US ‘Confident’ Assad Behind ‘Chemical Attack’

The White House says it is "confident" Bashar al-Assad's government was behind an apparent chemical attack that killed at least 58 people in north-west Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that strikes on Khan Sheikhoun by Syrian government or Russian jets had caused many people to choke.

Today is the deadline contractors to submit their tenders to build the wall that Donald Trump wants constructed between the US and Mexico. The barrier was a key campaign pledge from President Trump. So how easy will it be to build?

The political pressure on the South African President, Jacob Zuma, continues to increase. Calls for him to step down have increased, as the powerful trade union federation Cosatu has now withdrawn their support for him.