and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime's illegal chemical weapons program the strikes were carefully planned to minimize civilian casualties the responses were justified legitimate and proportionate the united states and its allies did everything we could to use the tools of diplomacy to get rid of assad's arsenal of chemical weapons we did not give diplomacy just one chance we gave diplomacy a chance after chance six times that's how many times russia vetoed security council resolutions to address chemical weapons in syria our efforts go back even further in two thousand and thirteen the security council passed a resolution that required the assad regime to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons syria committed to abide by the chemical weapons convention meaning it could no longer have chemical weapons on its soil president putin said russia would guarantee that syria complied we hoped that this diplomacy would succeed in putting an end to the horror of chemical attacks in syria but as we

and that could hurt the interests of the united states, united kingdom, and france. if all of a sudden we seek russian media and syrian media showing pictures of many dying children as a result of these and air strikes. withjohn result of these and air strikes. with john bolton coming result of these and air strikes. withjohn bolton coming in, he is definitely a hardliner, one who would want to go for the big strike. there was apparently some pushback fromjim there was apparently some pushback from jim mattis, there was apparently some pushback fromjim mattis, the there was apparently some pushback from jim mattis, the secretary of defence, at the pentagon, to perhaps limit in scope so that things potentially did not spiral out of control, leading to a wider conflict where we could see the united states and russia each other. steve, at the risk of over reading this, president trump has been a very desperate not to be seen as someone who dithered, for talking about how president obama dealt with this during the first incidences of the use of chemical weapons in syria,

trump said that that was done in conjunction with fnce and t united kingdom. president trump talked aboutge sa chemical weapons against his own people, referring there to sirea. talked about last year when they used 58 missile strikes that destroyed a significant proportion of the syrian air force.hi described particular incident last week, the use of chemicaleans on civilians in dumea has a significant escalation and he said that these were not the actions of a man but thef crimes a monster, referring to presidentashar al-assad. let's go to chris, our correspondent in washington. chris, it aspears -- apprs f the past week, the question we've been asking, whether and when action would be taken have been answered. >> the days of diplomacyf countless conversations between leaders and now the announcement lithat ry action has begun. it has been long anticipated but we've also had this standoff wi a russia if you listen to the conversation, thesa m that donald trump was sending tonight. e was first of all saying th this was going to be precision strikes, specifica

i would like to thank the representative of the united kingdom andi representative of the united kingdom and i will now give the floor to the representative of france. mr president... well, that is a session of the united nations security council going on live now in new york. you heard from the british ambassador, karen pearce, and before her was the american representative, nikki haley. before that, from the russian ambassador to the united nations. and he spoke about the air strikes, calling them cynical. and he said that russia wa nted cynical. and he said that russia wanted to put a vote to this security council on a draft resolution. but to bring in our correspondent, jonah fisher, in moscow who has been listening to that. how would you characterise the russian position on what has happened? things we have been hearing all day in moscow from the russian authorities. namely, that they very much doubt that this chemical weapons attack took place as it has been described in douma and they believe there is a conspiracy effectively amongst the west to try and make them look bad and to f

let's chat he said the onus for proof was now starting to lie with the united kingdom he said that. nato members nato allies of the u.k. have gone along with them and taken action against russia based on the words of the united kingdom the following the news coming out of porton down just on tuesday evening that they couldn't find any chemical link between the poison that was used to attack the script. russia that's. now lay with the united kingdom to provide proof for why they were making that allegation however that was followed up with a statement from the german government proper from the german cabinet in berlin we heard a message saying that the german government stands with the united kingdom in their take on events and how things have developed we've also heard from alexander stein who is the european commissioner an e.u. commissioner who said that the actual role of paul down was to identify what nerve agent had been used not where it came from and therefore it fell outside of there are. to do that and it wasn't particularly a failure on the side of the united kingdom more

that's been denied by the united kingdom and they've asked for a sample of the. sample from the poisoning site which is also being turned down now that last request is interesting considering that both the united kingdom and russia are members of the organization just behind me the old w. . under the rules of being a part of that club information is supposed to be shared and it's also free stay on that notion of sharing information just starting to peter out away from this meeting here in the hague and over to germany as well where we've heard from a senior figure within angle of the calls christian democratic union party army last shared said that whatever the opinions on russia the international law to be followed and that the onus at the moment was on the united kingdom he said that britain had. asked its allies in nato and elsewhere to also take action against russia and that's being done in good faith of britain's word however now it was time for the united kingdom to show at least its allies in nato some of that information that it claims it has to which re

your opinion society just come on people i'm the united kingdom we are sure that russia denied the united kingdom to give any information on the case not really into discuss this question at all and has. ruled out any possibilities of shardik operations that is one hundred percent lie trum the first. moment in our official diplomatic correspondent and through diplomatic channels via our amber see in a long time and we have tried to maintain contact with our pritish partners. over b. thing this morning took place behind closed doors the media not allowed in there the only information we were able to glean that was going on came from tweets coming out from the the representatives themselves the russian side saying of fourteen nations hard backed their proposal we also heard backing on twitter and online again from the organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.s.c. they issued statements short statement they were online on social media saying that russia plays a key role and that there was a me for further dialogue but we also heard from a senior figure within uncle of merkel

the united kingdom, france, and the united states acted. not as revenge, not as punishment, not as a symbolic show of force. deter the future use holdingcal weapons by the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. a russian see that disinformation campaign is in full force this morning. russia's desperate attempts at deflection cannot change the facts. a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april 7. there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability. the pictures of dead children were not fake news. they were the result of the syrian regimes are correct inhumanity and the result of the failure torussia's live up to their international commitments to remove all chemical weapons from syria. states, france, and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime's the strikes were carefully to minimize civilian casualties. the responses were justified. legitimate, and proportionate.

the united states is grateful to the united kingdom and france for its part in the coalition to defend the prohibition of chemical weapons. we worked in lockstep. we were in complete agreement. last night, our great friends and indispensable allies shouldered a burden that benefits all of us. the civilized world owes them its banks. in the weeks and months to come, the security council should take time to reflect on its role in defending the international rule of law. the security council has failed in its duty to hold those who .se chemical weapons to account that failure is largely due to .ussian obstruction we call on russia to take a hard look at the company it keeps and live up to its responsibilities as a permanent member of the council and defend the actual principles the united nations was meant to promote. narrator: you can see the rest of that meeting by the united nations security council later in our programming schedule. next, though, we will hear from british prime minister theresa may. she held a news conference in london earlier today to discuss the airstrikes in syria

i think, obviously, this has been an operation with the united states, with france and the united kingdom. you asked specifically about the franco-british relationship. we have a close relationship in security matters, that was enhanced in the summit we had earlier this year. we have been over recent years, working closely together on the defense matters. [ inaudible question ] >> i said in relation to this, i will be going to parliament and we'll be making a statement in parliament. on the wider issue, i did address the wider issue. this was a limited and targeted strike that took place last night, series of strikes that took place by the three partners. nobody should be in any doubt of our resolve on this issue, to ensure that we see a return to that international norm on the prohibition of the use of chemical weapons. sorry, yes, gentleman. >> thank you. jay from the independent. the syrian civil war has seen a huge displaitment of people from the middle east toward the west. i wonder if you think your action today and further action from the west will exasperate that and cause more re

as the discussion was taking place about what to do and what the united states and the united kingdom and the west as a whole should do, the russians were saying that if their soldiers or their assets were targeted, that they would respond in kind. not respond in kind, but protect themselves and shoot down missiles coming their way. the question to you ryan, is, presumably the united states will know whether russian assets are and avoid those assets? yes, presumably. we would not want to be targeting actual russian assets and service members. we would most likely be targeting only assad regime controlled assets. that does not mean that russia may implement their own assets in country, they may decide to shoot down and take out incoming tomahawk missiles if they perceive them to be a threat. but i would assume that the united states and the united kingdom and france would only target assad regime asset, and specifically those of a 100% can verify our assad's assets. even if there is an asset that we believe is controlled by syrian forces, we may not decide to target that just by syrian

kingdom, last night the united states of america conducted a successful military strike on critical chemical weapons infrastructure in syria, that has significantly degraded and crippled the ability of syria to conduct chemical weapons attacks and a chemical weapons program against innocent civilians. this was the morally-right act, and i spoke to the president this morning, and we couldn't be more proud of our american forces and our allies who conducted this attack with such professionalism, and brought about an extraordinary success. the president has also made it clear that the united states of america is prepared to sustain this effort, to reestablish the deterrent framework that exists in order that the syrian regime and its patrons know that there will be a price to pay if chemical weapons are used again against innocent men, women and children. i have been heartened by the support that has been expressed here at the summit of the americas and from leaders around the world. many world leaders here at this summit in lima have expressed support to me privately, many have public

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 russia's failure to live up to their international commitments to remove all chemical weapons from syria the united states france and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime's illegal chemical weapons program the strikes were carefully p

kingdom's i think that in kingdom are members of the o.p.c. w the freshly part of the rulebook could be part of the club but they're supposed to share that type of information all of that's been forthcoming but we know that russia did send a number of questions here to the the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons they understand that they've received an answer not an answer to all of those but an answer that the russian delegation is currently going through but there hasn't been a response to some of the questions that were put forward by russia at this meeting no continuing behind me the eyes of the world that are looking at this case pretty much looking here to the netherlands and to the hague for answers right now so scant detail at this stage in the game but from what you know any international reaction so far. well from what's coming out internationally from inside the building just behind me a lot of that's actually coming out through tweets from the delegates. themselves we heard from the british delegation he said that

kingdom tonight the european union the united kingdom is going to leave the european union. i'd make a quick footnote that this related to a subsection of the lisbon treaty about notification but not about the decision that parliament is meant to take of the matter. but that is another story under litigation at the moment in the uk, so i will leave it to its own devices. but, this the vote in the house of commons for notifying the eu proceeded pretty well as followed. mp after mp after mp after mp went into the lobby to vote in favor of the bill saying this is a terrible idea, this is a very bad idea, we hadn't be doing it. it is known that the majority of members of the house of commons and an even larger majority of members of the upper house, the house of lords, are what is known as remainers, that is, people who don't want brexit to happen. and yet they have supported the government. both the government governing party, the conservative party, and the opposition party, labor party, have supported these measures. because the leaderships of the two parties have demanded of

kingdom leaving the european union leaving the customs union and potentially a hard border going up with things like road blocks separating the two countries and dividing communities that mr bonny unquestionably is painting this as the organization of the european union and indeed the republic of ireland understanding what communities want listening to them saying to the united kingdom you must leave the border open you must stay in the customs union and listen to the concerns of these people and portraying it as being in stark contrast with the absolute chaos frankly is of the moment inside the u.k. government which can come up with a position in the context of the resignation of the british home secretary on the rods the divisions that we know exist inside the british cabinet over brics it's

the west and by the west i mean primarily the united states and to some extent the united kingdom is now higher than we've seen in the last thirty forty years do you share those concerns or do you think the russians are just being paranoid i don't want to call them paranoid but i simply do not agree we are not in the situation we october nine hundred sixty to one between the very very close to a new clue war at least conventional war between united states and the soviet union we are not there we are not there yet and it's not very likely that we will be there in the coming years you're saying that nowhere close to that crisis and yet if you look at the number of big gun ships in the seas around syria in the bid to raney and in the red sea there is a very very high concentration of both russian and the american navy there and it has been the case for quite some time for at least several weeks or months and we heard numerous reports of. possible provocations all this time around a large chemical attack that may trigger the united states to hit that country with its crew israeli missile

states and to some extent the united kingdom is now higher than we've seen in the last thirty forty years do you share those concerns or do you think the russians are just being paranoid i don't want to call them paranoid but i simply do not agree we're not in the situation leigh in october nine hundred sixty two when the very very close to a new clue war. conventional war between united states and the soviet union we are not there we're not there yet and it's not very likely that he will be there in the coming years you're saying that nowhere close to that crisis and yet if you look at the number of big gun ships in the seas around syria in the bid to raney and in the red sea there is a very very high concentration of both russian and the american navy there and it has been the case for quite some time for at least several weeks or months and we have heard numerous reports of. possible provocations all of this time around the largest chemical attack that may trigger the united states to hit that country with its crew israeli missiles or other weapons and the russians have already s

the united kingdom together with france and the u.s. will continue to pursue a sips -- a systematic to the crisis. a colleague say more about our work in a few moments. it must comprise four elements. chemical weapons program must be ended and the stockpiles destroyed once and for all hiring. an immediate cessation of hostilities, them regime must return to geneva for talks and agree to engage in an agenda put forward by the u.s. special envoy. finally, there must be accountability for the use of chemical weapons and other war crimes in syria. the secretary-general highlighted the political process. we propose that the security council will all meet together next weekend in the retreat with the secretary-general, hosted by sweden that we should use this opportunity to reflect on the step in the way back to the political crisis. we stand ready to work with all members of the security council towards this end. thank you. >> mr. president, the week after the chemical weapons in douma and that after yesterday's yet again to those who are st

as the united states has made clear before our support for the united kingdom is unwavering and we continue to stand in absolute solidarity with our british colleagues we have stated previously and do so again today our firm belief that russia is responsible for this chemical weapons attack on u.k. soil either russia deliberately use this military grade weapon or failed to declare and secure its stocks of this nerve agent we strongly support the o.p.c. as independent analysis that is underway as well as the u.k.'s criminal investigation into the use of chemical weapons on its sovereign territory and believe those responsible for that attack must be held accountable. the international community has rightly come together to express its outrage and take action the united states united kingdom nato and twenty seven other countries have expelled altogether over one hundred fifty russian intelligence officers this is a testament to the grave concern that we and our partners share for russia's attempts to undermine international peace and security meanwhile russia puts forward a series of conspira

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 disinformation campaign is in full force this morning. russia's desperate attempts at deflection cannot change the facts. a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in douma on april 7. there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability. the pictures of dead children were not fake news. they were the result of the syrian regimes are correct inhumanity and the result of the regime and russia's failure to live up to their international commitments to remove all chemical weapons from syria. the united states, france, and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime's the strikes were carefully planned to minimize civilian casualtie

kingdom a representative of the united kingdom. promised us at the time to brief the security council on the course of the investigation regularly however that we didn't have any such briefings. so being as it may we will brief you in detail. so it has been a month since you in the british city of solsbury. the russian citizens to get screwed powell and his daughter yulia were found unconscious. and these have chemical weapons if this did indeed take place is a threat to nonproliferation and as such it is a topic that deserves to be considered by the security council especially since we do have quite a bit to say and we do have some questions to ask our british colleagues so what do we know about the crime and its victims. sergei's group who was convicted in two thousand and six for spying for great britain who after being amnesty in two thousand and ten lived in the united kingdom while maintaining his russian citizenship periodically his daughter yulia citizen of russia visited him. according to the versions spread by the british

has is the united kingdom and we've heard on. day after a cabinet meeting in london that the british cabinet says there is a need for action after the alleged chemical attack in syria however when speaking to people on the streets in the united kingdom there certainly isn't an appetite amongst the british public to join in with donald trump who thinks military strikes in syria will help so anything no i don't know so hopeless the moment when i was very anxious to do any kind of injury essentially what would you actually achieve i really disagree with military action against anything happening in this syria there's already enough fighting going on there as it is there's a real danger of war escalating way beyond what we expect scenario in the world to argue that to send any sort of thing or if you. push up. a mention that out so that i think we have that at five back to you where these countries have these problems have these civil wars and we try to go to fix it but we had our civil war when the americans had their civil war nobo

states and to some extent the united kingdom is now higher than we've seen in the last thirty forty years do you share those concerns or do you think the russians are just being paranoid i don't want to call them paranoid but i simply do not agree or not in the situation leigh in october nine hundred sixty two when the very very close to a new clue war. conventional war between united states and the soviet union we are not there we're not there yet and it's not very likely that he will be there in the coming years you're saying that nowhere close to that crisis and yet if you look at the number of big gun ships in the seas around syria in the bid to raney and in the red sea there is a very very high concentration of both russian and the american navy there and it has been the case for quite some time for at least several weeks or months and we heard numerous reports of. possible provocations all of this time around a large chemical attack that may trigger the united states to hit that country with its crew israeli missiles or other weapons and the russians have already said that if

we informed you that the united states, united kingdom, and france, have launched allegations claiming that the syrian government might have used chemical weapons. back then, we want that such encourages waould governments who use those, and then claim the syrian government would use them. other villages and towns in unequivocallyed, what we had warned of five years ago. the united states, the united kingdom, and france have been so eager to hold one meeting after another based on fabricated information. this is part of a deep crisis that we are witnessing and they want to involve other council members in this crisis. created ae countries big elephant of lies and deceit. this elephant is living today in withchamber and is camping its huge feet on the credibility of this council. it seems that these countries called for holding this session to support terrorists. to obstruct the agreement reached. however, these countries were a bit late. the terrorists wanted this meeting to be held before they reach aned to agreement with the syrian estates to leave their strongholds and hand over the

kingdom and the united states took decisive action to strake the syrian chemical weapons infrastructure. clearly the assad regime did not get the message last year u.s. defense secretary says he was convinced of syrian involvement in the suspected chemical attack just hours before the operation was given the go ahead but i am confident the sherry in regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. in this last last week yes absolutely confident of it and we have the intelligence level of confidence that we needed to conduct the attack. but as donald trump addressed the country there were some questioning if you believe all power to launch the attack here in the united states our constitution says without any equivocation it's up to congress not the president not the executive branch to declare a war to say when we're going to go to war the president then executes that decision the russians had warned of consequences if the u.s. launched this attack because of its close ties to the syrian government the airstrikes may be over this new middle east crisis isn't alan fischer al-jazeer

after being amnesty in 2010 he lived in the united kingdom will maintaining his russian citizenship. periodically, his daughter visited him. according to the version spread by the british, russia did not forgive his treason and decided to eliminate him. given that there was no threat that this individual representative for russia, a number of questions begged to be asked. first of all, if we speak very cynically, why did we have to wait eight years and decided to do this two weeks before the presidential elections in russia? and if you weeks before the world cup? why was even released from the country? why eliminate the individual through the strange, dangerous , andeople around him highly public method? knows crime novels, for example the midsummer murders, a well-known british to of very clever ways of killing someone. however, those who thought to the man and his dollar supposedly chose an extremely toxic chemical. the most risky and dangerous method possible. but they didn't even finish the job. the two individual seem to be alive and improving rapidly. so, and this very complex

kingdom want to said and that if they had to get out from within and. they could take out syria i think out to russia from syria. people here have been and especially the people from is singled out because that last week we lost the more than fourteen. people killed by a chemical weapons and to my city and there were many attacks by quoting gas and dust so some of the. body is all sick but they are hoping to this. will continue until that i said we'll get out from the prison and get out from also and that and. they then we are can go to home and go to google but the americans have said that they're not necessarily going to intervene in the crisis we're not looking for regime change britain has said that you are the people on the ground aware of this is this is technically just an attack on the chemical facilities actually a that is the way it's. used i mean we want. when we are to get out of from the for freedom in two thousand and eleven we want i said get out from syria but the when we all see america and the united kingdom says that they don't want t

has is the united kingdom and we've heard on friday after a cabinet meeting in london that the british cabinet says there is a need for action after the alleged chemical attack in syria however when speaking to people on the streets in the united kingdom there certainly isn't an appetite amongst the british public to join in with donald trump. think military strikes in syria will help so many know i don't know this whole mess at the moment one of the very anxious about any kind of military essentially what would she achieved by really disagree with military action against anything happening in this syria there's already enough fighting going on there as it is and there's a real danger of war escalating way beyond what we expect the scenario. where the target is to send any for the signal if we. push up the base to. mention that outset i think we have five to choose where these countries have these problems have the civil war and we try and go to fix it but we had our civil war when the americans had their civil war nobody went and bought us we got this side we have now they need to go

states and to some extent the united kingdom is now higher than we've seen in the last thirty forty years do you share those concerns or do you think the russians are just being paranoid i don't want to call them paranoid but i simply do not agree we are not in the situation leigh you know over nine hundred sixty two one very very close to a new club war at least conventional war between united states and the soviet union we are not there we're not there yet and it's not very likely that he will be there in the coming years you're saying that nowhere close to that crisis and yet if you look at the number of big gun ships in the seas around syria in the bid to raney and in the red sea there is a very very high concentration of both russian and the american navy there and it has been the case for quite some time for at least several weeks or months and we have heard numerous reports of. possible provocations all of this time around a large chemical attack that may trigger the united states to hit that country with its crew israeli missiles or other weapons and the russians have alread

he really was attacking the western allies of the united kingdom, the e.u. countries and the security counciloing along with the united kingdom assessment about them being responsible for the salisbury attack. we really saw the russian ambassador trying to sow doubt in the u.k.'s position. jane: we just heard part of the u.k.'s response, but what is the case they are making. ys the united kingdom russia is the one with the motive, there were public statements, that they saw defectors from the state of prime targets for assassinations.ey ay the chemical certainly was a novichok agent, facilities -- that then facility in por down had determined it was and that russia had this agent in sits stock. thd they also had intelligence they could not share, but were very confident, they had no doubt, that it was russia that was responsible. they blamed the russian ambassador and other rusan officials for trying to sow doubt and misinformation without really addressing any of the claims they put forward. jane: tough talk on ides, but will any of this have any bearing on

prime minister may: this is not something that the united kingdom has been involved in. as you would be aware, this is a complicated picture in terms of cooperation that take place in syria. couldured that we the --e and been devised minimize the impact on civilians and ensure that the strikes were absolutely targeted out there, which was the cable -- the chemical weapons capability of the syrian regime. >> thank you. --t would you say to britain to others who know your reprisals in the wake of the attacks? prime minister may: we have taken steps to ensure that we are providing support and have looked at those britons who are overseas that might be concerned about such attacks in the attacks,ffices, and -- and the foreign office is support, as it would do. prime minister, obviously -- inton the edge of going douma today. why not wait for formal proof that they used chemical weapons, as the russians are carefully framing information that there is no proof and that great britain is lying? prime minister may: first of all, we have made every effort over the past week to ass

states and to some extent the united kingdom is now higher than we've seen in the last thirty forty years do you share those concerns or do you think the russians are just being paranoid i don't want to call them paranoid but i simply do not agree we are not in the situation in october nine hundred sixty two when the very very close to a new clue war. conventional war between united states and the soviet union we are not there we are not there yet and it's not very likely that he will be there in the coming years you're saying that nowhere close to that crisis and yet if you look at the number of big gun ships in the seas around syria in the bid to raney and in the red sea there is a very very high concentration of both russian and the american navy there and it has been the case for quite some time for at least several weeks or months and we heard numerous reports of. possible provocations all of this time around a large chemical attack that may trigger the united states to hit that country with its crew israeli missiles or other weapons and the russians have already said that if t

labor market versus the united kingdom canada and germany up there you know they keep on rising their employment rate keeps on going up while the u.s. under clinton the late ninety's as you're sorry plummeting because all those other countries work for us we're tired we're just picking up the rent on all these other countries slaving away particularly in britain that could be one solution and i'm going to look at a possible. i found a bunch of charts to go with this one chart to try to find an explanation of what happened in the late ninety's that could possibly explain why so many twenty five to fifty four year olds just dropped out of the labor market and decided not to work in the united states despite the fact that our you know developed country competitors in germany canada united kingdom continue to rise as participation rate so they were increasingly participating in the economic system in the globalized economic system and we were increasingly not so i want to look at i thought perhaps it could be you know the economist did bring it up is that the quantity that massive quantit

and the end of the united kingdom as we know it. coming filled with matt smith official secrets. going underground. dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks the battle of. the new socks try to tell you the. most important. tell you on the cool enough to fight. the hawks that we along with our. welcome back in the past twenty four hours u.k. minority government leader tourism may has tried to remain britain's leader instead of jacob reese morg the bookies tory favorite let alone jeremy corbyn the overall favorite comes after a week in which the very identity of the u.k. has come under threat after defacto e.u. threats to tear apart northern ireland from scotland england and wales joining me now is welsh nationalist m.p. hugh williams who is on britain's exiting the european union select committee you're welcome to going underground so aside from the term old your speeches this week theresa may in the past twenty four hours bonnie on wednesday take us back to how your committee's meeting was with michel barnier the used chief negotiator of a briggs well he was quite stern

is the united kingdom and we've heard on for. day after a cabinet meeting in london that the british cabinet says there is a need for action after the alleged chemical attack in syria however when speaking to people on the streets in the united kingdom there certainly isn't an appetite amongst the british public to join in with donald trump who thinks military strikes in syria will help solve anything no i don't know so hopeless at the moment when i've been very anxious for answers and the kind of essentially what would actually achieve i really disagree with military action against anything happening in this syria there's already enough fighting going on there as it is there's a real danger of a war escalating way beyond what we expect. and the way to target it to send any sort of signal you. push up. mention it out so that i think we have that five attitude where these countries have these problems have the civil war we try to go to fix it but we had our civil war when the americans had their civil war nobody went and bought us

prime minister may: this is not something that the united kingdom has been involved in. as you would be aware, this is a complicated picture in terms of operations that take place in syria. was put proper planning in place before these strikes were undertaken, to ensure that we could mitigate and minimize the impact on civilians and ensure that the strikes were absolutely targeted at their aim, which was the chemical-weapons capability of the syrian regime. reporter: thank you. brit ould you say to ons and others who know your reprisals in the wake of the attacks? prime minister may: we have taken steps to ensure that we are providing support and have looked at those britons who are overseas that might be concerned about such attacks and the foreign office is in support as it would do. minister, prime was on the edge of going into douma today. why not wait for formal proof that they used chemical weapons, as the russians are carefully framing information that there is no proof and that great britain is lying? prime minister may: first of all, we have made every effort ov

labor market versus the united kingdom canada and germany up there you know they keep on rising their employment rate keeps on going up while the u.s. under clinton towards the late ninety's just started plummeting because all those other countries weren't plus we're tired we're just picking up the rent on all these other countries slaving away particularly in britain that could be one solution and i'm going to look at a possible solutions i found a bunch of charts to go with this one chart to try to find an explanation of what happened in the late ninety's that could possibly explain why so many twenty five to fifty four year olds just dropped out of the labor market and decided not to work in the united states despite the fact that our you know developed country competitors in germany canada the united kingdom continue to rise as participation rate so they were increasingly participating in the economic system in the globalized economic system and we were increasingly not so i want to look at i thought perhaps it could be you know the economist did bring it up is that the quantity t

the conflict ultimately became a struggle over keeping northe t ireland with united kingdom or unifying it with ireland. society was split tween protestant, pro-united kingdom loyalists and paramilitaries on the one hand and catholic pro- irish nationalists and their armed groups on the other. this included the provisional irish republican army, or i.r.a. between 1969 and 1998, more than 3,500 people were killed. haday, londonderry's stark murals memorializehistory and the foyle river still divides the city's catholics from protestants. >> initially at the start, we whad people, we had paren were worried. >> reporter: martine mulhern, principal of catholic st. cecilia's, says 90% of northern ireland's students study exclusively with members of their own community. >> it is possible to grow up on the west bank of the city, and not meet a protestant, or not have a protestant in the streett and y have been growing up in a house where people have spoken aut protestants or other faiths in a particular way, then they may have developed a perception of that commuty. that is where the shared ed

kingdom, and indeed we as the west, a re united kingdom, and indeed we as the west, are not the key players in the syrian war. the assad regime, russia and turkey have more skin in the game and it is more difficult for us to influence the outcome. but donald trump said that the us is locked and loaded for more attacks, which presumably theresa may would have to follow, if she follows her own logic that if he attacks again, britain will follow. we need to keep the pressure on the assad regime and russia. a new draft resolution has been put down... but russia just veto is everything. they will certainly do that, but we can be ready, ready to strike again if chemical weapons are used again. we hope that will not be the case, but if it is, we should be ready to respond and we should continue our humanitarian effort. there are 4 million refugees in the surrounding regions and we are doing a lot to help relieve the suffering of civilians. that is a role that the united kingdom can play. good to talk to you, thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news: locked and loaded, america tel

that will transform our part of this united kingdom. in responding to the eager anticipation of our communities and in reaffirming her commitment, will she ensure that sufficient progress is made to advance both in time for the autumn budget? >> can i say to the honorable gentleman, he has raised an important issue. he is absolutely right, the government have set out several public commitments, including in the confidence and supply agreement, to work towards a comprehensive and ambitious set of city deals across northern ireland. there is progress being made, which i welcome, by the belfast city region partners in developing the city deal proposals. i look forward to their submission, which will be considered by the government. in the absence of an executive, there are some issues to work through, but can i assure my friend the northern ireland secretary is committed to working positively with partners in the uk government, the belfast city region and the northern ireland civil service to progress the city deal. >> andrew bowie. >> ear

this is a tripartite operation with the united states, france and the united kingdom. you asked about the franco british relationship, we have a close relationship on security past in the summit we had earlier this year. we have been working increasingly closely on this. [inaudible questi >> will you authorize a strike but without always -- >> in relation to this i will be going to parliament and making a statement in parliament. on the wider issue, this was a limited and targeted strike that took place last night by the three partners but nobody should be in any doubt of our resolve to see a return to that international norm on the use of chemical weapons. >> the independent. the syrian civil war has seen a displacement of people in the middle east towards west. i want to know if your action will exacerbate that and cause more refugees to come to the west and tell us what extra planning or actions you will be taking to address that point to help the refugees. >> as a result of what has been taking place in syria the last few years, we have seen a large number of peopl

that will transform our part at this united kingdom. in responding to the eager anticipation will she ensure sufficient program to advance both. he has raised an important issue. the government has set out several public commitments. to work towards the comprehensive information that they do. i welcome the partners in developing this. i look forward to their submission which will be considered by the government in the absence of an executive partnership. but can i answer the honorable general -- gentleman is committed to working positively with partners in the you k government. with the interests of the scottish business. reaches a similar agreement as soon as possible. i am pleased that we are making progress. i would like to pay tribute to my right honorable friend. for the work that he has done. but after many months they will provide legal certainty. and respect the solution. we've made considerable changes to the bill. it is indeed disappointing. they have not yet felt able to add their agreement to the new amendment. i join you al

tonight, france, the united kingdom and the united states destroyed their infrastructure. regime dide assad not get the message last year. , we have, our allies sent a clear message to assad that they cannot perpetrate another chemical weapons attack. they will be held accountable. the nations remain committed to defeating crisis in syria. the strike tonight separately demonstrates international resolve to prevent chemical weapons from being used on inone under any circumstance contradiction of international law. i want to emphasize these strikes are directed at the syrian regime. we have gone to great lengths to reduce civilian casualties. it is a time for all civilized byions to urgently unite supporting the united nations. in accordance to the chemical urgens convention, we responsibility to condemn the assad regime and join us in our firm resolve to stop chemical weapons from being used again. provide al will military update. gen. dunford: i am joined by [indiscernible] mattis just outlines the policy and parameters. at 9:00 p.m. eastern standard u.s. french, british a

labor market versus the united kingdom canada and germany up there you know they keep on rising their employment rate keeps on going up while the u.s. under clinton towards the late ninety's just started plummeting because all those other countries work plus were retired were just picking up the rent on all these other countries slaving away particularly in britain that could be one solution and i'm going to look at a possible solutions i found a bunch of charts to go with this one chart to try to find an explanation of what happened in the late ninety's that could possibly explain why so many twenty five to fifty four year olds just dropped out of the labor market and decided not to work in the united states despite the fact that our you know developed country competitors in germany canada united kingdom continue to rise as participation rate so they were increasingly participating in the economic system in the globalized economic system and we were increasingly not so i want to look at i thought perhaps it could be you know the economist did bring it up is that the quantity the mass

and with the strong support of our allies, the united kingdom and france, last night, the united states forces brought extraordinary military effort against chemical weapons facilities. and degraded and crippled the chemical weapons capability of syria. >> joining me now jeannine degiovani contributor. and author of "the morning they came for us dispatches from syria." i'm going to speak differently from you as if i'm not on tv. many are wow, i can't believe you've fallen for this fireworks show when we really should be covering the white house. there are close to 500,000 dead syrians. there are millions of syrian refugees around the world. america left 11 of them by the way. and millions not in their homes. and many don't know what actually happened last night is actually going to help their plight and we don't care enough. >> i think there's been real confusion in the they're tinarr the beginning but it's a war against isis and war against terrorism. and what people don't believe is that this was a civil war that actually against assad against his people who wanted to bring down the 4

kingdom the united states and and france the intention of those strikes in the targets targets were carefully chosen the intention was to degrade the chemical weapons capability of the syrian regime and to deter its willingness to use those chemical weapons. nobody should be in any doubt of our resolve to ensure that we cannot see a sit. where the use of chemical weapons is normalized. so my crew followed the prime minister excited about all that was a con is there a pact chamber it's the first time m.p.'s have got together since easter break and dominating most of the past hour or so of the prime minister to resign and he's explaining to m.p.'s why she took the action that she did in order to approve strikes against syria on saturday without asking m.p.'s first she outlined a lot of what we've heard from the un to be honest over the past week or so of emergency security council sessions and the questions that she answered why did we not wait for the o.p.c. w she said she was confident that their intelligence would say that there were going to be further attacks and blame russia for

very loved by lot like give the floor back to the representative of the united kingdom. thank you very much mr president this is a sad day for the security council it's a sad day for the cause of universal norms and standards and it's a sad day for the nonproliferation regime better above all it is a very sad day for the people of duma who now without the protection that the international system was set up to provide for them which is the fourth time in six days that the council has discussed chemical weapons yesterday fourteen members of the security council called for an investigation several members called on the p five to assume their responsibilities to uphold the universal prohibition on w m d as a p five member the u.k. is ready to do that was ready to do that and was joined by france and the us converse lee by vetoing russia has crossed a line in the international order and worse if possible history is repeating itself one year on from concha kuhn mr president russia helped create the original independent investigation that attributed conscient hoon to the syrian