir putin's path. we will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions on

james robbins, bbc news. james reynolds is in rome.em to find unity in this? extremely difficult, i think. find unity in this? extremely difficult, ithink. the find unity in this? extremely difficult, i think. the foreign secretary boris johnson difficult, i think. the foreign secretary borisjohnson will be having a one—on—one meeting with rex tillerson about now. borisjohnson cancelled his own trip to moscow, you will remember. essentially he said, fairenough, rex you will remember. essentially he said, fair enough, rex tillerson is more important than me. you go to moscow instead of me but before you 90, moscow instead of me but before you go, let's try to agree exactly what on earth we are trying to achieve in syria. a central question remains unanswered. what is america's military strategy in syria and what is its strategy towards the syrian ally, russia? is its strategy towards the syrian ally, russia ? the is its strategy towards the syrian ally, russia? the air strikes last week, where they are one off or part ofa week, where th

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports.s president trump's message to the syrian government and its russian backers yesterday, delivered with force. the united states and her allies reject syrian denials they used a chemical weapon against civilians, including children. now britain has followed up with a diplomatic rebuke. borisjohnson has called off talks in moscow on monday and issued a written statement instead. the planned visit by borisjohnson would be the first by any british foreign secretary for five years, a long gap reflecting the difficult relationship between britain and russia which already existed. but the events of the past week in syria have now provoked an even deeper crisis. russia's response came from a tweet from the embassy in london, accusing boris johnson of theatrics for lack of argument, and inviting people to listen instead to what they call russia's soft power. a link leads to this excerpt of tchaikovsky's patriotic 1812 overture celebrating past russian victory. instead of seeing the russians on

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this report from our diplomatic correspondent james robbins contains some distressing images.ow does not accept that this is a mission impossible. rex tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the russians to ditch syria‘s president assad but he is not mincing his words. moscow he said there is a heavy responsibility after last week‘s chemical attack. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously or russia has been incompetent, but this distinction does not much matter to the dead. president vladimir putin is sending mixed signals, meeting the italian president today, the russian leader is apparently hoping for constructive cooperation with washington. but he is still talking up the risk of confrontation, accusing both america and opposition forces of planning further attacks. translation: we have information from various sources, that similar provocations, i can‘t call them differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria as well, including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they are preparing to release some sort of substance again. on

from lucca — our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports.ting italy's past glory and syria's present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillerson were turning up the international heat on president assad and his russian backers. this morning rex tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial to note the atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. we will rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world. so when trump's foreign minister, who will speak to the russians week, sat down with the foreign secretary who cancelled his visit to moscow to be here instead, they talked of ways to win the widest possible international support against vladimir putin's path. immediately afterwards, or as johnson said he is pressing for sanctions against russia as well as syria. we will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions on some of the syrian military figures and on some of the russian military figures who have be

our correspondentjames robbins has the report. he is alive but he is struggling to breathe.m, other children are already on oxygen, all of them victims of gas. other pictures, too graphic to broadcast, show fire crews in the streets of khan sheikhoun spraying adults and children where they fell, many of them clearly among the dead. translation: i lost my son, my children, my neighbours, my daughter. they are all gone. i only have god left. translation: all are wounded, some are dead, there are many suffocation cases. we couldn't enter khan sheikhoun city because of the systematic shelling. then, as a syrian activist was filming in one hospital treating victims, this happened. an apparent air strike. this whole rebel—held area in north—west syria, a last opposition stronghold, has been under heavy bombardment by pro—government forces. there is a history of chemical attacks in syria's six year—long civil war. president assad's government had known stocks and was widely accused of this attack in august 2013. that appeared to cross a red line which had been drawn by president ob

james robbins, bbc news.has confirmed that, for the first time ever, it has used one of the world's largest non—nuclear munitions in an air strike in afghanistan. the gbu—as, which measures more than nine metres in length was dropped on an isis tunnel complex in nangarhar province, close to the pakistan border. white house press secretary sean spicer gave this update. at around 7pm local time in afghanistan that united states military used a gbu—43 three weapon in afghanistan. the gbu—43 three is a large, powerful and accurately delivered weapon. we targeted the system of tunnels and caves that ice skaters use to move around freely, making it easier for them to target us military advisers and afghan forces in the area. the united states ta kes forces in the area. the united states takes the fight against isis peri seriously and in order to defeat the group we must deny them operational space, which we did. the united states took all precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and collateral damage as

he's been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. what we have

he's been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. what we have agreed is that on the chemical weapons attack, we also wa nt to chemical weapons attack, we also want to see now the results of the investigation by the opc w. it is theirjob to establish exactly what happened, it was a very wide measure of agreement last night that not just the syrian generals, but if we could show complicity by those russian officers who are helping the syrian military operation, they should also be sanction a ball as well. the syrians will never allow a proper investigation on what they regard as their sovereign territory. the bigger picture here is that we are moving now into an environment where i think the russians have to make a choice. they basically change the game in syria a couple of years ago when they came in and they saved assad and it turns out that the guy they have saved has absolutely no compunction about poisoning and murdering his own people with weapons that should have been banned 100 years ago. they have a choice of sticking with hi

james robbins, bbc news, luca.uk's former ambassador to moscow, sir andrew wood, just after 7am. egypt has declared a three—month state of emergency after attacks on two churches yesterday left at least 44 people dead. the measures allow the authorities to make arrests without warrants and search people's homes. the army will be deployed to help police protect key sites. the so—called islamic state group said it was behind both blasts. swedish police are continuing to question a man suspected of driving a hijacked lorry into a crowd of people in stockholm on friday, leaving four people dead. the 39—year—old, originally from uzbekistan, was facing deportation from sweden and had expressed support for so—called islamic state. tens of thousands gathered in the city yesterday to pay tribute to the victims, who included british father—of—two, chris bevington. the bbc has uncovered evidence that appears to implicate the bank of england in the so—called libor scandal. a secret recording from 2008 obtained by panorama sugg

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james robbins has this report. james: america's top diplomat arriving in moscow, doesn't accept this is mission impossible. rex tillerson hopes he can persuade the russians to ditch syria's president assad, and he is not mincing his words. moscow, he said earlier, bears heavy responsibility after last week's chemical attack. secretary tillerson: it is unclear whether russia failed to take his obligation seriously or if russia is incompetent, but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. james: president vladimir putin is sending mixed signals. meeting the italian president today, the russian leader is hoping for constructive cooperation with washington, but is still talking up the risk of confrontation, accusing america and opposition forces of planning further attacks. president putin: we have information from sources that provocations are being prepared in other parts of syria, including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they are planning to release some sort of substance again. james: mr. tillerson

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james robbins, bbc news.eporters in italy. i think, as you know, the united states have already imposed some extra sanctions themselves. we will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions certainly on some of the syrian military figures and indeed on some of the russian military figures who have been involved in coordinating the syrian military efforts, and has thereby contaminated by the appalling behaviour of the assad regime. the russians are mocking you for not going to moscow. rex tillerson is a p pa re ntly going to moscow. rex tillerson is apparently happy for you to go. why did the prime minister ask you not to? i think it is very important in these circumstances for the world to present a united front and for there to be absolutely no ambiguity about the message. and the message that we are sending to the russians is very clear. do they want to stick with a toxic regime? do they want to be eternally associated with a guy who gasses his own people? or do they wa nt to gasses his own people? or

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our diplomatic correspondent james robbins is in the italian city of lucca and sends this. james: contemplating italy's past glory and syria's present horror, boris johnson and rex tillerson are in lucca to turn up the heat on president assad and his russian backers. this morning, rex tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial for a nazi atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and he drew a direct parallel to the gas attack in syria. secretary tillerson: we dedicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. james: when president trump trump's foreign minister, who will confront the russians in moscow later this week, canceled -- set down with the foreign secretary who canceled his visit to be here instead, they talked about ways to win the widest possible international support against vladimir putin's present path. immediate afterwards, boris johnson told me he is pressing for new sanctions against russia as well as syria. mr. johnson: we will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions

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our diplomatic coreespondent james robbins reports from lucca.ign ministers meeting ended without any agreement, to a public endorsement of possible future targeted sanctions, aimed at seniorfigures in russia's and syria's armed forces. borings boris had hoped for some form of support but the final communique doesn't mention sanctions and i spoke to the foreign secretary he rejected any suggestion of a defeat. what we have agreed is that we are going to put forward a resolution in the un security council on the chemical weapons attack, we also want to see now the results of the investigation by the opcw, whose job it is to establish what happened. it was a very wide measure of agreement last night, that you know, notjust the syrian generals, but if we could show complicity by those russian officers who are helping the syrian military operation, then they should also be sanctionable as well. the syrians are never going to allow a proper investigation. the bigger picture is that we are moving now into a picture is that we are moving now intoa an pi

james robbins, bbc news.shapiro from the european council on foreign relations, a former advisor to the us secretary of state of us policy in the levant. we know the message that mr tillerson is taking to moscow, mr putin you need to move away from mr assad. that certainly is what the british want and a number of other g 7 countries as well. is that the message that you would have advised rex tillerson to ta ke would have advised rex tillerson to take over there at this particular time? i think if he's going to go, he has no choice but to give that message given that theyjust bombed assad and that the g 7 said that assad and that the g 7 said that assad must go. but the point is really that you're never going to separate assad and russia under the force of american arms. it was a lwa ys force of american arms. it was always going to be, to separate russia and assad would take cooperation with russia and by proceeding this message —— preceding this message with an attack, all they've done is get up putin's bac

that was james robbins talking to borisjohnson in lucca.me now from moscow is andrey kortunov, director general of the russian international affairs council. good afternoon to you. the us secretary of state is now in moscow. what do you think he will be saying to him? problem with sound we're going to try hard to re—establish the line. clearly, massive sound problems there. we will try to re—establish that line. joining us now is the liberal democrat leader tim farron. hejoins us now from his constituency in cumbria. i wonder what you think boris johnson has achieved at the end of this g7 summit? it doesn't seem like he has achieved an awful lot. i would have wanted to have him, of course, succeeded in his bid to persuade the g7 to sign up to sanctions against russia because we have seen that they have been very effective, at least the most effective, at least the most effective tool against russia so far. but it appears there has been a failure of british diplomacy. touf say all the evidence is that boris johnson himself and this current g

james robbins, bbc news, lucca. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the day's avenues.pricks —— press secretary sean spicer has been doing the rounds, appearing on tv stations, apologising to say that hitler did not use chemical weapons on his own people during world war two. he made the comments during talking about russia's support for the syrian regime. the president's spokesman sean spicer came to the daily briefing determined to talk about the seriousness of last week's sarin attack in syria, which the administration holds bashar al—assad responsible for. but then he drew on history to make this point. we did not use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler, who did not even sink to the... to using chemical weapons. but that statement drew an incredulous response from journalists attending the briefing. i just want to give you an opportunity to clarify something that seems to be gaining some traction right now, "hitler didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons." what did you mean by that? i think when you com

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins, has sent us this report from the tuscan city of lucca, whereinisters are meeting. america's secretary of state is in italy to turn up the international heat on syria's president assad and his russian backers. rex tillerson very deliberately joined an international wreath laying at the memorial to a nazi atrocity here in 1944, the massacre of local villagers. we remember the events of august 12th 1944, that occurred. then he drew a direct parallel to last week's gas attack in syria's idlib province. we rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents, anywhere in the world. then, president trump's foreign minister, the man who will go to moscow later this week, met borisjohnson, the foreign secretary who cancelled his visit to be here instead. they are working together to get the widest possible internationally—agreed challenge to the russians. immediately afterwards, borisjohnson told me he is pressing for new sanctions against russia as well as syria. and we will be discussing the possibility of fu

chances of president putin abandoning his allies seem remote. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbinsummit in lu cca. i think we now know that rex tillerson will take essentially a message to moscow that the west, the united states and her allies are convinced that it is really not in the strategic interest of russia to continue on their present path of active military support for president aside. i think he may go armed with a threat of limited targets if they can be agreed here between enough partners so that there would be a naming of specific russian and syrian senior military officers who would be accused of actively and complacently campaigning against the civilians of syria. not necessarily direct involvement in last week's chemical attack but nonetheless of working together to kill or injure innocent civilians in syria. in other news: a teacher and a child have been killed in a shooting inside a primary school classroom in california. the gunman — believed to be the teacher's husband — is also dead. another child was wounded. local police are treating the shooting, in san bern

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports.trump's message to the syrian government and its russian backers yesterday, delivered with force. the united states and her allies reject syrian denials they used a chemical weapon against civilians, including children. now britain has followed up with a diplomatic rebuke. boris johnson britain has followed up with a diplomatic rebuke. borisjohnson has called off talks in moscow on monday and issued a written statement instead. developments in syria have changed the situation fundamentally. we deplore russia's continued defence of the assad regime even after the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. we call on russia to do everything possible to bring about a political settlement in syria and ensure the shocking events of last week are never repeated. the planned visit by boris johnson would be the first by any british foreign secretary for five yea rs, british foreign secretary for five years, a long gap reflecting the difficult relationship between britain and russia which a

a warning that our report from james robbins contains distressing images.ys ago, these pictures shocked the world. children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. other pictures, to horror flick to broadcast, should fire crews hosing down adults and children, many clearly dead. —— too horrific. but now president assad says it was all a fabrication. we don't know whether those dead children, were they get at all? who committed that attack, if there was an attack? —— were they dead at all? you have no information, nothing at all. president assad alleged this is all. president assad alleged this is all fake video and the white helmet emergency crews are jihadi extremists in disguise. there is proof that the videos are fake, the white helmets. they are al-anda. they showed their bids, they wore white hats and they appeared as humanitarian heroes, which is not the case. it's the same people who are killing civilian soldiers, and you have the proof on the internet. but the americans wer