
Trump: Military Action “Not Off the Table”
The UN holds an emergency meeting on the reported gas attack in Syria as President Trump states that military action against President Bashar al Assad is “not off the table”
The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting following the reported gas attack on the formerly rebel-held town of Douma in Syria. President Trump strongly condemned the attacks and states that military action against President Bashar al Assad’s regime is “not off the table”.
Also on the programme: The fairness of Sunday’s elections in Hungary is put into question by some international monitors; and twenty years since the Good Friday Agreement.
(Image: President Trump speaks with the media before a meeting with his cabinet in the White House on 9th April 2018 in Washington DC. Credit: Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images)
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