:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten: Strong condemnation from Russia of the US bombing
:00:08. > :00:15.59 missiles were fired by the US at the airbase -
:00:16. > :00:17.said to be the launch pad for a deadly chemical
:00:18. > :00:23.The targets - aircraft, ammunition bunkers,
:00:24. > :00:25.and air defence systems - all owned and controlled
:00:26. > :00:32.Tonight, I call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking
:00:33. > :00:40.to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria.
:00:41. > :00:43.But Russia says the US has illegally attacked a sovereign state.
:00:44. > :00:52.A lorry ploughs into pedestrians in the Swedish capital Stockholm,
:00:53. > :00:59.I could actually see bodies lying on the street and I could see
:01:00. > :01:04.the police covering a body with an orange blanket.
:01:05. > :01:06.Andreea Cristea, who fell into the Thames during
:01:07. > :01:10.the Westminster terror attack last month, has died.
:01:11. > :01:14.The violent husband who was spared custody is now sent to jail -
:01:15. > :01:16.after his claims to be a professional cricketer
:01:17. > :01:22.And could the Yorkshireman who won last year's Masters
:01:23. > :01:27.be about to crash out of this year's competition?
:01:28. > :01:30.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Two defeats on day one
:01:31. > :01:33.in France mean Great Britain is on the verge of going
:01:34. > :01:57.out of the Davis Cup in the quarterfinals.
:01:58. > :02:01.Russia, an ally of Syria, has condemned a missile strike
:02:02. > :02:04.authorised by President Trump on a Syrian government target.
:02:05. > :02:08.59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from US warships
:02:09. > :02:11.in the Mediterranean at the Shayrat airbase.
:02:12. > :02:14.It was from there, according to Mr Trump, that this week's deadly
:02:15. > :02:16.chemical weapons attack in northern Syria was launched.
:02:17. > :02:19.In a moment, we'll get the latest on Russia's response -
:02:20. > :02:22.and how the strike could affect the long war in Syria.
:02:23. > :02:25.But first, here's our North America editor Jon Sopel.
:02:26. > :02:34.And a warning, his report does contain some distressing images.
:02:35. > :02:37.It was after dark on the east coast of America and before the sun had
:02:38. > :02:39.risen in the Middle East, when the commander-in-chief gave
:02:40. > :02:44.From two US warships in the eastern Mediterranean,
:02:45. > :02:46.a volley of cruise missiles was fired, targeting a single
:02:47. > :02:50.military airbase outside Homs that had been used,
:02:51. > :02:53.say the Americans, by the Syrian Air Force to launch
:02:54. > :02:58.the deadly chemical weapons attack on Idlib earlier in the week.
:02:59. > :03:03.It was in this vital national security interest
:03:04. > :03:07.of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use
:03:08. > :03:17.There could be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons,
:03:18. > :03:24.violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention,
:03:25. > :03:32.and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council.
:03:33. > :03:34.The grotesque after effects of the attack -
:03:35. > :03:38.the US believe the nerve agent sarin was used - horrified the world,
:03:39. > :03:42.and, more importantly, horrified this president.
:03:43. > :03:45.A line had been crossed, and unlike his predecessor,
:03:46. > :03:53.Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children.
:03:54. > :03:59.It was a slow and brutal death for so many.
:04:00. > :04:05.Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this
:04:06. > :04:16.No child of God should ever suffer such horror.
:04:17. > :04:19.What is truly astonishing, dizzying even, is the speed
:04:20. > :04:22.with which this administration has changed its policy towards Syria
:04:23. > :04:28.At the beginning of the week, President Trump saw Bashar al-Assad
:04:29. > :04:31.as a useful ally in the fight against so-called Islamic State.
:04:32. > :04:36.But the chemical weapons attack changed everything,
:04:37. > :04:39.and within two days, targets had been
:04:40. > :04:44.Here's what we know about the attack.
:04:45. > :04:47.59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from the two
:04:48. > :04:53.The Shayrat airbase is some 20 from Homs, deep in Syrian
:04:54. > :04:59.Targets included aircraft, their shelters, fuel depots,
:05:00. > :05:05.But because Russian forces are also deployed at the base,
:05:06. > :05:11.Russia was informed of the attack in advance.
:05:12. > :05:13.The aftermath shows damage and debris at the base,
:05:14. > :05:18.The Pentagon says it didn't particularly target the runways,
:05:19. > :05:22.The aim was to destroy the infrastructure that allows
:05:23. > :05:25.the base to function, and the attack has brought
:05:26. > :05:30.Mr President was authorised to conduct the strike.
:05:31. > :05:32.He's not asking for a declaration of war.
:05:33. > :05:35.He's not committing ground troops over an extended period of time.
:05:36. > :05:36.He was dealing with exigent circumstances.
:05:37. > :05:39.As the commander-in-chief not only does he have the right,
:05:40. > :05:43.Hillary Clinton has also backed the President's action,
:05:44. > :05:50.We cannot in one breath speak of protecting Syrian babies
:05:51. > :05:56.and in the next close America's doors to them.
:05:57. > :05:58.The president and his team at the makeshift situation room
:05:59. > :06:02.at Mar-a-Lago, as they await news of the strike.
:06:03. > :06:04.Donald Trump, who didn't want to get embroiled
:06:05. > :06:06.in foreign conflicts, has just ordered US
:06:07. > :06:11.And as he ended his address to the nation last night,
:06:12. > :06:15.he no longer sounded like the America first isolationist.
:06:16. > :06:21.Good night and God bless America and the entire world.
:06:22. > :06:25.The president, not yet 100 days in, has travelled a long
:06:26. > :06:34.Jon Sopel, BBC News, Palm Beach, Florida.
:06:35. > :06:36.Russia - as a supporter of President Assad -
:06:37. > :06:40.has accused the United States of violating international law.
:06:41. > :06:42.It said that President Trump's actions encouraged terrorists
:06:43. > :06:45.in the region, including the Islamic State group in Syria.
:06:46. > :06:47.Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has the latest
:06:48. > :06:55.Until recently, the Russian media have been singing
:06:56. > :07:04.Today, state TV accused him of an unprovoked show of force
:07:05. > :07:09.with the missile strike he'd ordered on a Syrian air base.
:07:10. > :07:12.Less than half of the missiles fired, Moscow claimed,
:07:13. > :07:16.Still, Russia condemned the attack as a gross,
:07:17. > :07:20.groundless violation of the international rule book.
:07:21. > :07:24.It's definitely an aggressive act against international law,
:07:25. > :07:27.against a sovereign country, and without any true
:07:28. > :07:34.evidence of the Assad regime using chemical weapons.
:07:35. > :07:36.It's Russian military power that's been keeping
:07:37. > :07:45.Russia's air force and navy helping Syria's leader turn the tide
:07:46. > :07:49.of the country's civil war, and boosting Moscow's
:07:50. > :07:55.Today, the Kremlin accused Washington of inventing a pretext
:07:56. > :08:01.Those American Tomahawks may have been targeting the Syrian military,
:08:02. > :08:05.but judging by what the Kremlin has been saying, it's US-Russian
:08:06. > :08:08.relations that will take a real battering now as a result
:08:09. > :08:13.The Russians had been hoping that with Donald Trump
:08:14. > :08:16.in the White House, relations with America would improve.
:08:17. > :08:20.But so far, there's been no sign of that.
:08:21. > :08:23.Later, the two countries clashed at the UN Security Council.
:08:24. > :08:26.It could be that Russia is knowingly allowing chemical
:08:27. > :08:35.It could be that Russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove
:08:36. > :08:45.Or it could be that the Assad regime is playing the Russians for fools.
:08:46. > :08:47.I would ask America not to insult my country, said Russia's
:08:48. > :08:54.Today, Moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents
:08:55. > :08:57.between US and Russian warplanes over Syria.
:08:58. > :09:04.Which means that we have two big military powers in the area
:09:05. > :09:10.operating without any contact and any coordination,
:09:11. > :09:18.The Russians are hoping that this US strike was a one-off, but tonight,
:09:19. > :09:22.they are strengthening air defence systems across Syria, just in case.
:09:23. > :09:34.Until this week's chemical attack in northern Syria,
:09:35. > :09:37.President Trump had appeared set against any intervention against
:09:38. > :09:44.Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports now on the implications
:09:45. > :09:49.of the US strike for the six-year Syrian war.
:09:50. > :09:57.This man buried his brother, a victim of the war crime in Khan
:09:58. > :10:01.Sheikhoun that pushed the Americans into action. He is hoping the
:10:02. > :10:04.Americans have a strategy to end the suffering of his family and friends.
:10:05. > :10:11.He wants the Americans to remove the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
:10:12. > :10:14.TRANSLATION: What happened in Shayrat last night, the air strikes,
:10:15. > :10:20.was a very simple response to what Bashar al-Assad has done to the
:10:21. > :10:26.Syrian people. We want the children to go to school. We don't want
:10:27. > :10:30.Bashar The Syrian regime denies it has ever used chemical weapons. I
:10:31. > :10:34.think President Trump himself knows that Syria did not use any chemical
:10:35. > :10:40.weapons and does not have any chemical weapons, as it had given
:10:41. > :10:43.all its stockpiles to the International organisation
:10:44. > :10:48.responsible for that. The Americans say they have clear proof that the
:10:49. > :10:53.Syrian Armed Forces carried out war crimes by using nerve gas against
:10:54. > :10:59.Syrians. They are absolutely certain of that, that's why they carried out
:11:00. > :11:03.this rate. 14 years after the invasion of Iraq, we see Iraq has
:11:04. > :11:08.been destroyed. Syria is the second secular state after Iraq, that is
:11:09. > :11:15.being targeted by them simply because it's secular and it has an
:11:16. > :11:19.army and it's the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Residents in Khan
:11:20. > :11:24.Sheikhoun seems to have no doubts that the regime used chemical
:11:25. > :11:28.weapons. This war has driven home a lesson. Civilian lives come a poor
:11:29. > :11:35.second to the interests of the long list of powers who are in the fight.
:11:36. > :11:38.A major reason why the Syrian war is so hard to stop is that so many
:11:39. > :11:43.countries are involved. With different interests and objectives.
:11:44. > :11:48.President Assad's main allies are Russia and Iran, the biggest Shia
:11:49. > :11:56.Muslim country. These days the rebels, still fighting the regime,
:11:57. > :11:59.are mainly Sunni Muslim Islamists. Some are approved by the West, some
:12:00. > :12:04.are jihadists. Rebels sometimes fight each other. There's also the
:12:05. > :12:09.War against so-called Islamic State, led by the US and its allies. Think
:12:10. > :12:14.of it all as layers of conflict. Sometimes they are parallel and
:12:15. > :12:22.sometimes they intersect, and now, Donald Trump has added a whole new
:12:23. > :12:25.lair. And the President's response to the killing in Khan Sheikhoun has
:12:26. > :12:32.delighted the Syrian opposition in exile. He has now connected,
:12:33. > :12:37.finally, connected the fight against terrorism with the need for a
:12:38. > :12:41.political transition in Syria, where Assad has obviously no role to play.
:12:42. > :12:47.It's not clear yet whether what happened here at Khan Sheikhoun will
:12:48. > :12:51.change the course of the war. That depends on whether the Americans
:12:52. > :12:55.have a new long-term strategy. Force equals influence in Syria and
:12:56. > :12:58.American threats will now be taken more seriously. But more foreign
:12:59. > :13:01.intervention, no matter who does it, will not magically deliver peace.
:13:02. > :13:07.Jeremy Bowen, BBC News. In a moment we can speak
:13:08. > :13:09.to Jon Sopel, who's But first, Ben Wright
:13:10. > :13:24.is in Downing Street. What has the reaction been. Britain
:13:25. > :13:28.was a supporting by stander. The Government was told before the the
:13:29. > :13:33.United States was going to do this. But the UK was not asked to take
:13:34. > :13:37.part. Ministers are pleased that President Trump has acted. The
:13:38. > :13:44.Defence Secretary said it was an entirely appropriate response and he
:13:45. > :13:49.thinks will deter president Assad from using chemical weapons in the
:13:50. > :13:53.future. That was echoed by Liberal Democrats and many senior Labour
:13:54. > :13:57.Party figure. But not Jeremy Corbyn. He thinks the missile strike could
:13:58. > :14:02.only escalate the conflict in Syria. He is opposed to it and called for
:14:03. > :14:07.further peace talks. Nobody in Westminster thinks there is a simple
:14:08. > :14:11.solution. But one question is whether, if the US action escalates
:14:12. > :14:15.and becomes more widespread, is there a chance the UK may be
:14:16. > :14:19.involved in the future. The Government have been clear, that can
:14:20. > :14:23.only happen if Parliament gives approval and you remember in 2013
:14:24. > :14:28.the Government tried to get support for air strikes against Syria and
:14:29. > :14:33.suffered a bruising defeat and they're only going do that if
:14:34. > :14:37.they're sure they can get support. My hunch that is not on the agenda
:14:38. > :14:47.and President Trump seems perfectly keen to do this on his own. Ben,
:14:48. > :14:53.thank you. Jon Sopel in flor fla, is this a -- Florida is this a one off
:14:54. > :14:58.strike. Well I think President Trump would love it to be seen as a simple
:14:59. > :15:04.one-off attack on Bashar al-Assad. And as a message to him that, look,
:15:05. > :15:10.if you drop chemical weapons, then America will act. But it is
:15:11. > :15:13.complicated. There are already reports coming suggesting that
:15:14. > :15:23.Syrian aircraft have taken off from the air base that was cratered over
:15:24. > :15:30.night by the 59 Tomahawk missiles. If that is true, what then. And what
:15:31. > :15:36.are the objective of the the exercise. Is it the overthrough of
:15:37. > :15:40.Bashar al-Assad. The Secretary of state announced there would be
:15:41. > :15:46.function tightening of sanctions against Syria. Although it is hard
:15:47. > :15:53.to see much trade is going on at the moment. The Secretary of State is on
:15:54. > :15:56.his way to Moscow for talks his counter part on Sunderland.
:15:57. > :16:00.Relations will be very difficult. But then this the wider question of
:16:01. > :16:09.Donald Trump and the rest of the world and I heard it best praised by
:16:10. > :16:13.a Republican Senator or who said there is a new Sheriff showing who
:16:14. > :16:15.is the boss and the world has better sit up and take notice. It probably
:16:16. > :16:20.is. Thank you. A lorry has been driven into a crowd
:16:21. > :16:23.of pedestrians in Stockholm, killing four people and injuring 15,
:16:24. > :16:26.nine of them seriously. The Swedish Prime Minister said
:16:27. > :16:27.everything suggested The incident happened
:16:28. > :16:31.mid-afternoon on a busy pedestrian shopping street,
:16:32. > :16:32.with the truck eventually crashing Tonight, police arrested a man
:16:33. > :16:40.who they say resembles images they released on CCTV
:16:41. > :16:43.after the attack. Our correspondent Dan Johnson has
:16:44. > :16:56.just sent this report Panic and confusion on the streets
:16:57. > :17:03.of another European capital. People are scared. Something's happen bg.
:17:04. > :17:06.People running in terror as a truck races to shoppers in Stockholm. And
:17:07. > :17:12.this is where it ended up - in flames after crashing into a
:17:13. > :17:16.department store. TRANSLATION: I saw exactly where the lorry went in just
:17:17. > :17:19.there. There wasn't much of a reaction, then the police arrived.
:17:20. > :17:24.The police just said, you have to run. You could actually see bodies
:17:25. > :17:30.lying on the street and I cold see the police covering the body with a
:17:31. > :17:40.blanket and there were lots of police and people around filming.
:17:41. > :17:47.The truck belongs to a brewery company whose owner said a man
:17:48. > :17:52.hijacked it. A blunt weapon with a blow that has hit Sweden hard. There
:17:53. > :17:56.was a lady laying with a severed foot. There were bodies on the
:17:57. > :18:03.ground. And the sense of panic. People standing by their loved ones,
:18:04. > :18:07.but people running away. So many questions - first, who was involved
:18:08. > :18:10.and why? Police quickly released images of a man they wanted to
:18:11. > :18:17.question and within hours they had made an arrest. TRANSLATION: Earlier
:18:18. > :18:21.we released a picture of a person of interest to the investigation. A
:18:22. > :18:27.short while ago we apprehended a person that matches that
:18:28. > :18:35.description. Sweden's Prime Minister said his country wouldn't give in to
:18:36. > :18:39.terror. Thoughts, concerns and condolences have reached many of us
:18:40. > :18:47.from all around the world. And we are grateful for the many warm
:18:48. > :18:57.expressions of sharing our grief. We are determined never to let the
:18:58. > :19:01.values that we treasure - democrat circumstances cy and human rights to
:19:02. > :19:08.be undermined. Now some normality is returning. The metro has re-opened
:19:09. > :19:11.and people are returning. There is an uneasy feel here. It has shaken
:19:12. > :19:18.people. The police have visible in number and there are already extra
:19:19. > :19:23.checks at Sweden's borders. Already some are saying it is a wake up call
:19:24. > :19:30.for the Security Services. Sweden has a proud history as an open
:19:31. > :19:36.society. But now it is the latest corner of Europe forced to confront
:19:37. > :19:40.death so shocking. The issue for the Security Services is how you can
:19:41. > :19:45.prevent these attacks from happening again? Yes, that's a big challenge.
:19:46. > :19:51.There is a strange atmosphere on the the streets of this city, the
:19:52. > :19:56.Swedish people are considering quietly what happened today and what
:19:57. > :20:00.it may mean. It raises some possibly difficult questions. Sweden's Prime
:20:01. > :20:06.Minister was confident he said it has the hall marks of a terror
:20:07. > :20:11.attacks. But we know nothing about who was behind it. The police are
:20:12. > :20:15.questioning one plan and are searching for another. Now, there is
:20:16. > :20:19.a challenge for the Security Services here and across all cities
:20:20. > :20:23.really as to how to keep people safe when they walk through a city like
:20:24. > :20:26.this if someone is prepared to kill with an object as every day as a
:20:27. > :20:32.delivery truck. Thank you. A Romanian tourist who was knocked
:20:33. > :20:35.into the River Thames during the Westminster terror
:20:36. > :20:37.attack just over two Andreea Cristea had been visiting
:20:38. > :20:41.London with her boyfriend when she was struck by a car
:20:42. > :20:44.driven by Khalid Masood. Her family have paid tribute
:20:45. > :20:46.to their "irreplaceable" daughter, Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:20:47. > :20:53.Tom Symonds reports. There had been a hope that
:20:54. > :20:57.Andreea Cristea would make it. She was young, she had
:20:58. > :20:59.been on holiday, about to receive
:21:00. > :21:01.a marriage proposal. Doctors at St Bartholomew's
:21:02. > :21:05.said she had been in a critical condition
:21:06. > :21:08.since the attack. Yesterday, they decided
:21:09. > :21:13.to withdraw life support. We are saddened by the death
:21:14. > :21:15.of Miss Andreea Cristea She had been receiving care
:21:16. > :21:22.here since the Westminster terror attack, having been initially
:21:23. > :21:24.treated at the Royal London Hospital and our thoughts are with her
:21:25. > :21:27.friends and family at this I would like to pay tribute
:21:28. > :21:31.to all the staff, who showed great care and compassion
:21:32. > :21:35.in looking after her. Her family praised
:21:36. > :21:36.the kindness and empathy shown by medical
:21:37. > :22:06.staff and the police. Khalid Masood can't have cared
:22:07. > :22:09.who he targeted that day. Using a blunt weapon - a hire car -
:22:10. > :22:13.he mowed down his victims, somehow sending Andreea over the railing
:22:14. > :22:19.of the bridge and into the river. Leslie Rhodes, Asha Frade, Kurt
:22:20. > :22:22.Cochran and PC Keith Palmer also The inquest into their deaths
:22:23. > :22:29.has been adjourned, but it will consider what happened
:22:30. > :22:33.in precise detail that day. The benefit the coroner
:22:34. > :22:36.has is the sheer number It is thought 1,500 people may
:22:37. > :22:41.have seen what happened. Last week, Andrei Burnaz laid
:22:42. > :22:44.a single flower in memory of the woman he had hoped
:22:45. > :22:50.would be his wife. Today, for all the victims,
:22:51. > :22:52.the flowers, the candles and the A man who was spared jail
:22:53. > :23:01.because he told a judge he would lose an offer to play
:23:02. > :23:03.professional cricket, has been sent to prison after it
:23:04. > :23:08.emerged that he was lying. Mustafa Bashir will now serve 18
:23:09. > :23:10.months for assaulting his wife with a cricket bat and forcing her
:23:11. > :23:13.to drink bleach. Mustafa Bashir played
:23:14. > :23:16.lower league cricket, but he posed as a promising talent
:23:17. > :23:22.about to sign professional papers. He thought it would prevent him
:23:23. > :23:24.going to prison, after Last month, he told
:23:25. > :23:30.the court that if he was jailed, he'd lose a contract with
:23:31. > :23:33.Leicestershire County Cricket Club. In fact, he had only ever played
:23:34. > :23:39.a couple of open net sessions there. The club called his claims
:23:40. > :23:41.an invention and told the court. Today, Mustafa Bashir
:23:42. > :23:43.was sent straight to jail, the judge saying he'd been
:23:44. > :23:49.fundamentally misled. If you are in a position
:23:50. > :23:51.where you have to give evidence in court, it's very
:23:52. > :23:54.important that you tell the truth, as Mr Bashir found out
:23:55. > :23:58.today to his cost. The judge also addressed criticism
:23:59. > :24:01.he'd faced for saying He said:
:24:02. > :24:22.was not particularly vulnerable. This evening, I spoke
:24:23. > :24:24.to Mustafa Bashir's ex-wife, who has She told me she had been
:24:25. > :24:31.upset by the originally court hearing, but said
:24:32. > :24:33.that she was pleased to hear the judge's comments
:24:34. > :24:36.and decision today. She said, "I feel
:24:37. > :24:38.relaxed, I feel strong. Tonight, Mustafa Bashir is spending
:24:39. > :24:46.his first night in prison - paying not just for his violence,
:24:47. > :24:49.but for the lengths he went to to The stage and screen actor
:24:50. > :24:59.Tim Pigott Smith has died. It's not enough to say
:25:00. > :25:04.I'm English and you're Indian, but I'm a ruler and you're
:25:05. > :25:09.one of the ruled. He was well known for his portrayal
:25:10. > :25:13.of Ronald Merrick in the epic drama, Jewel in the Crown in the '80s,
:25:14. > :25:16.for which he won a Bafta. And in his most recent
:25:17. > :25:18.role he played Sniggs in the new BBC adaptation
:25:19. > :25:26.of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall. Golf, and defending champion
:25:27. > :25:28.Danny Willett looks almost certain to drop out of the US Masters
:25:29. > :25:34.in Augusta tonight. With a few hours of play remaining,
:25:35. > :25:36.he's looking very unlikely to qualify for the remaining two
:25:37. > :25:39.days of the tournament. Here's our sports
:25:40. > :25:42.reporter Patrick Gearey. Augusta - one part beauty,
:25:43. > :25:46.one part cruelty. These manicured lawns can
:25:47. > :25:48.become a wilderness. England's Lee Westwood had
:25:49. > :25:51.been in contention, but on these treacherous
:25:52. > :25:52.greens and fairways, Danny Willett, his countryman and
:25:53. > :26:00.defending champion, fared far worse. Few can dominate while wrestling the
:26:01. > :26:03.wind and American Charley Hoffman has come closer to most,
:26:04. > :26:05.but he is still being Among them, Sergio Garcia,
:26:06. > :26:10.one of golf's major figures, But he was hitting heights
:26:11. > :26:16.not many can reach. Might he finally fill
:26:17. > :26:19.that gap on the CV? But this is a timeless
:26:20. > :26:28.place, right now he is a They say the best players know
:26:29. > :26:33.what a good score is on Rory McIlroy did enough
:26:34. > :26:36.to stay in touch. He knows the wind is due
:26:37. > :26:39.to drop, conditions will improve and if now you're
:26:40. > :26:46.a coper, you could become a Master. Now on BBC One, it's time
:26:47. > :26:51.for the news where you are.