:00:00. > :00:00.Syria's president says the recent chemical attack on a rebel town
:00:07. > :00:11.was completely made up - and he blames the Americans.
:00:12. > :00:13.President Assad claimed the attack had been fabricated by the West
:00:14. > :00:18.so that America could justify an air strike on his forces.
:00:19. > :00:21.There was no order to make any attack.
:00:22. > :00:25.We gave up our arsenal three years ago.
:00:26. > :00:30.Even if we had them, we wouldn't use them and we have
:00:31. > :00:32.never used our chemical arsenal in our history.
:00:33. > :00:34.It's his first interview since the chemical attack which left
:00:35. > :00:38.We'll be talking to our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen.
:00:39. > :00:40.A new generation of grammars in England -
:00:41. > :00:42.the Education Secretary Justine Greening sets
:00:43. > :00:46.out her plans for schools for "ordinary working families".
:00:47. > :00:49.More families who lost babies at birth at an NHS trust
:00:50. > :00:51.in Shropshire come forward to speak out about the way
:00:52. > :00:59.A rare glimpse inside North Korea, amid speculation that the secretive
:01:00. > :01:06.nation is preparing for its sixth nuclear test this weekend.
:01:07. > :01:08.Saving their bacon - the campaign to protect
:01:09. > :01:10.the Gloucestershire Old Spots, one of Britain's most famous pig
:01:11. > :01:16.And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
:01:17. > :01:19.Chris Latham wins a bronze for Britain in the men's scratch
:01:20. > :01:21.race at the World Track Cycling Championships,
:01:22. > :01:43.bringing GB's medal tally to two in two days.
:01:44. > :01:46.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:47. > :01:47.The Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, says claims
:01:48. > :01:53.that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel
:01:54. > :01:57.town last week are a "100% fabrication".
:01:58. > :02:00.Instead, he claimed America had worked "hand in glove"
:02:01. > :02:03.with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext
:02:04. > :02:08.And he questioned whether TV images of dead children were real.
:02:09. > :02:11.A warning that our report from James Robbins contains
:02:12. > :02:28.Nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. Children and
:02:29. > :02:31.babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on
:02:32. > :02:38.the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun. Other pictures, to horror
:02:39. > :02:46.flick to broadcast, should fire crews hosing down adults and
:02:47. > :02:49.children, many clearly dead. -- too horrific. But now President Assad
:02:50. > :02:56.says it was all a fabrication. We don't know whether those dead
:02:57. > :03:02.children, were they get at all? Who committed that attack, if there was
:03:03. > :03:10.an attack? -- were they dead at all? You have no information, nothing at
:03:11. > :03:13.all. President Assad alleged this is all fake video and the white helmet
:03:14. > :03:18.emergency crews are jihadi extremists in disguise. There is
:03:19. > :03:23.proof that the videos are fake, the white helmets. They are Al-Qaeda.
:03:24. > :03:30.They showed their bids, they wore white hats and they appeared as
:03:31. > :03:34.humanitarian heroes, which is not the case. It's the same people who
:03:35. > :03:41.are killing civilian soldiers, and you have the proof on the Internet.
:03:42. > :03:43.But the Americans were in no doubt. They responded with Tomahawk
:03:44. > :03:48.missiles, targeting the Syrian air base which, the United States say,
:03:49. > :03:53.their intelligence shows was used to launch the chemical air strike.
:03:54. > :03:56.There was no order to make any attack. We don't have any chemical
:03:57. > :04:00.weapons. We gave up our Arsenal three years ago. Even if we had
:04:01. > :04:08.them, we wouldn't use them, and we have never used our chemical Arsenal
:04:09. > :04:10.in our history. Which ignores the fact that international
:04:11. > :04:16.investigators have previously reported Syrian government forces
:04:17. > :04:19.did use banned gas in 2013. After that, the organisation for the
:04:20. > :04:26.Prohibition of chemical weapons destroyed President Assad's declared
:04:27. > :04:29.stocks, but they can't be sure if he kept back secret supplies. He now
:04:30. > :04:32.insists all the events of the last ten days were the work of Al-Qaeda
:04:33. > :04:43.leader collaborating with the Americans. Our feeling is that it is
:04:44. > :04:47.the Americans hand in glove with Al-Qaeda. President Assad is keen to
:04:48. > :04:52.blame anyone but his own forces for last week's images of suffering
:04:53. > :04:53.children, even to the extent of claiming that none of this actually
:04:54. > :04:54.happen. Our Middle East editor,
:04:55. > :05:05.Jeremy Bowen, is here. You have interviewed President Assad
:05:06. > :05:10.three times. The last time was two years ago. What do you make of this
:05:11. > :05:14.interview? I think he looks anxious, he looks under some sort of strain.
:05:15. > :05:19.When I interviewed him a couple of years ago last, the military
:05:20. > :05:23.position they were in was really bad but he was much more relaxed. I
:05:24. > :05:27.thought now there was a difference in his demeanour, and I think there
:05:28. > :05:31.is good reason for that. Barely a week ago, before the Tomahawk
:05:32. > :05:34.missile attack, his regime looks pretty much in a stronger position
:05:35. > :05:37.than it has been for ages, with Russian help, with the fact they
:05:38. > :05:44.captured the whole of Aleppo just before Christmas. But I think now he
:05:45. > :05:48.listens to what's coming out of the United States, they've had the
:05:49. > :05:52.attack, and now Trump has said he is a book shop. The Secretary of State
:05:53. > :05:56.said that the time of the Assad family running Syria was coming to
:05:57. > :06:01.an end. I think he's looking at that and, once again, he is feeling under
:06:02. > :06:03.pressure. The view from the presidential palace in Damascus had
:06:04. > :06:08.started looking pretty good for him. He started thinking that the
:06:09. > :06:11.international community would accept his position, that he is the only
:06:12. > :06:14.alternative to the likes of the jihadists. But now I think he's been
:06:15. > :06:16.forced to drink again. The Education Secretary,
:06:17. > :06:18.Justine Greening, has defended plans to introduce new grammar
:06:19. > :06:20.schools in England. There are already
:06:21. > :06:24.163 grammar schools. Ms Greening said the new grammars
:06:25. > :06:26.would "support young people from every background,
:06:27. > :06:28.not the privileged few" and they'd help what she called
:06:29. > :06:32."ordinary working families" - those with two adults,
:06:33. > :06:34.two children and household But critics say there's
:06:35. > :06:40.little evidence that academically selective schools
:06:41. > :06:43.improve social mobility. Here's our Education
:06:44. > :06:58.editor, Branwen Jeffreys. After-school tutoring for grammar
:06:59. > :07:03.school exams. Competition for limited places is tough. Just
:07:04. > :07:08.passing isn't enough, so parents pay for help to get top marks. It's not
:07:09. > :07:12.the be all and end all, but I believe that if she passes strongly
:07:13. > :07:16.she'll have a better chance of progressing into later life, if she
:07:17. > :07:21.has attended grammar school. One of the schools he might like might be a
:07:22. > :07:24.grammar school and, if he's taken the 11 plus, even if you pass, there
:07:25. > :07:29.is no guarantee, so it's about keeping as many doors open for him
:07:30. > :07:33.as possible. So our grammar schools just for the better off? Today the
:07:34. > :07:38.Education Secretary said that they will not be. I want these new
:07:39. > :07:42.schools to work for everyone. This will be a new model of grammars,
:07:43. > :07:47.truly open to all. We will insist on that. And it will reflect the
:07:48. > :07:51.choices of local parents and communities. When you look at the
:07:52. > :07:58.family income of pupils, what do the government stats show? In
:07:59. > :08:02.nonselective comprehensives, the lowest, above-average and below
:08:03. > :08:06.average income families get a similar share of places. In
:08:07. > :08:12.selective grammar schools, families on the lowest wages and benefits get
:08:13. > :08:18.9% of places below average income, 36%. And pupils from families with
:08:19. > :08:22.above average income, 53% of places, more than half. This grammar school
:08:23. > :08:30.is an exception. It sets aside some places for boys on free school
:08:31. > :08:33.meals. The government expects all to follow this example. Ministers hope
:08:34. > :08:37.to convince MPs to scrap the legal ban on new grammar schools. This
:08:38. > :08:42.cross-party opposition to the idea of new grammar schools, and that
:08:43. > :08:47.includes some Conservative MPs and peers. This wasn't in the Tory
:08:48. > :08:51.manifesto at the last election, and that gives them greater freedom to
:08:52. > :08:58.oppose it. Behind their armies, there is one fundamental fact. --
:08:59. > :09:03.behind their disease. However you look at it, grammar schools are for
:09:04. > :09:09.the few, not the many. If you create a decision at the age of 11, whether
:09:10. > :09:11.a child is able enough not go to a grammar school, you are saying
:09:12. > :09:17.possibly two thirds are not good enough. What's the message to them?
:09:18. > :09:22.People develop at different rates. Children develop at different rates.
:09:23. > :09:24.Today, no mention of the main challenge, the biggest squeeze on
:09:25. > :09:27.school budgets in England in 20 years.
:09:28. > :09:30.Russia failed to protect the hostages in a siege at a school
:09:31. > :09:33.in 2004 in which more than 300 people died - that's the verdict of
:09:34. > :09:37.It said officials knew about the attack in Beslan
:09:38. > :09:39.but failed to act, and that Russian forces used excessive force
:09:40. > :09:45.Chechen rebels stormed the school in 2004 demanding that Russian
:09:46. > :09:51.The Russian government says it will appeal the ruling.
:09:52. > :09:54.A BBC investigation has found that more than 70 schools in Scotland
:09:55. > :09:56.are suffering from similar defects to those that were closed down
:09:57. > :10:02.17 schools were shut in Edinburgh after a wall collapsed at a primary
:10:03. > :10:08.It's feared other public buildings could also be at risk.
:10:09. > :10:11.The suspect in the Dortmund football bus bombing was a commander
:10:12. > :10:14.for so-called Islamic State in Iraq, according to German officials.
:10:15. > :10:18.Police are still questioning the 26-year-old Iraqi,
:10:19. > :10:21.who is known only as Abdul Beset A, over Tuesday's attack.
:10:22. > :10:25.Two people were injured after three explosions hit the team bus ahead
:10:26. > :10:30.of the game against Monaco in the German city.
:10:31. > :10:33.More families have accused the NHS trust at the centre
:10:34. > :10:34.of an investigation into its maternity services
:10:35. > :10:39.for failing to properly investigate the deaths of their babies.
:10:40. > :10:42.The mother of Jack Burn, who died in April last year,
:10:43. > :10:46.by the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
:10:47. > :10:48.The trust says it has learned lessons from all the deaths
:10:49. > :10:51.and is aware that it needs to improve its communication
:10:52. > :10:53.Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan,
:10:54. > :11:11.This couple lost their daughter last April but were forced to fight for
:11:12. > :11:16.justice. Pippa died from an infection just 30 hours after being
:11:17. > :11:18.born at home. Staff at the Shrewsbury and Telford trust told
:11:19. > :11:24.the family that the death was unavoidable. Members from the trust
:11:25. > :11:35.sat here, on this seat, and said that nothing could have been done to
:11:36. > :11:38.save Pippa. That wasn't true? No. She had called the local hospital
:11:39. > :11:46.during the night, concerned about her daughter's vomiting. It's got
:11:47. > :11:53.splodges of dark brown mucus all over it. Nothing was done. Hours
:11:54. > :11:56.later, Pippa died. The family fought for an investigation. Last week, a
:11:57. > :12:02.coroner ruled that the death was preventable. They weren't going to
:12:03. > :12:08.do an investigation, so that was when I said that's not good enough,
:12:09. > :12:16.there will be an investigation and we will be involved. Pippa Griffith
:12:17. > :12:21.is one of seven avoidable deaths at this trust in a little over 18
:12:22. > :12:24.months. As we revealed last night, the Health Secretary has now ordered
:12:25. > :12:34.an investigation into maternity services. The families of Sofia
:12:35. > :12:40.Hotchkiss and Jack Burn are keen to take part as they say neither death
:12:41. > :12:43.was properly investigated. This woman's son died in 2013 from an
:12:44. > :12:47.infection hours after being born but she says mistakes made during the 36
:12:48. > :12:49.hour Labour contributed to his death and she can't understand why the
:12:50. > :12:54.trust haven't answered her questions. Why they left it so long,
:12:55. > :13:01.why they didn't induce me the night I went in. They were saying there
:13:02. > :13:05.was an obstruction. The night I went in, wasn't an infection. In the two
:13:06. > :13:10.days I was in there, infection set in, and they didn't pick up on it,
:13:11. > :13:14.which cost me my baby. After we raised concerns, the local coroner
:13:15. > :13:20.is now considering opening an inquest into Jack's death. The trust
:13:21. > :13:24.meanwhile maintain that they do examine all deaths. I am aware that
:13:25. > :13:26.each of the cases that have been brought to our attention as part of
:13:27. > :13:31.this investigation has been investigated. We have done root
:13:32. > :13:38.cause analysis, which is a more detailed investigation on most of
:13:39. > :13:42.them. Kayleigh Griffiths will give birth once more next month. Given
:13:43. > :13:45.what the couple have suffered, they are understandably nervous. This
:13:46. > :13:51.family, every family here need maternity services to improve.
:13:52. > :13:56.The Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, has dismissed
:13:57. > :13:58.claims of a chemical attack by his forces earlier this month
:13:59. > :14:16.A warning to night that some of our most famous breeds of British pigs,
:14:17. > :14:18.like these Berkshires, soon be extinct.
:14:19. > :14:20.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News...
:14:21. > :14:22.Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says the Europa League
:14:23. > :14:24.provides one of two open doors to Champions League
:14:25. > :14:26.qualification, as they prepare for their quarterfinal
:14:27. > :14:38.There1s speculation that North Korea may be preparing
:14:39. > :14:41.to conduct its sixth nuclear test on Saturday to mark the 105th
:14:42. > :14:45.anniversary of the birth of its founding President.
:14:46. > :14:48.Satellite images show an increased level of activity at the test site
:14:49. > :14:54.Our correspondent John Sudworth has been allowed into the highly
:14:55. > :14:58.secretive country with a number of other foreign journalists.
:14:59. > :15:00.He's sent us this report from the capital Pyongyang -
:15:01. > :15:09.his movements have been monitored and tightly controlled.
:15:10. > :15:14.They poured into central Pyongyang in their tens of thousands.
:15:15. > :15:18.Of citizens and soldiers alike, North Korea has always demanded
:15:19. > :15:40.And at the front of the crowd, there was Kim Jong Un.
:15:41. > :15:43.Celebrating not a missile launch or a rocket test
:15:44. > :15:47.but the construction of Pyongyang's newest street.
:15:48. > :15:50.The inauguration of a few tower blocks and shops would,
:15:51. > :15:53.anywhere else, raise barely a murmur.
:15:54. > :15:58.In Pyongyang, it's met with rapturous applause.
:15:59. > :16:04.It might seem like an extraordinary celebration to mark the opening
:16:05. > :16:07.of a street, but it's about so much more than that.
:16:08. > :16:11.It's about economic survival, resilience, and sending a message
:16:12. > :16:18.to the outside world of total loyalty to the leader.
:16:19. > :16:25.The country's Prime Minister, Pak Pong-ju, told the crowd
:16:26. > :16:28.that the opening of the new street sends a more powerful signal
:16:29. > :16:33.to the world than any number of nuclear bombs.
:16:34. > :16:38.But, in reality for North Korea, bombs are vital.
:16:39. > :16:41.With reports that another nuclear test may be imminent,
:16:42. > :16:46.we are taken on a tour of the school.
:16:47. > :16:49."The Dear Marshall Kim Jong Un clothes and feeds us",
:16:50. > :17:01.And from an early age, she is told that it's
:17:02. > :17:03.bombs and missiles that guarantee his regime's survival.
:17:04. > :17:06.For a poor and isolated country like North Korea,
:17:07. > :17:13.Might it have gone the way of Iraq or Libya, its leaders ask, if it
:17:14. > :17:29.So, foreign journalists are brought here to be shown a friendly face.
:17:30. > :17:32.There are many of them but also the willingness to endure.
:17:33. > :17:36."Sanctions don't bother us at all", this man tells me.
:17:37. > :17:43."United around our leader, nothing can harm us".
:17:44. > :17:50.North Korea is marching towards its nuclear future and no
:17:51. > :17:52.amount of threat or coercion from a US president
:17:53. > :18:06.A record number of people who went to A Departments in England
:18:07. > :18:08.this winter had to wait at least four hours to be admitted.
:18:09. > :18:11.Almost 200,000 people had to wait much longer
:18:12. > :18:15.than they should for a bed - a big rise on last year's figures.
:18:16. > :18:21.Spring is here but the NHS won't forget this winter in a hurry.
:18:22. > :18:24.More patients coming in, problems moving them out,
:18:25. > :18:28.even if they were medically fit, and intense, relentless pressure.
:18:29. > :18:30.Hospital managers here like many others say it
:18:31. > :18:42.The hospital has been functioning most of the time at 100% occupancy.
:18:43. > :18:46.That has put a huge strain on the services.
:18:47. > :18:50.I think it is important to note this was a mild winter.
:18:51. > :19:01.Despite that, it has been very tough.
:19:02. > :19:03.The latest figures for England show longer waiting times over
:19:04. > :19:08.135,000 people had to wait longer than four hours to be found
:19:09. > :19:16.For planned treatment, including routine surgery,
:19:17. > :19:20.264,000 were waiting more than 18 weeks in February 2016
:19:21. > :19:25.but it was 367,000 waiting in February this year.
:19:26. > :19:28.One of those still on the waiting list is John.
:19:29. > :19:36.He was referred for an operation on his back early last year.
:19:37. > :19:42.But it still has not happened - he has found
:19:43. > :19:47.the wait very stressful and, at times, has had to stay off work.
:19:48. > :19:55.Who knows how much they cost the NHS?
:19:56. > :19:57.In recent years, hospitals have noted that the pressure never
:19:58. > :20:18.In the months ahead there could be an extra challenge in the face
:20:19. > :20:20.the shape of possible industrial action by nurses.
:20:21. > :20:22.The largest nursing union is consulting members
:20:23. > :20:25.on whether they're prepared to go on strike over a 1% pay
:20:26. > :20:27.offer, which is the same in every part of the UK.
:20:28. > :20:29.Most nurses are unhappy with their income.
:20:30. > :20:30.So, they're working harder than ever.
:20:31. > :20:33.There have been years now of absolutely no pay increase.
:20:34. > :20:36.The whole cap of 1%, when we know the bills are going up.
:20:37. > :20:38.They are struggling to pay the bills.
:20:39. > :20:41.The Department of Health says it is going along
:20:42. > :20:43.with an independent pay review body's recommendation and can only
:20:44. > :20:49.They argue that with all the pressure on the NHS,
:20:50. > :20:52.patients will not get the right care from a workforce that is short
:20:53. > :20:55.Two people arrested by detectives investigating child abuse
:20:56. > :20:58.allegations against the late former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath have
:20:59. > :21:00.been released and told they face no further action,
:21:01. > :21:03.Operation Conifer has been examining the claims since appealing
:21:04. > :21:07.for alleged victims to come forward in summer 2015.
:21:08. > :21:10.These were the only two suspects who had been arrested.
:21:11. > :21:13.A soldier who ran over and killed two teenage athletes after he'd been
:21:14. > :21:17.drinking with colleagues has been jailed for six years.
:21:18. > :21:20.Michael Casey, who's 24, went through a red light at a crossing
:21:21. > :21:26.He killed Stacey Burrows, who was 16 and 17-year-old Lucy Pygott,
:21:27. > :21:33.The man who was dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago
:21:34. > :21:35.on Sunday has just been released from hospital.
:21:36. > :21:37.David Dao's lawyer said he suffered concussion,
:21:38. > :21:46.a broken nose and lost two front teeth during his ordeal.
:21:47. > :21:54.His daughter said what had happened to her father left the whole family
:21:55. > :21:58.distressed. What happened to my dad should never have happened to any
:21:59. > :22:07.human being, regardless of the circumstance. We were horrified and
:22:08. > :22:15.shocked and sickened to learn what had happened to him and to see what
:22:16. > :22:16.had happened to him. We hope that, in the future, nothing like this
:22:17. > :22:20.happens again. The Queen has given money
:22:21. > :22:22.to pensioners at Leicester Cathedral to mark Maundy Thursday,
:22:23. > :22:24.in an Easter tradition dating back She handed out purses
:22:25. > :22:28.to 91 men and 91 women - Today's visit to Leicester means
:22:29. > :22:34.the Queen has now conducted the service in every Anglican
:22:35. > :22:40.cathedral in England. Gloucestershire Old Spots -
:22:41. > :22:42.pedigree pigs - known But this famous breed is facing
:22:43. > :22:47.a dramatic fall in numbers - amid warnings that they could become
:22:48. > :22:49.extinct if the decline Our correspondent Jon Kay reports
:22:50. > :22:54.from Herefordshire on the plight of one of Britain's best known
:22:55. > :22:57.traditional pig breeds. Making plenty of noise
:22:58. > :23:05.but for how much longer? The Gloucester Old Spot is one
:23:06. > :23:08.of our most recognisable breeds but there are only half as many
:23:09. > :23:13.as there were three years ago. There is less than 500 breeding
:23:14. > :23:17.females of Gloucester Old Spot at Today, one livestock conservation
:23:18. > :23:23.group said the situation was critical and that the Old Spot
:23:24. > :23:31.could become extinct. It is the same as losing,
:23:32. > :23:34.you know, a wild species If we lose these breeds,
:23:35. > :23:37.we've lost something we can't And that would just
:23:38. > :23:41.be so sad, really. It's not just the
:23:42. > :23:43.Gloucester Old Spot. These Berkshire pigs are also
:23:44. > :23:45.on the endangered list, as well as other indigenous
:23:46. > :23:48.species like Tamworths. To reverse the decline,
:23:49. > :23:50.farmers are being asked to breed more British pedigrees,
:23:51. > :23:53.but isn't there another solution? If the numbers are so threatened,
:23:54. > :23:56.why are we eating them? Wouldn't the best thing be
:23:57. > :23:58.to leave them to breed We can't afford to just have lots
:23:59. > :24:08.and lots of pigs, really. Yes, what we need is a market,
:24:09. > :24:14.someone to eat them, them to become commercial in a,
:24:15. > :24:17.not in a commercial sense, like we talk about ordinary pig
:24:18. > :24:20.meat, but as a speciality. Here in Gloucestershire,
:24:21. > :24:23.customers might be prepared to pay But the industry knows
:24:24. > :24:27.on a national scale, they face falling demand
:24:28. > :24:31.and cheaper imports. The Gloucester Old Spot was saved
:24:32. > :24:35.from extinction 30 years ago. Doing so again in the current market
:24:36. > :24:53.could be more of a challenge. This is Ash Meadow Farm and this is
:24:54. > :24:58.our buses but these are Berkshire peaks. The conservation groups
:24:59. > :25:03.giving this warning has said it is not just about preserving these
:25:04. > :25:07.breeds for historic reasons or sentimental, nostalgic reasons, they
:25:08. > :25:11.say there are scientific reasons, to try to keep the genes of these very
:25:12. > :25:14.hardy creatures going into the future. If you are wondering, they
:25:15. > :25:19.do not smell too bad at all. Thank you. Let's have a look at the
:25:20. > :25:31.Easter weekend weather. The weather is looking a little
:25:32. > :25:36.scrambled today. Overall not too bad. This evening cloud with sunny
:25:37. > :25:55.spells. Pretty cool. That is what many of us will have over the next
:25:56. > :25:56.few days will stop some places will have clout and spots of rain. This
:25:57. > :25:57.is the satellite picture in the last few hours. Through this evening not
:25:58. > :25:59.much has changed will stop a few showers in the North West. Whether
:26:00. > :26:05.you are in Plymouth or Glasgow, the temperature will be pretty much the
:26:06. > :26:10.same. In northern areas, in Shetland, it will be a little bit
:26:11. > :26:18.colder. Whether France are moving across the UK we will get some spots
:26:19. > :26:24.of rain. A chilly day. Of us. Maybe 15, 16 in London depending on how
:26:25. > :26:29.much sunshine we will get. The spells of mostly light rain for most
:26:30. > :26:33.of us will continue across the country, across central areas on
:26:34. > :26:38.Good Friday. On Saturday a cold air stream from the north. By the time
:26:39. > :26:43.it reaches our shores, it will be called. A fresh take on Saturday. On
:26:44. > :26:47.Saturday, out of the weekend, it is probably the best one for the plenty
:26:48. > :26:54.of bright weather around. Maybe a few showers in the North. A good
:26:55. > :26:57.sort of day. This is Sunday, East today. Looks as though Southern and
:26:58. > :27:01.south-western areas will have the best of the weather. More central
:27:02. > :27:09.and northern parts of the country will have more cloud and rain. Let's
:27:10. > :27:14.summarise all of that. It is not exhilarating and not that bad.
:27:15. > :27:19.Rather cool, sunny spells and a little rain from time to time.
:27:20. > :27:33.Basher al-Assad has dismissed claims of chemical attacks as fabrication
:27:34. > :27:37.and blames America. We do not have any chemical weapons. We gave up our
:27:38. > :27:41.arsenal three years ago Bulls if we had then we would not them.