the attack was focused on a rebel—held town and the un is investigating. eating the victims was also hit by air strikes. the events have provoked strong criticism around the world. if proven, this will be further evidence of the barbarism of the syrian regime. but syria and its russian allies deny any responsibility. the un security council will meet in emergency session tomorrow. also tonight... in st petersburg, tributes to the 14 killed in yesterday's bomb attack on the underground system.

the billions in funding that the us gives to the un? ats after the passing of the settlement security council resolution in december 2016 and congress said "we're going to defund this agency unless they sort of — i don't know what the word they used — take back or cancel that resolution." it seems to me it is very convenient for you to say "i wrote a great report but it was, it was bullying, and it was the intimidation of israel and the united states that led to it being rejected by the un secretary general." the truth, surely, is somewhat different. the truth is that if one takes the logic of your report to its final conclusion, you are saying that israel is a racist state. you are renewing that old canard about zionism being racism. is that what you really believe? now, wait a minute. i'm talking about specific laws, policies and practices that pursue racial segregation. so you believe israel is a racist state? i do believe that israel discriminates against its non—jewish citizens. the question was... are you questioning israel's right

the uk's ambassador to the un said it bore "all the hallmarks" of an attack by president assad's regime its approach to un negotiations and underlined britain's resolve to pursue a peaceful solution. russia falls back on its own ways, defending the indefensible. we will not be deterred. the united kingdom with our allies will continue to seek justice for the victims with our allies will continue to seekjustice for the victims of chemical weapons attacks in syria and elsewhere. the french ambassador to the un also called on nations to act together, warning that the eyes of the world were on them. translation: the time has come for us translation: the time has come for us to act collectively with all necessary firmness in the face of these weapons of mass destruction. i would like to hope that we can join together and reiterate our rejection of the use of chemical weapons. the world is watching us. sorry about the poor sound quality. china's ambassador to the un made clear his country's position on the use of nuclear weapons. he accused the british ambassador of the sport, distorting the

russia says the strikes could have very serious consequences in the region and the un calls for restraint. america ‘s allies offer their support. in other news, four people are killed and many injured as a lorry ploughed into strop is in the swedish habit. holm. there were buddies in the street and i could see the police covering the body with an orange blanket. the united states has said it could take further military action against the syrian government. it comes after washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assad's forces launched a chemical weapons attack. addressing an emergency meeting of the united nations security council, the american ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is in america's vital national security interest to prevent the use of chemical weapons. our military destroyed the airfield from which this week's chemical strike took place. we were fullyjustified in doing so. the moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. his crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. it was time to say "enough" b

of the willing. >> very goldwater, charlie gasparino, saying get the un out of the us and the un outf the us and a lot more to be said for that and as far as the political body they are useless, they are immoral, they are disgusting. but they do a lot of humanitarian aid, feed people all over the world, we don't want to stop feeding people around the world. as far as taking it is a moral authority they are a terrible joke. charles: list, the un honestly no one fears them, their abuse around the world is awful as well. >> i get your point completely and disagree. we are slowly coming around, didn't take long figuring out in a period where takes more diplomacy, not less diplomacy. charles: is this true? >> to your suggested it is a reasonable suggestion, we should have a coalition of the willing, getting people together who agree with each other which charles: to resolve issues, not to protect tyrants around the world. >> i prefer to find people forced to come together and argue with each other. >> why not sit in a room with lockwood ahmadinejad? it is like a therapy session for him to

. >> what is the un about? shing is real, it is about bashing the united states, about giving lockwood, that is odd a platform to start off stupidity. we pay for these clowns in new york city, we -- they clog up traffic every day, a useless organization. charles: i'm in the camp that thinks it is time for america to get out of the un and reform a coalition of the willing. >> very goldwater, charlie gasparino, saying get the un out of the us and the un out of the us and a lot more to be said for that and as far as the political body they are useless, they are immoral, they are disgusting. but they do a lot of humanitarian aid, feed people all over the world, we don't want to stop feeding people around the world. as far as taking it is a moral authority they are a terrible joke. charles: list, the un honestly no one fears them, their abuse around the world is awful as well. >> i get your point completely and disagree. we are slowly coming around, didn't take long figuring out in a period where takes more diplomacy

the billions in funding in the us is to the un? issue the report. they started their threats after the passing of the settle m e nt threats after the passing of the settlement security council resolution in december 2016 and congress said we are going to be fun this agency unless they thought of i don't know what the word they used takeback or don't know what the word they used ta keback or cancel that resolution. it seems to be it is very convenient for you to say i wrote a great report but it was, it was bullying and it was the intimidation of israel and the united states that led to it being rejected by the un secretary general but the truth surely is somewhat different, the truth is that if one takes the logic of your report to its final conclusion, you are saying that israel is a racist state. i am. israel is a racist state. i am. israel is a racist state. i am. israel is renewing that old canard about zionism being racist. if that's what you really believe? wait a minute. i'm talking about specific laws, policies and practices

it should have been organised by the un. if there should be an asack. orrific and totally illegal action by somebody using chemical weapons against innocent people. do you condemn the attack last night? i think it is the wrong time to do it. i think they should have been consultation with the un before anything happened. but it has happened. let's now have rapid ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table in geneva. millions of people have been forced into exile. tens much thousands have died in this conflict. weapons are pouring into the region. it's getting worse. there has to be a political solution. it's up to russia, america, the european union and all the neighbouring countries to rapidly get together before there's even further loss of life. short time ago our political correspondent spoke to labour's shadow foreign secretary to get her reaction to the news. the uk government actually finned the us air strike —— fully behind the us air strike —— fully behind the us air strike. last night they we re the us air strike. last night they were consu

but the un is only its members. it is also a lawmaking institution. oment, members like the us can undertake actions without legal authority and when there's good work to be done, such as let's find out who is launching chemical weapons, it can be vetoed by the russians. it is pointless and completely redundant at the moment. it's the eighth time that russia has stepped into protect its ally. it has vetoed every single one. but i think we are missing the bigger picture again, which is isis. we offer yet in the fa ct which is isis. we offer yet in the fact that half of those cruise missiles should have been launched at isis spots. why do they have this focus with regime change? we know how that works! what about isis? what about the argument. the us has been saying that you can't have a solution to any of the problems, including so—called islamic state, without dealing with president assad. that he is at the root of all of these problems. there is no logic to that. you can deal with assad next. deal with islamic state first. but islamic state wouldn't h

member states, helping the un security council. and and un regional groups in cooperation with a panel of experts. and 1 may. and the passion group will take place by the end of may. and the collective actions, and the well-being above the consideration and it is clear in this respect. as chair of the sanctions committee, and to achieve a diplomatic solution to north korea's weapons of mass destruction. the dpr k will blatantly -- to international obligations. on the contrary, we are convinced the dpr k can much better meet security needs by abiding to the un security council resolutions, the 6 party talks of september 2005. and through the early date, allow me to underlines at the dpr k, and cause a deplorable diversion, two resources, and to create the conditions, to improve the economy and the standard of its people. >> i think his excellency for his statement. i now give the floor to his excellency, mister byung-se yun from the republic of korea. sorry, excuse me. i give the floor to the representative of the ukraine for a state

the un security council met for a briefing about the ongoing conflict in syria. the unite united nations undersecretary general for humanitariaundersecretary generr humanitarian affairs reported that the situation is a teary reading rapidly and called for a cease-fire to allow the routes to be open. we also hear from security council members including u.s. ambassador nick e. nikki haley. this is about two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> morning. the 7,931st meeting of the security council is called to order. the agenda for the meeting is the situation in the middle ea east. the agenda is adopted. rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure i invite mr. o'briant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator to participate in a meeting. mr. o'briant is joining today from a video teleconference in geneva. the security council will begin its consideration of item two on the agenda and i wish to draw the attention of the council members to 201-7339. the report of the secretary-general on the implementation of the resolutiou to 13

the rebels. and they can't agree on a un security council statement. no response to the horrors we have seen in these videos. let me play you the views of all sides, first donald trump. at attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me, a big impact. that is a horrible thing. i have been watching and seeing it and it does not get any worse than not. and i have a flexibility and it is very, very possible, and i will tell you, it has already happened, that my attitude towards syria and assad has changed very much. this is the us ambassador to the un. how many more children have to died before russia cares? the united states sees yesterday's attack as a disgrace at the highest level, an assurance that humanity means nothing to the syrian government. the question members of this council must ask themselves is this council must ask themselves is this —— this council must ask themselves is this -- if this council must ask themselves is this —— if we are not able to e nforce this —— if we are not able to enforce resolutions preventing the use enforce res

regarding the briefing to be organized by the un security council. which is usurped by the united states using its role as the president of the un security council. it is well known that in her capacity as the president of the un security council, she has announced that the security council will hold the briefing under the pretext of the [indiscernible] -- it will be presided over by the secretary of state of the united states. first of all, i strongly and [indiscernible] -- as another abuse of authority [indiscernible] -- as everybody knows nowadays, the united betrayed the sovereign state while proclaiming peace by strength. -- reason the the united states is disturbing world peace and insisting on beginning star logic that the invasion of a sovereign state is and and proportionate -- and theyle] apply it to the corian peninsula as well. the united states has used south this is the biggest hotspot of the nuclear strategic asset. the peacehreatening of the peninsula and pushing the situation there to the brink of war. nuclear war may break out at any

i called out to the un chief, was this attack a test of the un resolve ? the un resolve? i do not think we need to quantify if it is a test or not, everything we do is a test to some extent. but every attack in syria... with every attack in syria, the words grow stronger. but they are essentially the same. condemnation of yet another atrocity, calls for an investigation and warnings of a price to pay. but time and again it is syrian civilians who continue to pay the heaviest price of all. russia says the syrian military did carry out an air strike. but its military spokesman said they struck what he called a terrorist warehouse with an arsenal of toxic substances. a weapons expert told the bbc the chemicals were most probably dropped from the air. the claim is implausible if the facility on the ground was hit by munitions dropped from the air you would get other materials as well as the particularly poisonous materials being spread. they have been accidents in production plants before, these have not produced the same kind of spread of materials as we are

on the us side, donald trump has wants the un to impose new sanctions. uo in north korea is also unacceptable, and the council must be prepared to propose additional sanctions on north korea nuclear and ballistic missile isle programmes. this is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. north korea is a big world problem and it is a problem we have to finally sold. people put blindfolds on for decades and now it is time to solve the problem. barbara plett usher is live for us. what was the context in which mr trump was speaking. that was a meeting of the security council. they came to washington to meet with president trump. he took the opportunity to talk about international issues which are important to him. i think probably what was on the minds of those ambassadors was that he has threatened to slash us funding for the un. he did seem to hold out a carrot to them. he said if the un does thejob it carrot to them. he said if the un does the job it is a posted then he would be much less worried about the budget which he said wa

the un says it does not provide or promote abortions. electoral council in ecuador has declared the socialist candidate lenin moreno the winner of sunday's presidential poll. with almost all the results now in he got almost all the results now in he got a full 51% of the votes. in south korea, a software mogul is to be the candidate for the opposition party, the people's party, in the upcoming presidential elections. the 55—year—old will stand against the liberal front runner, who won his party's nomination on monday. now, the white house has released this image, the first official portrait of melania trump, the us first lady, but the portrait has raised some eyebrows, particularly on social media, with accusations it has been airbrushed. white house officials say the portrait was indeed taken at the white house but social media users are all over this, comparing melania's picture with that of other first ladies. well, the trump administration is writing its own rules when it comes to diplomacy. donald trump's son—in—law has organised th

i speakfor implementation of the un security council resolution and we were talking about finding ways of getting out of the spiral of escalations and moved towards the negotiation process of demilitarisation of the korean pullin sealer through political and diplomatic efforts. —— korean peninsular. also marked the special responsibility of russia and the us in military, political, security, both regional and global. we have checked our clocks about implementation of strategic r , implementation of strategic weaponry, limitations, and agreed to ove i’co m e weaponry, limitations, and agreed to overcome a pose that has been observed in these processes for objective reasons due to the change of the administrative team in the white house. in areas of strategic stability will be renewed and will be moving pragmatically, matter—of—factly, aimed at precise intimate place in —— into —— aimed at the precise implementation. both parties looking to overcome negative tendencies that have been observed in the our investment, trade, for objective and subjective reasons. we look to support the visit

the un is set to stage emergency talks later. t by china's president xi jinping to the united states to meet president donald trump. frontrunners in the french presidential election have clashed over europe in their second tv debate. the centrist candidate, emmanuel macron, said proposals by marine le pen of the national front amounted to "economic wa rfa re" colombia's president, juan manuel santos, has told the bbc

the un, the security council this evening, how harsh as wordsworth.ven more, located. thank you, doctor. —— getting even more complicated. let's return to the attack on sweden now. in the last two minutes the swedish prime minister has been speaking, saying sweden will reinforce its borders but will not allow the attack to undermine its cherished values. sweden has been attacked. at 2:53pm, a truck violently ran a pedestrian street in the heart of our capital, leaving at least four dead and some 15 people seriously injured. 0ur least four dead and some 15 people seriously injured. our whole country is in seriously injured. our whole country isina seriously injured. our whole country is in a state of shock. my thoughts are firstly with the victims and theirfamilies. in are firstly with the victims and their families. in this difficult moments, swedish authorities, including police and hospitals, are doing everything they can to save lives and maintain our safety. thoughts, concerns, and condolences have breached many of us from all around the world. we

the un security council has called an emergency meeting. rnments deny any involvement in what's being investigated as a war crime. also on the programme... a top member of president obama's team comes underfire, accused of politicising intelligence. the claims, she says, are absolutely false.

the un itself, the secretary general talk about what he described as a truly dangerous situation.ent of all the countries involved and their positions on this. the one agreement everybody has is that north korea is a repressive regime. it's own people suffering. as somebody was saying, i think it was rex tillerson, the us secretary of state, pointing out that they spend many millions of dollars on nuclear facilities that they spend many millions of dollars on nuclearfacilities but, at the same time, they do not put that money into their own country and many people are starving. now for a look at the weather. not a bad afternoon. dry weather in the story. as we go through the night, the showers will become few and far between. they'll be a pleasant start to the bank holiday weekend. these are the overnight lows. not particularly cold. a good, dried, and relatively sunny start for many of us. the breeze starting to pick up of us. the breeze starting to pick up in the west. in the sunshine that averages will respond quite nicely. the showers will remain fairly isolated. highs of 9—17

this is also a matter of credibility for the un system. yes the implementation of sanctions against them remains insufficient and highly inconsistent as highlighted in the latest report. the recommendations provided by the panel must be followed up and there is a need for stronger political commitments by all un members in this regard. we need additional capacity at all levels to ensure better compliance with the spirit of the resolutions adopted by the council. sanctions alone will not solve the problem on the korean peninsula. now diplomacy is crucial. diplomatic efforts are urgently needed to prepare for peaceful diplomatic and comprehensive solution. the press statement in response to the latest ballistic missile launch, that statement confirms the continued commitment. we must consider new agreements. our embassy is the protecting power of u.s. interest and for canada and australia. we are a member of the neutral nation. this could contribute to reducing tensions and increased trust and transparency. i would also, like others, take thi

we had some strong torque from many ambassadors at the un today. be tolerated by parts of the international community? to give trump limited credit, he said there we re trump limited credit, he said there were red lines and when those red lines were crossed, he acted. some would say he was backed into a corner there. there was not much he could do, having presented this show of strength earlier. he did have to ta ke of strength earlier. he did have to take action. i think what is interesting about the way the guardian presents this is that they say the white house appeared to back away from wider military involvement. i know other papers are saying that this is just the beginning of further military tensions between the us and syria and potentially with russia. that mixed messaging of where this is going to lead, i think is presented in the papers. with regard to the reaction at the un today, britain's ambassador matthew rycroft spoke out in support. russia said the us has broken international law by mounting the strikes. it has done so unilaterally

secretary of state rex tillerson tells the un security council that it must act before north korea does. they bear the teeth as well, releasing footage of a massive military exercise. this is over in washington. also, coming out, pope francis reaches out to muslims, he is there for individuation's he urges moms to teach the students to reject violence carried out in the name of god. >> investigators are searching for evidence in a bizarre case of an army officer who allegedly posed as a syrian refugee. they believed he was planning a terror attack which he wanted to blame on refugees. the german film awards, there has been a big winner. the comedy drama has taken home six and we will have more from the culture desk. i am sarah harmon, thank you for joining us. the united states has issued an urge to action which they says is a nuclear threat from north korea. the euro secretary of state rex tillerson urged the un security council to impose stronger sanctions on the north. he said failure to act against the weapons program could be catastrophic. a special session of the un security counc

what have you made while watching the exchanges at the un, of the international responses?tter is, that it is in no—one's interest, including the 190 i think signatories which syria agreed to if 2013, it is in all of their interests not to use, to use chemical weapons. bashar al—assad decided that agreement which he agreed to and signed in, and approved, didn't apply to him. i don't think that is anyone's interests, and i think president trump was right responding. think it was three—and—a—half years too late for the united states frankly. the russianed have warned of potential grave consequences of an escalation in the region and when the us has acted unilaterally in the past things have gone, got rapidly worse, in the light of those words though, what kind of response do you expect to see from syria itself, and russia, its ally? a good question. i don't think in terms of a response from the assad regime, i don't think washington worries about that too much. in terms of russian response, we will have to wait and see. if they want a military showdown, which i hope they don'

there are calls for the un security council to hold an emergency meeting. also this lunchtime... russia says the attack on the st petersburg underground, which killed 1a people, was carried out by a suicide bomber from kyrgyzstan. the prime minister says the government is preparing for all scenarios in its brexit negotiations, as a commons committee warns of the risk of not striking a deal. i'm confident that we can get a good deal with the european union. i'm confident notjust because that will be good for us but it will be good for them, as they have acknowledged. a man is sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a woman with learning difficulties, who he held captive for eight years. and also, a storm in an egg cup? the row between the church, the national trust and cadbury about the omission of the word easter from their egg hunts. and coming up in the sport on bbc news... the football association will ask sunderland boss david moyes to explain remarks in which he told a female reporter she might get a slap. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at least 58 peop

let's cross to the un and our correspondent, nick bryant. uch an angry and impassioned meeting of the security council here. matthew rycroft said earlier and pointed the finger squarely at the assad regime and also at the russians and chinese who in february vetoed a draft resolution which would have imposed sanctions on the assad regime for carrying out proven chemical weapons attacks earlier. he did that had sent a message of encouragement to the regime. the most electrifying moment, the most dramatic by far came when the trump administration's new ambassador don nikki haley, stood to her feet, new ambassador don nikki haley, stood to herfeet, which new ambassador don nikki haley, stood to her feet, which we rarely see here, and she brandished photographs of children who had died in that chemical weapons attack. it almost recalled the moment in the early 60s when the then us ambassador here referred to the famous black and white satellite photos of the missile sites that the soviet union were developing in cuba. it was very dramatic and she

>> the us went around the united nations because the un care out responsibility. in carrying out this military strike the us was not on fool ground to do this because they are supposed to have un approval. at this point both of those avenues for getting things right didn't work so that is why donald trump went around the united nations and i don't think you saw much criticism of him for doing that. there are some legal boundaries that were crossed and decided to do that. on a domestic front donald trump was within the law because he met the war powers resolution. if this went beyond 60 days he would need congressional approval to do that so he got himself a little time. dagen: rand paul criticizing everything the trump administration has done. his political aspirations would raise that question but to quote admiral mc raven, the commander of the raid that killed usama bin laden, there are a lot of sharks in the world and with deal with a shark you have to punch him in the snout, this punched in the snout and anybody threatening to take on the us. neil: quoth the ra

we can hearfrom the french ambassador to the un. let's listen in. france has strongly condemned this carnage and new proof of the kind of barbarism that's been, that has struck syria over the past few yea rs. struck syria over the past few years. well, some have claimed this was a strike against a warehouse of chemical substances belonging to terrorists. i want to recall a number of facts, three of them. first of all, there was no fire even though such a strike would have caused a fire and the consequences would have been much more certificate for the civilian population. furthermore, this is an area where the syrian army and air force are in fa ct the syrian army and air force are in fact operating and in fact, additional strikes were observed in the area of idlib yesterday. finally, the responsibility of the syrian air force has already been mentioned for the use of chem chemical weapons three times at least and irrefute pli based on the conclusions of thejoint investigative mechanism mandated by this council. the atrocities committed yesterday whi

let us head to the un andjoin ambassador to the un.spondent nada tawfik. a strong message there, would you say that those sentiments, that that tone is reflected ? say that those sentiments, that that tone is reflected? yes, absolutely. we heard similar talk from the french ambassador, who said he hoped that the us air strikes would be almost a game—changer, really, in this, but i have to say on the opposite side, to give you the viewpoint of members such as bolivia who called for this meeting and the russian viewpoint, they say this was a flagrant violation of international law, that the us shouldn't have acted unilaterally, russia, the russian deputy ambassador warned in the council, that this action could have consequences for international stability and for the political talksjune stability and for the political talks june way. stability and for the political talksjune way. so we saw a big divide in council between those who we re divide in council between those who were support thetive of the us actions who say the only person to

the un security council is to hold an emergency session. was focused on the rebel—held town of khan sheikhoun, in the north—west province of idlib. this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. there are distressing images coming up, right from the beginning. this boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, he's showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military—strength nerve agent. the victim's lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. the attack happened in khan sheikhoun, a town that has been heavily bombed by the regime and by the russians in the last two days. it's in idlib province, which is one of the last rebel strongholds in syria. the hospital was overwhelmed by casualties. translation: all are wounded, some are dead, there are many suffocation cases. we couldn't enter khan sheikhoun city because of the intensive and systematic shelling. there doesn't seem to be much ox

is this, for the first time, the americans saying regime change is necessary?‘ unitary strike against the country, what ever one may think about the regime. russia will be pushing for that and also for it not least because it wants an equivalence and there was a security council meeting in the wake of what russia says is the alleged chemical attack, so it will want to see due process gone through here. i think there is a lot of going through the motions. the russians probably realise and i think the american administration has made it clear, it is not a dramatic shift in policy towards syria. that might come. mr trump has signalled his mind is changing on syria but i do not think it was an attack to change the military balance in syria, or to move forward with the removal of the assad regime. it is military action. but on a relatively modest scale against a specific target to send a message about reinforcing the norms against the use of chemical weapons. that is what mr trump said he was about and what we have to believe because it is probably true. this is not mil

to being the briefing organized by the un security council. that is usurped by the united .tates using its role known that in her capacity as the president of the un security council, she has announced that the security council will hold the briefing -- it will be presided over by the secretary of state of the united states. all, this is another authority.e council werety acting on behalf of the united states. , the u.s. has betrayed the sovereign state. the recent missile attack on syria -- states is insisting thate gangster logic invasion of a sovereign state is just an proportionate -- and proportionate. then he to apply to the korean peninsula as well. this is the biggest hotspot of the nuclear strategic asset. they are threatening the peace of the peninsula and pushing the the brink ofre to war. war may break out at any moment on the peninsula. nothing of the bills in northeast asia. the situation in the korean peninsula is often in a state that goes out of control. the root cause lies in the united states. it is a hostile policy. it has a

first, our main story: the un security council will hold an emergency session later to discuss a suspectedcal attack in syria, which is reported to have killed at least 58 people, many of them children. washington has accused the assad regime of "barbarism", but officials in damascus have denied using chemical weapons. the us, britain and france have called on the united nations to order a full investigation. you may find images in sarah corker‘s report distressing. hundreds of innocent syrians, including many children, struggling to breathe after a suspected chemical attack in idlib province. distressing images and evidence that will no doubt dominate emergency talks held by the un security council later today. global leaders have called for a rapid investigation into what happened here. some of the injured were treated across the border in turkey. medics wore face masks to protect themselves from the toxic gases. translation: we were affected by the gas. we couldn't stand up. i felt dizzy and sick. i suffered from shortness of breath. i couldn't breathe. this apparent chemical strike on

later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. hat russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. all it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for false. —— that the assad regime is playing the russians forfalse. —— macgowan. that the assad regime is playing the russians for false. —— macgowan.” would ask russia not to say these things ina would ask russia not to say these things in a country. this means that we have two big military powers in the area operating without any contact or co—ordination, which is dangerous. russia is hoping that this us strike was a i—off. but denied, it is strengthening and offences across syria, just in case. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a lorry has been driven into a crowd of pedestrians in stockholm, killing four people and injuring 15, nine of them seriously. the swedish prime minister said everything suggested it was an act of terrorism. the incident happened mid—af

the un says an entire generation is being starved and crippled by the war.s it will not comply with a request to release files relating to former national security advisor michael flynn. lawmakers want to see his application for security clearance from before he joined the administration. the white house referred the request to the defence department. conservationists in kenya have taken an unusual step by putting a white rhino on the dating app tinder. the idea is to raise money so that sudan, who is the last white northern rhino in the wild in the country, can take part in breeding programmes. swiping right on his profile, which is available in 190 countries, will take you to a donation page. this is a ten or possibly even 15 year programme to recover this species. we estimate it will cost somewhere in the region of $9000000—$10000000. the philippines government says it has mobilised a 40,000 strong force to ensure security at the asean summit, which starts on wednesday. twenty one different agencies are involved in the operation for the gathering in pasay

i don't think the russian position on syria has changed one inch. this thing about a un time. they've got a problem with assad. russians have no love for this guy bashar al—assad but on the other hand, as soon is they say, he's got to go, where is their leveraged? they are playing for time. why don't they make him behave better? i'm not sure they can. i think the collective russian frustration has been, we deal with autocrats all around the world. this is part of reality. why are you such a bloody minded one who despite that can't win the war, why are you making it so hard? win the war, why are you making it so hard ? they win the war, why are you making it so hard? they have played a week and relatively well, it has got attention off ukraine which is a good thing for them. it has brought the united states to the table whereas the message under president 0bama whereas the message under president obama was isolation. at the end of the day, this is a big problem for the day, this is a big problem for the russians, more of a liability than a benefit. part of the strategy th

she said if the un does not act on syria, the us might. she be talking about?” don't know exactly what she might be referring to but both her comments and president trump's statement that this is unacceptable, that it crosses many lines, at least raises the possibility that the us might ta ke the possibility that the us might take some kind of military action, particularly as president trump is criticising obama, criticising him today, for not having acted upon his red line three years ago. it is a bit ironic that trump at the time cautioned president obama against action, but be that as it may there is clearly a question of us credibility still at stake. if assad is crossing the line, some kind of punitive attack cannot be completely ruled out. is the way to get to president assad is via president putin, halys pressure applied to russia to do that? —— how is pressure applied ? russia to do that? —— how is pressure applied? russia could be pushed to press assad to own up to the fact that he still has chemical weapons in his arsenal, but th

with regard to the reaction at the un today, britain's ambassador matthew rycroft spoke out in support. russia said the us has broken international law by mounting the strikes. it has done so unilaterally and there will be grave consequences. you wonder, unilaterally and there will be grave consequences. you wonder, how many other people will feel that donald trump is actually —— has actually done everyone a favour given the un could not get a resolution. it does feel like d j vu could not get a resolution. it does feel like dj vu because we had a similar thing feel like dj vu because we had a similarthing in feel like dj vu because we had a similar thing in 2013 when assad used chemical weapons and there was, remember the house of commons had a vote on it and camera narrowly lost after labour did not back it. thanks to ed miliband. supposedly that put america off doing their own strikes in response to this. some unusual people are supporting trump and what he has done because he has reinforced a red line which they say 0bama and cameron and miller band and everyone, it should have don

. >> the un special envoy for yemen talked about the country's ongoing civil war in efforts to negotiate a peace deal. these remarks at the middle east institute in washington d.c. are followed by questions from the audience. this is just under an hour. >> good morning. if we could all take our seats. good morning and welcome to the middle east institute. the grand ballroom that you're sitting in now is part of our swing space. we moved here temporarily for the next two years while we rebuild our headquarters which i know most of you are familiar with. in two years time, when we moved back to it we will be welcoming all of you again in a totally renovated middle east institute which i think you'll find extremely lovely. welcome anyway to our temporary headquarters. i am wendy j. chamberlin president of the middle east institute. it is a great pleasure to welcome you to what we find is an extremely, at conference on extremely important issues. the humanitarian situation in yemen today. cnn is covering live and the middle east institute is videotaping this. you will be able to watch the wh

let‘s cross to the un and our correspondent nada tawfik. i was mentioning comments coming out of the white house which rex tillerson has been making in florida, how is it playing it where you are? at the moment we have the security council going to hold consultations on a resolution on syria to set up a fact—finding mission to find out exactly what happened in the chemical weapons attack a few days ago, who in fact may have been responsible. we have had rival d rafts, responsible. we have had rival drafts, the us, uk and france on one hand presenting a draft they hope to vote on later tonight but the russians have also put out a draft and the main difference between them has been at call the united states put in to have the syrian government to provide a fact—finding mission with access to flight logs and access to air bases were the fact—finding mission thing they could possibly carry out some of those are strikes. right now at the un we are seeing that there could possibly be a vote tonight on this resolution and it‘s very unclear how russ

but the un's syria envoy, while cautious, did not appear to back that account. stood, it was a chemical attack and it came from the air. we have been and we will be stimulating or those who have the capacity of finding out technically what happened. efforts are already being made to gatherforensic happened. efforts are already being made to gather forensic evidence in the hospitals where today's victims are being treated but it seems clear war crime has been committed. the use of chemical weapons is banned under international law, a law which appears to have been violated once again in syria today. james robbins, bbc news. our middle east editor jeremy bowen is here. the white house says 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 l

mr tillerson was chairing a special meeting of the un security council. he told the council there was "no reason" to think north korea would change course under the current sanctions regime. with each successful detonation and missile tests north korea pushes the world closer to instability and broader conflict. the threat of the north korean nuclear attack console or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. indeed, they have repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. given that rhetoric, the united states cannot idly stand by north and other members of this council who are within striking distance of north korean missiles. washington has repeatedly called for tougher un sanctions, but is looking to china to take a diplomatic lead. but the chinese foreign minister, wang yi, responded by saying it wasn't realistic for one country to be responsible for solving the issue. translation: mr president, china is not a focal point of this spending chiller and the key to sol

later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. ngly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. "i would ask america not to insult my country," said russia's deputy ambassador. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over syria. which means that we have two big, military powers in the area, operating without any — any contacts and any co—ordination, which is very dangerous. russia is hoping that this us strike was a one—off, but tonight it is strengthening air defences across syria, just in case. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a lorry has been driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the swedish capital stockholm, killing four people and injuring 15. sweden's prime minister has called it an act of terrorism. our correspondent, dan johnson, reports from stockholm. people running in terror, as a truck races towards s

later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. ical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. "i would ask america not to insult my country," said russia's deputy ambassador. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over syria. which means that we have two big military powers in the area, operating without any... ..any contacts, and any co—ordination, which is very dangerous. russia is hoping that this us strike was a one—off. but tonight, it is strengthening air defences across syria, just in case. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. flynt leverett is a professor of international affairs at penn state and co—author of "going to tehran: why america must accept the islamic republic of iran." hejoins us via he joins us via webcam from mclean in virginia. thank you so much for your time. first of all, there has definitely been an incons

the un's says it's on the brink of famine.e are witnessing the starving and the crippling of an entire generation. we must act now to save lives. and i'll be asking rory cellan—jones about a new app that promises to use artificial intelligence to offer health care. jimmy wales, the founder of wikipedia, has been answering questions you sent me about his new project to take on fake news. you can see his answers and questions on other stories. you know how to get into touch alex —— you know how to get into! welcome to outside source... june 8th is election day here in the uk. let's update you on the campaign. the prime minister theresa may has been in south wales. we wa nt we want to get votes and support here in wales. because, that will strengthen my hand in the brexit negotiations. clapping the opposition labour party has been offering more detail on how it sees brexit working. we do not accept that there has to bea we do not accept that there has to be a reckless tory brexit. a fundamental issue in this election. it isa fund

contribution to the un budget. >> what you feel the united nations has gone wrong?i think the united nations got scale. i think they got into the emotions of what happens in most clubs. it went through the motions and all of a sudden the action went down. the cost will not. >> eric: the un's regular peacekeeping budget amount to more than $10 billion year. of that, u.s. taxpayers pay up to 2.8 billion. the president's budget proposal wants to/1 billion from that. >> i think we see there could be efficiencies. we will start cutting around the edges and see what we can get done. when you start to cut? the biggest amount of money is the peacekeeping missions. >> the u.s. pays a lot more for those u.s. peacekeeping missions than anyone else. just over 20% which the administration wants to reduce to 25%. that would be more than double the next contributors, china and japan. about four times more than germany, france, great britain. six times more than russia. on friday, the security council unanimously agreed to reduce the number peacekeeping troops deployed in the democ

the un is set to stage emergency talks later. north korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea ofjapan, prompting an angry reaction from south korea and japan. the launch comes ahead of a visit by china's president xi jinping to the united states to meet president donald trump. frontrunners in the french presidential election have clashed over europe in their second tv debate. the centrist candidate, emmanuel macron, said proposals by marine le pen of the national front amounted to "economic wa rfa re" colombia's president, juan manuel santos, has told the bbc the landslide that killed more than 250 people was a direct result of climate change. 300 people are still missing in the south—western town of mocoa. right, if you want to know what is going on in the financial world, i can tell you that sally is here with world business report. today politicians in the european parliament get a chance to debate brexit with meps well aware they have a final say once negotiations are complete. another brick in the wall: the bidding pro