Well have full analysis of those airstrikes with our correspondents in the middle east, america, and russia. Also this morning under pressure. New figures show a big increase in the number of ambulances being turned away from hospitals because theyre too busy. Good morning. Were eating less toast for breakfast, and sales of margarine are spread too thin for the Food Manufacturer, unilever, and theyve decided to sell their flora and stork brands. And good morning from aintree on ladies day, ahead of tomorrows Grand National. The big one. Its been confirmed that katie walsh will be able to ride in the big race tomorrow on wonderful charm despite a nasty fall yesterday. Thats good news. And the weather is supposed to be so good this weekend, weve sent carol out. Good morning. It certainly is depending on your definition. It is springlike this morning but also cold. A cold start across the uk. Frost, patchy mist and fog. Lots of sunshine later today. A very warm weekend for some of us. A high possibly of 24. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. The United States has launched Missile Strikes against syria overnight. 59 Cruise Missiles were fired from us warships at an air base in retaliation for a Chemical Attack that killed dozens of people earlier this week. The Syrian Government has condemned the action. President trump said it was in Americas NationalSecurity Interest to prevent the spread of Chemical Weapons. This was what he had to sayjust hours after the attack. On tuesday, the syrian dictator, Bashar Al Assad, launched a horrible, the weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Bashar al assad ended the lives of helpless man, women, and children. Men. It was a slow and children. Men. It was a slow and brutal death for so many, even beautiful babies. They were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of god should ever suffer such horror. Tonight i ordered a targeted Military Strike on the airfield in syria from where the Chemical Attack was launched. It is in this vital National Security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly Chemical Weapons. There can be no dispute that syria used banned Chemical Weapons, violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and ignored the urging of the un security council. Years of previous attempts at changing Bashar Al Assads behaviour have all failed, and failed very dramatically. As a result, the Refugee Crisis continues to deepen, and the region continues to destabilise, threatening the United States and its allies. Tonight i call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria, and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. We ask for gods with them as we face the challenge of our very troubled world. Wisdom. We pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed. And we hope that as long as America Stands were just as that peace and harmony will, in the end, prevail. Good night, and God Bless America and the entire world. Thank you. So, that was President Trump speaking in the early hours of its morning just after the Cruise Missiles were launched from us warships. Our us correspondent, Barbara Plett usher, joins us now from mar a lago, in florida, where the president is staying. Barbara, this was a limited attack on one airfield but intended to send out a strong message . This is a significant moment. This is a significant momentm this is a significant moment. It is a significant moment. It is a major shift in the us approach. It is the first time in syrias civil war that the americans have directly targeted the americans have directly targeted the forces of the syrian president , Bashar Al Assad. They supported Opposition Members against him but have never targeted him before, not even under president obama. It is also a major shift in approach for President Trump who has been quite ambivalent about Bashar Al Assad, saying it was not his problem and he was focused on Islamic State and their group. Now he said his mind has changed and Bashar Al Assad has done a heinous act and has launched a strike against the syrian air force. But the Administration Says this does not change their military strategy, their military policy, in syria, and are still focused on Islamic State. This is a one off strike. But because the Chemical Weapons attack was carried out, it was called specifically in a limited way on the air base from where the attack was launched, and it was meant to send a warning and a message to the regime that Chemical Attacks will not be tolerated. Barbara, this weekend, where you are, the chinese president is there and the Prime Minister, sorry, the president , is having that meeting. It isa president , is having that meeting. It is a personal message, but also, the dynamic around this, there is a huge diplomatic dimension around this as well. Well, he is meeting with the chinese president , probably the most Important International relationship that he is going to have while he is president. It is a very. It is a relationship between the leaders of the two, the two biggest economic level powers in the world. And while he is trying to work out a proper relationship with the president and talk about things including north korea, he is facing this crucial test of his ability to act on The World Stage should he respond to this Chemical Weapons strike in syria. And he acted quickly, moving a day or two after the Chemical Weapons attack. He responded with a Military Strike to be so here is being tested in a number of levels, his ability to say what the role of the us will be under his presidency and to react. That is something he has been working on over the past couple of months and it is still a work in progress, frankly. So this weekend has been interesting in that regard. For the moment, Barbara Plett usher, thank you. Our correspondent, benjames, is in beirut. Ben, whats been the reaction in the region . We just heard her saying this is a change in policy. We are expecting some reaction, sorry, were expecting a reaction to this attack, so what has changed 7 a reaction to this attack, so what has changed . From the Syrian GovernmentPoint Of View so far we have heard from the governor of homs province, the province in which this air base is located. They are talking about risky operations at the airfield. Talking about not many people being killed, but certainly there has been material damage. That was the stated aim of the pentagon in the first place, trying to target some of the infrastructure that barbara was talking about. We have also heard from somebody on the ground who lives close by. One of oui ground who lives close by. One of our producers has been talking to someone about the moment the attack happened. They work appearing repeated strikes of those missiles, 59 launch from the destroyers on the mediterranean. They were talking about the anvil of activity and people on the air base as well, saying a number of jets people on the air base as well, saying a number ofjets had been destroyed along with infrastructure. The ambulance. Destroyed along with infrastructure. The ambulance. Thank you very much. We will talk to you later on. And well be bringing you the latest on this throughout the morning. There has been a sharp rise in the number of accident and Emergency Departments in england turning away ambulances compared with the previous three years. The Nuffield Trust think tank says its Analysis ShowsAmbulance Services are facing even more pressures than nhs hospitals. Heres our health correspondent, jane dreaper. A service under strain. Ambulances are diverted when hospitals are exceptionally busy. Its a temporary measure to take the pressure off a e, but it means patients have further to travel for urgent treatment. Todays report shows how the number of diverts has leapt in the past few months. During the three winters beginning in 2013, this happened on average 249 times. But in this most recent winter, the number of diverts jumped to almost 500. The report says this is bad for patients and explains why Ambulance Trusts in england are missing their expected response times. 500 or so you may say well, its not a big number. They are the tip of the iceberg. They have doubled. They reveal a service under tremendous pressure. Therell be 500 diverts but therell be many more A E Departments Working right at the limit that they could have diverted. And the report says morale is low among ambulance staff, another sign of pressure. Nhs england believes too many ambulances are being dispatched to simply try to hit targets, and its reviewing the system. Jane dreaper, bbc news. The basque militant group, eta, has said that it will officially disarm tomorrow, according to a letter obtained by the bbc. More than 800 people were killed during etas campaign of violence, thousands of others were injured. Heres our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. The french president ial candidate Francois Fillon has been pelted with flour at a campaign event. The conservative candidate had been at a rally in strasbourg when a protestor emptied the bag of flour at mr fillon. The former Prime Minister has faced protests in recent weeks since he was charged over accusations he gave his wife a Fake Parliamentaryjob for which she was paid hundreds of thousands of euros. The kenyan Long Distance runner, Jemima Sumgong, who won the marathon at last years rio olympics and the London Marathon has tested positive for a banned performance enhancing substance. The Long Distance runner tested positive for the banned substance, epo. Theres no indication as yet as to what action the authorities will take as a result of the test. Norway has unveiled plans to build the worlds first ship tunnel beneath a mountain. The mile long and i20 foot wide tunnel will connect two fjords so that ships of up to 20,000 tons can bypass the perilous stad peninsula. It will cost £250 million and take around six years to build. That is the artists impression you can see. And now we will take a moment to talk about sport. Its ladies day at aintree race course. Mikes there with the sport for us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Ladies day. For race goers, the styles sta kes for day. For race goers, the styles stakes for hats and suits. What a view from the stands. My kingdom for a horse. The Grand National is tomorrow. The fences. The steeplechase, the toughest test for the riders and their horses. It should be a keenly contested race. Wide open as ever. The hardest to protect in the calibre year. Predict. It is 40 years since this race was put on the map with an historic three races in a row. More on that to come. For now, golf news. The masters is under way at augusta, but without world number one, dustinjohnson. He hurt his back when he fell down the stairs at his rental home on wednesday. Johnson seemed determined to play and made his way to The First Tee, before walking back to the clubhouse. That was really sad. After the opening round, justin rose is one of several british players towards the top of the leaderboard. Hes one under par, six shots behind the leader, Charley Hoffman, of the United States. Kyle edmund is first on court in rouen, as Great Britain begin their davis cup quarter final against france. He takes on luca pwee. Edmund was one of the singles winners in britains victory over canada in february. And here at aintree, lizzie kelly rode tea for two to victory in the betway bowl, the feature race on day one. They were pushed all the way to the line by the two to one favourite cue card. Talking of falls, katie walsh had a bad for yesterday and it was bought for a time she might have broken her arm, but she hasnt. She tweeted last night that it was just bruising. She will get to ride wonderful charm tomorrow. Not bad. An outsider, 32 1. Talking of the big race, so many memories from red rum, when he defied all of the odds and his age to win the Grand Nationalfor and his age to win the Grand National for the and his age to win the Grand Nationalfor the third and his age to win the Grand National for the third time. I remember being at a schooljumble sale and i was watching the tv and they stopped the sales so we could watch this horse. It was the horse that rang the nation together. A really vivid sporting memory. Now the museum is open here, itjust opened this week, and i will have a little look later. A lovely walk down memory lane thank you. This weekend could be the hottest of the year so far and rising temperatures have brought trees around the country in bloom. Carols going to bring us the latest weather in the moment. First, some lovely pictures to show you of some of the blossom. Alnwick gardens, taken by m whittaker. Westonbirt arboretum is the next shot. The next one batsford arboretum. Beautiful images. Brogdale collections looking very gorgeous. If youve got some pictures, do send them into us at bbcbrea kfast bbc. Co. Uk, or share them with us on facebook and twitter. We would love to see them and show them off this morning. How is it looking where you are, carol . Rather beautiful this morning its a cold start wherever you are. But look at regents park. Some lovely blossom. On the other side weve got sure lips, daffodils. Spring really has sprung. Got tulips. I mentioned it was cold. It is about six celsius here at the moment. The temperature will head up when the sun comes up. Temperature will head up when the sun comes up. But for many parts of the uk its a chilly start. Mist and fog around and for most of us there will be sunshine through the day. The exception to that over the next couple of days will be in the north west of the uk, where we will have a bit more cloud. That will suppress temperatures. 9am this morning in scotland we have a fair bit of sunshine. In the east, more cloud and drizzle. But the pigeon ruled living south into england, a bit more cloud. Inland, a bit more cloud. Currently we have cloud in the midlands. Then we have sunshine coming through. As we will in east anglia and southern counties of englands generally. Dont forget, a chilly start and some of us have frost first thing. For wales we have bits and pieces of cloud around. For Northern Ireland, a bit more cloud this morning as well. So as we go through the day it what you will find is we still hang onto some cloud in northern and Western Scotland, where it is also breezy. The odd spot coming out of that. For Northern Ireland, bright spells as well. For the rest of the uk it will be drier, fine and temperatures up to 19 celsius for example in london. Through the evening and overnight there will be some breaks in the cloud. Another chilly night in the countryside. Frost around again and low cloud. Mrforming countryside. Frost around again and low cloud. Mr forming as well. Missed forming. Breezy in the north. Tomorrow for the north and west we start on a cloudy note. What you will find is that will push back towards the coast through the day and many of us will have a sunny day. Along the coast it will be cooler, with seabreeze is developing in the south. Inland, 20 2i. Further north, temperatures not as high, but still a lovely day. Into sunday we start to pull in the southerlies, so it will turn warmer, especially in central and eastern parts of england. This is where we get up to 22, possibly 23 or 24. We also have a Weather Front coming across scotland and Northern Ireland, which will induce more cloud and rain. So it wont be as warm. Temperatures close to where they should be. Through the rest of sunday and into Monday Morning the front crosses us all and f