in the business of the most for duma. hours. the. other night it's all about it all had the don't you think any end of both of. them particularly we're thought of by the heavy. lobbying within this hour. pilot then are. going to war. as it has a lot of the. head of us fourth. feels it is often. in the majority of people and it is our. ally and there are. a lot. of the. and the nationals. that are. and and if you have. one event two very different takes very different sides to the story there of course present my quote of france earliest days and that you had irrefutable solid evidence that there was a chemical incident orchestrated by the damascus government the russian side. that witness there that says they found alleging something entirely different that they found no evidence of chemical injuries and that these other than fight individuals effectively so panic amongst these people sharing them with water putting a gas mask with no evidence of chemicals that are what's important to remember evidence here is the crux of the issue t

department of dumas central hospital. on april eighth a building in the city was bombed the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom floors caught fire and all the injured from that building were brought to our hospital. the residents from the upper floors were suffering from smoke inhalation and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited. right corresponded on hawkins was following that russian defense ministry briefing which is a couple of hours ago now i'm quite a significant change to the foreign minister had said there was evidence now we've got a bit more detail yet there's certainly a new dimension to what's been going on of course the russian side has all along denied that this chemical attack took place there or to put forward by groups on the ground in syria the white helmets and of course the u.s. u.k. and france as well just to give you a bit of background obviously whatever happened in syria on the seventh of april in duma was described as a chemical attack which killed and injure

left in duma all the people that are in duma have opted to stay and there are no fighters amongst them because these fighters have opted to to have chosen to either leave for aleppo or to words at their. u.s. president on trump's a longtime personal lawyer michael cohen is in court in new york trying to prevent prosecutors examining all the documents the f.b.i. seized from his office last week adult film star stormy daniels who's in tangled in the case against cohen arrived at the court to a media scrum to watch the hearing unfold daniel said she was paid by cohen to keep quiet about an affair with trump. the former heads of the f.b.i. has accused trump of being morally unfit to be u.s. president in an exclusive interview with a.b.c. james called me also said there may be evidence that obstructed justice the president's fired back accusing me of committing any crimes aid agencies in yemen a warning they may not be able to contain the spread of diseases as more people become resistant to lifesaving antibiotics yemen's health system has been devastated by years of civil war and the count

department of dumas central hospital. on april eighth a building in the city was bombed the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom floors caught fire all the injured from that building were brought to a hospital. that the residents from the upper floors were suffering from smoke inhalation and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited this is a bit of a dominating headlines over the past few days that incident in duma whatever took place is attracted very different versions of events from the russian side the syrian side and the u.s. u.k. and france something did happen in do while the seventh of april with the western nations on the white helmets group on the ground in syria claiming it was a chemical attack by the damascus government on civilians killing and injuring dozens the russian side the mask is saying this was a setup not today we've got that evidence allegedly from the russian modi saying they have identified an individual in the video you can see just being played bad that video

and duma in the capital damascus moscow has hit back saying america should target terrorists not the syrian government the u.s. action general has called on the security council to prevent the situation spiraling out of control well from the white house correspondent kimberly halakhah . this is how the united states responded to last year's nerve agent gas attack in qana by attacking a syrian air base with tomahawk missiles and it's how the u.s. may act again little. truck displayed the syrian government for a recent suspected chemical attack outside damascus with their troops on the ground in syria he's also accusing russia of complicity for supporting president bashar al assad in a series of tweets on wednesday morning president donald trump warned missiles will be coming and taunted get ready russia because they will be coming nice and new and smart russia has proven themselves to be responsible in part for this they guaranteed that the use of chemical weapons by syria would not happen again they failed it that russia shot back in the war of words with trump it says there's no pro

the skies over duma had been quiet for two weeks then this. residents counted more than fifty airstrikes and say twenty barrel bombs were dropped on the city. one day into the assault syrian civil defense reported the use of chlorine gas they took at least fifteen people to hospital. syrian state you said the assault was in retaliation for jaish al islam or the army of islam shelling residential areas of neighboring damascus it said four civilians were killed and twenty two injured josh i'll islam tonight the attack. the german duma is clearly visible syrian civil defense the white house descended on the rubble dodging the airstrikes. they risk you dozens of people this man was found under what was left of his heart . after the air attack tanks came down the road syrian soldiers tightening their grip on one of the last rebel strongholds in the country this is the most important the biggest city in. and by capturing it actually they would be just finishing off all of the presence of the opposition in this i mean very important strategic area su

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 denounce the u.s. led military action the crowd has been growing steadily in the past couple of hours and the government has condemned the attack the as brutal and barbaric as you can see some people waving syrian in support of that government. but we heard an announcement from u.s. president donald trump about the pending strike against the syrian government in coordination with the u.k. and france now he used the phrase strong deterrence to describe his motivation said he wanted to deter the syrian government from carrying out future chemical attacks he called out iran and russia saying what kind of nation would want to be aligned with a mass murderer and from there he used some rather inflammatory language that's kind of almost trademark language of u.s. president donald trump but let's take a listen to

do and duma today to start that fact finding mission why do you think the u.s. and its allies didn't wait for at least some preliminary results from that. well they may not they may not want to find out the results of the investigation because the indications from on the ground in duma is that either there was no there was no chemical weapon incident or it's extremely vague in which case there would be no justification for an attack. and the stilling do you think that these attacks might create some difficulties foleo p.c. experts in conducting bear investigations that well that's that's quite possible the attacks are you know primarily as as were the information that we're getting right now is that the attacks have hit very strangely they've hit chemical weapons depot well that's very strange because the chemical weapons depots were a were removed as part of the agreement in twenty fourteen is it that the o.p.c. w actually a verified so it's a little bit unclear where these the attacks targeted but in the bigger picture the attacks by the united states france a

this as a sad forces take full control of the town of duma after the last rebels pull out. oh i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up a man once taped as a future chinese president becomes the latest casualty of president she's corruption crackdown i will take you inside africa's first plant that will turn waste into energy. oh u.s. president donald trump says he will be meeting his top advisors and promised a decision on military action against syria fairly soon experts from the global chemical weapons watchdog the. are on their way to damascus to investigate the alleged chemical attack on duma they'll start on saturday a day off to warning russia to get ready. he never said when an attack on syria would take place adding it could be very soon or not soon atoll u.s. allies are considering their positions now the british prime minister trees a maze held an emergency cabinet meeting to decide whether to join us led strikes the french president said france needs more information before deciding whether to strike but he has no doubt he says abou

and france well some of inch of ice has more now on the situation in duma. earlier in the day we heard from russian news wires that there was some sort of fighting happening in duma which was quite strange because if you remember forty eight hours ago was declared that it was all under syrian government control so where does that fighting coming from we reached out to islam the group which was supposed to be in duma they said they referred us to their statement saying that they have left there are no fighters left in duma all the people that are in duma have opted to stay and there are no fighters amongst them because these fighters have opted to to have chosen to are the lead for aleppo or the words. meanwhile britain's prime minister has the fended participating in saturday's airstrikes in syria to resume a denied she was agreeing to the demands of u.s. president of trans and said that she was acting in the u.k.'s national interest opposition m.p.'s a say the government should not have acted without parliament's approval. the former head of the f.b.i. has

left in duma all the people that are in duma have opted to stay and there are no fighters amongst them because these fighters have opted to have chosen to either before aleppo or to words if the u.s. and the u.k. have issued a rare joint alert accusing russia of being behind the global fibrous hack that's infected q computer which is around the world they say moscow's backing hackers who are targeting businesses and government agencies its origins in washington london say the attacks are hitting critical parts of the internet infrastructure. president trump's personal lawyer has been forced to reveal that another of his clients is the fox news anchor sean hannity michael cohen had hoped to keep it secret but the disclosure was ordered at a court hearing in new york city says he's never paid for call and services or been represented by him but he did seek confidential legal advice from him adult film star stormy daniels was among those in court to watch the case unfold cohen who allegedly paid her to keep quiet about an affair with donald trump is trying to stop prosecutors examining do

site of the suspected attack in syria the one which killed at least forty people but getting inside duma to find out exactly what happened is turning into a bit of a back and forth between the u.s. britain and russia the u.k. has accused russia of not letting the investigating team into russia says those claims are groundless adding it and syria welcome the investigation and any delays are due to the u.s. led strikes in the country and on top of all that the u.s. is accused russia of tampering with the site of the attack on top of all this we've got representatives of that global chemical watchdog the o.p.c. w missing for an emergency meeting at their headquarters in the hague the group said it had recorded more than three hundred ninety suspected chemical attacks in syria since two thousand and fourteen we'll start with this report from senator she's in beirut in lebanon. chemical weapons inspectors in the syrian capital damascus they still have not visited the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack reports suggesting that they will be heading to duma later today in the meantime th

believe that the chemical attack took place that in fact the russian military that entered the city of duma 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 helping the legitimate government fight terrorists with its actions the united states only exacerbates the humanitarian disaster in syria bringing suffering to civilians essentially abetting terrorists who have been tormenting the syrian people for seven years and provoking a new wave of refugees from this country and the region in general mr putin mention the o.p.c. w. investigation there any concerns the that might be in

lost rebel held advanced yet syrian state media say the first fighters have begun leaving the town of duma. also coming up. israel defends its move to open fire on palestinian protesters ingalls like killing at least fifteen people on friday it's raining leaders rejected calls for an inquiry into the bloodshed. and in the us more protests following the death of another unarmed black man about hundreds of police now his autopsy raising new questions about the killing. i'm going to home free thanks for joining me syrian state media is reporting that rebel fighters have started to leave the town of duma the last rebel held stronghold in the eastern suburbs of damascus this follows reports of a deal between pro-government forces and rebels granting safe passage to over a thousand injured people from duma to operate opposition territory in syria's north the syrian government and its allies have surrounded do man regained most of eastern ghouta since beginning a military offensive in february. well course one of our eyes following developments in kuta from beirut in neighboring lebanon for us go

is due in dumas on a fact finding mission into these alleged chemical attacks that took place in syria do you think that these strikes are going to jeopardize this investigation. yes i think that now they will be it will be very difficult for them to say the truth anymore because they will be under extraordinary pressure from western governments it would be a huge humiliation for the united states if the truth were to come out but it is very interesting that they they could not wait until this investigation took place and it just shows how dishonest they are just like last year they they were not willing to have an investigation and they carried out an airstrike on an airbase last year and if there were chemical weapons there then we should have had a catastrophe the chemical weapons for the. spread throughout the whole region and contaminated the villages nearby in that last night when people were asleep and suddenly woke up through these these terrorists attacks these acts of terror then we should have files of chemical weapons being spread across the region the reeses the reality is

assad is doing all he can to assure maximum suffering in duma. our priority must be to help the starving the sick and the injured that have been left behind we also call on this council to immediately reestablish a truly professional and impartial mechanism for chemical weapons attacks in syria including the attack this weekend we hope our colleagues on this council will join us as they have before. this is the very minimum we can do in response to the attack we just witnessed russia's obstructionism will not continue to hold us hostage when we are confronted with an attack like this one the united states is determined to see the monster who drop chemical weapons on the syrian people held to account you have heard what the president of the united states has said about this meetings are ongoing important decisions are being weighed even as we speak we are on the edge of a dangerous precipice the great evil of chemical weapons use that once unified the world in opposition is on the verge of becoming the new normal. the international community must

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 warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me thank you erin bringing you continuing live 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 a military action in a friday evening t.v. address it comes in response to an alleged chemical attack in the syrian town of duma a week ago artie's more than report. but we heard an announcement from u.s. president donald trump about the pending strike against the syrian god. raiment in coordination with the u.k. and france now he used the phrase strong deterrence to describe his motivation said he wanted to deter the syrian governmen

they're attacking duma with chemicals many children have been killed in tents airstrikes by the syrian government and its allies began on saturday. with this is report a barrel bomb with some sort of gas being dropped we were trying to. control to look when the city was hit but the. and there was no the white people became sort of fights scared on prison rescuers say they're struggling to get to the survivors and retrieve the bodies of the dead because of a strong fluorine like smell they don't have the protective gear they need the health care system in duma has been decimated. unfortunately would deliver the number of medical suffering not sticking to. the some terms and the treatment and she had people on we've seen people. people should dying with you to get it's reported that ambulances and a hospital were hit by airstrikes and the red crescent can no longer operate leaving a small team of medical professionals with scarce supplies to tend to the injured the familiar cycle of recriminations denials and calls for action has begun using language heard after last year's confirmed che

and the chemical weapons convention people say life in dumas already difficult after weeks of intense fighting has become even more miserable. local officials say the russians negotiated a deal with the remaining rebel group dumas jaish islam buses began arriving to evacuate the fighters their families and anyone else who wanted to leave with recent danes by the syrian forces in the strategic town on the outskirts of damascus jason ellis had limited options left natasha going to. amman rebel fighters have started leaving duma as part of that russian sponsored evacuation deal these are state t.v. pictures of some of the buses crossing into a government controlled area on their way to opposition held areas in northern syria but eight thousand jaish al islam fighters along with their families are set to be evacuated in the coming days under the agreement russian military police are expected to enter duma to prevent rebel fighters from returning. soroush mahmud a spokesman for the syrian white helmets he told al jazeera the evidence shows that chemical weapons were used in duma. now and w

been evacuated after being targeted by these gases meanwhile the first batch of rebel fighters leaving duma a bus carrying dozens of army of islam soldiers and their families is driven out of the city as part of the agreement hundreds of hostages and prisoners of war also being a free. nigeria's army says it's a rescued one hundred forty nine hostages held by boko haram in northeastern borno state that women and children were being held by the group in the village of getting money kuta. former brazilian president. has begun his twelve year jail term for corruption new arrived it could be cheaper prison under the cover of darkness after finally agreeing to turn himself in following a twelve standoff with authorities your state the top stories head on al-jazeera coming up next it's with us. china's big brother is always watching at home and abroad. one on one east investigates how far china will go to control its citizens lead on an easier. thanks. he leave. leave. leave. leave leave leave leave leave leave leave leave leave leave. leave. all of it out if you like ok yeah date. me. because th

left in duma all the people that are in duma have opted to stay and there are no fighters amongst them because these by does have opted to to have chosen to are the lead for aleppo or to words if the president trumps personal lawyer has been forced by a judge to reveal that another of his clients is the fox news anchor sean hannity adult film star stormy daniels was amongst those in the new york city court for the case michael cohen who allegedly paid her to keep quiet about an affair with donald trump is trying to stop prosecutors examining documents that the f.b.i. seized from his office last week the former head of the f.b.i. is accused of a chunk of being morally unfit to be u.s. president in an exclusive interview with a.b.c. james called me also said there may be evidence that trump obstructed justice the president's fired back accusing call me of committing many crimes the british government has apologized to thousands of members of the caribbean community who are being treated as illegal immigrants under the new immigration rules many of those who arrived in what's known as the

as more than fifty thousand people including rebels and their families prepared to leave the town of duma after a fierce government assault. hello this is out zero live from london also coming up millions of facebook users find out if their data was compromised off to see. admits not enough was done to prevent misuse. israeli interrogates is accused of taunting a jailed palestinian teen activist it to me. and hungry zines immigration need of it to oban wins a third time in power but election observers say it was not an equal playing field . so the fallout over an alleged chemical attack in syria is continuing with the us president donald trump promising a major policy decision within forty eight hours speaking at a cabinet meeting trump again condemned the attack on the rebel held town of duma which is syria's civil defense says it killed at least forty people the syrian government has denied responsibility for the attack while its ally russia has dismissed such views as a provocation but trump says nothing is off the table in terms of military action we are studying that situation extrem

and in the last few hours some of the evacuees from duma have arrived in government controlled areas as part of that deal between the rebels and russia syrian state t.v. has been showing pictures of them being greeted by jubilant crowds more buses carrying fighters and their families have also left there headed for opposition controlled areas in northern syria under the agreement russian military police are expected to enter duma to prevent rebel fighters from returning. mood is a spokesman for the syrian white helmets he told al jazeera the evidence shows that chemical weapons were used in duma now and we're not. getting it and we have a lot of videos and photos published by the white helmets and we also published a statement this morning to clarify the details of what's being done in duma the times effects consequences and how women and children have been affected we have also published videos of the arrival of white how much to the effect of places to treat the civilians moving on to the other top stories so far today hungary's prime minister that's viktor orban has declared a vic

had any credible information about chemical attack in ghouta in the town of duma last rate they would have welcomed the presence and the investigation of the o.p.c. w. investigators but by taking this action now they are showing that they don't want this investigation to go on and the only reasonable conclusion one can draw is that they have no and they have no information they made it all up. the problem is that the reason mays praise the joint military action overnight she called them a limited targeted and effective measure and outlined why britain believes assad's government used chemical weapons. i cannot tell you everything but let me give an example of some of the evidence that leads us to this conclusion open source accounts allege that a barrel form was used to deliver the chemicals. multiple open source reports claim that a regime helicopter was observed above the city of duma on the evening of the seventh of april and reliable intelligence indicates that syrian military officials coordinated what appears to be the use of chlorine in duma on the seventh of april we judge it

over the suspected chemical attack in the syrian town of duma this is the scene at the u.n. right now international inspectors have accepted a syrian government invitation to visit the site of the attack so we're going to say stay across that and of course get to the meeting as the vote gets underway but our mike hanna is also that let speak to him now mike tell us a bit more about the proceedings and the sequencing of events there at the security council today. indeed yes mary and what's happening is that the u.s. has proposed that a council vote on a new investigative a mechanism you know me now this body would investigate chemical attacks and importantly would actually apportion blame for such attacks now it would in effect replace the joint investigative mechanism or jim whose mandate to ended last november back to back russian vetoes so that body went away what the u.s. is attempting to do is get a body in place that can both investigate and also apportion responsibility for any such chemical attack now you mentioned the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prevention of

department of dumas central hospital on april eighth a building in the city was the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom floors caught fire all the injured from that building were brought to our hospital heavy. then the residents from the upper floors were suffering from smoke inhalation and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited by this is a bit of a dominating headlines over the past few days that incident in duma whatever took place is attracted very different versions of events from the russian side the syrian side and the u.s. u.k. and france something did happen in do all the seventh of april with the western nations on the what helmets group on the ground in syria claiming it was a chemical attack by the damascus government on civilians killing and injuring dozens the russian side the mask is saying this was a setup now today we've got that evidence allegedly from the russian modi saying they have identified an individual in the video you can see just being played bad that video was used as part of the evidence by the white helmets and weste

this is as forces take full control of duma after the last rebels who. some of them do it was all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up tom's pick for secretary of state faces antiwar protest as at his confirmation hearing was to find a peaceful solution over north korea. about ones to the future chinese president becomes the latest casualty of president cheesed corruption crackdown. and we'll take you inside africa as first power plant that will turn waste into energy. their very warm welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump says he'll be meeting his top advisors on thursday and promised a decision on military action against syria fairly soon a day after warning russia to get ready trump tweeted that he had never said what an attack on syria would take place adding it could be very soon or not soon as tall well u.s. allies are considering their positions the british prime minister to resign may has held an emergency cabinet meeting to decide whether they're in governments guilt experts from the global chemical weapons will stal

had any credible information about chemical attack in ghouta in the town of duma last week they would have welcomed the presence and the investigation of the old p.c. w. investigators but by taking this action now they are showing that they don't want this investigation to go on and the only reasonable conclusion one can draw are is that they have no and they have no information they made it all up they got it from the white how much the way how much are a propaganda arm of al qaida and those who are in syria and these people are funded by the way the us the dutch government many other governments and their job is to is to promote wealth of the fabricated incidents of chemical weapons so all that has to create of creature acts towards our western military intervention in syria and this is going on for a long time now the bombing raids on syria come before the international chemical watchdog start their probe into the alleged attack in duma last weekend their p.c. w. experts are due to arrive at the scene later today saturday we've requested a comment from the organization and we'll br

aftermath of a chemical attack a child and his father give their account of how events unfolded in duma that day. also this hour police tear gas protesters in paris as paralyzing transport strikes continue over president microns for forbes. and germany refugees are increasingly turning themselves in as terrorists in a shocking tactic to avoid deportation. and i welcome to our team that are still live from moscow with me you are today thanks for joining us this hour. the controversial group activists the white helmet has tried to lobby roger waters the co-founder of the rock group pink floyd a group called the syria campaign sent an e-mail to the musician inviting him to a fundraising dinner on behalf of the white helmet affiliated organization and in the same letter the group in detail described the work it claims to be doing in syria insists the group's mission is to elevate the voices of syria's peaceful heroes and help bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict waters though was less than happy with the invitation. i was quite suspicious after i was invited to that white helmets

chemical experts that are on their way to syria actually visit the site in duma and actually visit the site where the alleged chemical attack took place and get to the bottom of what exactly happened not simply assign blame but determine what went on in duma furthermore russia was willing to provide military escorts and basically make sure that the chemical experts were safe when they visited the site now in a benz it was quite clear about the threat that vetoing this resolution pose that how the world is in kind of a dangerous situation as we see it clear disagreement over syria and how to move forward this is the representative of the russian federation speaking to the u.n. security council but you will most of that was. because this is something that says a lot to us and worries us a lot it's not clear to us why they voted against the resolution maybe the u.k. ambassador has given an answer to it they simply should have said they were against it because it was russia's resolution you say we are good at playing games but i would say you are good at threatening you and your threats to

we have to see this from a medical centers in duma. areas have been evacuated after being targeted by these gases the syrian state television is saying the last rebel group holding out against a government offensive near damascus has reached a deal to end fighting in leave jaish al islam controlled doomer in the north part of eastern hall to the agreement would see the remaining fighters and their families leave for a rebel held area in northern syria the treasure of a name is monitoring events for us from our man in neighboring jordan joins us live from there so has this news of a deal being confirmed. no sami it has not. has not made any public comment confirming that it has reached a deal with the syrian government which would allow in exchange for the rebel group releasing prisoners to be allowed safe passage with their families out of duma there's been talk of this kind of talk before but it has yet to be confirmed. it is in a very weakened position to say the least as you said it is the last remaining rebel group in duma a strate

should islam the army of islam the militant group that was just ousted from duma they have a position of chlorine gas they used it and they acknowledged its usage two years ago in aleppo against kurdish militia they issued a statement saying you know we've done it what comes next no one can say whether the u.s. will go ahead with a preemptive strike or whether cooler heads will prevail. it appears the lack of evidence on the alleged chemical attack is a concern for a number of journalists though one of those is bust spell from belgium who travel to syria to judge it for themselves. but around two years ago i started to discover that i wasn't really told the truth about the war in syria and i started to learn more and more. and i have this lead me to decide that i want to go see for myself you know it's people should. journalists should so it's if you travel to syria it's such a different picture of what is being beamed in the media unfortunately yes but we have a long way to go but i think the rise of internet you know it's the reason i like. the control is slipping away from from the

these pictures appear to show airstrikes on the town of duma in eastern. it's the last remaining rebel stronghold following a relentless russian backed onslaught on the region which began in february the white helmets volunteer rescue groups say at least forty people include rocks by helicopters carrying poisonous substances. until now paramedics haven't been able to enter because of the continuous shelling the regime is trying to wipe out this area. syria denies its government forces launched any chemical assaults nonetheless international condemnation has been swift and blunt. u.s. president double trouble took to twitter blaming russia and iran for supporting syria and describing its president bashar assad as an animal in rome pope francis during mass and simply to square denounce the attackers unjustifiable. we pray for all the dead for the wounded for the families who suffer. there is no good war and bad war. and nothing nothing can justify the use of such instruments of violence against people and unarmed populations. the syrian army released picture

eight hours speaking at a cabinet meeting trying again condemned the attack on the rebel held town of duma which syria's civil defense killed at least says killed at least forty people well the syrian government has denied responsibility for the attack while its ally russia says it's found no evidence of chemical weapons to mount some says nothing is off the table in terms of military action we are studying that situation extremely closely we are meeting with our military and everybody else. will be making some major decisions over the next twenty four to forty eight hours. we are . very concerned with a thing like that can happen. this is about humanity we're talking about humanity and they can't be allowed to happen. well the united nations security council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the suspected chemical attack from or let's speak to my camera at the united nations headquarters in new york there mike so what are we expecting from this meeting well judy the meeting is about to get under way in which it will begin with a briefing from the u.n. syrian representative stepha

also accuses the country's government as moscow of trying to cover up the alleged chemical attack in duma but britain's opposition says that may's approval of airstrikes may have broken long we'll have the latest from london also coming up russia says inspectors from the international chemical weapons watchdog will now be allowed access to the site of the suspected force an attack near damascus on wednesday so why the delay we'll ask our moscow correspondent plus the protesters in togo drawing a furious response from the country soldiers demonstrators are violating a ban on protesters you say that they want togo's president to leave office but the government is not backing down. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program british prime minister to resign may has faced questions in parliament over her decision to authorize this past weekend's airstrikes in syria this after britain joined france and the united states in bombing three alleged chemical weapon sites in syria following a suspected poison gas attack in the town of duma opposition m.p.'s have said that may should have consulted them be

thank you these pictures appear to show as strikes on the town of duma in eastern. it's the last remaining rebel stronghold following a relentless russian backed onslaught on the region which began in february the white helmets volunteer rescue groups say at least forty people including many children were suspects yates in the chemical attack. the regime continues the intense and violent shelling barrel bombs were dropped by helicopters carrying poisonous substances. until now paramedics haven't been able to enter because of the continuous shelling the regime is trying to wipe out this area. syria denies its government forces launched any chemical assaults nonetheless international condemnation has been swift and blunt. u.s. president donald trump took to twitter blaming russia and iran for supporting syria and describing its president bashar assad as an animal in rome pope francis during mass and simply to square denounce the attackers unjustifiable. we pray for all the dead for the wounded for the families who suffer. there is no good war and bad war. and nothing

as of last rebel held town syrian state media say is the first fighters have already begun leaving duma. also coming up. another hint of a conciliatory gesture on the korean peninsula north korean leader kim jong un welcome south korean pop stars to pyongyang as the north and south gear up for a political summit. pope francis addresses the faithful on easter sunday one of the most important days on the christian calendar as he urges an end to the world's conflicts and there's a special appeal on behalf of those suffering in syria. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us opposition fighters have started evacuating the town of duma the last rebel held stronghold in the suburbs of damascus pro assad forces say they've reached an agreement with the largest rebel group to pull out of the territory and sources have told the w.'s that fighters from a smaller rebel group are also participating in the. evacuation the syrian government and its allies have surrounded do most as the beginning of january and have retaken most of eastern good top. correspondent is following the developments in go to f

well despite the lack of clarity about what happened in dumas the u.s. and its allies were quick to launch air strikes several syrian facilities were targeted last saturday meanwhile british journalist robert fisk has visited dumas and interviewed locals he found no signs any chemical attack had taken place former counterterrorism officer charged to bridge things western governments may be starting to doubt their own conclusions journalists have got him on the ground robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of there he says and attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to ordinary residents and to medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack we're already i think seeing on detecting science myself that there is a slight backtracking among government statements rowing back slightly saying well actually we weren't completely clear that's why we we were relying on social media we were lying on activists on the ground and that's why we only carried out a limited strike so they're already i think prep

witnesses of the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in the syrian city duma say in video released by russia's defense ministry today that those brought a hospital we're not showing symptoms consistent with exposure to a chemical agent. also a warning tonight from the russian side who say syrian rebels are poised to assist any possible u.s. strikes against damascus. other developments elsewhere hundreds of palestinians reportedly injured in gaza as israeli troops use law a fire in tear gas to disperse anti occupation demonstrates along the border. hostile football fans receive a warm welcome here in russia before the team's much we see it's come oscar despite the concerns about russian hooligans. i really get the feeling that would the world cup so we could see when you come if you so often you see that is no public relations are lovely i mean to say what happens between governments a lot happens between people are told me different. nine pm friday night here moscow well welcome to watching our international with me kevin our first night of the syria crisis again the main story dom

russian nuclear biological and chemical protection experts have visited the hospital in the city of duma to go should we spoke with witnesses to the incident after visiting the hospital it was established that there were no people afflicted by sarin chlorine gas the people we examined had no traces of nerve agent contact. with the united states will make a decision in response to this alleged chemical attack in syria or it's expected within twenty four to forty eight hours that's according to president donald trump who has just recently met with his cabinet where you are studying that situation extremely closely we are meeting with our military and everybody else. making some major decisions over the next twenty four to forty eight hours was. nothing's off the table nothing's of the. well we've heard from u.s. president donald trump and he has condemned the alleged chemical attack furthermore when he was followed up with questions about military action he went on to say that nothing is off the table this was in of course response to questions about military action and as we can recall th

natasha going to elders era a man has been global reaction to these suspected chemical attack in duma the united nations the european union and its allies are now discussing how they will respond to the hoxton has this report. as the world wakes up to these pictures of what local medical teams call victims of the syrian regime chemical attack international condemnation came in thick and fast donald trump was most specific and pinpointed asaad directly and called him an animal he went on to warn there will be a big price to pay and demanded the areas opened up for medical help and more evacuations critics argue there needs to be more done this time and if it becomes a tween without meaning then he's hurt himself in north korea if he doesn't follow through and live up to that point he's going to look weak in the as of a russia and iran so this is defining moment mr president you need to follow through that tweet show resolve that obama never did to get this right we have been very clear lessons learned from his predecessor face when his talk of a red line was never acted upon it was thi

a fed there was no timetable for military action in retaliation for an alleged poison gas attack on dumas meanwhile russia's military says the syrian government has taken complete control of the last rebel stronghold near damascus. a rare moment of celebration for syrians at least government supporters they took to the streets of duma after rebels who had controlled the city left. yet the victorious military action included a suspected poison gas attack the attack for which u.s. president donald trump has vowed retaliation but the white house later appeared to roll back on his threat to launch missiles the president has not laid out a timetable and still leaving a number of other options on the table and we're still considering a number of those and a final decision on that front hasn't been made. that's in contrast to the president's earlier incendiary tweets including russia vows to shoot down missiles fired at syria get ready russia because they will be coming you should be partners with a gas killing an animal who kills his people and enjoys it u.s. warships left port on wednesday to

duma stood as the last bastion of resistance against syrian president bashar al assad. located in the heart of the once rebel held region of eastern bhutan. just ten kilometers northeast of the capital damascus it was a thorn in the government's side for years rebel fighters took control of eastern ghouta in july two thousand and twelve. but by the following year the government had it completely besieged a blockade that would last for more than five years and lead to incredible hardship in a region once known for its fertile land and bountiful produce aid agencies said syrians here suffered the highest rate of acute malnutrition than anywhere else. and all the while they were being bombarded the people of eastern ghouta by u.n. estimates around four hundred thousand civilians and judy years of a strikes and shelling. the rebels in turn would target the capital with that hillary and rockets the main group in charge was called jaish al islam the army of islam but over time there was splits within the group and in fighting with smaller brigades in the area and as always in

that has more on the situation in duma from gaziantep near the tacky syrian border. it's a strange wait inside syria where air strikes or missile strikes by the united states are imminent people on the ground in the seized area of where this chemical attack on saturday but they have been telling us about their difficulties and their suffering not moving the moving image is only getting worse after this attack and this rhetoric that's been ratcheting up between the united states and russia fighters on the ground are not actually hopeful by anything that will be moving after these strikes because they say this is not the first time that the united states will be carrying out these strikes and they say that the united states will be warning the russians in advance of how and where it's going to hit them so it is a very strange wait for them dearly for the u.s. president is tweeting about his attack he's saying that it's going to be shining in new missiles that the russians are going to face inside syria but yet he's going to warn them in advance as well on the ground in

stop their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in duma within the past hour the o.p.c. confirmed it will go ahead with that mission starting on saturday. that's the way it looks so this thanks very much for watching i'll be back to update you with the latest on the syria and about half an hour or so you know. four men are sitting in a car when the fifth gets shot in the hand. of four different versions of what. one of them is on the death row there's no way he could have done it there's no possible way because they did not shoot around a corner. if you are competing like the auto insurance industry why four thousand dollars a year can i be protected against all these medical emergencies that take place in my car therefore we know that the price of having medical insurance will be a thousand dollars a year now thirty thousand dollars a year they're overcharging about forty thousand dollars where is that going is going to oligarchs american oligarchs. yes. yes the welcome wagon redacted announced the comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called

duma stood as the last bastion of resistance against syrian president bashar al assad. located in the heart of the once rebel held region of eastern ghouta. just ten kilometers northeast of the capital damascus it was a thorn in the government's side for years rebel fighters took control of eastern ghouta in july two thousand and twelve. by the following year the government had it completely besieged a blockade that would last for more than five years and lead to incredible hardship in the region once known for its fertile land in bountiful produce aid agencies said syrians here suffered the highest rate of acute malnutrition than anywhere else. and all the while they were being bombarded the people of eastern ghouta by u.n. estimates around four hundred thousand civilians and judy years of a strikes and shelling was. the rebels in turn would target the capital without hillary and rockets the main group in charge was called jaish al islam the army of islam but over time there was splits within the group and in fighting with smaller brigades in the area and as always in

staged a chemical attack he stressed that he does not believe that the chemical attack happened in duma as because the russian military entered the city right after the allegations and couldn't find any evidence of any nerve or toxic agent being used there and in fact they couldn't find any witnesses to the events described by those making the accusation have a listen as to how that reporting addressed the situation for. 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 where russian servicemen are helping villages government fight terrorists with its actions the united states only exacerbates the humanitarian disaster in syria bringing suffering to civilians essentially abetting terrorists who have been tormenting the syrian people for seven years and provoking a new wave of refugees from this country and the region in general. the russian pr

department of duma central hospital. on april eighth a building in the city was bombed the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom floors caught fire and all the injured from that building were brought to our hospital. the residents from the upper floors were suffering from smoke inhalation and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited this is a bit of a dominating headlines over the past few days that incident in duma whatever took place is attracted very different versions of events from the russian side the syrian side and the u.s. u.k. and france something did happen in do on the seventh of april with the western nations on the white helmets group on the ground in syria claiming it was a chemical attack by the damascus government on civilians killing and injuring dozens the russian side the mask is saying this was a setup now today we've got that evidence allegedly from the russian modi saying they have identified an individual in the video you can see just being played bad that video w

moment of celebration for syrians at least government supporters they took to the streets of duma after rebels who had controlled the city left yet the victorious military action included a suspected poison gas attack the attack for which u.s. president donald trump has vowed retaliation but the white house later appeared to roll back on his threat to launch missiles. the president has not laid out a timetable and still leaving a number of other options on the table and we're still considering a number of those and a final decision on that front hasn't been made. that's in contrast to the president's earlier incendiary tweets including russia vows to shoot down missiles fired at syria get ready russia because they will be coming you should be partners with a gas killing an animal who kills his people and enjoys it u.s. warships left port on wednesday to move within striking range of syria. russia said it's keeping a close eye on the fleet and the kremlin hit out a trump's handling of the situation. we do not participate in twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we still believe

a week has gone by in which we have talked we've talked about the victims in duma we've talked about the assad regime and its patrons russia and iran we've spent a week talking about the unique horror of chemical weapons the time for talk and did last night where here today because three permanent members of the united nations security council acted the united kingdom france and the united states acted not as revenge not as punishment not as a symbolic show of force we acted to deter the future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity we can all see that a russian dissin from asian campaign is in full force this morning but russia's desperate attempts at deflection deflection cannot change the facts. a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april seventh there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability the pictures of dead children were not fake news they were the result of the syrian regime's barbaric inhumanity and they were the result of the regime and russi