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very likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. plenty of warmth and sunshine. things change a little tomorrow gci’oss things change a little tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland andi across northern ireland and scotland and i will have all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the united states says it s prepared to launch more military action against syria over its use of chemical weapons. it follows a missile strike on an airbase where the syrian government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. the us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. here s our washington correspondent, david willis. this was america s first direct involvement in the syrian crisis. its cruise missile attack in contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and putting america first. and as syria s army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from wh ....
people in stockholm yesterday. explosives have been found. more disruption as rail workers plan another strike there s a warning that the grand national could be hit. despite that industrial action, they re expecting another bumper crowd at aintree and a0 years on from red rum, definitely red is among the favourites with the punters at aintree. and ben has the weather. good morning. this weekend looks very likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. plenty of warmth, plenty of sunshine but things change a little bit tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland. i will have all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the united states says it s prepared to launch more military action against syria over its use of chemical weapons. it follows a missile strike on an airbase where the syrian government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. the us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the count ....
in his stride at today s grand national? and coming in half an hour, click looks at whether voice controlled personal assistants live up to the hype. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. swedish police say a man they believe was the driver of a lorry which drove into pedestrians killing four people has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. this morning, swedish media are reporting that explosives have been found in the lorry used in an attack. police say they can t confirm that. this morning theresa may called the swedish counterpart to offer her condolences. downing street has released a statement which says: our correspondent dan johnson reports. panic and confusion on the streets of another european capital. people are scared. something is happening. people running in terror as a truck races towards shoppers in the centre of stockholm. and this is where it ended up, in flames after crashing into a department store. translation: i saw exactly where the lorry wen ....
everybody was screaming and running to the other side of the building, and we took the side entrance and went out, and we just kept running to the other side of the city. this is the moment terror spread suddenly through the streets of sweden s capital. a hijacked lorry driven deliberately at chocolate late night shoppers. late last night the wreckage was towed away as police questioned the man they think was that the wheel. we have confirmed that the wheel. we have confirmed that he. the subject is a man from uzbekistan, 39 years old, that is what we know. in addition to that we would not like to say anything further about his whereabouts and his background. there is a quiet contemplative mood here today. people are considering what happened yesterday. they know it will take time for it to sink in, but there is also concern about the deeper impact this may have. it is important now that we just show we are not afraid, that we just show we are not afraid, that sweden wi ....
of the assad regime. russia s continued defence firefighters in hertfordshire have launched an investigation into what caused a fatal blaze at a residential care home. two people died and 33 others has to be rescued at the newgrange care home in cheshunt this morning. swedish police say they re increasingly certain that the uzbek man they ve arrested is the one who carried out yesterday s attack in stockholm but they believe others may also have been involved. officials in paris say french police have found dozens of guns and hundreds of kilograms of explosives, after the basque separatist group, eta, revealed the locations of its arms dumps. earlier, eta passed details of the sites to the authorities, under its promise to completely disarm. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with mejohn watson. the headlines this evening: one for arthur wins the grand national the first scottish trained winner since 1979. the league leaders chelsea lead bourne ....