you have seen of the trilateral aggression time from u.k. france and the us on the fourteenth when a pro saudia with forcing hundreds. perpetrated against syria over one hundred i saw illes launch against syria i said that me him and the home you are. that is the measure on. what we do in every day when they launched these rockets this missiles the said they are punishing syria but they didn't have any proof and you didn't have anything to show for it or like in defiant you know. what i do said baylor at all and missile defense systems were able to. destroy seventy one of these missiles those that shut down seven thousand one it's already. had the saudi except i thought out of my hundred. million some of these missiles. we. have to. use it against a year when i was there scientific senator manchin variety actually where pharmaceutical. activities. are. taking place at the time and they literally nothing to do with chemical weapons opus a-w. experts have visited this scientific center last year in field model again and in their report and the whole

u.k. and france from lied on before carrying out the strikes. you go to the leaders of france and u.k. and the united states and throughout the speaking all the evidence leads to the quote that was based on the media reports and on social networks he also added that the firing of more than one hundred missiles into syria by those powers will not go on answered. then went on to say that russia is really losing what little trust remains between russia and the west saying that relations between the two really are worse than they were during the cold war which is a phrase that we've been hearing all too often as of late a lot of mistrust flying around and unclear what's going on into the finale there jaclyn very good thanks for that. donald trump strikes have drawn anger at home too with thousands across america rallying against the assault but as one nation said he explains the president might not need public approval but a distraction instead being in the public eye as a world leader is no easy task especially when things aren't going your way one day you know is home is being raided by

france and the u.k. demonstrating our unquestionable was off i'd like to close by noting that since the strike we have not seen any military response from actors within syria and we remain postured to protect our forces and those of the coalition should anything occur then back to you so with that to take your questions. thank you general because he said. we're going to leave the pentagon an update on the strikes overnight from the united states france and from the u.k. general mckenzie there the director of the joint staff saying is double the size of what america did you know laterally a year ago now after. and describing the three distinct chemical weapons program targets as he put it that all targets were ahead the first one that he mentioned is the one that you can see on that many screen down in the bottom right hand corner of that bar say near to damascus and saying that all aircraft returned safely to base an update from the pentagon on the strikes overnight. right now let's talk to professor hus

france the u.k. acted in accordance with our responsibility but the use of chemical weapons in syria is unacceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights smalling 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 unless it has had analysts of the photos of testimonies and videos from do you 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 fact 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 she's the leader of the national front here in france she took to twitter on saturday morning to say this she said that this action in gauges of france in an unpredictable and potentially dramatic consequences and she sa

france and the u.k. have bombed targets in syria president trump announced the military action in a white house address late on friday as he spoke of explosions rocks damascus the air and missile strikes were launched in response to an alleged chemical attack in syria's town of duma last sunday washington says its confidence the assad government used chemical weapons against civilians however in the statements the white house admits the evidence they have is based on media and g.a.o. reports russia's foreign ministry slams the strikes saying they came when the war ravaged country finally have a chance for a peaceful future strikes also take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w start their probe into alleged poison gas attack duma so far the experts are still expected at the scene later in the day. and here are live pictures now from the east excuse makes the latest pictures from the syrian capital damascus where people there of taken to the streets to d

u.k. and france to bomb targets in syria after u.s. president trump order strikes against assad forces in response to an alleged chemical attack. the strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w start their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in dumont last week that experts are due to arrive at the scene on saturday. russia says it's confidence the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from the various media outlets and n.g.o.s we take a closer look at those sort of. very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron and jacqueline food bringing you continuing coverage of our breaking news the syrian capital damascus has been hit by missiles fired in a u.s. led operation against the assad government the pentagon said it also targeted two locations near the city of homs. president trump announced the military action and a friday evening t.v. address it comes in response to an alleged chemical attack in the syrian

u.k. and france.udge jeanine: i recall all the times barack obama talked about his international coalition and all the people who were with the united states, and none of this happened. and now that this has happened for the second time, do you think that this will stop? was this an operation that would put more of this chemical weaponry to rest or destroy most of of it? >> i spoke with ambassador nikki haley and she confirmed the strikes did go right to a major hub of the chemical weapons on certainly others say syria is still capable. by the many important the interest national community see what happened here and what the response was. getting assad to understand that this country and our allies at the very least, the u.k. and france will not sit idly by and look the other way which -- when he's gags his own people. but there is confidence they struck at the hub and took out major source. he did it a year ago to the day. and this president took action also. he's been leading on this issue for over

u.k. and france. well so i mean russia as i saying has this this s. four hundred system it also has an older s. three hundred system in operation in syria at the moment and then there is also systems like the pan syria system and systems that it's given the syrian military that that would be used we think in trying to shoot down cruise missiles coming from american warships planes etc but you have the most sophisticated russian air defense systems are think mainly used to protect russian assets and they have not been used in previous u.s. air strikes against syrian targets or israeli air strikes against syrian targets. this is a system that the russians the s four hundred. around the world at the moment and therefore it's particularly vulnerable i think to the kind of incident that we're seeing at the moments where were actually be used properly and fail that would be a bad sign for russian military technology and i think perhaps militaries around the world who are interested in buying the s four hundred would then perhaps consider whether that was a

france the u.k. . actors in accordance with our responsibility the use of chemical weapons in syria is an acceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights. as. well this 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 unless it has had analysts of the photos of testimonies and videos from a do you 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 fact should all recycled and it says that the symptoms they believe all characteristics of chemical weapons also in regards to assad being culpable francaise it again has a high degree of confidence due to the particular situation in eastern guta around april eleventh when this alleged attack was said to take place and it's also accused syria saying that there is evidence assad had been stockpiling chemical

u.k. france have said that they will they have struck syria and damascus they said that they're prepared to go against them militarily economically and diplomatically until they you stop the use of chemical. weapons there they also directly addressed iran and russia saying why would these two countries want to be associated with a murderous regime and saying donald trump specifically saying that they have marshaled their righteous power against barbarism watching arch international my name is sean thomas with jacqueline vogel and we will be continuing our coverage right here on our two international stay with us. because the slogan see the blood of them so a million. viewers who are local was before. much of those who heard it's a preview. you should see him we will. we will. move. move. move show you this new video of the liberal media look very good. just like most of these girls did you feel mr good good good. good good issue also look i do the same you want me to stroke extort to go. to starb

france and the u.k. targeting chemical weapons facilities in syria earlier the u.n. security council rejected a russian resolution condemning the action bosco has demanded the u.s. and its allies cease their aggression against syria overnight the u.s. u.k. and france launched more than one hundred missiles at targets near damascus and holmes is president donald trump praised the strikes as perfectly executed when while there were protests in the united states and europe in greece around seven thousand people attended a rally in central africa. to have a government you know that because we have covered today to content to be imperialist intervention from the us a great britain and france against the nation of syria is obvious that the reason the chemical weapons is just a pretext was heard in a major economic interest for some of the resources in the area we also called them the greek government those taking part for a long time now are supporting with its military bases the attacks on the people of the area. the united states with the french and the english are once

france and the u.k. . they've been justified only by media reports that the people who had intelligence that they said led to those strikes being ordered weren't being shared with people who could have done something to stop it if indeed there was anything to stop in terms of chemical capabilities and serious of the russian foreign minister addressing a gathering near moscow in the past few minutes. right next in his first tweet after the attack overnight donald trump thanked two u.s. allies and said the results couldn't have been better he called the strikes perfectly executed despite russian and syrian military saying that most of the missiles have been intercepted by defense systems. these are pictures from video agency showing the aftermath of one of the strikes you can see what syria says is what's left of a scientific research center near damascus where those pictures of the moment we were showing them to you. of course it was the rubble of the research center one of the free that we heard a pentag

u.k. u.s. and france on saturday and she was grilled to say the least the leader of the opposition party jeremy corbyn he demanded that she publish the legal basis for going ahead with those attacks to raise or make she claims that she'd already consulted the attorney general we could have a quick listen as to why she explained why the evidence couldn't be shared with parliament from congress is this a limited targeted strike on a legal basis that has been used before and it was a decision which required the evaluation of intelligence and information much of which was of a nature that could not be shared with parliament. jeremy corbyn and did ask some additional questions to teresa mayes statement and claim that they were specifically has said that the targets were towards this if it targets that housed chemical weapons john we called in question this and he pointed out that two facilities had already been checked by the w. we can have a quick listen well actually before we do that yet he reminded her of

u.k. and the u.s. and france who actually carried out these strikes they have argued that in the absence of any other diplomatic solution in the absence of any body that can seek and find accountability for alleged chemical weapons attack then these military strikes are the only way in which to forward some kind of sanction against the syrian state which these members of the security council insist is responsible for those attacks not only last weekend but in the past year now that is where. it would appear to go whether there's any success so will be any greater success than they have been in the weeks and indeed months leading to this crisis well that is something that the security council members have got to come to some form of agreement for themselves certainly the secretary general now twice in forty eight hours has said it is absolutely critical that the u.n. security council agree on some kind of mechanism that can attribute responsibility accountability for any form of chemical weapon attack in any regio

if the president and france and the u.k. decide to strike syria don't you think that story would be a bigger story than khomeini's book gets released on tuesday. a short time ago are you ordered to launch precision strikes or targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator for sure. it can be so effective few people will actually see through it but i want to say this raid is meant to distract from his other problems but it's called operation desert storm e. president trump ailed the missile strike in syria is perfectly executed but it could be argued this was instead perfectly timed and it's worked for him before the media branded trump as russia's puppet shaking off a reputation calls for trust that meshes and fifty nine tomahawk cruise missiles launched at the syrian air force base to just pass in the time he gave his popularity of boost but also a big pat on the back from the media we see these beautiful pictures at night i am tempted to quote the great leonard cohen i'm guided by the beauty o

france and the u.k. are an attack on international law. there are justification for three countries taking upon itself to become the judge jury and executioner of whether or not chemical weapons have been used there is a process that should be followed and the attacks on syria the missile attacks from the united states over one hundred as i understand it. are primarily an attack on international law. now if any a day ago that the us defense secretary james not to said they were still looking for evidence now suddenly he's apparently very confident about the use of chemical weapons in syria what could have changed in a day. i think i think actually president trump wants to get the whole issue behind behind him because the pressure was building for a more aggressive attack some of his own he may be regretting some of the tweets that he sent it sent out and that he issued and there neoconservatives within the u.s. are are pressing for a more full scale war on syria the more full scale intervention by the un

u.k. and france from are gone before carrying out the strikes in syria. to leave the results from this in the u.k. and the united states and through the speech and all the leaders of the quote it was based on the media reports in the social network he also added that the firing of more than one hundred missiles into syria by those powers will not go on answered. then went on to say that russia is really losing what little trust remains between russia and the west saying that relations between the two really are worse than they were during the cold war which is a phrase that we've been hearing all too often as of late donald trump strikes have drawn anger at home too with thousands across america rallying against the move but i think explains the president why don't the public approval but a distraction instead. big in the public eye as a world leader is no easy task especially when things aren't going your way one day you'll know is home is being raided by the f.b.i. the next you are trying to hide books tools which could threaten your reputation but in ti

u.k. and france for ignoring the fact that the o.p.c. w the un the un organization the un chemical body they were going to start their mission on the ground in syria their investigation later on saturday so in fact the launch strikes was before the mission and so we as of now do not know if those missiles don't any damage to the areas and facilities that were going to be inspected by the obesogenic curiously about something that the british prime minister when she was a direct addressing the media last hour she didn't comment on that she didn't even mention the o.p.c. w investigation and the importance of the investigation she merely gave details as to why kind of it explains the reasons why the u.k. decided to go ahead with this attack and of course the o.p.c. w. themselves we are waiting for a response from them all we as to whether they are concerned as to whether these strikes have a will affect their investigation so we're interested to hear from them yes yes of course because the big question is right now as to when this whole mili

u.k. and france of violating the u.n. charter with this strike to moscow moscow has called for an emergency un security council meeting. president putin the meantime has issued a statement on the attack and to discuss that further i'm joined by our correspondent ecostar not in the studio igor thanks for coming in can you tell us more about what president putin has said what his response has been well president putin has condemned in the strongest words as to what happened the u.s. strikes on syria he has the united states and its allies have targeted both the military and the civilian infrastructure and that was done completely in violation of united nations norms and all international norms and without any sanction in fact from the u.n. security council is also pointed out that as pretext the sort of the cost was barely the pretext for this was used a. chemical attack that's what he called it he said that the russian exposed the russian military. the russian troops which entered the city of doom of the alleged site of th

u.k. and france carry out strikes against the syrian government in response to an alleged chemical attack in eastern guta intervention came just hours before international inspectors be 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 that meeting stunned the way just. in other news tonight russia's foreign minister claiming the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the script polls in england. last month. good evening nine pm saturday night here in moscow my name is kevin zero in this is r.t. international and one story dominating the overnight events in syria and the ramifications from them where american british and french forces pounded syria with missiles and air strikes last night 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 i

weapon so all in all what we've seen over the last seventy two hours is the three our allies france the u.k. and france getting together looking at the evidence as they saw with their own intelligence as this so it deemed it damning if you will and decided to take action against the syrian regime and to limit that action to the use of chemical weapons and to deter the syrian regime from using chemical weapons unfortunately or otherwise for the syrian regime it's once again limited almost you know pinprick strikes if you will towards those three facilities and then to that they're the man responsible for the use of chemical weapons in syria and for the death of half a million of that's important of course remains a large remains at the head of the syrian state absolutely and we've heard from a guest earlier saying that assad actually needs these chemical weapons because although conventional weapons have killed half a million people he doesn't have the manpower or the arsenal to continue the war to the end simply relying on those days he was suggesting that we are going to see more chemical

u.k. the u.s. and france i have quite a slightly a different view on the subject saying that these acts were unnecessary and that it justified french president francois that these airstrikes were conducted for the owner of the international community and and a legitimate free ward now the airstrikes were conducted in response to claims of an alleged chemical weapons attack on the syrian city of duma even before the official investigation of the organization for the proposition of chemical weapons even started it's now the u.s. u.k. and france said that they would not wait for the independent probe into the alleged chemical attack and decided to a bomb syria based on reports and intelligence that could not so be revealed now at the moment of the o.p.c. w. mission is on the ground in syria looking for the average for this alleged attack russia denies that. such an attack to police and to d.c. speaking to media russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov used a stronger language than the u.n. convoy and to steer it

u.k. and france last more than one hundred missiles and sites they say were connected to syria's chemical weapons program that was in retaliation for last specks of chemical attack on the town of duma the smoke was still rising from those sites as the reactions came in from leaders across the region he expressed support for the strikes the syrian government and iran called them criminal russia drafted a un security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression that was voted down mike hanna has more from the united nations. this is the first time the council has met on syria this week a series of meetings that have served only to illustrate the massive divide on the issue the secretary general's repeated calls for unity ignored they are all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate matters and worsening the suffering of the syrian people the meeting was called by russia and its close ally in the council but libya and outrage was expressed at the strikes took place even as international experts arrived in damascus to

u.k. and france and undermining the work of weapons inspectors on the ground. to the three of us i say your lawyers spoilers on hypocrites you're trying to see failure in the actions of this organization to not pursue your interests you have tried to undermine the efforts of the investigative bodies. in the u.k. and france questions are being asked about the legality of launching the strikes before consulting parliament barnaby phillips has more from central london. into the dark from that base in cyprus british tornadoes headed into the night sky with storm shadow missiles which they would fire at a military facility just outside home is the objective according to the prime minister very specific in scope this is not about intervening in the civil war it is not about regime change. it is about a limited targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region we cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalized her french jets were also on their way and the french government described the attack on syria in similar language. it is it i

u.k. and france. this evening i have authorized british armed forces to conduct coordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and to deter a use of all actors in accordance with our responsibilities above all the use of chemical weapons in syria is unacceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights british and french fighter jets could be seen taking off and landing from their bases in the region and initially france that stressed it would not allow an escalation and britain's prime minister gave a green light to the u.s. led strikes without a vote in parliament on saturday morning britain's top diplomat praised the and welcomed the operation as his former foreign secretary david miliband denounced it stating that bombs are not a substitute for diplomacy he also pointed out that many people in syria are in need of urgent humanitarian aid opposition party leader jeremy corbyn earlier went on record saying an intervention would

u.k. and france swiftly launched air strikes across the country.we cannot launch the united states cannot launch a military attack based upon innuendo and without real facts you saw this in two thousand and three and we're still living through the disastrous consequences of that decision if you're going to launch a military attack particularly in this part of the world where so many. other players are potentially involved such as russia iran. and as well as syria itself it could easily cause a slippery slope of a catastrophic disaster in that region if not in the world the ability for escalation at that point military escalation is great and we saw that in iraq so are we going to be seeing history repeating itself but on a larger scale. look at what's being portrayed in the west as a humanitarian intervention in syria after allegations of a chemical attack syrians were immediately reassured because in case you missed it heavily armed western all in the way with a humanitarian intervention. missiles from france britain and the us are like no a lot o

u.k. and france. and that was our e-mail system. we are serious people you know we turn to the french to english asking them it's about us to how they obtained the samples. but we have a racial issue that london and paris and then. those people did function in this security conditions which existed with those. why we set. up a little bit was. so we wanted to get there all the more to get all the information according to the press a convention to on their chemical weapons and we could assess it. and they avoided to do this to involve us that is not necessary which you know because in any case is indisputable what you do but you ask how can you share the fags so that we get convinced that everything's clean here that we were told. and then you know. what you do we're. still the same and they say they're indisputable facts. it's just. recently and then oh yes they justify their their strikes. you see this is ridiculous my specialist. my mccrone publicly stated if you know that they have about me and israel facts. famine the use of the

u.k. france against syrian regime an appropriate reaction of course turkey has a vested interest in what's going on certainly in syria and in the north. well yes and turkey was trying to play a role or played a role in fact to try to defuse tensions and deescalate the crisis over recent days turkey in a position really to do so being a nato member it was able to be a sort of a channel of communication channel between the western alliance and russia and erdogan the president of turkey was on the phone with the russian president vladimir putin as well as the american president there were behind the scenes contacts and at the same time we have to remember that erdogan and putin are allies may be unlikely allies but allies nevertheless in syria the so-called asked and trio turkey and iran and russia so turkey in this position to try to play a mediating role turkey of course we know that the regime change is no longer its priority that has since changed its priority in syria is to prevent the creation

u.k. and france launched air strikes last year the basis of social media reports. let's go now to mike riley coeditor of media site b s news thanks for joining us today it might great to have you on the program this visit do you think it will improve the quality of the investigation this time i mean the last time there was a chemical incident allegations of it in. the mission didn't even visit the site could things be different this time. but we hope so we must remind ourselves that it was actually russia the syrian government pleaded for the o.p.c. w ten site in duma and what they suspected was that this was a state. attack and there was no chemicals used to have journalists that visited the scene we were actually with one of them last last week when. pearson sharp who actually interviewed i think over thirty witnesses and the doctor that was at the scene from the hospital the doctor told. him that there was no casualties that die people did come in but they were from the from breathing difficulties caused by dust in the air the doctors and the medical staff also

u.k. and france to launch missiles against syria the u.n.special envoy for syria has said that peace efforts have to be read launched following the u.s. led assault we never expected this to be. very. very potential danger of. peace and security this is what this happened last week. and it's not a lot of time that sochi in geneva through by the three countries the u.s. the u.k. and france have not only bombed the madrid chemical facilities in syria but also bombed the geneva peace process well though no actual categorical evidence of chemical weapons being used has been put forward the assad government has been accused of gassing civilians and even before the watchdog could started surprise the u.s. the u.k. and france launched air strikes largely on the basis of social media reports. we cannot launch the united states cannot launch a military attack based upon innuendo and without real facts i guess we saw this in two thousand and three and we're still living through the last risk consequences of that decision but if you're going to launch

. >> reporter: british prime minister, theresa may, said the u.k., france, and u.s. debated and carefully planned an operation that would destroy syria's chemical weapons stockpile while sparing human life. >> we agreed that it was both right and legal to take military action, together with our closest allies, to alleviate further humanitarian suffering. >> reporter: russia, which backs the assad regime, confirmed there were no immediate reports of casualties. but in a special u.n. security council meeting, the russian federation slammed the timing of epe operation, which was launched just before independent investigators studied the site of last week's alleged chemical attack. >> ( translated ): the organizers of the aggression didn't even wait for the elementary establishment of facts by an international organization, which is t.thorized to do that. >> reporter: iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, another ally of the syrian government, went so far as to call president trump and his allies criminal. the european union said all signs indicate the assad reg

u.k. is involved in this as well and madison danforth had on the podium with them. military attachés from franceand the u.k. there to really give this symbol of this is more than a military strike that's is primarily what it is but also trying to give a diplomatic cover as well on this now in terms of how much unishe ins were used by the americans specifically we don't know yet they didn't release that that will come early saturday morning when we get another briefing from the pentagon but clearly we did get a hint that this was a lot more because secretary of defense matt has said in the q. and a section part of the his briefing to the media he said there were more than double the amount of munitions used in this operation than what it was a year ago in that strike and a year ago it was more than fifty five fifty nine tomahawk cruise missiles so presumably this was well over one hundred but we'll get the details on that saturday morning when the brit pentagon does another another briefing on that but but clearly the they're really saying that this was very targeted three targets that they went

u.k. and france a bomb targets in syria after u.s. president trump all dislikes against assad's forces in response to an alleged chemical attack. strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. starts their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in duma last week and experts are due to arrive at the scene later today. washington says it's confident the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from various media outlets and n.g.o.s we take a closer look at those sources. a

u.k. france and the u.s. are using all of their power marshalled their righteous power in fact against barbarism as they announce military strikes in syria of course our news team is going to be following this story and we're going to be bringing you all of the latest updates as we get them in obviously very important information coming in here to international. all right now earlier in london an anti-war activist staged a protest in front of the prime minister's residence they demanded to theresa may not involve the u.k. in any potential military operation in syria obviously that has not changed. there are. protesters were carrying banners reading don't bomb syria and not in our name directed not only towards a truce in may but towards president trump as well demonstrators also called on politicians to halt their war rhetoric and think about the suffering of the people in syria and protest against military escalation also occurred in greece on friday hundreds of people gathered in front of the u

u.k. and france against the syrian government is the most significant attack against president bashar assad and the first coordinated retaliation for last saturday's suspected chemical attack on duma washington and its closest allies launched more than one hundred missiles targeting a scientific research facility in damascus and to chemical weapons storage facilities now homes one was also a minute she command center syria says it shot down thirteen incoming missiles over damascus while its ally russia says syrian forces intercepted seventy one cruise missiles throughout the country u.s. president donald trump has praised the strikes as perfectly executed calling it

supporters of terrorist groups who are the us government or the nato or western governments the u.k. france you name it they are very upset that the syrian arab army is making such progress and they are making this up on one hand to to cover up any potential strikes against the syrian arab army on the other hand to diminish this starts all of the syrian arab army as a victorious army regaining its land and regaining territory from terrorists that feel it's ok dr we're going to have to leave it there we've been at a time that's a very good to tell you there was talk to you but i'm willing to share professor of political science is it right in the university there in jordan thankfully i'm an economics professor to apologize but thanks for your time. now in other news today hungary ins are voting in parliamentary elections on sunday with the ruling party widely tipped to clinch another majority because all bands finish parties seeking a third consecutive term in power and polls ahead of the vote suggested.

u.k. and france through its missiles against syria the u.n. special envoy for the country has said peace efforts have to be relaunched following the u.s. led assault. we never expected it to be. in very very potential danger of. peace and security is this what happened last week and it's not helped now for cheap in geneva. by the three countries the u.s. the u.k. and france have not only bombed the magic chemical facilities in syria but also bombed the geneva peace process meanwhile the un security council has gathered for an informal meeting in a secluded farmhouse in southern sweden so creature eneral antonio gutierrez again stressed there could be no military solution to the conflict nonetheless admitted there was still a long way to go to bring members of the security council together on the issue. although no actual categorical evidence of chemical weapons being used that was put forward the assad government's been accused of gassing civilians and even before the watchdog could start its probe of the u.s. u.k. and france launched air stri

u.k. and france. i don't think they will join but not only will they won't join until for example they wait for a certain investigation the o.p.c. w.t.v. is heading to damascus loom and as we understand now. we think that should do united states decide to go alone in conducting such a strike then the strike would be less. effective that would be probably cause you know it's sort of cosmetic type just like the. last year exactly the same time after or in the aftermath of. this is about telling the russian or telling the world that we can actually strike should there be allies then we're talking about perhaps a more comprehensive operation a more unified front and that would give them other options but the rhetorical hating from the other front from russia or from syria is that they are going to. you know oppose this and have all the right in the world to attack or defend themselves attack who ever is attacking them have a this doesn't have to be only by shooting down missiles in airplanes it could be a

u.k. and france he said that they targeted not just to the military facilities but also civilian infrastructure as well as 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 a stage to 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 doom of 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 how vladimir 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 well russian servicemen are helpi