:00:07. > :00:14.This is BBC world News. The United States warned it could take further
:00:15. > :00:22.military action against the Syrian government. After its missile dry on
:00:23. > :00:27.a Syrian air base, Washington says it will no longer allowed President
:00:28. > :00:32.Assad to use chemical weapons without consequences. The United
:00:33. > :00:38.States took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do
:00:39. > :00:42.more. Russia says the strikes could have very serious consequences in
:00:43. > :00:47.the region and the UN calls for restraint. America 's allies offer
:00:48. > :00:51.their support. In other news, four people are
:00:52. > :00:58.killed and many injured as a lorry ploughed into strop is in the
:00:59. > :01:02.Swedish habit. Holm. There were buddies in the street and I could
:01:03. > :01:16.see the police covering the body with an orange blanket.
:01:17. > :01:19.The United States has said it could take further military action
:01:20. > :01:24.It comes after Washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it
:01:25. > :01:27.believes President Assad's forces launched a chemical weapons attack.
:01:28. > :01:29.Addressing an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council,
:01:30. > :01:34.the American ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said it is in America's
:01:35. > :01:36.vital national security interest to prevent the use
:01:37. > :01:55.Our military destroyed the airfield from which this week's
:01:56. > :02:01.The moral stain of the Assad regime could no longer go unanswered.
:02:02. > :02:03.His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words.
:02:04. > :02:07.It was time to say "Enough" but not only say it, it was time to act.
:02:08. > :02:13.Bashar al-Assad must never use chemical weapons again.
:02:14. > :02:34.The Syrian government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible
:02:35. > :02:39.but America has had support from other countries.
:02:40. > :02:43.It was after dark on the east coast of America and before the sun had
:02:44. > :02:45.risen in the Middle East when the commander in
:02:46. > :02:53.From two US warships, a volley of cruise missiles
:02:54. > :02:57.air base, that has been used, say the Americans to launch the chemical
:02:58. > :03:06.It is in the vital security interest of the
:03:07. > :03:10.United States to prevent and to deter the spread and use of deadly
:03:11. > :03:19.There can be no dispute that Syria used banned
:03:20. > :03:28.chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical
:03:29. > :03:31.weapons convention, and ignored the urging
:03:32. > :03:36.The grotesque aftereffects of the attack, the United States believe
:03:37. > :03:40.a nerve agent was used, horrified the world and
:03:41. > :03:47.A line had been crossed and unlike his
:03:48. > :03:52.Assad choked the lives of helpless men, women and
:03:53. > :04:03.It was a slow and brutal death for so many.
:04:04. > :04:08.Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this
:04:09. > :04:18.No child of God should ever suffer such horror.
:04:19. > :04:22.What is astonishing, is the speed with which this administration has
:04:23. > :04:28.changed its policy to Syria and decided to act.
:04:29. > :04:30.At the start of week, President Trump saw Bashar
:04:31. > :04:33.al-Assad as a useful ally against Islamic State.
:04:34. > :04:40.But the chemical weapons attack changed everybody and
:04:41. > :04:45.within two days, targets had been identified and struck.
:04:46. > :04:47.Here what is we know about the attack.
:04:48. > :04:59.Targets included, aircraft, fuel depots and radar.
:05:00. > :05:03.Because Russian forces are also at the base, Russia
:05:04. > :05:13.was informed of the attack in advance.
:05:14. > :05:17.The aftermath shows damage at the base, but hardly devastation.
:05:18. > :05:26.aim was to destroy the infrastructure that allows the base
:05:27. > :05:31.to function and the attack has brought the president support.
:05:32. > :05:33.The president was authorised to conduct
:05:34. > :05:37.the strike, he is not asking for a declaration of war,
:05:38. > :05:40.he was dealing with circumstances and as the
:05:41. > :05:43.commander in chief not only did he have the right,
:05:44. > :05:48.Despite the enthusiasm we can see, to quote Churchill, it is
:05:49. > :05:52.the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.
:05:53. > :06:02.Donald Trump, who didn't want to get embroiled in
:06:03. > :06:09.foreign conflict, has just ordered US forces
:06:10. > :06:21.address last night, he didn't sound like an isolationist.
:06:22. > :06:23.Good night and God bless America and the entire
:06:24. > :06:28.The president, not yet 100 days in, has travelled a
:06:29. > :06:35.Russia - which supports President Assad -
:06:36. > :06:37.has reacted angrily - accusing the United States
:06:38. > :06:50.There would be negative consequences it said.
:06:51. > :06:52.Moscow also accused President Trump of damaging the fight
:06:53. > :07:04.against terrorism and so-called Islamic State group in Syria.
:07:05. > :07:09.Until recently, the Russian media have been singing
:07:10. > :07:16.Today, state TV accused him of an unprovoked show of force
:07:17. > :07:18.with the missile strike he ordered on a civilian air base.
:07:19. > :07:19.Moscow said it was a gross, groundless violation
:07:20. > :07:23.It's definitely an aggressive act against international law,
:07:24. > :07:25.against a sovereign country, and without any true
:07:26. > :07:27.evidence of the Assad regime using chemical weapons.
:07:28. > :07:29.It is Russian military power that's been keeping
:07:30. > :07:39.Russia's air force and navy is helping Syria's leader turn
:07:40. > :08:02.the tide of the country's Civil War, and boosting Moscow's
:08:03. > :08:06.Today, the Kremlin accused Washington of inventing a pretext
:08:07. > :08:08.the tide of the country's Civil War, and boosting Moscow's
:08:09. > :08:11.Today, the Kremlin accused Washington of inventing a pretext
:08:12. > :08:16.Those American Tomahawks may have been targeting the Syrian military,
:08:17. > :08:19.but judging by what the Kremlin has been saying, its US-Russian
:08:20. > :08:21.relations that will take a real battering now as a result
:08:22. > :08:25.The Russians had been hoping that with Donald Trump
:08:26. > :08:27.in the White House, relations with America would improve.
:08:28. > :08:29.So far, there's been no sign of that.
:08:30. > :08:31.Today, Moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents
:08:32. > :08:33.between US and Russian warplanes over Syria.
:08:34. > :08:36.Which means that we have two big military powers in the area
:08:37. > :08:38.operating without any contact and any coordination,
:08:39. > :08:42.The Russians are hoping that this US strike was a one-off, but tonight,
:08:43. > :08:44.they are strengthening air defence systems across Syria, just in case.
:08:45. > :08:59.Reaction from Moscow pretty much resistant from the reaction of the
:09:00. > :09:03.security meeting. Our correspondent Nada Tawfik
:09:04. > :09:06.is in New York where the UN Security Council has been holding
:09:07. > :09:17.an emergency meeting. A polarised debate at the UN.
:09:18. > :09:21.Absolutely. We got to hear from several states about their opinion
:09:22. > :09:23.on the US air strikes. We heard strong language from the US
:09:24. > :09:29.ambassador saying the US was justified in their actions and that
:09:30. > :09:32.they would do more if necessary, also calling on the Syrian
:09:33. > :09:37.government to start engaging in political talks that the UN has been
:09:38. > :09:42.holding, saying they haven't held up to that agreement. On the side of
:09:43. > :09:45.the US we had Britain and France saying they thought this was a
:09:46. > :09:49.legitimate response to what they consider a war crime and really
:09:50. > :09:53.holding Russia counter to the several failed the toes they have
:09:54. > :10:00.used to block action against President Assad. On the other hand,
:10:01. > :10:06.we had those who were upset with the US action, Russia's position. It was
:10:07. > :10:11.said to be against international law, they didn't get permission from
:10:12. > :10:16.the UN Security Council, saying that they were the investigator,
:10:17. > :10:19.attorney, judge, and executioner. We heard this is going to be the end of
:10:20. > :10:24.the beginning, not the beginning of the beginning, not the beginning of
:10:25. > :10:29.the end. The ambassador saying that more could happen. Under what
:10:30. > :10:32.conditions will she talking about? I think she was trying to send the
:10:33. > :10:43.message that the US will act decisively in the case of any kind
:10:44. > :10:57.of chemical weapons use, the idea that President Assad and act or
:10:58. > :10:59.whoever was responsible for the chemical weapons could act without
:11:00. > :11:01.international reaction, those days are over. What we did see on the
:11:02. > :11:02.council was disagreement amongst council was disagreement amongst
:11:03. > :11:05.everyone, really, that we wanted to tempt down the tone of the things,
:11:06. > :11:06.escalating. The US Secretary General escalating. The US Secretary General
:11:07. > :11:09.also heard anyone talk when this also heard anyone talk when this
:11:10. > :11:12.Newlyn has been negotiating in Newlyn has been negotiating in
:11:13. > :11:15.Geneva. The key question is how the talks really are going to make any
:11:16. > :11:17.progress for the Syrian people when the seventh year of this conflict
:11:18. > :11:29.these kinds of division still remain. Thank you.
:11:30. > :11:39.Until the chemical attack in Syria, President Trump seemed to be against
:11:40. > :11:40.any intervention. Jeremy Bowen reports evocations of the US strikes
:11:41. > :11:52.for the seven-year Syrian war. The war crime that killed so many
:11:53. > :11:56.pushed the Americans into military action. The long-term impact on the
:11:57. > :12:04.war itself depends on what the Americans do next. More chemical
:12:05. > :12:07.weapons attacks on civilians might bring a tougher response. The Syrian
:12:08. > :12:13.regime denies it has ever used chemical weapons. I think Trump
:12:14. > :12:20.himself knows that Syria did not use any chemical weapons and does not
:12:21. > :12:23.have any chemical weapons and it has given its stockpile to the
:12:24. > :12:29.International organisation responsible for that. The Americans
:12:30. > :12:33.say they have cleared proof that the Syrian Armed Forces carried out war
:12:34. > :12:36.finds by using nerve gas against civilians, they are certain of that,
:12:37. > :12:43.that is why they carried out this raid. Four years after the invasion
:12:44. > :12:46.of Iraq we see Iraq has been destroyed. Syria is the second
:12:47. > :12:52.secular state after Iraq that is being targeted by the West simply
:12:53. > :12:58.because it is secular and it has an army and again with the Israeli
:12:59. > :13:03.occupation of Palestine. In one of the Damascus suburbs in which more
:13:04. > :13:07.than 1000 people were killed by chemical weapons in 2013, local
:13:08. > :13:13.people stopped believing the regime years ago. They want more military
:13:14. > :13:18.action from the Americans. TRANSLATION: We hope that foreign
:13:19. > :13:24.intervention will bring an end to the suffering of the Syrian people
:13:25. > :13:28.and not just a single hit. The solution is for the Assad regime to
:13:29. > :13:34.step away from power, the end of the massacres in Syria, the end of
:13:35. > :13:37.targeting civilians. A major reason why the Syrian war is so hard to
:13:38. > :13:43.stop is that so many countries are involved with different interests
:13:44. > :13:48.and objectives. President Assad's main allies are Russia and Iran, the
:13:49. > :13:54.biggest Shia Muslim trees. These days, the rebels still fighting the
:13:55. > :13:58.regime mainly Muslim Sunni Islamist. Some are approved by the West, some
:13:59. > :14:04.are Jihadis. Revel sometimes fighting but -- each other. There is
:14:05. > :14:08.also a war against so-called Islamic State led by the US and its allies.
:14:09. > :14:12.Think of it all as layers of conflict. Sometimes they are
:14:13. > :14:23.parallel and sometimes they intersect and now Donald Trump has
:14:24. > :14:27.added a whole new layer. The events and the US response will force the
:14:28. > :14:33.Syrian regime to take American threats more seriously, including
:14:34. > :14:35.calls for regime change. What is certain is that more foreign
:14:36. > :14:49.intervention, no matter Do stay with us. We will be live in
:14:50. > :14:53.Stockholm with the very latest on a spec it terror attack that truck in
:14:54. > :15:39.which four people were killed. Today is about the promise of a new
:15:40. > :15:49.future, a day when a line can be drawn under the bloody past.
:15:50. > :15:55.I think the works of Picasso were beautiful, they were intelligent,
:15:56. > :16:09.and it is a sad loss to everybody who loves art.
:16:10. > :16:18.This is BBC News. Our mains dory, after a missile strike on a Syrian
:16:19. > :16:23.air base, Washington says it will no longer allow President Assad to use
:16:24. > :16:28.chemical weapons without consequences.
:16:29. > :16:36.In other news, Swedish police are investigating suspect it terror
:16:37. > :16:39.attack that killed four people, injuring many others. A man has been
:16:40. > :16:43.arrested in connection with the attack with his identity not
:16:44. > :16:47.disclosed. The incident happened outside a department store on the
:16:48. > :16:53.busy pedestrians treat in the afternoon. People have warned
:16:54. > :17:03.against travel to send. Holm against -- are less strictly necessary.
:17:04. > :17:11.Sadly this afternoon panic. People running for their lives. Around the
:17:12. > :17:17.corner, Laurie has ploughed into a department store. And on its way,
:17:18. > :17:22.smashing through this pedestrian area, killing and injuring those who
:17:23. > :17:25.happens to be there. I could actually see bodies lying on the
:17:26. > :17:31.street, I could see the police covering the body with an orange
:17:32. > :17:35.blanket. There were lots of police around, lots of people standing
:17:36. > :17:40.around filming, taking photos. I heard the noise on the screens and
:17:41. > :17:46.saw the people, as I walked out. There were just outside the store, a
:17:47. > :17:50.dead dog of the owner screaming, it was a lady laying with a severed
:17:51. > :17:56.foot, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies on the ground
:17:57. > :18:02.everywhere. And a sense of panic. People standing by their loved ones
:18:03. > :18:09.but also people running away. Mainly into the minor streets around. A
:18:10. > :18:12.sense of sheer panic. After the police and ambulances arrived at the
:18:13. > :18:20.scene, it became clear this was not an accident. TRANSLATION: Sweden has
:18:21. > :18:26.been attacked. Everything indicates this is a terrorist act. The
:18:27. > :18:29.government is doing everything to support the authorities who are
:18:30. > :18:35.working now and we urge the public to be alert and to listen, not least
:18:36. > :18:40.to the information from the police. The police locked down the city
:18:41. > :18:45.centre, the Metro was closed, and government offices shut. They have
:18:46. > :18:49.not found the truck driver at the scene, it was thought he may have
:18:50. > :18:54.entered a nearby Metro St -- station to get away. But soon these pictures
:18:55. > :18:57.were released of a man the police wanted to speak to with connection
:18:58. > :19:02.with the incident. And now there has been an arrest. After a day in which
:19:03. > :19:07.four people were killed and many more injured. The people of Sweden
:19:08. > :19:16.have not suffered an incident like this for many years.
:19:17. > :19:28.A short while ago, the Swedish Prime Minister gave this statement. Sweden
:19:29. > :19:39.has been attacked at 2:53pm, a truck violently ram a pedestrian rate in
:19:40. > :19:44.the heart of our capital, leaving at least four people dead, and 15
:19:45. > :19:48.people Syriza the injured. -- seriously injured. My thoughts are
:19:49. > :19:57.first of all with the Vic Tims and their families. In this difficult
:19:58. > :20:00.moment police and hospitals are doing everything they can to stay
:20:01. > :20:07.day wise and maintain our safety. Thoughts, concerns, and condiments
:20:08. > :20:11.is have reached many of us from all around the world and we are grateful
:20:12. > :20:21.for the many warm expressions of sharing our grief. We are determined
:20:22. > :20:24.never to let the values that we treasure, democracy, human rights,
:20:25. > :20:31.and freedom, to be changed by hatred. Let's cross live to
:20:32. > :20:35.stockholder. Manny Savage is near the scene of the attack. The hunt is
:20:36. > :20:41.still on for the driver of the truck. The hunt, we understand, is
:20:42. > :20:45.still on for the driver of the truck. One person has been arrested
:20:46. > :20:50.person is understood to fit the profile of somebody else or possibly
:20:51. > :20:54.the same person from a picture that release released earlier on today.
:20:55. > :21:01.Somebody wearing a light jacket with a black pudding and the leaflet -- a
:21:02. > :21:08.black pudding underneath it. We haven't even given the name of the
:21:09. > :21:13.person. We are waiting to find any more information emerges on that.
:21:14. > :21:16.You might be able to hear distracting traffic in the
:21:17. > :21:22.background, the roads around the city centre are starting to reopen,
:21:23. > :21:25.having been closed for several hours, the subway system also
:21:26. > :21:28.reopening which is allowing a lot of people who were stranded in the city
:21:29. > :21:33.centre says the attack to finally make it home to their loved ones. As
:21:34. > :21:37.you heard, the Prime Minister said he will do everything it takes to
:21:38. > :21:40.make Sweden's safe but I think it is safe to say that while people are
:21:41. > :21:45.very shocked about a terror attack happening here in a very peaceful
:21:46. > :21:49.country, this has happened at a time when there has been heightened
:21:50. > :21:57.national political debate about Sweden's repaired this for an
:21:58. > :22:03.attack. Very early on, the Prime Minister said everything pointed to
:22:04. > :22:06.an act of terrorism in this case. Yes, that is understood to be the
:22:07. > :22:11.case, and that message is still something that he is seeking to
:22:12. > :22:15.betray. One other thing he mentioned in the press conference earlier was
:22:16. > :22:21.that he is adding reinforcements to Sweden's borders, to ensure that
:22:22. > :22:27.safety is maintained there, and also, this Friday night, a lot of
:22:28. > :22:33.major public places also remaining closed. Shopping mall is, all of
:22:34. > :22:39.this on and theatres as well, so that police and security forces can
:22:40. > :22:46.focus their efforts on the places they believe to be most important
:22:47. > :22:50.for the investigation. Thank you. Here in London, are mainly tourist
:22:51. > :22:58.two was locked -- knocked into the River Thames last month has died.
:22:59. > :23:01.31-year-old Andreea Cristea had been visiting London with her boyfriend.
:23:02. > :23:03.Her death brings the number of people killed by the attacker
:23:04. > :23:08.There had been a hope that Andreea Cristea would make it.
:23:09. > :23:10.She was young, she'd been on holiday, about to receive
:23:11. > :23:15.Doctors at St Bartholomew's said she'd been in a critical
:23:16. > :23:20.Yesterday, they decided to withdraw life support.
:23:21. > :23:24.We are saddened by the death of Miss Andreea Cristea
:23:25. > :23:29.She had been receiving care here since the Westminster terror
:23:30. > :23:31.attacks, having been initially treated at the Royal
:23:32. > :23:35.And our thoughts are with her friends and family
:23:36. > :23:39.I'd like to pay tribute to all the staff who showed
:23:40. > :23:42.great care and compassion in looking after her.
:23:43. > :23:45.Her family praised the kindness and empathy shown by medical
:23:46. > :23:51.After fighting for her life for over two weeks, they said,
:23:52. > :23:58.our beloved and irrepressible Andreea, wonderful daughter, sister,
:23:59. > :24:00.partner, dedicated friend and the most unique and life-loving
:24:01. > :24:02.person you can imagine, was cruelly and brutally ripped away
:24:03. > :24:05.from our lives in the most heartless and spiritless way.
:24:06. > :24:08.She will always be remembered as our shining ray of light that
:24:09. > :24:12.will for ever keep on shining in our hearts.
:24:13. > :24:16.Khalid Masood can't have cared who he targeted that day,
:24:17. > :24:20.using a blunt weapon, a hire car.
:24:21. > :24:24.He mowed down his victims, somehow sending Andreea over
:24:25. > :24:27.the railing of the bridge and into the river.
:24:28. > :24:30.Leslie Rhodes, Aysha Frade, Kurt Cochrane and PC Keith Palmer
:24:31. > :24:37.The inquest into their deaths has been adjourned, but it will consider
:24:38. > :24:42.what happened in precise detail that day.
:24:43. > :24:45.The benefit the coroner has is the sheer number of witnesses.
:24:46. > :24:48.It's thought 1,500 people may have seen what happened.
:24:49. > :24:53.Last week, Andrei Burnaz laid a single flower in memory
:24:54. > :24:57.of the woman he'd hoped would be his wife.
:24:58. > :24:59.Today, for all the victims, the flowers, the candles
:25:00. > :25:19.Senators in the United States have confirmed as the preening quart
:25:20. > :25:25.judge following a battle over the post. It is seen as the biggest
:25:26. > :25:34.success so far for president tramp. -- resident trumps. -- President
:25:35. > :25:40.Trump. There are rallies in South Africa
:25:41. > :25:43.demanding the resignation of the president following his dismissal of
:25:44. > :25:49.the finance minister. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep
:25:50. > :25:58.the rival groups of them as traitors apart. -- the groups of
:25:59. > :26:01.demonstrators. Lots more on our website. From us,
:26:02. > :26:19.thanks for watching. Thank you for joining me, let's
:26:20. > :26:20.start with North America, the