:00:00. > :00:00.His film appearances included The Remains of the Day
:00:00. > :00:21.Welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us
:00:22. > :00:27.tomorrow. With us are Ben Hsu, economics editor of the Independent
:00:28. > :00:30.and deputy editor of the website reaction. It's Rachel 's first time
:00:31. > :00:41.with us. This is as shambolic as it often is! Know? Must be me. Let's
:00:42. > :00:44.look at the front pages. Some very serious stories on the pages
:00:45. > :00:53.tonight. We will be looking at two of them in debt. -- in depth. The
:00:54. > :00:57.Times leads with the warning from Moscow that the United States is one
:00:58. > :01:01.step away from military clashes with Russia. The FT has a picture of the
:01:02. > :01:06.Stockholm attack. Its main story is Syria and what it calls the stark
:01:07. > :01:10.shift in US strategy. The Mirror also leads with Russia's warning to
:01:11. > :01:13.trump. The male leads on Washington 's message at the UN, that it is
:01:14. > :01:19.ready to launch further attacks against Assad. They express also
:01:20. > :01:23.leads on Syria, besides an image of the burning truck in Sweden. The
:01:24. > :01:27.Guardian says the White House appears to back away from wider
:01:28. > :01:31.military involvement in Syria, leaving the world perplexed at its
:01:32. > :01:34.strategy. The Telegraph leads with the horror in Sweden. It says the
:01:35. > :01:42.attack appeared to target young children deliberately.
:01:43. > :01:48.These are the two stories that have dominated our news today. We will
:01:49. > :01:54.begin following the fallout of those cruise missile strikes from the US.
:01:55. > :02:01.Against that target in Idlib in Syria. I will start with the eye,
:02:02. > :02:05.which gives over its front page to a photograph of those missiles taking
:02:06. > :02:09.off from the destroyer. Trump 's message to the world, it says. Down
:02:10. > :02:13.the side we have a breakdown of the various different aspects of the
:02:14. > :02:20.story: the tensions between Russia and the US, a threat to the regimes,
:02:21. > :02:26.not just Syria but also Iran and North Korea. How much of a message
:02:27. > :02:31.is this? We will have to wait and see. We are hearing about a change
:02:32. > :02:35.in strategy. I didn't think it is that clear. Trump hasn't a lot of
:02:36. > :02:38.messages to the world since he became president but this is
:02:39. > :02:41.obviously his first missile -based one. It's the bus one where he has
:02:42. > :02:47.really clashed with Russia directly as a result of the fallout from what
:02:48. > :02:54.is going to happen as a result. It is not clear what his strategy is
:02:55. > :02:59.towards Assad himself. Busy after a regime change, is it just saying we
:03:00. > :03:05.will not stand by in the way Obama did? When Assad previously used
:03:06. > :03:11.chemical weapons against his own people. The message is to some
:03:12. > :03:14.extent very clear, he is prepared to use military force. In a bigger and
:03:15. > :03:20.perhaps more important sense, it is very unclear still. It is peculiar
:03:21. > :03:24.that for some observers, Rachel, when Barack Obama withdrew his red
:03:25. > :03:32.lines, Donald Trump said whatever you do, do not attack Syria and yet
:03:33. > :03:38.here we are. -- drew his red lines. It is a complete role reversal. This
:03:39. > :03:41.is a candidate who laughed at Obama and all sorts of mainstream
:03:42. > :03:50.politicians at the time for taking America into a costly and Teague
:03:51. > :03:55.said -- and as he said at the time, costly efforts overseas. Now he goes
:03:56. > :04:01.straight in with missiles. Many John supporters who voted for him in part
:04:02. > :04:11.because they wanted a change from the -- many trump supporters, who
:04:12. > :04:18.wanted a change from the overseas politics. Yes, they wanted something
:04:19. > :04:23.a bit more isolationist. We had some strong torque from many ambassadors
:04:24. > :04:28.at the UN today. Is this just a redrawing of those red lines that
:04:29. > :04:35.the use of chemical warfare will not be tolerated by parts of the
:04:36. > :04:39.international community? To give trump limited credit, he said there
:04:40. > :04:42.were red lines and when those red lines were crossed, he acted. Some
:04:43. > :04:47.would say he was backed into a corner there. There was not much he
:04:48. > :04:52.could do, having presented this show of strength earlier. He did have to
:04:53. > :04:56.take action. I think what is interesting about the way the
:04:57. > :05:00.guardian presents this is that they say the White House appeared to back
:05:01. > :05:04.away from wider military involvement. I know other papers are
:05:05. > :05:10.saying that this is just the beginning of further military
:05:11. > :05:17.tensions between the US and Syria and potentially with Russia. That
:05:18. > :05:24.mixed messaging of where this is going to lead, I think is presented
:05:25. > :05:33.in the papers. With regard to the reaction at the UN today, Britain's
:05:34. > :05:40.ambassador Matthew Rycroft spoke out in support. Russia said the US has
:05:41. > :05:43.broken international law by mounting the strikes. It has done so
:05:44. > :05:50.unilaterally and there will be grave consequences. You wonder, how many
:05:51. > :05:58.other people will feel that Donald Trump is actually -- has actually
:05:59. > :06:02.done everyone a favour given the UN could not get a resolution. It does
:06:03. > :06:07.feel like d j vu because we had a similar thing in 2013 when Assad
:06:08. > :06:13.used chemical weapons and there was, remember the House of Commons had a
:06:14. > :06:20.vote on it and camera narrowly lost after Labour did not back it. Thanks
:06:21. > :06:26.to Ed Miliband. Supposedly that put America off doing their own strikes
:06:27. > :06:29.in response to this. Some unusual people are supporting Trump and what
:06:30. > :06:32.he has done because he has reinforced a red line which they say
:06:33. > :06:40.Obama and Cameron and Miller band and everyone, it should have done.
:06:41. > :06:46.It has taken bizarrely and America first, isolationist, pro-Russian
:06:47. > :06:52.American president - perceived to be pro-Russian- to actually go out and
:06:53. > :06:59.do it. The daily Mirror takes it one step further, suggesting Trump is
:07:00. > :07:03.now one step from war. Warning that the world is in fear. Arguably
:07:04. > :07:12.Bevan, there are many proxy wars going on already, not just in Syria
:07:13. > :07:22.but in Iran. There are. -- but in Iraq. Very dramatic language. Trump
:07:23. > :07:28.himself has been very categorical in his comments on what this
:07:29. > :07:33.represented as an atrocity. The idea that we are one step behind war, it
:07:34. > :07:42.seems that a Russian war strip in the Black Sea has been diverted to
:07:43. > :07:52.the method. -- warship. There is a bit of... Some headlines are getting
:07:53. > :08:02.ahead of the fax. This is no extra regulation -- escalation in US force
:08:03. > :08:05.will. For the Russians, they are meant to be protecting Syria. Yet
:08:06. > :08:10.this attack has happened on one of their bases. What this really shows
:08:11. > :08:14.is that the big players in the Syrian conflict are the US and
:08:15. > :08:19.Russia. The Assad regime would not have survived this long if it had
:08:20. > :08:23.not been fully support of its allies, particularly Russia. Also it
:08:24. > :08:36.Ron. Vladimir Putin has insisted on keeping that regime. -- also Iran.
:08:37. > :08:38.It was thought that with Trump being so cosy with Moscow, perhaps that
:08:39. > :08:45.would not be such an issue and there would be some progress and a
:08:46. > :08:49.geopolitical solution between those big world powers. Obviously, Trump
:08:50. > :08:54.is a volatile person and he seems to just throw that out the window here.
:08:55. > :09:02.He has to take the advice at some point from his defence staff and
:09:03. > :09:09.national security staff. Relations are ruined, as Ben said. How helpful
:09:10. > :09:15.is this to Donald Trump, given that he has been accused of being far too
:09:16. > :09:17.close to the Kremlin. This certainly pushes them further apart? The
:09:18. > :09:21.cynical way of looking at this action, and it is cynical is that
:09:22. > :09:26.Donald Trump has had an abysmal couple of weeks. His ratings are
:09:27. > :09:32.historically low for a president at that point in his term. The
:09:33. > :09:34.investigation into Russian interference in the presidential
:09:35. > :09:40.election has really brought up contacts between the Trump team and
:09:41. > :09:44.Russian officials. He has been taking criticism from all sides,
:09:45. > :09:51.even from Republicans. Suddenly he gets the opportunity here to take a
:09:52. > :09:54.very strong stance and to, I guess, show that all the rhetoric on the
:09:55. > :09:58.campaign trail but he could be strong and be the one to protect
:09:59. > :10:01.America, that he can put that into action. The fact it is the complete
:10:02. > :10:05.opposite action and he said he would do on the campaign, that does not
:10:06. > :10:09.seem to matter to him. He is getting a taste of what it is like to have
:10:10. > :10:15.two lead, to make decisions. When you are on the campaign trail, there
:10:16. > :10:26.is no reality to it. Look at the Daily Mail. Trump hit Assad again.
:10:27. > :10:29.Congress are divided on this. Some on Capitol hill are saying, we
:10:30. > :10:37.should have been asked to authorise this. What's Trump was arguing when
:10:38. > :10:41.he was just a rich businessman in 2013 was that Obama, if he was going
:10:42. > :10:45.to strike Syria, needed Congress 's approval. He has obviously done it
:10:46. > :10:50.without Congress 's approval. The reality is very different when you
:10:51. > :10:54.are in a position of power. What is interesting despite the fact he did
:10:55. > :10:59.not go through Congress algae UN, is that he did seem to do it relatively
:11:00. > :11:07.by the book. -- Congress or the UN. He informed Russia. He did tell
:11:08. > :11:11.people what he was going to do. Which is actually somewhat out of
:11:12. > :11:14.character for Trump. You know how impulsive he is and how many things
:11:15. > :11:20.he has done not by the book. Do you think that implies he was taking
:11:21. > :11:24.advice? He probably had some advice. We must mention there has been a
:11:25. > :11:29.very important visitor trying to get Trump's attention. Ordinarily we
:11:30. > :11:37.would be talking about the Chinese president meeting Trump and not
:11:38. > :11:46.getting a look in. No, actually that is a crucial meeting for America.
:11:47. > :11:48.China is in some ways America's most important bilateral ally. They were
:11:49. > :11:53.going to talk about North Korea and some of the trade issues that have
:11:54. > :11:59.been very close to Donald Trump's heart. This has been completely
:12:00. > :12:06.overshadowed by what has been going on in Syria. The response of China
:12:07. > :12:10.to the US strikes is actually really interesting. They did not come out
:12:11. > :12:15.and condemn it quite as much as Russia did, but they did speak
:12:16. > :12:20.against America's use of force. It's not like Trump is sitting there in
:12:21. > :12:25.his golf resort in Florida, with an ally on this. That is actually quite
:12:26. > :12:32.intense relationship right now. The Times has an headline saying Xi
:12:33. > :12:36.Jinping loses face. I think it would sue China pretty well to have this,
:12:37. > :12:40.because they do not want a big row with Donald Trump about trade. They
:12:41. > :12:45.want to get on with things and not talk about North Korea. They want a
:12:46. > :12:49.state visit that looks good because that's what plays well in the
:12:50. > :12:52.Chinese media. Let's go to the Telegraph and talk about the other
:12:53. > :13:01.big story of the day, this truck attack in Stockholm. Still a great
:13:02. > :13:06.deal of confusion about who the person or people who are responsible
:13:07. > :13:20.are. Two people have been asked questions was arrested. -- and one
:13:21. > :13:24.was arrested. 15 injured, four dead. We do not know a lot at this stage
:13:25. > :13:28.but what we do know is that it is the fourth vehicle -based attack on
:13:29. > :13:36.civilians in European cities in under a year. Let's show the
:13:37. > :13:41.headline on the Daily Telegraph. People spoke of the men's speed with
:13:42. > :13:46.which he drove down the street. -- the immense speed. A lorry that had
:13:47. > :13:56.been stolen earlier in the day from Newbury. They highlight -- from a
:13:57. > :14:01.brewery. It seems to be that they targeted children. Infants by these
:14:02. > :14:07.were sent flying through the air. Some horrific images there. As Ben
:14:08. > :14:15.said, this is not the first time we have seen an attack of this kind of
:14:16. > :14:20.nature. I also, reading it, I thought... This is slightly
:14:21. > :14:24.flippant, but this is something Donald Trump almost predicted a few
:14:25. > :14:27.months ago where he made a comment about what is going on in Sweden and
:14:28. > :14:33.obviously there was nothing going on in Sweden at the time. I think it is
:14:34. > :14:38.tragic that two months after that, he is alternative fact is, at the
:14:39. > :14:44.time, have come true. The Daily Mail also has the story, using a picture
:14:45. > :14:47.the police issued of a man they wanted to question. They were
:14:48. > :14:51.questioning someone who resembled the man in this picture. Is this the
:14:52. > :14:58.face of a terrorist? We don't know yet. There are some suggestions the
:14:59. > :15:04.arrested place after the man now in custody had taken a train out of
:15:05. > :15:11.Stockholm. The question is, what was the purpose of this attack? Whether
:15:12. > :15:14.it is in fact, a terrorist incident. If it is terrorism, how do you go
:15:15. > :15:20.about defending yourself against this kind of low-tech, horrific as
:15:21. > :15:23.it is, it is not very sophisticated kind of attack. The perpetrator
:15:24. > :15:28.seems to just have hijacked a lorry and driven it at people from not
:15:29. > :15:31.very far away. Very difficult to defend against. You can't begrudge
:15:32. > :15:41.barriers in every single high Street on the world. -- you can't put crash
:15:42. > :15:44.barriers on every high street. Some experts saying it was only a matter
:15:45. > :15:51.of time until it happened in Sweden, despite its appearing very safe.
:15:52. > :15:54.Reports were saying that the intelligence has been there but the
:15:55. > :15:58.legislative framework has not. Extremism in Sweden which is
:15:59. > :16:04.considered a very tolerant and open country has been rising. I think it
:16:05. > :16:09.is interesting that this attack took place actually close to the scene of
:16:10. > :16:12.the last terror attack, or attempted terror attack in Sweden in 2010.
:16:13. > :16:19.Thankfully that was a suicide bomber who did not manage to injure anyone
:16:20. > :16:23.other than himself. This tension has been brewing for a while. In terms
:16:24. > :16:27.of defending against it, it was the Daily Mail who after the Westminster
:16:28. > :16:31.attack, of a similar nature, put forward a spread saying, we found
:16:32. > :16:37.instructions of how you can use a car or truck to kill people. I was
:16:38. > :16:40.thinking, you don't need instructions for that. It's obvious.
:16:41. > :16:45.Anyone has these tools. That's what makes it so difficult to defend
:16:46. > :16:48.against. That's it for the papers for tonight. Just the two stories
:16:49. > :16:52.dominating the headlines of course. Don't forget you can see me from
:16:53. > :16:59.pages online on the BBC News website. There are seven days a
:17:00. > :17:05.week. If you mist the programme, you can watch it later on I play. I hope
:17:06. > :17:13.you will come back, Rachel! You have taken to it very readily, hasn't
:17:14. > :17:17.she, then? Thank you very much, both. Coming up next: the weather.